congressman steve russell and is a weapon's manufacturer and will bring us up to date what can stop the next -- >> bill: the shooter's girlfriend is on american soil and expected to talk to investigators. the staggering measures the shooter took to carry out the attack. three days on we still don't know why. big two hours ahead as we say good morning. i'm bill hemmer live in "america's newsroom." >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. president donald trump is on his way to las vegas where he will be meeting with shooting victims and first responders. police releasing stunning new details about the attack. we now know stephen paddock fired his gun for 9 to 11 minutes before officers on the

ground decided to take matters into their own hands and find that gunman. here is body cam footage released by police showing those very tense moments. [shouting and gunfire] >> get back, get back. >> get in there. get back. >> bill: it went on for some time. how difficult the job was finding, locating and stopping the shooter. within minutes they tacked him on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. a massive arsenal of high-powered rifles and multiple cameras inside and outside that room including one on a service cart. another camera lodgeed inside the door east peep hole. police offering this timeline event last night. >> he fired off and on for

somewhere between 9 and 11 minutes. we know that the suspect fired over a dozen or so volleys and we know that the firing by the suspect ceased at 10:19. i want you to think about that. the first minute the police are aware of shots being fired at 10:0 and it stops at 10:19. that's a remarkable response by this police department. >> kudos to those officers who got together and said this is what we trained for, active

shooter. we're putting an element together. let's engage this individual and locate him. that's what we did. >> bill: so we begin this hour live in las vegas with will karr at a local hospital there. break down on where the investigation stands at this hour, will. >> good morning, bill. ahead of the president's visit today part of the investigation is focusing on the answers that paddock's girlfriend marilou danley will provide. she came into the united states last night. flew into lax from the philippines where she was met by federal agents. she is described as a person of interest. we've learned that paddock leading up to the shooting transferred tens of thousands of dollars to the philippines. it is unclear if the recipient of that money was danley or who it was sent to and exactly why. it does come as authorities have released body camera video of the minutes when the shooting was taking place. the horrific minutes during the shooting. take a listen. [gunfire] >> go that way, go that way. [sirens] >> stay down, everybody, stay down. >> bill: >> in that video you can hear people in the crowd initially

thinking fireworks were going off before realizing a terrorizing scene was happening. so many people ended up being rushed to two hospitals in the area. at least 40 people still in critical condition. authorities say this was an elaborate planned. paddock had three cameras set up. two outside the hotel room. one over the peep hole. the thought is he was trying to keep an eye out for law enforcement as they would converge on the room as he continued the fire. he had 23 guns inside, 12 of which were outfitted with a bump stock that allows hundreds of rounds to be fired in just a matter of minutes. we know that he had a do not

disturb sign on his door for at least three days. as of now, there were no signs he was planning this attack. >> bill: the latest from las vegas. thank you. more now with sandra. >> sandra: marilou danley, a person of interest and stephen paddock's girlfriend back in the u.s. her flight from the philippines landing in los angeles last night. met by federal agents. and now her sister is speaking out saying danley had nothing to do with this mass shooting. >> i know that she didn't know anything as well like us. she was sent away. she was sent away so that she would be not there to interfere. >> sandra: we're live in los angeles with the latest. william. >> she was sent here -- sent to the philippines so she wouldn't be in the u.s. at the time of the attack. u.s. investigators said the pieces of the puzzle don't fit. was this revenge for something? mary lou is the key to providing that answer. she arrived in l.a. last night at 7:30 on a commercial flight in a wheelchair.

met by local and federal law enforcement. because it was a 16-hour flight we believe she stayed overnight here and flown to las vegas today for interviews and considered by police as a person of interest and material witness. >> no one except mary lou. she was there. this maybe happened -- if she was there maybe she could have stopped something whatever he was planning. >> others say hey, how could she not know something was up based on his behavior and the weapons he acquired? we don't know their relationship. look at the madoff case? >> sandra: what else are we learning about her past? >> she is filipino by birth and an australian citizen. they met working as a hostess in reno.

she was married in 1990. divorced in 2015. she was also simultaneously married to a second man in california before the divorce was final. she had two social security numbers according to the magazine and is either age 55 or 62 depending on the document. she has a daughter, two grandchildren. she is described as sweet and friendly. paddock was abusive to her at times. paddock wired danley $100,000 days before the shooting for her to live on in the philippines and likely never to return to the u.s. however, she is now here. that's one thing he did not plan on. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: she is here indeed. for more we'll go to bill. >> bill: we have a former sergeant officer for the metro police department. thank you for your time and experience to share with us now. my guess is if you've got a 10-minute window when you hear shots fired to the point where

there is no more shooting and you know the mandalay bay is 43 stories tall you are trying to isolate the floor. we know they were guessing between floor 29 and floor 32. that's where they found the guy. >> yes, that's correct. and imagine how hard that would be because there is gunfire going on and you are not sure when you can poke out and look up and see where that gunfire is coming from. compounded by the fact this is in the middle of the night. you've got gold neon going up in between the windows makes the windows appear very black. it just looks like gold neon up the side of those buildings. very difficult to pinpoint where the gunfire is coming from. >> bill: it was premeditated and planned in great detail from the evidence we've been given already. but these officers did not wait for orders. they did not wait for superiors, they just -- they just acted.

>> they did what we train them to do, which was to go directly to the source of the incident, which is the shooter. what we train is three things, stop the shooter, save lives, and rescue civilians. you can't do two and three until you do one. so we have to stop that shooter or there is going to be continued loss of life. so very early on in the police academy we train our officers and their brains become wired that they need to go to that gunfire. we were one of the first swat teams in the united states to come up with an active shooter protocol in the wake of columbine. >> bill: very interesting there. also the security at the hotel has been given great praise on behalf of the sheriff. there is a security guard who approached that door and now we know the killer on the other side knew he was coming because he had a camera inside that door. through the peep hole. that security officer was shot in the leg and that's when everybody else knew where the room was and where the target

was to be found. >> exactly. if not for mandalay bay security it could have been worse and taken longer to pinpoint where the person was. kudos to mandalay bay for that and leading our officers to where they needed to go to be able to stop this threat and our swat team which eventually maiden tree into the room. >> bill: amazing to get your comment on the fact how vegas has excelled since columbine. what else do you think they learned from this? can you characterize it? >> we will all learn a lot. we learn the most from our biggest tragedies and unfortunately this is going to become part of a terrorist's playbook. we weren't expecting or anticipating anything like this. haven't seen anything like this in the past. and what a daunting task for those swat team officers to traverse that 100-yard hallway knowing someone has been shot through the door. knowing there are cameras in front of that door and having

to make entry through there not knowing whether that person was still alive inside or not. the shooter or not. and undoubtedly because they were closing in is when he ended up taking his life. >> bill: amazing. thank you for coming on with us today. >> sandra: as we've mentioned president trump and first lady melania leaving for las vegas a short time ago and expected to visit victims recovering from the massacre. he made brief comments before boarding marine one hinting at possible progress in the investigation. >> president trump: it's a very sad thing. we'll pay our respects and see the police who have done a fantastic job in a very short time. and they are learning a lot more and that will be announced at the appropriate time. it is a very, very sad day for me personally. thank you. >> bill: tough. >> sandra: tough day indeed and

they are en route right now. of course, those victims and their families possibly a calming voice to hear on the ground soon. >> bill: live coverage when that plane lands. big show ahead for you, steven hayes former house speaker newt gingrich and mike huckabee are here and speak to one of the many heroes of las vegas. a marine veteran stealing a truck to take people to the hospital. >> sandra: the shooting is already igniting the gun debate in washington we are going to be talking gun control. should our gun laws change and will they? plus this. >> president trump: they owe a lot of money to your friends on wall street and we'll have to wipe that out. >> bill: he says the islands's massive debt may disappear. can he get that done? >> i hate to tell you, puerto

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sachs. whatever it s you can wave goodbye to that. we have to do something about it. the debt was massive on the island. >> bill: that from yesterday and president trump on his way to las vegas as we speak. in puerto rico yesterday promising assistance telling us he will look into wiping out the massive debt. $70 billion in puerto rico. tweeting this a great day in puerto rico yesterday. some of the news coverage is fake, most showed great warmth and friendship. steven hayes fox news contributor. good morning to you as we hear the president talk about that debt, mick mulvaney budget director of the white house had this to say just last hour. almost suggesting not so fast

on cnn he offered this. >> i talked to the president at length as we flew home on air force one. what we're focusing on right now is what we talked about. the primary focus of the federal effort is to make sure the island is safe and that we're rebuilding. we can help it and we will help it. we will help puerto rico rebuild from the storm. puerto rico will have to figure out the errors it's made on its own finances. >> bill: what does this all mean as you thread it together? >> the policy prescription what he said there makes sense. it contradicts what the president said last night to geraldo. he said we'll wipe out puerto rico's dead. mulvaney said there won't be a federal bail-out. the actual total is closer to $125 billion in debt if you include some unfunded liabilities. this is a massive problem. puerto rico isn't technically allowed to go into bankruptcy but in may entered into a quasibankruptcy to pay back its bond holders. they weren't happy. people are making plans on this. the president of the united states can't just shrug his shoulders and suggest, like somebody with a magic wand, he

will wave it away. >> bill: they need all the help he can get. he is flying to the desert sands of las vegas today. i want to play a clip from the sheriff late yesterday afternoon keying on a phrase. the question wasn't prompted or asked about it when he offered the following. >> we're comfortable that we have the suspect in custody but something more may come of that investigation. i want to understand the motivation that you describe, okay, to prevent any future incidents and did this person get radicalized unbeknownst to us? we want to identify the source. >> bill: did this person get radicalized unbeknownst to us. i don't know what it means or what he knows. but that word has become all too familiar, steve. what do you make of that? >> the comment raised many eyebrows when he said it.

we should put it into proper context. this is somebody who has not had a ton of sleep and giving these kind of briefings. talking incessantly for hours. it's a difficult job to have. the real question, bill, as you pointed out is whether he said this with purpose because he knows something or whether he was just sort of speculating and speaking idly. we know investigators are pouring through the data they've collected from his electronic equipment. interviewing people who have known him and been associates of his. i do think it seems unlikely that nobody else in the world knew what he was going to be doing in las vegas. i think those are the kinds of questions that investigators should continue to focus on. >> bill: the president said before he boarded, they're learning a lot more and it will be announced at the appropriate time. we interpret that for what it's worth as of now until we learn more. steven hayes in washington >> sandra: as we continue the

follow the breaking news out of las vegas we're monitoring other big headlines happening overseas. last week president trump telling secretary of state rex tillerson to knock off talks with north korea. does the defense secretary agree? plus there's this. >> do you believe it's in our national security interest at the present time to remain in the jcpoa? that's a yes or no question. >> yes, senator, i do. >> sandra: secretary mattis saying he believes the u.s. should stick with the iran nuclear deal. so what will the president decide as the deadline to recertify that deal inches closer? >> president trump: frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the united states and i don't think you've heard the last of it. believe me. that's it? he means book direct at choicehotels.com for the lowest price on our rooms guaranteed.

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>> sandra: a big deadline coming up. president trump has until october 15 to continue the iran deal. if he believes tehran is holding up their end of the deal. james mattis speaking in front of the senate armed services committee saying the u.s. should stick with it. >> if we can confirm that iran is living by the agreement, if we can determine that this is in our best interest, then clearly we should stay with it. i believe at this point in time, absent indications to the contrary, it is something the president should consider staying with. >> sandra: joining me now is marie harf former spokeswoman for the state department and fox news contributor and intimately involved during your time with the state department in crafting this deal.

the president campaigned saying rip it up. we showed him calling it an embarrassment. mattis says i think we should stick with it. >> jim mattis is right here and the president has a lot of respect for his opinion on a range of issues and he needs to listen to him here. the fact is that iran is adhering to the terms of the nuclear deal within the 159 pages they are doing what they said they would do. now the reason the president doesn't like it, i think, is because of all the other things iran is doing, support for terrorism, support for assad in syria. there are ways to go after that behavior that don't involve ripping up a deal that's working. that's what i think a lot of people are telling the president. if he walks away and iran restarts their program, the president owns that decision. that's a big step. >> sandra: mattis was asked of trump's criticism of the deal. >> i support the rigorous detail he has going on right now. >> they should look at what

they inheristed. we did it in the obama administration. it is completely within the trump administration's rights to do that. what they found as they've done that review is iran is upholding its end of the bargain on the nuclear deal. if they were to restart their program it would make everything else they're doing more the dangerous. >> sandra: i want to get to these mysterious attacks, the sonic attacks in cuba. the u.s. has expelled 15 cuban diplomats from the embassy after these attacks. this story continues to grow. >> grow more bizarre. this is a bad cold war era bond movie or something. the reports of these diplomats, they don't know when it happened but they've ended up with brain damage. this is serious. i was surprised at the beginning the cuban government had said let the f.b.i. come in. we're willing to help with the investigation. a lot of us thought maybe they weren't responsible. rumors that even russia or someone else is responsible. clearly they can't get all --

>> sandra: all the speculation. the complaints and incidents happening late night in their homes or hotel rooms. falling suddenly ill. they are describing it as a sudden wave of nausea, dizziness and strange sounds. >> if we can't keep our diplomats safe they shouldn't be there. it was a good idea to bring our folks home and impressing the cuban government they're responsible for the safety of our people. >> sandra: they said it had never perpetrated attacks against diplomats or their relative. north korea. with the news this week, it is hard to say this but it has taken a back burner. where do things stand now? >> what was interesting this week president trump's tweet where he seemed to say publicly to rex tillerson that diplomacy shouldn't be at the top of the

agenda. he said it has never worked with the north koreans, why keep doing it. it was an extraordinary step. the trump administration has tried at times to take the heat down a little bit by saying we're open to diplomacy if the north koreans are as well. i don't know if that's on the table anymore given the president's comments this week. >> sandra: because there have been mixed messages coming out of the white house. mattis said we're looking to talk with north korea but we aren't talking with them. good to see you. i'll see you later on out numbered. >> bill: new details on how calculating this killer was in las vegas. cameras, plenty of guns and a lot of planning. one big question remains, why. where that investigation stands at this hour. plus house majority whip steve scalise back on the hill after being shot 3 1/2 months ago and speaking out about what happened in las vegas and whether or not lawmakers should

take a new look at some measure of gun control. what steve scalise thinks the proper answer should be next. >> some kind of gun control is the wrong way to approach this and what i experienced was when there was a shooter, we had -- luckily we had capitol police there with their own guns.

>> bill: it is 9:33 in new york city. 6:33 in las vegas. the latest developments as the sun rises in the desert. the girlfriend of the killer is back in the u.s. her flight landing in los angeles late last night. her name is marilou danley. federal agents plan to question her and why boyfriend steve paddock wired $100,000 to the philippines last week. that report was what confirm wouldn't -- she is a person of interest. police releasing new body cam

footage of the shooting underway and it sounded and looked like this. [gunfire] >> go that way, go that way. [sirens] >> they're shooting right at us, guys, stay down. >> where is it at? >> bill: it is something else to watch and listen to. it went on for 9 to 11 minutes. paddock was prepared to go much longer than that. >> we're days away from completion of the processing of that room. i can confirm those are, in fact, photos from inside of the room. they are, in fact, photos of our suspect. there were two cameras located in the hallway so that the suspect could watch as law enforcement or security approached his room. and there was another camera

placed inside the hotel room door peep hole so he could see down the hallway. >> bill: hotel security guard was the first one at the door and shot through the door and it tipped off police even further that paddock was inside. he was equipped with an arsenal of high-powered rifles. cameras inside the room, outside the room, including one mounted in the peep hole of the room's door and a room service cart. that was the scene inside. >> sandra: unbelievable. the shooting is reviving the gun control debate in washington democrats already calling for action. many republicans say it is too soon to talk politics including house majority whip steve scalise. despite his own experience with gun violence his views on the second amendment have not changed. >> when there is a tragedy like this, the first thing we should be thinking about is praying for the people who were injured and do whatever we can to help them, to help law enforcement. we shouldn't first be thinking

of promoting our political agenda. i think we see too much of that. people say okay, now you have to have gun control. first of all, look at some of those bills. they wouldn't have done anything to stop this. >> sandra: brad blakeman, a former deputy assistant to george w. bush and richard fowler, a talk radio host. we need prayers and we need to still be doing whatever necessary to help those that are injured because there are still those in the hospital fighting for their life at this moment. this has so quickly become political. >> no question we need prayers and my prayers go out to everybody who has been injured. every family member, everybody who lost a loved one. as the las vegas massacre happened, i hugged my loved ones a little bit tighter. i think beyond that we need to make sure this is not another cautionary tale. how do we prevent this from happening again, right? we saw it in newtown, aaurora

and we're seeing it again. there is no law you can magically pass to stop psychos from engaging in psychotic activity but that being said. how is it possible for somebody to get 33, 30 some odd weapons. >> sandra: that question is being asked, right? this is an active ongoing investigation. authorities are handling this right now. politics have taken on an entire mind of its own here. >> now doubt about it. this is part of the democratic playbook. a page right out of it. never miss an opportunity to exploit a crisis for personal gain. they have done it time and time again. any time there is this unfortunate tragedy, they point to the gun instead of the problem. we aren't going to outlaw mental illness in this country. we need to treat mental illness. we won't outlaw criminals but

what we can do is prevent it. why? we can prevent it by creating better opportunities for kids, education. education is the key to uplifting people and getting them out of a criminal element but also prosecuting criminals and putting them away and getting them off the streets. the problem isn't with the guns. we have plenty of gun laws. the problem is the people. collectors have hundreds of guns. does that make them a bad person? >> sandra: isn't that amazing to hear from steve scalise returning to work this week after three months have gone by since that shooting on that congressional baseball field and still he says my views on gun control and the second amendment do not change. >> i think that's the representative's position here. if you think about his case and you think about this case, once again we saw a situation where law enforcement was unmatched by these loons and that should cause a pause for all americans.

the people who are supposed to protect us are unmatched, right, by these individuals because of the guns that they're able to amass. that should scare all americans. i'm not saying we should go out and pass a sweeping gun reform bill. i'm saying we should have a conversation in congress, in state capitols, in city halls about what we can do to make sure that law enforcement isn't unmatched. >> sandra: here is leading democrat chuck schumer. i'm pointing out donald trump's past and where he is today as a president, watch. >> before he was a candidate, and marched in lock step to the nra donald trump expressed very reasonable position on gun control. in fact, he said after sandy he supported the kind of bills we support. let's hold him to that. >> sandra: brad? >> positions change, he is the president of the united states and in a much better position

to make decisions with knowledge he didn't have before he was a candidate. it's unfair for chuck schumer to take the president having to take a position because of something he might have said as a candidate. let me say this i'm a victim of gun violence. i was almost kidnapped when i was a teenager in my home in california and i only wish my parents owned a gun at that time. things might have been a little different. please don't demonize the tens of millions of people who are legal gun owners and 300 million guns in america. do you suggest we confiscate guns? >> no, i don't suggest that at all. my brother is a proud gun owner and he has a right to bear arms. i'm saying that people who have guns -- people who want to have guns should be allowed to have guns but loons shouldn't be allowed to have guns and people shouldn't have 30 or 40 different kinds of weapons. >> sandra: we don't want the act of one individual to define us as a country and i'll leave

it there, brad and richard, thank you. >> bill: the story last night martha had a cable news exclusive with steve scalise and his first meeting back at work on the hill. here is how that went. >> it feels great. something i've been looking forward to for a long time. a big vacuum now filled because steve is back. >> what goes through your mind when you see these guys? >> great to see them together. each one of these guys had a role in helping me be here and brad has the background to help make sure to stop the bleeding enough where i could make it to the hospital alive but mike conway was there. right there behind first base talking to me and giving me assurance that help was on the way and jeff called my wife. >> bill: he applied the tourniquet. 7:00 eastern time tonight only on the story.

check it out with martha. his attitude is amazing, scalise. he is a happy warrior still. >> sandra: i love hearing the stories from that day. stories of heroism. we have all heard the incredible stories of heroism arising out of that horrifying scene. our next guest is a marine veteran who was at the concert. he grabbed a truck and helped save dozens of lives. taylor winston joins us next. >> we went back towards the gunfire and just started looking for priority victims and people with the most serious injuries to get to the hospital and we were looking

back and people kept going down everywhere. it was pretty bad.

>> bill: heroes all around us after the heinous act in las

vegas. my next guest, taylor winston with me now. good morning from las vegas, nevada is your home. you served in san diego with the u.s. marine corps. i want to share with our viewers here a video you were taking on your phone. you are with your grirl friend at the time moments before the shots rang out. video we got from you and we're showing it to our viewers now. at the moment the shots were fired, you start to scramble as do tens of thousands of people. you run into a parking lot. find a pickup truck and do what? >> well, essentially the first instinct was fear and just everyone keep their head down and get away from the gunfire. we got pinned by the fence. started people throwing over the fence. people were getting shot around. it was horrific. not much you could do. once i got over the fence i saw the parking lot behind me with work trucks and typically

during a festival multiple people use the truck and tend to leave keys and i was hoping that was the case and lucked out on the first truck. opened the door, keys were there and looked to jen and said let's go get some people. and so we went back towards the gunfire and -- >> bill: you had an angel looking for you to find keys to the truck you first tried. you started to transport how many people to a local hospital? >> each trip was 10 to 15 people. as many as we could cram in there. we were just trying to go down the line of the dozens and dozens of people that were already being pulled out to the street. torso wounds, limbs, necks, everyone was just critically injured and it was blood everywhere. it was really hard to pack up and leave because you can only fit so many people and there were so many people that still needed help and no ambulances were on the scene yet.

>> bill: how many people do you think you got to the hospital? >> i would say between 20 and 30. >> bill: wow. how many trips? >> we did two full trips. we went back a third time and we had to convince the cops to let us in to go get more people. once we did get in there was a lot less critically injured that weren't being tended to so we felt we were good to turn it over to the people who were there and trained for the situation and we then went and linked up with friends after. >> bill: i imagine by then the ambulances were in full response mode, too. have you been able to process what you have gone through yourself? >> i think i'm fortunate to be a little more head strong than a lot. it's reality. unfortunately terrorism exists. i just hope it doesn't keep people from enjoying events like these. it is the best time of the year

for many families and friends. >> bill: can't disagree with that. how is your girlfriend? >> she is doing fine. she actually has -- two broken vertebrae and a fractured rib that dislocated as well. she was helping throw people in the vehicle. that injury was prior to the night's events. she was very strong and helped out a lot. i'm glad she was there. >> bill: our best to her and you. taylor winston, thank you for your service, marine. >> thank you for having me, bill. >> bill: thank you, you be well. >> sandra: new developments coming in puerto rico's recovery. we're hearing 34 people have died. that information coming out hours after president trump left the island. we'll get a live report from mike tobin on the ground in san juan. >> what i see is an incredible job done by fema, the coast

guard, the army, air force, navy, marines. the job of the first responders is like nothing i've ever seen before.

>> president trump: the power grid honestly was devastated before the hurricanes hit and then the hurricanes hit and they wiped them out. we're getting a lot of generators that have been already brought to the island. most of the hospitals are open, at least partially open. most of them now are open and again, the job that's been done here is really nothing short of a miracle. it has been incredible. >> sandra: president trump speaking on the recovery efforts while visiting puerto rico yesterday. the governor of puerto rico saying he believes hurricane maria caused $90 billion worth of damage. many areas are still in desperate need of supplies. mike tobin is on the ground in

san juan for us. mike. >> sandra, the fact that the death toll jumped from 16 to 34 shows you there is still a lot unknown about the extent of the suffering here. early on doctors told us they anticipate it will transfer from a humanitarian crisis to a health crisis. the weapon to combat that deployed by the navy is the u.s. ns comfort. a converted oil tanker a floating hospital. they have a 50-bed emergency room. they have recovery rooms and can deliver babies on board and have operating rooms. about the only difference between this and your local hospital is that the beds are tied down and you cannot operate an mri on board a big metal ship with the navigation equipment because the giant magnet would causal sorts of problems. what doctors intend to deal with. people off their medications and all of the health problems you get from living in unclean conditions. >> diarrhea disease can be a problem.

down here in puerto rico a mosquito-born diseases go up as well. they're at risk for the crew and people who travel here as well as the local populations. >> there are only two patients on board at the moment. the captain of the ship here is waiting on specific orders to deploy to a specific location on the island where it is determined that the need is the greatest. they can he equipment the hospitals on land and generate their own oxygen. on the top of the ship is a flight deck. two helicopters on board. they can land as many helicopters as they need with the helicopters coming and goingment the star board side of the ship are floating ambulances, one way they can get patients on board and treat up to 200 to 300 patients a day here, sandra. >> sandra: a massive relief efforts underway there. >> bill: getting better by the day, we know that. takes time often. i thought geraldo's account is

interesting. he was on the ground in 10 days and interesting stories what he saw firsthand and how they paired up with some of the reporting or conflicted with it. check that out. >> sandra: he told some unique stories on the ground there. his family was from there. he offered a different perspective. >> bill: more coming up on this. president donald trump and first lady en route to las vegas. we should see them next hour we'll see them land. the president calling it a sad day for him and the country. a full lineup in moments. newt gingrich, mike huckabee as our coverage from the las vegas shooting continues next. >> the fact that he had the type of weaponry and the amount of weaponry in that room, it was pre-planned extensively. i'm pretty sure he evaluated everything he did and his actions. so i feel lighter.

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condolences for victims of the most deadly mass murder in our nation's history. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. the president planning to meet with patients, medical professors, first responders and private citizens. president trump saying this as he left the white house about two hours ago. >> president trump: it's a very sad thing. we're going the pay our respects and to see the police who have done a fantastic job in a very short time. and they are learning a lot more and that will be announced at the appropriate time. it is a very, very sad day for me personally. thank you. >> sandra: adam housley standing by in las vegas. you have been covering this story from the very beginning. you were on the ground just minutes after this attack occurred. the president on his way there now. what will he see today?

>> we know he will go to one of the hospitals and meet with some of the victims. there are a lot of people in very serious if not critical condition. the families are there holding vigil with those relatives and loved ones. so we do know he will go to one of the area hospitals and meet with them. we believe he will go to a secondary location meeting with the first responders. so many of them are heroes and he will meet with some of them and we believe he is coming here to the site of this horrific tragedy. we have seen at least one helicopter fly over that seemed to be taking a survey of the security situation. same type of helicopter you've seen before presidential visits before. it all comes as marilou danley comes back to the states. she arrived last night in los angeles. we got tipped off she would come on a philippines air flight. she was met by at least two agents from the f.b.i.

assisting police with the investigation. she was taken away from the tarmac. didn't go through the terminal. the good news for the investigation is she is back here on u.s. soil. back to you guys. >> sandra: adam housley, thank you for the update. >> bill: back on capitol hill house democrats appealing to president trump to back tougher gun control laws after what we saw in vegas. republican leader say it's too soon to get mired in political debate. >> i think it's particularly inappropriate to politicize an event like this. it just happened within the last day and a half. entirely premature to be discussing about legislative solutions, if any. >> bill: mike emanuel leads our coverage on the hill. what's the latest you're hearing? >> some republicans suggest it is premature to look at gun legislation but some house

democrats disagree with that and don't believe that's the case. they did an event on the steps of the capitol a short time ago calling on the republican colleagues to do their job and bring gun control legislation up for a vote. it is not entirely clear if there is a piece of legislation that could have prevented the las vegas massacre. a civil rights icon said this morning congress must do something. >> how many more must die? 100, 1,000, 10,000, a million? what is your blood price? how many more dead bodies will it take to wake up this congress? >> the gun debate hits close to home on capitol hill. steve scalise is just back and

gabby giffords just about died a few years ago. scalise is saying to pray for the first responders and victims. one lawmaker says he is learning more. >> when i saw the clips and heard the fire i just assumed he had an automatic weapon. i did not know there was technology capable that cheaply of transforming a semi automatic into an automatic weapon. i don't think there is any question we ought to look at that. >> while it's a very emotional issue some suggesting there may be common sense steps that could be taken. not banning guns per se but perhaps looking at some of the enhancements that were used in that las vegas massacre. >> bill: mike emanuel live from capitol hill on that. >> sandra: newt gingrich, thank you for joining us today. i want to get your thoughts. this is the first we've had a chance to speak since this

unthinkable, horrific act took place just a few days ago now. what are your thoughts at this point as we learn more during this investigation? we learn more about the shooter and more about the premeditation of this attack? >> i can't fully get my head around it. i think this is the sort of thing we don't really understand why he was motivated. i hope we'll learn something from his girlfriend who has come back from the philippines. we don't know what his -- they haven't released to the best of my knowledge anything on facebook or anything that he has on his computer. this is a person who clearly set out methodically to kill a lot of people. and i think that it is one of the most chilling and cold blooded events in american history because he was so premeditated and because he was so competent. this was a very smart man who methodically thought through the process of slaughtering people and it is horrific.

i also think some of the technology has to be looked at. i agree with the republican congressman who said look, if there is something that makes it easy to convert a semi automatic into an automatic, maybe that does have to be looked at and put under the federal firearms act which makes it illegal to have a genuinely automatic weapon. i think this is as technology changes, sometimes we have to change the rules to catch up with those technologies. but even if he had had only a single shot weapon, the fact is this is a man who had set out to find a way to kill a lot of people who he didn't know for no reason we yet understand and who was stunningly effective. i think that will require us to think deeply about how did he get that many weapons into a room? the whole process of surveillance has to come into play here. >> sandra: i want to go back to what you just said because you sound open to some sort of

change to our gun laws. you know this president intimately. is there a possibility he would be open to change? >> a very specific thing. there is a new technology which is relatively cheap that enables you to take a semi automatic weapon and convert it into an automatic weapon, which is illegal. it strikes me as a practical common sense thing that we ought to find some way to make -- take that particular device and make it part of the 1934 federal gun act which makes it illegal to have an automatic weapon. nobody seriously argues you ought to walk around with a 50 caliber machine gun and general agreement that truly automatic weapons are very dangerous and that there ought to be significant limitations on being able to use them. >> sandra: we haven't heard the president say he is in agreement to any type of change. do you think he would be open

to something like that? >> look, i think first of all we need to take a deep breath. i think senator mcconnell is exactly right. we need to look at the facts but we need the courage to look at the facts. most of the proposal our democratic friends will make, none of which would have affected this particular shooter and they've been trying to make for 30 years. let's be clear about that. frankly, some of the people deeply worried about las vegas, i wish they were equally worried about 700 people being killed last year in chicago and 4,000 people being shot last year in chicago. somehow we tolerate on a daily basis that kind of violence, which we shouldn't tolerate, and which rudy giuliani proved in new york you could bring under control. we need to get the facts out in the open. find out how he did it.

what enabled him to do. >> sandra: the debate is raging on capitol hill. >> i don't defend having an automatic weapon. it is totally inappropriate to have automatic weapons in civilian hands. >> sandra: the gun debate is raging. senator chris murphy of connecticut. i want your response. he is going after congress on this. listen. >> this country has the loosest set of gun laws allowing dangerous people to own dangerous weapons. what is unacceptable in the wake of the most deadly mass shooting in the history of the country is for this utter silence, this unintentional complicity from congress to continue. >> sandra: speaker? >> i think what he doesn't tell you, which nobody on the left wants to tell you, is that we have a second amendment to protect the right to bear arms. that second amendment was written by the founding fathers

because they understood that the lexington and concord farmers who stood up to the british army, if they didn't have weapons would be massacreed and we'd be colonists. they wrote into our constitution your right to bear arms. not for deer hunting for skaoet shooting but as a political right to enable you to preserve your liberty. i think i would be very cautious about comparing us to other countries. a number of which have dictatorships that are empowered because they disarmed the citizens. >> sandra: i want to mention you have a new book out. you are the author of the new book vengeance. so check it out written by former speaker of the house newt gingrich. thank you for coming on with us. >> thank you. >> bill: thought the briefings yesterday were fascinating on behalf of the sheriff and local police. the electronics found in a home in reno, the third location. the hotel. the house in mesquite and all

these cameras that were set up. it is difficult to get your head around how sick and twisted this was. >> sandra: you heard that from the speaker. the premeditation is hard to fathom. >> bill: with a lot of detail. you're right. new details in a moment. the moment police officers tracked down the gunman looked like this on a body camera. [shooting] >> go back. >> bill: why steve paddock wired $100,000 overseas and we'll check in on that report. >> sandra: his girlfriend t marilou danley, f.b.i. officials interviewing her right now as we speak. judge napolitano will join us as police continue to search for a motive in that awful attack. >> something more may come of

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she is a person of interest in this case. she returned to the united states overnight. the sheriff saying the reason why information is coming out slowly is because they want to make sure they do their investigation completely by the book in case there could be charges. >> it's 2017. how come it's taken so long to evaluate that? because it's evidentiary. there is chain of custody issues and we have to dot the is and cross the ts, there are criminal defense attorneys and the thing called the constitution. we have to abide by that and assure -- i don't know if we have possible future prosecution. >> sandra: let's bring in judge napolitano. these updates we continue to get from the las vegas police department. can you help us make sense of some of the terminology? person of interest. >> the phrase person of interest is not a legal phrase and judges shy away from it

because it has different meanings to different people. it's a phrase that the media uses, i think generally to refer to somebody the government wants to talk to. now, sometimes the government uses that as a dog whistle. so and so is a person of interest. they know us and hear us saying it and maybe they'll come in. sometimes they have suspicions about this person and talk to them hoping they will say something that will raise the level of suspicion to probable cause to permit an arrest. it is not a technical defined or refined term. >> sandra: good to know. she is back in the united states now. this person of interest, his female companion marilou danley. obviously she could be a big piece to the puzzle. based on what they're saying we're taking our time. >> i am filled with admiration for sheriff lombardo and the statement that he said. taking your time, dotting the

is, crossing the ts, treating every piece of evidence as if it has to be admitted into court is what the constitution requires. it frustrates us in the media because we can't get answers right away. but it may actually make a future prosecution, should there be one, more efficient and more lawful and more constitutional if things are done properly. think of it this way. the government's job is to learn everything it can about the killer and his crimes even though he is dead. they want to know if somebody helped him. they want to avoid it in the future. they would be derelict if they did not interrogate this woman. they have to interrogate her and treat her as if she is a potential suspect. for what they don't know. a conspiracy charge? accomplice charge? a knowingly looking the other way charge? whatever it might be. if they don't take into account today at the outset of their communication with her the fact that she may be a defendant in the future, they may blow their case against her in the future.

>> sandra: going back to sheriff lombardo. i talk about this language he is using because he is so specific and so deliberate with his language as to not mislead but talking about what he knows and what he does not know and what he is willing to share in this investigation. watch this. >> there is a lot of information i do know, okay? but it is an ongoing investigation and when i say i do not know, i may know. this investigation is not ended with the demise of mr. paddock. >> sandra: what i do not know i say i do not know i may know. >> it reminds me of donald rumsfeld. there are things i know that i can't share with you because we haven't confirmed it. we haven't verified the manner in which we acquired it and we haven't tested it yet against other evidence. >> sandra: or perhaps it could influence the john going investigation. >> bill: it might tip off

somebody. we didn't know this guy's name for a long time and they were quite proper in not telling us that because they wanted to examine his properties and what they could get that they knew he owned before revealing who he was should he have a confederate out there that might destroy what they want to investigate. these folks in las vegas know what they're doing. they're thinking three, four, five, 10 steps ahead of where we are today. on the other hand he doesn't want to mislead the media. once he misleads them he stops being an effective spokesperson and the media stops listening to him. >> sandra: that's a massive undertaking. judge napolitano, good to see you, thank you. >> bill: 10:20 in new york as we await the arrival of president trump in las vegas. washington is locked into the debate over gun control. >> there are never enough

prayers or condolences or sympathies. you can take those euphemisms and stuff them. >> bill: the critics are blasting lawmakers turning it so political so soon. we'll dive into that in a moment. the trump team trying to get a tax deal done by the end of this year. already significant problems coming to the surface from the right and the left. so then this question. can they get the job done? >> i really do think we can get it done by the end of this year. you want talk about something that will create jobs and rebuild the middle class. the tax reform bill we're working on will do it quickly.

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who have been criticizing donald trump. they're the ones responding like partisan political hacks and the ones dividing us. trump united us, hillary clinton divided us. >> bill: it came quickly. in your piece you talk about the bump stocks, right? when you can take a weapon and make a semi automatic to automatic depending on the casing you have inside the weapon. we ought to be able to find bipartisan agreement on banning such devices. >> absolutely. this is something -- >> bill: what is your suggestion? >> simple. in 1986 ronald reagan signed an automatic weapons ban supported by republicans and signed by a republican president and we've had for 30 years a ban on automatic weapons and devices that convert automatic -- regular rifles into machine guns. this is a loophole in that. this is a device, a bump stock is a device. the atf said there were 12

weapons armed with bump stocks in the shooter's room which creates an automatic effect using the recoil of the gun to create multiple fires and create an automatic effect. it is a loophole in an existing ban. it wouldn't restrict gun rights. automatic weapons are band. let's do something to support this. >> bill: i don't mean to interrupt you in the interest of time i'm trying to get to a than conclusion. >> bill: are you hearing that talk? >> i'm urging republicans to get behind it. a two-minute decision in the first minute for coffee. we support the automatic weapons ban. this guy used this loophole to kill lots of people and this seems like an area where we should be able to come together and find some bipartisan support. >> bill: he bought several guns in four different states and passed every background check in those states.

marc, thank you for your time. the debate continues. sandra, what's next? >> sandra: stunning video. officers facing a hail of bullets after deciding they would take out that gunman. [gunfire] >> sandra: investigators are looking for a motive at president trump gets ready to land in las vegas. governor mike huckabee will join us next. >> the question is do we have any information that the suspect trained himself in firearms? i'm aware of the online reporting as well. we have not been able to confirm any of that information yet.

>> bill: minutes away we'll hear from the state department and rex tillerson is about to make a statement on what we don't know. when that happens you'll see it live and we'll hear it together. stand by for that when they're

ready there dedepartment of state. >> sandra: new developments and dramatic video of the police response in las vegas. [gunfire] >> sandra: officers rushing to the scene as bullets rain down from above. at the same time the killer's girlfriend is now back in the u.s. federal agents meeting her at lax airport in los angeles. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington where there is something new in this investigation. every hour, catherine. >> fox news is told that danley is met at the airport. she is not under arrest and interviewed by the f.b.i. as early as today. a few hours before the plane touched down she had been under surveillance for several days once her relationship with paddock was understood. the f.b.i. has not provided

comment. her sister tell australian television they believe danley was sent away by paddock to spare her. yesterday the las vegas sheriff and his team said she is a person of interest and didn't rule out other prosecutions. >> we're comfortable we have the suspect in custody but something more may come of that investigation and i want to understand the motivation that you describe, okay, to prevent any future incidents. did this person get radicalized unbeknownst to us? >> the f.b.i. ran paddock through federal databases and got no hits getting no ties to international terrorism. >> sandra: do we have anything new about the gunman's stash of weapons? >> we have two contacts reviewed the inventory and they're all ar10s and 15s. with the scopes and tripods t value is well over $100,000. fox news has told investigators

have two receipts that show stephen paddock purchased an item that takes an assault-style rifle to mimic and automatic weapon. not clear whether the items known as the side fire or bump fire were actually used on the murder weapons. told the modification can impact the weapon's accuracy making the line of fire more erratic. he was spraying the venue. these images taken late yesterday from the upper floor of the mandalay bay show some of the forensic team mapping out the gunfire and where victims fell noting more than half the weapons were purchased by paddock legally after october of last year, sandra. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: for more on this mike huckabee former arkansas governor with me now. i know you're in nashville, tennessee today and may get interrupted by secretary

tillerson. i send you that warning so you know now. as a former chief executive of state we're about to see a commander-in-chief fly into what has been a dreadful, dreadful massacre in las vegas. how does he handle it and what is his priority in terms of what he expresses, governor? >> i think it's important that the chief executive shows up in vegas. it is not that he can put a stethoscope around his neck and do medical miracles. that's not the point. the point is he represents all of us, every american, and 330 million americans grieve because of what happened in las vegas. he collectively takes all of our sentiments and walks into that hospital today, thanks those medical workers, talks to some of the victims who are recovering from their wounds and some of the families, and he lets them know that they are not forgotten and that we're standing with them. that's the powerful message for the president to make and i'm so glad he is there. just as i was glad he went to puerto rico yesterday and once again he brought america's

presence to those americans in puerto rico. >> bill: a very humanizing experience. waint to talk about the investigation. you ask yourself why, right? you watch the briefings with the sheriffs, police and f.b.i. and we're trying to figure it out. they have more information than they told us. here is the president on the south lawn before he left for las vegas when he said this. >> president trump: we're going to pay our respects and to see the police who have done a fantastic job in a very short time. and they are learning a lot more and that will be announced at the appropriate time. >> bill: they are are learning a lot more. you put that with what catherine was reporting a moment ago when the sheriff said yesterday unprompted did this person get radicalized unbeknownst to us. i don't know what it means. we're waiting to hear and find out more. when you try to ascertain the why in all this where does it take your head? what do you think?

>> it's hard to understand because he doesn't fit the profile of a typical person who would be radicalized by some organization. he almost fits the profile of somebody on some medication that totally changed his personality. i have had more than one medical doctor suggest to me that they need to look into his prescriptions, what he was taking. i'm sure the forensic autopsy that will be done will reveal a lot of that. anything we do at this point is absolutely wild speculation because we just don't know. it is such an unfathomable kind of crime it is hard for us to understand why anybody would do it unless they were either psychotic, maybe triggered by drugs, or perhaps a person would do this because they are just angry at the world and they want to take it out on a bunch of innocent people. it is also what makes it so tragic for all of us is these were innocent victims of going to a concert, being entertained. the last place on earth where you think your life is in danger.

and i think for all of us as americans, this is what hurts the most. is that this was not a battlefield. it was not combat. these were people going to a concert. >> bill: apparently he was on medication, some sort of anti-anxiety medication, he was told to take one pill a day. i don't know how that explains -- i'm no doctor, how you can prepare for 3 1/2 days inside that hotel room. i don't know how it explains you can gather upwards of 50 weapons and countless rounds of ammunition. that runs deep, governor. >> it does. it is not something that a person did spontaneously or impulsively. he planned it and he had to rehearse this not only in his mind but he had to practice with the use of those guns at a range. he didn't just go buy guns and walk up to the hotel and start shooting. yes, there was something that was going on for a long time to

lead to this. but was that all a part of some deeper psychotic experience in i don't know. i'm always hesitant to try to figure out in somebody's head why they would do something that is so despicable. >> bill: it's the devil's hand. thank you for your time. mike huckabee, who has a new program coming up this weekend on the trinity broadcast channel. october 7th with president trump. good luck on that. we'll be watching. thank you for your time. >> sandra: we're awaiting a statement from secretary of state rex tillerson. we will listen to the statement together. we don't know what this statement will be on. but the state department just tweeting out from their official page starting soon. secretary of state rex tillerson delivers a statement to the media. that's all we can tell you at this point. what we do know about the

secretary of state scheduling day he met with the foreign minister of pakistan. that was a planned visit. the secretary of state greeted the foreign minister of pakistan at the beginning of his three-day trip to the united states. there were pictures of that moment. so that was scheduled. and we were scheduled to hear from him later in the day. this is coming up a little more sudden. again the state department not telling us specifically what this statement will be. so we've got our cameras on that door. he is expected to walk out at any moment at the state department, we're told, and make a statement. that's all we can tell you. >> bill: timing is interesting. the president and first lady are in the air at 35,000 feet flying east to west into las vegas. we expect air force one to touchdown in an hour and 30 minutes from now. he will be in the air when rex tillerson makes the statement. have there been differences on north korea and china? possibly. this is part of the debate this

cabinet apparently welcomes in a commander-in-chief that welcomes a difference of opinion. have there been differences of other matters overseas. >> sandra: a deadline coming up on certifying the iran nuclear deal. this is a president with a lot on the table. secretary of state rex tillerson. some say there are mixed messages coming out of the state department and white house. we don't know what the statement will be but certainly we'll take that live when it begins. >> bill: rex tillerson on stand by there at the department of state. as we have watched him move since coming out of the private sector into this role into the cabinet in the west wing and the department of state, he has been a very interesting individual the way he has developed, the way he has absorbed the job and the way he approached it. the first day he showed up on site that standing ovation he

got from the department of state employees that went on for some time. very direct, very texan and very much to the point. >> sandra: he will step out of the doors in a moment and make a statement. we'll be back in just a moment and bring that to you live.

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>> bill: we thought we would see rex tillerson. we're on stand by here. he referred to the president over the summer as a moron as it relates to the boy scout event over the summer. perhaps that's what rex tillerson is about to clarify. we're on stand by and bring it to you live when it happens. 10:46 in new york. >> even more big things. if it starts with tax reform, i think that's a big win in and of itself and creates momentum to get other big things done. >> sandra: that is house majority whip steve scalise pushing for tax reform.

the debate dominating action as republicans work to big the big tax bill signed into law by the end of the year. they're already hitting roadblocks. can they get this done? lisa boothe, the president and founder of high noon strategies and contributor to the washington examiner and fox news michael starr hopkins as a democratic strategist and contributor to the hill. i'll remind you we're waiting on that statement from the state department and go to that when it begins. >> i understand if you have to go for him. >> sandra: thank you for that. lisa, can you tell us where things are with tax reform? is it too aggressive to think it can actually get done by end of year and talk that it's imploding? >> we'll see. it is obviously the senate to watch. we are right now with the framework. we're looking at basically a nine-page framework, eight if

you don't include the title in that first page. and they will have to turn this into hundreds of pages. and actual legislation. right now we've already seen senators corker and rand paul express concern over two very different issues. so -- >> sandra: let's talk about senator rand paul. he tweeted this out. this is getting a lot of attention, michael. this is a gop tax plan, he asks, possibly 30% of middle class gets a tax hike? i hope the final details are better than this. does it go far enough is the question. >> i don't think so. i think republicans will have a harder time corraling the party and getting some of the more independent members of the party to sign onto tax reform. that will be the biggest problem that the republican and the presidency as we head into 2018. republicans have to get something done when it comes to taxes and i don't see how they will be able to unify their party and get democrats on

board. they can only afford to lose two votes on this. >> sandra: does rand paul have a point, lisa? >> i don't know. i think he had referenced the tax policy center. the wall street editorial board saying there was clairvoyant because we're going off a framework and basically too many partisan assumptions with the information they put out on their own analysis here and i think what is important to look at is some of the key democrats. i think vox had an article back in august 45 out of the 48 democratic senators sent a letter to republicans saying they wouldn't support anything that included a tax cut for top earners in that country. there are three democratic senators off that list. joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp. president trump has gone to indiana and north dakota to try to sell tax reform. it will be interesting the look at those senators. if they do lose corker and rand paul do they pick it up with

the three democratic senators. they are interesting to watch. running for reelection in red states. they might have incentive to work in republicans. keep an eye on them. >> sandra: you have a positive atmosphere when you look at wall street and the u.s. stock market. it has been rising almost daily record highs daily in anticipation largely that there will be tax cuts and tax reform. there are high hopes pinned on this. what is at stake politically? >> if tax reform isn't done, the market is going to see big losses and the party itself. republicans will see big losses in 2018. this is something they've been campaigning on for eight years. obamacare wasn't repealed. there wasn't a replacement put in. this is the next big thing that republicans can do and to have rand paul come out and basically say the tax plan that is out now would blow a hole in the deficit won't make that any easier. >> sandra: republicans have responded to the studies from

the urban institute and brookings institute saying it mostly benefits the rich saying their groups are biased and use inaccurate assumptions to reach their conclusions. this will continue. michael and lisa, thank you. >> bill: we're waiting the statement from rex tillerson. to fill you in a little bit on what we think this is all about, there is a report that crossed earlier today from nbc news suggesting that rex tillerson referred to the president as a moron back around the month of july, late july when the president made a statement before the boy scouts of america. rex tillerson used to run that organization and based on the reporting he referred to the president's speech there as moronic. it was in quotes in a different way, moron. what context we don't know how it is being reported. what we do know is how the president is responding. quickly on twitter a moment ago nbc news is fake news, this is his tweet now. more dishonest than even cnn. they are a disgrace to good

reporting. no wonder their news ratings are way down. it may be perhaps, sandra, a little hint as to how rex tillerson will explain this away. >> sandra: if that is what he indeed will be covering when he speaks in moments. but we can report that he is making an announcement that was not expected. he is expected to walk out any minute on the heels of that report coming from nbc only. we have not had any other reports of this of tillerson calling the president a moron. but the same report says that tillerson threatened to quit back in july. this is according to three sources. not much else to that report but certainly based on the president now tweeting that, one could start to think that this is going to be the secretary of state also responding to that report. >> bill: also from three hours ago before leaving in washington, d.c. this other tweet came out. so many fake news stories no matter what i do or say they won't write or speak the truth. the fake news media is out of

control from the president also. marc is back with us. the educated guess is he will respond to this. >> quite a statement on where we are in politics today that the secretary of state, an office held by thomas jefferson, may be coming out now to deny the fact he called the president a moron. that is a new low in american governance, i think. who knows what the truth is. all i know is that we've got a mass shooting in las vegas, a hurricane in puerto rico, we've got tax reform that has to be done, and we're talking about -- not us here but as the body -- a stunning statements on the state of affairs in our country

today. >> bill: you ticked off a number of things that are priority and also a story that mike pence is trying to get rid of all the anti-trumpers in washington based on the leaks that you have seen, there are clearly people within this government who don't like him. whether it's true or not, they've got their knives out, marc. >> that's very true. look, there are two different reasons to have your knives out for the president. he isn't the first president that has had people with knives out for him. one, you think that he his handling of the office is inappropriate or two, you don't like his policies. if you're upset because of what he is doing on tax reform or the way he is handling puerto rico or the way he is handling the situation in las vegas, that's one level of it. it is entirely another thing when people are just trying to undermine the president's credibility as a human being. so i feel badly for the

president. literally the only people he can trust are ivanka and jared. he has the phone call with the leader of a foreign country, it's classified and ends up in the "washington post". he has a meeting of advisors and the next day people are saying who said what. how can you govern? people say he has too many family members close to him. those are the only people he can trust. >> sandra: i should include in the same reporting he threatened to quit it included that mike pence entered the picture to talk him into staying. that's according to the report. the chain of events is that the state department has announced this unexpected statement from rex tillerson. we're waiting on that any moment now. and then the president tweeted out nbc is fake news and more dishonest than cnn, a disgrace to good reporting and no wonder their news ratings are way down.

one might assume this is the state department addressing that particular report although we have not been told that. so we're going to wait for that. marc, last and final comment. we might need to take a break. >> very simple. if you don't feel comfortable working for the president of the united states, quit. there is no obligation to do the job whether you are rex tillerson or some junior ranger who has access to these documents and leaking to the papers. get out. >> sandra: marc, thanks for weighing in. we're awaiting that state department. >> bill: let's squeeze in a break and hopefully we'll get lucky with the timing. back in a moment with all that. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown

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>> bill: here is rex tillerson, state department. >> good morning. there are some news reports this morning that i want to address. first, my commitment to the success of our president and our country is as strong as it was the day i accepted his offer to serve as secretary of

state. president trump's america first agenda has given voice to millions who felt completely abandoned by the political status quo and who felt their interests came second for those of other countries. president trump's foreign policy goals break the mold of what people traditionally think is achievable on behalf of our country. we're finding new ways to govern that deliver new victories. our job is now to achieve results on behalf of america and we are doing that. we've created international unity around our peaceful pressure campaign against north korea including influencing china to exert unprecedented economic influence on north korea. at the riyadh summit the president rallied nations to assume new responsibilities for stopping terrorism. nato members are now contributing more to shared

security. and our approach to south asia and specifically afghanistan means building upon our relationships with india and pakistan to stamp out terrorism and support the afghan government in providing security for their own people. and isis's fraudulent caliphate in iraq and syria is on the brink of being extinguished thanks to a new strategy led by the president. what we have accomplished, we have done as a team. similarly secretary mnuchin has levied sanctions. countries must increasingly decide whether they do business with north korea or peace loving nations. ambassador haley has spearheaded and achieved enormous success passing the toughest u.n. sanctions the date on north korea. general mattis and i communicate virtually every day and we agree there must be the