one teacher has refrained from teaching on campus. they have seen the terror of a campus massacre. in 1966, charles whitman climbed to the top of the ut tower and killed 14 students. the campus carry law brings intense debate across this campus. and we have a nut job problem, not a gun problem. more guns on campus will not make us safer. reporter: alison organized a group called texas students for concealed carry. on her 21st birthday, she plans on carrying her firearm on campus. knowing that you re empowered to make that decision and you can make that for your own personal liberty and your own personal rights to self-defense is answer empowering decision, in my opinion. reporter: but bill mcgraven is not convinced that that s the best solution. we re going to have to find a way to maintain the appropriate campus climate, to keep our students and staff as safe as possible and we re going to do
nato forces in afghanistan called afghan president ghani, apologized for it, explained the incident, but this is according to ghani s office. washington is obviously saying something along the same lines, acknowledging that something happened, but not apologizing. so, unclear at this moment of what the repercussions will be, but we ll be staying on top of it. yeah, this is it s a tragedy. thank you so much, sherisse, thank you. coming up, cnn has decided not to report the name or show any photos of the gunman in this week s tragic campus massacre. but it is important to understand the warning signs that investigators are now seeing. we ll speak to a psychologist about what makes a gunman carry out a mass shooting. (vo) what s your dog food s first ingredient? corn? wheat? in new purina one true instinct grain free,
campus massacre in oregon has again drummed up debate over guns in america and who should be held accountable for the violence. oregon state law allows universities and colleges set their own policy. umpqua s government board established a campus-wide gun-free zone. i want to bring in our legal guys, avery friedman, and richard herman, good to see you both. chuang thank you for joining us. richard, i want to start off with you. so the college decided they did not have to have these armed security guards on campus and the shooter was a student at the college. does it make the college culpable? that in and of itself does not make the college culpable. you have two issues here. one, the student population and the administration did not want students to be allowed, even with a conceal/carry permit, to be able to have handgun or guns
dads and children whose lives have been changed forever. i found myself looking around for the gunman in fear of being shot myself. honestly, i sat under the desk to pray. i didn t know what else to do. and somehow, this is becoming routine. and he is exchanging the shots with him, and in the classroom. and the shooter is deceased. we are in a war. this is domestic terrorism. and our thoughts and prayers are not enough. it is not enough. hello, i m wolf blitzer and it is 1:00 p.m. in washington, and 8:00 p.m. in jerusalem and wherever you are watching around the world, thank you for joining us. we begin with the campus massacre in oregon and a news conference set to begin any minute, and we will go there live. once it starts, the sheriff will update us.
person shot. an active shooter. somebody is outside one of the doors. shooting through the doors. confirmed report of a long gun. he is in a classroom. it will be the southeast side of snyder hall. suspect is down. we have multiple gunshot wounds. dispatch as many an ambulances to the incident. the gunman was heavily armed prepared for a prolonged gun battle. we will have the details ahead. the presidential candidates have started to weigh in on the massacre offering condolences and prayers for the victims and families. jeb bush is praying for umpqua community college and families impacted by the tragedy. donald trump said my warmest condolences to the families of