And also gratitude for the many heros and there were many who helped each other make it through. Much more on that in a moment. There is one simple question, though, today with an elusive answer, why . That is a challenge facing authorities right now, trying to piece together the gunmans motives. So far his past offering few clues. Or red flags. But they are learning much more about him and his arsenal. Cnns dan simon is in las vegas follow the latest on this investigation to start us off this hour. What are you learning . Hi, kate. At this point no clear signs of motive, no signs of mental illness, no criminal history and his brother says no political ties or religious ties. Those are the things that you immediately look for. It appears that the only thing he had a real passion for is high stakes gambling, poker gambling here in las vegas. Of course, he had a passion for weapons, 23 guns found in his hotel suite at the mandalay bay and another 19 found at his home in mesquite. He appa
Body camera video that captures the panic and the chaos as officers worked frantically just to get people to safety and to find the gunman. Were going to play you just a piece of this. But just warning you, its tough to watch. [ gunfire ] go that way. Go that way. Go that way. Everybody stay down. Stay down. Wheres it at . North of mandalay bay. Its coming out of a window. In case you missed it, this is the moment when these officers on the ground realized that the gunshots were coming from high up above on the 32nd floor at the mandalay bay hotel. Were also getting new video showing the widespread confusion in front of that stage. People running in Different Directions but not knowing at all where or what they should be running from. So lets begin with brian todd. Brian todd has spent the morning in the shooters hometown. Hes now back in las vegas. But brian, as we mentioned, the fbi is questioning the shooters girlfriend right now, and obviously one of the key questions, did she have
The last hour about that note. What are your thoughts if its not a suicide note . Im looking at the nature of this persons personality. Weve seen the family and others talk about how he played the slots, all about numbers, all about calculations, you look at the incredible planning for this operation. From every step, from the cameras outside the room, to choosing a room that had the maximum prospect to hit as many people as possible. Im looking at this and asking a couple questions, one in particular. Was this a representation of how fastidious he was . An Operational Plan to say this is what im going to do. Heres my way out. A plan for a way out. Correct. Theres another question we have to answer, with the amount of explosives and weapons in the car, and particularly the amount of material in the room, the weapons in the room. Was that the only target he considered . I havent seen people talking about that, im wondering whether he thought there would be an additional target he would
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