Couric lku curriculum. Making sure we minimize the injury. Researchers say School Shootings are happening at a rate of one a week. Some are accidental or suicide where the only victim was the shooter. Jeff. Done dahmer, thank you very much. We will continue to watch what is hatch penning in parkland, florida on the scene with Manuel Bojorquez and in d. C. Monitoring the investigation with jeff pegues. More on the shooting later in the broadcast. Up next here, President Trump weighs in on Domestic Violence. Hey, are you taking the tissue test . Yep, and my teeth are yellow. I mean i knew they werent perfect, but, ugh. Oh well, all hope is lost oh thanks clearly my whitening toothpaste is not cutting it. Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. They work below the enamel surface to whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. 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Chip reid is at the white house with more on this. Chip. Reporter good evening. White house officials tell cbs news the rob porter situation is a mess that keeps getting worse. And that it is creating new divisions among white house staff. It took a full week after the rob porter story became public for President Trump to weigh in on Domestic Violence. I am totally owe pose eowe d to Domestic Violence of any kind. Everybody knows that it wouldnt have to be said. Reporter of allegations that former Senior Adviser porter abused two exwives. One Top White House adviser told cbs news the west wing staff is coming apart at the seams. A senior official criticized Top White House staff saying theyre not telling us the truth about porter. Adding that it has become evident that multiple white house officials knew for some time that about the allegations of abuse. Some at the white house blamed chief of staff john kelly. Is general kellys job safe . Thank you. President trump did not respond. Say here say kellys job security remains uncertain. Vice president pence disagreed. John kelly has done a remarkable job as chief of staff for president of the united states. And i look forward to continuing to work with him. Kellys defenders argue he is taking the fall for white House Counsel don mcgann who they argue was closer to the porter investigation and should have responded more forcefully. Don mcgann would be somebody i want to talk to. Find out what he knew when he knew it what he di with information. The chairman of the house ovrsight committee announced to day he is opening an investigation into white House Clearance procedures with a focus on rob porter and he intends to get to the bottom of it. Hate to say i dont give a damn about the politics of it. I really dont. He wants to understand how some one with credible allegations of Domestic Violence in his past could hold one of the Top White House job for more than a year. Jeff. Chip reid at the white house. Thank you very much. Questions are also being raise add but the travel practice of the fifth member of the president s cabinet. Veterans Affairs Secretary stave it sholkin. He travel to europe last summer with his wife on the departments dime. Nancy cordes is following the story. Done on our dollar. For months va secretary David Shulkin defend his ten day european trip. In a 97 page report today the va Inspector General outlined a number of serious derelictions saying shulkin, improperly accepted wimbledon tickets and turned an aide into a personal travel concierge to plan high tea and roman baths. The report paints a very different picture than shulkin did when he speck to cbs this morning in november. It was a business trip. We did the business that was always our top priority. Reporter investigators determined that shulkinss chief of staff altered a memo from an aide to make it appear that shulkin would receive an award in denmark so his wifes 4300 Airline Ticket would be paid by the government. As a veteran were you offended . Deeply offended. Mike kauffman chairs the House Veterans Affair Committee and calling on shulkin to step down. Really part of the culture of corruption that too often defines this organization. I just dont think, that he has a moral authority to clean it up. Shulkin, fifth trump cabinet member to have his travel practices skrut niecrutinized. I think they ought to ride like a do in the back of the bus. Pruett insists pricey tickets arent his choice, the decision was made by security personnel. As for shulkin he continues to say he did nothing wrong but did tell the military times today he will be writing a check to the u. S. Government to reimburse it for part of the european trip. Jeff. Nancy cordes thank you very much. Okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. More now on the School Shooting in florida where police say at least 17 are dead after a shooting at, in parkland, florida this afternoon. Joined by arib sediki, who saw part of the attack, a senior at the school. Arib tell us what you saw and what you did . Well, today we already had one fire drill. Didnt think much of the second one. The second one was when the shooting was happening. So, while we were walking outside. We heard gunshots, and fire alarm, heard pop, pop. Realized this is serious got to gout of here the my mood changed. I started running from one side of the school to the other. Met up with my best friend hector started running through the bushes, through west glades a. Cro across the street. Across the street didnt see any cop cars on the road. One ambulance. Ee a we are lake crazy, maybe a drill. Running through the bushes to get around pine island down the road. And we got in the bushes like the streets were flooded with cars, cop cars, helicopters in the air. Thats bhen when we knew it was serious. Getting messages are you okay . Something crazy deaf nifinitely happened. Saying our friend had been shot. A lot to take in now. Areeb, quickly, this happened around the time around the time of dismissal . Yeah, reichlike around 2. 30. 2 20. Get out 2 40. When the alarm was pulled . Can you say that again . When an alarm was pulled. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Areeb sidiqqui, happy to hear you are safe and your friend are safe. Ap Broward County sheriff, scott israel calls it unbelievably catastrophic day. 17 are dead in a high School Shooting in parkland, florida. Manuel bojorquez is back at the school now. He has more details. Manny. Thats right, the sheriff also confirming some further details about what was found at the school. 12 of the victims were told were inside the building. Another victim on the street area. Another two people died in the hospital. What its interesting about that, if you think about it gives you indication of how long this shooting may have happened. And how many different areas. You saw some of the video there where student were already hiding. Hear more shots. So clearly this was the shooting that went on for quite some time. And not only, got to people who were hiding inside classrooms and in the school hall ways, and people outside. Again the information from Law Enforcement sources is that the gunman, according to those sources, had some degree of planning here by pulling the fire alarm at the school to create that chaos. And then, opening fire. As the you just heard from one of the students in the building, it really was chaos after those shots rang out. With people running not only through the halls of the building trying to get away from it but also on the outside running through bushes, trying to ensure that they could escape with their lives. Right now identities of the deceased have not been released. Jeff. Manny, thank you very much. We will follow developments through the evening and breck you the latest on the treeming news service, cbsn after the shooting in parkland, florida. Im jeff glor. Good night. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im don dahler. A young suspect under arrest in a horrific School Shooting in south florida. Described as an 18yearold former student who entered the Marjory StonemanDouglas High School around dismissal time and started shooting. Multiple fatalities. Many injured. So far no motive. Bourke b Manuel Bojorquez begins our coverage. A Law Enforcement source tells cbs news the gunman appears to have pulled the schools fire alarm to create chaos and then began firing. Those who could ran. Hiding in classrooms, even closets. While the shooting continued. [ gunfire ] just as the the school day was ending the shooting started. This cell phone video captured the gunfire. And the screams of the High School Students trapped inside their classrooms. The site of what has become an alltoofamiliar panic of students fleeing, hands raised in single file matched by the images of armed Tactical Police racing into the building looking for the gunman. From the air, emergency crews could be seen tending to the wounded. Dressing their wounds. Broward county sheriff, scott israel. We had approximately 14 people transported to area hospitals with varying degrees of injuries. The sheriff says the alleged gunman was captured off campus. Seen surrounded by police being placed into custody. He was take known custody i believe about an hour after he left Stoneman Douglas after he committed this horrific homicidal detestable act. I dont know how we are alive. Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school freshman, bruna alavera said the gunman was outside their door. For 30 minutes we were just like, like praying, and, and crying and, and then the police came. And we just got out. Put your hand up. When the lockdown was over, distraught parents raced to the scene. Even more emotional teenagers relieved to be outside. School superintendent, robert runsee. It is a horrific situation. It is just, it is a horrible day for us. Reporter some students are reporter 12 of the victims we are told were inside the building. Another victim on the street area. Another two people died in the hospital. What is interesting about that, if you think about it, it gives you indication of exactly how long this shooting may have happened and how many different areas, you saw some of that video there where students were already hiding. You could hear more shorts. Clearly this was a shooting that went on quite some time. Not only, got to people who were hiding inside classrooms and in the school hall ways, but of course people who are outside. Again the information from Law Enforcement source its that the gunman according to the sources, had some degree of planning here by pulling the fire alarm at the school to create that chaos. And then opening fire. As you just heard from one of the students in that building. Really was chaos after the shots rang out. People running through the halls. Trying to get away. Also running through bushes they could escape with their lives. Identities of deceased have not been reap leased all. Up adigging into the suspects background. What we know right now. The shooter is 19yearold nikolaus cruz, a former student of Douglas High School. Current students say cruz was expelled some time last year. As school was letting out today, Law Enforcement sources say the suspect pulled a School Fire Alarm shortly after that, witnesses say that they started to hear gunshots. Somehow the suspect managed to elude police at the school but was picked up later in nearby coral springs, florida. He was handcuffed and at first loaded into this police cruiser, then taken out and put on a stretcher, before being transported to a hospital. Investigators believe he carried out the School Shooting alone. But authorities will examine his social media and any Electronic Devices for clues. Some students said that he posted pictures of guns on his instagram account. Jeff, a couple other things. The suspect was heavily armed. The sheriff just saying that he had, countless magazines, and was armed with an ar15style rifle. Thats what he used in that attack. So i literally have come from giving the teacher of the year a car and celebrating our teachers and our district, to, to where i am right now. It is a day that you you pray every day, i get up that we will never have to see. It is in front of us. And i ask the community for your prayers, your support, for these children and their families, we are going to do whatever we can to come together as a community to pull through this. And we will. Well, today we already had one fire drill. Didnt think much of the second one. The second one was when the shooting was happening. So, while we were walking outside. We heard gunshots, and fire alarm, heard pop, pop. Realized this is serious got to gout of here the my mood changed. I started running from one side of the school to the other. Met up with my best friend hector started running through the bushes, through west glades across the street. Across the street didnt see any cop cars on the road. One ambulance. We are lake crazy, maybe a drill. Running through the bushes to get around pine island down the road. And we got in the bushes like the streets were flooded with cars, cop cars, helicopters in the air. Thats when we knew it was serious. Getting messages are you okay . Something crazy definitely happened. Saying our friend had been shot. A lot to take in now. Reporter january 23rd, a young gunman opens fire inside a crowded School Atrium in kentucky killing two students wounding 14 others. I saw there was a lot of blood everywhere. People were getting shoved down. Reporter december 7, high school in aztec, new mexico, a young gunman shoots and kills two classmates. Feel bad for all right kids that got hurt. For the kids who were in the shooting. Reporter november 14th, gunman in tahoma county, california fires 30 rounds into an elementary school. After the gunman was killed by police, they discovered earlier he murdered five people including his wife. We located her dead body unsealed under the floor of the residence. We believe thats probably what started this whole event. Reporter what starts these events is always the subject of detective work, community secondguessing and familial agonizing. Perhaps the biggest question why is this happening more frequently. This year, 18 School Shootings. There were seven by this time last year. Since 2013 the School Shootings has risen with exception being 2016 when there were 48. Only, as if that was in any way acceptable or normal. As a sign of the times more the try the deoderant saving millions of clothes. Degree ultraclear black white. No yellow stains on white clothes. No white marks on black clothes. Try degree ultraclear black white. It wont let you down. Aww thanks for loading, sweet. Oops. Oh burnton gravy . Gotta rinse that. Nope. No way. Nada. Really . Dish issues . Throw it all in. Cascade platinum powers through even burnton gravy. Nice. Cascade. The House Committee on oversight and government reform launched an investigation into how a Top White House aide accused of Domestic Abuse got and kept his position. White house issued conflicting stories about rob porters employment. One senator that hasnt changed her tune on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Misconduct is the representative. I have a 14yearold son. I cant have a conversation. You dont grab women. You dont push yourself on them. Senator kirst 6 gillibrand told us al franken is a friend. But after eight women acuesed him of Sexual Misconduct sunny was the first to publicly say he need to go. We just heard allegation after allegation. They were credible allegations. Franken hoped a congressional investigation would clear him. It is going to take a long time for me to regain people any trust. Enough its enough. But gillibrand was in welling to wait. You are a lawyer you believe in due process. He is entitled to due process. He doesnt have to resign. Thats his choice. My choice its to speak out. It feels like to be accu