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President trump described the attacker 64 year old Stephen Paddock as a sick and demented individual. Paddock opened fire on a crowd from the window of his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. From that room he had a clear view of the music festival, attended by thousands, which had onlyjust begun, when he started shooting. Before yesterday paddock was unknown to the police, and they confirm he had no criminal record. For the latest on the investigation and the aftermath, lets join my colleague clive myrie in las vegas. Stephen paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel behind me there three days before he committed mass murder. He got his room key, calmly got into the left, took his luggage up got into the left, took his luggage up to the 32nd floor. What no one knew or understood was that inside his bags were 23 weapons, some of them automatic, designed to kill as many people as possible, as fast as possible. We now know tonight from the Sheriffs Office that the shooting lasted for nine minutes. You might be able to make out in the building their three black holes, where he punched through the windows and drained terror down on those below. Our first report tonight on the latest on the investigation is from our north america editor, jon sopel. Sirens. Radio we got shots fired. Sounded like an automatic firearm. Sunday night in las vegas, and the first reports of something going terribly wrong. Its coming from upstairs in the mandalay bay. Upstairs, mandalay bay, halfway up. I see the shots coming from mandalay bay. The stress in the voices of the police, evident. They have located where the firing is coming from, and the impact hes having. We have an active shooter. We have an active shooter inside the fairgrounds. We have multiple casualties. Multiple casualties. Stephen paddock is now dead and police are searching the hotel room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay, which had become his armoury. Ata at a News ConferencePolice Revealed paddock had set up cameras in. There we re paddock had set up cameras in. There were cameras located outside the room and inside the room, along with the firearms. He had set up how many cameras . I dont know specifically. What do you think . I anticipate he was looking for anybody to come and ta ke was looking for anybody to come and take him into custody. So what do we know about Stephen Paddock . The 64 year old was a former accountant who had invested in property and was a serious high stakes gambler. But he had no criminal record. He lived in this house in the quiet town of mesquite, 80 miles from las vegas, with his partner, marilou danley. His father was a bank robber, who, while on the run from the authorities, was described by the fbi as a psychopath with suicidal tendencies. The president , on his way to puerto rico, and who will be visiting vegas tomorrow, had this to say about paddock. 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. But any review of gun law seems a long way down the line, if it will happen at all. Meanwhile, more details are emerging about the massive arsenal that paddock had assembled. Some came from this shop in utah. Average, everyday joe blow. Nothing stood out. It was just normal timing, for him to come in. He was talking about how he was new to the area, visiting all the firearms stores in the area, found something on our shelves that he really liked, and it took him a couple of different trips, you could say, before he ended up purchasing. And paddock came here, too, to buy a rifle and a shotgun. The owner of the shop said the background checks were fine. There were no red flags. An expert on the guns industry last night on television was asked, how much ammunition are you allowed to buy. The answer was simple how much money have you got. Last night, normal people did what normal people do in the face of such tragedy. They came together to commune, to remember those killed and injured. America has been here many times before, and in all likelihood, will be here again. On this, history does repeat itself, regularly. Jon sopel, bbc news, las vegas. We have heard in the last few minutes that all but three of the victims of Stephen Paddock have been named. They include an off Duty Police Officer and a teacher. The people who were rescuing others on sunday night, their stories are beginning to emerge as well. Our correspondent james cook reports now on the victims of the las vegas shooting. Lives wasted. Families broken, futures stolen. The faces of the dead and missing tell so many stories. Las vegas is a city in pain. How are you doing now . |j how are you doing now . I think im 0k. Its also a city of heroes, like brian hopkins, the lead singer of the band elvis munro. When the shooting broke out he let people into a freezer to shelter from the bullets. You see a guy go down in front, another guy go down over here. I turned, front, another guy go down over here. Iturned, bang, bang and front, another guy go down over here. I turned, bang, bang and two girls go down behind us. Its like this behind us. We are running. Its like, we are going to be ok, just run. You can hear it hitting the metal on the stage. Its ricocheting off stuff. Not sure whats going on out there. This was their refuge, where they shivered in fear that a gunman was about to burst in. Some sort of shooting or Something Like that. Its got the two doors on it. I looked and there are some people in it. Im like, lets go, everybody in. When they got out, there was only one thing to do. We are running and what do we see, body, body, the girls are starting to panic. Nicole sta rts girls are starting to panic. Nicole starts to say, i need to call my dad. Isaid, starts to say, i need to call my dad. I said, you starts to say, i need to call my dad. Isaid, you need to starts to say, i need to call my dad. I said, you need to run. Taylor winston is another hero. He was dancing with his girlfriend moments before the massacre. The former marine commandeered a truck to drive survivors to hospital. I saw a field with a bunch of white trucks, i tested my luck to see if any had keys in, and the first one we tried opening had keys sitting right there. I started looking for people to take to hospital, but there were too many, it was overwhelming how much blood was everywhere. Once we dropped them off, we thought, lets go back for round two and get some more. This is where the most seriously injured people were brought on sunday night. Surgeons say it was like a war zone as dozens and dozens and dozens of patients arrived. More than 100 in all. The battle to save lives here is continuing. But there is only so much anyone can do. Bob paterson lost his wife in the massacre. My wife was a great person. She was very active in the church. Brought up my three kids. I was with her for over 30 years. I cant believe shes gone. I have my two older kids with me and my eight year old daughter is at home. I dont know how i will tell her. I have no idea. The grief is both personal and extensive, the scale of the suffering inflicted here is difficult to comprehend and even harder to bear. James cook, bbc news, las vegas. As weve been hearing, donald trump refused to be drawn into the debate over gun control, saying there would be time in due course to talk about the issues. There are many in capitol hill frustrated about the slow pace of reform. They say he needs to be part of the solution in dealing with gun violence in america. I have been looking at some of the issues surrounding gun control in the country. Not everything that happens in vegas has to stay in vegas. There is no shame in heading to one of the many gunshots and shooting ranges here to buy some weapons and blow off some stea m. Buy some weapons and blow off some steam. This is the famous strip in las vegas, the heart of the entertainment district. And the area targeted in sundays attack. Scattered around are more than ten gunshots, catered to tourists as well as locals. Gambling, good times and guns is what this city is all about. Thats what foreigners find ha rd to about. Thats what foreigners find hard to understand about america. Buying a gun, for so many in this land, is as natural as buying a car. Americans on more guns than any other country in the world, 300 million weapons in all, 89 for every 100 people. In fact, 42 of all the worlds civilian guns are owned by citizens of the United States. No problem for some. Anybody should be able to own a gun. If we dont own guns, the only people who will have them is then. For others, the shock of sunday gives pause for thought. Its a conjugated issue. I cant. Ijust choked its a conjugated issue. I cant. I just choked up. Its a conjugated issue. I cant. Ijust choked up. And the issue has become politically partisan. Congress is split. Democrats, on the whole, want loopholes in americas gun laws plugged. The gun laws in the United States are swiss cheese, full of holes. We have to close the loopholes that exist that allow felons and those who have been charged and convicted of domestic violence, and those who have been judged to be mentally unstable, those are the people who shouldnt be able to get guns. But the conservatives, more laws will not stop mass shootings. If you read the diaries or statements that these killers leave, and in these mass public shootings, time after time, they explicitly talk about picking targets where they know victims cant defend themselves, these so called gun free zones. These guys may be crazy in some sense, but they are not stupid. Among the signs and notices on the strip, a new addition. Testament to the deadly love affair americans have with their guns, as another shooting tragedy passes into memory. The loopholes are frankly baffling to outsiders. If you are on the no fly list, you could be a danger ina plane, no fly list, you could be a danger in a plane, so you on that no fly list, but you could get a gun down here on the ground. If you sell a weapon privately or online, you dont have to go through a background check. You could be selling it to absolutely anyone. These are the kind of issues that a lwa ys these are the kind of issues that always crop up during the soul searching that takes place every single time there is a mass killing in this country. I covered the Orlando Shootings last year, sandy hook before that, there are so many you can point to. But this is a debate that will run and run. It will be interesting to see if President Trump addresses that head on when he comes here tomorrow. Back to the studio. Studio clive myrie, my colleague in las vegas. The president of catalonias Regional Government has told the bbc that a declaration of independence will come within days following the referendum on sunday. But the legal status of that vote has been dismissed again tonight, this time, by king felipe of spain, who said in a rare televise add dress that the cata la n a rare televise add dress that the catalan leadership had behaved irresponsibly. During the day huge crowds gathered to protest against the spanish polices handling of the vote at the weekend, when hundreds ofp vote at the weekend, when hundreds of p emwere people were hurt. Letsjoin our special correspondent, fergal keane, in barcelona. It was a day on which its estimated nearly 750,000 people took part in demonstrations against Police Brutality at the weekend. But if the mood on the streets was overwhelmingly peaceful, the political crisis here has deepened substantially tonight, with interventions from the catalan president and the spanish king. They couldnt be more opposed. There was an energy today that felt as if it could shape history. A shared anger, bringing hundreds of thousands onto the streets. Why have you come here . Come here because of the repression of the state and against the violence. Are you here for independence . Not exactly. Others were. Out with the Occupying Forces they chant. Since i was a child i was a separatist. And i still am, this man says. His friend tells me, were different to spain, in ourculture, ourway tells me, were different to spain, in our culture, our way of acting and being, many things. The roads will always be ours, shouts the farmer. Across catalonia highways we re farmer. Across catalonia highways were blocked. Firemen who guarded polling stations have become local heroes. This demonstration has drawn people from across the political spectrum in catalonia. The question now is whether it prompts the state here into further confrontation with madrid. Tonight, as the demonstrations continued, a highly unusual intervention. Faced with the threat of a broken country, king felipe went on television, taking a tough line against the separatists. Were living in serious times for democracy, he said, condemning what he called the illegal actions of catalonias leaders. And not once mentioning the violence used against protesters at the weekend. But in a bbc interview tonight, the catalan president was defiant. He said hed go ahead with a declaration of independence. Translation well probably do this when we have the votes in from abroad, at the end of this week or there abouts. Well act the the end of the week or the beginning of next week. What is remembered is that police from outside catalonia were unleashed against them. Its created anger and unleashed against them. Its created angerand a unleashed against them. Its created anger and a sense of bewilderment felt on both sides of the independence debate here. Translation i am not in favour of independence. I am translation i am not in favour of independence. Iam not translation i am not in favour of independence. I am not a separatist. The attitude of the Spanish Government has left us all surprised in catalonia. We dont understand what is the strategy of the government, when he sends thousands of police against defenceless people. Spain and catalonia, a relationship relentlessly troubled by the past. After the victory of the dictator franco, catalan identity was suppressed. This mass grave remembers those killed here by his regime. Some were catalan nationalists, others leftists and republicans. In a time of growing uncertainty, the wounds of the spanish civil war act as a warning. Translation this wound is still influential, in the sense that people are very conscious when proclaiming, demonstrating and asking for independence, that there cannot be violence. There can only be dialogue, dialogue and dialogue and peace, a lot of peace. There is anger on both sides. Look into the faces of these men, National Police hemmed into their hotel. Viva espana, hemmed into their hotel. Viva es pa na , let hemmed into their hotel. Viva espana, let us act they shout. From this. To this. A vast gulf. The cata la n this. To this. A vast gulf. The catalan presidency wants the eu to intervene. Both brussels and madrid regard this asa both brussels and madrid regard this as a strictly internal spanish affairand any as a strictly internal spanish affair and any attempt at outside mediation is likely to be rebuffed. So, with the presidency threatening to declare independence, its possible madrid could move in the next few days to impose direct rule. Conflict, not conciliation, is looming. Our special correspondent there with the latest on the conflict in spain and in catalonia. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has told the conservative Party Conference that theresa may will make a success of brexit, and he claimed the cabinet is united behind every syllable of her recent speech in florence. Mrjohnson has been criticised by some colleagues, who accuse him of undermining the Prime Minister on brexit. But mrs may told our political editor, laura kuenssberg, that she values a cabinet which is not full of people who agree with her at all times. Reporter happy with boris speech . Leading is lonely. But theresa may has to walk her party back from the edge, persuade the tories again before trying with the rest of us that they were right to put her in charge. I recognise that there are people who feel left behind, there are people who feel left behind, there a re parts of people who feel left behind, there are parts of our communities that feel left behind and its governmentsjob to feel left behind and its governments job to ensure that opportunities are there for everyone. When you make that case now, you make it with passion. But when you talk to your colleagues, mps, activists, some ministers here at conference this week, they dont a lwa ys at conference this week, they dont always feel that. They dont always see that. One told me they worry theres a smell of decay around the conference, that the party is somehow finding itself in a downward spiral. One of your colleagues compared your leadership to gordon brown. There is a real need in this country to ensure that the economy is working across the whole country, that people can feel benefits across the whole benefits of the Economic Growth across the whole of the country. Thats the mission that i set for my government. Thats what ministers and the government have been working to ministers and the government have been working to on many of the things been working to on many of the things its what conference is about. On many of the things that you put forward, Prime Minister, a big, radical look at social care, potentially getting rid of the triple lock on pensions, bringing back more grammar schools binning changes that you wanted to make, youve had to row back on. Youre left as