Or somebody that was all bloody and looked like they had been shot. Live with complete coverage october 2nd, 2017. Announcer this is a special edition of today, deadly Las Vegas Shooting with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone and welcome to this special edition of today on this monday morning. Its 10 00 on the east coast and 7 00 out west. Where do we begin . We are covering the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Its hard to gather om what unfolded. A gunman opened fire in an outdoor Country Music festival and the gunman was high above on the 32nd floor of a hotel overlooking that concert. Heres the latest what we know. New information a little while ago as savannah said, more than 50 kill and 400 others being treated at area hospitals. The gunman is 64yearold Stephen Paddock. He was dead when officers entered his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. He was from a nearby town, mesquite, nevada. Investiga
Live pictures coming from las vegas as authorities start to update us on the investigation into this deadly mass shooting. Just bear with me a second. Well get started here just shortly. [ pause ] hello, everybody. Hello. That was a terrible response. [ laughter ] so, um, thank you for being courteous with the mics this time. Well, good evening. Obviously, im Sheriff Joe Lombardo with clark county. This has been this will be one of many press conferences we have provided in order to provide the Public Information that is occurring. And then so the sequence of these events tonight, i will provide you some can we get some help back there . [ pause ] i will provide you a sequence of some updates of the investigation as we have moved forward since last time we spoke to you. Any specifics or continuance of any Global Investigative leads that you need to be aware of, um, special agent aaron rouse will produce those, that information associated with that. Okay . And then subsequently i will r
Declared a major disaster in north carolina, where hundreds are trapped by floodwaters from hurricane matthew. The storm killed at least 25 people in the southeast, nearly half in north carolina. More than a million homes and businesses in the south are without power, and some rivers are rising to record levels. Floodwaters topped a levee in lumberton, north carolina, and Mark Strassmann is there. Reporter all day on Martin Luther king drive we got you, sir. At least five states pulled out lumbertons stranded residents. You all right . Yeah. Reporter the mayor told us 1,000 people needed rescuing, many of them elderly or physically unable to leave on ul their own. Choppers pulled some of them off rooftops. Others came out two to a boat, or by the truckload. Thank god, were saved reporter jamie and alex hayes were rescued with their son. So you were glad to see these guys. Yes, very, very glad. Glad to see you. Ive been in town all my life, thats 53 years. Ive never seen it like this,ee
Infrastructure committee, its addressing tourism as a whole, and as a question, and the more we delay, the more issues we have. Patrick Walker county Commission Chair steve sisolak. Who sat on the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure committee. Says the looming theat of terrorism is a reason hell push for the tax increase if its passed and sent back to the commission. Sheriff lombardo says hes also wanting more officers because of a 14 percent increase in Violent Crime over last year. Patrick Walker this is a onetenth of a percent increase in sales tax in clark county. Additional 31 Million Dollars for Clark County Police agencies. While the assembly has been tackling this issue. The stadium and the Convention Center are in front of state senators. Let me bring Chris Maathius into the conversation. And chris. Chris Maathuis one of the big Early Morning topics with the stadium proposal, centered on unlv and with the rebels be protected should the with the raiders a Reasonable Rent app
A busy day here in carson city. But not a lot of discussion about the Convention Center expansion. Its the more expensive half of Senate Bill One that has lawmakers debating. To build or not to build . The most contentious part of the special session. After day one. Is the debate in the state senate. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle showing concern over the stadium provision of senate bill 1 monday. st. Sen. Patricia farley r las vegas i want to make sure that again, theyre good jobs, its got a good wage, and that its diversifying our economy, so that r again. St. Sen. Aaron ford d las vegas i mean at the end of the day we have to ask a lot of questions and be able to get some answers, theres a deep divide, a deep split on these issues. St. Sen. Ruben kihuen D North Las Vegas we have students who are sitting on the ground, students who are in portables, why dont we invest this money in our education system, why dont we build new schools . Thats going to put people back to work. P