wellner who said cnn contributes to mass shootings. that is his point of view, not our point of view. >> if you want to contribute to the go fund me page for the victims of las vegas. they've raised more than $3 million and appreciate every contribution. >> bill: fox news alert now. new reaction moments ago from president trump on that las vegas massacre. more than 24 hours now since that tragedy hit the vegas strip. there is still no motive for the killer stephen paddock. the police searching his homes for clues. 59 dead, more than 500 others injured. day two of this now as we say good morning. i'm bill hemmer live in "america's newsroom." and sandra, welcome. >> sandra: good morning, i'm sandra smith. president trump calling that man a sick individual. authorities recovering 19 guns inside his home in nearby mesquite, nevada along with thousands of rounds of

ammunition. all that on top of the nearly two dozen guns he had with him in the hotel room during the attack. the bomb making material found in his car. despite being armed to the teeth police are saying paddock acted alone. >> detectives are combing through evidence to uncover the motive behind the shooting and any other information that will help shed light on this horrible event. we've recovered 23 firearms at mandalay bay and 19 firearms at his home in mesquite. i want to emphasize we believe paddock is solely responsible for that heinous act. >> sandra: they are tracking down his girlfriend who was overseas at the time of the shooting. >> bill: john roberts live at the white house for what the president is saying today. first adam housley begins our coverage live in the vegas strip. what's the latest now on that investigation? >> the latest is we have three separate crime scenes heavily investigated. behind me where the concert

took place they took a body out two hours ago. there are forensic teams in there and investigators in there. we have the hotel and then the house of the gunman. three distinctly different crime scenes and hearing more from the people who were not only survivors but people who became heroes during this attack. one in particular is a woman who talked about how scared everybody was and how basically chaotic it was when this all happened. take a listen. >> i was scared the whole time. the shooting never stopped. it stopped for seconds and then it would start shooting again. you are out in the open in the middle of a field. there is nowhere to go and hide. there were tables but gunshots can go through a table. >> they can go through a table and a lot of other things as well. that was one of the issues

going on when you are at a concert there is a big open area and people didn't have any place to go. there was, of course, a wide open shot for him. he was unobstructed from that 32nd floor room. >> bill: filling holes where we can. what more do we know about the gunman and his girlfriend? >> we're learning more about his background. authorities tell us don't have as much as they would like. they're digging through everything from his computer, cell phone, online profile. talking to people that knew him, friends, family, whatever they can. the woman, marilou danley will return to the country this week and get more information from her and maybe clarify exactly how her involvement and connection was to him. we also have exclusive video that was given to us from one

year ago almost exactly to the day. a viewer we've become friends with had been here for the exact same concert and gives you a perspective looking down. what it shows is the same thing we've seen from this angle as well. that unobstructed view. we keep hearing it from those people that were inside. even laying down on the ground didn't help. some people were shot doing that. a firefighter was shot giving somebody cpr. he was off duty but that's what he does for a living and he thankfully survived. these stories of survival, bill, are everywhere. i got a jacket last night. it was cold. the guy was standing next to somebody who was shot at this same concert. those stories continue to come out, bill. >> bill: adam housley leading our coverage there from las vegas to washington we go now. >> sandra: president trump just weighing in on the tragic shooting in las vegas before departing for puerto rico a few moments ago where he called the shooter a sick, demented man. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live at the white house. what did the president say about this las vegas shooting as he was departing? >> the president had a lot to say today as he was headed for puerto rico.

he will make the same walk tomorrow morning when he heads to las vegas. the president praising first responders saying that their swift actions probably prevented the deaths of dozens more people. then weighing in on the shooter. >> we have a tragedy. what happened in las vegas is in many ways a miracle. the police department has done such an incredible job and we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by. he was a sick man, a demented man. a lot of problems i guess. we're looking into him very, very seriously. but we're dealing with a very, very sick individual. >> the president taken with the many stories of people risking their lives in some cases sacrificing their lives to save others tweeting this morning i'm so proud of our great country. god bless america. the president tomorrow will meet with the friends and fam laoels of some of the people who were killed and meet with

some survivors. getting high marks on his response. thorny political issues lie ahead. new calls from democrats for new gun control legislation. a bill in congress allowing silencers for hunting. the president said we will talk about that later. >> sandra: the president said as he was leaving heading down to what is a very tough situation in puerto rico. what will he be seeing as he arrives there a little bit later today? >> he will meet with a lot of people deeply affected by this storm. meeting with a lot of first responders and military helping in the response efforts and meet with the governors of puerto rico and u.s. virgin islands and also likely he will meet with the mayor of san juan, cruz. calling the response ineffective and it's a good news story we're getting supplies into the field. i asked the president what he

will say to the mayor when he meets her today. listen here. >> i think she has come back a long way and, you know, i think it is now acknowledged what a great job we've done. people are looking at that and in texas and in florida we get an a plus. i'll tell you what, i think we've done just as good in puerto rico and it is actually a much tougher situation. >> over the weekend the president took a flame thrower to cruz on twitter, lumping her in with politically motivated ingreats and said she is probably been told by democrats to be nasty to president trump. >> sandra: he said they need them to work more closely with us at a local level if they want more done at the federal level. comments from the president as he was on his way to puerto rico. john roberts, thank you. >> bill: a big part of our coverage throughout the day. hospitals calling for help to handle the flood of patients

from sunday night. >> we have patients in the hallways and patients coming through the doors. walking from bed to bed to it's triage. trying to get the patients to into the operating room and take care of them. >> bill: marc siegel. you worked in the er or 10 years and experience with gunshot wounds. what were they dealing with in the four major trauma centers in las vegas. >> first is the frenzy, the fear, pandemonium. doctors and nurses have to project calm and see who are the sickest patients, triage. but that changes. somebody that may be breathing rapidly, you survey their body and find wait a minute. there is an entry move in the

lung. stick in a chest tube and they stabilize and move them to the side and say who is bleeding? who isn't stopping their bleeding? they check that constantly. sometimes it's internal bleeding where there is a lot of rich blood vessels. get them to the operating room. they have three operating theaters in university medical center. right there in the trauma area, the size of three basketball courts. it is huge. and so between the three hospitals and sunrise, a level two trauma center, got most of the patients. they bring in auxiliary personnel and surgeons on call. nurses are the most important players here. they're the ones that triage the most and figure out who is the most serious. >> bill: a lot of trauma techniques we're using now were enhanced by the experience in iraq and afghanistan from overseas. now we're 36 hours into this. are those who needed the most help, are they in a better place now? are they out of the woods?

>> they aren't necessarily out of the woods but they're in a better place now. you talk about some of those techniques. using plasma, plastic and keeping blood vessels open. they have to go back in and keep reoperating. sometimes organs have been damaged and blood vessels have to be resown. the bullets go in and fragment. it's shrapnel. you don't get a clean enter and exit wound. they splinter. you don't remove the bullet but you almost have to do a sherlock holmes to see where the bullet ends up and what is damaged. multiple surgeries. heroic doctoring will save lives. they're still doing it 36 hours later. >> bill: 10 minutes past the hour now. sandra. >> sandra: the rock-n-roll galaxy shines less brightly today after the death of tom petty. he died last night at an l.a.

hospital after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in malibu. he was 66 years old. friends and stars taking to social media. safe passages to the summerland, brother, you couldn't have left more dreams here for us. thank you. rest in peace. filmmaker cameron crowe said it best. no words, just thanks. @ tom petty. eric clap ton released the statement. i'm shocked and saddened by the news of tom's passing. such a huge part of our music history. there will never be another like him. >> bill: a lot more coming up on his life and a lot more

reaction, tom petty dead at 66. it is our top story of the day. mounting evidence as authorities move forward on their investigation into the killer in las vegas. little answers so far on motive. what we're learning about his girlfriend one day later. all that coming up here. >> sandra: some lawmakers say it's too soon to politicize the horrific attack in las vegas. others say action on gun control can't wait any longer. all this as the president calls for unity. our political panel is here to weigh in next. >> president trump: we call upon the bonds that unite us, our faith, our family, and our shared values. our unity cannot be shattered by evil. our bonds cannot be broken by violence. morning on the beach was so peaceful. until... it... wasn't. don't let type 2 diabetes get between you and your heart. because your risk of heart attack or stroke is up to four times greater. but there are steps you can take to lower your cardiovascular risk. talk to your health care provider today about diabetic heart disease. and find out more at heartoftype2.com. your heart and type 2 diabetes. make the connection.

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>> i think she has come back a long way and, you know, i think it's now acknowledged what a great job we've done and people are looking at that. and in texas and in florida we get an a plus. i tell you what, i think we've done just as good in puerto rico and it is actually a much tougher situation. >> bill: that 30 minutes ago president trump departing the white house bound for puerto rico headed for the island. should see him later in morning there. hurricane maria made landfall last month as a deadly storm. the president will meet with first responders and survivors and fema officials and get a firsthand account of what you are seeing on your screen. the deputy administrator of fema. thank you for your time. i saw a tweet from the president earlier today. one of his comments is that truck drivers were needed in order to get relief out to the people in the villages who need them the most. what is the number one need right now, doctor?

>> our focus has been on distributing commodities and fuel. that has certainly been the biggest challenge as we're all aware. commodities have arrived on the island but we need to get those into disaster survivors' hands. we need to get as many supplies as we possibly can to our distribution centers. there are 10 around the island. from there the local communities come and pick up the supplies and distribute them to the citizens in need. those areas that are cut off, those areas that don't have the ability to get those needed supplies and commodities to their people the national guard and voluntary organizations, fema and private sector organizations are stepping in and filling that void and making sure that we can get as many supplies and commodities to all 78 of those municipalities. >> bill: you can't say that you have all that you need, correct? you need drivers or whatever the case may be. >> i can say we have the commodities that are needed to

support the people of puerto rico. i would say more importantly, though, life is coming back on the island. 65% of the grocery stores, big box stores and other retail locations that can provide long-term support, frankly normalcy will be not replying on fema supplies, it will be going to the local wal-mart or grocery store and getting the food as you normally do when we're not in the middle of a disaster situation. >> bill: in katrina you had standing water that presents its own challenges. now in puerto rico you have an island here. did we get a jump on this, doctor, or did we get off the ball a little late? how would you answer those critics? >> there were thousands of personnel and millions of meals and millions of liters of water that were staged either on the island or just off the island on ships ready to respond.

and they did. what we need to do now is focus on a major sustainment operation that's been underway for the past week with major support from the u.s. military. those commodities are flowing. they are being distributed. we have had our challenges but let's look at the situation how much it's changed in the past week. right now we're complaining about long lines at grocery stores or gas stations. i think frankly by the end of the week we won't be seeing many of those lines because normalcy is returning to many parts of the island. >> bill: let's hope so. what does a presidential visit provide? and as you answer that, will he meet with the mayor of san juan who has been so publicly critical? >> i think it's very important for the president to see firsthand what the situation is on the ground. again, there was great devastation and we're all well aware of that. but i think it's also important for him to hear firsthand from

both governors, from many of the mayors, their perspective on the progress that has been made in the past week. it's been really remarkable. we just want to -- we want to continue to see that progress. we're pushing as hard as we can. >> bill: you're busy though and people working 45 straight days on those computers behind you. daniel, we'll see how the visit goes today. thank you for your time now. >> thank you. >> sandra: meanwhile the state of florida taking some serious action to help neighboring puerto rico. florida senator bill nelson joins us next hour on what is being done to give puerto ricans refuge in his state and new information on the las vegas shooter. what police say they found in his home and in that hotel room. but are they closer to finding any answers? all those questions as we continue to learn more about the victims killed at that concert. who they were and what they leave behind after that tragic scene. and remembering a rock-n-roll

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♪ >> sandra: if you were a fan of tom petty he remember the video from the 1980s. petty's 40-year career had an

impact matched by very few. he was a native of gainesville, florida and today phil keating is live in miami. >> back in the early 1970s in that town of gainesville tom petty dreamed of being a rock-n-roll star. he and his band mates packed it all up. drove cross-country to los angeles where petty produced mega success and hit after hit after hit. ♪ i'm free, free falling >> one of petty's biggest hits 1989 free falling opened the album full room fever. it had hits i won't back down and running down a dream. this is his sold out concert last monday at the hollywood bowl wrapping up his 40th anniversary tour. fans of he and his band gathered last night on their star on the hollywood walk of fame paying tribute to him who

broke it big in 1977. the singer, songwriter and get artist churned out 30 singles made the hot 100 singles rating. ♪ >> early monday morning paramedics responded to his malibu home finding him unresponsive and in full cardiac arrest. he died last night at the age of 66. long-time manager released this statement, quote, on behalf of the tom petty family we're devastated to announce the untimely death of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend, tom petty. he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in malibu in the early hours of this morning and taken to ucla medical center but could not be revived. he died peacefully at 8:40 p.m. pacific time surrounded by family, band mates and friends. bob dylan called petty's

passing crushing. he was a great performer full of the light. a friend and i'll never forget him. ♪ >> petty produced 16 albums in his long four-decade career in the rock-n-roll business. 11 of those albums went platinum and back in 2002 he and his band mates, the heartbreakers, were inducted into the rock-n-roll hall of fame. >> sandra: phil keating remembering tom petty. thank you very much. >> bill: confusing day yesterday, wasn't it? we weren't sure if he was going to make it or not and it went back and forth. now we know the reality. did you have a favorite song? >> sandra: we led off the tease, "american girl." >> bill: i liked the waiting,

refugee. there was a great series on hbo that showed him on his early days in los angeles and how he was able to take his sound and make it bigger and bolder with a lot more bass. a lot of those songs reflect that. >> sandra: amazing songwriter. he set of american girl the words came flowing out of me. amazing man. remembering tom petty. >> bill: indeed we do. age 66. investigators now sketching a portrait of a man who was a wealthy gambler living with his girlfriend in a retirement community. how and why did stephen paddock become a mass killer? >> sandra: people in las vegas stunned following the massacre and still forming lines stretching for blocks to give blood to help victims. and a beautiful moment on the white house lawn. [bell ringing] >> bill: tributes across the

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f.b.i.'s most wanted list. we bring in daniel linskey and incident commander for the boston marathon bombing. we had you on yesterday. based on what we know now, what conclusions can you draw? >> we know that he has got some investments. we know he engaged in casinos a lot. there has to be a number of people who saw him at gambling tables, maybe bartenders at bar rooms. law enforcement will have a number of places to go back and talk to individuals who encountered him. what was he talking about, thinking, doing, who was he with. pulling video, finding out any associates. we'll do forensics on his phone, computers, bank records and transactions to recreate where he has been in the last couple of months and what his life has been about and anybody with pieces of information that might have seemed at the time to be not appropriate or out of context.

and now with this maybe helps fill the puzzle pieces together a little bit. >> sandra: i understand the police will be looking for any hard evidence. where he has been, transactions he has made, things he has purchased. but what about as far as looking for his mentality through all this? what can they do to be looking into the mind of a man who would have carried out such a horrific attack? >> we'll be looking to see if there were any medications in the hotel room, home. was he under a doctor's care. see what was going on. get the medical records. any medicines that lead people to depression and suicide, that he might have been involved with. they'll look at his cell phone, gps. the weapons he utilized. appear to be converted to full automatic with bump stocks. that's a weapon you have to practice with and get trigger time. i'm assuming they are looking at ranges near his home and in and around the las vegas area to see if he was out doing any significant target practice

with the weapons systems and see who he was with. what he was talking about when he was there and what his motivations were. they'll try to recreate every moment of his life from every bank transactions and cell tower to see what he was doing in the weeks and days leading up to this event. >> sandra: is it hard for you to fathom we're talking about this 24 hours later no known motive, no criminal past. this man 64 years old went up to the 32nd floor and shot down at 22,000 concert-goers and that we don't know his motive at this point? >> it's hard to fathom that it even occurred. that evil could just do that to innocent people who were, you know, just trying to enjoy themselves. so the whole act is unfathomable. to have it not have a direct motive, you know, certainly makes it challenging to try and -- is there any motive that

would possibly justify what this individual did? the whole event, as i said yesterday, has changed everyone involved. if you were there, knew someone there or figure out other individuals in our society and how they can do these things. >> sandra: his female companion was a person of interest and quickly confirmed by the local police she was out of the country. she apparently -- they lived together in the home that we keep describing. she has been cleared by authorities but they will continue to want to talk to her. >> i'm sure the f.b.i. league in the country that she is in have interviewed her and doing extensive follow-up interviews to find out if she can help them recreate what was going on in his life. who he was talking to, what he was thinking to see if we can possibly find a motive behind this. and the other -- if there is

any support or logistical help seems as if it's going along one guy, one will. there might have been people on the way that did things that contributed to his ability to pull off this act and if it was illegal, we want to hold every individual accountable who might have contributed to this. >> sandra: we've had a reporter on the ground there in his neighborhood in mesquite, nevada throughout the morning who has been showing signs that neighbors have put up. in an area he lived for a couple of years now at least. neighbors saying don't talk to us, don't knock on our door, we did not know him. does that surprise you or tell you anything, the fact that he lived there for quite some time and people said we don't know him, we can't really comment on this at all because we never really saw him? >> i think when i was a young kid growing up if i didn't know my neighbors, that was out of the ordinary. of concern. i think there are people who live their lives today in the busy world that we have, spend 16 hours at work and don't know their neighbors to the left and right of them. and if you didn't know this

guy, you know, and you have kids and you wonder about the evil living a couple doors away from him and what it could have meant to their family i understand their reluctance to talk about it and relive the nightmare this gentleman caused. >> sandra: we appreciate your time. thank you for coming back on. >> bill: so we continue this search for answers, certainly on the killer. the country mourning for the victims in the las vegas massacre. these memorials growing by the hour. the city's mayor in las vegas offering these words of encouragement and here is what she said. >> what has come about is beyond heartbreaking, and we know that the lives of so many families, friends, and all of us who call las vegas home are forever different. we know that we have the resilience to move forward. >> bill: you will hear a lot more about that in the future. look at these images. we are just now starting to learn more about the victims.

sunny melton died trying to save his wife from gunfire. how many stories did we hear similar to that? we have a special education teacher working in the middle school for the past nine years is dead. jenny parks, a kindergarten teacher remembered as the most fun-loving person you could ever meet. she, too, was a victim from las vegas. >> sandra: so many sad stories still coming out as we learn about the victims. local officials meanwhile putting out an urgent call for people to donate blood to help those victims still fighting for their lives and people in las vegas answered those calls. some of these lines stretched for blocks. >> donations are being given, appointments are being made for thursday and friday. that's how far in advance we are. we set up a go fund me account. the sheriff and i thought we could maybe help some of these victims with funeral expenses, travel expenses. >> sandra: you can find the go

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>> i think there is an unintentional endorsement that gets sent to these mass murderers when, after slaughter after slaughter congress does nothing. so there is going to be another wave of unimaginable pain that will sweep across las vegas and the country. compassion is important but it is not enough. >> that was the early word for the senate chris murphy calling for swift action on gun control. he is a big proponent on background checks. would it make a difference in

las vegas. the deadliest mass shooting in america. it turned political. good day to both of you here. answers are difficult here, adrian. go ahead and if you could what would you have congress do? let's start there. >> look, first of all chris murphy is exactly right. we have a mass shooting and congress debates it and a huge policy debate in the country and nothing gets done. when is enough enough? the fact that we don't have universal background checks in this country and you can get the semi automatic weapons. >> bill: listen, background check for this killer in nevada or utah or wherever he bought his gun or guns, he had a clean record. there would be nothing that would show up that would even forbid him from making that

purchase. even if you had it under the law. >> that's correct. why wouldn't you at least try to have stronger law? >> bill: nevada did. they passed an initiative a year ago and it's held up. >> at the federal level why not try to do our best to do everything we can at the federal level to prevent something like this from happening again? i agree we don't know if this would have made an impact. why would we at least not try to have stronger gun safety laws in this country? >> bill: rich, what do you believe could have been done prior, if anything? >> very little and perhaps nothing. i appreciate the sincerity of chris murphy. the problem is, they offer ideas that would have nothing to do with preventing the tragedy. this shooter passed background checks. if someone is not a felon and they haven't been adjudicated

with a mental illness a background check won't stop them. they usually do pass background checks. the basic standard for public policy is show me how your idea or your proposal will actually help matters. with the mass shootings it is just -- these are very difficult to stop. >> bill: how would you address rich's comment? >> why would we not at least try here? the fact that someone can go into a gun store and purchase a semi automatic weapon, which by the way is only used to kill people. >> that's completely untrue. >> i'm from arkansas. i grew up around hunters, i grew up around -- my family all avidly hunt. they will tell you there is no reason why they should purchase a semi automatic. >> i think with all due respect i think you're confusing semi automatic weapons with automatic weapons. they've been heavily regulated

and banned since 1986. semi automatic weapons are extremely common. millions of gun owners have semi automatic guns in the country. you are running foul of the second amendment and go and confiscate millions of these guns from law-abiding people? that won't work out well. so this is the problem that gun control advocates have. you can advocate symbolic measures that has nothing to do with stopping these killings like universal background checks or you can advocate a massive gun confiscation in this country that would never pass constitutional muster. that's why this debate is deadlocked. >> bill: hillary clinton said on a tweet that came early yesterday. this is what she said. our grief is not enough. we can and must put politics aside and stand up to the nra and work to stop this from happening again. nancy pelosi had a comment that came early yesterday as well.

congress has a moral duty to address this horrific and heartbreaking epidemic. that's from nancy pelosi. do either of you think an event like this moves the meter one way or the other? state of nevada, very liberal gun laws. they recognize gun licenses from 30 other states. but yet they did pass a background initiative last fall. but then the f.b.i. came in and said it is not our job at the federal government to go ahead and enforce this. based on my understanding it's been frozen there ever since. but they did pass this and they did take that initiative. still it comes back to this fundamental question. what can you do be it an action or a law that could have changed the course of events yesterday? to both of you, a final answer. adrian first. >> look, you know, again i'm not sure what could have been done, if anything, to prevent what happened yesterday from happening. why would we at least not try

to institute stronger federal legislation across the board so you aren't -- going state by state you create universal standards when it comes to gun safety checks and the types of weapons that are available. i'm a democrat. >> bill: quickly in the interest of time, rich, final comment. >> trying doesn't get you anything if there isn't any connection to the crimes you are trying to stop. unfortunately that's the case here. this has now become an embedded part of our culture. disgustingly and certain angry and hateful people think it's the way to commit suicide is to injure and kill dozens of people when they go out in a blaze of infamy. >> bill: a suicide mission in the end. thank you both for your time. appreciate it. >> sandra: we are awaiting a news conference from house republican lawmakers. majority whip steve scalise will be there. today marking his first official day back at work. he is expected to take questions on the las vegas

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>> bill: hour by hour learning more about the shooter, the killer if los angeles. a wealthy real estate investor living in nevada. no criminal past. his brother is speaking out saying his family has no answers. >> my brother did a horrible, horrible thing. but -- and i have nothing but condolences. it doesn't make any sense that he killed those people. it makes no sense that he did

that. he has no history of violence in any way, shape or form. they will talk to his girlfriend and find it out. >> bill: we're waiting for more information. police searching paddock's home in nevada for clues. they've uncovered 19 more guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition. in addition to the 23 weapons found inside that hotel room. the sheriff has been terrific from the beginning. i'm sure they're running on fumes there in las vegas. as soon as there is another briefing we'll bring it to you life. >> sandra: massive investigation underway. there is a big senate hearing set to start shortly. james mattis and joint chief chair general joseph dunnfer taking questions about the ongoing situation in afghanistan. we're live from the pentagon with what to expect. >> in june mattis appeared before the senate armed services committee where john mccain asked mattis a direct question if the united states

is winning in afghanistan and mattis's reply was very blunt. he admitted candidly the u.s. is not winning in afghanistan. now all this occurs less than a week after mattis arrived in kabul to assess the war for himself and less than two hours after he touched down at the airport the taliban started a rocket attack where 40 rockets landed two hours after he arrived and rifle fire at close ranges raising questions about who tipped them off and security 16 years after the 9/11 attack. the attack lasted over five hours and coincided with the anniversary of the taliban taking kabul in 1996. the army has identified the name of a soldier killed in iraq on sunday when a roadside bomb exploded under his vehicle. specialist alexander of tyler, texas was a member of the 10th mountain division. >> sandra: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. thank you. >> bill: we're moments away

from a news conference with house republicans on the hill. steve scalise will be there. we'll take you there live. the moment that gets underway. the top of the hour as our coverage continues.

>> sandra: top of the 10:00 hour eastern time. we're moments away from a news conference with house republicans. this is steve scalise's first official day back to work. republicans have been meeting behind closed doors and in moments they'll take to the podium. he is expected to take questions on the las vegas shooting because he went through a shooting three months ago himself. we'll get to that when it begins. puerto rico awaiting the arrival of president trump. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. a massive relief effort, monumental crisis. the president and first lady on their way to meet those in

puerto rico struggling to recover from hurricane maria and she was something else. air force one expected to arrive in san juan next hour. we'll follow that. right now fema says the situation is getting better by the day. many don't have electricity. about half the population has access to drinking water. 60% expected to have running water by tend -- the end of the week. president trump speaking earlier outside the white house before departing. >> it will be acknowledged what a great job we've done and people are looking at that. in texas and florida we get an a plus. i think we've done just as good in puerto rico and it is a much tougher situation. >> bill: that moments ago. mike tobin standing by live in san juan. this is republican house leadership. kathy mcmorris rogers at the microphone first. steve scalise is in that room and we'll hear from him in a

moment. let's drop in. >> our hearts are breaking and it's important we are reaching out and showing compassion and comfort but we also need to give thought and try to gain understanding from it as we search for what is next. i do ask everyone to join in prayer for those who have lost their lives, for the families who are impacted. pray for healing. pray for healing for our country. broken lives and broken hearts, that we may come together during this time when this tragedy has happened. >> thank you, madam chair and leadership. for those of you who don't know me, i represent nevada's second district and i just wanted to share a couple of thoughts with you. first of all a shout-out to sheriff joe lombardo and his folks at the metro police department. a calm and effective response.

those homeland security grants that my colleagues here have been nice enough to provide to las vegas is one of america's at-risk cities have been put to good news and thank them all for their support. second of all, you know, when we talk about nevada resilience. las vegas is the world's fun place. what happened a couple of days ago doesn't fit that description. when you talk about the nevada resilience and outpouring of support not only from around the state of nevada but also the country and the nation, it is a pretty humbling thing. it is a pretty humbling time for everybody to try to sort out what's going on. there is time in the coming weeks to find those answers and do those sorts of things we need to do and see what the lessons are learned. but i think right now it's just that humility, thoughts and prayers to those folks that are affected both those here and those that are gone and thank you all for your support on behalf of the silver state, nevada resilience. thanks a lot.

>> let me first say it's great to see all of you and it is great to be back. i continue to just let everybody know who prayed for me during those tough times how much it meant. it was tremendously uplifting and gave me and my family a lot of strength during those tough times. and on that same token, jennifer and i pray for the people that were involved in the nevada shooting. obviously with so much loss of life and so many other people that are still injured today, those families need our prayers right now. they need to be uplifted and we also need as people are saying, what can we do to help? we also need to remember there is a tremendous loss of blood and go to your local blood bank and just donate blood. that alone can be a very positive sign especially when you look at how much blood was lost and probably will need to continue to be used at the local hospitals as people continue to be treated.

so there is a lot that we need to pray for, surely the loss of life and those injured, hopefully those are are injured can get through their injuries and get back to their families. keep them in your prayers. >> so uplifting to have steve back. many of you remember that day. i was at the hospital the day steve was in and a look at the doctor's face, the things that he told us, you know this man is strong. when his wife jennifer arrived and the struggle whether he was going to be able to overtake what has fallen upon him she said you don't know the strength of my husband. and you look at his face and the number of times we'd go visit him i remember my wife and i were in there the fourth of july and he had just got an

infection. you never knew it. the words that he spoke on that floor thursday i hope congress remembers the spirit that they felt last thursday as we move forward. we will have philosophical differences, but there is so much more that unites this nation. in moments like this is the times we look for the things that are important. and we are just so thankful you are back and the spirit in which you come. we woke yesterday to another tragic loss. as mark talked about, las vegas is more than just a city. las vegas is a city not just for america but for an entire nation. and the world. everyone felt that loss. because there were people from all around there. i have three constituents who lost their lives that day. i have others sitting in the

hospital. bailey swietser was a 20-year-old girl just attended centennial high school, a big country music fan. family owns the bakersfield speedway. she was there with her mother and friends. she was one of the best friends to my district director's daughter and lives three doors down. jack beton, the father of two and he was celebrating his 23rd wedding anniversary with his wife when the shots rang out, he jumped in front of his wife and gave the ultimate sacrifice for the one he loved. victor link, 55 years old. inside the hospital, i have a bakersfield police officer off duty. officer aaron mundiky had hip surgery yesterday. he will make a recovery. another young lady in the icu.

last night i shared dinner with our president. we spoke about that day. i told him i thought his comments, his moment of silence for the nation to help bring us together, mark and i will travel with the president tomorrow to las vegas. i know in these horrific crimes, these individuals, when they try to divide our nation, it's really a time that we have to heal. it's really a time we find that divides us to put aside. i know what these families are going to go through. we need to be there for them. we need to find that we are stronger, and we cannot allow this terror to win. >> i, too, want to just say,

you know, i remember the day jennifer and i saw you in a coma and to see steve scalise standing right here, it is really a miracle and it is really good to have steve back. and so we just feel so blessed. you know, i also know we're all just reeling from this horror that we witnessed in las vegas. as we speak we have a lot of people in the hospital right now fighting for their lives. parents are grieving for their children. this is just awful. we cannot let the actions of a single person define us as a country. it is not who we are. instead what truly defines us are the acts of heroism we witnessed after the tragedy. kevin told you about the man to shielded his wife. hundreds of stories with strangers helping each other. first responders shielding people. people lining up today to give

blood. this is what america is. people helping each other. this healing process will take time but we have to remember that we are all in this together as a country. steve being back here today is evidence of the power of miracles and the power of prayer. of us healing and getting back together. our fellow citizens need both these things right now. they need to heal, to grieve and pray and come together. it's important that we reflect the fact our hearts are with them. it is not a good day. we had an awful day two days ago. we will have better days in the future and our country is resilient and we will overcome that. any questions. >> what do you say to americans how the bodies can make them more safe with the shootings that seem to be getting more frequent? >> one of the things we've learned from these shootings is that often underneath this is a

diagnosis of mental illness. this is why we spent years working on mental illness reform, congressman murphy's bill and why the house of representatives passed mental health reform just a year ago. it is being implemented. as we see the dust settle and see what was behind some of these tragedies, that mental health reform is a critical ingredient to making sure we can try to prevent some of these things from happening. that's just one example of the things that congress has done to make sure that we can try and get ahead of these problems. >> was it a mistake to make it easier for people to get a gun? >> you rolled back the proposed rule for social security cross checks. peoples who benefits are being to third parties -- [inaudible] to allow the cross checking. >> there were people whose rights were being infringed and

it is a little more complicated than you describe. protecting people's rights was very important and that's what that issue was all about. [inaudible question] >> that bill is not scheduled now and i don't know when it will be schedule. we're focused on passing the budget. we're bringing our budget up this week. the reason we're bringing our budget up this week. we want to pass tax reform because it's one of the most important things we can do to help people's lives. the sportsman bill is not scheduleed. >> there is steve scalise on crutches as we saw him enter the house floor last week. >> sandra: his first day back a week after that shooting at the congressional baseball practice three months ago. he said prayers helped us

through tough times referencing his family. he said a lot needs to be done right now. give blood in response to what the ongoing situation in las vegas. >> bill: you saw the donors line up around the corner and down the street in las vegas. this political debate is going to happen. we'll see where it goes a day at a time. certainly that will be part of the discussion in washington, d.c. >> sandra: paul ryan saying we can't let the actions of a single person divide us as a country. what will the massacre on the las vegas strip mean for the future of that city's vital tourist industries. how can police protect soft targets like outdoor concerts and will hotels need more security? >> bill: fallout continues after a massive data breach of equifax affecting tens of millions of americans. that's next. if you have medicare

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>> president trump: i think it's acknowledged what a great job we've done. people are looking at that and in texas and in florida we get an a plus. i'll tell you what, i think we've done just as good in puerto rico and it is actually a much tougher situation. >> sandra: that was president trump just moments before taking off for puerto rico. the president expected to arrive there in the next hour or so. he will be meeting with survivors and local officials on the ground there. joining us now is florida

senator bill nelson. thank you for joining us. as we understand it, your state is making preparations to take some puerto ricans into your own state. >> indeed. but before i want to answer that i want to comment on the press conference just held. this is the time when our humanity has to overtake our politics. and that was expressed in the republican house leadership in the press conference. that's what we need more of in this country, where we are coming together as humans, as americans, instead of, as ours or these. whether the shooter be a terrorist or a mentally deranged person or in the case of scalise, a person who was motivated by politics, we've

got to approach it with common sense. how do we start treating each other more like we would like to be treated? and if we do that, we would get a lot more done. >> sandra: speaking of that, the state of florida is trying to do everything that they can, sir, to help those people that are suffering through this devastation in puerto rico at this very moment. governor rick scott had this to say about the way florida is helping puerto rico right now. our state is an incredible melting pot. the success and growth we've seen over the years is credited to the wonderful people that live in florida. as puerto rico rebuilds florida remains committed to doing everything we can to help the families impacted by hurricane maria and aid in the recovery process. senator nelson, you were in central florida on friday. that is the largest puerto rican community there.

what is the latest in preparations to take on some of these people who just can't live there anymore? >> well, we do expect quite a few. it could be 100,000 or more than that, that because of the deplorable conditions, the depreciated conditions on the island, they will be coming to florida, new york. but a lot of them have family in florida and you referenced orlando. i think the recovery centers that are being set up to make it much easier for a person and their supportive families that are bringing them in, we will have our caseworkers from the nelson office in there to help them streamline the process dealing with any federal agencies, including fema, including some of their social security benefits that they would be available for,

including any of their medical needs that they could get through medicaid that they might not already have back in puerto rico. so it's going to be a welcoming for our fellow american citizens from puerto rico to help them out in this transition. >> sandra: so much help is needed now, senator. as we heard from one of the fema administrators last hour saying how important it is for the president to go there. get on the ground. he is en route right now landing shortly to survey the damage in that area. he will be there shortly. senator nelson, thanks for coming on. >> bill: we saw republicans a moment ago. house democrats holding a press conference on the hill. they had their own caucus meeting today and las vegas on the minds of so many in washington, d.c. we'll bring you headlines from all that as we continue our coverage here on "america's newsroom."

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♪ god bless america, land that i love ♪ >> bill: that was a remarkable moment. that was the moment sunday night before the killer's rampage began. wow, what a moment indeed. now a nation in shock, singer jason aldean was on stage when the shooting started. he said tonight been beyond horrific. i want to let everyone know me and my crew are safe and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved. it hurts my heart that would happen to anyone. tim mcgraw with a long message that says pray for las vegas. it was a theme that caught on quickly. it was shared online as social

media has become such a community for all of us when moments like these happen. >> sandra: a powerful moments hearing from steve scalise and house gop leadership saying it is a moment we all need to come together as a country. meanwhile the city of las vegas will be dealing with the fallout from this vicious attack for years to come including that city's massive tourist industry. will casinos and hotels have the take on a whole new look? how will they provide security going forward? bob massi a long time las vegas resident. bob, i want to catch up with you. i know your family was affected by this. you are a las vegas resident long time and have family. is everybody okay? >> yeah, everybody is okay. our one friend is having a pretty tough time. it's interesting because i was talking to some people this morning and i said you know, we lost many people and many people injured, but even those people, sandra, who walked away not injured are going to

experience some post traumatic things. i've talked to some psychologist friend of mine as they watch the videos on tv and recognize what they did escape it is registered in there. a lot of people won't have physical injuries or loss of life but emotional scars for sure. >> sandra: you think about the economy and what hit it will take and hotels that potentially have to make changes to ensure the safety of visitors coming to that city. will we see changes? >> yesterday i drove around different parts of the community. i went to some of the casinos on the other side of the strip just to get a sense of things. obviously there is a melancholy. amongst the people that live here there is a concern. mandalay bay i'm not sure how they come back from this. god willing they will be able to come back from this. as it relates to what are hotels going to do, will we

become airports? will it not be here but major city in the country will have to check bags and screen it again. i'm not sure. the american public, they aren't patient with these things. they recognize going to airports is different than hotels. how the tourist industry will change here or other places time will tell. >> sandra: some hotels have decided to scan luggage coming in as people check into the hotels. people don't mind doing it. it makes them safer when they come in. they make a blanket change throughout the industry i'm sure we might here a few complaints but bob, how has las vegas changed from this moment on? i know you're saying it's a resilient city and will bounce back. this is a place so many of us have gone through for business, work, fun, pleasure. we know this city. does it change? >> i think it does. in this regard.

i've always felt this way, that those of us who experienced 9/11, who didn't live in new york. those in orlando a few years ago, when you see these things on the news you mourn. when it hits your backyard, when it is right in your city, it is such a personal impact because now you do feel vulnerable. the other things that happen, happened over there and your heart felt for those people but when it hits your home it changes. the community has come together amazing. i'm so proud of being a resident here. but ultimately we'll never forget it. every time we look at mandalay bay we'll remember it and remember the cowardice of the act and people that went to have a good time and many families will be ruined forever. the community will bounce back, the tourist interesting it will be interesting to see how they handle it. we have brilliant people that will handle it. >> sandra: brilliant medical staff still helping many of those victims fighting for their lives at this very moment. thanks for coming on. >> bill: you have a great town,

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similar to what you propose but she is currently out of the country. we're making arrangements to contact her upon her return. >> sandra: william is live if los angeles. what are we learning on how the gunman obtained all those weapons? >> let's start with the atf form that you fill out when buying a gun. this starts the background check. paddock filled this out i'm told for all the guns he bought including six at a cabela's in las vegas. >> f.b.i. passed him off through the system. >> bill: 43 guns recovered. he bought his ammo at the great western gun show in phoenix and bought two after-market gun

stocks to turn a semi automatic into an automatic video. it is legal but one expert i spoke to said he heard one continuous burst of 75 rounds suggesting paddock converted some illegally. >> we believe so. we haven't broken them down. the atf hasn't evaluated them yet. i don't know if the sheer pins have been filed or converted to fully automatic. >> las vegas has more gun shows in any other city. they have a policy about taking them upstairs. police reform finding 10 suitcases in his room. >> sandra: marilou danley. what do we learn about her? she is still out of the country. >> right. she was in the philippines. i'm told now she is in hong kong. she worked as a hostess. she is an australian citizen

and began living in paddock's condo since 2013. on the 2012 travel document paddock listed his occupation as retired irs agent. >> didn't seem like he would be a guy to do that. >> sources say that danley is headed back to the u.s. this week. police hope their relationship may shed some light and explain his motivation. back to you. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: more answers now. with me congressman peter king with me now. if he had a smartphone and laptop they've gone through them. we don't have a lot of information, sir, they must at least have a direction for this investigation. would you agree with that? >> yeah, bill. first our thoughts and prayers

for the victims and their families. police and f.b.i. they are on top of this. they've scrubbed everything possible. it can lead to more leads and as they go forward. i think they probably have a good idea where this is going or whether it is going anywhere. again, it's very unusual case. he doesn't seem to fit any of the profiles that you would have for a mass murderer. he seems to have left a trail behind him. so it will be interesting to see where that trail leads. i'm sure the police know where they're going. it is important to question the girlfriend. she may be entirely innocent. on the other hand if a person has an arsenal an weapons and explosives and vast amounts of ammunition, again, did she know about it or ask why or did he discuss what was it about with her? all that is what the police are doing now. >> bill: she knows him the best, right, based on what we've heard and seen. the family says -- the brother said the last contact he had was two weeks ago. these people lived together for

at least two years based on what we've heard so far. she is the one you need to talk to. >> you would think so. first of all she would know what he was up to. on the other hand, give indications about any psychological problems he has. whether it was a mental health issue. on the face of it he seems to have been very successful. a big gambler but a very successful person. 64 years old. not the type of person thought to carry out this type of attack. she could be the one that has the key to his mind as to exactly what caused him to do this. whether or not he discussed anything like this before. was he going through anger mood or whatever. >> bill: interesting about the early hours of this massacre is that the police came out and said she checked out. she is okay and clean and traveling overseas. then things started to change throughout the course of the afternoon when they said we do want to talk to her. i would think that would be a high priority and the fact that she is overseas and he pulls

this off now has to tell us something, sir. >> certainly raises questions. i think when the police immediately said that they were basically clearing her, i think that was maybe one of those things said in the fog of war. that was a statement made before they had other information. to me this is still early stages, certainly in the early stage yesterday and no matter how you look at this she would have to be questioned and a person they would want to talk to. if nothing else for background information on him but because of the close relationship during a time when he was accumulating all these weapons and why she is out of the country now. all of that is something that i think is important they ask her. >> bill: four years ago after sandy hook you co-authored a bill that would essentially stiffen up background checks for gun buyers across the country. the bill didn't go anywhere. do you think if it were on the books now that any of that could have tripped somebody

along the way to notify them before this massacre? >> from all we've seen so far, i don't think so. he filled out all the requisite forms and everything came back clean. nothing in his background. i strongly support background checks. on the other hand i thought it was inappropriate yesterday for people in the early hours to be jumping up and raising this as an issue. let's wait a few days and see what happens. let's not -- what it did was politicized a tragedy. if people are really interested in getting some sort of reasonable gun regulation in place, it doesn't help the way they reacted yesterday. >> bill: the point being the legislation you crafted, if there is some sort of criminal background it would raise a red flag. but in this case he didn't have one, correct, based on what we've learned so far. >> he had no criminal background at all. we don't know of any psychological history that turned up.

again, while i think the legislation is important, i don't see right now based on what we know now how it would have had any impact yesterday. >> bill: police say he had a traffic citation that went back years ago. thank you for your time. 36 hours in about that. peter king, thank you live on capitol hill. >> sandra: as we continue to dig for more answers there are increasingly new calls for congress to try and step in and pass legislation tackling gun control. but would that have made a difference in this case in las vegas? former congressman jason chaffetz joint us on that. >> what we learn about the russian political ads seen by millions of americans during this past election cycle on facebook. >> we're working proactively to strengthen the democratic process. beyond pushing back against threats we'll also create more services to protect our community while engaging in political discourse.

>> bill: we're learning more about removing ambassadors from cuba. an official announcement expected today. that decision coming in response to these unexplained sonic attacks that have harmed at least 22 americans working in havana. cuban government denies any involvement saying it's a mystery to them as well. >> as we speak we have a lot of people in the hospital right now fighting for their lives. parents are grieving for their children. this is just awful. we cannot let the actions of a single person define us as a country. people whose rights were being infringed, protecting people's rights was very important and that's what that issue was all about. >> sandra: that was house speaker paul ryan addressing the las vegas shooting and more gun control legislation

reaching congress. jason chaffetz has something to say about that. here we are just 24 hours after waking up and learning of that horrific attack in las vegas. is there anything in your mind that could have been done to prevent something like that from happening? >> i don't know of a single thing that would have prevented this evil that possessed this person to do this atrocity. i wish there was something that i could do to go back in time and make sure that it never happened. but, you know, let's grieve for those that are affected by this. people, as the speaker said, are fighting for their lives. you have parents and loved ones just finding out that somebody was killed for goodness sake. it is just not the time to dive into the politics and try to score political points on this topic, it is just not. >> sandra: it seems the gun debate is already raging here. it happened fast. we know the president is set to

be on the ground in las vegas tomorrow. what do you want to see from president trump? >> i think him showing the compassion. he will be doing that in puerto rico, he is going to be doing that to the people in las vegas. and just reaching out his hand and showing some solidarity and love and support that uniquely the president of the united states and the first lady can provide. and some reassurances to those that have just suffered so much. i think that is the right message. i do think that background checks will become an issue. i do think there is something we can do on the mental health front. but again, i think it's too early to do that and it wouldn't necessarily have prevented what tragically happened in las vegas. >> sandra: surely the days and weeks and months to come will determine if anything changes. but we want to move onto this

conversation. russian election and meddling in the u.s. election. there is -- facebook is now saying that 10 million americans viewed fraudulent, divisive political ads during the election process. this story, what do you make of what we're learning here? this is -- facebook is revealing this. >> at its core russia wants chaos in the united states. what you'll see is an effort by them. i haven't seen it. but facebook has given hints to the idea it was the full political spectrum. they were trying to invoke division within the united states of america. i think mr. zuckerberg is getting a bit of a civics lesson he may not learned at harvard. he is going to turn over documents to the congress. he turned them over to director mueller. you have to share them with the congress when the congress

wants them. there is some fishy stuff that facebook will have to address. they will hire 1,000 additional people to review ads. but i have to tell you if they try to push the ball facebook, one direction or the other a lot of concern from a lot of people. >> sandra: people want answers and responsibility but they want accountability if there is anything nefarious here. these ads were paid for by an outfit linked to the kremlin that facebook purchased and mark zuckerberg reacting to all this saying we're working proper actively to protect the democratic process. something we hear from him often. does something need to be more -- done more at the federal level with private business like facebook to stop things like this from happening? >> people do have a first amendment right. it doesn't mean the kremlin or the chinese or anybody else have those same first amendment rights. if mr. zuckerberg thinks he

will take it upon himself to protect us from what we're hearing and seeing, that will raise a lot of eyebrows. i had something like 325,000 people on facebook that are following my facebook page but if i put something out only a small portion of those actually get to see those ads and i would be fascinated to know what determines whether or not somebody actually gets to see what i put out there. even though they have already pre-indicated that they like my page and that they want to see it. again, if they're trying to push things and say look, what republicans and conservatives are saying is wrong, i have to tell you there will be a lot of people very upset and vice versa. it could be either way. >> sandra: it raised your eyebrows and a lot of people affected by that. thanks for coming on. >> bill: fireworks on the hill. the head of a major credit bureau taking serious questions about the data breach that

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>> bill: at this hour the former ceo of equifax taking a beating on the hill. exposing information of more than 100 million americans. jerry willis watching and listening from the fox business network with me now. what has been going on? >> it's red hot. richard smith is earning the pension now taking a lot of heat. it was a contentious hearing from the get go, a subcommittee from the house energy and commerce panel taking richard smith to task for allowing the private information of americans to be stolen. both democrats and republicans delivering the shell acting. listen to a democrat from illinois and a republican

chairman of the energy and commerce committee. >> in the end equifax has had to apologize for its post breach response almost as much as it has apologized for the breach itself. equifax deserves to be shamed. >> how could a major u.s. company like ex -- equifax so let the americans down. >> here is what smith had to say for his part. >> a the ceo i am ultimately responsible and i take full responsibility. i'm here today to say to each and every person affected by this breach i'm truly and deeply sorry for what happened. >> the ceo blamed human error and technology failure. that's a quote, for the breach. equifax board is said to be considering claw backs of his compensation. he was walking away with $18

million. >> bill: do we know anything new about the people who had their information compromised? >> just out equifax revealing 2.5 million additional americans. , 143.5 million customers might have been affected. that's up from a previous estimate of 143 million, bill. back to you. >> bill: a lot of people affected by this. jerry willis, thanks, watching that from here in new york city. >> sandra: president trump set to land in puerto rico next hour amid criticism to the response in puerto rico. we'll show that to you.

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from the police in vegas what time that will be. >> great moments, steve scalise has returned. >> you are back at out numbered at noon. keep working. we'll catch you tomorrow. >> jon: a fox news alert on the investigation into the horrible events in las vegas, the most deadly mass shooting in modern american history with the gunman's motives still a mystery as police and f.b.i. agents try to learn why a 64-year-old retired accountant with no criminal record opened fire on a country music concert sunday night killing 59 innocent people. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> i'm melissa francis. investigators are trying to find out what turned stephen paddock into a mass murderer. they found 19 more guns at his home along with explosives and thousands of