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Then they will visit a second location, where they will be visiting with first responders, with the sheriff, and what the white house is calling civilian heros. the president says he s here to pay his respectsrespects. on his way out of the white house this morning, he told reporters the las vegas police have done a fantastic job and they re learning a lot more, which will be announced at an appropriate time. of course, this has reignited the gun control debate, which also resurfaces in the wake of these tragedies. and rather predictably, the responses have fallen along partisan lines, with democrats calling for more gun control legislation, republicans saying this is not the time for this debate. the president was asked about that on his way back from puerto rico. he fell in line with the republicans saying, perhaps at some time this debate will be had, that is not today. democrats argue if anything is to be done, the president that as to get behind it because they say republicans on ....
Washington, on a lot of fronts, from the state department to the pentagon, people after several months speaking their mind, when they re asked about it, everything from four-star generals to secretaries of defense and secretaries of state. barbara starr, you asked a key question there. it s the reason we re focused on those two doors in front of you right now. where does that leave, rex tillerson, the secretary of state. this was not a news conference or a statement that we were expecting tomorrow, but for tom even, at the state department, they put that podium out and they told us we would be hearing from the secretary of state today. elise labott joins us right now, perhaps with some insight here. and again, this comes as there s been reporting about the secretary of state, very public reporting, about seemingly key policy disagreements he has with the administration. but also some personal issues, as well, elise. that s right. and i mean, john and poppy, look, this is the secret ....
Get back! [ bleep ] i know there are multiple i know, get back! get in there! we see muzzle flashes from the mandalay bay! it s from mandalay bay. that, again, some video from body cams we re just getting in from first responders, among the first to arife on the scene. the president who is on his way to las vegas right now, he will meet with some of those first responder when he is arrives shortly. he ll also meet with some of the survivors of this attack. cnn s alex marquardt in las vegas and joins us now live. reporter: good morning, john. this is something we ve seen so much of the president doing lately. visiting these scenes of heartbreak and tragedy. first after hurricanes harvey, irma, and maria, now after this worst shooting in modern u.s. history. the president and the first lady due to touch down in just around three hours time. they will be making two stops here on the ground in las vegas. the first one, visiting a hospital where they will meet some of the 500 ....
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You re looking at live pictures on the side of your screen there to have the state department. why? because the secretary of state rex tillerson is set to speak every moment. he was due at 10:40 eastern time. he just met with the pakistani foreign minister. we re going to bring you those remarks live as soon as they begin. stick around for this. let s just say, if you ve been following the news about the secretary of state over the last days and weeks, this comes at a very, very interesting moment. in the meantime, they were people from all different walks of life who gathered sunday nigh to enjoy a music festival, and 58 of them, they were killed in las vegas. this morning, we are learning more of their stories. cnn s stephanie elam joins us with some of these details. stephanie? reporter: hi, john and poppy, adrian murfitt was 35 years old. he was a commercial fisherman. ....