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WPVI World News Now October 4, 2017

Get down. The guys at epic life have the right name for their channel. They made their daughter a cape. She was feeling like a superhero. Lets make her feel like a superhero. She has the force and uses that skill time and time again. Doesnt matter if theyre outside in the jungle gym on the slide, see her there with her cape and superhero mask on and dad is flying away from her. Even on the swings, on the stairs and shes just tickled pink. Her face every time she does it is like this is the best ever. Shes going to end up with a broken hip if hes not careful. Put themselves through a lot to get their kids to giggle. Just a tough dad. Imagination, of course. Credit to mom as well for helping make that cape. Good for them they have a pool to crawl into. I wonder how long this game went. Oh. Thats it, thats all, well see you on the next right this minute. Updating our top story, President Trump heads to las vegas today to meet with First Responders and survivors of the shooting rampage. Overnight, the shooters girl friend returned to the u. S. From the philippines. Shes being called a person of interest. Police had also released body camera video showing officers scrambling to locate the gunman. You see it here. They found 12 rapid fire devices that enabled rifles to shoot like automatic weapons. The shooter will also two cameras in the hall and one in his peephole to monitor the officers as they approach there. Were getting also our first look inside one of the trauma wards at a hospital in las vegas that faced challenges often seen only on battlefields. Doctors were forced to take extreme measures. Heres abcs david muirs. Reporter we head into Desert Springs Medical Center here in las vegas. Where more than 100 victims were rushed in. This is a surgeon here who got the mm ca the emergency call at 11 00. There were 50 or 60 people. Reporter it sounds like there were so many patients you had no idea who they were. They basically triaged everybody and said this ones critical, this one needs this, this one needs that. And we just went reporter four of the victims were pronounced dead shortly after they arrived here. So many of the patients with multiple gunshot wounds, and this surgeon tells me this time it was different. We saw different pieces of the machinery, artillery that were basically disbursed throughout the abdomen and chest. Reporter so it appeared as if the suspect wanted to inflict maximum damage. Clearly, clearly. Reporter the surgeon takes us into sheldon macks room, he was at the concert for his 21st birthday. It all happened so fast. Seems surreal. I just keep seeing it in my mind still. It haunts me. Reporter you see it all playing out still . Yeah. Reporter he showed me the video he took of the concert, moments before the gunfire began. Reporter and you were seeing people around you get hit first . A girl like two rows ahead of me got hit in the neck and went down. Reporter sheldon began trying to help the people around him and then he got shot, twice in the arm and in the abdomen. Somebody throwed me and took care of me. Reporter do you know his name . I wish i did. Reporter and he came over to the hospital with you . Yeah, he wouldnt leave my side. Saved my life. Reporter he tolds he still wants to meet that hero and his mom and dad would like to meet him too. They still have so many questions. Among them, why . Why would someone do such evil . I have a life ahead of me. Why does someone want to kill me and leave me lying on this field and everybody else. Reporter that are was mckenna perry, too, 19 years old, shot in the arm and it went straight to her abdomen. It was her boyfriend and Good Samaritans who helped save her, putting her in the back of a pickup truck. He had a twoseater truck. So i was lying in the back with my boyfriend. Reporter and it was open . Yeah. Reporter whatever it takes. She cant get that night out of her head. It still hasnt fully hit me. Its trying, starting to, but not fully. Reporter its hard to think about. I just know that theres a lot of people who had it a lot worse. So its kind of just like hard to know that theres a lot of people dead from it, too. Reporter and her mother was at the concert, too. Your daughter was saying the hard part is knowing that so many people didnt get out. I think thats the hard part for all of us. And seeing what we saw. And i, i think, as a mom, as knowing that they had to see that, and thats stuck with them forever its got to be really rough for a parent to see their kid go through that. At least one trauma nurse says there was so much blood all over the place that the air smelled of iron. They said they received so many patients in the hospitals. They had pediatric surgeons operating on adults, obstetricians tending to trauma patients. It was completely an all hands on deck scenario. And the university Medical Center, which is the number one in all of that state, the biggest casualty event that theyve handled in the past involved less than two dozen people. That night they had more than 100 people all at once. It was one of the big concerns, would the hospitals be able to handle this. Coming up, the safety concerns following the las vegas attack. What police are doing now to protect socalled soft targets, next. [joy bauer] two thirds of americans have digestive issues. Im joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. But many probiotics dont survive your stomachs harsh environment. Digestive advantage is different. Its natural protein shell is tougher than your stomachs harsh environment, so it survives a hundred times better than the leading probiotic, to get where you need it most. Get the digestive advantage, and enjoy living well. The Las Vegas Shooting is forcing authorities across the country to try to come up with new ways to protect socalled soft targets, events like sundays open air concert. Authorities are already trying to figure out what to do about new years eve. But coming up in miami soon, heres matt gutman. Reporter route 91 harvest, billed as a threeday, feelgood Country Music festival. But on the last night, instead of the twang of music, the staccato of gunfire. Eyewitnesses tell us they had bag checks, metal detector wands and a fivefoot fence securing the perimeter. And on the face of it, it seems that it was well protected. You see the fencing around entire perimeter of that field. But what nobody could have expected is that the shooter would have been perched 32 stories up, blasting through that window and firing on that field. After an isis sympathizer drove a truck into a crowd of people in nice, france, they began protecting large areas with trucks filled with sand. On the eagles of death metal in paris, and Ariana Grandes performance in manchester also have experts rethinking security. Sundays massacre could be a threshold event, with authorities having to be in the sky as well. Expect more hernlt helicopters drones. Reporter this is the las vegas strip, there are six of the Largest Hotels in the world. Nearly 45 Million People come here every year as visitors. And they have long been concerned that americas playground is also its softest target, abc news, las vegas. One of the Big Questions is how you do this. Because an event like this, where the shooter is perched from above, theres not a whole lot to be done. Metal detectors in the hotel, maybe a spotter, sniper on the roof. Helicopters and drones, but people arent necessarily ready for that. We do know new york city folks will be employing snipers. I did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. 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One broke down a security gate and forgedmed a human chaio lead others to safety. And took a bullet. I ran back towards the shooting. There was one lady on the ground, i basically helped her up. And just told her, just to run. And basically just told here, we g her we got to go. She didnt want to move. At that point, more shots rang out. And i noticed there was three girls sitting behind like a black like suv. I basically told them, hey, theres an active shooter, stay down. We need to move to the back. The moment when i said theres an active shooter, i turned around, and thats when i got shot in my neck. I dont deem myself as a hero. I just deem myself as someone who was doing the right thing. Well, a go fund me page to help jonathan with his medical expenses is now over 46,000. But the bullet that hit him is still lodged in his neck. We talked about him a little while ago. Its too dangerous to be removed at this point. It may get removed down the line, but for now is it still there. We heard a heartbreaking story from heather guz. She was working in the vip tent as huchndreds of people ra toward her bar tending station. And tom llamas shot down with her. You could hear everybody shouting shooter, shooter. Reporter she helps carry a man out on this maintenance ladder. Hes been shot in the stomach. The fingers kind of squeezed and then just stopped. Reporter that man was 23yearold joshd 23yearold jordan mcildoon. She said be honest with me, is he okay . I said no. I said hes passed away. Hes dead. Ankept thinking about if this was me, would people stay with me. Would they make sure that i was okay . You know, that they tried to contact my family, and i couldnt go. So many stories like that. It makes you wonder, what would you do if you were in that same situation. I hope i would do the same as jonath i did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Avoid a septic disaster with ridx. This morning on world news now. New details in that mass shooting in las vegas. For the first time, the body camera video from officers who ran towards the gunfire, plus new images from inside the shooters hotel sweet. H suite. And we ahave new details on the victims. The navy vet and Country Music fan, comprehensive coverage ahead. And the president and the odd visit to stormravaged puerto rico. Millions of americans on the island still without electricity and drinking water, the president tossing paper towel rolls to those who came to see him, while he hints that their debt may be forgiven. And the yahoo hack, 3 billion accounts affected. Hear what you need to know on this wednesday, october 4th. The from abc news, this is world news now. Forgot i had a yahoo account. Might have to check that out. That and your aol account, to make sure theyre both okay. Were going so start things off with new video and dpriping new details on the killers extensive planning. Police released body camera footage showing the chaotic moments as officers surrounded the Mandalay Bay Hotel trying to figure out where the shots wier coming from. A couple of officers hunkered down next to a patrol vehicle on las vegas boulevard when one of our officers gets shot. Police there dictating that video, narrating it. Just some of the video from 67 Police Body Cameras being examined. The gunman had set up cameras inside and outside his hotel room to see when police were closing in. Cops also found 12 devices in his room, capable of modifying weapons into automatic weapons. His girlfriend is now back in the u. S. And crime scene photos show the inside of the shooters hotel room, scattered with weapons, including an assaultstyle rifle with a scope. Lana zak has the latest from las vegas. Good morning, lana. Reporter were learning so many details about that shooter including how many guns he had in total. 47 in the course of three different locations. But still, the big question, his motive. Its a mystery. Las vegas is still in shock. Seems surreal. Seems so bad. I just keep seeing it in my mind still, and it haunts me. Reporter the survivors, many still in the hospital, are trying to make sense of it all. Still hasnt like fully hit me. Its kind of starting to, but not fully. Reporter investigators have updated the death toll now to 58 victims. Among them, hanna alers, a mother of three. And navy veteran christopher roybal. He went to combat and came back without being injured and goes to a concert and dies. Reporter and for the first time were seeing that night through the perspective of the police. Authorities releasing body cam footage from it that night and piecing together the timeline. He fired off and on for somewhere between nine and 11 minutes. Reporter they are also releasing chilling new details about what was happening in that room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. You can see it here, ammunition and guns still on the floor. And in addition to what was happening inside, theres more information about what was taking place just outside that room. There were two cameras located in the hallway so that the suspect could watch as Law Enforcement or security approached his room. Reporter and with so many questions still unanswered, Authorities Say they are very eager to speak with the girlfriend of the shooter. She had been out of the country, we believe in the philippines, when the attack happened. But she landed just hours ago at l. A. X. Kendis, diane . Yeah, that girlfriend now on the way to las vegas at some point in the overnight hours we believe. And what are we learning from vegas shorts vegas authorities in the meantime about the weapons the shooter used. Reporter theyve expanded their search to this additional home outside of reno. That brought the number of weapons up to 47. And perhaps the most troubling thing and something that has caused a lot of people to really reflect on, is his ability to buy legal semiautomatic weapons, and then modification kits that would allow them to function, in essence, like an automatic weapon. Shooting off up to 100 rounds in a minute. It made it capable of inflicting tremendous damage. And we heard during that presser by authorities that it was completely legal to have both those semiought make the weapons and the modification kits on them that allowed them to function in a way that would otherwise be considered an illegal weapon. So they are looking at all these things, trying to figure out how he was able to do this. But in many ways, we know this is completely legal and those kits can be bought online. Kendis, diane . Quite a bit of debate. The coroner believes all 58 killed in the attack have been positively identify. And we expect an official anonsment this morning. They had their lives cut short on a night so many were looking forward to. Reporter were learning more about the People Killed in the Las Vegas Massacre. People like neysa tonks, from las vegas, a mother of three boys. Denise burditus, married 32 years to her husband. She died in his arms. Stacy the etch bar. She got separated from her husband, a Police Officer who told her to run so he could save lives. Christopher roybal was celebrating his 29th birthday and excited for the Country Music festival. I hhe had joked that he was going to change his flight to come home early, but he wanted to sigh jake owen. The. Reporter jordan mcildoon was shot in the stomach. Heather guz, a complete stranger, tried saving him, then had to deliver the horrible news to his family and girlfriend. She said is he snokay . And i said no. And she said be honest with me, is he okay . I said no. Hes passed away. Hes dead. Reporter tom llamas, abc new, las vegas. And of course the president is heading there to las vegas a little later on today to console many of those victims and their family members. Such a horrible thing. And this is all happening after the president returned from visiting puerto rico. He was there to see the damage left behind by hurricane maria. And to meet with victims hear. He said he heard only thank you from the territorys people. The president also said damage could have been much worse. But right after he left, the death toll was raised to 34, more than double the previous count. And he left puerto rico an hour earlier than scheduled. We get more on the strange visit from abcs jonathan karl. [ applause ] reporter at a church in san juan, President Trump tossed paper towels to hurricane victims, as if he were playing basketball. Theres a lot of love in this room. Reporter sitting right next to puerto ricos governor, he touted the death count as if he were keeping score. If you look at a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look it at the tremendous, hundreds and hundreds and hundred t hundreds of people who died. What is your death count at this time . 16 people certified, 16 people versus in the thousands. You can be very proud. Reporter but news the death toll has more than doubled to 34, even as he touted the federal recovery effort. The whole team has been amazing. Reporter the president couldnt help bringing up the high cost. I hate to tell you, puerto rico, but youve thrown our budget a little out of whack. Reporter also in the room, the mayor of san juan whom the president has slammed relentlessly on twitter for saying Puerto Rico Needs more than its getting. Afterwards, the mayor called the meeting productive. But on cnn, she dismissed the president ial visit as public relations. Rather than commander in chief, he sort of becomes miscommunicater in chief. Reporter not far from there we met up with hector garcia. He had no idea the president was on the island, but he tells us hes happy hes here. He came here, garcia told us, because he knows were in crisis. And here in sa

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