White house for todays white house briefing. Just getting under way. With the victims and survivors of las vegas and the people of puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. Massive storm recover efforts are ongoing. The president will be flying to puerto rico tomorrow to view the devastation. And will he assure the people there that were with them 100 today and for the long haul. Puerto ricans have shown incredible resilience and were fully committed to helping them rebuild their lives. Last night thousands of our sel citizens endured what the president has rightly called an act of pure evil in las vegas. The president has ordered our flags to halfstaff and further honor those loves in the attack well hold a moment of silence in the south lawn at 2 45 eastern time. The president will visit las vegas on wednesday to grieve with the friends and family of the victims, to offer his support to those recovering from their wounds, and to thank the courageous First Responders. In the coming da
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National able satellite corp. 2017] White House Press secretary Sara Huckabee sanders this afternoon offered condolences for the victims of the mass shooting in las vegas. She then answered questions from reporters. Sarah good afternoon. Our thoughts and prayers today are with the victims and survivors in las vegas and with the people of puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands where massive storm Recovery Efforts are ongoing. The president will be flying to puerto rico tomorrow to view the devastation and he will assure the people there that we are with them 100 today and for the long haul. Puerto ricans have shown incredible resilience and were fully committed to helping them rebuild their lives. Last night thousands of our fellow citizens endured what the president has rightly called an act of pure evil in las vegas. The presid
Across the country on our 50 capitals tour. We recently stopped in annapolis maryland, asking folks whats the most important issue in their state. Hi. Im xena. I live in annapolis, in maryland, and i teach at sta Johns College where were filming now. And an issue that a lot of us in maryland are concerned with is our heritage, the heritage of slievry, and the heritage of the civil war. Im sure many of you heard, theres a statue of the justice who wrote the dread scott decision that was taken down in front of the state house. My real concern is how do we have conversations about our past . And here at st. Johns, we read frederick douglass. We read the dreadscott decision, speeches of lincoln, and try to have real conversations with one another about the issues and different points of view you might have on them. I suppose thats one of the things i care about most deeply, is how can we as americans, how can we as marylanders have real cobsations where everyone is respected and also some
Bullets. [gunfire] [screaming] [bleep]. Get down trish as many as 20 two thousad people were at the con kert 22,000. Many were sent ducking for cover. Many thought it was a fireworks displacement it was end of a threeday concert. They thought it was finale. What you see from video, many people there, witnesses there with cell phones, that you didnt see immediately people start to run. Because they were confused. They did not know what this gunfire was. We do know it was a 64yearold nevada resident who holed himself up inside after room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and shot down at those some 22,000 people. President trump calling this mass cure as an act of pure evil. For the latest Hillary Vaughn in las vegas. Certainly a lot of questions still. Hey, hillary. Reporter hey, trish. The biggest question of all for these victims at the concert last night why did this happen . What was the motive . Police are still whering through that. The District Attorney for clark county
Headlines from outside the business world. Emma chandra is here. Emma thank you, david. It was terrifying night on the Las Vegas Strip. Police say a gunman perched in the mandalay resort and casino opened fire on an outdoor music festival. The death toll keeps climbing. Eres the las vegas sheriff. The number of injured, i do not know yet. But we are looking in excess of 50 individuals dead and over 200 individuals injured at this point. Emma police swat units stormed the mandalay bay and killed the suspect in the shootout on the 32nd floor. Hes been named as steven paddock, a 64yearold las vegas resident with no known terror connection. Hes believed to have checked into the hotel as a guest. Authorities say theyve also located a woman who was described as a person of interest. Meanwhile, nearby Mccarran International airport has resumed operations. Some flights had been diverted to other airports during the shooting. And well bring you more on this developing story as it breaks. David