county. it doesn t happen in pensacola. yet it did happen. we do know this happened in a classroom there. in terms of how bad it could have been, david morgan talking about the fact that if those deputies had not responded as quickly as they did couldn t give a pre size time on it, but very quickly in their words, if they had not responded so quickly, he s worried this could have been a lot worse than what it was. some difficult numbers to digest here. eight initially injured and at the hospital. we know one is deceased. seven people still receiving treatment. three people killed, the shooter is dead and a community that has this military base and its culture in its dna and fabric trying to reconcile with the fact that there s been yet another violent episode, another shooting here in pensacola. chris? nbc s sam brock with the latest out of pensacola. thank you. we ll keep folks posted as we learn more, especially about the shooter and anything new in the
you did not hear many details or even disclosure on the background of the shooter, where they are at this stage of the investigation, just that the fbi and the atf are both investigating at this time as prayers are coming in. of course, thoughts, resources from the oval office, the governor s office here in florida trying to further advance this investigation as much as they can. for those worried there could still be a threat to their community, here is david morgan of theesque cambria county sheriff s department. the threat has been negated. our community is secure at this time. we have no reason to believe or are we looking for any additional shooters within escambia county, not just within the parameters of nas pensacola. this strikes home hard for me as a military member. it was like being on the set of a movie. you just don t expect this to happen at home. this doesn t happen in escambia
tuesday. first he was big on tariffs and he was down playing and there is been a lot of talk about french wine and cheese and handbags. are we still in a place of a lot of concerns out there about what s next? there is a lot of risk about what s next. whether he can execute the deal with the chinese to stop the next round of tariffs and whether he can get a new act to congress. those two things are outstanding. wall street is going to get both done. that s why the market is elevated as it is. employers put the fears aside. though i should say in manufacture, the numbers are flat. there are not a lot of job gains. that s where the weakness of the economy is, manufacturing. that s why you need to get those deals done. ben white, thank you. stay right here, we ll have up da its on officials of the naval base in pensacola, we ll
conference with that breaking news out of pensacola, florida. three people killed, several others injured following that shooting at a naval air station. the second shooting at a military base in a week. i m chris jansing on a busy friday morning. sam brock has been closely following the situation there down in florida. sam, for folks who are just joining us, what are the headlines out of that press conference just held? you re watching a community trying to come to grips with what it s just witnessed. we heard the gov nr of the state just now talking about the fact that it has been 200 years since this naval station has been opened. there a they re a military town. there s some fluidity in the numbers, but an active shooter situation that started about 6:50 this morning. we know three people have died and the shooter has dead. that makes four deceased, in addition to seven people right now still receiving care in the hospital. we re initially told that baptist hospital in pensacola
you know, where you stand on this? as i said, that s what his exposure is. we want to make it as focused as possible and also something that the american people can understand and really bring it down to the hearts and minds and just the gut check of right and wrong. give me a sense of what it s like on the hill, how those conversations are, how often they r. i know jim clyburn said yesterday, for example he s the majority whip for people that don t know. he said we re not whipping on this. we re letting people make their own decisions. nancy pelosi talked last night in the town hall about members of congress talking to each other, coming to their own conclusions. what s going on right now in terms of those conversations? it s all of them, but also we re trying to get a prescription drug reform bill passed before christmas. we re all just stunned by what happened in hawaii and today in pensacola. we want the senate to bring up a