gun out and he told me, do you want to die, do you want to die? reporter: brennaman says he threatened to kill her and her entire family multiple times. it was that conviction that led to a year in military confinement and his bad conduct discharge, boar tavarris. kaley, what can you tell us of security at the church and we understand some measures are being put in place. reporter: it is being put as a memorial service site. no services are held inside the sanctuary. that was early yesterday morning that contractor got inside to prepare the damage inside and create moem yemorials.
they have been told to plan and be in place outside of first baptist church for at least the next 30 days. frank pomeroy is expected to deliver a sermon and we told as many as thousands of people will be present for that event and it will be monitored and fbi agents are expected to be on-site here. on this saturday night, people continue to visit this memorial outside the church. six funerals are being held this weekend as well, boris. tragedy, kaley hartung, thank you for reporting for us in sutherland springs, texas. a trip of some called the ultimate relaxation spot but the number of people heading there could jeopardize it.
roadway and crashed out and was found deceased in his vehicle. at that time thit we don t know if it was a self-inflicted gun shot wound or if he was shot by his local drenlt. the suspect has not been complete completely identified. he was a young male. dressed in all black tactical type gear and was wearing a ballistic vest. now president trump has been briefed on this situation. he s in japan. he offered his prayers and support. we know he called governor greg abbott. we are expecting to hear from the president at any moment. i want to bring in kaley hartung. we have a number 26 dead. we know the age ranges from 5 to 72 years old among them. 23 people were shot inside first baptist church.
is florence only because of explosive development in the next couple of days. all right, tom satyr, keep us posted. let s go to kaley hartung on north carolina beach. what are people doing there to brace? reporter: well, fred, i don t want the images of casual beach goers behind me to fool anyone. people here are taking the threat of hurricane florence very seriously, if anything, today they are just trying to soak up those last rays of sun before hunkering down for what is ahead. as one long-time resident of this area told me, he wakes up every day prepared for the storm. that s the risk of living on the coast. so the first visible elements we re seeing of people preparing, you said it, in the supermarkets, the shelves for water, bread and milk. even batteries and flashlights. those shelves are emptying. and people needing to pick up a board game or two. that s true for people along the carolina coasts, even inland as far as rock hill, south
as soon as they re ready to go and atlanta opened the convention center for all the stranded passengers who just needed a place to lay their head. for more, kaley hartung is at hartsfield-jackson airport. reporter: christine and dave, georgia power still says they don t know what caused the fire that killed power throughout the atlanta airport for most of sunday. this fire caused extensive damage to an underground electrical facility at the airport and brought this place to a standstill. travelers literally and figuratively in the dark for most of the day as so many people expressed to me their frustration at the situation, of course, but also with the lack of communication that they were receiving from the airport and from the airlines. free snacks and a bottle of water can only do so much good when passengers were kept on planes on the tarmac for six or seven hours before they could deplane by means of stairs out the back or a jetway being manually pushed up to the plane. and then