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>> you are, indeed. >> we will take advantage of what is offered to us. >> the nation is behind you. our hearts go out to you. thank you, mayor, for being here this morning. the mayor tells me school is closed today. they are not sure when it will reopen. it may next week. it in fact may not. all of the victims from the mass shooting have been identified. a teacher and athletic director. a football coach and 14 teenagers with their entire lives ahead of them. 16-year-old carmen schentrup. a semifinalist for 2018 national merit scholarship. nicholas dworet. a 17-year-old senior. headed to the u...

Up for security. there are any metal detectors on campus or no? >> metal detectors or weapons checks of any type i've never heard of on campus. i think the would have cam are yous but never heard of any security. >> how is security at the school? just secure security type officers or the rest? how active are they? >> i have seen a couple different officers and golf cart west virginia weapons and they check the campus every now and then do a walk-through. it was safe until now. >> the area itself, are you from that area, macrae? >> no i'm from a town about 40 minutes away. and i go there every ...

Occurred. at columbine high school in april of '99 the police had something what they called secure the perimeter and the two killers had over 45 minutes before the police entered the building. it was after columbine that law enforcement agencies around the united states and around the world started looking at something what a little bit different which is engage the shooter immediately, and right now, in jefferson yankee, -- jefferson county, we have school resource officers and we had a situation not in jefferson county but in a neighboring school district, a couple years ago, in december, t...

You have people who are capable people. athink the guy pushing him down, take him out. >> you want to go home at night. two things about this. one is you have to create a culture of security, and so you're absolute live correct. you to involve the people in the school. you have to create that ability and you can't lock things down. it's not a going to happen. and -- >> what are you telling your kids in the classroom next door? >> number two, if you're a parent, absolutely encourage you to talk to your students and ask them, what your plan inside what's your crisis management plan? >> i sound l...

-- you chat, not much. they often don't necessarily do the job, if someone is intent on doing harm they can bypass the security systems or blow them away. >> your right. we have to find a way to do more than we have done. this happens too often, and it's unacceptable that our people in the united states of america can't go get their education without worrying about it. there's a limit in terms of how much we need to do. yes. but we need to do more than we are doing, and i -- have been at many high schools locally, and at the college campus, but mainly the high schools, and they don't have but ...