Patients. You said the male patient is in his 30s . Middle age. Chest injury . Chest area i would describe it. Thanks. Thats our latest briefing from the university of texas medical fwlarcbranch in galvest where a middle age male is being treated for chest injuries. Hes described in Critical Condition. They have two patients both with wounds to the leg believed to be in Good Condition, one of them is under 18 years old. We are still trying to get a handle on the number of people who have been killed. We know eight for sure but based on comments made by the Harris County Sheriffs Office just a little while ago it may be ten. Let us continue with this breaking news here on msnbc from texas where police are reporting as we said eight to ten people are dead after a shooting at a high school this morning. We dont know how many of the People Killed were students or staff or faculty, Police Say One person is in custody. Another person is being questioned as a person of interest. Both are male
Gunfire and assorted explosives that were left behind. The gunman identified as a 17yearold male student at the high school. If you have been listening to our conversation, there are the two pictures of him from social media. Note the iconography as we have. We have been talking about it, whether or not it is germane or an act of trolling. We just dont know. Here is greg abbott, the governor of texas. Is everybody ready . Im mark henry. I am the county judge of Galveston County tech, the chief elected official in the county. We are uncommonly all here today because of a tragic event that occurred this morning at santa fe high school. Fortunately for us, we did have a Rapid Response from a lot of state and u. S. Leaders. They are down here now. We have spent a little bit of time briefing the governor and Lieutenant Governor, senator cruz and other elected officials on the events that happened this morning. At this time i will pass it off to Governor Abbott. Judge, first i want to thank
Attorney, Rudy Giuliani, speaking just moments ago to chris cuomo on new day. Heres the issue that i really feel strongly about with this informant, if there is one. First of all, i dont know for sure, nor does the president , if there really was one. Reports in the New York Times and the Washington Post said there was in fact a top fbi source whom the president and others in congress right now and beyond are clamoring to out while calling the entire investigation illegitimate. It was a remarkable cnn interview, it lasted about 45 minutes. Giuliani also said there has been substantial progress towards an agreement with bob mueller, the special counsel, and his team and the president on sitting down for an interview and, giuliani said, the scope of that interview has been significantly narrowed. A lot to unpack. Lets go to abby phillip at the white house. Also with us, shimon in washington. Abby, set the stage for us. Reporter good morning, poppy. The president engaged in this conversat
Having an asthma attack. I just wanted he was in a classroom where the shooter was according to him, three students down in the classroom. And when they were coming out, two more students down right outside the back door of the school. She called me. Said, mom, there are shots. And i said what . She said shots in the school. She was crying. I turned around and just hauled it all the way to the school. Parents worst nightmares. Tammy leitner continues to follow developments for us. Tammy what more do we know at this hour . Reporter craig, take you through what we know. Sheriffs receives the first call at 7 32 a. M. This monrning. Students say a fire alarm was set off. Unclear who set it off but we know the students were walking out calmly at first until they reported hearing what some say were gunshots. Others say were explosions. They reported hearing from three to eight gun shots. Some say they heard three explosions. These are kids, keep in mind. Some of them may have never heard gun
Call very quickly. A lot of people follow it. But, you know, theyve contacted us, they would like to see if they can do and were not talking about extended, just a quick hello. We wont call it a summit, we will call it a handshake if it does happen. I dont know if it will. It could happen. I think he would like to do it and i wouldnt mind doing it at all. Im literally visiting the dmz. Cnns abby phillip is traveling with the president in seoul, south korea. Abby, the dmz visit has been in the planning stages, we know, for a while, but some key officials didnt know about the kim jongun invitation until they saw the president s tweet. That seems troubling. Reporter well, it certainly is unconventional, ana. The president is doing what he does best, keeping people guessing. Theres been so much speculation with President Trump scheduled to come to south korea, will he go to the dmz and will he also try to meet kim while he was there . This is all happening in part because the talks between