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And players and parents online and on our air talking about what a selfless person he was. john, he attended that high school, graduated from there. he went to work there and has worked there his entire career. again, this is somebody who also acted as security guard for them and is being called a hero this morning, john. >> deservedly a hero. dianne gallagher, thanks so much for that. again, we're waiting for the press conference to begin behind me with new details on the investigation. joining me now by phone is rebecca bogart, 17 yoers old, a student here at marjory stoneman douglas high sc...

John berman in parkland, florida. we're following the breaking news here this morning, the tragic breaking news here this morning. i should say, president trump will address the nation in just a little bit. the first time he will address the school shooting here directly, though he has put messages out on twitter. i want to make note of one thing, cnn has put out requests to these three republican lawmakers to join us on cnn. they declined our invitation. but they did appear on fox news. there are important questions to address for them this morning. why is it that the fbi was warned in septem...

These folks helped him out, he had no place else to go. they didn't see any danger, any predilection that this is going to happen. they're horrified. their son was here at the school during the shooting, didn't know -- >> he was a student here, a current student here and he was thereali at the time of the shoeing. >> right. and didn't know anything about it. there are texts between the two of them earlier in the day. there's nothing ominous. >> reporter: here is the background on that family. we're told the suspect's family died, passed away. his adoptive father passed away 13 years ago, his m...

From broward county officials. at 11:00 a.m., the president will break his silence and speak to the nation about this horror. i want to start with cnn's rosa flores today. she's here in parkland, florida, to walk us through the latest. what are you learning? >> reporter: john, at this hour at least five people are still fighting for their lives. that's the latest that we've heard on the victims still in the hospital, five with life-threatening injuries. seven fatalities so far. the suspect charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. if the dealt count rises, we're expecting those charges al...