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The desperate family is pleading for help. We trust in god that our son will be returned. In North Carolina the hunt for a killer in a 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 southwest plane catching fire in midair. And all that matters congratulations, marisa, youre the winner of celebrity big brother. So created. I couldnt have gotten this far without ross. I love you so much. Ross, did the right person win . The right two were in the finale. On cbs this morning. In a fashion show, Dolce Gabbana sent handbags down the runway on drones instead of models. Yeah. But first each drone was forced to lose ten pounds. [ applause ] 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 marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school. President trump did not mention that proposal yesterday when he met with a group of governors including floridas rick scott. The president has encouraged the idea, 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 a guncontrol 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. Reporter good morning. President trump wants to move on at least some gun restrictions, but the Republicanled Congress, fearful of antagonizing its political base, isnt budging. In part because it sees the president s low Approval Ratings and wonder if he can provide practical political cover. In a conversation yesterday with about 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 want to do something. Dont worry about the nra. Theyre on our side. Reporter Senate Minority leader minority leader Chuck Schumer said the nra cannot be trusted. My republican friends face a choice do Something Real on guns or please the nra. Doing both is impossible. Reporter the president is pushing a controversial nrasupported 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 washington governor jay inslee, a democrat, said teachers and members of Law Enforcement from his state oppose the idea. Educators should educate, and they should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat in firstgrade 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 the streets to call for gun restrictions. Many of which the president has opposed. Theyre our future, and they deserve a voice. Reporter Republican Leaders in congress foresee no gun action this week. And the only bill at least right now that appears to have a chance is an nrabacked initiative that would have incentivize use of the existing background check system. That bill called fix nics would not expand background checks to internet or gun show sales. Norah . Important point there. Thank you very much. A state Senate Committee has passed floridas first guncontrol 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 of 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 peterson made his first Public Statement yesterday nearly a week after he was suspended and then resigned over his response to the shooting. Manuel bojorquez is outside stoneman high in parkland, florida, with more. 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 patently untrue. He said petersons heart goes out to the families of the 17 victims, and he wishes he could have prevented their deaths. Broward county sheriffs Deputy Scot Peterson is pushing 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 CountySheriff School israel. I was disgusted, 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 serve 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 theyre coming from. Reporter jeff bell is critical of petersons claims and points to the 1999 columbine massacre that changed how Law Enforcement respond to active shooters. With columbine, it was a long time before the s. W. A. T. Teams got there. And we lost innocent lives because of that delay. We are now trained that we cant wait for s. W. A. T. Anymore, so the First Arriving units on scene, youve got to make the decision to go in. Reporter petersons attorney said peterson is the one who initiated a codered 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 are part of an ongoing internal investigation. John . Thanks. A fascinating investigation. Also, more context to how difficult it is in these moments, not just fear or not fear, but there are different procedures you can follow. Decisions to be made. One Stoneman Douglas student survived to tell her story, thanks to a First Responders splitsecond decision. When police found 17yearold Maddy Wilford inside a classroom, they thought she was dead. She was bleeding heavily from Bullet Wounds to the chest, abdomen, and arm. A rescue crew was told to take her to a hospital 30 miles away until fire lieutenant lazaro ojeda heard maddys voice. She told me she was 17. At that point, i looked i go, will, were going to north broward. Its only ten miles away. Id like to say that im so grateful to be here, and it wouldnt be possible without the 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 scalise, 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 homes and businesses. More rain is expected to start tonight. Flood watches and warnings 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. Amid a lovely sunrise here in louisville, kentucky, the waters receding here along the ohio river. Thats the banner headline everybody here is more than happy to hear. February ended up being the wettest month ever. They got about ten inches of rain in just five days. Heres what it did so the water started to fall. Thats the ohio river right there. The river rose, and as it did, the river swelled. The river moved into the city downtown. Youve got parking garages where vehicles are under water. Look how close the water is to the street signs. Its only about four to five feet under the traffic lights through downtown louisville. Now the ohio river has caused problems, as well, in aurora, indiana, where the water was so high monday it reached the bottom of the football field goals and even the scoreboards. More than 70 rivers across the u. S. Are experiencing moderate to major flooding now. Looking ahead, rain is expected in arkansas and mississippi tonight. Even tomorrow. That could cause flash flooding. 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. 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 from National Geographics chain of command shows Sergeant La David Johnson and Staff SergeantDustin Wright with their unit which also lost two other soldiers in the battle. David martin is at the pentagon with this story. 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 sometime in march. Anybody can shoot a gun, you know. Demos Something Else a lot more fun. Reporter Staff SergeantDustin Wright demonstrates how his team detonates weapons. 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 barber. Is there something you havent been able to fix or do that youve been asked to do on this trip . Not yet. Not yet. Reporter just three weeks later on october 4th, johnson, wright, and two other soldiers were ambushed and killed by terrorists. Johnsons body was not recovered for two days which speaks volumes to retired Brigadier General donald bolduc, former commander of special operations in africa. There was most likely an element of surprise that the patrol was overwhelmed very quickly. Defending your country yes. Reporter special forces were in niger to train the local troops who, according to their commander, were chasing roaming vans of terrorists. Nigerians and their american advisers headed out on what was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance patrol. 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 and checking out an area that a highvalue target has just been in would be a highrisk mission. Reporter at a memorial service, one of their commanders said that 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 pause near the capital. The Eastern Ghouta district outside damascus 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 in damascus, good morning. Reporter good morning. Rebels have been lobbing mortars on the humanitarian quarters. And it was reports that may have thwarted the rescue of civilians. A 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. 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 ask, where is mom . The u. N. Estimates as many as three quarters of private homes have been damaged, so civilians have sought refuge in cramped, underground shelters. 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 of 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. Thank you very much, seth do doane from damascus. A 10,000 reward is being offered for information 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 his home in atlanta with more on the mystery. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Timothy 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. Now this community is rallying to make sure the man himself is not in danger. Investigators returned 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 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 are trying to get word out about his disappearance through social media. He has a history of bfg so responsible and depend of being so responsible and dependable, that is what puts us all at such disbelief. Reporter cunningham graduated from Moorehouse College and earned advanced degrees from harvard. The 35yearold cdc scientist reportedly lived alone. His nextdoor neighbor says 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 timot