Mcdonalds explains why its changing the happy meal, not everyone is loving it. And a good friday morning to you all. We begin with an emotional tribute for the victims of the Florida School massacre as details are starting to emerge about the suspects past. Thousands gathered for a candlelight vigil in parkland to remember the 17 People Killed by that one shooter. He reportedly told investigators that he was hearing voices. The students, the teachers, who lost their lives were between 14 and 49 years old. A public defender says the suspect is a broken human being. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest from parkland. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter hey, good morning, diane and kendis. Since weve been here on the ground, weve seen people emotional, angry, in shock. Most of them trying to find strength from somewhere, anywhere after one of the Deadliest School shootings in the u. S. Took place right here in their town. Overnight, thousands of people coming together in disbelief and grief.
Time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and sarah mulkerrins. Good evening, these are our headlines tonight. Its a sliding Super Saturday for the british team, gold for yarnold, and deas also make it on to the pyeongchang podium. And with izzy atkin also taking bronze in the slopestyle, its a historic day for the british team. But on a day of firsts, its the same old story for Elise Christie, falling again, she crashes in her speed skating 1500m semifinal. Also coming up in the programme well have the best of the action from todays fifth round ties in the fa cup. Evening, what a day for team gb in pyeongchang. Lizzy yarnold has become the first british winter olympian to successfully defend a title. Shes skeleton champion once again, and laura deas also took bronze. Its the first time there have been two british medallists in the same event. Earlier today, izzy atkin won bronze in the slopestyle. And that was the firs
Lindsey vonn slips on the slopes and american men miss their mark on the ice. Its a multimillion dollar business with its own eye on the olympic games. We will go inside the world of e sports and the participants who say they are not playing around. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Alleges that they want to promote discord and undermine Public Confidence in democracy. In democracy. The president tweeted, quote, the Trump Campaign did nothing wrong. There was no collusion. Hes engaged some magical thinking here that this exonerates him. Nothing of the kind. They failed to follow protocol following information on the Florida Shooter. We truly regret the additional pain this has caused. Chief of staff john kelly is making big changes with how employees obtain security clearance. Its going require the doj and fbi to do more. President trump is in florida giving his condolences to victims at the high school massacre. A powerful earthquake strikes mexico.
Hello and welcome to world news today. President Trumps National security adviser has called on World Leaders to hold the Syrian Government to account for its continued use of chemical weapons. Speaking at the munich security conference, h. R. Mcmaster says it is clear that such weapons are still being deployed by the assad regime. It is time for all nations to hold the Syrian Regime and its sponsors accountable for their actions. And support the efforts of the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. The nonproliferation regime is under tremendous pressure, not only from the use of chemical weapons but also from the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons. It needs our unequivocal support. Tensions between russia and the west have also been evident at the conference. With an fbi investigation on alleged russian interference in the us president ial election still ongoing, Russian Foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov took the opportunity to dismiss the accusations. Tran
The fbi director to resign as the president visits florida. Will anything be done to prevent the next one . Winter woes. Another big storm takes aim at the east coast with more than 35 Million People in the crosshairs. From virginia to maine, at least half a foot of snow expected in new york and boston. Dylan is tracking it all. All that, plus nathan chen with the comeback for the ages. He has it all. Dazzling on the ice. Landing five quadruple jumps. An olympic record. But was it enough to win an olympic medal . Lindsey vonn misses the podium in her long awaited return to the Olympic Games. I just made a mistake and thats ski racing. As a twosport athlete, a virtual unknown takes gold. And it is beginning to look a lot like summer . Turns out the surprise sport of the olympics is volleyball. Why some are hoping the summer game becomes a winter staple. Today, saturday, february 17th, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. Live in pyeongc