Modernized and brought to perfect condition, but angrily denies he wants a huge increase in the number of u. S. Nuclear weapons. Why is this the latest battle line in the president s war on the news media . And shifting timeline. New questions are being asked tonight about the las vegas mass shooting, and there is new audio from inside the hotel during the frantic search to find and stop the gunman as he fired into the crowd. Could the shooter have been stopped . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following multiple breaking stories this hour. In california, nearly two dozen wildfires are burning as we speak. At least 21 people are dead. Were seeing reports of at least 500 people missing. 3,500 homes or commercial buildings have burned, and the latest forecast calls for more hot, dry winds. Also breaking, increasing tensions as both President Trump and north korea ratchet up their war of words. This afternoon at the white house, the president told reporters he feels stronger and tougher on north korea than his top advisers, and the president added, and im quoting him now, my attitude is the one that matters. This comes the same day u. S. Bombers are taking part in war games over the Korean Peninsula. And a top official of the kim jongun regime is accusing the president of lighting what he quotes the wick of war. Also today, President Trump says he wants the u. S. Nuclear arsenal in tiptop shape, but denies wanting to increase the number of u. S. Nuclear weapons. Hes going out of his way to slam an nbc report he wants a tenfold increase in the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. Senator ed markey, a member of the Foreign Relations committee, hes standing by live. Hell take our questions. And our correspondents, analysts and specialings. Lets begin at the white house over President Trumps tough talks over north korea, Nuclear Weapons and the freedom of the press. Sara murray is on the scene for us. Sara, the president certainly had a lot to say today. Reporter thats right, wolf. He took the opportunity to tout americas newark arsenal but insists he does not want to build it up farther. If there was a split in the Trump Administration, the president made very clear who gets the last word. As President Trump grapples with north Koreas Nuclear threats, hes leaving little doubt as to whose strategic opinion matters most. I think i have a little bit different attitude on north korea than other people might have. And i listen to everybody, but ultimately my attitude is the one that matters, isnt it . Thats the way it works. Reporter north koreas aggressive Nuclear Posture remains one of trumps top Foreign Policy conundrums. Its an issue that has divided his cabinet, pitting the president against other top advisers. I think perhaps i feel stronger and tougher on that subject than other people, but i listen to everybody, and ultimately i will do whats right for the United States, and, really, whats right for the world. Reporter trump has even urged his secretary of state Rex Tillerson to abandon hopes of a diplomatic solution. I told Rex Tillerson our, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. Trump said in a tweet earlier this month, using his newly minuted nickname for north Korean Leader kim jongun. Sources say there has been ongoing friction between trump and tillerson. At one point earlier this summer, sources say tillerson referred to the president as a moron after a meeting. During an Oval Office Meeting with canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau today, trump insisted he and his secretary of state get along just fine. We have a very good relationship. The press really doesnt understand that, but thats okay. We actually have a very good relationship. Reporter during a summer marked by missile tests from pyongyang, trump repeatedly made it clear that a u. S. Military response is an option. North korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury. Like the world has never seen. Reporter but today, he disputed an nbc news report that he wanted a tenfold increase in the Nuclear Arsenal. No, i never discussed increasing it. I want it in perfect shape. Reporter this, even though trump has called for bolstering the Nations Nuclear capability in the past. In december, he tweeted, the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until such a time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. Today, he bragged about the status of americas Nuclear Weapons stockpile. I know the capability that we have, believe me, and it is awesome. It is massive. Reporter all while insisting hes not looking to build up the arsenal further. A move that would require congressional approval and be heavily governed by treaties with other nuclear states. When they said i want ten times what we have right now, its totally unnecessary, believe me. But i want modernization and i want total rehabilitation. Its got to be in tiptop shape. Reporter now, the president today downplayed any talk of tension between himself and his secretary of state as old news, something that happened last week, and, in fact, the white house does say the president had lunch with secretary tillerson yesterday and that tillerson was there for their meeting about north korea in which the president was presented a range of options on how to move forward. Wolf . All right, sara, thank you. Sara murray over at the white house. Some more insight on the danger posed by north korea right now, which clearly goes beyond missiles and Nuclear Weapons. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is here in the situation room. You have new information on the north korean cyber capability. Thats right. This is an attack targeting the u. S. Power grid. Power companies here that run the u. S. Power grid, in fact, a short time ago we got this statement from the department of homeland security. The following, while there is no indication of a threat to public safety, the importance of the Nations Energy grid makes it a prime target for malicious cyber actors. We also reached to a Cyber Security firm that is often contracted by the government to analyze cyber attacks. They were involved, for instance, in analyzing the russian interference in the election. They detected this attack, gave us some details. We can confirm that fire eye devices detected and stopped spear fishing emails sent on september 22nd, 2017, to known cyber threat actors likely affiliated with the north korean government. The spear fishing tactic is one that is frequently used. The russians used this, in fact, during the u. S. Election. You might remember john podesta targeted by one of these things. Many of our viewers might have been targets as well. You get an email that looks like its genuine, click on a link and allows access to your computers. We spoke to fire eye, after their analysis, these attempts, particular attempts were unsuccessful in terms of accessing the u. S. Power grid. Theres another cyber threat out there as well. Weve learned of a north korean effort to go after classified u. S. south Korean Military plans to deal with the socalled decapitation of the north Korean Leadership. Thats exactly right. Sadly, this attack apparently successful. We spoke to a member of south Koreas National Assembly who belongs to the Ruling Democratic Party who said that this attack took place in september of last year. Successfully accessed some 235 gigabytes of data, including this member of the korean National Assembly says, war time operational plans for both the u. S. And south korea, in response to a possible north korean attack, but also plans to, as you said, wolf, to decapitate the north Korean Leadership. Now, we spoke to the u. S. Military as well. They say that u. S. Military plans remain in tact. Theyre confident in those plans and theyre confident that they have the secrecy necessary to move forward, but this is not the first time this has happened. North korea has tremendous hacking capabilities, shown in both the Public Sector with Something Like this, but also the private sector. Youll remember the sony hack going back more than a year now. Multipronged threat from north korea right now. Jim sciutto, good reporting. Thank you very much. With us now is democratic senator ed markey of massachusetts. Hes a key member of the senate Foreign Relations committee. Senator, thanks for joining us. Good to be with you, wolf. Lets go through several of these issues. First of all, the north Korean Foreign minister today said that President Trump has lit the wick of war and is basically he accused the president of being insane. How concerned are you about how the kim jongun regime is interpreting President Trumps words . Obviously we should all be very concerned. Were having an exchange of rhetoric, which is dangerous, its reckless, its escalate ore and its moving us towards a situation where there could be an accidental war that gets triggered, potentially by kim, who has a paranoia about our desire to potentially decapitate his regime. And the more that President Trump escalates his rhetoric, what were seeing is a corresponding increase from the north koreans, and, unfortunately, its just making this situation more and more dangerous as each day goes by. Your colleague, chris murphy, the senator from connecticut, believes that President Trump is, in his words, intentionally cutting the legs out from underneath secretary of state tillerson and any diplomatic path as far as north korea is concerned. Tweeted, now is time before its too late for rs, republicans, and ds, democrat, to make sure no preemptive strike against north korea can happen without a vote from congress. Do you agree with senator murphy . Well, i came on your show six weeks ago and i said the very same thing, that we have to use diplomacy, that there is no military option, that were heading towards perhaps a trip wire that could move us into a conventional war and ultimately, unfortunately, towards a Nuclear Conflict on the Korean Peninsula and beyond, and that the only option that we have is to impose much tougher trade sanctions. Cutting off all oil going into north korea. Cutting off all slave labor revenues going into north korea. We have not exhausted that pathway yet. And yet, the president just seems to have dismissed it. He insults tillerson. He insults anyone else who talks about diplomacy, but, unfortunately, if north korea believes that were engaged in a strategy that ultimately leads to the decapitation of his regime, he is not suicidal, he is homicidal. But does the president make sure that he does an equivalent amount of damage. Does the president need a vote in the senate before any preemptive strike can be launched . Right now the president does not need a vote, as he would interpret the constitution. My view would be that if there is a first use of Nuclear Weapons, that it should be a vote of the United States congress. That no president , no human being should have the ability to start a nuclear war on behalf of the American People unless the United States congress has given him that right. And so right now the congress is out of the mix. Ive introduced legislation with congressman lieu, with senator van hollen and others to ensure that we have a debate in congress, that congress has to vote and that donald trump cannot start a nuclear war if we have not been attacked by another country. What about a what about conventional war . If the u. S. Doesnt use Nuclear Weapons but uses conventional bombers to try to get the job done, would a vote be necessary for a conventional strike . I would urge very strongly that what were seeing since the vote on the afghan war where the congress has abdicated its responsibility to cast the votes on the expansion of our military effort in the middle east. I would say even looking back to the korean war, as it began, where there was no vote by the United States congress. It is time for the congress to reclaim its war fighting authority that is built into the United States congress. We should vote in either instance, but for sure we should be voting on whether or not donald trump uses Nuclear Weapons first when we have not been attacked. That could lead to catastrophic consequence for our country and for the planet. Very quickly, you say the u. S. Should strengthen the sanctions against north korea, but the north Korean Foreign minister said any sanction resolution, any additional sanctions is equivalent to an act of jeaggression and war ande will not abandon the use of our extreme means. He says thats an act of war and they will do what is necessary. Well, in 2006, we were able to get the chinese to cooperate with us in cutting off oil to north korea, and north korea came to the table to negotiate. I do not think that we should be talking about a military escalation until we have exhausting all nonmilitary options, and that includes even toughening the sanctions beyond what has occurred thus far and ensuring that we can say honestly that we tried everything possible. Right now, donald trump is just shoving all of that aside and moving right towards the military option, and that is very dangerous because kim will not in any way stop short of starting to shoot his rockets towards south korea, which would kill hundreds of thousands almost immediately and could quickly escalate into an allout nuclear war. Senator markey, thanks so much for joining us. Glad to be on. Still ahead, Surprising New developments in the Las Vegas Massacre investigation. Officials at the hotel where a gunman turned his room into a snipers nest, now are openly questioning whether or not the police have the timeline right. Also breaking, fire catastrophe. 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Im joined now by jake sullivan, a top Foreign Policy adviser to both Vice President biden and to hillary clinton. Jake, thanks very much for coming in. Thanks for having me. When the president says today hes stronger and tougher on north korea than his own advisers, how do you translate that into policy . You know, its interesting, hes been chest beating and saber rattling going back weeks now, starting with his comments about fire and fury. I have to say, im beginning to wonder whether, in fact, hes trying to provoke the north koreans into doing something. He feels like he wants to get going with them and if he can wind them up enough, maybe theyll take a shoot. Because there is no other good explanation for why he would raise the rhetorical stakes this way. I think the rest of the administration is doing what they can to explain to him the immense downsides of the United States starting a war with north korea, in terms of south korea and the hundreds of thousands of u. S. Citizens and troops that are on the Korean Peninsula. You know, senator bob corker, chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, he told the New York Times that President Trumps tweets have derailed backchannel talks with north korea, diplomatic back channel talks with north korea. Do you think thats true . Well, i have to imagine that when secretary tillerson goes out in beijing and says, you know, we have channels with north korea and trump takes to twitter to cut the legs out from under his secretary of state, it would derail those channels from both sides. It would make it very difficult for an american diplomat to proceed credibly with talks if the president is going out and saying, i just dont believe in diplomacy. Trump has now said repeeltedly he doesnt believe in diplomacy, which doesnt leave a whole lot of options. Diplomacy has clearly failed over the past 25 years. North korea has a Nuclear Arsenal, capability of miniaturizing Nuclear Warheads to put on intercontinental ballistic missiles. Do you still believe diplomacy can work . Diplomacy has had shortlived success where weve been able to ratchet up enough pressure in order to bring north korea to the table and get them to slow their march. I think thats what we need to do right now, we need to put time on the clock. So i actually believe the Trump Administration deserves credit for getting increasing pressure through both the u. N. Security council and from china, and i think we need to continue that, but just piling on more pressure only works if you convert that pressure into leverage at the bargaining table. So i think we have to keep working at it and we cannot give up on the idea there could be a negotiated solution, even if the odds on it are long. China, you agree, is critical, given their leverage over north korea. Lets get to some other sensitive issues. Turkey is a key ally. Turkey arrested a u. S. Consular officer. The u. S. Responded with a freeze on turkish visitors, visas for turkish visitors coming to the United States. Turkey now says it no longer recognizes the United States ambassador in turkey. How do you explain this sudden deterioration in relations between the United States and a key nato ally, turkey . I lay this at the fault the blame for this at the feet of turkey and its president erdogan, who has decided that he can act with impunity, not just with respect to u. S. Embassy employees, but with respect to journalists from american newspapers. They just sentenced wall street journal reporter to two years in prison on a completely unjustifiable basis. Think the Trump Administration has done the right thing here. They said if youre going to be messing with our employees, we cant have confidence you will protect us. At what point does the u. S. Pull its troops out of turkey, for example. This relationship seems to be getting worse and worse by the week. I think taking a firm line of what our expectations are of our turkish ally and how we expect them to step up and act responsibly is appropriate and i think our longterm troop presence should be on the table. We should not feel that were owe blijed or beholden to turkey. Were not. We do a great deal of things to support the turkish economy. From my perspective, the administration deserves credit for taking the lines its taking. Very quickly, another story that cnn is reporting that hezbollah, not isis, not al qaeda, but hezbollah added now to the equation backed by iran is perhaps plotting terror attacks on u. S. Soil. I assume youve seen those reports. Thats pretty alarming, given hezbollahs record, the u. S. Marine barracks in beirut where a couple of marines were killed. What theyre accused of doing in argentina, the Jewish Center there. How worried are you about hezbollah terror threats to the United States . I saw those reports. I obviously havent seen the intelligence behind them. But reading the reports carefully, the public reports on it, it seems to suggest theyd like to at least keep this option open, not that there is an imminent threat from hezbollah right now. I think hezbollah wants a long term capability to strike the homeland if they decided they wanted to. That is something we need to be vigilant about it it is not an immediate threat like sunni jihadist groups. Like al qaeda. If youre sitting in israel now, hezbollah is an imminent threat. They have 140 rockets pointed at israel right now. Think part of what this Administration Needs to be focused on right now is going after irans proxy, hezbollah, to make sure they dont threaten israel. Jake, thanks so much for joining us. Jake sullivan here in the situation room. Appreciate it. Thanks for having me. A newly revealed recorded made in the frantic search for the las vegas gunman. 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Lets bring in our experts to discuss what we just heard. John kirby, retired admiral. He said he wants the Nuclear Arsenal modernized, in tiptop shape, but flatly denying he wants to increase the number of Nuclear Weapons. But how does that fit into previous statements hes made on Nuclear Proliferation . Well, two different issues. Hes been fairly consistent on modernization. We know hes got a Nuclear Posture review going on right now. Do d. O. D. Is working their way through that. Additional modernization regimens as n. Addition to what president obama did, or whether he wants to develop new weapons. Plaintiffs and use, hes been all over the map. Well, i would never take any options off the table. On proliferation, he said right with you, wolf, on this show that he wouldnt mind actually considering giving japan and south korea Nuclear Weapons. Then later set perhaps even saudi arabia. So hes and at the same time said that proliferation was the biggest problem the world faced. He said that during the campaign. Hes been all over the map on that. You know, he also said, rebecca, that he is, in his words, stronger and tougher when it comes to north korea than his advisers. So how does that fit in in this whole strategy as far as kim jongun . Does he believe that kim jongun is ready to back down because of his tough talk . Well, clearly, i mean, weve seen that kim jongun is not ready to back down, wolf. Hes continuing to pursue his nuclear ambitions. Hes continuing to act in a way that is add sarial to the United States and our partners. The president s rhetoric so far isnt working, and in fact, weve heard many suggestions of course from experts in this field that its actually been counterproductive and potentially sending us in the direction of maybe an accidental conflict or at least hurting the president s chances of ratcheting the rhetoric down and pursuing aic solution. Its important to remember that President Trump at any moment is messaging not only to kim jongun and north korea and our partners, but also sending a political message. Part of this is about his supporters and trying to portray himself as a strong president. When he says hes tougher than his add strivisers, i assus referring to the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, maybe james mattis and other whos are advising him. How does this play . A come of things. What i find disturbing, somebody who has not served in the military, that being me, i find it disturbing to hear the president talk about his generals as if theyre toy soldiers. The idea, you know, thats absolutely false. The generals will tell you. Talk to my fourstar general, hes a smart guy, a good guy. The idea he treats them that way is just beyond me and it really is disrespectful. As for the relationship, there is it no question that the tillerson reasons is fractured, if not entirely destroyed. Jim mattis, though, might be a little bit different. Fourstar general. Knows how to serve. Has probably served under some people he has not necessarily liked. My big thing is, is there has been a lot of talk about destabilization of the white house and the west wing. If general kelly left. I dont think that would be good for the nation. Think if jim mattis lives the d. O. D. , if he leaves the d. O. D. As secretary of defense, were in a lot of trouble. You know, david chalian, in addition to that, hes continuing his war on the major news organizations. He tweeted this today, with all of the fake news coming out of nbc and the networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their license . Bad for country. Is he really threatening to challenge the license, lets say, of nbc and stop them from broadcasting the news . I mean, this may be one of those instances where were not supposed to take him literally, just take him seriously. Im not sure why that matters here. Heres whats different about this attack on the press, wolf, and why we should take it much more seriously. Its one thing, and it has been a tried and true political tactic to decades, going back to richard nixon, for politicians to bash the press and allow them to curry favor with their base. Thats a popular thing to do. Politicians have done it on both sides of the aisle. Donald trump has certainly done his fair share of that type of press bashing. When you get into threatening to use the leefrs of power that you have because the American People elected you to that position to shut down this constitutionally protected notion of the freedom of the press, that becomes the stuff of dictatorships. That is no longer just political rhetoric. That becomes the stuff of, youre threatening to use the power given to you by the American People to actually try and shut down something that is constitutionally protected. Yeah, it certainly is. Mark preston, let me let you weigh in on this. Is he serious about trying to challenge the license of nbc news and potentially other news organizations here in the United States . I think hes serious about trying to send a message to back off a little bit and be more facial favorable to him. Hes going to be unacceptablsuc there is no question about that. He did fire a shot across the bow. It will be interesting to see how nbc, and, quite frankly, every other Media Company comes to the backing of nbc in this situation. Rebecca, let me let you weigh in as well. I think its important to consider what is the effect of this sort of rhetoric. Lets take off the table the hypothetical cal of the president taking this action, but the president actually raising this suggestion brings it into the public sphere, and americans think thats not so abnormal or unreasonable that the president would suggest this and that starts to be very corrosive to democracy. Let me get your thoughts on another sensitive issue that came up today. Both senator john mccain, hes a republican, senator ben cardin, a democrat, they have written to the president saying that the delay in implementing the new kan sanctions against russia calls into question the Trump Administrations commitment to the sanctions. Passed overwhelmingly in the senate and the house, the president reluctantly signed it. Now there is a delay in implementing it. Whats your reaction . I share their concern. Its just another, you know, question mark on the pile of why wont he, why cant he bring himself to hold russia publicly to account for their destabilizing activities, particularly in ukraine . This is just another piece of evidence for that. I absolutely share their concern and i think its wellfounded. All right, everybody, stick around. Dont go too far away. Coming up, were also going to get a live report from californias wine country where devastating wildfires show absolutely no sign of letting up. And new questions emerging right now about the Las Vegas Massacre. Why are investigators still struggling to pin down a timeline of events . Breaking news. Wildfires burning out of control across Northern California right now. Theyve claimed more than 20 lives already while charring thousands of homes and businesses. The governor warning residents today that the risk is far from over. Cnns dan simon is joining us now live from santa rosa, california. Right in the middle of all of this, dan, give us the very latest. Reporter well, wolf, i just got off the black hawk chopper just a few minutes ago. As a matter of fact, im Still Standing on the air strip. The California National guard took us for a little tour. And a couple of things stick out. The first is just the utter devastation that you see in all of the communities. We saw the neighborhoods that were completely leveled. Its just street after street, house after house that has completely been destroyed. The other thing that sticks out is all of the active fire that were still seeing. We saw the fire getting dangerously close to peoples homes just a mile or so away. And that is why authorities are still evacuating people. There are still people in danger, and its expected to get windy tonight. Its actually windy right now, but there is a red flag warning that is going to be in effect starting at about 5 00 local time, so things could get a lot worse. Wolf, we now know that this fire in santa rosa, this area, is now the most destructive wildfire in california history. 3,500 homes and buildings destroyed and it has the potential, unfortunately, to become the deadliest. At this point, 21 people are now confirmed dead. The record is 29, and that was set back in 1933. Now you have about 500 or so people who are reported missing. Now, that does not mean, of course, they are presumed dead, but it is a concerning number and hopefully authorities will begin to pair that down as people begin to communicate where their loved ones are. Yeah, because yesterday it was about 200 people who were determined to be missing. Today, more than 500 are missing. So how are folks there youve been there from the start of this. How are folks there reacting to all of this horrendous, horrendous news . Reporter i think theyre just stunned by it, wolf. And we know that more than 20,000 people have been evacuated. Theyre just trying to get by. These shelters are absolutely full. Thousands of people are spending the night there. So theyre still just trying to process what has happened to this community and hopefully things will get better soon, but like i said, with the wind getting worse, we could be in for another batch of just utter devastation tonight. Yeah, were showing some aerial footage from aerial view of the horrendous situation. Thousands and thousands of acres that have been charred. As you point out, no end in sight, at least not yet. Do firefighters have an explaining why this has exploded the way it has . Reporter it really comes down to the wind, wolf. We saw 40 to 50mileperhour gusts when this first took place. There is also so much brush, you know . We had a sixyear drought in california in we had a very wet winter, the drought ended, so the conventional wisdom was that perhaps the fire season would not be so bad. Well, we havent had rain here in this area for several weeks, so a lot of that brush has dried and because during the winter when you had all that rain, you had an explosive amount of brush that was created. New vegetation, if you will. So there is a lot of fuel out there to burn. When you combine it with the winds it just obviously can keep burning and get into some of these neighborhoods, wolf. Yeah, our hearts go out to everyone out there. Be careful. Well stay in close touch. Dan simon in santa rosa, california. Coming up, there are new questions right now about the events before and after the Las Vegas Massacre. Why does the timeline provided by investigators keep shifting . Can i kick it . Yes you can can i kick it . Yes you can can i kick it . Yes you can well im gone can i kick it . To all the people who can quest like a tribe does. From godaddy in fact, 68 of people who have built their. Website using gocentral, did it in under an hour, and you can too. Build a better website in under an hour. With gocentral from godaddy. From thecompanystore. Comwith the new lacrosse comforter made in america and handcrafted in wisconsin. Our exclusive hypoallergenic down and special breathing technology senses your body to never be too hot or too cold, so you are guaranteed the best sleep ever. Starting at only 99 including shipping and a lifetime guarantee. 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[ gunfire ] tonight, new questions are being raised about the investigation into the worst mass shooting in modern american history, because the basic timeline of what happened has changed once and could well change again. More than a week after the shooting, police laid out a new timeline, saying Mandalay Bay Hotel security guard, jesus campos, was shot six minutes before the gunman opened fire on concert goers, not during the rampage, as theyd previously said. In a statement, mgm resorts, the mandalay bays owners, say, we cannot be certain about the most recent timeline has been communicated publicly and we believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate. Pressed by cnn today, mgm representatives said they were simply agreeing with the sheriff that the timeline could change. A Law Enforcement source close to the investigation tells cnn it will Police Timeline is pretty accurate with all the facts know. Former fbi assistant director, tom fuentes, says by now, there shouldnt be so much conjecture over the timeline. There shouldnt be these kind of discrepancies. And especially, were not relying on witness statements, which vary a lot. But were relying on basically digital information. When was that alarm tripped on the 32nd floor that caused campos to be dispatched, to check the alarm. Reporter and tonight, an account from a second person in that hallway could help investigators. Steven schuk, a Mandalay Bay Hotel and engineer told nbc news he was walking down the hallway towards stephen paddocks room to check on an open fire exit door when shots ran out. Schuck said campos, the security guard, popped his head out of an alcove and warned him to take cover, saving his life. I called over the radio what was going on. As soon as the shooting stopped, we made our way down the hallway and took cover again, and then the shooting started again. Reporter cnn has obtained audio of what an official says is schucks radio call. Call the police. Reporter an mgm official is trying to figure out who schuck called, what time he called, and how long it took mandalay bay to notify police after they reported gunfire on the 32nd floor. Minutes later, paddock unleashed his deadly fire on the crowd below. And tonight the sheriff leading the investigation tells the las vegas reviewjournal, he still has questions about whether paddock truly acted alone. Its very difficult for me to believe nobody else would be aware of the possibility of this or assisted him in the development of this. Reporter and tonight, were learning of at least one other mandalay bay employee who came in contact with stephen paddock. An mgm spokesperson tells cnn that the shooter was accompanied by a bellman on two occasions in a Service Elevator. The Spokesman Says that the bellman was helping paddock with his luggage and said the use of his Service Elevator by guests is not a special perk. Wolf . We also have one of the first lawsuits being filed today in the case, right . Right, wolf. A College Student from california who was injured in the shooting, shes fired a lawsuit against mgm, the owners of mandalay bay, and against the concert promoter and also against bump stock manufacturers. They accuse mgm of failing to respond in a timely matter to the shooting of guard jesus campos, who was shot just six minutes before the shooting started on the crowd. An mgm spokesperson tells me they right now have no comment on that lawsuit. Thanks very much. Coming up, President Trump ramps up his war of words with north korea. Usiness. He teaches lessons to stanley. And thats kind of it right now. But rodney knew just what to do. He got quickbooks. It organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands in an instant. Ahhh. 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