wish of a lifetime sent their crew paid to a. thanks. i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> so we're going to be signing today and registering national emergency. >> shepard: with those words, president trump has set into motion a political and legal fight in washington. i'm shepard smith in new york. the president declaring a national emergency to build his border wall. democrats accuse him of abusing his power and making up a crisis to go around congress to get his way. they say he's also trying to distract from the fact that mexico is not going to pay for the wall as candidate trump often promised. the president seemed to contradict his own emergency claim. >> i could do the wall over a longer period of time. i didn't need to do this.

i'd rather do it faster. >> shepard: that statement could be part of the legal challenges that the president knows are coming. the aclu just announced they plan to file a suit. >> we will have a national emergency and we will then be sued and they will sue us in the ninth circuit, even though it shouldn't be there. we will possibly get a bad ruling and then we'll get another bad ruling and then we'll end up in the supreme court and hopefully we'll get a fair shake and we'll win in the supreme court. >> shepard: that's the legal system. show downs are also expected in congress. some lawmakers are already promising to introduce bills to end the president's national emergency. that could force president trump to override congress with a veto. if so, it would be the first veto of his presidency. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, and the senate minority leader chuck schumer say the president is not above the law and congress cannot let the president shred the

constitution. speaker pelosi tweeting, this is plainly a power grab by a disappointed president what has gone outside the bounds of the law to try to get what he failed to achieve in the constitutional legislative process. there are also questions and concerns for that matter about exactly where the white house will get the money for the border wall and fox news asked the president how this may affect our military. we have team fox coverage. mike emanuel reporting live from capitol hill. first john roberts reporting live from the white house. what are you hearing about where the president will get money for the wall? >> good afternoon, shep. it's going to come from a combination of places. he's going to get some money from congress, some money from bad guys, the bulk of it will come from the pentagon. let's put it on the screen. he will get 1.375 billion from the dhs appropriation bill that he just signed in the last hour. he will get $601 million from the treasury department's forfeiture fund. this is money that is seized from bad guys that do business

in this country. 2.5 billion will be allocated through the department of defense's drug interdiction program. 2.2 billion of that money will come from reprogrammed areas elsewhere in the dod budget. that could be a point of contention. $3.5 billion will come from the military construction budget. the white house considers the treasury money and money already in the dod's drug interdiction money that they can get easily. the reprogrammed money gets more dicey. the money from the military construction budget will no doubt invite a challenge from congress and most likely in the courts. you mentioned the aclu. that's why the president is making this emergency declaration all about national security and fighting crime. listen here. >> what we really want to do is simple. it's not like it's complicated. it's very simple. we want to stop drugs from coming into our country.

we want to stop criminals and gangs from counting into our country. nobody has done the job that we've ever done. nobody has done the job that we've done on the border. we have removed thousands of m.s. 13 gang monsters. thousands. they're out of this country. >> so the president making what he believes is a compelling argument on national security and crime prevention front. seeming to almost do a 180 by saying i didn't need to do this. he told us he needed to do this. so that will no doubt be part of the court challenges that we see. the white house does not expect to get its hands on all eight billion. they be happy if they get $4.5 to 4.6. >> shepard: the critics says he's taking taxpayer money

without approval. >> look at the military forfeiture fund. that can be used for anything. you saw chuck schumer and nancy pelosi so critical of that. alexandria ocasio-cortez and julian castro says they will introduce legislation in congress to block the president from doing that. i asked the president in his press conference in the rose garden earlier today about that issue. listen here. >> how can you guarantee to military families and our men and women of the military that none of the money would be programmed to a wall will take away from other technology, other renovations, construction that is desperately needed in our military? >> we have certain funds that are being used at the discretion of generals, at the discretion of the military. some of them haven't been allocated yesterday. some of the generals think this is more important. i've gotten $700 billion for the

military in year one. when you have that kind of money going into the military, this is a very small amount that we're asking for. >> white house officials telling me earlier today the 3.5 billion from the military construction budget would be for projects that they believe are far lower priority than building a border wall. you can bet, shep, they're going to be challenged on every move that they make. this is really going to be under a microscope by the oversight folks in congress. >> shepard: and north korea came up as well today. >> it did. president trump looking ahead to the summit with kim jong-un, which is going to occur the week after next. the president when it comes to north korean denuclearization said he's in no rush for speed. the president said right now what he's focusing on is no missile tests, no nuclear tests and, you know, there can be other moves down the road in terms of dismantling the north

korean nuclear program. again, no rush to get that done. the president also today saying that the united states is in a much different position with north korea now than it was during the obama administration. listen here. >> when i came into office, i met right there, in the oval office, with president obama. i sat in those beautiful chairs. i said what is the biggest problem. he said by far, north korea. i believe he would have gone to war with north korea. i think he was ready to go to war. he told me he was so close to starting a big war with north korea. >> no response from president obama today. his former cia director, john brennan weighing in on this telling nbc, president obama was never on the verge of starting any war with north korea, large or small. it's true there have been no missile tests, no nuclear testing since the president began his dialogue with kim

jong-un. but we should also point out north korea has taken no steps toward denuclearization, nor do white house and other administration officials expect it will at any time in the near or maybe even distant future. so this could start to be a point of contention, shep, if there's no progress made. >> shepard: john roberts live. good weekend. a fox urgent. it's official. official word from the white house, the president has signed the bill that will continue to fund the federal government. this has happened in the last few minutes. something we were expecting would happen after congress passed the bill last night. the house in the afternoon. the senate in the evening. just now the president has signed it. now with a threat of another shut down out of the way, lawmakers are focusing on the president's decision to declare a national emergency. what are they saying? let's go to mike emanuel reporting live on the hill. what about it? >> the top democrats in congress, speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer saying the

president's actions clearly violate congress's power of the purse. the congress will defend our constitutional authorities in the congress, in the courts and in the public using every remedy available. delaware democrat senator chris coons issued this concern. >> i think all of us come to regret this. it's not the right way for the president to try and end run congress when he's unsatisfied with a broad bipartisan compromise that is delivering billions of dollars more in investment for border security. the majority leader who himself is an appropriator would embrace this outcome surprises me. >> kentucky republican senator rand paul critical on twitter saying i want stronger security including a wall in some areas but how we do things matters. ever 1,000 pages dropped in the middle of the night and extra constitutional executive actions are wrong no matter which party

does them. tennessee republican senator lamar alexander said the president made a strong case for border security but declaring a national emergency is unwise and inconsistent with the u.s. constitution. some of the president's closest allies are saying go for it. >> i certainly support the president. i wish congress could have done more to help him. i mean, you know, when you look at the president having to take these kinds of measures, it's because congress has failed this president and the american people. for nancy pelosi to suggest that this is setting a precedent, no, we've had national emergencies declared prior to this president. if she wants to do away with it, i'll be glad to work in a bipartisan way. >> congress is out next week. expect plenty of talk and action when lawmakers return. >> shepard: mike emanuel on the hill. to chris wallace now. i think what the congressman was referring to is not the

declaration of a national emergency but circumventing congress regarding funding matters. i have heard some republicans express that could be a precedent. >> exactly. there's 30 or 31 emergencies that are currently -- they have been enacted by earlier presidents that are still active. but they are on very different matters. they're on real national emergencies, things like freezing the funding, the assets in this country of terrorists. it's a very different thing when you've had a debate for years as we have over funding a wall and congress has decided not to give that funding to the president for him then to say i'm going to declare a national emergency and take that funding anyway. i don't think there's been a emergency like that. where congress refused to give the president money and the president took money on his own. that will cause two avenues here.

first of all, the political avenue. the house will undoubtedly pass a resolution of termination basically overturning the president's declaration and then it goes to the senate. it's a simple majority, no a super majority of 60. it looks between the democrats and a half dozen or so republicans that they will approve that resolution of determination. but then the president can veto that. there's not the kind of veto proof majority to overturn the president. then you can go to the courts and as you can hear congress and individuals and various groups like the aclu, property owners along the border, are all going to challenge this in court. >> the reporting, chris, is that some of his closest aides were saying to him, in essence, there's some money out there that you can get to without declaring a national emergency. our understanding of it is from reporting is that they had advised him not to declare a national emergency. yet he decided to do so.

do we know what made that change in the last minute there's or is there no reporting on that yet? >> well, there's been reporting. the reporting was that he was taking -- first of all, he wasn't happy with it, when he saw all the handcuffs in the bill that congress did pass. there's 300 times in the bill because they were concerned the president would take money for project a and then apply it to the wall, that it said no funds here can be used for the border wall. so he was upset about that. he was upset about the constraints on it. i think he also felt some political heat. look, i'm going to get a lot of heat for signing this congressional bill. if i declare a national emergency, it's a bold statement that i one, believe in this issue and a statement, i promised this in the campaign and i'm keeping faith with you on it. you could say as a cynic, even

if the does get delayed by the courts, if they get an injunction out west, i can go to my base and say i did everything i could. i got that money, repurposed money and declared a national emergency. all i can do is fight as best i can congress and the courts. >> shepard: which was predicted by some six weeks ago. >> that's right. and then there's the question of why we have the 35 day shut down. >> a good one. what new this weekend on the "fox news sunday" there, chris? >> well, we think we're going to have a tough white house official to answer these very good questions that you just posed for me. he will give better answers than i did. we'll also have an exclusive interviewer. our annual visit from rush limbaugh, the king of talk radio. >> shepard: he got a talk from el potus today. he got -- >> he did. >> shepard: three hours without a caller. >> the only person that could do that other than him is you. seriously. i think the only person i know that is a better broadcaster

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illinois police department of an active shooter situation inside -- near highland and archer in a manufacturing area. fox news chicago wfld is reporting that multiple people have been injured. no word on the shooter. just that one tweet from authorities. let's listen in fox news chicago with the latest as its breaking. this is live. >> we're hearing reports of several injuries as well. we have a person from across the street that claims to be an eye witness saying he's hearing it's a disgruntled employee at this company, the henry pratt company, which is again just right next to the campus of aurora university in aurora. as i said, we have a reporter on the way. this is our chopper over the scene. you can see a little movement there. some folks moving between the

first responders. not seeing a lot of activity from the various vehicles. >> yeah. not a lot of people moving there. some in the upper portion of your screen. we mentioned, this is affecting schools in the air. holy angels the catholic school is on lock down and district 29 holding their students right now. this is affecting a lot of places. a lot of parents a lot of people worried any time we talk an active shooter in this country. a lot of people are wondering what will happen there. we're hearing the reports of people injuries. we're going continue to stay on this breaking news on fox 32. keeping you in a loop. i'm going to mention, a lot of these are unconfirmed reports. we're waiting to get the information. crews going to the scene and air fox over the scene where you see this is a major event happening. >> this just coming in from the

daily herald saying that "multiple civilians and one aurora police officer have been wounded." the suspected shooter is still at large. that is key. the suspected shooter is still at large in an industrial area near archer and highland. that according to preliminary reports from the scene and the daily herald. multiple ambulances are there. we can confirm that. they're being staged at a pizza restaurant near the scene. some businesses on lockdown. the fact that the shooter is expected to be at large, sally said, this is near several schools. it's near a university. tensions are extremely high at this location right now. >> that's why the schools are holding students at this point. this started around 2:00. almost a half hour ago this all started. again, holy angel's school on lock down. here holding the schools in the district, telling parents, they

put out the words to parents, yes, reports of an active shooter at the henry pratt building. again, this is by luigi's pizza. that shooter -- >> shepard: we're listening to local coverage on fox news channel across the nation and around the world from fox news chicago. our local own and operated station there, fox 32. i want to show you a map. chicago is on the lake. as you can see, aurora is to the west and southwest of it, inside the chicago television market. the active shooter situation reported a little less than a half hour ago at the henry pratt company. it's an industrial area there. there's a campus across the street for a local college. the details from police, not a whole lot except aurora police

are responding. police say command staff are at the site. there was a large presence. the records from fox news chicago that multiple people are injured in this. we don't know how they were injured. no one has said they're shooting victims. only people were injured. you know there's lots of different ways people can get injured in a scary and chaotic situation. we know from fox news chicago that a number of people are injuries. from the school system per directions from the county sheriff, the district has been advised to go in soft lock down situations across the school district there. teaching to continue. nobody allowed to leave or enter the buildings until the lock down is lifted. the reason for that is, the shooter in this -- the reported shooter is said to still be at large. again, reports of an active shooter happening now with reports that the shooter is still at large or at least not

contained in any way and listening to local reporting now, fox news chicago breaking into 2:30 in the afternoon programming with this breaking news. listen. >> we're hearing sheriff is on the scene, illinois state police, another police officer coming in. i'm seeing another report coming in that it was in fact an active shooter. the active shooters was a disgruntled warehouse employee. we have not confirmed that. that is still coming in our newsroom secondhand. it's going to be very difficult to get information first hand as this is a very closed understandably so scene. it's a crime scene. an active shooter on the loose right now. so everything we're getting in, we're getting in piecemeal, r y relying on the pictures -- >> the local fire department has sent out a request for as many ambulances as possible for this active shooter situation.

you can see, if we go back to wfld, you can see a number of emergency vehicles are staged right around the location of the active shooter situation and others in the background. you can see fire department officials there in the lower level of the screen, half jogging up the street there. so chaos might be overstating it. certainly a serious situation as authorities are looking for an active shooter while trying to treat those injured. we have multiple choppers over the scene now and multiple reporters on the way. continuing coverage now from fox news chicago. >> the active shooter is still out there at this point is what we're hearing. people were reporting that they saw fire trucks speeding by, heading to this area. so you know at this time in aurora is a very tense situation. a lot of people on edge right now waiting to hear more. we are waiting to hear more. there's the pictures, telling

you what a large response this is. all the ambulances that we've been talking about, people have been seeing the fire trucks speeding by. there they are right there, next to the large white building. not seeing many police cars. >> as we pull out wide, you can see appears there's a command center there. back against that wall. this is a lockdown situation for schools. so you're going to see police try to essentially lock down this area, keep people from going both in and out of the area as the reports come in that the active shooter. my apologies that's not a command center there. as the active shooter that water hearing is still on the loose. looks like you can see, it's possible, hard to tell, swat teams possibly walking in to the area for a situation like this.

you know, that would be protocol. bring in swat teams to try to lock the place down. they haven't been able to locate him according to reports. we don't know if he's in the warehouse or fled the area. >> we do have reports that the swat team is there. the people that we saw walking across the parking lot. obviously not running at this point. i want to give you a better idea where we're talking about. again, this is 401 south highland here. i look at the map, it's not far from the fox river. there's an electrical supply -- >> shepard: switching over to live pictures from our network news service station, this is wlf now. another of our stations there on scene. as they push in here, you can see the line of emergency vehicles all around this area. the latest is there's a great deal of uncertainty, it would appear, about where the shooter

may be. the latest we've gotten, we have no additional reports of shooting since all of this began. we have no confirmation that anyone has been shot, though we do have from fox news chicago that a number of people have been injured. abc 7 in chicago is reporting that their people reached a woman inside the warehouse that was shaken up but said she was okay. she believes some of her co-workers were hurt, but then she told abc to call corporate. that's from our affiliate abc 7 in chicago. so we don't have any direct reports of anyone being shot. we do have reports of an active shooter, a number of people injured and a lack of certainty about where the shooter himself, if there was one, is at this point. they're treating this as a serious situation. schools are on what they're

calling a soft lockdown. nobody in or out. they have set up cordons around parts of the area. this is aurora, illinois for those of you that just may be joining us, which is west of chicago. northern part of the state. west southwest of chicago itself. we've been listening to local coverage from our station there. let's listen in again. >> with the people at the plant. the biggest challenge right now is to safely evacuate the people from the ground while also identify the active shooter. so that's a very complex and detailed challenge for the first responders. >> so kind of walk us through what some of their first goals could be at this point. what is their main focus? finding that shooter i'm thinking? >> their main focus is command and control. they have to work together. they have to be able to identify that threat are.

they're going into an environment. there's employees there, could be visitors there. there's a criminal element there. its trying to -- it's a crime scene also. so human capital is paramount here but they have to control this scene and at some point neutralize the threat. >> we can see, we showing viewers, there's the heavy police presence. we showed you the first responders, the ambulance. there's the police presence that we've been talking about. so this -- so the swat team will be on the scene. will swat be heading inside to try to lock down? >> michael, before you answer that, i want a quick update. the daily herald is reporting that four aurora police officers are wounded as well as multiple civilians. again, four aurora police officers wounded. multiple civilians. that's the word from the daily herald.

michael, when you hear those numbers that we know we have that going on, is your thought proce process? >> as far as the entry into the building, yes, it would be a tactical unit. specially trained, highly adept at these types of situations. there's also the emergency medical need. talk about four wounded that we know about. could be other casualties, too. so you're trying to balance the fact that you have emergency medical and emergency management response. the professionals in that building, like i said, are highly trained. their training will come into play here. it's not going to be usually like a police officer assigned to a beat, for example. it's a police that they call turtle gear. wearing kevlar, protective helmets -- >> shepard: shepard smith in new york. new information coming in from

the atf. we're notified that atf chicago is responding to this active shooter situation. the locals are now reporting that as well. i want to give you more. you heard the local anchor mention suburban newspaper is the daily herald. it is the world that is on scene and reporting that four aurora police officers and multiple civilians have been shot. we've been saying injured because that was all the information we had. now this is the first hard report from the locals that people have actually been shot. among those four aurora police officers and multiple civilians shot with the suspect at large. again, that's from "the daily herald" which bills itself

suburban chicago's information source. four illinois police officers, multiple civilians have been wounded and the suspect is still at large in this industrial area near prairie and highland avenue. there were unconfirmed reports earlier, which i wouldn't get into. they're unconfirmed. but i can tell you multiple victims are now being airlifted to the hospital in downard's grove. swat teams are being called. police are urging anyone in this area to shelter in place in nearby holy angels school and some businesses are a soft lockdown. so what was a serious situation is much more dire now with the reporting from the suburban newspaper that four aurora police officers and multiple civilians have been shot and the suspect at large.

jonathan hunt, our chief correspondent, is working sources in the background here for updates. jonathan, what are you learn something. >> this is clearly a very active scene still. obviously the school district is a major concern here. the west aurora school district, 129, has already posted a message to all parents saying every single district student is being held in place now, a lockdown at all schools. the major concern, of course, is that there is no indication whatsoever at this point that the police know exactly where this shooter is. we certainly have no reports of anybody taken into custody at this point. i think as you look at these aerial pictures, shep, around the henry pratt building in aurora, it's interesting to note and i have not seen, i'm not sure if you have, but i have not seen many officers moving with

guns drawn. >> shepard: jonathan, i haven't either. i have to interrupt, a spokesperson for the city of aurora on the line with fox news chicago. >> confirm it was there in the henry pratt building. the active shooter was inside? >> it's in the henry pratt building. >> we have atf on scene. can you give us a list -- >> a number of other first responders from the suburban area. we'll publish that list shortly. >> clayton, as we're watching air fox over the scene. you have to know the people in your city right now are nervous and worried what do you say to the people watching right now? >> they understand the seriousness of this matter. they know we're in the best of hands with pour police department and we're doing everything we can to get the situation under control. >> is this something your city, as far as i can tell, never had to do with anything like this, a tragic and sad situation.

>> most definitely. >> this has to be taking an emotional toll on you and other city officials as well. >> we're here for the benefit and the safety of our entire community. thank you. if you can please continue to monitor our social media. thank you so much. >> thank you for the time with that. came in about 2:00, the report of an active shooter at the henry pratt building on highland. that whole area is shut down. that's where we see the huge response growing by the minute. the bottom line that active shooter seems to still be on the loose right now. >> we're getting unconfirmed reports, the daily herald, mr. clayton mohammed wouldn't confirm it, four aurora police officers have been shot, several civilians have been shot. we have another law enforcement expert on the phone. eugene roy, former chief of detectives for chicago p.d. >> shepard: the latest we're

getting in new york, much of it is coming from the atf that just arrived on scene and live pictures coming in from the local station. the shooting that has been reported was just about 45 minutes ago now. our understanding is the shooting happened and stopped. authorities came. they airlifted a number of victims to a nearby trauma center. from the wfld feed, you can see a line of emergency workers headed with what appears to be officials behind them up the street and toward this scene. we're expecting may get something official from authorities here in just the next few minutes. the reporting that we've been citing is from the daily herald newspaper in chicago which is alone in its reporting. the daily herald is reporting four aurora police officers have been shot and multiple civilians shot. the details, we don't have yet.

for instance, was there a shooting underway to which authorities responded and then the shooter himself, whether one or more, we don't flow, got involved in a shootout with police? details have not yet come. what we are reporting through the daily herald is that four officers are shot, multiple victims. and they're transporting a number of them by life flight helicopte helicopters. we expect to have reporters on scene shortly. you can imagine in the afternoon, 2:45 in the afternoon on a 17 degree day and traffic is bisque with the soft lockdown underway. you can see the officials headed up to the warehouse area from the wfld picture out of aurora. a huge crowd has gathered

outside the building there. let's listen in to fox news chicago again. >> this a very tense situation. this is a highly -- this is a dangerous situation. we're witnessing first responders, officers walking around the perimeter. is that because what we're seeing on the outside is starkly different from what's going on inside? to the naked eye and the laymen looking at some of the pictures that we're showing, it doesn't appear there's a sense of emergency on the outside. can you talk a little bit about that? >> i can assure you, there's a sense of urgency, a sense of emergency. we may not see it because it's going on behind the walls of the building. trust me, these people are professionals. they're out there. they're very much on point and do whatever needs to be done to

mitigation the situation. >> taking a look at live video. it's hard to tell but looks like a lot of officers are outside the plant. i'm thinking some of those might be in swat teams vehicles. what is -- do they want to get in -- how do you get in there to stop this active shooter but also maintain the safety of these officers there on the scene? >> i mentioned earlier having conducted an intelligence assessment. you need to know as much as you can, the perpetrator perpetrating this. you need to know where the exits are -- >> shepard: shepard smith in new york. we have a witness on the phone. tonya urban is with us. she works nearby and said she heard the shots fired. are you okay? >> we're okay. >> shepard: how far are you from the scene and what did you hear?

>> we're not even a mile away. we heard three or four shots. >> shepard: you heard three or four shots from a mile away? >> yeah. really loud. >> shepard: when was that? >> around an hour ago. 2:00? >> yeah. give or take time. we had the kitchen open, the door. we could hear it. it was on prairie and highland. we're on prairie and lake street. >> shepard: do you have an idea about how many shots you heard? >> we heard three. >> shepard: what is the situation now? we know the school district is on what they're calling a soft lockdown. where do you want and what is the situation there? >> i work for a day care center. one of my parents mom works there, where this is happening. i guess an employee got fired

and started doing that stuff. >> shepard: we've heard -- we got this same reporting from wfld in chicago. fox news cannot confirm exactly how this began. before we confirm it, we's. we have a map put together. stay with me now, if you can we have a map put together of this henry pl henry pratt company. a lot of folks work there, huh, tonya? >> right. >> shepard: what does the henry pratt company do? do you know? >> no, i don't know. >> shepard: you said a mother of the children at your day works there. >> right. she called and said everything was okay. she was trying -- i lost the phone call. my phone has been ringing the last hour. >> shepard: i'm sure it has. are you guys keeping the kids there and not letting people in

or out? what situation are you under? >> we have all the doors locked. we're out in allowed to go outside. we have an open window. the blinds are open to make sure everything is safe and everything. >> shepard: tonya, thanks. stay safe. we're waiting for authorities to let us know if they've been able to get a suspect in custody. so far our understanding is that that hasn't happened. henry pratt company is a leading manufacturer of valves and accessories with more than 60 years experience in servicing the power industry. introduced repair work in com edison and the city of large employer there in aurora outside of chicago. the police presence continues to grow around there. i mentioned the local fire department had asked for all available ambulances to come to the scene, which isn't that

unusual when you don't know how many victims there are. the local suburban newspaper, the daily herald updating its coverage and the latest with reporters on scene is four aurora cops and multiple civilians shot. we know a number of people have been taken to trauma centers. fox news chicago still live and local with this with air fox, their chopper above. let's listen in. >> where are the folks injured, how do we get to them at the same time we're looking for the shooter. >> this is a very, very large area. so there's officers on the inside, officers staged at every one of the exits as you -- has to be a very coordinated event nor these officers working together. >> oh, it definitely is. that's why you have the police

out there, the sheriff's office, the police in aurora. they practice for events like this numerous times. they've got a game plan in place. >> thanks, eugene. just want to give the it laest to reset. reports of an active shooter at 401 south highland in aurora. there you can see the map. it's the henry pratt company. a manufacturing plant. what i'm learning about henry pratt, this is a company that's been around a long time in chicago. back in the 1800s. started in 1888. so it is a manufacturing plant. they basically made a lot of values for used in the water industry, waste water, industrial markets, that kind of thing, this is happening there at the plant. the active shooter, the report came from inside. the active shooter was there. we've been hearing reports up to four police officers have been

injured along with multiple civilians. we're working to confirm those reports. when we had someone from the city of aurora, they couldn't confirm that. >> local media is reporting that chicago fbi agents, which is no surprise. has been confirmed they're responding to help with local law enforcement. the scene described by former chief detectives, eugene roy, you have an active shooter inside a warehouse, you have officers hiding behind desks, moving in and out. hallways and doorways. the shooter is still at large. >> shepard: the chicago tributing reporting that dozens of area police officers responded and many injuries according to kendall county dispatch. they've been monitoring the police dispatch from the county there, kendall county is where aurora is. chicago tribune is reporting multiple injuries as we've been

reporting. the trib says roads are blocked off and vehicles belonging to police and ambulances and fire trucks were speeding down lake street to respond. state police and county officials also responding. west aurora school district is holding all students in place for safety due to the incident in the area as we're approaching a school let-out time at five minutes till 3:00 in aurora. all of that from the chicago tribune. a lot of local reportings. that's where we getting the numbers from police that were hurt and civilians that were hurt. reporting from local there's that have been around. nancy cal an employee at a truck replace place down the street.

they said weave not heard from the police but we can hear the sirens. i shut the front gate and locked the doors. went on to say, i have three people here with me and there's four people in the building behind me. they prefer to be all the way inside the building and not near the windows, this particular worker saying their remaining calm. i'm watching the wls feed. wls is one of our network news service affiliates. a lot of actions with officials. see where the street turns left. a lot of officials moving in that direction at a fairly high rate of speed. some appear to be in ready position. reports of an active shooter. what we don't know is if the shooter is contained. you can see more of people on the move. that i can the wls feed full. officials on the move on the left-hand side of the screen,

above the spot where it says "fox news channel" in red and blue a number of officials on the move there. at the top of the screen as well moving up toward the building from the wls feet is the one we want to see and take it full. that's passed us now. a lot of activity on the outside. the kind of activity, jonathan hunt, you noted with interest earlier, there wasn't a lot of armed police activity on the outside. that's changed now. some indications that maybe hopefully the suspect is contained to that building. we have no way to know. >> yeah, it's definitely a change in the scene that we noticed the last couple minutes. more activity, more urgency among those responding. there seems to be some question as the preside location of this. we were talking about the henry pratt company, which is right there. next door there's an address 641

arch avenue. aurora police have said that is where they pinpointed the shooting, too. we've also heard from an employee of a steel company that is head quartered at that address. they've been told to shelter in place because there was a shooting at henry pratt. so many confusion. obviously that is not untypical. >> shepard: jonathan, this just in. this is from abc 7, which is our network news service affiliate there. just interviewed a man who said he's a worker. i'm quoting now. "i saw a gun running down the aisle with a pistol. i recognized him as a co-worker and he was shooting everybody." that's an eye witness on the phone with abc 7 in chicago. further reporting from cbs 2, also our network news service affiliate, reporter says from a high ranking law enforcement officer on scene, they believe

multiple officers have been wounded as we've been reporting, gunshot wounds, multiple civilians, also suffering gunshot wounds and importantly this is still being treated as an active shooter situation. as of two minutes ago, actually three minutes ago, cbs 2 was reporting they have not located the shooter. the reporter talked with a new sheriff, ron haynes. the sheriff said, still an active shooter, we're deploying all available personnel alongside apd, which is aurora police department. so they called in for extra help from neighboring police agencies. they have the swat team in there. they have the atf in there. reporting from all over the police of multiple people having been shot and taken to nearby hospitals. the latest from the sheriff, no

word on where this shooter is or at least the shooter has not yet been taken into custody. we're fast approaching the 3:00 area in chicagoland and certainly for aurora, which means a top of the hour update. this is fox news channel. its 3:00 in aurora, colorado. i'm shepard smith in new york. this is breaking news now on fox news channel. an active shooter situation underway in the chicago suburb of aurora, illinois. to the west southwest of the city of chicago where right now at the henry pratt company there is said to be an active shooter situation. the best reporting we have at this moment comes to us from the sheriff there that tells cbs 2 in chicago that multiple people have been wounded, including police officers, and additionally from the daily herald number, suburban chicago's information source. the daily herald reporting four