Trying to gather their belongings. Everybody is still blocked from the strip. Nobody can go past that Police Checkpoint you see behind me so theyre just waiting including eyewitnesses, victims, people who were nearly shot or had family members or friends who were shot so still very much an active scene in terms of grief, in terms of picking up the pieces and obviously as brian has mentioned for the past few minutes in terms of the investigation which is going to take hours, there were so many people here that complicates the effort to try to figure out who was where, who knew what, where the shooter was shooting from and whether there was another shooter. Right now police think there was only a single shooter. Apparently from the videos weve heard and from multiple eyewitnesses, that shooter was firing an automatic into the crowd. Bullets popping everywhere, knocking people down, absolute chaos as people tried to get out of the concert area. There were at least 10,000 people there. Im
Doneford testifying on a military strategy on south asia that includes india pack tan and afghanistan. This hearing is just getting underway. These fundamental issues do need to be discussed openly for the American People and for those who have sacrificed over the last 16 years. Thats the reason we are here today. Mr. Smith. Thank you mr. Chairman. And i think the chairman raised all the questions that need to be raised. This is offense a revery difficult part of the world. We clearly have National Security interests in how afghanistan is governed and pakistan as well. Going back to 2001 when the then Afghanistan Government led by the taliban allowed al qaeda to have safe haven to plot and plan terrorist attacks against the u. S. , including 9 11. Making sure we dont return to toes days is clearly in our National Security interests. What is not as clear is how we do that and what the cost is of our current effort. Afghanistan is a very difficult place to govern. I think one of the thin
On capitol hill today, paul ryan and other gop leaders addressed the shooting during their weekly remarks. Heres a look. We are all happy testes can lease back. He is proved work and that life is precious. With all those have in the world, we think of families and loved ones whose lives were cut short. Its hard to imagine, yesterday , we also need to give thought and gain understanding from it. As we search for whats next. I call for everyone to join in prayer. Pray for healing. Pray for healing for our country. Broken lives and broken hearts, that we may come together during this time. Thank you, madam chair. I want to share a couple of thoughts with you. A shout out to the shares and the people at the metro police department. A professional response, a call response, those Home Security Homeland Security results. Id like to thank them all for their support. Nevada talk about resilience, las vegas is the worlds fun place. What happened a couple of days ago doesnt fit that verse descri
Rep. Rodgers good morning everyone. We have a familiar face with us again. We are all really happy to have Steve Scalise back. Steve is proof that miracles happen. We are blessed. We are reminded that life is precious. With everything going on in the world, we think about las vegas, and the devastation in las vegas. We think about families and loved ones whose lives were cut short. Our hearts are breaking. It is important that we are reaching out and showing compassion and comfort. That helps people get through it. We need to give thought, and gain understanding from it as we search for what is next. I do ask everyone to join in prayer for those who have lost their lives, the families impacted. Pray for healing. Pray for healing for our country. Broken lives, broken hearts, that we may come together. Rep. Amodei thank you madam chair. And leadership. For those of you who dont know me, im mark amodei, i represent nevadas second district. I just want to share a couple thoughts. A shout o
For protesting the plan outside the office of Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. I have been a no the people of kentucky low suffer if this Health Care Bill passes. You may be ok, your friends may be ok, but the people who put you in office will suffer. Amy then we speak with oscarnominated actor James Cromwell, who heads to jail today. He was sentenced to a week behind bars for a nonviolent protest against a natural gasfired power plant in upstate new york that used fracked oil. Not only with barak and and afghanistan and yemen, we are at war with pennsylvania where the gas comes from, where it was to be stored, and Standing Rock. It is time to name the disease. Most people can put their name on the cause of it, but everyone perceives the threat. Capitalism is a cancer. Amy James Cromwell will begin a hunger fast in jail. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell unv