it. all right. ed davis, former boston police commissioner who was there during the marathon bombing now watching this from affair. ed, we ll bring you back in a little while for your thoughts in terms of how the process will go for so many families now that have so many questions. thank you, with that we bring back in ted williams, formerly of the d.c. police department, also involved in a number of federal agencies. ted, how much by the end of the day will we know versus now in terms of victims, in terms of family members, family members that won t make it, family members that are in the hospital? i think we will know by the end of the day, leland, a great deal. i think right now with the law enforcement officers processing the scene, just as soon as possible there will be a news conference or some information will be provided then.
he works for the city emergency management, and he said, he just got word that there s an active shooter. now, we know governor wolf and senator bob casey are on the scene, but the president tweeting twice this morning, the first one, quote, watching the events unfolding in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. law enforcement on the scene. people in squirrel hill should remain sheltered. looks like multiple fatalities. be aware of active shooter. god bless all. we know that this happened, the president tweeting that out as the lockdown was still in place. it s since, we believe, been released for some of those surrounding areas. we also got a statement from the governor, he released a statement saying the shooting in pittsburgh this morning is an absolute tragedy. i ve spoken with local leaders and my administration, and the pennsylvania state police will provide any resources to assist local law enforcement and first responders, and in the aftermath of this tragedy we must come together and ta
to let the public know that there have been fatalities at that scene, but have not given any names. so law enforcement are going to work in a very sensitive manner to deal with the injured as well as the ones who are shot and killed. all right. ted williams, stand by there. your expertise has been invaluable and we re starting to get reaction now from around the country. we obviously heard from the president on his tweet before he left for some campaign events there, as we look down the street in pittsburgh. these are pictures, obviously, that are on tape, important to know that as we watch some of the more heavily armed members of the police department head into the scene. important to know that these are on tape. as of now, 12:18 eastern, we re told that the situation at the synagogue has been contained. and gillian, talking about
reporting a news agency, i should say, he may have used a semi automatic weapon and if that is the case, then there are a lot of shell casings throughout that scene and all of those shell casings clearly would have to be processed. undoubtedly one of the key questions here for the investigators will be whether this perpetrator obtained that firearm legally or illegally due to the nature of the sensitivity of that issue, you know, in the nation right now, it s a something that a lot of americans will have a hawk eye on. do you have any thoughts? you know, that s certainly a part of the investigative process. first of all, they re trying to determine who this individual is, what is his motive, or has he threatened that synagogue or other synagogues? what is his leaning?
thought. spoke with mayor and governor to inform them that the federal government has been and will be with them all the way. i will speak to the media shortly and make further statement at future farmers of america, that s a speech scheduled for later this afternoon and you can see folks there some folks clearly who are civilians, we ve seen people trying to console each other and take in a little bit of this scene here. this is fairly far back from the synagogue,itself where the shooting took place where the media has been staged. the from the media team travelling with the vice-president, he will comment on the pittsburgh shooting at the top of his remarks in las vegas a little less than one hour from now. gillian, at this point it seems as though in one way we know so much in terms of exactly what happened, but also, there are so many unanswered questions at a