premeditated murder. >> i think it could have been prevented. he should never have been able to get a gun. >> reporter: the victims from wednesday's shooting include students, and dearly loved athletic director. >> i can't believe it's real. there is no way to describe what is happening. >> reporter: investigators have been filling in the timeline of this rampage starting with how the former student walked right in fully armed.>> the suspect readied his rifle and began to shoot into rooms 12, 15, 12-16. >> reporter: the rampage continued for several classrooms until he dropped his weapons and mixed in with the fleeing students. he stopped at a walmart and mcdonald's before being caught. the president avoided any specific reference to gun control. >> it's not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. but we must actually make that difference.

>> reporter: politicians debate the epidemic of gun violence, a shattered community gathered for a vigil to celebrate the lives of the victims. this is a massive investigation at last check, at least 2000 people have so far been interviewed. the victims range from 14-49 years old. >> we are getting our first look at the victims, some were students and others were teachers. as their names emerge, we are also learning about acts of heroism. adriana diaz continues the coverage from parkland. >> reporter: the assistant football coach at marjorie stallman douglas high school was fatally shot while shielding students, the broward county sheriff's called him a phenomenal man. >> the kids in the community loved and adored him. he was one of the greatest people i knew. >> reporter: a student, her brother reportedly also attended school here.

he survived. on facebook her father wrote, my heart is broken. yesterday we lost our baby girl to of violent shooting at her school. >> we are praying for these families and will continue to pray for these families. >> i started walking down the hallway, >> reporter: nicole suarez a freshman escaped the shooting rampage but say -- but says the carnage will be seared into her mind for the rest of her life. >> i do not know if the bodies were alive or dead but they seemed stone cold. >> reporter: the gunman 19-year- old nicholas crews escaped undetected following the shooting massacre by blending in with students rushing to evacuate the school. he was identified and arrested after investigators saw surveillance video. cruise is charged with 17 counts -- nikolas cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.

>> he address the nation today in the wake of the tragedy, there was one issue that he did not address. we continue the coverage from the white house this evening. >> as you know in the wake of these mass shootings the debate at some point, the conversation often turns to gun laws or gun policies or gun control or gun rights, this is the issues the president did not touch on in his address today. the flag lowered to half staff in memory of the 17 people killed at a portland -- a parkland floor high school. >> your suffering is our burden as well. >> reporter: the president addressing the nation thursday morning urging kids who feel isolated or alone to satisfy -- to reach out to someone. >> turn to a teacher or family member, a local police officer

or a state leader. answer hate with love and answer cruelty with kindness. >> he vowed to take action to make schools safe places. >> we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> reporter: one issue the president didn't discuss in hidden -- in his address was gun control. some republicans would not talk about the issue either.>> this is not the time to jump to some conclusion. with got more information.>> reporter: florida senator bill nelson says gun like -- guns like the ones in use should not be allowed. >> this is not for play. he adds that new gun control laws are not likely. >> you gotta keep trying. >> reporter: congress observed

a moment of silence out of respect for those killed. >> senator chuck grassley out of iowa heads of the senate judiciary committee saying that he plans to sit down with other lawmakers, democrats and republicans to discuss gun laws and what sort of agreement they could reach on legislation with regard to gun violence. as you know, we've heard those rumblings from capitol hill before to no avail.>> hopefully this time it will be different. >> coverage on the school shooting continues at 6:00. we look at california's laws on ar-15's and a bill to make it easier to report those unfit to possess them.>> we're hearing that one of the suspects arrested for the deadly stabbing of the tracy teenager is not doing well in jail. jessica florez was in court as the two suspects went before a judge. >> reporter: the pair accused of stabbing and killing 19-year- old lizette cuesta was in court

today. they are expected to enter a plea. this did not happened in -- this did not happen. we are seeing these defendants in court. 19-year-old daniel rose -- gross and 25-year-old melissa leonardo. accused of stabbing her and leaving her on the side of the road in livermore early monday morning. the driver found her off of the road. investigators believe she was able to crawl 100 yards on her stomach before getting found. she was airlifted to the medical center barely alive. the sheriffs office says before she died she made a dying declaration that led investigators to the sussed tax. we spoke to the lawyer representing melissa leonardo who says he was assigned the case recently. >> he says she is scared by all of this. it's a terrible situation for her. she is not someone who is an ongoing, she doesn't interact

with the criminal justice system on a regular basis, this is new to her. >> reporter: we found both of the defendants mothers in court today saying they did not want to give comments. the two are headed back to court on march 16. cannabis in court, the hemp industry fighting a federal rule that they say band cvd oil. a derivative that does not get users high. al martin joined us with the case that landed today before san francisco's ninth circuit court of appeals. the half billion dollar u.s. hemp industry is up in arms about a dea rule. it created a brand-new drug code for cannabis extracts including cbd. the hemp industry argues this effectively makes cbd illegal and is suing to get the law tossed out. we were on hand as a lawyer for the dea explained the new rule is simply administrative in nature and will help to track research and better compliance

with international treaties. the hemp industry disagrees. >> what is the industry afraid of? we've seen this drug code utilized. week after week since its enactment to seize and cause criminal enforcement against lawful operators who require no dea registration. >> cbd is used in a variety of products including medical oils used to reduce seizures, or alleviate anxiety. the final rule could impact the burgeoning hemp business in california and other states. >> not only does this affect free-trade or commerce in the united states, really and truly, it is affecting people, the american people who need to have access to safe and effective cannabinoids. >> reporter: the lawyer for the dea were client -- declined a

request for an interview. the ruling is expected in a few months. when california lawmakers suspended amid a sexual misconduct investigation. he wants his job back. tony mendoza is suing saying that his la county constituents are being denied representation. in the meantime state, senate, and assembly members working together on workplace harassment at the capital. specifically, they are focused on ways to prevent and respond to sexual harassment complaints.>> merely having policies in place and conducting training will not be enough if these two core components are not embraced by this legislature. leadership:leadership buy-in and accountability. >> reporter: this was the second what will be a series of hearings in the months ahead. strength -- italian-americans are pushing back against a move to rename columbus day. supervisors voted to change it to indigenous people today. the idea, to honor native americans and recognize their historical struggle. some italian-americans are upset, they have young -- they have long used columbus day to

celebrate their heritage including a parade to north beach. >> right now the day has been ripped away from the italian american community without replacement, we think that the second monday in october which has historically been the day where he celebrate italian american culture should stay this way. there are other days in the year to celebrate the indigenous people. >> several groups launch an effort to collect signatures to put the issue on the city ballot and they wanted the day to be called italian heritage day. is still to come, big changes to a mcdonald's staple. we will tell you what's behind this move. live with the lunar new year preparation in san francisco, the item that people are waiting one hour and a half for. it's known as the loneliest plant in the world, a special tree that was nearly extinct, it's looking for love.

but the celebration -- starts tonight. san francisco's chinatown is the year of the dog starts tomorrow, the celebration starts tonight. >> san francisco's chinatown bustling as shoppers prepare for the family feast. >> reporter: celebrations are already underway we've been hearing a lot of firecrackers going on out here. in fact the cry -- the firecrackers are going on right now. we want to show you this year of the dog wall that went up, it's made of hundreds of envelopes like this. >> we put it in piece by piece. we spent at least 10 hours at least. >> nancy and her husband dennis

decorated the wall with more than 100 year of the dog envelopes and have done so for the last two years. >> it's and on cut -- it's an icon for a lot of neighborhoods. we thought to make it a more beautiful wall.>> reporter: one block away on stockton street it is the last minute rush before the lunar new year. >> reporter: this woman waited an hour and a half in line to purchase chicken for her dinner tonight. and she says she is preparing white the feast -- quite the feast. >> yeah. a lot of things. >> reporter: we spoke to a lot of people who are purchasing food to ring in the new year. >> at the tradition every year, we by different things, we put decorations up at home to

welcome in the new year. >> the lunar new year is want to celebrate. it's the year of the dog, loyalty. and all of the good things that are coming in for the community and everything else are here. >> reporter: as you know the near tradition is handing out the red envelopes with bills inside, we will take you inside of wells fargo where there was a last-minute rush to get the new money.>> thank you. good times. students who saw their community with destroyed in the wine country wildfires are taking time to express painful days and are taking part in an art project called stars of hope. 600 students from hidden valley elementary painting messages of hope and healing on a one foot wooden start to be displayed around santa rosa. >> to be able to introduce art, especially art made from kids with a magical sense of

hopefulness and to bring it out, it transforms not only the physical landscape of the emotional landscape. >> stars of hope has been doing projects like this for 10 years in communities hit by tragedy. peter thiel is pulling up stakes and will move from the bay area to los angeles. he will relocate his home +2 firms at overseas investments. he has been an outspoken supporter. the john r does what the journal says he has grown frustrated with the bay area politics which he sees as less lenient or intolerant. amazon trying to trim its workforce without mass layoffs. it is now paying workers to quit. the online retailer is offering workers up to $5000 to resign. the purpose is twofold one, to get rid of the least engaged employees and to to give workers who turned down the opportunity to become more committed to the company.

the offer went out this week at warehouses and customer service centers across the country. macy's launched a women's clothing line, geared toward muslim shoppers. the chain teamed up with a boutique called verona collection to offer a selection of modest dresses, tops, and cardigans. it's available for sale on the website for macy's starting today. it is the first major u.s. department store to sell these. a happy meal makeover coming to a mcdonald's near you, cheeseburgers will be eliminated by the year 2022. say goodbye. parents could make a special request for them hamburgers and chicken nuggets will be the main option. the fast food giant is trying to lower calories from saturated fat and sugar by adding things like downsized fries, fruit, and a low sugar chocolate milk. we asked customers if they would bite.

>> it's probably a good thing. that's now we come here though. for that one treat. we give them vegetables at home. >> we have seen a lot of obesity so i think this is good . >> it's being tested in europe and australia before it's rolled out here in the country. biologists are going to great lengths to save a rare plant that turned up in san francisco's presidio. john ramose shows us they are trying to match it with mates, so that this endangered plant may survive. >> reporter: in 2009, a sharp eyed ecologist noticed the plant growing along highway one and it turned out to be a franciscan manzanita, a plant thought to be extinct in the wild. it was dug up and moved to an undisclosed location in the park.>> it's great that it was saved, it's a biological dead- end without essentially having a mate to bring it for cross pollination. >> the park service is trying

to create clones of the shrub they named fancy. but where to find a mate for a plant considered extinct? the botanical garden in berkeley has some things to a woman named lester roundtree. in the 1940s she snuck some plants from an old presidio cemetery that was being redeveloped and gave them to research gardens in the bay area. >> i think she showed good initiative in her thoughts, they were about conserving the plants. here is a rare plant, we knew it was rare at the time, we can just destroy it just because we want that property. >> reporter: the park service has planted some of lester's plans next to francies clone. the hope is in 2-3 years when the birds and bees have done their thing, the so-called loneliest plant in the world begin to produce seeds and eventually, some company.>> we

want to make sure that they could reproduce and have a self- sustaining population for the future without us having to propagate them. >> it's wanting to reproduce plans and research garden but they are not considered wild they -- until they could do it on their own without the hand of man involved.>> reporter: john ramose, kpix five. >> they believe they have living samples from three or four individual plans and hope that each plant could help maintain biodiversity in their species. if you were born or raised in iowa or minnesota or maybe north dakota, this comment is not for you but for the rest of you it's going to get cold next week. coming up find out when the lows may drop as chilly as 25 degrees next. here's a look at the closing numbers from wall street.

i'm so glad that summer came early. >> but then it will be winter again next week. >> okay we are going back again.>> this week it's going to be summer. and next week it will go without rainfall. at least there's something to talk about. next week is going to be cold by our standard it's going to be cold running where from 5-10 degrees cooler than average. if you like it warm enjoy what we have outside. this is above normal, normal is 60. livermore 62 right now, san jose 63, concord 65, santa rosa 63 degrees and as per normal for this week dropping into the 30s inland, santa rosa down to 34 tonight. san jose has been chilly this week. 39 for you. san francisco 45, the overarching, dry spell, today is the three week mark.

four more days, until we get there. the top 20 longest dry spell during the rain season. sierra, they may get some snow showers on sunday look at temperatures dropping. 50s tomorrow, 46 on saturday and 35 on sunday, getting cooler next week. you can't see the change here just yet but the key is that the ridge of high pressure states off toward the west. the wind goes clockwise around it. throwing things down from the north, we will get enough cold air bundled in canada and it's going to work its way down toward northern california where we can see cold air that will likely move in on both sides of this era is not only us getting cold but all the way back toward the dakotas and utah and wyoming running well below average next week. over the next couple of days it's dry and sunny once again close to 70 degrees. saturday hitting 70 degrees and

sunday another front without any precipitation but you could see some cloud cover moving to sunday morning. sunday afternoon the front is gone and the clouds are gone. the hermas has changed and it will get breezy and rather chilly. it could last all week long. temperatures climbing for two more days, peaking on saturday with highs in the low 70s inland. by sunday afternoon, cool and breezy and next week we will be blustery and windy and cold at night. afternoons will only be in the 50s. some parts of the country would say, we will take it in spring, that's cold for us in the winter. fremont tomorrow, sunshine 66, sunday would begin colder presidents' day, in the mid- 50s. the warmest and went spots, most of the bay area stay in the 50s pretty much all week long with cold overnight lows below freezing away from the water. that your forecast.

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could surprise. that's tonight on the evening news.>> thank you for watching tonight at 5:00. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> today is a day of healing. today is a day of mourning. >> glor: florida and the nation remember the lives lost in the parkland school shooting. >> each person who was stolen from us yesterday had a full life ahead of them. >> nobody should have to go through this. >> the violence has to stop. >> the suspect's been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. >> and everyone knew that there was always something just wrong about him. >> glor: students praise their heroes. >> he basically saved my life. >> tell every single person you know you love them, because you never know when your last time is going to be. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor, reporting tonight from parkland, florida. >> glor: and this is our western edition.