Vegas casinos. Places tens of thousands of Dollars Worth of bets in recent weeks. But why he did this, they simply have no clue. They know he has been acquiring weapons over the past several months. He has bought at gun stores in nevada, possibly outside the state as well. That part of nevada he is from, mesquite, is right on the border. So he could go to other states to try to buy weapons and have them sent back to the gun dealers in nevada 20 do it legally. But The Big Question here is how did he acquire automatic weapons. Youve heard the sounds on the videos of these rapid shots. Machine guns are illegal in the u. S. But its possible to buy conventional semiautomatic weapons, meaning they fire every time you pull the trigger, but just one round and convert them. But that Conversion Process can make the weapons illegal. So the authorities are trying to figure out how he managed to get
his hands on these automatic weapons. He had some of those in the room. He had Sniper Rifles with sc
puerto rico tomorrow. i m joined right now by nbc s hallie jackson at the white house. so what are the president s plans in terms of reacting to this horror? so i think you ve seen some of it already, chris. you ve seen the moment of silence. you ve seen the president scramble the morning plans that he had. he was supposed to hold a deregulation event. instead he came out and delivered that speech. as you noted, calling what happened in las vegas an act of pure evil. this speech was more spiritual in tone than what we ve heard from the president before. he used language about scripture, language about faith that he hasn t always talked about after moments like these. we then saw the president add to his schedule what we re watching right now, which is that moment of silence with the first lady, the vice president and the vice president s wife as well. and then sarah huckabee sanders said now is not the time to be talking about gun control, which here in washington some lawmakers, par
welcome back to hardball. our coverage of the deadly shooting in las vegas last night. with the las vegas metropolitan police were quick to mobilize amid reports of the shoot iing last night. the challenge was determining exactly where the shots were coming from. a police scanner captured the response among law enforcement officials as they tried to locate the shooter. coming from upstairs in the mandalay bay. upstairs in the mandalay bay, halfway up. i ve seen the shots coming from mandalay bay. halfway up. we have an active shooter. we have an active shooter inside. i m going to form a strike team. mandalay bay and the boulevard. i need five officers on me. be advised. it is automatic fire, fully automatic fire from an elevated position. take cover. fully automatic fire. everyone is saying that now. law enforcement made their way to the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort, closing in on the room where gunman stephen
shooters running around shooting and trying to get people quiet. i had no idea. and i lost my best friend. and i didn t know where he was. so i just stayed with these people. sir, i don t know you, but you have a good heart and you have great instincts for saving people. thank you so much, bryan hopkins for that incredible narration of the horror last night. thank you. joining us right now the nevada congresswoman adena titus. i ve been watching. i hear automatic weaponry. i heard a machine gun. and i heard it relentless. it s a lot of clips, a lot of bananas. just kept firing and firing and firing. this guy goes into a hotel room with over a dozen weapons. what does it tell you about the state of las vegas and the law in las vegas? what should it be? what have we got here? well, i have to commend law enforcement here in las vegas, along with first responders and with the private security at mandalay bay. i don t know how you could have prevented this. they are looking at now l
want to make it political on this day of mourning, as you said. our office is trying to be of service and of solace. but have i stood for one too many times for a moment of silence on the floor of the house. i just wonder by picking up at least suitcases with guns in them, i would notice they were extra heavy. anyway, thank you. i like your patience with us tonight and your judgment. we ll get to this debate later. u.s. congresswoman dina titus of las vegas. still ahead, new details about the gunman himself, who he was, and what we know about his motive. boy, that s the question of the night, motive for last night s horror. those people were all alive this time yesterday. in fact, this time they were all alive and never expected this horror. they were going out to a concert. and that guy ended their lives. this one guy did it. we ve got to find out why. our coverage continues after this.