It is affecting everybody in this community. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping 6people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan investigators in las vegas are searching for answers tonight. The main question what drove a barrage of bullets that left at least 58 dead, another low point in the annals of american killings. William brangham begins our coverage. Brangham it was an evening of Country Music in las vegas, fans recording the scene with cell phones. gunfire then, the rapid fire of gunshots. Ther
Evidence but first they had to clear the residency of possible explosives so they knew what they were getting into. You can see a map of the mans residence in relation to las vegas where the deadly mass shooting occurred. It appears the 64yearold drove from his home to check into a hotel room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay casino tower. From the hotel room he opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 people below near the Las Vegas Strip. People who had been attending the outdoor Country Music festival. Authorities have not revealed a possible motive but they have said figuring out the motive will be part of a long process. The Police Sheriff says there they had no previous criminal contact with the 64 yearold. Stephen craig paddock, 64 years old. A white male from mesquite, nevada. We have no information or background associated with this individual. The only thing that we can tell is he received a citation several years ago and that was handled in normal practice in the court system. A
Night. 50 people are dead and more than 200 injured. To the location. Police identified the shooter. Stephen paddock. He acted alone and he is now dead. We have video of this event that witness testimony. People at this concert,vo aldean, a singer on stage. This is a concert 30,000 people to see in an open air6 i ]sn7 an gun fire broke out about about 10 08 tonight. Hiding. Others on the ground. That didntimsn7 find safely. 50 were killed. T capacity. We are hearing from people in surgeon friend of mine saying they7x they are askingvai7s9 have so many people who need surgery and need help. This is a very active situation. Unfortunately, Authorities Say these death tolls could still rise. To las vegas throughout the morning. And we have new video as well take a listen. [ [gun fire ] undreds of rounds being fired at that. Rounds being fired. Jason aldean stopped singing and people were try to whats going on. Until the pops kept happening. People on stage saying they could see is rounds
Why, police are still investigating Stephen Paddock, why did he come into las vegas, stay at this hotel, he checked in with 10 10 rivals and opened rifles and opened fire on all of the people. Police are trying to figure out why he came here and committed deadliest mass shooting in United States history. They are estimating the injuries to be well each and every 400 and the deaths associated with the event over 50. Reporter the mass shooting took place sunday night at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, its now the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. The shooter is Stephen Paddock described as a local resident. Its important to understand that this investigation is going to be long and contracted before we get to the bottom of it. Reporter police are working to identify a motive of why the man shot into a crowd of 30,000 people. Concert goers described a scene of chaos. People were laying on top of each other to get out of the way and the shots kept coming. Reporter jason a
Shooting was stopped on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. That suspect was confronted by police and is now dead rumors of other shooters are false. The only explosive device was used by police to go after the suspect who has been taken down. They identify the suspect and did not release his name yet theyre looking for his roommate, a woman named mary lou danly. In the meantime, lets get a check on the markets up again this morning i was talking with wolf earlier about the trump trade. The dollar, the yield today sharply higher up 31 points. Yield curve is widening a bit, too. Steamening, yeah. You saw 14 so far for the year for the dow. 14 . Remember mid to high mid single digit return is what people have been saying. Better than the nasdaq closing at record levels on friday. Good quarter. Got a quarter left october, november, december. Maybe we still do only get 7 but we have to be down the and the trump trade is back on i guess the introduction of weve got an idea what the ta