sentencing 2 1/2 weeks from now. a great week, all right? are you ready for friday? >> unbelievable. >> have a great weekend, everybody. bye-bye. >> jon: on this friday morning, cryptic remarks from the president as he met with top military leaders at the white house last night. president trump telling reporters that a photo op from the meeting could be, the quote, calm before the storm. >> melissa: what does that mean? >> jon: we'll get into that. i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. with tensions rising around the world president trump's comments are leading to speculation about whether oh big decision could be in the works.

>> jon: kind of a terrifying tease. kristen fisher is live with more on this one. kristen. >> melissa: the fact that everybody is wondering what storm was president trump referring to, that's likely exactly what he wanted. you know, from north korea to iran to isis, what those comments did was put all u.s. adversaries on notice if they weren't already that this storm could be coming to them. so far today the white house hasn't even attempted the try to clarify those comments and president trump's top economic advisor gary cohn was asked about it this morning and here is what he said. >> knowing the president, i think the president was reminding everyone how we

continue to make a large investment in our military. we continue to spend money in our military. we continue to invest in our military and continue to modernize our military. the president wants the world to understand that's important to him. he is never going to telegraph what his next move is, though. >> no answer there, either. president trump could have been referring to north korea. he told his secretary of state he was wasting his time trying to negotiate with pyongyang and could have been revving retaliatory strike against isis fighters in niger where three u.s. green berets were killed this week and maybe iran. he has until next sunday to decide whether he will de-certify the iran deal and put it to congress. something else that lawmakers are considering right now, bump stocks. we've heard a lot about them in the news this week. the devices that the vegas

shooter used to turn semi automatic rifles into fully automatic weapons. right now there is a bill making its way through congress that would do just that. it already appears to have bipartisan support and it could get support from the white house as well. the white house says that it welcomes the debate and wants to be included in the conversation and when president trump was asked about it last night, he said it is something that he will be discussing sometime very soon. melissa. >> melissa: thanks for that report. >> jon: more now on last night's meeting with top military leaders during which president trump referred to it as, quote, the calm before the storm. he also spoke about some of the foreign policy challenges for the u.s. as the administration takes a harder line toward north korea and iran and works to fight isis. >> president trump: my number one priority as commander-in-chief is to keep our people safe and to empower you, our senior military leaders, to do what you do

best, nobody does it better than the people in this room, believe me. we have many pressing national security issues facing our country. >> jon: joining us now glen hall u.s. news editor for the "wall street journal." yes, many pressing security issues facing our country. is that what the president is referring to? >> that's anybody's guess really. a nice cliffhanger he left us with. one thing i can tell you is the white house did put out a brief statement summarizing last night's dinner and it mentioned conversations related to iran, north korea, isis and afghanistan where we know the president has also talked about bringing more action to bear. so it could be any of those things as we are just discussing. >> jon: a lot of storm clouds brewing and this is the calm the president says. what about isis? are there indications that there might be action coming against isis that this is referring to? >> certainly the president mentioned that as well saying

that there is stuff the media will be learning about actions related to isis. so that was a clue perhaps but he also said something similar about expecting to hear on his policy related to iran in the coming days. there are a couple of things where he indicated where he might be talking about. but i would also caution as gary cohn was just saying earlier on your broadcast the president has made it clear many times he will never broadcast his plans when it comes to military action. >> jon: what about north korea? that has been front and center on his mind of late it seems and earlier in the week he essentially told his secretary of state it's a waste of time to try to negotiate with kim jong-un. >> that's right. in the same tweet he said we'll do what has to be done. and so what does that mean? and i think we know from the president's remarks before the united nations and other comments he is prepared to take military action. he hasn't ruled out the possibility of military action but he did say in remarks to

the united nations it would be more in reaction and response to aggression, not as a pro-active measure. >> jon: every military analyst that looked at the north korea situation says any attack on north korea would bring hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of deaths in south korea where we have 30,000 u.s. troops stationed. >> those tensions with north korea are perhaps one of the most pressing threats we face right now. it is really hard to imagine what will play out and what actions there are. we have in the meantime more aggressive measures being taken by the president through the u.s. treasury in terms of sanctions and going after those who might go around the sanctions and support north korea. we're seeing much more aggressive pot touring in any event. >> jon: north korea and iran were part of president george w. bush's axis of evil. there are indications that the president might be making moves against iran in the days to come. >> that's right. he has until october 15th to

recertify or not recertify the standing agreement with iran. we're being told that he is very likely not to recertify that and that would send a strong signal. he has also made comments recently he is very disturbed by iran's efforts to continue to build a nuclear arsenal outside of the scope of the treaty with iran. he wants to stop that in its tracks as well. >> jon: we'll all enjoy this calm while we have it and figure out the storm when it comes, right? >> i think that's about the best we can do right now, jon. >> jon: glen hall, "wall street journal." thank you. >> melissa: new information on the mass shooting at the country music concert in las vegas. we're learning that the gunman reportedly scouted out other music festivals including chicago. this as we get new eyewitness accounts of the sheer terror on the ground. >> i thought i was done for at the time. i said to one of my friends,

that sounds like gunfire. >> you are in vegas and the last thing you expect. it was gunfire, lots of civilians were running towards us. >> we heard screaming and more gunfire. >> melissa: we have the latest from las vegas, will. >> this morning the f.b.i. is pouring through paddock's technology trying to find the motive behind this attack and continuing to comb through the crime scene. take a look at what we're seeing. >> the windows on the 32nd floor are still open today, an site looking down on the crime scene. 1100 feet from that are two fuel tanks on airport property. a number of bullets hit those tanks and now investigators are trying to figure out if paddock was intentionally targeting those fuel tanks. >> authorities are also continue being to ask witnesses to provide video of the attack

like this. [gunfire] >> get down, get down, get down. get down. >> those are shots, run, those are shots. run, don't walk. >> keep your head down, go. >> that video showing you how intense it was here in las vegas last sunday night. the coroner came out late yesterday and identified all 58 victims and this morning there are still more than 100 survivors in hospitals here in las vegas. >> melissa: will karr, thank you for that report. >> jon: prep school graduate found guilty of sexual assault is asking for a new trial for the second time. he says the first time around simply wasn't fair. plus president trump fed up with the mainstream media? he is wondering why the senate

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>> jon: new information and crime stories we're following. court records show a man convicted of sexually assaulted helps prep school classmate will argue that he should get a new trial. his first request for a new trial went nowhere. a judge said no. but he is appealing that decision claiming his attorneys were ineffective. he was found guilty of sexual relations with his relationship with a 15-year-old. a death row inmate who killed two women 30 years ago, lamberts maintained he was innocent until the end when he said the lord's prayer.

he was found guilty of murdering two women he met at a party in florida in 1983. lambert is the second person to be executed since florida reinstated the death penalty in august. o.j. simpson is a free man. police in las vegas say he registered at the local headquarters as part of his release from prison last weekend. simpson now supposed to meet with a parole officer each month. he was locked up for nine years after an armed robbery conviction. >> melissa: president trump suggesting that mainstream media outlets should be under investigation for fake news reporting. white house press secretary sarah sanders addressing the issue in yesterday's press briefing. >> i think that the president has a great frustration with the fact that a lot of times you have inaccurate information that is being presented as factual. a lot of times you have opinions that are being presented as news and are not.

>> melissa: media buzz host howard kurtz. under whose jurisdiction does fake news fall? >> that's the problem. the president and press secretary have every right to whack the media as do members of congress. the idea of the government investigating the media. that isn't going the happen. the committee may point out inaccurate stories in the russia investigation but different than an investigation. >> melissa: he is being hyperbolic when trying to make a point about something. i don't know. at the same time it seems like what he was specifically referring to was the nbc news report that rex tillerson had called him a moron, msnb piled on with an expletive. she piled on.

but she is someone who does opinion more now, no? >> stephanie is a news anchor but that wasn't a news story. i think he was venting on twitter when he said the senate committee should look into fake news. i think he was upset about the nbc story. by the way, even a moron can see that by holding a news conference to knock the story down rex tillerson boosted into the media stratosphere and he was annoyed with the update on the status of the senate's investigation. >> melissa: they're sensitive and savvy on what steps on what and what makes news. it is hard for me to believe that rex tillerson -- there wasn't some motivation in there to keep it going. they count have been oblivious that it would elevate the story. maybe that was their intention? >> rex tillerson's motivation was broadcasting to an audience

of one trying to have the president -- there has been a lot of tensions there. media made a lot of mistakes and have been very negative at times in covering this president. that doesn't mean that everything they do is fake news. for example, that politico story on tom price, the former hhs secretary spending a million bucks on military and private jets for his travel. that was not fake news. the president fired price over that very story. >> melissa: i think one of the interesting things, howard, is that the president since the time he began running has been able to pick the perfect label, stick it on something and it can't get unstuck. whether it started with low energy jeb, you know, crooked hillary, to fake news. when he makes up one of these phrases and sticks it on people it is hard to get rid of it. no? >> there is no question that donald trump was elected in part by going hard at the media

both conservatives and liberals who don't like him and he has governed that way as well. at times he picked fights he didn't need to pick. the whole fake news thing existed before but he copyrighted it really stuck. the question i would raise, does he overuse it? if everything is fake news. if the networks and newspapers are fake news, it loses its meaning. when you have a story that's completely inaccurate or highly hyped or exaggerated its loses its sting when you use it all the time. >> melissa: the reason why it sticks there is a shred of truth in it. there is something there and why a lot of these end up being names that don't go away. can't wait to see your show on sunday. howard. >> i think you're very real. >> melissa: too much at many points in time. >> jon: the trump administration accused of looking for ways to

deliberately undermine obamacare. the request from a republican controlled state that the white house reportedly denied. plus signs of common ground on the bump stocks that give semi automatic rifles the powers of a machine gun. but the gun lobby accuses democrats of playing politics with the las vegas shooting. >> in the heart of the american public all over this country, they see these monsters and they don't want to be alone out there. they want to be able to protect themselves.

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>> melissa: republicans and the national rifle association signaling an openness to bump stocks. the las vegas gunman used the devices to accelerate his rate of fire during that deadly massacre on sunday. the nra also going on the

offensive accusing democrats of political opportunity. >> the american public values its freedom to protect themselves. now you have dianne feinstein and schumer and the media to get this horrible tragedy and they want to piggyback their whole agenda to ban guns, restrict law abiding people for the last 20 years. this circus on the back of this tragedy. >> melissa: let's bring in michelle, co-host of the center for american podcast think cap and former general counsel to new york sen or gillibrand and a gop strategist and republican congressional candidate for florida's 18th district. thank you for joining us. let me start with you,. would it be easy for republicans to get behind a ban of bump stocks and go with that and get onto the next issue? >> you know what?

finally we have a dialogue between the nra and democrats, which is good because of lopaire coming up. with him coming out and saying he was soft on the regulating the bump stocks. we're all learning about bump stocks. we're all learning about it. as we learn about it we can see the need where there might be regulations and yes, i actually think that some republicans who never buck the nra for once are looking, you know, because of what wayne lopaire said are looking at some restrictions. not a total ban. here is the funny part. if democrats hold out for a total ban and don't let some of these -- don't let legislation pass with just a little bit of restrictions, then they may lose out on the whole she bang. >> melissa: michelle, your thoughts? >> i am so excited that we're actually having a conversation on what we need to do to keep

americans safe in this country. we have to recognize that bump stocks are an easy measure, they are a first step and they can't be the end of the conversation. listen, 94% of americans, including upwards of 85% of trump republicans, support common sense gun violence prevention measures like universal background checks. if we're going to have a conversation -- i am so excited that we actually are. let's actually do something that will keep us all safe. >> melissa: new accusations that the white house is trying to sabotage obamacare. the "washington post" reporting that president trump told health and human services to reject a request from iowa to help repair the state insurance market. i don't know why this would be a shocking report. the white house is about repeal and replace obamacare. so nothing about this -- why would this be a big shock? >> it is not a big shock, melissa, number one. number two i see where they've

cut hhs has also cut some funding for advertising for aca and you have to look at it this way. why should we put more money, more of our taxpayer money towards a failed system? we're all in unson that it's a failed system. we twice had an opportunity to do the skinny bill, we had the repeal and replace. we can't get it done. so this is prudence. iowa is saying, it's republican state saying help us out and trump is no, look. we have a chance. why should we put more money into a system that is absolutely both sides agree has failed. >> melissa: strategically if you had to give the republicans advance now would you say to work on this or focus on tax reform, which seems to be close to the finish line? let's shelf healthcare for now where there is no agreement on what should be done. >> senator alexander, by all

standards a true blue conservative and senator patty murray, a democrat from washington state, started to work on a bipartisan bill that would look at things like insurance premiums. but when you cut 90% of funding before the beginning of open enrollment on november 1st and you tell people listen, i'm just going to let it fail, you are saying to the american people i'm not interested in taking care of you. >> melissa: don't it make more sense to move on to tax care? you talk about yet another group getting together and coming up another plan to deal with healthcare. everybody who comes up with a plan doesn't have a plurality, much less majority to get out there and do something about it. why not look at tax reform? >> when i walls in the senate you spend time in different circles trying to find solutions. we send our legislators to congress to look at difficult questions. yes, i think we should have a bipartisan group looking at the issues. we can't just let healthcare

fail. millions of people are depending on us to find ways to make it more affordable for everyone. >> melissa: got to be figured out. thanks to both of you. happy friday. >> jon: puerto rico might have another disaster on its hands soon. a major dam unindated by hurricane maria could break at any minute. plus british soldiers being commended for rushing in to help the victims of the las vegas massacre. >> everywhere you looked people were diving and there were tables and flipping tables to hide and cower in the corner. >> jon: the man at that concert is sharing his story with us next as he made split second life or death decisions. i love you, basement guest bathroom.

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>> jon: survivors of the las vegas massacre of sharing that your stories of horror from sunday night. >> everybody go! go, run, keep your head down, go. keep your head down, go. >> jon: some people who had been enjoying good country music had to run for their lives as a madman opened fire killing 58 concert-goers and

injuring hundreds more in 10 minutes. our next guest witnessed it all. criminal defense attorney brian clay pool. you were there for a concert up close with v.i.p. seats. how did you know something was wrong? >> hey, jon. i was sitting in the front row. i heard some pops. i thought it was fireworks. i looked up. i didn't see anything in the sky so i got worried. what was eerie is jason aldean -- there were 10 more pops shortly after that. i was looking at his face because i was looking for him as a guide. and he cupped his guitar under his arm and sprinted off the stage and i knew something bad was going down. i immediately jumped up. i tried to run for the stairs to get away from the stage area.

and then the onslaught of shots started. i can't even tell you. it felt like 30 seconds non-stop. you heard it. i was laying flat on the stairs trying to pull some people next to me down because a lot of folks seemed like they were frozen in time and weren't reacting. but i got to tell you, i mean, when i was laying on the ground, i could feel the air -- i could feel the power of the bullets going by. and i was just waiting to get hit. i was just saying to myself what is it going to feel like to get hit by a bullet? i was praying but i thought i was going to die laying on the stairs. it was behind me. i was right in the corner. i was very close to the corner of las vegas boulevard and where the mandalay bay was. where we were seated was actually as close as you can get to the mandalay bay in that

corner facing the mandalay bay. it felt -- the bullets felt so heavy like they were right on top of us. and that was the scariest part. the other part was just the volume of the bullets. i didn't know how anybody was going to survive. then there was a short gap in time, john, i went from i'm going to die mode to i have to do -- i have to put myself in the best position to live. and then i sprinted and then this young man was a hero. he is like you need to go in this room for a little bit. you are now in open fire. you are more exposed. and then i got in in room and it was just -- i thought i was okay in there but i saw some young girls in there that were crying and on their hands and knees and i just -- at that moment then i went back to gee, is it fair for me? i was going through a lot. i was like -- should i -- should i -- why should they die? they are a lot younger than me,

you know what i mean? i've lived a decent life. i'm middle-aged. these are young girls. i was -- i think subconsciously i was standing in front of them trying to protect them, you know? and i just tried to calm them. they were crying. let's get through this next round. let's get through the next round of shooting and we have to get out. then i'm thinking we are going to die like the orlando shooting. the people in the bathroom. so i didn't want to die like that. then after that second round i peeked out the door. i'm open and vulnerable but there was a las vegas police officer. that guy is a hero. he looked at me and he said go now, north, run, north now. i rallied everybody out of that room and ran north but jon, as we're running away, this police officer is jumping the fence to go fight -- to face the shooter. and i can't tell you how heroic

law enforcement was. >> jon: that's one thing we all need to emphasize from such a horrific night. there were so many americans and people from other nations we're finding out who did such heroic things. you described it as a room. was it something with walls or was it more like a tent? >> yeah, it was a miracle, jon. it looked like a little production room underneath the bleachers. there was some production equipment there. so there was this big device like on wheels i tried to push it a little bit in front of the girls and we just hunkered down there for the second round of shots. what was also scary is when we ran north -- people were shot and down. you have to understand, we didn't know -- nobody knew where the shooter was. we didn't know whether it was one shooter, two, three. i thought the shooters would

jump into the venue. so it was kind of like pick your poison as i've described it. do i go left? do i go right? do i lay down? do i stand up? is the shooter going to come into the room? we tried to exit and there were hundreds of people and a three to four foot area to get out. everybody is screaming and crying because they couldn't get out. that's the moment i thought we have to go one at a time. but i have to tell you, imagine being on gridlock on a freeway waiting for somebody to shoot you from behind. that was another horrible moment waiting to try to get out. the worst thing i am coping with is the inability to reach out for others. i'm seeking therapy over that. because you are conflicted in your mind. do i -- i'm running for my life and i'm seeing people shot, okay? now we've got to reconcile that, you see what i'm saying?

i couldn't help people that were down so now i feel -- i'm feeling bad about that. >> jon: i know you saw people hit. the question on everybody's minds, brian, is what caused this madman to do that? that's what we're asking in the media. i just wonder for you as a concert goer does that even matter to you? >> great question, jon. that doesn't matter to me as much as i am determined now -- my purpose in life has been galvanized. i received so many notes from people across this country who were supportive of what i went through. but you know what they were asking me to do, jon? they said stop feeling guilty about not helping others and now find your purpose to, for example, eliminate bump stocks. i want to go one step further and i've already put some things in motion to try to meet with u.s. senator dianne feinstein on tuesday in los

angeles. and john, i'm doing this through the help of the mayor of los angeles. he and his wife amy reached out to me. they're friends of mine. they reached out to me. i've never asked him for a favor and i said eric, i need a favor, you need to put me in front of a legislator who is going to get an assault rifle ban and get rid of this bump stock. that is my mission and that's what i'm going to do. i'm going to washington, d.c. and get a handful of survivors and we have to change this. jon, there is no good reason why -- who knows why this guy did it? the fact of the matter is he is able to easily access these weapons and bump stocks. that has to end in our country. >> jon: a lot of people agree with you and even the nra on the bump stock question. thanks very much, brian clay poole. we've spoken to you many times before and glad to hear your story today and glad you are with us to share it. >> thank you, jon. >>

>> melissa: a major dam in puerto rico could break and bring more damage to the island as they continue to clean up by hurricane maria. mike pence visiting puerto rico today. >> this wonderful faith community has done, we come together, we don't wait to be asked. we come alongside our neighbors in need. even before hurricane maria made landfall our entire administration have worked tirelessly to protect those in harm's way and provide them with the aid they need to get back on their feet. we provide the full range of federal resources. working hand in hand with local leaders. >> melissa: mike tobin is live in san juan, puerto rico. give us the latest, mike. >> the dam is the biggest threat out there. the dam had not been updated

since the 1980s. what happened during the course of the storm normal output pipes jammed. you had a tremendous amount of water going into the reservoir. the spillway functioned as it should but hadn't handled this volume of water up to this point. >> the volume of water came through so fast and the spillway had some structural issues and it ripped out the bottom half of the spillway. it is starting to erode back to the bottom of the dam. >> the foundation is sand. if it erodes all the way up to the dam you could talk about a failure of the dam which would flood hundreds of families that live below the dam. what you have happening on the ground, u.s. marines are looking up jersey barriers to cables. navy pilots come in with helicopters and they hook the barriers to the helicopter and the helicopter pilots drop these at the foot of that spillway. in theory what they're trying to do is build a big pile of

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>> jon: a michigan mother faces jail time after refusing to vaccinate her child. a circuit court judge ordering her to bring her son's vaccinations up to date, she says that goes against her

religious beliefs. we talk to two criminal defense attorneys and former prosecutors. this woman, you know, told the court she was going to do this. didn't do it. now she is looking at a week in jail. is that appropriate punishment? >> you know, whether the punishment is short enough, long enough, i can't really say. however, it is criminal what she is doing and that is blatantly disregarding the court's order. now in michigan they don't make it a crime for anyone to skip or delay a child's vaccinations for personal beliefs but what made this issue criminal is her disregarding the court order. that makes it criminal. in november of last year the judge ordered and ruled that this child should get vaccinations and the mom agreed. the mom signed off on that. and now a year -- almost a year later the child hasn't received vaccinations.

and she hasn't asked for the court to set aside that ruling. she never asked to have that court ruling appealed. and so in the court's eyes you agreed to follow our orders and you didn't. so i should have you held in contempt and holding somebody in contempt is punitive in nature. it is trying to deter any future acts that could be held in contempt of court. so i believe that it has to be that way. i don't think the judge had a choice. >> jon: on top of that there is an ex-husband involved and wants the son vaccinated but he has been sort of deprived of his voice in all of this. >> right. as she pointed out. violating a court order is serious enough. more serious than that is this deals with the best interest of the child, which family courts, custody courts, matrimonial courts always hold paramount. not only the best interests of this child but the best interests of the other children that attend the same school as this child because as anyone --

any credible person in the medical community will tell you, there has been a resurgence in diseases that we thought were relics, mumps, measles, whopping cough, tuberculosis is making a comeback because of the anti-vaccine movement based on no credible medical evidence. >> jon: the study about that first brought it to public prominence has been discredited, the idea that autism for instance is the result of vaccine. as you point out she has had since november of last year to get the vaccinations accomplished and now sme is complaining she didn't want to give her sons eight vaccinations within the course of a week. >> right. so i hope that this is more than just a personal vendetta. you see it a lot in family courts with parents so concerned about one upping each other in the situation the child is the one that suffers. i hoefp -- hope it is more

than just that. she had ample time to say she disagreed with the court's ruling in getting her child vaccinated for personal religious reasons. i have yet to understand what those reasons are. there is no credible source or data that say take vaccinations lead to autism or any other severe medical disease. it is sad. this is a debate widely debated to this day but at the end of the day you can't ignore a court's order or you will be held criminally liable. >> jon: the custody battle is ongoing. he is going to get custody, her ex-husband, while she serves her seven-day jail sentence. big argument as to whether maybe more custody is appropriate here. we'll see what the judge decides. thank you both. >> melissa: one of the most powerful producers in hollywood accused of decades of sexual

harassment. could this be the end for harvey weinstein?

>> melissa: it's friday. next on out numbered new details have come to light on the las vegas gunman and how other major cities may have come close to the carnage. we'll tell you have what police are saying. >> president trump warning iran isn't living up to the spirit of the nuclear deal ahead of a high stakes decision. should the president move to scrap that deal? >> nancy pelosi, will you do her facing a fresh set of questions over her leadership. all that plus our #one lucky guy. outnumbered at the top of the hour. see you then.

>> jon: hollywood producer harvey weinstein is stepping away from tinsel town indefinitely. anita vogel is live in our los angeles newsroom with more. >> good morning, jon. according to several media outlets this is one of the worst kept secrets in hollywood. the bombshell report includes allegations of sexual harassment of employees and well-known actresses like ashley judd. two decades ago she was asked to meet him in his hotel room and greeted her wearing a bath robe and asked her to watch him take a shower. the times also reports that at least eight women have received settlements over the years including actress rose mcgou juan. accounts of weinstein luring young women into the hotels under the pretext of discussing work and asking them for naked massages or watching him in the

shower. for his part weinstein said he came of age in the 60s and 70s when the rules in the workplace were a little different. he says, quote, i appreciate the way i behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain and i apologize for it. i brought on therapists and plan to take a leave of absence from my company to deal with this issue head on. despite that he plans to sue "the new york times" for what he is calling reckless reporting. and it's no secret that harvey weinstein has donated big money to hillary clinton over the years and top democrats are distancing themselves from the big time democratic donor. several senators including warren, leahy and blumenthal are announcing they're giving away his political donations to charity. quite a story here. >> jon: anita vogel, thank you. >> melissa: we're continuing our coverage of last weekend's deadly massacre in las vegas. the next steps for investigators as they try to figure out the motive for the

attack.

>> thank you for joining us. >> "outnumbered" starts right now. have a good weekend. >> fox news alert on the investigation into the las vegas massacre. authorities now reported they are looking at a note left by the killer inside his vegas hotel suite and they are searching for why he did it, behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern history. why in america? they're also looking at whether the gunman planned to escape and pull for attacks and other major cities. reportedly tried to buy tracer rounds to give himself better aim and kill more people. this is "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today most of kennedy on fox business kennedy. also republican strategist and fox news contributor lisa boothe is here and today's hashtag one lucky guy, the opinion editor for "the washington times," ox news contributor as both charlie hurt. could have you as always. ha