Address the nation in shock. Also coming up the next steps in spains catalonia crisis the would be breakaway region calls for International Mediation and its bid for independence from spain thats a day after catalan Authorities Say that ninety percent of voters back to the session in a referendum that was disrupted by police and dismissed by madrid. Im sorry kelly thank you very much for joining us a gunman in the u. S. City of las vegas has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred police have confirmed that the suspect a sixty four year old white man from nevada is also dead in an apparent suicide the shooting happened on the famed Las Vegas Strip the attacker had checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and casino and began firing on an outdoor concert from the thirty second floor. Police have rolled out connections to international terrorism. This was the moment when music turned to gunfire. Moments before it was just another vegas evening the crowd had been
Hundred injured at a los vegas Music Festival many are still fighting for their lives also coming up the next steps in spains catalonia crisis the would be breakaway region calls for International Mediation and its bid for independence from spain thats a day after cattle and Authorities Say that ninety percent of voters back secession in a referendum that was just dropped by police and dismissed by madrid. And the rhythms that rule our lives three u. S. Researchers share the nobel prize in medicine for their work in explaining how one tech. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program a gunmen in the u. S. City of love lost vegas has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred police have confirmed that the suspect a sixty four year old. White man from nevada is also dead in an apparent suicide the shooting happened on a famed Las Vegas Strip the attacker had checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and casino and began firing on an outdoor concert from the thirty second
Kenny is on assignment. Danielle nottingham has the chaotic moments and whats next. Danielle. Reporter Law Enforcement Officials Say they had no knowledge of stephen paddock. He wasnt in the local or federal data bases. And a Family Member said he never noticed any signs of trouble. Law enforcement officers courted off the crime scene as they continue to identify bodies in the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. [gunfire] Country Music star jason aldean was performing at the Harvest Festival sunday night when gunfire rang out. People laying everywhere, people were bleeding. We have an active shooter inside the fairgrounds. Many thought it was fireworks until victims started falling. I saw people getting hit with bullets so my the shooter was 64yearold paddock. They say he opened fire from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay onto the crowd below before killing himself. They have one suspect down inside the room. Police describe paddock as a lone wolf with no mown
It is affecting everybody in this community. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping 6people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan investigators in las vegas are searching for answers tonight. The main question what drove a barrage of bullets that left at least 58 dead, another low point in the annals of american killings. William brangham begins our coverage. Brangham it was an evening of Country Music in las vegas, fans recording the scene with cell phones. gunfire then, the rapid fire of gunshots. Ther
Zero. Zero zero zero and fully back to go this is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. In the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern u. S. History a search for answers in an effort to help the victims and once again the question that needs to be asked why are Mass Shootings in the u. S. So common and what can be done about them also this hour a day after a secession referendum defiance from catalonia is government and anxiety among opponents of independence and bangladesh and myanmar agreed to repatriate half a million range of refugees. Thank you for joining us at least fifty nine people are dead and more than five hundred have been injured in las vegas after the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. From the thirty second floor of a hotel a gunman rained fire on twenty two thousand people attending an outdoor Music Festival a few hundred meters away concert goers fled or ducked for cover as the automatic fire rang out