This is the cbs evening news, reporting tonight from las vegas. Here is anthony mason. Mason america is a nation in mourning tonight for victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Isod evening. It happened late last night just jhind me. That is the 43story Mandalay Bay Hotel casino. Las vegas police say a heavily armed gunman broke windows on the 32nd floor and fired down on thousands of people attending an openair concert. Many fled down this street thats right behind me here. There is still crime scene tape up. You can see bloody footprints on the sidewalk and the clothes they left behind as they literally ran for their lives. Fo least 59 people were killed, more than 500 injured, most of them by the gunfire. Police say the gunman, 64year old Stephen Paddock, of mesquite, nevada, killed himself before they arrived. They have not determined a motive, but they say they have found no links to terrorism. We have extensive coverage tonight beginning with john blacksto
was not written to be shredded in times of crisis or in tragedy. tragically, we see, often, even in this body, to use every crisis and every tragedy as a reason to shred the constitution, so to speak. even today, and this hearing, we see once again the attempt to punish society for the acts of an individual. this ideology, this blame shifting, this rooted in marxism, that s the same ideology that gives terrorists and those who commit genocide the reasoning, and demagogues throughout history to justify their actions. truly, there is no single common denominator for the truly heinous acts that we ve all witnessed, that we ve all been heartbroken over in our nation. if we were to look at the common denominator s, one of the biggest things we see is the breakdown of the family. that s something i certainly think that we should consider as we go forward with this. miss okafor, could you speak, what is the fastest-growing gun owner demographic currently in our country? thank