even more uncommon is forget the casualty number. it s usually seared in a president s mind. i would argue more uncommon to take that and play it for for drama on twitter and his interviews, which i think this really was, the president the star of his own movie saying i made a decision and spared these lives. and it s dangerous he creates crises in order to create drama and he figures he could always pull back from the brink. he wants to be the arsonist and also the firefighter. if at some point he gets that wrong, what could possibly go wrong? that is dangerous and yet another moment he shows his lack of credibility and america s word cannot be trusted on a world stage to stay in a deal like the iran deal and conduct of the commander in chief. and we don t have foreign policy, narcissism is the foreign policy. that s what it looks like. jeremy, i have a question for you because this bothered me all weekend. to be a fly on the wall in the strategy meeting for the iranians,
and still trying to figure out what that process was. the white house was not particularly helpful in clearing up some of the questions when some of these decisions were made and how they were made. one thing that was reported this morning in the new york times, for instance, is while trump has said the 150 casualty number that he said he got from a general that ultimately persuaded him to call off the strike didn t actually come from the general but pentagon lawyers. there is some speculation that may have been part of an end around white house officials were making about trump s hawkish adviser john bolton. trump has never had a typical process. he always brings in outside advisers that you wouldn t see a typical president talk to. for instance, he s been talking to fox news callton who has been hesitant about getting involved here. that s what i want to ask
us. we heard from authorities that the shooter is dead. there are fatalities. we have a casualty number of 11. this could change. what s happening now? now we are getting the information, what is happening on the scene? most importantly, are there any more planned attacks? was the shooter who we know now is down. was there anyone who provided material support or aid? i guess security cameras will be reviewed. they want to determine how he got there. did he get there in a vehicle? does the vehicle have plans in it or manifesto or creed? does it have explosive devices or any other weapons? that s first and foremost. once they rule that out, they can move to the investigation and find out what caused this person, whatever grievance or trigger event which caused him to show up and take innocent
friendly, bomb friendly websites. bret: phil keating on the scene. we are waiting for this news conference from authorities on the scene, multiple fatalities in the school shooting in southern florida. joining us from capitol hill peter doocy outside senator marco rubio s office with the senator, who hasn t spoken yet. peter. we are inside senator rubio s office. senator rubio, this happened in your state. who have you been talking to and what have you been hearing? stick we have talked to the local authorities in charge of the investigation, the sheriff s office, first responders. superintendent of schools. it s a terrible situation. it s going to be a pretty dramatic casualty number. my understanding is some of the next of kin family have not been notified. i also hope people reserve judgment. i have seen a lot of people on television talking about why this happened. the facts of the case are important.
amtrak had 12 cars involved, plus two engines. 13 of those cars jumped the tracks. [ inaudible ]. there are multiple casualties. at this point we cannot confirm how many. unfortunately, the priority right now is making those cars safe and so we haven t had a rescue teams haven t had an opportunity to go through all the cars and confirm a casualty number. we will confirm there be casualties. 77 passengers were onboard and 5 crew members. five motor vehicles were struck by the train when it jumped on i-5 and an additional two semis. we are diverting traffic now. beginning at 12:30 and not before 12:30, jblm agreed to open the base, divert traffic from center drive and through the base to state route 510 #. jblm will assist with traffic coal and the state on the other side assisting with traffic control. any traffic coming northbound,