he was having psychological issues. he claims that his brother told the fbi about this. let s take a listen here for yourself from brian santiago. they have responsibility in that they knew it, that he have psychological problems, you know. and when fbi visited me yesterday here, they told me that they knew it, that he went to fbi offices. so if they knew it, why they have him free? they set him free. reporter: so now where we stand is we will wait tomorrow. he will be taken from the jail where he is here. that s just 15 minutes away from the airport where the shooting happened. that s where we going to see if he will face the death penalty. reporting live at the fort lauderdale national airport, i m melissa adan. appreciate that perspective.
video as you have been reporting on this story and we re just getting that in in the last several hours? reporter: good afternoon, richard. so we re all seeing this video. it is shocking, but important to note that the fbi hasn t confirmed or denied the existence of this video, where they got it from. they re not prepared at this moment to make a comment. so we re definitely waiting on that to hear fwrt fbi s stance on what their take is of this video because, of course, this investigation, there s a lot to it. already he has three charges hanging over him. these charges including two on firearms on the biggest one is his violent attack at an international airport. now, i have been out here since the investigation started. i have had these details coming in and we are getting a better time line of how exactly the shooting happens, why it got started. that s what investigators are after. we did learn last night with those court documents it revealed that santiago told the fbi that he
themselves to take a look at this violence. but some international airports will stop you at the door or stop you before you drive in and check the bottom of the cars. that s what they do in israel. but when you have the numbers of individuals traveling in the u.s. air space and the large airports, incredibly difficult to be able to see what that threat is outside. one of the challenges here, though, of course is how did the guy get his gun? this is as much about mental health or what the fbi saw ahead of time and what were the steps they were able to take? could they have prevented him from flying with this weapon. this is a big issue. we have got to address this. all indications are that esteban santiago, when he got the gun, that was all the right way. thanks for sticking around for our two breaking stories today. coming up, it is time to get the pulse of america on some other major stories we re following for you. trump top staffers trying to
one-way ticket to head to fort lauderdale. he wanted this to be the destination where he would then go and do his awful shooting. so that shooting that took place, vicious attack killing five people, he told the fbi it was planned on purpose. the investigation done by the fbi has been all over the place. we saw them investigating in alaska, his home residence. santiago actually lived in alaska we re told by his relatives because that s where he was joining the national guard. according to his relatives, he was there for the national guard purposes but he did not do well and the national guard actually kicked him out. after that these are when the problems raised we are looking into. according to his brother that nbc was able to obtain that interview, we have an interview from his brother in puerto rico. his brother says that s when his younger brother was feeling issues of mental illness. he was not feeling well.