And we will feature contributors of the books from democracy and freedom and no wall they can build. Watch our coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival today on cspan2s booktv. Ray, actingtor for Homeland Security director elaine duke, and Nick Rasmussen give updates to the u. S. Federal response to puerto rico after Hurricane Maria from the Senate Committee of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee. This is about two hours and 15 minutes. Senator johnson good morning. This hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Government Affairs committee, is called to order. This hearing of the Senate Committee and Homeland Security Governmental Affairs committee is called to order. This is our annual threats to the homeland hearing. I want to welcome our witnesses. I like to start by acknowledging the victims of the hurricanes and in houston texas, florida, throughout the caribbean but particular puerto rico. Im sure we will be discussing that quite a bit. Maybe it
Danley, a companioni kpacompani shooter. And pete kms said theywilliams searching a building an hour and 15 minutes northeast of las vegas. This was the ending day of a threeday Country Music festival. A harvest festival. Jason aldean, the Country Music star, performing live on stage at the time this happened. Eyewitnesses heard automatic gunfire that came in spurts. The shooter, 32 floors above, would fire until he was out of bullets in one particular clip. There would be silence for a while. Then the shooter would reload and begin firing again. An eyewitness we spoke to said it was like a game of red light, green light. They would try to move. When the gunfire began again, they would get on the ground and try and stay in place. One eyewitness said he thought it went on for nearly an hour. Clearly there were a large there was a large number of bullets fired into this crowd that was simply gathered to listen to Country Music. We have more from joe fryer what more can you tell us . [ in
Hear the [ gunfire ] as you can hear, there were multiple gunshots coming from someplace near that concert stage. We just had a press conference a short time ago from the Clark County Sheriff who gave us a lot of information that we hadnt known previously. We now know that there are 20plus people who have been killed as a result of this gunfire. More than 100 others have been wounded. We understand that the shooting now came from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort, and police eventually located the room, where that shooting was coming from. They moved in, and the suspect was neutralized. Thats right, he was killed. His name isnt being released but it is known to the las vegas authorities. They say hes a local resident. Theres also a search under way for a woman who Police Believe was traveling with the suspect so theyre asking for information about her as well. I believe her name is mary lou danley. And theyre looking for two vehicles as well. Registered to the alleged shooter.
Reporter there is a solid hold on the shooting scene just over my left shoulder. 22,000 people packed into an area. One shooter doing all he can to kill as many people as possible. We spoke to victims on their way out who survived. Listening to some of the horrific stories and the lengths they had to go through to make it out of there. Thousands of fans were enjoying the final night at the route 91 Harvest Country music festival. Country music star jason aldean was on the stage when suddenly shots started ringing out. [ gunfire ] within seconds, chaos. Terrified people were running for their lives and others took cover. Theres a shooting, theres a shooting. Reporter cell phone video capturing the automatic gunfire. [ gunfire ] reporter cell phone video capturing the horrific sound of gunfire. Be advised it is automatic fire, fully automatic fire from an elevated position. Take cover. I remember looking up at the mandalay bay and i saw lights flashing out of a room. Reporter police even
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