sandra: fox news alert. ohio state saying shelter in place warning has been lifted and scene is secure after reports of an active shooter on campus. the fire department says seven people were rushed to the hospital. latest reports two are in stable condition. no word on the others. after osu, one of america's largest universities, incident a series of tweets telling students to healther in place, and quote, run, hide, fight. correspondent rob schmitt joins us live from the newsroom. we're getting word the situation is secure but we're still waiting to hear anything about this shooter and his motive. reporter: sandra, so many conflicts reports at this point. we're not sure if we're dealing with one suspect here or more than one. we're not sure if the suspect or suspects are dead at this point. we've heard an array of conflicting reports. we can tell you the most important thing as you said the scene is now over, it's secure.

i shouldn't say over, but it is secure. the shelter in place has been ended. you can now leave where you are if you've been hiding from this. and saying that the scene is secure and everything is safe now. that is the most important thing especially for parent watching on television to see if they're okay. if you're talking to them, now everything, according to police that everything is safe. massive campus on north side of columbus, ohio, 60,000 students go to this school. it's a huge big 10 school. we have had reports of a suspect opening fire. we have had reports of a suspect driving a car or two suspects in a car, driving a vehicle into a crowd of people outside of a hall. we have read things like a fire alarm was pulled. all of this unconfirmed. we've had reports of a knife being used in this attack as well. right now we can tell you that your number of seven people taken to the hospital may or may not be correct. it may be eight at this point. we're not sure.

but it is somewhere in that area there. we heard reports of one person in critical condition. of a vehicle running down people. this happening at watts hall, which is materials, science and engineering building. the shelter in place has now been lifted. classes have been canceled for the rest of the day you but sounds like it was just mayhem at this watts hall on the north side of the campus earlier, later this morning i should say when this all rang out. some students reported hearing something like a bomb going off. so again just an array of reports coming in at this time and i think what is going to happen as police start to speak to the media, now that the scene is secured we'll get definitive answer what is happened here f there was a vehicle involved. if we have two suspects or one. we have seen reports saying that the suspects have been arrested. we have reported that a suspect has been killed. that has come out from a number of different news agencies from that area.

of course all of this still unconfirmed at this time but we do know something big has happened here and that a number of students have been injured and taken to a number of, couple local hospital there is at ohio state in central ohio, as you see the split screen there. campus should hopefully, start to calm down a little bit. classes were canceled. latest. we'll send it back to you. sandra: rob, also the emergency management system osu still tweeting out instructions to students the areas that are closed around campus, the buildings that are closed. additional information is yet to be offered. what are you hearing about the ability for students to reach out to their parents, reach out to anybody trying to get in touch with them? where are we at as far as coordinated efforts with the police, with the students and their ability to let everybody know they're safe on campus as this situation is clearly ongoing? reporter: you're wondering if that facebook, safety alert

facebook has has been set up. we're not certain of that. the cell phone is the best bet. they said don't call the police department trying to find out if your kids are safe or if someone you know is safe because that ties up the phone lines. they needed that at the time to manage the situation here. if you have any information that could help them figure out what is going on the campus this is disorienting thing on this campus. this is a massive campus. a lot of people all in one place. they're trying to figure out what is going on. they're trying to secure it. sandra: rob, thank you very much. we have new information. we want to go to rod wheeler, former d.c. homicide detective very familiar with the investigation as it continues. we're now learning 10 people have been transported to the local hospital there. one of those people are listed in critical condition. rod wheeler, how would you describe the situation right now? >> well, right now i would clearly describe the situation as being contained. the police department is actually tweeted out that the situation is under control. what does that mean?

that just simply means they do believe if there was more than one suspect they no longer believe that. there is just one individual. some reports are saying that that the one individual was killed by police. a lot of this is unconfirmed. i can tell you and the viewers it appears the area around watts hall, a area i'm familiar with, 19th and college avenue, so viewers know. north side of the campus. it is very easy for people to drive on the university campus from on the street, so that you know that. it isn't one of the areas that is really contained. it is an area anybody can drive on to the police. massive police response of the columbus police department, osu police department and franklin county sheriff's department did a tremendous job getting in there. they practiced for this type of situation and appears they have taken it under control. sandra: do we know anything about the shooter or shooters or the suspects involved in this? we really don't have much to report on that front.

is that unusual at this point in the investigation? >> no. right, that is an excellent question, sandra, and no, it is not unusual. here is the thing, in these active shooter situations you get so much information from various sources. some people say one shooter, two shooters, some people say it was a knife, a gun. in a situation like this the best thing to do is wait until the investigators get in there. the investigators right now are interviewing victims of the situation, they're interviewing other students. they're trying to determine whether or not the shooter was a student at university or maybe somebody that wandered on to the campus. these are all unanswered questions. we'll have answers probably before the end of today. sandra: what does that investigation look like? we're looking at images of this campus. you can imagine these are students ho just returned from their thanksgiving holiday weekend with their families. >> right. sandra: they get back to campus. this happens. i can imagine it is a chaotic

scene. what does the investigation look like on campus at this point? are they shutting things down completely for some time? >> well the entire campus, all of the classes have been canceled for today. i have relatives, nieces and nephews that attend ohio state currently. i'm an alumni of ohio state. i had classes when i went to ohio state in watts hall. to give a perspective the area, there is a lot of students around the area be so clams room buildings in that area. it is not unusual to have a large number of people in that area. what i'm a little surprised by if a gun was used in the situation, sounds is like it was, more people wasn't hurt. i guess the good news in all of that is the response by the police department. the investigators, their first responsibility is to try to determine who was the shooter, where did he get the weapons, what was his motivation and whether or not there may be any other victims out there, maybe at another crime scene or something like that, so that is the the typical way we investigate these case, sandra.

sandra: okay. also coming into our newsroom in addition what we're learning from the fire department that 10 people have been sent to the hospital and one listed in critical condition, this just coming in according to the columbus fires department, the suspect is deceased and the body is still at the scene. again that is just coming in. rod, your thoughts with that coming in? >> sounds like the individuals that were taken to the hospital were probably taken to the ohio state university hospital. now why is that important? the hospital, sandra, is only about three to four blocks away from watts hall. that is very critical. not only that, but the osu hospital is a level-one trauma center. which means they have everybody on duty, ready for these types of situations. as a matter of fact, just this past saturday, they were already staged and prepared for mass casualties because of the major football game we just had there. so that is good news in all of this. the fact that the suspect is at the scene sounds to me like the police took him out right away and they got rid of that threat

and everyone at that point became safe. sandra: rod, this is something that universities across this country are having to prepare for and do prepare for actively. >> that's right. sandra: from what you have seen today, how have the efforts of the university working with local police, how has that played out? >> you know, i think from my perspective, and i actually teach a course in active shooters for colleges and for students, i'll tell you from what i saw, i've been following this all day, the police there did a tremendous job. their response was excellent. but i'll tell you one other thing real quickly, sandra, not enough college campuses prepare for situations like this. they need to. they need to work with the local police. they need to work with security representatives and they need to prepare for situations like this because what it will do, it will save lives at the end of the day. i think that is what we saw here today at ohio state. my alma mater. they saved a lot of lives. sandra: rod, i want everybody to know, i will report once again, that the columbus fire department is reporting that a suspect is in custody.

the suspect is he deceased and the body is still at the scene. kennedy wants to jump in with a question. kennedy: unfortunately we learn a lot from these unfortunate mass casualties, do you learn something like this where the police response and response where the school has been successful as you do from incidents like virginia tech? >> unfortunately, we learn from the worst situations obviously. virginia tech, washington navy yard, you know what we try to do, kennedy? we try to learn from the situations and improve upon them in case this situation happens again. so looking at situation today, to be specific we learned a lot about our response as a police department, working with the students, working with the faculty, so that if this situation were to happen again, and hopefully it won't but it robly will, our response will be better and lives will be saved. >> rod, it is pete hegseth. got a quick question. >> hey, pete.

>> i heard reports from a friend in columbus, from a trusted source that it was a vehicle running people over and potentially a knife and a weapon as well. if that were to be the case, that is speculation, unconfirmed reports is the type of attack tell us about motive or who might be? is there anything we can glean from what we know right now about motive or approach on this attack? >> you know that is an excellent question, pete. i can tell you at this point we really don't want to speculate too much because we need to wait and see exactly what happened. some people say there were gunshot victims. one thing i can tell you real quickly, pete, on the north side of ohio state campus there is a lot of ways on to the campus grounds. anybody from the street or from the city can come on to the campus. a lot of dormitories are right there on the campus in that area. so i think at this point it is better to wait until we get all the facts to learn exactly what happened. i don't want to speculate too much on that aspect, pete. sandra: rod, i don't want to look too much into the wording

of this but perhaps could reveal something, maybe not. the wording from the police, the fire department, a suspect is deceased and body is still at the scene. at this point we can't rule out there is more than one suspect? >> that is exactly right. that is exactly we as investigators look at. i know we don't have a lot of time, the other victim transported to was one or more of them involved in this, which don't know yet. was there another crime scene somewhere, we don't know that yet. if a vehicle was used it could indicate this is somewhat of a personal attack someone had. we don't know if it was a student or somebody in the community. again, at this stage, since the suspect is down we don't need to speculate. let's wait to see exactly hot person was and why they carried out what they decided to carry out. sandra: after reports of an active shooter at the ohio state university in columbus, hire. >> that's right.

sandra: rod wheeler, thank you for your time and jumping in on the breaking news. >> sure. sandra: at that the suspect is dead, a suspect is dead and still at scene. 10 have been transported to area hospital. one victim in critical condition. we learned nine others are in stable condition. all this after a shelter in place warning has now been lifted at the university. that all happening at ohio state university today, one of the largest universities in this country. all right, we'll jump you now, we're going to go to break. for lower back pain sufferers,

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sandra: after a dramatic scene played out at ohio state university in columbus, ohio, this morning, reports of an active shooter on campus, students were told to, quote, run, hide, fight in the presence of this shooter. we have now learn ad suspect is dead, still at the scene and 10 have been transported to the local hospital there. one listed in critical condition. nine others are in stable condition. a suspect is in custody now at ohio state university as the scene is now being described by authorities as secure. another fox news alert for

you, president-elect donald trump's incoming white house team he is meeting with several people including former cia director david petraeus. he is reportedly contender for secretary of state position as are mitt romney and rudy giuliani who have sparked an internal battle who should get the top diplomatic post. mr. trump is meeting with romney for a second time. his senior advisor says many trump supporters would feel betrayed if he picked the former massachusetts governor. >> i'm all for party unity but i'm not sure we have to pay for that with the secretary of state position. we don't even know if mitt romney voted for donald trump. there are concerns those of us who are loyal have. sandra: incoming chief of staff reince priebus is pushing back on the idea there is an internal tug-of-war going on. >> he is going to make the best decision for the american people. it isn't a matter of warfare. there is a lot of opinions about this, yes, it is a team of rivals concept if you were to go toward the governor romney

concept but, i think that should tell all americans about where president-elect's head is at, which is a place will put the best possible people together for all americans, no matter who you are, what religion, whatever your opinion is. sandra: you heard from pete hegseth. kennedy, earlier, kennedy and meghan mccain were with us on this afternoon, morning in the west, enjoy your cup of coffee. pete, when you look what is going on with the transition team, it looks divided. kellyanne conway, his campaign advisor, his campaign manager telling him -- >> he is secure enough in his own skin this is deliberation. i'm taking counsel from people across the spectrum. i'm willing to listen to people who clearly didn't support me at all. what chairman priebus said is right. he wants the best person in the division.

he wants to govern successfully. he ran on a bold and ambitious agenda and its role in the world. he has a menu of fantastic options. sandra: for a while, it was mitt romney, rudy giuliani, we saw the two picks he was considering but sort of made room for a third option and a lot of other people and names are out there. meghan: i love david petraeus. i love the idea he could be secretary of state. i watched kellyanne conway over the weekend, because maybe i lived through game change, i have a low tolerance for staffers going rogue against their candidates. donald trump became president on donald trump's own accord. he would take offense at the idea that anyone else is given credit. donald trump is okay meeting with mitt romney and giving olive branch out to people, people like me who weren't the biggest trump supporters. i like the idea he is trying to reach out in different ways. this is a very bad look for kellyanne conway.

she is also up for a job by the way. >> i can't think for a second she is speak out without his okay. this is deliberate. i don't think for a second she is out on national tv saying these things if he wasn't aware of it in the first place. meghan: she should make that very clear. sandra: what is the strategy again? >> i asked anthony scaramucci about it this morning. can i get that real quickly, he is on the transition team, executive committee member on the transition team. he said is there tension between donald trump and kellyanne conway? absolutely not. is he comfortable with when she is saying publicly? i think so. >> trump is being presidential and bringing the party together, even per separate wally, even the look of mitt romney or coming to trump tower or mar-a-lago and meeting with him -- sandra: do you think he is being considered? >> i don't think rudy giuliani or mitt romney are being considered. if either one are the strongest candidate they would have already emerged. there is reason two of them are being pitted against each other.

kellyanne conway knows exactly what she is doing. >> giving red meat to the trump loyalist to look presidential. it is not going to be romney or giuliani. i don't think it is going to be ambassador bolton. meghan: there are conflicting reports by the way. >> keep an eye on bob corker as well. meghan: there is report out saying trump is angry at her. anthony scaramucci working for administration. >> i wanted to point that out. he asked him. >> whatever it is if this is game they're playing it is incredibly ill-advised. the thing i like about donald trump and going on tv since he is elected he is reaching out to other voters. if it looks like they will keep grudges and have a problem with different kind of republicans really bad foot to start first day in office. >> better for her to do it than him. >> if general david petraeus is in serious running for secretary of state, you're going to get into some at least optics issues

if you have general mattis as secretary of defense which might happen and then lt. general flynn and then general david petraeus. it looks heavy on the military. >> i don't think he will care about that oning tick. he wants leaders and foles that won. david petraeus won the iraq war. he has a diplomatic side. general mattis is war fighter. general flynn will be fantastic at national security council. what is wrong with that? sandra: by the way those being considered for jobs, you are one of them, fair to say. you've been called in to meet with donald trump tomorrow. what are you meeting about? >> indeed. i'm grateful for the opportunity. honored to have a moment to meet with the president-elect. i served this country like some people we're talking about. have a heart for it, if that were to be in the cards, great. meghan: i'm all for it. sandra: bunch of general. >> i'm definitely not a general. >> to us you are, always will be. kennedy: talking about business leaders, romney thing made sense on that level. if they put their personal

animosity aside i think they're both smart enough to do that, their business backgrounds and ability to turn things around and look at projects and difficulties in a way that is completely outside of the box, i think that is mutually beneficial. >> there is $6 billion missing within the state department basically, this is a morass. donald trump talks about the swamp. there is no deeper, murkier, stinkier swamp than the state department. that is one of the reasons that romney would be, at least considered for the job. sandra: meghan always has a way with words, hasn't she? >> nasty. >> sometimes that is the most effective word. >> i held my nose when i said it. sandra: we're awaiting a news conference to happen at ohio state university. it could be happening anytime this hour. we will take you to that live when it happens. hopefully get an update on the victims at ohio state university as well as any update we might

get on the suspect. one is dead, the fire department has confirmed. we don't know if there are any others. we'll go to the news conference when it happens. meanwhile president-elect trump slamming hillary clinton for officially joining recount effort in three states, pointing out in her concession speech she told supporters it is time to accept he is the new president. is she being a sore loser? ♪

♪ meghan: president-elect donald trump and his team slamming hillary clinton's campaign for officially joining the recount effort in up to three states. this as election officials in wisconsin meet today to discuss a potential timeline. senior trump advisor kellyanne conway not holding back. she is calling hillary's camp a pack of sore losers and more. >> their president, barack obama will be in office for eight more weeks and they have to decide whether they're going to

interfere with him finishing his business, interfere with peaceful transition, transfer of power to president-elect trump and vice president-elect trump or be a bunch of crybabies and sore losers about an election they can't turn around. meghan: in a series of tweets, president-elect trump throwing hillary's own words back at her, in one tweet, hillary clinton conceded the election when she called me prior to the victory speech and after the results were in. nothing will change. if you recall, hillary sang a much different tune in the debates and on the campaign trail after mr. trump said he might not accept the election results, watch. >> that's horrifying. you know every time donald thinks things are not going if his direction he claims, whatever it is rigged against him. we've been around for 240 years. we've had free and fair elections. we've accepted the outcomes, when we may not have liked them. he refused to say that he would respect the results of this election. [booing]. by doing that, he is threatening

our democracy. meghan: pete, i was literally laughing in my parents kitchen all weekend about jill stein getting so much money. what sucker is giving this woman money to do a recount? liberals only okay with elections being rigged as long as they're losing? >> this is extension, remember protests broke out after the election, you asked the protesters, what is the end state, no trump. trump won. jill stein got 1% of the vote nationally and fourth place in wisconsin where she is challenging it. even hillary clinton's campaign acknowledged that no one has over come types of margins that exist in wisconsin, pennsylvania and what is the other state -- sandra: michigan. >> they're challenging right now. there is no evidence of fraud in those states. this is empty burger. this is raising money for jill stein and self-promotion. this will go nowhere. this is them being sore losers. they want to not to accept -- kennedy: this is so much bigger

than that. jill stein is being used as a pawn because she is the only one who could launch this sort of recount effort and keep hillary clinton's hands clean. the woman was not able to raise more than 3 1/2 million dollars a year in presidential cycle when she had highest profile campaign of any green party candidate since ralph nader. all of sudden she can raise five million dollars in less than a week. sandra: stop upsetting her. she is losing her voice. >> i agree. kennedy: i may get the vapors. this is not just about jill stein. she is being used by democrats who don't want to get their hands dirty. they want hillary clinton shielded. they're conveniently say we were going to ask for a recount, now you're talking about one i guess we'll get in on the action. a little too pat and smells fishier than a carp in a car strung in august. >> i can't disagree with that. dagen: point out not only the

clinton campaign said they don't find any actionable evidence of vote hacking but the obama administration said that more than once over the weekend. >> sure. dagen: they said the elections were free and fair from a cybersecurity perspective. free of interference regarding malicious cyber activity. that whole russian hacking ruse that they rolled out during the dnc isn't playing out but you still have them challenging this they're trying to discredit the administration. they're trying to discredit the administration. these machines, it is local. it is the democrats that want to make this a federal voting system. these are local -- >> which would be vulnerable then. dagen: exactly when all are connected to internet which they're not. if you read "the wall street journal" you would know that. >> not just about jill stein, she represents the last vestige of teeny, tiny hope every progressive in this country has. kennedy: hope of entire democratic party and democratic machine raise ad billion dollars

for a losing candidate who is now in the woods in rhode island taking self if is with drifters. dagen: never underestimate the liberal left-wing idiocy who would throw a dime at jill stein for any of this. >> if they would have thrown the dimes they would have done it during the presidential race. sandra: meghan, what do you make of donald trump's response to this? should he have gotten involved? meghan: i don't don't like any of this. i think it is be a burden for jill stein or hillary clinton whoever secretly is. this is bad dream and fantasy and deluding themselves if donald trump trump is not being inaugurated in january. he should focus on putting cabinet together and make america great. he has won me over a lot in past few weeks since elected. i want to continue on that path. choose secretary of state soon. i'm sick of back and forth.

i don't like infighting. i have respect for david petraeus and mitt romney and mayor giuliani. sandra: any one of those three? meghan: pageantry of going in and out, in and out, would prefer mitt romney over giuliani and david petraeus. dagen: makes something to watch. meghan: for those that don't want a reality shows he is presidential, put the cabinet together. dagen: back to reality, we talked about some of this before the clinton campaign signed on to the recounts on friday and both political statisticians, nate silver and nate cohn have tweeted about this, or written about the allegations of vote hacking and rigging in say, wisconsin, for example, and two states that use paper ballots, iowa and minnesota, this is from nate cohn at "new york times." the results look exactly the same as in wisconsin. blamed by demographics. kennedy: computer scientist voted disparity in counties with

electronic voting and paper voting, these men's whose lives it is to wrangle all the numbers and polling data, they say no, that is right in line with the weird legislation and the strange blanket of constituents both candidates knit together. unfortunately for hillary clinton donald trump's electoral quilt was a bit larger. dagen: think about the millions given to jill stein. meghan: sucker born every day. dagen: think about the people you could have helped with the money. >> i think people funding her are big money democrats, crony friends of hillary clinton. meghan: liberals, donald trump won fair and square. the response to death of cuban dictator fidel castro as president-elect trump hints that parts of the cuban deal could be undone. ♪

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there was an active shooter on campus but the university has now put out a statement, not only saying and confirming what we reported earlier, that a suspect has been shot and reported deceased and that 10 had been moved to a local hospital, one in critical condition, but the victim's injuries include stab wounds, injury by motor vehicle and other injuries that are still being evaluated. at the recommendation of law enforcement, campus alert shelters have been, alert for shelter in place have been lifted. they're calling the campus security point but we are still learning more and we hope to learn more when they hold a news conference coming up. we are told that the campus president will be available for that news conference as well as possibly medical staff, so we could learn more what happened on that campus, one of the largest colleges in this country this morning. president obama under fire

from leading opinion pubs for his response to the death of cuban dictator fidel castro. the president, who worked to normalize diplomatic relations with cuba, staying away from passing judgment on castro's legacy, his statement reading in part for nearly six decades the relationship between the united states and cuba was marked by discord and profound political disagreements. during my presidency we worked hard to put the past behind us. we offer condolences to fidel castro's family and offer prays to the his family. marco rubio took the president to task for failing to acknowledge the victims of of castro's regime. >> what i call pathetic not mentioning reality that thousands and thousands of people who suffered brutally under the castro regime. he jailed people. florida straits, thousands of people lost their lives fleeing his dictatorship. not to acknowledge any of that in the statement i felt was

pathetic, absolutely. kennedy: castro's death sparking talk about president-elect trump's cuban policy. he threatened to reverse normalization efforts. this morning he tweeted if cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the cuban people, cuban-american people and u.s. as a whole i will terminate the deal. this is an emotional issue, especially for cuban-americans living in places likes miami. they were told in cuba to keep their doors closed and not play any music in the wake of this news but in miami they were celebrating all night long. should president-elect trump completely tear up this deal? >> he certainly can because it was executive order like some other things that barack obama has done. anyone who looked at our cuba policy for any amount of time that understands at crucial moment you're cutting a deal you have to get concessions from the castro regime otherwise you're giving away the farm, that is exactly what barack obama did. in donald trump's reaction distinct difference between how obama held it. it was outrage just the

statement he put out. it was value neutral. didn't point out the fact this dictatorship done to free expression and free speech and free peoples for 60 years. donald trump made it clear i'm standing up for america first. i'm strong, i will strong up to strong men especially 90 miles from our coast. cuba is opportunity for the president-elect to show what a different course he will take not about apologizing and groveling and isn't value neutral and proud of who we are and represent. kennedy: we should be defending freedom and spreading freedom across the globe to places like cuba. is this a bad deal? is there a way to open up cuba economically and allow the cuban people to thrive without continuing to prop up the six decades old dictatorship. dagen: americans can travel and make limited investments in cuba based on this deal. hard currency wages to the cuban people are still confiscated by the government, converted into worthless pesos. a lot more could be done. "wall street journal" editorial

page referred to president obama's statement as morally antiseptic which i thinks speaks to that. if you look at what the canadian leader justin trudeau said, in initial statement which is repugnant. i don't even want to read from it. talking about the deep sorrow -- meghan: deep sorrow. dagen: after the death of fidel crass slow. broad -- castro. there was liberal progressive amnesia about the horrific, devastating murderous legacy of this man. i would encourage people to read what gary kasparov had to say. he did not champion freedom. he destroyed it. kennedy: if you were a dissident, gay or in way spoke out against the regime. dagen: dungeons, that is all you need to know. kennedy: cuban coast guard letting ship sink that were fleeing the country. your thoughts, meghan. meghan: i'm surrounded by too

many conservatives but shocked anyone defended castro at all. prime minister man bun from canada, he should resign. atrocities and cruelties and -- kennedy: why do you think they were celebrating? meghan: beyond my come comprehension you can gloss over that. maybe we're deadened or removed from history by prime minister trudeau came out and basically championed castro. sandra: he walked those back. meghan: whatever. talk to anyone. marco rubio got it right. he was talking about the evil murderous dictate or impoverished island prison his family fled cuba. this is really, people say they don't trust the media, i think because there is spin on this some is how a guy like castro could be a good person. dagen: castro supporters and detractors recognized his tremendous dedication and love for cuban people and who had

lasting affection for el commandant. that is what justin trudeau said. >> if anything that is a stockholm syndrome. meghan: any right to criticize our elections after what your liberal prime minister said. kennedy: concerns about how out of touch the democratic party may be from the rest of the country. ohio congressman tim ryan warns his party is no longer a national party. is he right? and can they turn it around? we'll discuss from the couch. ♪

sandra: fox news alert for you. the latest on the ohio state campus attack that took place this morning. we're awaiting a news conference. as you see medical professionals are gathering in front of microphones to give us an update on victims. we know 10 people were sent to the hospital there. one at latest listed in critical condition. nine others in stable condition. fire department and police are reporting that a suspect has been shot and reported deceased. we'll also get an update there. the victim injuries is also what we want to hear from the medical professionals. the doctor's victims injuries include stab wounds or stab wounds plural.

injuries by motor vehicle and being evaluated to tell us a little more about the attacks first reported as an active shooter on campus. so we are waiting that news conference to start. the situation there at ohio state university is being listed as secure at this moment. we'll bring you the news conference live when it starts. meghan: before he faces off against nancy pelosi for the house minority leadership position ohio congressman tim ryan warns that democrats no longer represent the nation as a whole and need a strong economic message to reconnect with middle-class americans. as chris wallace pointed out on "fox news sunday," more than a third of the democratic members come from three states, california, new york and massachusetts. 2/3 are from the west coast or east coast. congressman ryan says that proves it is time for change. >> i think even our members from the coastal areas recognize that we are not a national party right now. there is, we can't claim to be. i think they understand that

this is about having a new message and a new messenger and being able to reach those folks in the numbers are big but they know that if we don't get the middle of the country, that we're never going to be back in the majority. meghan: pete i had this discussion over my thanks giving dinner table. other than nancy pelosi's capacity to raise money, what possible argument is there for keeping her? i think tim ryan is 100% on the money. the democratic party needs to do its own autopsy report. they are only a party of massachusetts, california, new york and nowhere rest of the country. what possibility nancy pelosi keeps the seat? the. >> highly likely because she is political human atm. she keeps getting elected by raising people a ton of money. elizabeth warren from massachusetts. bernie sanders from socialist country. chuck schumer from new york city and new york state. if they're looking at keith ellison to be the dnc chair, a radical congressman from my home

state of minnesota they decided they will not play for middle america. they will not try to win back the working class voter, white, brown, black or otherwise, doesn't matter. that is dealing with the economy we're in right now, that donald trump has spoken to. right now they're going through the crisis republicans went through before and they're shading toward going further left which would make them much more of a coast party than they already are right now. meghan: i find some liberals i know have such a disdain for the middle of the country. i'm not surprised they're represented by people only on the coasts and massachusetts. dagen: great unwashed. sandra: fox news alert. we have word that the president of ohio state university is stepping up to a microphone. let's listen. >> our thoughts and prayers and hopes and wishes for speedy recovery for all those injured. we prepare for situations like this but always hope never to have one. so we're going to be able to visit people injured a little later on this afternoon. i want to tell them all and their families how much we are

looking forward to their full and complete recovery. second i want to many could mend the osu police and other police agencies that responded. find within minutes, situation was very unfortunate from being very much worse. let me now for specific details give you to our director of public safety, mon call. monica? >> hi, we'll have more details for you later but i can -- >> yes. west 19th, avenue west of college on the north academic campus in front of watts hall, around 9:52 a.m., the emergency dispatch center got a report that a vehicle had struck pedestrians. at 9:53 a osu-pd officer called out shots were fired. the suspect got out of the vehicle after hitting pedestrians. he cut multiple individuals. the officer engaged and shot and killed the suspect. the first buckeye alert went out at 9:55 to alert the campus

community there was an emergency. many officers from various different jurisdictions all over the county and outside of the county responded immediately. by 11:00 a.m. the shelter in place notification was lifted. and law enforcement personnel in the area continue to investigate multiple other things. there are a you few buildings that are still closed. we don't have any reports of anything else. we believe that the threat was ended when the officer engaged the suspect. very fortunate that an osu-pd officer was there and took action and we believe injuries were minimized as a result of that. we'll probably continue to have an active crime scene throughout the rest of the day. we'll have more updates for you later on those things. we do have a few buildings just shut down as a precaution as we go through and sweep those but we do believe the threatened right when the officer engaged the suspect. >> like to have andy thomas come

in and give information on the convention, the condition of the people who were injured and we'll get back to your questions, thank you. >> thank you. my name is andrew thomas, chief medical officer for the medical center. we received a number of wounded individuals here at ohio state. we also received word from our colleagues at grant and at riverside that they had received wounded individuals. we actually had great collaboration and coordination between the systems when it comes to events like this. we train for these events. here at ohio state we he received five wounded individuals from the scene. two with stab wounds and two with wounds related to being hit i about the car. and we just received a fifth victim who was hiding in place as, they had been directed to do by the buckeye alert, who actually just arrived here at the medical center not that long ago. her injuries are still being assessed. there were two individuals with lacerations that were taken to

grant hospital downtown. i'm told by my colleagues there that both of those individuals are doing well, not with life-threatening injuries. as well as two motor vehicle accident victims that were taken to riverside. i'm told similarly those two individuals are doing well. but i don't have anymore information on those folks. >> one of these people injured? was the officer injured? >> not that i'm aware of. chief? >> not that i'm aware of. >> officer was not injured? >> no. the officer was not injured. >> what was he stabbed with? knife machete, what? >> i will let the chief comment. >> let me start from the top. maybe it will answer some of your questions. about 9:52 a.m., a mail suspect drove a vehicle over the curb, west 19th, west of college avenue, struck pedestrians. he exited the vehicle, and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians. our officer was on scene in less than a minute and he ended the

situation less than a minute. he engaged the suspect, and he eliminated the threat. the suspect is doa. the investigation is ongoing. i want to thank the officers for doing a great job. they did what they were trained to do. we have a lot of agencies here that are assisting us, columbus police, columbus fire. there were nine people transported to hospitals. eight in stable condition. one in critical condition. we have a lot of other agencies assisting us here. the state patrol, franklin county sheriff's office, fbi, atf we are making sure we do everything we can to investigate this very thoroughly and not leave any hole unturned. >> any other weapons? >> ongoing investigation. we recovered a butcher knife. the suspect is doa. >> was he a student? >> that, we will be able to provide you additional information when we have another press conference later. the investigation is still ongoing. >> was this a planned thing, did

this same to be planned? any indication this could be a terror attack? >> it is too early to say. only thing you can say based upon common knowledge this was done on purpose. to go over the curb and strike pedestrians and get out and start striking them with a knife. that was on purpose.