stopped this attack? and the secretary of state insisting he ll stay after reports he called the president a moron. now, one republican senator says its atillerton keeping the country from descending into chaos. good morning everyone. i m dave briggs. i m renee marsh in for christine romans. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. after days of painstaking investigation authorities are starting to piece together a picture of the man behind the las vegas mass a ter. among the new details cnn has learned he went out of his way to protect his privacy, paying nearly $370,000 in cash for a house in mesquite, nevada, even though the 2,000 square foot home had a commanding hill top view he obscured it with a solid mesh privacy fence that blocked neighbors view of his home.