good morning, america. breaking news, deadly school rampage. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> a 19-year-old gunman storms a high school in florida opening fire with an assault rifle shooting through classroom doors killing at least 17 people. one of the deadliest school shootings ever. >> does he know where the shooter is. >> we don't know but we're entering the building. >> catastrophic. there are no words. >> students racing from the school hands in the air. >> he went from the third particular to the second floor. >> we ran inside. >> others barricaded in rooms hiding under their desks and in closets. >> i don't know how we're alive. >> everybody down. >> s.w.a.t. teams rushing to clear classrooms. >> everybody on the floor. let's go. >> terrified parents waiting

anxiously outside for their loved ones. this morning what we're learning about the victims and the hero teachers and football coach. >> the suspect now in custody after slipping out of the school blending in with evacuate whack separating students. new details about his past, the disturbing social media posts. why he was expelled and what he said before the shooting about valentine's day. roh now another american community devastated mourning the victims of this latest shooting. we are live on the scene with the survivors and the math teacher who helped keep his students safe right here on "gma." good morning, america. as you can imagine it is a challenging, difficult morning. george is on the scene in florida where another community is in disbelief shocked by devastating violence. this time at that florida high school on valentine's day. >> this image, one that has

become all too familiar. students evacuating with hands up and suspect in that shooting is in custody. new images this morning showing him being taken to jail. george is outside that school. good morning to you, george. >> good morning, guys. that is the school right behind me, marjory stoneman douglas high school, huge school, ten building, more than 3,000 students and if you ask people why did you move to parkland, they say it is for that school. one of the top in the state. parkland voted consistently one of the safest communities in ameri america until today. 17 killed. 15 injured and the shooter, nikolas cruz, is in custody, the 18th school shooting already this year. it is just mid-february. we'll hear from students inside that school and the heroes who helped save the lives and start with victor oquendo. he's covered south florida for

many years. this community hit so hard. >> reporter: south florida has never seen anything like this. marjory stoneman douglas high school will be closed for the rest of the week. some of these images might be disturbing. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: at 2 in the afternoon gunshots ring out in this south florida high school. terrified students hiding in classrooms during the gunman's rampage. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: the shooter reportedly first pulls a fire alarm to get more students out of the classroom maximizing potential victims. >> the fire alarm got pulled and kids were evacuating. i heard five pops. >> he was just very focused on what he was doing. and that's it. >> reporter: when? >> i was in the classroom and i was like, oh, my gosh, what's happening. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams swarming the school and moving inside. >> i have the gunshot victim.

he's by the entrance on the west side of the school. >> does he know where the shooter is? >> we don't know but we're entering the building. >> reporter: erica duval filming this as she and classmates were rescued by a s.w.a.t. team. >> yeah, breathe, breathe. breathe. >> everyone on the floor. on the floor. >> reporter: terrified children led but from their hiding places with their hands in the air. students this this classroom waiting in horror for help to arrive. >> police, police. >> put your phones away. >> reporter: another s.w.a.t. team enters this auditorium. >> everybody down. >> reporter: in this classroom screams of anguish as police lead students to safety.

>> shh. >> come on. follow me. >> let's go. let's go. let's go. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: outside chaos. students streaming out of the building, some running, many with their hands on their head, a sea of backpacks abandoned on the ground and emergency rescue rushing to the scene. scenes of relief as parents comforted children who reached safety. this mother was actually right outside the school when the g gunfire began. >> what did you hear, what did

you see? >> i heard bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang then i texted him and my other son, found out that my other son got out. found him at walmart. brought him home with a few friends and then i had been circling waiting for him to call me. >> reporter: at 3:00 p.m. the shooter is still at large, but now a possible description. >> white male, burgundy shirt wearing a black hat and either long black pants or shorts mixed in with a group of students that were running westbound. >> reporter: just before 4:00 p.m. the 19-year-old suspect nikolas cruz captured and taken into custody. >> we have a shooter in custody after he committed this horrific homicidal detestable act. >> reporter: the community now struggling to make sense of the unspeakable. >> you come to the conclusion this is just absolutely pure evil. >> this has been a day we've seen the worst in humanity. tomorrow is going to bring out the best in humanity as we come

together to move forward from this unspeakable tragedy. >> reporter: i've already seen the community come together. parents and students consoling each other well into the night and for the families of the victims they'll need that support now more than ever. >> thanks very much. we're learning more about the 17 people who lost their lives and hearing from the survivors. one of them, a student, hid in the bathroom for two hours sent her parents this text message. if i don't make it, i love you and i appreciate everything you did for me. sara made it out alive along with these students who thanked the teachers who saved their lives. >> we were just like praying and crying. >> reporter: when the first shots fired. the fire alarm went off. >> get your hands up. >> reporter: mr. beagle was at the front door of his class protecting students. >> the door was open all the time. i don't know how we're aloof.

>> reporter: gabriel said coach feis shoed her away and may have saved her life. >> i didn't hear the alarm or gunfire at first and when i took my headphones off i heard the shots and saw mr. feis run out there and i saw him get shot. >> reporter: others took shelter in a cull farry classroom including david hogg. >> we heard more gunshots and that was when we realized this was not a drill. >> reporter: and we just saw david hogg. we're joined by him now. we saw him in the classroom along with another student, kelly and her mother. thanks for coming in. kelsey, let me begin with you. this must have been terrifying. >> we heard the alarm which was really strange because we had one earlier that morning. >> you had a fire drill that morning. >> yeah, and we all knew what to

do so we started heading out the classroom but when we were trying to go down the stairwell everybody just stopped. i smelled dust and i didn't know what it was so i thought it was like the school trying to pretend like fake smoke. >> you hasn't heard any shots yet. >> no, but when everybody was running up the stairs i started being shoved and heard gun the shots. >> at first you thought it was another drill. >> yeah. >> then you got back into the classroom. >> i had talked to my teacher and said, i am scared and then we all heard gun tshots and he unning loed the door and let us in. i thought he was behind me. >> this is mr. beagle. >> but he wasn't. >> what happened? >> when he opened the door, he had to relock it so we could stay safe. and he didn't get the chance. >> might have saved your life.

aom because he was in the doorway and the door was still open and the shooter probably didn't know we were in there because mr. beagle was laying on the floor so if the shooter would have came into the room i probably wouldn't be speaking with you right now. >> he put himself first. and he had been a big help to you all year long, hadn't he? >> yeah, he would explain a lot of things to a lot of us in the classroom and he was just easy to comprehend the subject when he taught it because he would explain and give us like examples and was a really -- he was a really amazing teacher. >> you'll never forget him. >> no.

>> those must have been terrifying moments for you when you didn't know what happened to your daughter. >> i didn't know what was going on. she was texting me and tells me she hears gunshots. it's okay, kelsey, sometimes she gets upset then she said my teacher is on the floor. i thought the teacher was hiding, not that the teacher got shot because i don't know. i called the school. the school phone was busy. i called coral springs. she's like is it an emergency. no, they hung up and i started yelling with the tv on. irdidn't know what was going on and didn't text me for a little bit so i'm texting, kelsey, kelsey, she did and she was upset. she got me upset. it was like -- i don't know. i didn't know what to do. >> how could anyone know what to do in there situation. david, we saw that video. describe what you were thinking

and feeling. >> honestly most of the time i thought it was a drill and i think many of us did -- >> a lot of you did, didn't you? >> yes, because we had heard things that we would possibly have a code red drill which was a shooter drill and we thought it was a drill until after we saw the headlines. this was a life-or-death situation. >> something you had trained for before, though. there had been drills. >> from what i've seen at the school we have had meetings and teachers talking about what to do in these type of situations actually pretty recently and had initiatives to lock all the doors and i think honestly that wo worked and easily saved a couple hundred if not a thousand lives. >> you knew to get back into the classroom. have you been able to reach out to your other friends and students. >> yeah, i was able to reach out to my other friends and students and, thank god, they're all all right. however, my sister who is a freshman here, she had two of

her like best friends die in this awful iful incident. this is something that people cannot get used to. this is something we can't keep up. if we do get used to it it will happen again. >> that is so true. >> this is a time for our country to take a look in the mirror and realize there is a serious issue here. >> you just told the country that and you're exactly right. thank you all. i hope you get the help you need and reach out to your friends. thank you very much. robin. >> can't get used to this. we should not get used to this. we're also learning more about the shooter in this horrific massacre, 19-year-old nikolas cruz, a former student at the school expelled for disciplinary reasons and had been identified as a potential threat. our chief national correspondent tom llamas is also there in florida. he is outside the shooter's home about new details about his past. good morning, tom.

>> reporter: robin, good morning to you. the police presence just behind me is getting larger by the minute. both local police and the fbi are now here just around that corner in parkland, florida, right here where the alleged shooter lived with a friend and the friend's family. in multiple the interviews with the alleged shooter's relative, classmates and former friends were getting a profile of a teenager obsessed with guns and who at least once before made a threat that he was going to shoot up his school and just last night a relative of the alleged killer telling us that he was adopted but his adoptive father died early on in his-and just months ago, robin, his adoptive mother died a painful and sudden death when she got the flu. several students who spoke with abc news say it was no secret the teenager you see in this photo was dangerous and even threatened to kill. >> he carried multiple guns. >> reporter: police describe cruz kris as armed for a war when he allegedly stormed this south florida high school.

senator bill nelson says the fbi informed him the alleged gunman had a gas mask and smoke grenades along with his assault rifle. >> he had countless magazines, multiple magazines and at this point we believe he had one ar-15 rife. i don't know if he had a second one. >> reporter: the 19-year-old seen here being taken down and handcuffed by law enforcement was wearing an rotc maroon shirt and combat boots. others paint him as troubled. >> about a year ago i saw him upset in the morning and i was like what up. he was like, i swear to god i'll shoot up the school and i said, yo, watch what you're saying around me. >> reporter: that student tells us he warned school officials. cruz was eventually expelled from marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> he got in a fight with this one kid, and then from what i know, he wasn't allowed to bring

his backpack because they found bullet casings in it. >> reporter: former classmate joshua charles said he tried to sell him weapons. >> he offered to sell my knives. i just thought he was one of those kids who he likes to have fun with objects like that. >> reporter: overnight the fbi searching for clues in the parkland, florida, home where he last lived and the focus this morning from investigators, any hint of a motive on social media. >> we've already began to dissect his websites and the things that social media that he was on and some of the things have come to mind are very, very disturbing. >> reporter: experts tell us judging from the shooter's age his social media profile and relationships with other teens will likely turn up major clues. >> i guarantee you there is information out there that he was going to do. that, you know, when he acquired the firearms if he did or got them from home, the things he may have said on social media. >> reporter: students at

stoneman douglas high school say they point to pages that belong to him. he is seen holding a pistol. anoth another shows an arsenal of weapons. they're now being looked at. >> i think everyone in the school had it in the back of their mind if anyone was going to do it it would most likely be him. >> reporter: to you there was a social media user on youtube who was posting comments with the same name as the alleged shooter nikolas cruz saying he wanted to kill different groups of people. now this morning buzzfeed is reporting that one youtube user noticed this and alerted the fbi because one of the posts from the aled shooter said he'll be a professional school shooter. now, the fbi followed up but it's unclear if it ever led back to cruz. robin and michael. >> they're still looking into that. all right, thank you very much, tom. i'm really struck -- going back to george -- struck by both young people you spoke to, especially the young man who said we should not -- we can't get used to this. we can't become numb to these types of incidents.

>> and, robin, we say that again and again and again but no one could say it more powerfully than that young man in the middle of it at that moment. we've seen so many of these. 18 this year, more than -- almost 300 since sandy hook. think about that. almost 300 school shootings since sandy hook and now here in parkland, florida, in one of the safest cities in america. >> one of the trending hashtags yesterday, enough is enough. we'll get back to you. >> enough is enough, robin. back to george later as much more ahead on that. now we go over to rob with some weather. >> hey, good morning, michael. a warm-up across much of the east and fog. time now

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♪ so, why don't you just meet me in the middle ♪ welcome back to "gma." you're looking at that terrifying scene in parkland, florida. students evacuating marjory stoneman douglas high school on valentine's day after a 19-year-old gunman opened fire in one of the deadliest school shootings ever. >> another community reeling from violence and back to george who is there in florida. george. >> and, robin, you saw those pictures of those students leaving. so many schools now, so well taped for something like this to happen and so many of the students who were going through this at first thought this was just another drill. we also have heard from president trump since the shooting. he started out tweeting his condolences. just moments ago he added this on twitter. so many signs that the florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for

bad and erratic behavior. neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. must always report such instances to authorities again and again. to tom llamas for more outside the shooter's home. tom. >> reporter: good morning to you. more and more police are showing up and searching this home where the alleged shooter lived with his friend and his friend's family and trying to figure out why exactly nikolas cruz did that at his former school. now, earlier this morning we got fresh video of the alleged shooter heading to the broward county jail in ft. lauderdale. that's where he will be held until he goes to a bond hearing. we expect that to happen later today. the latest numbers we're getting from police and law enforcement sources are staggering. 17 people dead. among the dead are students, of course, and adults, 15 injured including the suspect and among those injured at least five right now are fighting for their lives and we say those numbers and it is so painful and our thoughts and prayers go out to

all those families. there were warning signs and spoke to friends and former classmates of the alleged shooter who say he was obsessed with guns and that he had threatened at least once before to shoot up the school and see those haunting images when students with their hands raised were evacuated by the school as s.w.a.t. members went inside to see that whatever kids survived were okay and we can confirm this morning that the gun used was an ar-15, an assault rifle and according to our reporting, that gun was purchased legally by the suspect who was only 19 years old. george, back to you. >> okay, tom. thanks very much. as you said, other students have said they saw disturbing social media posts from the shooter and moments ago i spoke to jim lewis, the family who took him in after his adoptive mother died. i imagine the family must be devastated. >> they can't believe it. took in this young man, his family, his mother just recently

died. he knew their son very well. >> this happened around thanksgiving? >> mother died november 1st last year. he moved with them in thanksgiving and they took him in because he really didn't have another place to go and was good friends with their son and they don't know what to make of this. de didn they didn't see this coming. >> have they had a chance to speak with him after. >> no. >> he said something about valentine's day. >> he was supposed to go et up and go to the father to the adult education school he was going to but made some comment, it's valentine's day. i don't go to school on valentine's day. >> you say they saw no signs. he built up quite an arsenal. they knew he did have an assault rifle. >> yes, and he brought it into the home and it was in a locked gun safe. that was the condition when he came into their home that the gun was locked away. >> none of the gas masks or any of the other magazines he was reported to have had. >> no, we didn't see -- the family didn't see or know about any of those.

>> their son brought in for questioning. >> this son, which is how i got involved, was brought in last night to see what he knew and when he knew it and he's been totally debriefed and law enforcement let him go home and indicated he is no longer a person or suspect of interest. he had friends at that school. he is totally unbelievably in shock that his friend could have done anything like this. >> he had been expelled from school. other students said they saw, you know, his arsenals on social media. some strange behavior but you're saying the family never had any indication. >> i spoke to the father. they're not social media people, they don't go on to it. haven't really spoke to the son that much about it but simply t they indicated they saw nothing like this coming. they never saw any anger, no bad feelings about the school. depressed because his mother died and that situation but trying to work himself out of it. getting some help. getting some therapy. >> he had been going to therapy. >> my understanding he was getting started in some therapy and they were trying to help

him. >> he never talked about any resentment against the school or any particular student in that's the thing that is surprising to them. that he would go to the school. i don't think he had been there since he left last year and didn't really keep in touch with any other people there other than this other young man who befriended him. >> how are they holding up today? >> they're hurt. they're hurt and shocked. they're not at their residence which is still being searched with their concept by law enforcement and they're just like everybody else trying to make some sense of this and trying to figure out why. >> mr. lewis, thanks for joining us. what a blow to that family. this whole community. i'm joined by connor king and his mother laura king. thanks for joining us. connor, let me start with you. you were on the top floor of the freshmen building. tell us what you saw and heard. >> so, it was around 2:20 and the fire alarm rang and we were really skeptical because there was another one like earlier

that day. and we had no idea what was going on so we looked over the stairs and there were -- we heard gunshots and popping sounds so everybody ran back into their classrooms. >> that's what you had been trained to do, get inside the classroom. >> yeah. >> so tell us what happened inside. >> so, when we were inside, everybody like piled on top of each other like it was really squished together. like i couldn't move my legs, someone had to help me get my phone out of my pocket to turn it off so it wouldn't ring. >> you were all down on the ground. >> yes. >> were you able to get the door locked. >> yes. >> and, you know, this is so unimaginable to so many of us who haven't been in this situation. what were you all thinking and feeling as you're sitting there waiting hearing these shots outside? >> i thought i was going to die. well, they were right outside of our classmany roo. i didn't know if they would knock on our door which they did. they shot around the doors.

>> did they shoot inside. >> not in our classroom. >> how far away -- could you have a sense of how many shots were being fired, where he was going, what he was doing? >> so, when he got to the first floor, he got to the third floor pretty fast and there were about ten shots up there or so, maybe more and then he went -- he started like going a little bit further away and didn't hear him after a while. >> you were trying to be quiet, not a sound. >> yeah. >> can't imagine as a parent what this must have been like and, of course, connor had to turn off his phone so you had no idea what was going on. >> no and i was work at the time. >> you're a nurse. >> i'm ray nurse and my hospital westside regional is a little further south but another director said you need to get up to parkland, your kid's school is being shot up. i didn't know if it was the middle school, i have a daughter there or the high school. i couldn't get anywhere near the school. by the time i got here it was all barricaded off and i didn't hear from him.

>> you were starting to hear from other parents. >> they were texting me asking me, you know, did you find your son? did you hear from him? did you -- and i still hadn't heard from him and it was a long time, probably hours because -- >> a couple of hours. >> you know, it feet like hours. it could have been one, it could have been two. i'm not sure of the exact time, so, yeah, that was the hardest part. but later he told me that, you know, it was because they had -- they were so afraid they had to shut their fines off and put their phones down, so finally, you know, his father got to him before i did. he was closer. i guess he said that when the s.w.a.t. team walked them out, they were able to turn on -- >> how long did it take for the police to get there. >> to be in the building? >> yeah. >> to come to us took about -- we were sitting for like 30 minutes probably. maybe less. i felt like forever is it that must have been the long ever 30 minutes of your life. >> yeah, it was. when they got to the door, like they were knocking. they were telling us to open up

but we weren't trained -- we're supposed to like stay back. they were supposed to have some kind of code and didn't do that so we were confused and we didn't want to go to open the door but the teacher ended up doing it. >> it sounds like you had incredible presence of mind and figured out how to work together to stay as safe as possible. >> yeah. >> have you had much chance to talk to your friends and classmates since. >> yes. >> since this happened. >> yeah, it's all over snapchat, instagram, all social media so we're making sure each and every one of us is okay. >> have you ever heard anything about the shooter before? >> no. >> well, we are glad you're okay. we know how hard this has been for the entire community but thank you for sharing your time with us this morning. >> thank you. >> we'll get back to you. later we'll also have a hero teacher who helped keep his classroom safe. that teacher will join us live. could do the stuff

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back now on this tough thursday morning. a community reeling from that devastating school shooting and repercussions are being felt in south korea at the olympics where athletes are remembering those who lost their lives and amy is there with more. good morning. >> good morning to you, michael. even 7,000 miles away from home, that deadly shooting impacting these olympic games. u.s. figure skaters alexa and

chris knierim dedicating their routine to those who lost their lives and on the slopes mikaela shiffrin giving people something to smile about, a gold medal in giant slalom. >> giant slalom gold for mikaela shiffrin in pyeongchang. >> reporter: mikaela shiffrin, the latest member of team usa's golden club earning the top spot in the giant slalom. >> coming down the hill and to the line. >> reporter: the alpine skier finally making her 2018 debut. shiffrin's event delayed twice due to heavy winds and extreme temperatures in pyeongchang. riding the hill proved to be tough. skiers crashing on the course throughout the competition. one right into these photographers. the 22-year-old shiffrin zigzagging down the mountain with speed and grace. shiffrin's win achieving a promise she made to herself back in sochi where she missed a spot on the podium placing fifth. after her stunning win, the now

two-time gold medalist raising the american flag in celebration with shiffrin writing about that on instagram. stars in the right hand, stripes in the left. make sure it's right side up. careful with the win, don't drop it. okay, okay, all set, cool, now smile. >> there will be a lot more from shiffrin to come. her first of four events and that giant slalom that earned her gold had to be postponed twice because of the weather. it was windy and cold and i'm happy to report, michael, it was the first day it was not bone chillingly cold. the high was a balmy 34 degrees and i do not want to hear about your 60-degree weather in new york. i can't. >> i'm not even going to mention it. you mentioned it for me. the athletes showed us their hearts are with everyone here and the tragedy that happened in florida and our hearts are with them as well. where do we stand with the medal count right now? >> yes, so team usa has a total with eight medal, five of them are gold but norway has the most

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good morning, i'm matt o'donnell, 7:56 a.m., thursday, february 15. back to the schuylkill expressway we go and karen rogers. >> reporter: yeah, this accident has been pushed to the side on the schuylkill expressway eastbound between the blue route and the vine, but not before it gave us an 88 minute delay. this accident was at one point blocking two lanes, it's off to the side. hopefully we'll see the delay ease a little bit. jammed on i-95, we have an accident ahead southbound jammed past academy to girard, an earlier accident blocked two lanes there and created big delays on i-95. break brag news in new jersey, a mess closed for over an hour, 73 southbound near 295.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. deadly school rampage on valentine's day. >> oh, my god. >> one of the worst mass shootings after. a 19-year-old gunman stormed a florida high school, opened fire with an assault rifle shooting clue classroom doors killing at least 17 people. >> it's just catastrophic. >> students fled the school their hands in the air as others were still trapped inside. the heartbreaking texts from is the football coach who stepped in to help save students. >> i saw the shooter run after mr. feis and i saw mr. feis get shot. >> and the new information now about the shooter. captured after slipping out of the school alongside students

racing to evacuated. the details emerging and his social media post. why he was expelled from the school and had been identified as a potential threat. as your kids go back to school this morning, how to talk to them about the tragedy. what your children should do in an emergency and what to say to them right now. our experts are here with what you need to know this morning on "gma." and once again we do say good morning, america. you see george is there in florida. the nation coming to grips with another horrific tragedy. that shooting at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. >> it's the 18th and deadliest school shooting related incident this year and we go back to george in florida with more. >> good morning. you said it. deadliest. staggering loss of life here in just minutes. the shooter heavily armed walked

into the school and took 17 years, at least 15 others injured. some critically. the shooter, 19 years old, a former student expelled from the school in custody this morning. police believe he initially escaped by dropping his rifle blending in with the other rifles who were fleeing. i want to go to tom llamas outside the shooter's home in florida. hey, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. this morning, five people are fighting for their lives. we know that that killer massacred 17 people at the school. 15 are injured, but now 5 people, we're told, are fighting for their lives this morning. now, how was this young man able to kill so many, so fast? the answer, he was using an assault rifle. abc news has confirmed that he legally purchased an ar-15. and when we look at those image, those haunting images that have been all too familiar, students, freshmen, sophomore, juniors, seniors walking out with their hands in the air, s.w.a.t. team members surround the school. as you mentioned he was arrested

just steps from the school in a nearby neighborhood. now, this morning we have fresh video of the alleged killer, nikolas cruz, 19 years old being taken to the broward county main jail in ft. lauderdale expected in bond court later today. we're also getting our first look at his mug shot. out here where i am in parkland, this is where he lived at one point with his friend and his friend's family just behind me here. more and more police are showing up by the hour, still investigating behind me. around the corner is where he lived. why was he living with a friend and the friend's family. a relative tells us cruz kris was adopted but early on in his life his adoptive father passed away and then just months ago, george, his mother contracted the flu and she died a very sudden and painful death from complications brought on by the flu. we have no idea if that played any role in what set him off. the big question right his inst

enforcement are looking at those pains and see he had a passion for weapons and at least one friend told us in the past he mentioned he did want to shoot up the school so there were definite warning signs here, george. >> there were some signs. although the family he was living with saw none. okay, tom, thanks very much. president trump has tweeted this morning about the shooting saying there were so many signs that the florida shooter was mentally disturbed even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. must always report such instances to authorities again and again. want to go to cecilia vega. she's at the white house this morning. cecilia, we didn't hear from the president before cameras last night, expect to see him today? >> reporter: only on twitter so far. that is a very real possibility. something under consideration at this white house right now and know the president has been in touch with the florida governor and broward county sheriff and sources tell us the president had been planning to go to

mar-a-lago this weekend. that is just 40 miles away from where, george, right now. a visit to that scene of that tragedy, not being ruled out at this point. as you know, it's often the case that in the wake of these tragedies, the conversation here in washington then turns to gun control. that's not something that president trump has wanted to talk about. he's had to address the nation three times so far in the wake of mass shootings, and he has often said that it is too soon in those days after those shootings to talk about gun violence and gun laws -- rather, gun laws. we will see if today is the day he'll have to make a fourth address to the nation, and perhaps this is the one that prompts that conversation about gun control policy in this country. >> yeah, we'll see if that happens and, cecilia, this hit the white house at a time when they were reeling from so many other problems. >> reporter: yeah, it certainly did, george. of course, that scandal over rob porter in day nine, ten i believe. not something they wanted to talk about, though, yesterday. in fact, reporters were gathered

outside sarah sanders' office to try to ask questions in the wake of the president addressing for the very first final here at the white house domestic violence saying that is something he abhors and not to be tolerated ever. first time we heard him speak out about that but they canceled the briefing after it was postponed twice and sarah sanders said it was because of the shooting in florida. there is no briefing on the schedule at this point today, george, so there still are a number of questions about these other issues hanging over this white house right now in addition to this awful tragedy down there in florida. >> okay, cecilia vega, thanks very much. we're joined by one of the hero teachers from the high school, jim gard. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> such a horrific situation yesterday afternoon. like so many of the students we've heard from already today, you at first thought it was just a drill. >> yes, because when the alarm went off about 2:20 or so, i heard it go off and we had just

had a fire drill. >> that morning. >> 9:30 that morning so i thought it was a bit unusual, so the kids got out of their seats. i just had them line up, let's line up and hang in for a second because maybe it was accidental. and like culinary went off or what have you. so we were ready to go. and then our -- one of our administrators got on and said evacuate the building so opened the door, all the kids went out, the vast majority went out. i hang out last to make sure everyone is out and make sure the room is secure. we heard a bunch of popping noises and admin got on again and said code red which means active shooter and get back inside. by then most were already gone because my room is right at the corner, 50 yards away really from where building 12 where all this happened. so six kids had come in, five girls and a boy. they came in, i kind of looked

around up and down and there was nobody around so i closed the door, turned the lights off. kids wanted to know what's going on. i said they've been talking about another drill. maybe this is a drill as well. >> did you believe that or did you think it was real at that point? >> i thought it was really bizarre that you would have a second drill and even more so that you would have the fire alarm go off and then the code red because they were talking about doing it the other way if they had actually did it as a drill so, of course, i'm not going to let that on to the kids. they were fine. kids here are wonderful. >> when did you know it was real? >> we were talking and, you know, now you're getting on the internet and looking over everything and that's 2:20 so figure by 2:30 we were figuring this is going to be real. and then you start hearing all the helicopters and you start hearing all the sirens and, yeah, this is a real thing so by

2:30. 2:40 we weren't going to dismiss so we knew it was real. >> you had the shooter in your class last year. >> yeah, just for a bit of time, '16/'17. late '16, august and december and he wasn't really in my class that long. when he was there he was always real quiet. no problems. never like detentions or referrals or anything like that and i just don't remember -- i hate to say it -- he was unremarkable. i don't remember that much about him. >> since then you've spoken to other students that did know him and had seen some of the signs? well, the kids that i happen to be with, some of the girls mentioned apparently he was having problems with some other girls and possibly harassing them and what have you, but, again, that's what the kids were telling me so, you know, i don't have that firsthand from nik obviously but that's what some of the girls were saying. >> you did know some of the victims firsthand. >> i don't know of any student

victims although i have heard of two of the teacher victims who i definitely knew, yeah, without a doubt and especially one who i eagle pride shirt you're wearing. you will need a lot of pride and a lot of love in these coming days in this school. >> oh, yeah, we will. our administration -- they're fantastic. we were just trained in this three weeks ago and went with over with all of our kids the day after we were trained so i guess it went as smoothly as you would expect. horrible, 17 people. if we weren't trained could it have been much worse and i think it could have been but, yeah, everything went very well as far as that goes but it's incredible. >> thank you for doing your job well. thanks, jim. >> you're welcome. >> back to robin. >> all right, george, thank you very much. the training that that school went through. >> the training you get, you hope you never have to use. >> to use, yeah.

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the one in parkland just yesterday. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has a closer look at the disturbing statistics we're now seeing. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning. those 18 school shootings this far shocking. seven of those incidents classified as intentional attacks resulting in one or more deaths or injury. the other guns going off in schools and suicides or attempted suicides. they're becoming so common and in our quick search we found four thwarted attacks in the last year including one just yesterday where a grandmother in washington state discovered her grandson was planning a deadly attack on his classmates with guns a guns and bombs. he was 18 years old and police say he had a journal where he talked about studying other mass shooters to increase his body count, robin. >> oh, my goodness. with this shooter yesterday, pierre, he seems to have been on the radar. he was expelled from school. there seemed to be so many warning signs and yet how do we still end up here?

>> reporter: that's the sobering question. time and time again in these cases we find warning signs missed but these are not easy issues. sometimes people say things and law enforcement follows up but sometimes there's not enough evidence to have them arrested. people will ask the question, how can someone with these anger issues and postings on social media not be flagged after having bought that assault rifle especially if those comments about wanting to harm someone turns out to be true if one of the many questions we have this morning. thank you. michael. thank you. we're here with dr. jennifer ashton and law enforcement analysts evy poumpouras with more on how to talk to your children about this tragedy as pardons and children across the country understandably are scared and struggling to process all this and thank you, both, for joining me. dr. jen, you have dealt with trauma in emergency situations and even students who don't go to parkland may be scared to go to school this morning. >> absolutely. >> as a parent how do you soothe

their children's fears. >> i think, lessons we can take from physical trauma can be extrapolated to psychological trauma. the first thing, the caregiver has to take care of him or herself first. your children will pick up on your fear or anxiety so if you're not in a good place to have this discussion wait until you are. secondly i think we need to find out what they've seen or heard on social media because that's a new aspect to this shooting that we haven't seen as vividly in the past. the conversations, michael, have to be age appropriate and they have to be temperament appropriate for your child because they have different sensitivities and then we have to reassure them even though bad things happen they are safe and remind them their feelings are not dangerous. they have to feel safe to express those feelings and lastly, if you feel overwhelmed as a parent to handle this, please bring in trained mental health professional, social workers, psychologists. they are experts in this. this is what they do best. >> overwhelmed as a parent,

imagine your child and what they must feel. every, you counsel schools in this situation. not all have a plan. how do they handle this? >> first you want to move away from the sound of shots. you may not be able to see the shots so wherever the sound is coming from you want to go in the opposite direction. if you can evacuate that's the first thing you want to try to do. sometimes you can't so find somewhere to harden up meaning find a room, closet, lock and barricade the door and move away from windows and stay there and stay put while you wait for help. >> and you kind of alluded to social media and almost every teen has a cell phone now. in indicati in situations like that what are the dos and don'ts. >> it's the one time where you must be self-aware. where you should not be on your phone. you should be -- have all your senses so you know what's going on around you.

take your phone and put it on silent. everybody will start calling you. you don't want to give away where you're hiding. second, text a mother or father and say, hey, i'm on the second floor, i'm hiding in this room. please send help. now you also are helping police letting them know where students are and you're coordinating with someone letting them know you're okay. you should not be posting this on social media because this is happening and so you don't know if there's one shooter, two shooters, you don't know if they're monitoring social media so now they know where you are, where you're hiding. >> and we saw one of the students earlier that george in one of our pieces said i had my headphones in, i didn't even know so you always have to be aware. and, dr. jen, what type of mental health counseling is there out there? >> we need to remember there are social workers, psychologist, psychologists, there are grief counselors and they don't come in with licensed sirens, they're doing it islandly and will continue for weeks and months

and saving as many lives as first responders so ask for help because this is what they do and i think as parents and as medical professionals we have to remember that you can teach a child of any age like evy said basic steps of what to do in an emergency. what to do when someone is choking or bleeding. unfortunately what to do in cases of an active shooter and that information, that preparedness can be incredibly empowering for a child. >> many of these kid, every, they seem to know what to do and had a drill about this a few days ago. what else do you recommend for kids? >> as a parent don't assume the school is doing something. some don't have a lockdown drill. some don't know what they're doing. you should talk to your child direct and ask what's going on at the school and practice at home with them. age appropriate as we're discussing. have discussions and then dialogue with the school. know what they're doing and then reinforce those habits at home or maybe they're not good and then you can work with the school to change those but this should be a collective effort.

don't just rely on someone else to keep your children safe. >> all right, dr. jen and evy poumpouras, thank you both. upstairs to rob. considering what a difficult day today is, we wanted to take your "gma" moment and your mind to a more check out this video a time lapse video national park in notice -- maui, ten thousand feet. beautiful eastern sunrise on the east side of the island. our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody impacted by the events in parkland, florida. >> reporter: beautiful pictures rob. sunshine digging through the early clouds and temperatures are shooting us well. we're in the 40s across the

region. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a mild afternoon high of 65. sunny breaks, rain goes into friday morning. friday rasp high, 62. temperatures dropping in the afternoon and at night, colder on saturday, accuweather alert for possible snow saturday night. have hopeful news from j louis-dreyfus about her battle with breast cancer. the "veep" star announcing she's feeling healthy and ready to rock after surgery and erielle reshef is here. in good morning to you. as you well know julia louis-dreyfus is at the top of her game, last september she won an eighth individual emmy award tying a record but the very next day she announced her breast cancer diagnosis and has since spent months undergoing treatment. this morning the actress with that hopeful news celebrating great results after surgery and sharing her positive outlook on social media.

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their voice isn't really clear so beat it just beat it ♪ >> reporter: just three weeks ago she was home in her pjs rooting for team "veep" at the s.a.g. awards despiting winning two awards herself. >> she couldn't be there in part because when you're going through cancer treatment, your immune system is severely compromised and certainly being in an event during flu season nonetheless was not just she could handle. >> reporter: backstage her co-stars were thinking of her aand sending support. >> all of us feeling the weight of julia not being here, it means that much more to all be receiving that award. >> this is your, sister. >> we would not be without you. >> we love you and we were sorry you couldn't be here. >> we love you. >> love you. >> reporter: julia louis-dreyfus' latest update upbeat. >> she has fought this with such dignity, with humor and with a real fighter's spirit that i

think most women would be inspired by. >> such a fighter. so inspiring, production has been delayed on that hit show "veep" as julia louis-dreyfus undergoes her breast cancer treatment but the final season expected to air in 2019. >> so excited. i love the show and it's been really amazing to see the support she's received from the cast. we've seen post, really funny, heartfelt and seems to get revived by that, right? >> i think she really is and her co-stars are hipping that they may start shooting again in august so we may be looking forward to that and also taken part in some of the table reads showing how strong she is getting support from ellen degeneres and other stars on twitter as well. >> fantastic. thank you very much. erielle. coming up a one-on-one with the american golden girl chloe kim. >> hi everyone, 82:37 a.m.,

february, 15, i'm matt o'donnell. there's something going on in south jersey, let's go over to karen rogers. >> reporter: this is a mess for people, 73 southbound is a mess for more than two hours, 73 southbound approaching 295. an accident involving a pedestrian. northbound traffic is jammed, as well. a main artery in new jersey shut down at mount laurel. other issues in lawrence township, the ramp to 295 is reopened. approach new jersey turnpike southbound approaching 7a a fire blocking the riot lane. the schuylkill expressway, 49

minute travel time, that's better, last time we looked at it was 88 minutes. the accident near girard has been moved to the shoulder. >> thank you, karen, hello spring and david murphy. >> reporter: temperatures are treating us better than the last couple of mornings. 45 degrees in philadelphia. millville, 48. this afternoon, mild, sunny breaks, high of 65. later this evening, more rain that spills into at least friday morning. friday, 62 for the high, that's early temperatures fall in the afternoon and crash into the 20s overnights. it's colder saturday rebounding to 40 for the high. storm system to the south is going to throw snow and rain in the region particularly late in the day, the last being 8:00 p.m. and wrapping up overnight there could be accumulation in the northern and western suburbs, matt. >> what charles ramsey thinks

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welcome back to "gma" and i got to say we are so grateful for our audience this morning. thank you, guys. >> always. and, guys, i understand when we were downstairs who sang "amazing grace" up here? who did that? we heard about it from downstairs and it was very soothing and helping and so perfect for a woman like this. thank you for that. [ applause ] >> ah. >> so happy to bring the news. julia louis-dreyfus, it was so nice to have a hopeful moment? exactly. >> there's more hope. the olympics. something we're all excited about. team usa adding here gold medal overnight and amy got to sit

down with the teenager who captured our hearts at the games. her name is chloe kim and there she is on the cover of "espn: the magazine." amy has the headlines from south korea. good morning again, amy. >> hey, good morning to you, michael and all of you back in new york. mikaela shiffrin earning her first gold medal for team usa here in pyeongchang in the giant slalom. the alpine skiing star finally hitting the slopes after that event was postponed twice due to the heavy winds and brutally cold temperatures here. shiffrin's gold fulfilling a promise she made to herself after the sochi games where she placed fifth and the other big headline shaun white apologizing after sexual misconduct allegations against now four-time olympian resurfaced. lena zawaideh filing a lawsuit that was privately settled two years ago alleging he sexually harassed her and he said he regrets his behavior and is

sorry he made anyone uncomfortable especially someone he considered a friend and added he's grown and proud of who he is today. meanwhile, 17-year-old chloe kim still the talk of pyeongchang after her gold medal halfpipe performance. i was lucky enough to sit down with her to ask how she is feeling after her big win. after 17-year-old gold medalist chloe kim dominated the halfpipe here in pyeongchang this week with a near perfect run she quickly became america's golden girl. >> chloe kim, your olympic champion. >> reporter: this californian teen would achieved her sport's highest accolade is just as rich in perspective. >> i slept in my parents' house last night and it was like normal. normal family talk and i just had a really cool medal. >> you're still the same person as you were before the medal. >> i definitely don't want to change. i love myself. >> what separates you from the others? >> i think the cool thing about

snowboarding is everyone has their own style. i think i have my own style. >> how would you describe your style? >> pretty relaxed, i guess. yeah. i think i'm a pretty chill gal sometimes. >> i mean, it was more than chill when -- i watched you win. i mean it was really remarkable to see. do you have any fear when you start down the slope? >> i think the scariest part is like learning a new trick and the first run. i was pretty nervous my first run but then after that, i was like, nah. >> can you talk about your south korean grandmother who got to see you compete for the first time. what did she say to you. >> i didn't know my grandma was going to be there but i'm actually -- i think i'm going to see her tonight. she said good job and then got mobbed by press? what's been the best part about earning a gold medal. >> my personal life hasn't changed that much. there is a few congratulations coming my way but i think everyone has been so great. everyone close to me has been so great and talked about it and moved on, you know, it's like

not something that, you know, it's just hard to process it when all you're doing is talking about it and giving people more information about how it felt, how it was and it's just like, at one point it's just like, let's talk about something else. >> reporter: so we shifted it from gold medals to her golden locks sfw locks. >> i always wanted to dye my hair. i do like my natural color but i kind of want something fun, different. >> you know what they say about blond. >> well, i wouldn't agree with that because i had a lot of fun as a brunette? now it's kind of gold and matches your medal. >> yeah, kind of glad -- well, i told my mom, mom, i want to do silver. she's like no. >> can i ask you a quick lightning round. whatever comes to your mind first tell me what your favorite workout song is. >> "7/11" beyonce. >> guilty pleasure. >> sweets. >> what can't you live without on the road because you travel

so much? >> lip balm. >> me too. i always say that if i was stranded on a dessert island i would have to have chapstick. >> any good luck charms or supersignificants. >> myself. i'm my own good luck charm. >>-me five on that. i like that. biggest pet peeve. >> when people walk really slow in front of me. >> same. >> it's like, move. >> don't come to new york. it happens all the time. >> just walk on the treat if you're going to walk that slow, you know. get out on the sidewalk. i need to get places. >> favorite olympic moment other than your gold medal. >> massage chairs. the rec center. >> you really are my kind of girl. >> good stuff. >> what's your perfect friday night. >> pjs, popcorn, movie hopefully with a bey. >> our movie idol. >> kelly clark. >> that's her teammate who came in fourth in pyeongchang and actually twice the age of kim at 34 but knows exactly what kim is experiencing now, also winning olympic gold in halfpipe.

back in 2002 at the age of 18 so very sweet to see that she is her idol. >> hoping her some respect like that. that's wonderful, amy. like so many, these athletes make some tremendous ago feisac. >> she did. most of the sacrifices came from her parents. they gave up everything to get her where she is. she said the least she could do was win gold but also talked about some of the things she wants to make up for, things she didn't get to do and says she wants to go to prom and i'll quote her. she wants to find me a boy. >> she mentioned that twice now. >> the bey. she wants a bey. we know that chloe will head home. how does she plan to celebrate when she gets home? >> well, the first thing she wants to do is see her dog. she says that is who and what she misses the most out here in pyeongchang which was very sweet. look, some cute pictures there and says specifically that she plans to hibernate for several days. that's how she's going to

celebrate. sleep, get up, get something to eat and then go back to sleep. >> she's earned it. >> she has. >> amy, hey, it's lara. she's also our kind of girl because i hear she wants to do a little shopping. >> yeah, she said that she wants to buy herself something really, really nice but she doesn't know exactly what it is yet. i asked what her first purchase was going to be and she said some chips. potato chips. she said, yep. she's 17. >> i tell you what, thank you so much, amy. i mean, you've brought us great coverage for the entire week. we really appreciate it. thank you. we'll see you later. and coming up, everybody, "black panther" breakout star letitia wright is here live. >> yeah? on "gma."

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back now on "gma" as promised we wantback now on "g.t to take you to the west to spokane, washington, over 7 inches that's the most snow they have seen on valentine's day. all right we've got ducks, this is farm northeast of portland oregon, higher elevations a little bit of snow there. more storms coming into the west later tonight and tomorrow and another one over the weekend helping increase the snow pack

we can use in the interior mountains. that's a look at the national weather here's the local. >> reporter: we have temperatures 40s and mild high of 65. rain tomorrow and temperatures drop tomorrow and an accuweather alert for saturday for saturday night snow. "black panther," very happy to have letitia wright here this morning. [ applause ] letitia. letitia. all right. wakanda state of mind. the hype that is surrounding it. michael and i went to the screening here in new york. it lives up to the hype. are you ready for it to actually be out there and for people to see it. >> yeah, i feel like we've just

been living with it for like a whole year now and just the moment to just really release it to the world. out in the uk so that's streaming in, the feedback and now tomorrow it belongs to you guys so we just hope that you love it. >> they're ready for it. they're ready for it. you had to keep so much a secret even from your own family when you were shooting. how did that go. >> that was interesting. i kept rolling, rolling out of my house and blank cars kept picking me up. my mom is like where are you going? i'm going to america to film something to audition for something. and i never said what and the day it kind of got leaked on the internet, i was like, mom, like i can tell you where i've been going. "black panther." the civil rights movie she was like. oh, no. i'm like, it's the marvel film. it's a superhero -- like spider-man and i was like, mom, just forget it. forget it.

>> has she seen it. >> she's seen it and she loved it. like she loves it. >> so many people, we keep hearing from them. ryan cooing l ryan coogler calls you the love and light of this film and after seeing it he is absolutely correct and you are on stage. you're there with these heavy hitters like angela bassett. what was it like to work with them. >> it was amazing. that love and light thing, it kind of also happened even before i met chadwick and ryan. i was praying before i came out to l.a. to screen test and i felt really strongly in my spirit like this thing about love and light kept those twoor w positive. shlikehe gh oh, my god, i've been prayingned but woing wh them it was atrue. especially angela bassett because she did a movie "akila

and the bee" that really planted a seed in my heart to do acting and to portray a positive image of young black women like kiki palmer, he being a young girl wanting to spell. wanting to be a champion at spelling and having glasses on kind of really inspired me so working with angela was amazing because she gave me loads of advice. >> about being kind. >> about being kind, being, you know, remaining humble. staying close to the ground and doing it for the love of the craft and i would take her advice any day because she still looks good and she's very talented. >> she is. i'm going to tell you. do you awe want to see an exclusive clip? [ cheers and applause ] >> yes? and see letitia in action. here it is. >> system activated. >> wait. which side of the road? >> just drive. >> i can't.

>> whoo! let's go. >> oh, my gosh. that's a taste. that scene was so wild. >> yeah. >> but you know what i love much like you were talking about kiki palmer. your character is smart, the tech genius of the family and for the whole community and i feel that's very important to you to portray that type of image for young women. >> very important. i mean, when you lack something for so long, and when you find it in a film such as this, you grab hold of it and i feel like a lot of young girls no matter what your age mayr c really find positity and light and love tt on to and it can influence a young child, you know, a young person who is super smart in school and maybe

someone is calling them a nerd and telling them you're a teacher's pet and maybe they can look at this film and she shuri who loves to use her might as a weapon to help her nation and be so smart to create and create gadgets and stuff that can change the world and that can be of inspiration to them to say, no, i am smart. i am intelligent. i'm not a nerd. i'm a world changer and they can move forward. >> i love that. we have some world changers here. [ applause ] we were hoping -- we were hoping to get some time. we have students but we don't have the time for the question so -- do we? great, great, great. thank you. i shamed them into getting time to do this. [ laughter ] >> you are from the columbia secondary school. what is your question? >> hi. so future generations will have you to look up. who was your inspiration growing up and like to be an actress and to be in the first black superhero movie. >> definitely kiki palmer and

definitely naomie harris. i felt like they played roles -- i studied kiki palmer's work for years like all of the films she did from "barber shop" to "akelah and the bee" and was a big inspiration and naomie harris, not only do i love her work but have been able to call her and get advice so sisters in the communities who you can -- even find inspiration from tv or call them up and say, you know, i need help and advice so if you can find good role models and good people to give you advice when you need it, that would be good. >> i think adding letitia to that list, don't you think? >> god bless you guys. >> i'm telling you. i'm not kidding. i am not joking. the performance that she -- hmm. she just jumps off the screen. >> i'm not a perfect person, you know, but it's the work but if you can find inspiration in my work then cool.

>> that makes me love you even more by saying what you just did. stop it. stop it. but thank you. we'll see each other again. and "black panther" finally, finally hits theaters tomorrow. don't walk, run to go see it. we'll be right back. this winter

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all right. more happy news back with one of the most anticipated shows of the year, "roseanne" coming back to the small screen but in a big way and abc's diane macedo is here with a look behind the scenes of the get ready to laugh, right? >> that's right. the "roseanne" reboot starts next month but a sneak preview of what to expect from the show to some behind-the-scenes moments. >> i'm on my way to the set of the "roseanne" show for the "roseanne" show reboot. it's been 20 years. >> i'm so happy to see you. >> pretty amazing. it's very exciting but it's very

emotionally overwhelming. >> reporter: it's 2017 and it's a family reunion. >> you look great. >> ah. baloney. >> reporter: roseanne and the rest of her cast mates are gathering at soundstage 8 to read through the script. >> the name of the number one screen "twenty years to life." >> reporter: the first time they see the re-created set. >> that first moment we walked in together i don't know that you can totally explain it. >> it was just like walking into your home because it was so familiar. >> hi, everybody. >> it was so crazy to walk into the set. it feels like such a time warp. everybody remembers the couch and the afghan. >> startling to walk onto that set after 20 years. >> i don't have the words to describe how it was. it was strange, exhilarating. wallpaper was reproduced from photographs and the hair was standing up on my arms like being home again. >> we had to have our corn and then we had to find our pickled

eggs. >> where are the pickled eggs? because we always had a big jar of them in the pantry. that we got on amazon. >> the first table read was surreal. >> oh, she's my tootsie-wootsie. >> just havings everybody sit around the table like we used to and have the sets behind us looking almost exactly the same. it was truly incredible. >> our last selection, the jokes were just writing themselves. i will wake up with jokes in my head. dream jokes, we wanted to show an accurate depiction of america that's very divided. >> and new faces in the conner family portrait in it was fascinating to watch darlene parent her daughter in the kitchen that she grew up in and have roseanne standing there watching her make mistakes. as she did, you know, raising her own kids. >> reporter: including a son who

likes to wear girls' clothing. >> there is a lot of surprises. to answer all the questions people have asked for 20 years. >> "roseanne" returns tuesday, march 27th. lara, it features the original cast including both actresses who played becky. >> two beckys. >> two roles. >> developing a new character. >> this is great. thank you very much, diane. you can see more behind the scenes tonight, joy behar is hosting a special "20/20"

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christine, take us home. ♪ amazing grace ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ that saved a wretch like >> hello, 8:56 a.m., thursday, february 15. karen rogers taking a look at the p-a suburbs in traffic.

>> reporter: all the accidents are on highways, 422, police penndot on the scene, jammed from approaching oaks to trooper. at some point along 422 we're seeing dense fog. be careful there. this accident involving an overturned vehicle creating huge delays in delaware. normally a 15 minute ride from the maryland state line to 295. now it takes nearly an hour, 495, i-95 northbound jamming you up an overturned vehicle. an accident involving a pedestrian in new jersey, 2 1/2 hours, matt, near 295, 73 southbound is a mess. >> getting ready for a warmup with david murphy. >> reporter: good morning, matt we have lots of clouds, as you look at the numbers, 47 in philadelphia. a light breeze, this afternoon we go up to 65 degrees, clouds and sun, some rain arriving later tonight and spilling into

friday morning. temperatures drop in the afternoon on friday, saturday is colder we get a high of 40. in the evening late afternoon and evening we may see rain and snowflakes arrive there could be a period of accumulating snow saturday night particularly after 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. sunday. matt. >> the latest on the deadly school shooting in florida is coming up on "action news" at noon. a 19-year-old former student is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. we're learning about his troubled past and how he got the rifle he used in the rampage. "live with kelly and ryan" is up next. i'm matt o'donnell have a great thursday.

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