Weakening her position. Scotland bans fracking after a Public Consultation shows overwhelming opposition to it. And he was one of the best selling musicians across four decades. Tom petty has died. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. A one year ban for Britains Dan Evans after testing positive for cocaine. The itf says he wont be eligible to play again until april. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The motive for the worst mass shooting in modern American History remains a mystery, as police in las vegas try to piece together what drove a 64 year old retired accountant to shoot 59 people and injure 527. Stephen paddock opened fire from the window of his room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. In front of him, just across the las vegas strip, he had a clear view of the Music Festival attended by thousands of people that had onlyjust started when he began shooting with what appears to have been some kind of automatic weapon. Before yesterday, paddock was unkn
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Whack. We have spent a lot of money on puerto rican. But that is fine. We have saved a lot of lives. The death toll in the Las Vegas Attack is now 59. More than 500 wounded. The central question for investigators, was why the attacker Stephen Paddock carried out this atrocity. President trump spoke about him earlier. He was a sick man, a demented man. A lot of problems, i guess, and we are looking into him very, very seriously. But we are dealing with a very, very sick individual. And what happened in las vegas, in many ways it is a miracle the Police Department has done such an incredible job. Department has done such an incrediblejob. We will department has done such an incredible job. We will be talking about gun laws. The attack was carried out from the mandalay bay that hill, and lies readers. And our correspondent is by there. Tell us about the work being done in the hotel, and where the crowd gathered for the concert. This is the mandalay bay, normally busy in las vegas but the
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Disaster but this morning there are signs of progress. And one week after finishing his big tour, rocker tom petty has died. Well look back at the life of singer and song writer who said music was the only thing he was good at. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Humanity revealed itself last night. Everyone who was there, everyone watching the coverage of this, i think all f ooof our lives have changed. The search for answers after the deadliest mass shooting in modern history. Were tracing down every single clue we can get. Investigators have a big job ahead of them. The motive remains unknown. The act of insanity of a scum bag mad man, how dare any human being do that. The responsibility for this epidemic of mass execution lies with policy makers. Theres a time and place for a political debate but now is the time to unite as a country. Before traveling to las vegas, President Trump and the first lady are going to visit storm ravaged