♪ >> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> friday. try day friday has arrived. kath will be back again on monday. jenna bush hager is here. this is "lady" about austin mahone. i want to point out the reason i'm wearing a 20 -- >> she can't take it off. >> -- sweat shirt is because today happens to be the day that matt lauer celebrates his 20th year on television, and we had just a lot of fun in store for

our staff and everybody. that's matt hugging jackie, who is his assistant for 20 years. the whole 20. he walked out with katie. he was surprised to see savannah. look at this. and dylan. wait. what? wait. what? >> everybody came out to give matt his due. and it also happened to be katie's 60th birthday, so we had lots of candles. >> there was a lot of candles. it was slightly scary. >> they said they really did have to have a fire marshall. >> when we watched that taped piece, it was awesome. it's unbelievable. >> it documents, like, american history too. we're going to revisit some of those great moments with matt in a little bit. coming up on our program, we have the legendary rocker gene simmons. he is here. he is the front man, you guys know, from kiss. he has another project he has been taking on. >> he will tell us all about it. that will be fun. we tried to break our social

media addictions. >> we started tuesday? wednesday? >> wednesday? seems longer than that. we started on wednesday. we deleted our twitter and instagram accounts, and we tried an experiment on our office staff to see how addicted they are to their phones. we'll see how they did and share some advice for you about how to break the bad habits. >> donna went around, and you'll want to see this taped spot. it's about how often you look at your phone, but we're going to revisit that in a little bit. it is try day friday, and we are having jack daniels tennessee whiskey coffee. it's coffee infused with whiskey, but it's nonalcoholic. >> oh, it was? oh, it's nonalcoholic? >> so it's just coffee. >> so basically you're telling me it tastes like alcohol without any of the fun benefits of alcohol. >> exactly. you got to choke down the liquor. >> just to not get drunk. >> this is 2195 jack

daniels.com. >> good. >> jenna and i are both on a program with joy bauer about how to control and curb our eating. joy told me my problem is snacking in between meals. she gave me a zip lock bag. she said everything that you are going to eat put in the bag. not in your stomach. put it in the bag. >> or writing it down on a piece of paper. seems so one-dimensional. >> this is gross. i don't want to gross anyone out, but there are two hostess cupcakes. it's gross. but that is what i would eat not for the meals. in between. hershey kisses. you know when you walk by a candy dish and you eat five or ten? then i get skinny pop by the big bag. you know the kind -- >> wait. please tell where you leave it. tell where you leave it. >> i don't want joel to think i'm a pig, so i hide it behind the dog food. then i take the bag out wuatch

tv, and then with the empty evidence bag, i take it to the garbage and bury it under -- >> how many people can remember hiding something at the bottom of the trash can? >> me too. >> who wants -- you don't want anyone to know. i open the trash and i thought will joel see anything weird? all clear. we're going to be doing this next week, and we encourage you guys to try it. >> this is a brilliant idea. i haven't done it yet because i don't want to face the harsh reality. >> you have a plan that she's going to put you on. >> yes. what >> what is your plan? >> i don't even know. i do everything for the kids. i think a lot of people do this. they eat have super healthy. kale, salmon. for myself i'm, like, what do i have to eat? >> you just eat whatever. >> if i could, i would eat this, but hoda said i wasn't allowed to. >> this is what i heard from joy. if you start, you inhale the whole thing. she did say -- this is a good idea. if you want to cheat every day, she was telling me for me, you can eat two bites of anything. pick the thing you love and have two bites. you know you're not depriving. you can wait until the end of

the day. two full bites. >> i give myself a cheat meal a week. if you are going on date night, what's fun. what do you want to eat tonight? >> salmon. yeah. >> i don't want to eat anything. we might as well not even have dinner because i'm on this start today thing. it you can have one cheat meal where we can have guacamole and chips and margaritas. >> i like that. we've been waiting for ed sheerhan to step back out in the spotlight with new music, and it is out. >> since 2015. >> carson daley said did you hear ed sheerhan's new song. oh, my god. i'm waiting to hear it on the air. they're called -- >> this is "castle on the hill." i think. >> this is "castle on the hill." ♪ driving my 19 hour long ♪ country lane ♪ singing to tiny dancer >> is this the faster one or the

slower one? he is great in concert. >> you have seen him. >> i have seen -- i saw him once at jazz fest, and i saw him electrify a huge crowd just him with a guitar, and his red share just standing there. >> he can with such a soft voice. it's not like he is all about the show or the dancers or the lights or makeup or costumes. it's just pure. >> what are you going to wear for the golden globes? jenna will be hosting the red carpet, which is the thing before the golden globes. >> natalie and al on sunday night. >> i picked a dress. i thought it was fab. >> yeah. >> joanne asked to take a look at it, and she goes so -- in the e-mail -- do you love it? this is the dress. it's picked. she was, like, no, i think it should be strapless. i'm, like, it's too late. >> it's too late. >> no, it's not. she says cut off the sides. >> it's a beautiful dress. >> i wish we had a picture because it's kind of weird. it goes -- it cuts here, doesn't

it? >> it's off the shoulders. it will be cute. it will be fine. the other thing is i'm not up for any awards, so it's not about me. it's about those movie stars and that will be fun. >> you're going to -- i can't wait to see it. you're going to do a great, great job. >> it's going to be a lot of fun. >> we're going to talk about giving up social media. again, jenna and i both gave it up -- how have you been without twitter or instagram? >> we've stopped texting each other that we're bored, although yesterday we sort of did. we haven't stopped. we don't -- it's only been a couple of hours. >> i've been asking donna who works here to tweet like a quote and a picture -- >> so she still can put one -- i need to do that where. >> i'm not reading it. i'm not reading anything. >> and you're not posting anything. you're posting something from your account, but it's not you. >> we're going to talk about that kooif addiction. coming up, we're going to see how addicted people are to their phones and we're going to tell you how to separate yourself from something that you do too much of where. >> all right. let's talk about body image. we seem to be talking about the same thing over and over again. body image. >> phones. >> it's that time of the year. right? we're trying to get our stuff straight. there's a survey done by muscle

maker grill, and they found that 81% of americans feel like they haven't reached their proper ideal body type. >> yeah. >> i will say this. over the holidays, i was looking through pictures from college. yes, there were some freshmen 15 pictures. we've all seen those on the cover of "people magazine" and stuff, but i will say that there was this picture of me with my grandpa and i looked so happy, and also i wish i had appreciated that body. i said that to henry, and he said do that now. you look great. you're 35. you look fab. you're a mother of two. you're strong. do that now. don't wait until you're 08 and say i wish i had appreciated it at 35. >> you're right. that's actually a good rule of thumb. every time you look back at pictures and say it wasn't as bad as i thought -- in your head -- they were asked these questions. which of these four things would you give up to achieve that ideal body type?

alcohol, social media, sex, or your cell phone? >> what would you give up? >> i would give up alcohol in a second. i would give up alcohol because truth be told, i love the wine. >> you don't need it. >> i have other things that i'm much more addicted to than that. what would you give up? >> i sort of agree. i have given up alcohol twice for nine months, and there were times i missed it, yes, but all in all, not really. >> 37% agree with us. they agree they would give up alcohol permanently -- oh, i didn't know permanently was part of it. >> not in the mornings. she was, like, i was told it was just not before 11:00 a.m. >> all right. 7%, only 7, said they would give up their cell phones. >> how could you give up your cell phone? >> you can't. >> you have to get a call from your spouse, from your boyfriend, from your kids. >> you can't do it. there is -- for your germophobes out there, there's a special toilet paper for phones. you know people carry their phones into the rest room. there's toilet paper roll, and then in tokyo at the international airport they have

partnered with this japanese telecom company with a special kind of paper that wipes your phone. >> oh, there it is. >> oh, that is so gross. >> oh, gosh. wait. now we know what we're giving matt for his 20th anniversary. >> look how you wipe it. that seems ridiculous. >> don't -- e we. do you all find it odd that everybody takes their bathroom into their phone. their phone into their bathrooms. >> i've seen them walking into the airport. they're on the phone and then they're in the stall. >> i feel like everybody does, right? >> can i tell you, i was with a friend yesterday, and i discovered a germier thing than the phone. this is weird. if you have ever gone to a restaurant where there's a buffet and we were looking at the chicken noodle soup. we're, like, oh, that looks good, and this colleague of ours -- mine walked up and goes -- i'm so sick. i'm going to get some chicken noodle soup, and i saw his hand go on the ladle. it was like in slow motion. if you want to find the germiest place, i bet you it's the chicken noodle soup ladle -- >> or, or -- >> then i was in our kitchen,

and i was going to get some honey to put on peanut butter, although i shouldn't have, and as i was looking at the honey, a colleague in there is coughing. i had to come into work. she's, like, just need some honey for the tea. i was, like, that's the other spot. >> stay away. >> the hundred why i aoney and ladle. >> i think you should be -- you have been an investigative respect reporter. we should do an investigation on that. >> let's put jeff rossen on it. >> he is a legend turned business mogul. >> we're going to take you to the kiss front man. gene simmons has been brieg right after this. >> don't eat that. no, nowhere. no, nowhere. >> that's bad for you. ♪ no, nowhere. >> that's bad for you. our craftsmen begin each day... perfectly seasoning our hillshire farm smoked sausage. so by simply adding the right ingredients... you can end each day crafting a perfectly delicious dinner. our hillshire farm craftsmen... start the day slow roasting turkey for incredible flavor. then they double seal every slice for freshness.

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>> he is here to tell us all about it. >> good morning america. >> wrong show. this is the "today" show. >> i mean the united states of america. >> good morning, united states of america. >> that's fine. >> these are semantics, but i'm not anti-semantic. i want you to know that even though we're going to have fun and all the dropping things in the background, that's just for effect. what we're here to talking about is first and foremost me. rock and brews is all over north america. at arenas where cob certificates are being held. >> this is a restaurant, right? >> it's a -- >> yes where. >> when did this all start? >> a few years ago. we are the exception to the rule. we're also going to make an announcement on january 12th. the first rock' n cruise casino resort. there are hundreds of rooms.

the kind of experience can't get anywhere. >> being such a busy guy, why would you want to go down that road? >> life is fun, and if you just sit around watching reruns of "i love lucy" you're not going to be able to watch your show. i don't know what i'm talking about. >> i like what you are saying. >> now, these are -- >> some sauce. >> these are what i call benoits. everybody calls purple tear drops. >> you can eat this in a very strange way. >> now, here's what you do. first, jenna, you have -- >> glasses. >> you have to be cool. >> e you have to be cool. also, don't smile. there's no smiling. >> what you are going to be doing here tossing it up, and you should see what i can do with my mouth. just like up here. >> where? >> just so it's one of these. >> good ark is what he is saying. >> you just have to go like this. yeah. >> i'm worried.

you sure? >> one, two, three. >> here. >> oh, is that the way it was supposed to happen? >> try it again. >> try it again? okay. hold on. >> do you think i'm a better shot? >> let's go. ready? one -- >> hold on. let him swallow. swallow. you sure? >> go ahead. >> what kind of a toss is that? >> i got it. i got it. i got it. i got it. oh! close. wow. close. >> you've got to tell us -- >> here you go. >> you've got to -- under. >> it's really -- >> this is the problem with the sauce. it gets on your face. >> tell us about new year's. your wife, shannon, how is she doing? you posted a cute pic on instagram. >> what did you see in the photo? >> let's pop it up. >> there it is. >> a video, rather. >> yes. this was new year's eve, and,

you know, i don't even drink, but -- >> you don't drink. >> no, i never have. i have never been high or drunk in my life. no cigarettes, nothing where zploosh you say that your form of drug is accomplishment. what do you mean by that? >> life itself. you wake up every day. we all take it for granted until somebody, god forbid, tries to take it away, and have you to appreciate it. above ground is just no substitute. the amazing thing is you have to be able to understand that where, you know -- you're born in america. that's the best new year's eve resolution. i said so before. you know, what does everybody want? i want something else. i'm going to put into my closet that they're never going to wear. no. new year's resolution tomorrow is to wake up in these united states of america. god bless america. i'm getting choked up. it's starting again. >> we love you, gene. >> where is my glasses? >> i took them because you tried to make me look cool. >> kiss is going to europe. we're starting may 1st. we are america's number one gold record of all time.

we're teaming up with the car nation and car gaming prpted incorporated to announce the opening of the a a situation unfolding at the airport in ft. lauderdale, florida, where there is a shooting. we're told one person is dead. we don't know if that was the shooter. there were reports that a shooter was in custody. the motive unclear. it's happening at terminal 2. you're seeing some of the video of emergency crews on the scene there on the outside of the terminal. terminal 2 operates delta air lines flights. i want to go to nbc's kerry sanders who is outside the airport. kerry, what have you learned? >> reporter: lester, as you reported, law enforcement officials are telling me that nine people have been shot.

indeed, they believe the gunman is in custody, but they're still looking to see if there may be another person who is armed in the area. that would be traditional law enforcement approach in a situation like this. one person, it's believed, has died at the scene. motive remains unclear. passengers in the area -- many out on the taxiwan to put them in a safe zone. as you can understand, much of the airport is in a lockdown situation. the authorities are trying to get a handle on what happened and more importantly at this point whether it's still on going or whether it's over. >> and i recognize access is limited to the airport right now. is there any word whether this occurred on the so-called secure side of the airport or the lobby area, the unsecured portion? >> reporter: it's unclear. i was told it happened between terminals 2 and 3 which means it would have been outside. this airport is an airport where

each terminal is separate, has its own tsa. terminal 2 is mostly delta air lines. if it happened between terminal 2 and 3, it could happen on the upper deck which is the departure area or down below which is the arrival area. haven't quite pinpointed which spot that happened at. that's the area where a lot of people walk from terminal to terminal when they're changing planes and actually changing airlines. >> forgive me for my lack of familiarity. this is part of the miami metropolitan area in terms of air service, correct? >> reporter: absolutely. this airport is second to miami international airport, but it is a huge airport. off the top of my head i think it's like 15 million passengers a year coming in and out of ft. lauderdale. southwest and jetblue come here come here rather than miami. a lot of people come to this metropolitan area will fly to

ft. lauderdale. if they're going to miami, they'll take the 35-minute drive to get to south beach or something like that. >> you can see a lot of the traffic stopped going into the airport there. also you saw on the tarmac what appeared to be a number of passengers and/or workers who have been evacuated to the runway section, the ramp section if you will, then, where all this is sorted out, not unlike the pictures we saw in brussels following an attack at that airport several months ago. again, it is nine people shot, one person dead and kerry reporting the shooter is in custody. we don't know if the shooter was among the wounded there. the shooting currently occurring, as kerry tells us, between terminal 1 and 2. delta is a big operator there between terminal 1 and 2. right now things at a standstill, as they always will in this case, secondary searches in case this is part of a

broader plot involving others. let's go to nbc's tom costello who covers aviation, familiar with the security arrangements. tom? >> lester, really quickly, we've checked with the faa and t the tsa. at the moment they report this is very much a local police or airport police matter. they do not have at this point any update on the status of what's going on there. keep in mind the tsa is not an armed security force. we all see them when we of course go into the airport. you will at times see a tsa, homeland security viper team. those are the armed s.w.a.t. looking teams that patrol the airports in conjunction with the local airport police authority. by and large, tsa officers are not armed. whatever the police response is to this incident, as it would be in any airport, that would be very much up to the local police on the armed officers on the scene. what i also would take note of,

i just now checked to see if we've got a ground stop on the ground at that airport at ft. lauderdale. so far nothing official on the faa's website. we checked with them. they don't have anything either. it clearly is an immediately unfolding situation where you've got paramedic units out on the ramp and we don't know if this is on going in terms of treating people or whether they might be looking for any other suspects, but we know that one suspect is in custody, lester. >> let's go back to kerry sanders. kerry, do we know if this occurred in baggage claim? >> reporter: i wish i could pen point it for you, and i'm going to try to do that. i think i'll get a better handle once i can get myself into the location, i'll get a better handle. if folks have friends or relatives that were flying, terminal 2 is mostly delta. terminal 3 has jetblue and american airlines. that's where people would have been coming or going. again, i'm still trying to

determine whether this happened outside, outside the tsa secure line or whether it happened on the other side of the security line. we'll get a better handle on that once i physically get in there and i'll also talk to more law enforcement officials. >> we'll let you get to it. ft. lauderdale airport. nine people shot, one dead. we always want to characterize these sorts of situations. all we can tell you, it is a tir rising situation. whether it is terror in the term we've come to know it, that will remain to be scene. we'll continue to watch developments as they warrant and come back with updates. i'm lester holt, nbc news new york. ♪ and i love it, ♪ i love it and baby hey, ♪ you should too ♪ so let 'em say what they wanna say ♪

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tracks. we're talking with riders who experienced very lengthy delays. you can look at our live report at 11:00 this morning. again, here is the ft. lauderdale situation. we continue to monitor that and we've got this storm coming in. nbc bay area putting our entire news team on standby as that storm moves into the bay area. one way to prepare is download our app to view the interactive radar. we'll get to that important weather coming up after the break.

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this will be our last day to prepare for the storm that is expected to move in late tonight and bringing heavy rain for the weekend. during this time starting tomorrow, we will have heavy downpours and the flood threat increases for sunday as that rain continues. also expecting gusty winds. more rain in the forecast on monday for the inland area, seeing temperatures rising into the upper 50s. very stormy throughout the weekend and we see more of those scattered showers through next week with highs near 60 degrees on wednesday. let's get an update on what's happening on the roadways with vianey. >> it looks like the east bay is yet again another troubling area because we are seeing chp reporting a traffic collision along the 580 northbound area which means there is going to be some expected delays. they were recovering from a traffic accident earlier. but now there is a new accident out there, westbound 80 towards

the bay beige about 27 minutes, westbound 580 towards the bay bridge about 26 minutes. i'll send thechks over to you, scott. >> join us at 11:00. we have a ridiculous amount of news today. we'll see you then. >> it is try day friday. jenna bush hager is in for kathie lee. kath will be back on monday. you may remember our friend joe martin disconnect from technology and social media. she gave up her cell phone, locked it in a safe during a vacation. turns out, she twisted her ankle and yada, yada. the plan didn't last long. >> i deleted instagram and twitter from my phone. actually, i said i'm going to, and she said get to it. hoda decided to do the same thing, and she got rid of her twitter and instagram live on the air. >> that led us to a little social experiment in our office to see just how addicted we all are to our own electronic devices. check out our donna-dorable. >> phone is ringing.

>> are you going to pick it up? >> no. >> so you were talking about -- >> cannot explore. hello. hi. >> are you going to answer that? >> nope. >> are you sure? >> positive. >> it's your phone. >> oh, it's okay. >> you're not going to touch it? you're not going to decline? >> i'm in the subway all the time. >> yeah. if you want to? >> why are you so popular? >> see, i can't -- >> i would rather talk to you. >> do you have to take it or no in you're not taking it right now. >> you're not going to pick it up, right? >> i would normally, but we're in the middle of something. >> if you looked away for a second, i probably would. >> i'm looking away. >> what a perfect experiment. >> that is so great. >> jill is here along with gale to see if we should embrace our technology or just say tech no. >> no.

it's such a conflict. do you see the conflict in people's phase because they want to be present and with the person, but, gee, maybe that's more interesting over there. maybe i'll just look at it, and then they're off their line, they're off their connection with the person. >> you can tell. >> you decided you weren't going to -- you were going to delete your apps and go tech-free. how has it felt not having those things at your finger tips? >> i delighted instagram, twitter and facebook on my phone. i never check it. i have to say, i have to so much more time to do other things, and i don't have any desire to check. the other thing we talked about this in the break, people do say to me, oh, you didn't see that i -- i didn't see. it makes you engage more. i love it. >>. >> we'll post something, and we haven't even told them, right? >> they'll know where we've been, and it limits the conversation. >> it changes the conversation, and it changes the relationship because someone somewhere else

knows about something that you have done, and you haven't even shared it personally, and you also haven't shared it with people who maybe they feel left out. how come you did that and you didn't tell me? you spoke about more time. i think it's also just more presence with yourself so you have a chance to notice things and if we're always like this, the whole world is out there. we're not listening. we're not looking. we're not just quiet with it. >> i have to say we talked about this. we've been, like, what do we do in cars? yesterday i was looking up instead of looking down because typically in cars i'm looking down, and i still am responding to emails, so there's some looking down, and i saw a friend on the street. >> through the window? >> i saw a friend on the street. >> good for you. >> we have more time to look around. we talked about more time to read, more time -- >> yes. >> i mean, what kind of things are people spending more time on? >> they're spending more time, first of all, just reflecting and seeing what it is they want because now you have had three months without this, and you can order your life in a way that it's not controlling you.

you can control it. you can choose the kinds of ways you want to spend your time, with whom you spend your time, and people just spend hours and hours and the time goes by. >> seven hours? >> the numbers, the stats, are insane. i mean, i found myself looking at andy cohen's page because i like it. oh, look, andy is in st. bart's. oh, he looks good. my god, 20 minutes is by. what are you doing? >> then people say i don't have the time. wait a minute. you do, but you have to be more engaged, more involved in choosing how you want your life to be. >> i don't think it affects us. it didn't really change our mood, but it can. can you tell? >> absolutely. first of all, most people don't post when they're not looking so great. they post when they're having a great time, when they're in a beautiful place and with their family. most of us are sitting there in our pajamas and saying they have supper a good life. how come i'm not doing that? or in the holidays in particular when people have a tendency to

wonder about people who, number one, aren't there, where they aren't. they're thinking it's going to be so much better if i could only do that rather than here i am, stay with that emotion and say how can i change where i am if i need to? >> i was saying on vacation, like, you talked about that i couldn't -- i couldn't go totally cold turkey because i was in a place in indonesia that i had to be able to get around, but what i didn't do, it didn't come out for meals. there were no personal interaction to anyone. it was just when i needed it. i have to say now, you can't because you have kids, but when i go out to dinner at night, since i have been back, it stays at home. you itch for it, but i get home. there's three or four or ten emails. then you respond. you don't have to respond immediately. >> that's a good point. as a mom we do leave. harry and i are both doing it. our phones in our bedrooms when we're with kids. it's too easy to look. >> the kids then get the message that they are more important than whatever is going on here.

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were injured. we're still trying to figure out whether that number of dead includes -- whether there was a total of nine people shot, one of whom died or three of whom died or whether there's a separate number for the number of injured. in any event, the shooting itself, the threat appears to be over. it all started about 1:00 in the afternoon eastern time and was quickly resolved by airport security officials. we're told the shooter -- we don't know whether it's a man or woman. we don't know anything about the person with the gun. all we've been told is the person is in custody. whether the person was wounded, what sort of shape they're in, we don't know that yet. it's all very preliminary at this port. >> we're looking at aerial pictures of the airport. you saw that crowd of people filing toward a lower level entrance door. those appear to be passengers who were evacuated to the tarmac during the height of this, now being let into at least this part of the airport as the

situation, as pete noted, seems to be stable. our kerry sanders has made his way to the airport as far as he could in a vehicle and last we heard was walking to the scene. kerry, what more can you tell us? >> i made my way to terminal 2 which is shut down. outside there are officers with customs and border control heavily armed, patrolling in front of the entrances in the departure level, the upper level. inside there are passengers told to remain seated. they're allowed to leave the inside but not allowed to go back in. on the upper deck there are lots of passengers milling about. the shooting apparently happened downstairs at the lower level which is the baggage claim. fabian is one who heard the shots. what did you do? >> i was standing outside and waiting for my flight, taking if a little bit of sun. all of a sudden there was a barrage of what sounded like gunfire. i looked over the ledge towards the first floor area and saw the

gentleman escorted by what i think was his wife bleeding from his arm and just a barrage of people coming out of the main terminal here. >> how did you feel for yourself and your own safety after you saw the blood must have realized it was, indeed, gunfire? >> it was a bit stunning. i was in a bit of shock. i wasn't sure how many people were hurt, how many gunmen there were, but assumed as long as it was lower floor, i figured i was okay so i didn't dart or anything. a lot of people did run. >> reporter: of course, it's possible some of those people who were injured were those running for their own safety. darren mark was also here. he looked over the railing as did fabian and saw a man down there. tell me what you saw and what went through your mind. >> i walked by this man. he had his right arm raised and looked as if he had a bullet wound on his arm, blood pooling down his arm and onto his body. you're not used to seeing a

sight like that in daily life. it was terrifying. >> as you're traveling in an airport and you know the state of things in our world, what goes through your mind, how unsettled are you right now? >> it's extremely unsettling. the sad reality is that a lot of us exist knowing these kinds of things are possibilities given what we see on the news and read and hear day to day. unfortunately i think many of us don't think we'll come face-to-face. in this new reality, we have to expect it can happen, and today it did. >> darren marks, one of hundreds of passengers here between terminals 2 and 3. terminal 2 is mostly delta airlines as well as air canada. the authorities are right now -- this is the broward sheriff's department with bomb sniffing dogs. this is part of the protocol after something like this. i might note that within the last year and a half, the police department and the airport here along with the sheriff's

department. came here with a defensive measure at each entrance where they put some very strong pillars to prevent somebody from driving a vehicle in through a door and causing problems, say, with a car that might be loaded with some sort of bomb or something like that. this airport has been very aware of the threat. of course, remember, it is the armed person who arrived that is not going through security that is undetected. let's listen in for a second. >> [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: you heard that. no current threat is the headline. all service suspended. >> kerry, i'll still trying to get a picture. they saw people coming out who had been shot. were they coming from the secured area that you were in before you get into baggage claim? fabian, lester and i are curious. people were running. were they running to the other

side -- or were these people outside yet to go through the tsa lines. >> they had yet to go through the tsa lines. these were folks that were either checking in or standing by or walking toward tsa when they heard the gunshots, they came running. >> okay. so that sort of explains it right now. that goes back to the question which is somebody who arrived at the airport armed. in florida, there are very permissive gun laws compared to other states. you can come to the airport armed. it's more a matter of getting through security. that is the question, where you can't go through with a weapon. >> kerry sanders, we saw that in los angeles back in 2013 when a gunman made his way through tsa security and ultimately shot and killed a tsa security screener. as we look at these pictures, i want to led you know that the broward county sheriff has sent out a tweet saying multiple people are dead, no specific number. but multiple people dead, and again, the shooter is now in

custody. as we heard the situation now, it's stable there at the airport in ft. lauderdale. let me go to nbc's tom costello -- actually, let's go back to pete williams right now. pete, i noted earlier this is a terrorizing incident. but because it is an airport, our mind goes to international-type terror. any indication of that or federal agencies taking a look at that? >> well, that's going to be a big question here. they're in no position to answer that at this point. they just don't know what was the motive for this. lester, candidly, we've seen a mix of these things over the years at airports around public places, especially at airports. we've seen cases of terrorism. we've seen cases where people are in sort of domestic disputes. we've seen cases of people that are simply people with mental problems. so it's just way too early to

say what, for want of a better word, what the motive is here. >> you're seeing people who have been evacuated to the tarmac. they're going up the stairs on the jet bridge. they're liking going back in the terminal and not onto that jet. but another indication the situation is stabilized. i want to bring in james cavanaugh, nbc law enforcement analyst. james, this puts into question the limits of airport security. if you stand in that tsa line, you're standing there because yu eyre submitting to the way we're supposed to do things and go through. we saw the attack in brussels in 2015, i mentioned los angeles 2013 had security. are we going to have to take a harder look at securing the airport from the outside in? >> i think all the political leaders will, lester, look at that. that is the egress to the airport. it's a crowd, a choke point, basically a ticket line, baggage claim where this reportedly

occurred. you know, if you go to an airport in tel aviv, the police are looking at you way out from an airport at sort of a doll booth facility and watching you closely as you get off in front of the terminal. then they're checking you before you even get to baggage claim. they have a heightened level of security in israel, only 40 flights a day. they do extend their security way out. in the u.s., our security is after you go through the tsa security checkpoint. prior to that the security is only a few airport officers, in this case the broward county sheriff's department secures that airport. they're around and probably had a quick response when the gunshots started, but all those people are not searched. someone could easily walk into a baggage claim area with a handgun, literally with a long gun under their jacket.

until they started shooting or somebody observed them, you wouldn't know they had the guns. >> as of our last check a moment ago, there is no official ground stop. when the camera pulled out a bit ago we saw a number of airplanes lined up on the taxiway. the airlines are not operating given the situation. there's a view of the highway leading on to the airport. police have blocked access. another strong indication that nothing is going to be departing or necessarily arriving at that airport until they can get folks, either the crime scene certainly secured and processed, all those people will have to be rescreened. let's go back to pete williams who is in the baggage claim area. >> we heard a man telling wnbc

that he was in the baggage claim terminal, baggage claim area when the shooting started. he said the person firing the shots appeared to be a young man in his late 20s. this man said the young man appeared to be wearing a shirt with "star wars" movie characters on it. wasn't sure what type of weapon. says he fired many shots and paused to reload and according to this witness it took a while for airport security people to respond and many people were shot. the official number we have -- i say official number, the number we're getting from officials is nine injured. what we've been told is three dead. as you noted earlier, the county sheriff says there are multiple fatalities which simply means obviously more than one. we don't have a good number yet, lester. >> good number yet, lester. >> back to kerry sanders who was at terminal two at

ft. lauderdale talking to witnesses and passengers. kerry? >> lester, witnesses still standing out here. passengers not sure exactly what happened. many heard gunfire and ran for safety. the authorities have terminal two closed down. there are some passengers who are on the waiting area inside that have been told to remain inside. they may be witnesses. it's unclear. the authorities are still trying to get a handle on what happened here, what the motivation was, but we do know some of the witnesses did see wounded people walking out onto the taxiway, looking for help. many of the wounded have been taken to the hospital, lester. >> kerry sanders at ft. lauderdale airport. if you were just tuning in, a quick wrap-up of what we know, a shooting at ft. lauderdale airport. the shooter is in custody. perhaps nine people have been wounded. we are hearing three dead. the broward county sheriff saying that multiple people are dead. obviously, things very early, the situation is stabilized. we'll have full coverage when we

see you tonight on "nbc nightly news." i'm lester holt, nbc news, new york.breaking news out of fort lauderdale. shots fired at that city's airport. good morning, everyone. we continue to watch that breaking news out of ft. lauderdale, the shots that were fired at that city's airport. live coverage continues as people are getting back on airplanes. nine people have been shot. an undetermined number of people are dead. we've heard three but are having a tough time confirming that. we do understand a lone gunman is in custody, this according to officials. this happens at the terminal 2 baggage claim, again in ft. lauderdale. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us for our midday newscast as we continue to watch that. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-canon. sam and chris are off today. we'll continue to follow that breaking news story a