friend police still don t know if it was on purpose. police say they know his mind-set, he was obsessed with violence. wolf, back to you. gary tuchman, thanks for the update. breaking news on the unrest and chaos in hong kong. paula hancocks is joining us live from there. you ve been covering the clashes between the protesters and riot police, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, at this point you can see it s early in the morning and people are coming to try and get their flights. it looks like an ordinary airport but just hours ago there were those clashes between riot police and the protesters. riot police at the entrance of one of the world s busiest airports, not something you would expect. chaos at one of the world s busiest airports. protesters barricading themselves behind a wall of luggage carts and chairs as they
we saw riot police and protesters clashing at one of the world s busiest airports. chaos at one of the world s busiest airports. protesters barricading themselves behind a wall of luggage carts and chairs. as they clash with riot police at the hong kong international terminal entrance with pepper spray. one officer appears to pull out his pistol after protesters overpowered him and grabbing his baton and using it against him. after several minutes, police start retreating. the arrival by the bus load allowed a rescue of a man who passed out after protesters accused him of being an undercover cop. thousands have forced this international hub to cancel all outbound flights. sparking anger and frustration from stranded travelers. the scenes at the airport highlighting the intensity of the moment for the people of hong kong. today president trump reacting
at the possessions of this man who they ve accused of being a police officer and trying to dissect and determine his identity. now this all looks really, really calm right now. very deliberative, but at the time it was very, very violent. these people, these young protesters, they beat this man. they tied him to one of these luggage trolleys and paraded him around the airport for hours. and that s what drew the attention of the riot police. they came into the airport and gathered up here, right at the entrance, just where you d come if you were trying to board a flight. but this was all barricaded. all of this stuff, all the luggage carts, all of this was piled here and these dill gent, kind protesters managed to deconstruct everything in hours since. but they managed to block the police from storming in. we also saw incidents spread over social media with police officers who were charging in trying to take this man who was being held by the protesters. they managed to take his baton f
tom, he could have pulled this off solely on his own? yes, i do. i think it is possible. i think we re looking at this that all of those pieces of luggage with guns in it required assistan assistance. it may have required assistance to get from the car to the hotel room. you know, a hotel like that will have plenty of employees with luggage carts. they are used to people coming in. especially the high rollers that stay in the expensive suites like this one was upstairs. they are used to people coming in with large numbers of luggage. i traveled with film crews who have this kind of luggage. 10, 12, carrying light stands and reflectors and tripods. the people moving the luggage don t know what is inside them. that is the difference. if he had help in physically getting the equipment to the room. i don t know and we don t know
luggage carts. looked like a war zone in here. the airport is immediately shut down. all passengers are evacuated. they run to the tarmac in search of safety. authorities quickly zero in on the suspect. we have the shooter in custody. he s unharmed. no law enforcement fired any shots. apprehended but not before these horrifying moments. by now it s 1:43 p.m. and the broward county sheriff s office tweets that multiple people are dead. some lucky enough to be alive are left bleeding. someone posted video of this passenger being treated on the sidewalk. by 2:00 p.m. the official count is three dead. minutes later it s up to five dead. at least eight are injured. by mid afternoon florida s senior senator says the tsa has told him who did this. the shooter is estaban santiago. he had a military id.