Could have been avoided had hamas not rejected then the ceasefire that it accepts now. Hamas must be held accountable for the tragic loss of life. That truce formally ends this friday morning, and really the big story out of the middle east today, the talks now beginning in egypt. To try to cement this ceasefire, to extend the ceasefire. Hamas is there, the plo is there, Islamic Jihad is there, the three big factions out of gaza. The israelis are there. And egypt is mediating. Officials in gaza say the month of israeli attacks from air, land and sea caused 5 billion worth of damage. All of these estimates, by the way, run in the billions. And its unclear now whether restoring gaza is up for discussion there in cairo. Throughout this conflict, we have shown you not only the death and destruction out of gaza, we have shown you how hamas was firing rockets from gaza at israel. In fact, we showed you this very picture. These are rockets being fired from gaza, from an incredibly populated a
In the massacre on the las vegas strip. The gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on a crowd of some 22,000 people attending a concert. A short time ago the president responded to the worst mass shooting in modern history. It was an act of pure evil. The fbi and the department of Homeland Security are working closely with local authorities to assist with the investigation and they will provide updates as to the investigation and how it develops. The president ordered flags lowered to halfstaff in honor of the victims. He and the first lady plans to travel to las vegas on wednesday. Now to the latest on the shooting. Police have identified the shooter as 64yearold Stephen Paddock. He killed himself before police burst into the hotel room. They fountain arsenal of weapons including 10 rifles. They appear to have acted alone. The borage sent people running for their lives. The singer jason aldean had taken to the stage when the first shots rang out. [ gunshots ]
In puerto rico without power, food and water. The Trump Administration being criticized for not doing enough. All of that, we begin with breaking news. A very, very dangerous accusation just moments ago. A top north korean official now says President Trump has declared war on north korea. Over the weekend, the president tweeted, quote, just heard the foreign minister of north korea speak at the u. N. If he echoes thoughts of little rocket man, they wont be around much longer, closed quote. In light of that tweet, the foreign minister says all countermeasures are now on the table, and he says that includes the right to shoot down u. S. Bombers flying over the korean peninsula, even if they do not enter north korean air space. Lets bring in colonel steve warren, retired u. S. Army, to talk about this. Hes a former spokesman for the defense secretary, james mattis, and cnn military analyst. How serious are the Foreign Ministers comments . How seriously should the u. S. Military be taking
Raeighlynn and taylor. We are loving our Country Music and love our family and you cant do that to us and all of our family. How dare you . Thank you, ladies. Lets move on. Top of the hour. Youre watching cnn and im Brooke Bolduan and this is live coverage of this sickening tragedy in modern u. S. History. We now know 58 people have been killed and 515 others have been injured. At 10 00 last night local time in las vegas, the sound of the Country Music that united all these people, these young girls we just talked to was silenced and replaced with gun fire. [ shots fired ] again, 10 00 in the evening local time. The headliner jason aldean, he was on stage in front of of a crowd of about 22,000 people. A lot of young people, a lot of children. This is the route 91 Harvest Festival where the shooter, 64yearold Stephen Paddock of mesquite, nevada, smashed through a window and started firing from the 32nd floor of the mandalay right there killing himself before officers stormed his hotel r
John berman here in Sutherland Springs, texas, for cnns special coverage of the Church Massacre that is now the deadliest mass shooting in texas history, but only the deadliest in u. S. History since last month. 26 people are dead including a 17monthold baby. John, i am so glad youre with me for this hour here live in texas. Im Brooke Bolduan in new york. Breaking at this hour, we are learning another murder victim was lula white, the grandmother of the shooters wife. Investigators just revealed that the gunman had sent threats to other members of his wifes family. One thing everybody wants to know is why did this happen. Its a senseless crime, but we can tell you that there was a domestic situation going on within this family. The suspects motherinlaw attended this church. We know that he had made threatening texts from him and we cant go into details about that domestic situation that is continuing to be vetted and thoroughly investigated. We want to get that out there that this was