Good morning. Right now President Trump is on his way to las vegas to meet with First Responders and the victims of the shooting. The president says this is a sad day for him personally. President trump and First Lady Melania Trump left the white house more than three hours ago. As they were getting ready to depart the president had this to say about their visit. It is a very sad thing. We are going to pay our respects and to see the police have done a really fantastic job in a short time. They said authorities are learning more about the gunman and the shooting. Those details will be announced at an appropriate time. The motive for the massacre rema remains a mystery. They learning more about what happened before and during the shootingment we are seeing more video from the shooting massacre. It shows Police Officers trying to save lives as gunfire rained down on the crowd. Get out of there. There are gunshots coming from over there. Go that way. Go that way. This morning we are also
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 3pm in las vegas its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 4pm in las vegas where President Trump has visited those injured in the mass shooting. He said a motive for the worst gun massacre in modern us history had yet to be established. And he praised emergency workers and patients for their bravery. The fbi has been questioning the gunmans girlfriend, who was in the philippines at the time of the massacre. Her lawyer has said she had no idea about Stephen Paddocks plans. I knew stephen paddoch is a kind, caring client man. I loved him and hoped for quiet future together with him. He never said anything to me or took any action that i was aware of that i understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. President trump is meeting the families of the victims and the Emergency Services that responded. Itsjust after 10pm,
Who shot dead 58 concert goers on sunday, and injured nearly 500, spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition and living a secret life. At least 100 investigators are now combing through Stephen Paddocks life. They hope his girlfriend, just returned from the philippines, will shed some light. She was met by the fbi as she landed in los angeles. President trump has been in las vegas to meet victims. 0ur north america editorjon sopel has the story of the day. Its just after 10pm and the first shots have been fired. Gunfire Police Body Cam images capture the panic that is starting to spread in the concert ground. Police are trying to identify the source of the firing. And to shepherd people to safety. Gunfire and screaming today the president and first lady arrived in las vegas to meet some of the survivors and first responders. At police headquarters, he was briefed on the investigation and then spoke to the people of las vegas and america. We cannot be defined by the evil that threat
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Comedians too politicals political . Republicans can call 2027488001. Democrats can call 2027488000. An independents, 2027488002. You can also reach us on social media on twitter cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. About how latenight comedians are taking on politics. Stephen colbert took on Steven Mnuchin and Rex Tillerson. The hill reports he opened his show saying he is concerned about secretary of state Rex Tillerson and goes on to say colbert poked fun at tillersons press conference where he denied he was considering leaving the white house, but declined to comment on allegations the president called him a mo ron. The comedian took jabs at the reported suicide pact tillerson has with defense secretary james mattis and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, with each party vowing to leave if one of them is ousted. Thats when you know things are going great at the workplace when people start forming suicide pacts, colbert said sarcastically. Theyve also agreed that if none of them are w