begin any moment now, here is what we know so far at this hour. police say that they received reports of an active shooter, just at the 30 pm local time, and according to authorities, at least nine people have been hospitalized. the shooter now that, we re being told, there are multiple fatalities, but police have not yet released an exact count. perhaps, we ll get some insight varying this briefing. however, they have confirmed that there is no longer an active threat in the area. let s go to nbc s morgan chesky, he s on the ground for us right outside the premium all there in on texas. morgan, we ve been checking in with you regularly since the tragedy unfolded, what more can you tell us? yeah, amen, there s that remains incredibly large law enforcement presence here surrounding the entire perimeter of the mall with more than 120 stores. as we await to hear the update from the police chief of allen texas, i can tell you that we are hearing more than stories about how it p
the other part of this is the shoe disappointment that a lot of people feel and those elected officials. representative talarico talked about the congressional representative. the state district representative jack leech, who spoke, who lives a mile from the site in allen, if you go to jack leech dot com, on his website, right there, he has a huge banner that says endorsed by the nra about how proud he is to have been endorsed by the nra when he was running as time for state representative. this is what we re doing with in the state of texas, in congress, for people who will stand up there and act like they really care, but those are empty words because they don t follow that up with action. yeah, that is exactly the sentiment that i walked away from after watching that briefing. dr. andrews, let me get you in on this conversation. first, because this is the