the news of a lone gunman opening fire on the congregation of the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas, killing 26 people. we have become accustomed to the outcry that follows such mass shooting events, and we ve become equally accustomed to congress doing absolutely nothing in the wake of those outcries. that s in large part to the testament well, it s a testament to the power of the national rifle association and its ceo, wayne la pierre. now, our commitment to freedom is unwavering and our growth is unprecedented. today the nra is a record 5 million strong. note that number, 5 million. the nra likes to credit its strength to its members, but for facts sake, that s only half the story. the national rifle association is above all else a trade group representing gun manufacturers. in fact, it s the most powerful advocate for the industry in the
these things. but for people inside this country, it s reassuring for them that their leader is still focusing on the economy. it s been more than seven weeks since a military live fire test, which south korean intelligence believes could happen very soon. alisyn? okay, will, thank you very much for the update from pyongyang. so we re following a lot of news this morning. let s get right to it. all right. we re here in sutherland springs, texas, the site of the latest mass murder in america. it s monday, november 6th. alisyn is in new york. we re just about 30 miles east of san antonio. this is a tiny town. maybe 500 or so people. and they just had 26 of their own murdered. at least 20 others hurt, gunman opening fire, once again, a military-style rifle at play. but this was at a church, a baptist church during services. the youngest victim, 5. the oldest, 72.
sutherland springs, texas, and it is being tested. this is the site of the latest mass shooting in america. 26 people were murdered here. 20 others were hurt. a gunman opening fire with a military-style rifle. you ve heard that story many times before, but this one was in a church during sunday services. we ve never seen this type of death. yes, we were just in charlotte and we know what happened there in charlottesville, but not of this scale. we don t know the motive yet. we haven t been able to get that deep to it but already we re in all too familiar a place. this time the youngest victim was 5 years old, the oldest was 72. the murderer, a veteran of the air force. he assaulted his wife and child and yet that didn t qualify as something that should have restricted him from getting a
becomes an emergency. dispatcher: 9-1-1 caller: she has the flu, please hurry. a lot of people bleeding everywhere. didn t know where the blood was coming from. didn t know whose blood it was. there were people carrying people. there were people laying down. people one man was sitting next to me who had a bullet hole through his arm. and they were we can t help you right now. it s not we have other people to worry about. please, just wrap it up and please hold still until we can get you. we are back here in las vegas with our ongoing coverage of the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in u.s. history. a gunman opening fire from the 32nd floor at the mandalay bay and casino behind me, shooting into a crowd of 22,000 people attending a country music festival, killing at least 59 and leaving more than 500 wounded. i m joined now by republican danny tarkanian, nevada. he is now running for senate in the primary, the republican primary against incumbent dean
happened are terrifying. a gunman opening fire at a concert with 22,000 people on the ground. 58 are kill and that may go up. in the hours after the shooting, the congressman is there in las vegas and he spent time visiting the victims. thank you for spending time with us on this terrible day. let me ask you, we saw you at the top of the hour and you were at the briefing with the political leadership. anything come up since then? anything new related to the search warrants and the investigation and the biggest question, the people of your community, the question of why. john, we are here at the central command center, the metro police department where federal and local agencies are collaborating and the latest that we have is that 59 confirmed dead and over 500 people have been confirmed