Oui they gave us a leaflet to say that our flights from monarch they gave us a leaflet to say that ourflights from monarch had been cancelled. We were panicking them. What do we do . Everybody is after flights everywhere. It has cost me another £666 to get where i want to go today when i had already paid 1500. Catalan leaders said the region had won the right to go independent after 90 of people who thatis independent after 90 of people who that is abated in the referendum backed independence. Good morning. It is monday the 2nd of october. You are watching bbc news. We will begin with the developing story, the shooting in las vegas. We have heard from police in las vegas at least 20 people have died and more than 100 people have been wounded after a gunman opened fire on people who were attending a Country Music festival. Police say the suspect, a local man who they havent named, opened fire on the outdoor event from the 32nd floor of the mandalay casino hotel on the citys sunset stri
Leaving thousands of customers stranded abroad and future flights cancelled. The company has begun laying off staff at its luton headquarters. The chancellor says there needs to be unity and focus on brexit so that the uk can secure a deal that will be good for jobs and prosperity. Violence at the ballot box in spain the European Commission says catalonias independence referendum was not legal and calls on both sides to talk. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. At least 50 people have died and more than 400 have been wounded, after a gunman opened fire at Country Music festival in las vegas. Its the deadliest gun attack in recent us history. Police say the suspect is a 64 year old local man who has been named as Stephen Paddock. In the last few minutes President Trump describes it as an act of pure evil. Police say he was a 64 year old local man. Police stormed his hotel room where ten guns were found. He fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Hotel on the citys sunset strip. Th
No strong lead yet now as to why he could have done this so we will be waiting for more information on that but let me ask you about a woman or a companion about was also named as a person of interest in this. Indeed there was a companion that was for many hours in the preliminary phases of this investigation companion of steven had ics who in fact was of interest to police but what we now know is that suspect that woman has been ruled out as a person of interest as a suspect apparently the gunman using her i. D. Perhaps to read the hotel room a room we know he was in from september twenty eighth and onward not clear if he allowed any of the sort of the housekeeping staff to come into that room that would have perhaps signaled something was imminent but we do know from police now that that woman that companion has been ruled out as a suspect but again this is going to take a long time to piece together las vegas is a very busy place there was a lot of hotel rooms to look through a big
Going forward. You know, chris, the president S Homeland Security Department did say earlier there was no specific credible threat involving other public venues in the united states. How do they make that determination for certain . What they had in front of them, i think they are referring to based on this incident. I think theres always a generalized threat out there in large public events. Those soft targets weve been talking about. And people need to be aware. I saw a lot of people at that concert standing around watching what was going on instead of seeking cover, and i think that probably created a situation where more people were hurt than needed to be i mean, these fully automatic weapons can kill a lot of people very quickly, but we just have a very low level of awareness. Chris, we thank you for your insight. John and kayla, thank you. Well touch base with you little later on this morning. If youre just joining us this morning, good morning, welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Q
Stage right now. He is described as an eyewitness having dropped his guitar once he realized it was indeed a shooting. At first so many in that crowd thought it was bottle rockets, fireworks, couldnt be real. It was all too real as brian ross just reported. Unfolded over 4 30. More than 200 rounds fired over 4 30. That must have beseemed like an eternity. The shooter is down. This was the Moment Police went in. The suspects door. Be aware of it and get back. We need to pop this and see if we can have a response from this guy, see if hes in here or moved to smnlsz. All units on the 32nd floor, breach. All units move babb. All units move back. Breach, breach, breach. That was the moment, breach, that was an explosion. The explosion was from the police right there. They did take down the shooter. I want to go back to las vegas now. Matt gutman on the scene. You guys go ahead. Thank you. Yeah, im here. I hear you. Thanks. Matt. Hey, george. So everywhere you go, people come to you and you