more about what took place inside that building? also, was it possible that video cameras may have captured this horrible massacre? what are you learning? well, our chief surveillance has done a great job of updating and keeping the public informed and i m sure that more information will come out soon in the next hour. but what i ve learned and what i saw and understand and those and in our finest hours is the brave men and women who didn t give second thought and charged into the building, who confronted this gunman and saved many lives and in the aftermath what i see now is communities coming together. we have hundreds of vigils that happening all over the city today. there is an outpour of help from our local and sister cities here in hampton roads and i m seeing the strength of virginia beach and that is us coming together. and your strength as well. i do know that you served in the nfl or you played in the nfl. you re a tough guy. but within the last 24 hours, 22
night and the mayor and vice mayor of virginia beach to offer condolences to the great community. and the federal government is there and will be for whatever they may need. god bless the families and all. the president tweeting that this morning and something that we heard in that first news conference this morning is how the relationship between the local and state and federal law enforcement is going. quantityic, virginia, about 140 miles from where i m standing and a big site for fbi agents and 40 are here working with this investigation and with this forensic investigation. there are agents from the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms as well. those are the president s comments. we ve heard from other politicians. nancy pelosi issuing a statement of her own calling for action legislation on gun control and this is something that has come up during the course of the big meeting out in california, a lot of democratic candidates addressing what happened here in virginia beach at t
for action whatsoever. david gura there in virginia beach. thanks to you. we ll look forward to your special later on this evening at 6:00 p.m. now officials are calling the mass shooting at virginia beach the darkest hour for that city as david mentioned today. virginia beach governor ralph northam spoke about what he said needs to be done. actions speak much louder than words and so i will make decisions in the upcoming days, but we need to look at our laws. are they safe? do they keep people protected in the commonwealth of virginia? we have introduced legislation each year, fred rica, for the last few years and it has been defeated but things like this continue to happen. we can t be desensitized to the tragedy and it is time to take action. and that is the leader as the leader of virginia and the governor, i plan to do that. joining me now is aaron rouse, a virginia beach council member and a student at virginia
resident of virginia beach. joshua a. hardy, who served in public utilities for four and a half years as an engineering technician and as a resident of virginia beach. michelle missy langer, who served in public utilities for 12 years as an administrative assistant and as a resident of virginia beach. robert bobby williams, who served in public utilities for over 41 years as a special projects coordinator and as a resident of chesapeake. herbert bert snelling, who was a contractor trying to fill a permit and he s a resident of virginia beach. most of us don t know how much data we use.
whether the regulations on them should be lifted. some gun control groups say that silencers not only make it confusing for victims but also for police who respond to shootings to make it harder for them to find where the gunman is firing from. but the police do say they were able to figure out that it was on the second floor and begin to engage the shooter and that started this protracted gun battle. they also say he had some other weapons at home and they found a rifle on the scene. but it is not clear whether the rifle played any role in this. he did apparently buy these firearms just within the past several weeks. and that may indicate that he had been planning this for the past several weeks. and it would appear based on some of the tactics that he may have had training. pete, i do want to have you pick up on a couple ever a couple of things. so those magazines and the muzzle are legal. the magazines are legal. there are restrictions in some states but not virginia. the supp