You do at George Mason University . Prof. Wijesekera i do research mostly related to cybersecurity and its consequences on the Transportation Systems. I have a large group of students who work on radio communications. Some on uavs, meaning unmanned areas. Torything that is related industrial automation. What is that word you are using . Wakers . Yes, like inera buses and trains and so on. Any classes as well . Prof. Wijesekera yes, i usually teach cybersecurity classes. This fall, i am going to teach a class on automatic wakers. Good selectiony facultyate students and that lift us update by day. We are encouraged to do whatever out and look at the new areas that are emerging and participate to the best extent we can. Peter you also have worked at the National Institute of standards and technology. What is that, and what are you doing . The nationalera institute of standards and fornology has a division cybersecurity. As a visiting researcher, and most of my work there has been forensic
Uavs, meaning unmanned areas. Ariel vehicles. Everything that is related to industrial automation. What is that word you are using . Wakers . Prof. Wijesekera yes, like in buses and trains and so on. Wakers. Do you teach any classes as well . Prof. Wijesekera yes, i usually teach cybersecurity classes. This fall, i am going to teach a class on connected and automatic vehicles. We have a pretty good selection of graduate students and faculty that lift us update by day. So we are encouraged to do whatever we can to reach out and cybersecurity vulnerabilities and look at the new areas that are emerging and participate to the best extent we can. Peter you also have worked at the National Institute of standards and technology. What is that, and what are you doing . Prof. Wijesekera the National Institute of standards and technology has a division for , it is a laboratory for cybersecurity. I work there as a visiting researcher, and most of my work there has been forensics. I have worked wit
You were seeing as you were hearing the shots going off, you were hearing just them hit the ground. There was a guy in front of us that got shot in his back and he was still running. [ gunshots ] reporter bullets rained down from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort onto a musical festival of about 22,000 people. We had to cross the field where the people were getting shot. Every time we heard shots we would hit the ground and just stay there until they would stop for 30 or 45 seconds and then we would run as fast as we could. We just thought we were going to die. Theres no other thing. I thought the shooting would never end. Reporter Police Identified the suspect as 64yearold Stephen Paddock of mesquite, nevada, a Real Estate Investor and former accountant who enjoyed high stakes gambling. Investigators say he had 17 guns in his hotel room. The fbi can find no link to terrorism. Today authorities searched his home in a Retirement Community about 80 miles northeast of las vegas. P
Away. Reporter the suspected government, Stephen Paddock, opened fire from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Swat teams found pat light dead inside of his hotel room. Police recover 17 guns there. Police also found more weapons and bomb making material at Stephen Paddocks retirement Home Northeast of las vegas. We retrieved in excess of 18 additional firearms. There was also some explosives, and several thousand rounds of ammunition along with some Electronic Devices that we are evaluating at this point. Reporter a s. W. A. T. Team was headed to Stephen Paddocks former home in reno. The fbi is discounting any links to a terrorist group. Speaking from florida, padlocks brother said the family is in shock. He described his brother as a multimillionaire investor who spent the money at casinos and never showed any sign of violence. Was he upset about politics or anything . Nothing. He had no religious affiliation or political affiliation. He just hung out. Reporter as the
Stormed the shooters room, they say he had taken his own life, surrounded by an arsenal of guns. We have all the latest on the victims, the suspect and the search for his motive beginning this half hour with nbcs Steve Patterson on how it all unfolded. Reporter panic, confusion, chaos. As a barrage of bullets rain down on an outdoor Country Music festival. 22,000 fans packing a portion of the Las Vegas Strip. We have an active shooter. We have an active shooter inside the fairgrounds. Reporter the gunfire broke out during the headlining act, Country Music superstar jason aldean on stage. Within seconds later, terror. People running for their lives. Others ducking for cover as long backtoback bursts of automatic fire rang out. Everyone started stampeding and charging and knocking over grills, jumping over fences, getting out. Reporter it happened just after 10 00 p. M. The lone gunman identified as 64yearold Stephen Paddock shooting from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. There are peo