Thanks very much for joining us. A new tactic in the standoff with north korea, President Trump designating the rogue nation as a state sponsor of terror. The world waits to see how kim jong un reacts. A stunning react from a u. S. President saying he should have left three american citizens inside a chinese jail after feeling insulted by one of their fathers. The pressure builds on senators still undecided in the gop tax bill. President trump decides to attack one of them, calling his career toast. We start with President Trump making a major announcement on north korea less than a week after returning for his long asia trip. He made the comment a short time ago in a Cabinet Meeting at the white house. We will be instituting a very critical step and that will start right now. Today the United States is designating north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. Should have happened a long time ago. Should have happened years ago. In addition threatening the world by devastation, they sup
Remarkably candid comments by chief of staff john kelly. The general made rare comments in the Briefing Room where he said despite reports of tension and turmoil inside the west wing, hes not quitting, hes not getting fired and hes not frustrated. He added that his job is not to control President Trump. Also breaking this hour, the death toll has climbed again in the wildfires blackening large swaths of Northern California. Officials say 27 people have been killed and hundreds are still reported missing. Entire towns have been evacuated. And tonight, the Weather Forecast is ominous. Strong winds expected to return to the area. White house chief of staff john kelly, meanwhile, is defending President Trumps tweets on another disaster. The hurricane that devastated puerto rico. Mr. Trump is blaming the island for its own Financial Difficulties and hes adding, and im quoting him now, we cannot keep fema and the First Responders in puerto rico forever. Kelly says the president s tweets are
And they are now at the medical Examiners Office where those autopsies are being conducted. We still have not heard about any Funeral Plans or any services. Were waiting to hear about that in the coming days. They also revealed to us what was found inside the crime scene. They collected hundreds of shell casings. Approximately 50 magazines. Up to a 30round capacity magazines, which gives you a sense of what the suspected gunman planned to do. Also, the vehicle where he drove off along 87 highway right here behind me where he was chased by the good samaritan, by the good samaritans, that vehicle was processed as well. His autopsy was conducted. And it revealed that devin kelley, the gunman, received three gunshot wounds, one to the leg and torso, and one to the head, which was the selfinflicted wound. And the one that most likely killed him. Were also hearing about the victims, the 26 people who died, of course, but there were approximately 20 people injured. This morning, four remain i
Individual made gun threats. Also say they are having a hard time accessing the gunmans cell phone. The phone of the subject turned over to us, we flew that last night to quantico. Process of looking at the phone. Unfortunateli unfortunately at this point we are unable to get into the phone. So it says the inscriptions of the phones, Law Enforcement is increasingly not able to get into these phones. Despite that, we are learning much more about the shooters violent past. Minutes he took to unleash hundreds and hundreds of bullets into the small sanctuary and the ones that allowed him to buy guns. Air force admits it failed to inform civilian about Domestic Violence conviction. Gunman attacked his first wife and even cracked the skull of his stepson. In 2014 had puny remained from his home because of animal cruelty charge. And pastor of the church who was targeted shared this with the sheriff. Is there anything that investigators are telling you as far as how this might have been some k
Now learn his stepson suffered a skull fracture. That from a former air force prosecutor. And in 2014 he was charged with animal cruelty after neighbors saw him punching a dog several times. Now the air force is admitting that his abuse conviction was not reported to a federal database as it should have been. And they are now conducting an investigation. So somebody, whether it was the air force, the civil authorities, somebody really dropped a ball on this case and there is, you know, 26 dead people now. Also new today, we hear from the texas hero who confronted the gunman as he left the church. Stephen willeford speaking now for the first time. The people in that Church Friends of mine, theyre family, and every time i heard a shot i knew that that probably represented a life. Im no hero. I am not. I think my god, my lord, protected me and gave me the skills to do what needed to be done. And i just wish i could have gotten there faster, but i didnt know. I didnt know what was happenin