Counts of firstdegree murder and the contents of the sworn affidavit by detectives, citing the actions of the defendant in going to Marjorie StonemanDouglas High School on february 14th, 2018, with a premeditated design in that he went loaded with an ar15 rifle. He had additional ammunition with him and shot 17 individuals who later died as a result of the gun shot wounds. And then he fled the scene. So the state is seeking a no bond hold on the defendant. Defense . Your honor, the defense has no arguments at this time. Well defer until further court proceedings. His right to remain silent and that noisks relates to any Law Enforcement agencies involved in this case, both at a state and federal level. Okay. I have reviewed the probable cause affidavit. Mr. Cruz, filed in your case. I find probable cause and the proof of guilt to be evident or the presumption great. Therefore, mr. Cruz, youll be held without bond until further order of the court. This order is without prejudice for you to file a motion to set bond with your signed Division Judge and request a hearing under state v. Arthur. Has he been assigned a judge yet . Yes, your honor, judge sh aechlt rs. Sir, youll be held no bond. All right. Lets go back to we have to wait for them to bring him back. There you have it. Mere seconds of taking a look at the man who has been charged, facing 17 counts of premeditated murder about the School Shooting that we were talking about 24 hours ago today. Im Brooke Baldwin here, live in parkland, florida. Lets just start with what we just saw paul callan as one of our cnn legal analysts. Paul, that was mighty quick in front of the magistrate, being held without bond. Walk us through what we just saw. No surprises here. This is the first appearance in a murder case. And in a murder case, you appear first before this kind of a local magistrate, who really focuses only on the issue of whether bail should be granted. She analyzed really two things in looking at the case, whether there was probable cause that he committed the crime, and the prosecutor indicated theres a very strong showing of probable cause since they have witnesses he shot 17 people and that it was premeditated because of his use of the ar15. Shot and killed 17 people. Shot many more people. I just want to be exact. Yes. Thats an interesting observation, brooke. I was surprised that the prosecutor only referred to the murder counts, which were 17. Yes, there are lots of other victims in this shooting. She indicated that because its a charge of premeditated murder with a strong presumption of guilt that no bond would be allowed. So, thats it. And under florida law he will appear in front of another judge, whom she mentioned at the end at a later date and there will be a determination where there will be a preliminary hearing and well see more evidence or whether this will be a grand jury presentation. Paul callan, thank you so much for that. And if you are just joining us, appreciate you. If you are just joining us, since the nation lost victims as young as 6 in sandy hook elem t Elementary School i stand today at Marjorie Stoneman douglas high. 17 people were murdered here, 14 others wounded and four still in critical condition. There is pain, there is grief. Just as palpable is the frustration that this uniquely american torment mass murder by a single shooter has happened again. Earlier today, we heard from President Trump who tried to console the nation, speaking directly to young people in this country, saying he is seeking solutions but with no mention of gun laws. Later this month, i will be meeting with the nations governors and attorney generals. Were making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority. It is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. We must actually make that difference. This is the gunman we saw in front of the magistrate. He did send out red flags but not just one, two, multiple, unequivocal signs of trouble online. The fbi knew about two alleged threats from this particular suspect, former student who by the way, had been expeled from Douglas High School. 2017 youtube post where he wrote, apparently, and just quoting him, im going to be a professional school shooter. And you see the post list his name, which i am not standing here today repeating or saying out loud but i will say a short time ago the fbi said this. No other information was included with that comment, which would indicate a time, location or true identity of the person who made the comment. The fbi conducted database reviews, checks, but was unable to further identify the person who actually made the comment. As we learn more about what exactly happened here, the high School Remains closed. Its students are coming to grips or starting to try to come to grips with exactly what and who has been lost. Listen to this freshman talk about this slain teacher she believes actually saved her life. He still will forever be my hero. I wont forget the actions he took for me and fellow students in the classroom. If his family is watching this, please know that your son or your brother was an amazing person and i am alive today because of him. As i mentioned, the suspected shooter was in court today. Cnns brian todd is outside the Broward County courthouse in ft. Lauderdale. You have, brian, new details about the suspects ties to extremism. What have you learned . Brooke, the Antidefamation League says a spokesperson for a florida based white supremacist group, a group called the republic of florida a spokesperson for that group says the suspect has ties to that group. The spokesperson for that group, republic of florida telling the Antidefamation League that the suspect conducted training exercises, took part in training exercises with that group but the spokesperson saying that the group did not expect or ask or order him to commit any kind of a crime like the one we saw yesterday. So, thats kind of another piece of the background were learning about this suspect in this case, the Antidefamation League, talking about his ties, his possible ties to a florida white supremacist group. Again, brooke, talking about his appearance here in court today, we knew it was going to be very brief. We knew that the judge would talk to him about the charges against him. This was not going to be an arraignment. It wont come for some weeks, were told, and that the judge we spoke to a local very prominent, local defense attorney, mark omeara. He said that he expected this is before the hearing. He expected the judge to either limit or not allow the suspect to speak at all. And that seems to be what came to pass. He said that the judge may or may not have asked him how he intended to plead in this case but that the judge may not ask him that because the judge really wanted to limit him to either saying something very few words or no words at all. And the judge elected to not have him say any words at all. We were expecting the judge to appoint an interim defense attorney for him, possibly a public defender. There was an attorney standing next to him as he stood there in an orange jump suit and shackles in the courtroom, a very brief Court Appearance. He is being held without bond until further notice. Brooke . All right. Brian, thank you so much. If you get more, let us know. Meantime, did you know that parkland, florida, right here, was actually ranked the number one safest city in all of florida for 2017 . The number one ranking, coming from a prominent trade group specializing in home safety. Now students at Marjorie Stoneman douglas high are dealing with trauma. A junior at the school joins me now, connor dietrich. I am so sorry. That doesnt begin to cover it. How are you holding up . Its really hard. People i see every day, i cant see them anymore. My team captain from my swim and dive team didnt make it. You lost friends . Many friends. His brother is in the hospital. Every single day of my life people i see im never going to see again. Do you want to talk about them at all . Nick, my swim team captain, was there for you, cheering you on, he was making sure you had everything you need at your meet. He just cared so much about everyone on our team. Its awful that this happened to him. He didnt deserve it. Do you think its hit you fully . No. I spent a lot of time in the classroom. I was sitting there in shock. In the hallway i was in chicago. I got out of the school yesterday and broke down, i didnt feel like i even had to cry. It just happened. Of course. I found my mom and dad and i had never been so happy to hug them in my entire life. Im sure they felt the exact same. Lets go back a second. You were in a classroom. At first i wasnt in a classroom. When he pulled the fire alarm, i went running around, trying to find out where i was supposed to be and got lock ed out of my classroom with a couple of other kids. We were all stuck in the hallway running. We didnt know where he was. How did you know there was a he . You heard shots . Yeah. Did you think instantly oh, my god those are gun shots or did you think those were balloons popping . How would you even know what it would sound like . I thought it was a drill. They told us that Police Officers would be firing blanks to get us trained for this. No one took it seriously until i heard screaming, the worst screaming youll ever hear. Thats when you knew . Yeah. We finally got a teacher to let us into a room. What did you do, hunker down . We sat in the corner with all the lights off, kids were crying, calling their parents. We had to tell a couple of kids to get loud. We were trying to figure out whats going on. It was awful. You were having to quiet peoples cries because you were worried that the shooter would hear . Yeah. Your parents, you mentioned you were thrilled to give them hugs. You were in a very unique position because, connor, your parents are Police Officers. Yeah. Not only were they, of course, hearing about the shooting at Douglas High School, but theyre thinking of you. How are they doing . Well, they actually drove all the way over here from ft. Lauderdale really fast they got here fast. I texted them. They were on their way as soon as they got word from me. My dad was the one who went up with the s. W. A. T. Team and got me out of my classroom, walked me over to my mom. She was standing there full uniform with all her protection and everything. Its overwhelming to see that many cops but i grew up around all those people. Everyone else might have been a little scared by them. I was so excited to see them because i knew they were there to help. It was home for you. Yeah. Tell me about that hug. Tell me about seeing your parents. I never hugged my mom so hard, for so long in my entire life. We were both in tears. I was so excited to see her. I was saying my goodbyes over text message to everyone i loved because i was in the hallway. No, you were not. Yeah. You were telling people goodbye . I love you and whatever happens i appreciate everything you did and making sure they knew that i love this had emwith all my heart. Connor you thought you were going to not walk out of that school . Yeah. I was in that hallway. It wasnt even more than five minutes but the gunshots stopped and my building was right next to where he was. All he had to do was walk up the stairs and would have found all of us. You eventually got out because s. W. A. T. Came and got you . Yes. Wow one of my producers told me that you actually did you know of the shooter or you knew his exgirlfriend, who had expressed worries . When i was a freshman. I dont remember the girls name. I just remember being in a situation, sitting in class and talking about this guy who would not leave her alone and was threatening her and it was nick, the kid who did it. I didnt think anything of it at the time. I didnt know him or anything. But i kept hearing more and more of how he was sketchy and he shouldnt you know, a danger to a lot of people. Apparently he was posting things that a lot of students see. We were all really blindsided by this. He doesnt go here no anymore. He was last person they expected to do it. He was expeled . Yeah. Was he fighting or why was he expelled . From what i heard he was fighting his exgirlfriends new boyfriend. How old are you . 17. Youre 17. You should not be standing here with me having this conversation about losing friends at 17 years of age. No one in this country should. When i listen to the president earlier today, i dont know if you a chance to listen to the president s message to the country. He spoke directly to young people like you and said we need to secure our schools and keep young people safe. He talked in a tweet about Mental Illness of the shooter. But not once mentioned guns, gun laws. Do you have anything to say . I mean, i dont think the gun itself killed everyone. I think he pulled the trigger. I dont think he should have ever had the ability to get the guns he had. There should have been much more background checks. He passed it. He passed the background check, from what i understand it. I dont know what they could have done to prevent this. I just feel like they need to go further in depth. Who is the they, congress . Yeah. Congress. 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The 19yearold man bought his ar15 style weapon legally, passed his background check. He not only had multiple rounds but reportedly he had a gas mask as well as smoke grenades on him when they caught him. With me now, parkland mayor and analyst charles ramsey, who used to lead the Police Forces in washington and with us carrie cordero. Apparently they were warned not just once, but twice, the fbi. We keep talking about this Youtube Video where the shooter posted a comment saying i want to be a professional school shooter. Hearing the fbi today, they said they followed up with the person who posted the Youtube Video, talked to that person but couldnt quite get an accurate i. D. On this individual as he posted this comment and then just how does that work when youre Law Enforcement, when people are doing all the right things and they let it go . Thats something that certainly is going to have to be looked into, to find exactly what information did they have and what did they do with the inform