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He hasnt been seen in two weeks. His desperate family is pleading for help. Trust in god our son will be returned. In north carolina, the hunt for a killer and the shocking murder that played out on facebook live. Police have identified a suspect. All that. A scare in the air over salt lake city. The engine of a southwest plane catching on fire in midair. And all that mattered. Congratulations, marisa, youre the winner of celebrity big brother. Its crazy. I couldnt have gone this far without ross but i love you so much. Ross. Yes. Did right person win . The right two are in the finale. On cbs this morning. In a fashion show, dolce and began bana sent their hand bags down the runway on drones instead of models. Yes. But first each drone was forced to lose ten pounds. Thats what you have to do. Must lose the weight. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Florida lawmakers are taking the first steps toward raising the age limit to buy the kind of rifle used to kill 17 people at marjory Stoneman Douglas high school. President trump did not mention that proposal yesterday when he met with the group of governors, including floridas rick scott. The president has encouraged the idea of putting him on a collision course with the National Rifle association. But he told the governors that sometimes elected officials have to fight the nra. The president has also talked with republican congressional leaders who are less interested in gun control fight. Major garrett is at the white house, where mr. Trump also added to criticism of the Police Response to the florida shooting. Good morning, major. Good morning. President trump wants to move on some gun restrictions but the Republicanled Congress fearful of antagonizing its base isnt budging. In part because it sees the president s low Approval Ratings and wonders if he can provide any practical political cover. Meanwhile, in a conversation here yesterday with just under 40 governors, the president s idea of Arming School personnel with concealed weapons met pockets of resistance. They werent exactly medal of honor winners. Reporter President Trump lashed out at Broward County sheriffs deputies who have been accused of responding too slowly at the school during the shooting. The way they performed was, frankly, disgusting. Reporter mr. Trump said he would have gone in. I really believe id run into even if i didnt have a weapon. Reporter the president told a gathering of governors that nra executives assured him during a lunch over the weekend that they, quote, want to do something. Dont worry about the nra. Theyre on our side. Reporter Senate Minority leader schumer said the nra cannot be trusted. My republican friends face a simple choice. Do Something Real on guns or please the nra. Doing both is impossible. Reporter the president is pushing a controversial nra supported proposal, Arming School personnel to deter or repel potential killers. They have to know. They walk in, theyre going to probably end up dead. Reporter but washington governor jay inslee, a democrat, said teachers and members of Law Enforcement from his state opposed the idea. Educators who educate should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat in first grade classes. We need a little less tweeting here, a little more listening and lets just take that off the table and move forward. Reporter in a rare public speech, First Lady Melania Trump praised the students who have taken to streets to call for gun restrictions. Many of which the president has opposed. They are our future and they deserve a voice. Reporter Republican Leaders on the hill foresee no gun action this weekend. And the only piece of legislation that appears to has a chance would incentivize better participation in the existing background check system. That bill called fix nics, however, would not expand background checks to internet or gun show sales. Important point there, major, thank you so much. A state Senate Committee has passed floridas first gun control bill in decades. It calls for all gun buyers to be 21 years old and go through a threeday waiting period. An amendment to ban assaultstyle weapons failed to pass. Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the State Capitol during yesterdays debate. Lawmakers have until next friday to take a final vote. The sheriffs deputy criticized by the president says waiting outside the school was the right move. Scot pete erson made his first Public Statement yesterday nearly a week after he was suspended and then resigned. Manual bojorquez. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Scot petersons Attorney Says allegations his client is a coward and failed to meet the standards of Police Officers are, quote, patently untrue. He says petersons heart goes out to the families of the 17 victims and he wishes he could have prevented their deaths. Broward county sheriffs Deputy Peterson is push back against some of his biggest critics including President Trump. We saw peterson standing outside of that school. He wanted no part of it. Reporter and Broward County sheriff scott israel. I was disgusted. I was just demoralized with the performance of former Deputy Peterson. Reporter in a statement defending his actions, petersons Attorney Says his client initially received a call of firecrackers and not gunfire. And ran to the threestory building where the shooting occurred. Thats where peterson heard gunshots but believed they were coming from outside. Consistent with his training, mr. Peterson took up a tactical position at a corridor or corner between two nearby buildings. Radio transmissions about a possible victim by the football field served to confirm mr. Petersons belief that the shooter or shooters were outside. When theres over 100 rounds being fired from inside of one building, you know where those rounds are coming from. Reporter Broward Sheriffs OfficeDeputies Association president jeff bell is critical of petersons claims and points to the 1999 cliolumbine massacr that changed how Law Enforcement responded to active shooters. With columbine, it was a long time before the s. W. A. T. Team got there and we lost innocent lives because of that delay. Were now trained that we cant wait for s. W. A. T. Anymore. So the First Arriving units on scene, you got to make that decision to go in. Reporter petersons attorney said peterson is the one who initiated a code red lockdown at the school and told administrators to review camera footage to identify the shooter. The Sheriffs Office declined to comment on petersons claim, saying his conduct remains part of an ongoing internal investigation. John. Manuel, thanks. A fascinating investigation. Also more context to how difficult it is in these moments not just fear or not fear but different procedures you can follow. Decisions to be made. Tough. One Stoneman Douglas student survived to tell her story thanked to a First Responders split second decision. When police found 17yearold Maddy Wilford inside a classroom, they thought she was dead. Bullet wounds to chest, abdomen and arm. A rescue crew told hto take her to a hospital 30 minutes away. Until the fire lieutenant lazaro ojeda heard maddys voice. She told me she was 17. So at that point, i looked at will and i go will, were going to north broward, its only ten miles away. Id just like to say that im so grateful to be here and it wouldnt be possible without these officers and First Responders and these amazing doctors. The hospital where maddy had three operations practiced an active Shooter Drill last year. Shes expected to make a full recovery. In our next hour, another survivor of gun violence, House Republican whip Steve Scalice talks with us about his meeting with students from Stoneman Douglas high. People from louisiana to indiana are dealing with major flooding this morning. Heavy rain and melting snow caused rivers to rise to record highs, flooding home, and businesses. More rain is expected to start tonight. Flood watches and warningings are in effect all the way from texas to the great lakes. David begnaud is in downtown louisville where the flooding is the worst the city has seen in two decades. David, good morning. Reporter hey, norah, good morning. Among a lovely sunrise here in louisville, the waters receding along the ohio river. Thats the banner headline everybody is more than happy to here. February ended up being the wettest month ever. They got about 10 inches of rain in just five days. Heres what it did. Thats the ohio river. The river rose and as it did, the river swol, right. The water started to move into the city downtown. Youve got, parking garages here where vehicles are under water. Look how close the water is to the street signs. Its only about four or five feet under the traffic lights through downtown louisville. The ohio river has caused problems in aurora, indiana, where the water was so high on monday it reached the bottom of the football field goals and even the scoreboard. More than 70 rivers across the u. S. Are experiencing moderate to major flooding right now. Looking ahead, rain is expected in arkansas and mississippi tonight. And even tomorrow. And that could cause some flash flooding. Gayle, back here in louisville, they got about 40 billion gallons of rain that fell, 40 billion gallons of water that fell on the city of louisville over the last five days. Thats about the same amount of water that the city produces in ten years. Got it, david, your pictures really tell the story there, thank you very much. For the first time, we are seeing images of two of the four u. S. Soldiers killed by islamic militants in the african nation of niger last october. Newly released video showed Sergeant La David Johnson and Dustin Wright with their unit which also lost two other soldiers in the battle. David martin is at the pentagon with this story. David, good morning. Reporter good morning. The militarys investigation into the ambush has now been delivered to the secretary of defense for final review and is expected to be released to the public some time in march. Anybody can shoot a gun. Demos something else. A lot more fun. Reporter Staff Sergeant wright demonstrates how his team detonates weapons. While Sergeant La David Johnson, full of life, does back flips, sings and jokes with a nigerian soldier his team was training. Johnsons fulltime job was as a mechanic but he did double duty as a bearber. Something you havent been asked . Not yet, not yet. Reporter just three weeks later, on october 4th, johnson, wright and two other soldierings were ambushed and killed by terrorists. Johnsons body was not recovered for two days. Which speaks volumes to retired Brigadier General donald bolduc, the former commander of special operations in africa. There was most likely an element of suffer price that the patrol was overwhelmed quickly. Youre defending your country . Reporter special forces were in niger to train the local troops who according to their commander were chasing roaming bands of terrorists. Heading out on what was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance patrol but halfway through the patrol, the special forces were given another mission, check out a campsite where a wanted terrorist had been spotted a few days earlier. Going out, checking out an area that a high value target has just been in would be a, you know, highrisk mission. Reporter at a memorial service, one of their commanders said as the team was running out of ammunition and about to be overrun, they sent out a distress call once used during the vietnam war. Broken arrow. Norah. All right, david, thank you so much. New fighting in syria threatens a russianbacked humanitarian pause in a battle for the rebelheld area near the countrys capital. The Eastern Ghouta district has faced a deadly Bombing Campaign by the Syrian Government. Russia, syrias most powerful ally, ordered the daily fivehour pause in the fighting. More than 500 people have died in Eastern Ghouta since last week. Seth doane is now in damascus. Seth, good morning. Reporter good morning. Governmentheld areas of damascus have also been shelled by rebels lobbing mortars and it was reports of shelling on those humanitarian corridors today that may have thwarted efforts to evacuate civilians. Syrian state tv reporter was on live near one of the corridors when there was an explosion. Footage shows the road meant to be carrying evacuated civilians from ghouta has been quiet this morning. The plan had been to allow them to escape this the barrage of air strikes, bombs and shelling that have pounded this part of the capital for more than a week. It was a bit quieter overnight ahead of the planned russianbacked fivehour pause. But reports from this hell on earth are dire. The White Helmets posted this video of at least two small children being carried from the rubble of their home. They asked, where is mom . The u. N. Estimates as many as three quarters of private homes have been damaged. Civilians have caught refuge in cramped underground shelters where hospitals are still standing. They cant provide much help. A syrian doctor describes a catastrophic situation at her Field Hospital with exhausted hungry medical staff operating with depleted stocks. And seeing the unimaginable, dead bodies and terrible wounds, while hearing bombs dropping nearby. Those here in governmentheld areas in damascus are also tired and weary of this war. We were with one 15yearold boy last night as he checked facebook to see if school would be open today. It wouldnt have been closed for weather reasons but for war. Gayle. Boy, thank you very much, seth doane reporting from damascus. A 10,000 reward is being offered fo on the mysterious disappearance of a government scientist. Timothy cunningham is an epidemiologist at the centers for Disease Control and prevention in atlanta, georgia. He disappeared more than two weeks ago after he left work early saying he felt sick. Omar villafranca is near cunninghams home near atlanta with more on this mystery. Reporter cunningham is a disease detective with the cdc. Deploying to Public Health hot spots to investigate viruses like zika or ebola. No one has heard from him or seen him since february 12th. This community is rallying to make sure the man himself is not in danger. Investigators return to the woods around timothy cunninghams house monday searching for more clues. Im not so sure what else we can do with that area. Reporter his family found his wallet, his car, even his beloved dog, all left behind in his atlanta home. Timothy has been unaccounted for since the 12th. Reporter cunninghams father, terrell, drove from maryland to georgia after not hearing from his son for two days. His parents and other family members have been putting up missing posters throughout cunninghams neighborhood. And theyve tried to get the word out about his disappearance to the media. He has such a history of being so responsible and dependable that i think that is what puts us all at such disbelief. Reporter cunningham graduated from Morehouse College and earned advanced degrees from harvard. The 35yearold cdc scientist reportedly lived alone. His next door neighbor viviana tori said Cunningham Said something odd to her husband the day he disappeared. He told my husband to tell his wife, me, to erase his cell phone number from my cell phone. Reporter police do not suspect foul play. But they also say theyre exploring all possibilities. Cunninghams family is pleading for the publics help. If anyone sees anything that relates to or think you have seen timothy, please call the number. Reporter the cdc released a statement. I want to read it to you. They said