"cbs this morning" is coming up next. have a wonderful day. ♪[ music ] ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, october 4th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." overnight the las vegas gunman's girlfriend arrived back in the united states from the philippines. investigators now call her a person of interest. they hope she can tell themddpa deadliest shooting in modern american history. >> the gunman spent years collecting an arsenal of weapons. officials say he had 47 guns. norah is in las vegas where she talked to people leading the investigation. >> this morning body camera video revealed what police faced during the gunman's attack. also more stories of survival, including a wounded woman who tells us how strangers helped her over a fence to escape.

plus social media spreads fake news about the massacre in las vegas. we look at the impact on one bystander and hear what facebook promises to do about it. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> authorities are learning more about how, but that critical question of why remains unanswered. >> the investigation into the las vegas massacre continues. [ gunfire ] >> this body cam video shows the chaos unfolding as officers try to locate the shooter. >> the killer's girlfriend back on u.s. soil with investigators eager to learn what she knows. >> there's a lot more questions than are answers. >> president trump is in the air headed to las vegas. he will meet with victims. >> he's hoping for a smoother visit than what we saw yesterday. >> i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack, and that's fine. we saved a lot of lives. >> major criticism over his administration's response, president trump passing out emergency supplies to a crowd.

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welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is in las vegas. bianna golodryga is with us. as you wake up in the west, a person of interest in the las vegas massacre is back in the united states. the gunman's girlfriend, marilou danley, arrived overnight on a fright from the philippines. >> video from knbc shows her in a wheelchair at the airport. the las vegas sheriff says he is confident danley will provide some answers. body cam video released yesterday shows stephen paddock's rapid gunfire pinning down officers as they helped people get to safety. >> this morning we know the names of nearly all of the 58 people who were killed by the gunman. they come from across the united states and canada. norah o'donnell is near the shooting scene outside the mandalay bay resort and casino. norah, good morning.

>> good morning to you. you know, in the last 24 hours we visited a hospital and heard remarkable new stories of survival. we've also talked to police and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. and this morning we know important new details about how and where stephen paddock got his weapons. we know he bought 47 guns legally and the atf tells us he purchased 33 firearms in the last year alone and a majority of them are rifles. some of them were high-end models with custom made features, like scopes. the atf tells cbs news that none of the purchases set off any red flags. we're also getting our first look inside the hotel suite where paddock orchestrated his massacre. while his motive remains a mystery, it's clear he was armed for an even longer siege. this police body cam video shows the relentless firepower. first responders were up against sunday night.

for up to 11 minutes, stephen paddock shot concert goers with seemingly endless bursts of gunfire. over a dozen volleys in all. he had been stockpiling his firearms since 1982. according to jill snyder, a special agent in charge at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. >> how many firearms were purchased in the last year? >> from october 2016 to september 28th, 2017, he purchased 33 firearms. the majority of them rifles. >> that didn't set off a red flag anywhere in the atf? >> we wouldn't get notified of the purchases of the rifles. we only get notified if there was a multiple sale, which would be two or more handguns in an individual purchase. >> why is there no notification if someone is buying multiple rifles? >> there's no federal law requiring that. >> snyder revealed to us that paddock rigged 12 semiautomatic rifles with bump fire stocks. the devices allowed the guns to

fire continuously, much like an automatic weapon. >> a semiautomatic rifle with a bump fire stock on it is not an illegal machine gun. >> how big were the ammo clips? >> the ammo clip capacities ranged from 60 rounds to 100 rounds. >> so he had huge clips of ammunition? >> yes. >> cbs news has learned paddock also set up cameras in and around the luxury suite he turned into a sniper's nest, a kind of early warning system for any approaching police officers. as he fired out of two windows, one camera peered out the suite's peep hole. two more cameras were in the hallway outside. one of them was on a room service cart outside the door, says las vegas metro pd sheriff, joe lombardo. >> was the gunman recording? was the gunman transmitting that video anywhere else? >> i'm not aware of any transmission, but there was cameras. >> and he had set up how many cameras? >> i don't know what the specific -- >> for what purpose, do you think? >> i anticipate he was looking

for anybody coming to take him into custody. >> so essentially you have a recording of him carrying out this carnage? >> no. that's not essentially what i'm saying. that is being evaluated. the fbi took all digital and electronic evidence into custody and we are evaluating it. >> so the fbi has a lot to still go through in terms of that video, but also bottom line anyone can buy multiple semiautomatic rifles at any time. the atf tells us they wouldn't know about it. jill snyder of the atf also told us that they have agents looking into whether paddock was spending time at an area gun range around the las vegas area. fbi agents met paddock's girlfriend at los angeles international airport last night and cbs news confirmed that marilou danley was on philippine airline flight 102, seen here arriving at lax. video from local station knbc shows officers apparently escorting her through the wheel

po -- airport in a wheelchair. jeff pegues is in washington and has been tracking it. >> reporter: good morning. marilou danley returned to the u.s. after three weeks overseas. she lived with the gunman, was around him as he was building up that arsenal. investigators will move to quickly get her in a room for an interview, and law enforcement sources say that could happen as early as today. marilou danley's sister told australia's 7 news that her sister might be the only one who can put the puzzle together. they believe stephen paddock sent her away so she wouldn't interfere with his plans. >> he sent her away. she didn't even know that she's going to the philippines until steve said, oh, marilou, i found you a ticket to the philippines. >> reporter: investigators believe danley can answer many lingering questions about paddock's motive and how he was able to stockpile so many weapons.

danley who is 62, is an australian citizen but native of the phillipines. she met stephen paddock after separating from her ex-husband in 2013. >> he loved her. >> reporter: eric paddock, steven's brother, said the couple met while marilou was a hostess at a coasino in reno. they had been living together for years in reno and most recently at this house in mesqui mesquite, nevada. >> as he was descending into hell, he wanted to take care of her. >> reporter: while danley was in the philippines, paddock transferred tens of thousands of dollars overseas. eric believes his brother did it to protect her. >> he manipulated her to be completely as far away from this and safe when he did this. >> reporter: it is unclear where danley will be interviewed. law enforcement sources say she is not under arrest. norah. >> jeff, thank you so much.

we are hearing more stories of bravery and hope after the massacre. michael caster is one of the wounded. he said he owes his life to his girlfriend, who made sure he was carried to a stranger's car and then taken quickly to a hospital. adriana diaz spoke with him last night and she's outside sunrise hospital in las vegas. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the sense of grief is still so strong here, but so is a sense of gratitude. we spoke to michael caster and his girlfriend in his hospital room. they're both still coming to grips with what happened sunday night. >> i was on the ground, i could not move. i had no feeling from the torso down. >> reporter: shortly after this photo was taken, 41-year-old michael caster was shot through his lung. the bullet hitting his spine, just missing his heart. his girlfriend, tawny, found a table to use as a gurney and others helped her carry him to a stranger's car. >> people were telling me just

leave, and i'm like i'm not leaving him. >> by the time i got to the hospital, my lungs were already full. >> with blood? >> yeah. >> reporter: caster is one of hundreds of shooting victims who survived sunday's rampage. 27-year-old tina frost is in a coma and currently on a respirator. mary is tina's mother. >> the bullet went through h her. she leaves behind four children. chris, her 13-year-old, loved seeing his mom at his football games. >> i'm not going to be able to hear her in the crowd again. that was my last memory of her cheering me on. >> steven berger had come from minnesota to celebrate his 44th birthday. hair dresser stacee etcheber was a mother of two and heather alvarado ran a day care center.

michael caster said he too might have died if his girlfriend hadn't got him to the hospital so quickly. >> mike, if tawny wasn't there -- >> i took a bullet for her, so she was just paying me back. no, i don't know. >> reporter: part of caster's lung was removed and he faces a long road to recovery, but he says doctors told him with time and physical therapy, he will be able to walk again. he and his family are looking for any alternative or experimental treatments that could help. norah. >> wow, thank you. it's so difficult to hear about all of the victims. president trump and the first lady are on their way to las vegas right now, and before they left washington, mr. trump called the shooting a very sad thing and said police have done aanstic job. major garrett is here ahead of the president's arrival in just a little over two hours. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah, when president trump touches down here, he will do

what every american president does in these situations, console those most deeply affected by this mass shooting, including survivors and first responders. sadly, such events are by no means new to the american presidency, but mr. trump's unapologetic support for the national rifle association during the campaign and now during his presidency could invite new scrutiny. yesterday the president called the shooter, stephen paddock, quote, sick and demented and the white house said now is simply not the time to talk about gun control or efforts the president has already taken to erase some n control moves put forward by president obama. now, there is little evidence any of the long proposed gun control laws would have prevented the mass shooting here. the question for mr. trump and lawmakers on capitol hill is whether preventing all mass shootings is the only acceptable standard or would using new federal laws to reduce their frequency be an acceptable alternative. >> and that's the question. major, thank you so much. let's go back now to bianna

in new york. >> norah, thank you. well, the las vegas massacre was the latest in a long list of mass shootings in the united states. by one count, there have been more than 1,000 since the sandy hook killings in 2012. an estimated 93 people are killed by guns every day in this country. and now democrats are trying to restart the debate over gun safety. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with why new laws may be difficult to pass. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. those democrats felt a surge of hope on tuesday when the president said that he would be speaking about gun laws as time goes by. they're pushing in particular for restrictions on the kind of equipment that the shooter apparently used to make his weapons even more lethal. >> at some point enough is enough. >> reporter: calling the vegas shooting a day of reckoning, democrats urged the gop to pick a policy, any policy. >> is there nothing that we can

do? >> reporter: among the options they say are bills to mandate background checks, prevent stalkers from buying guns, and ban so-called bump stocks. which the vegas shooter may have used to increase the rate of fire on his semiautomatic weapons. >> the only purpose to have one of these devices is to see how quickly you can kill a lot of people. >> reporter: some republicans say they'd consider it. >> that's something i think that we'll take a look at. >> reporter: but others said this isn't the time to talk policy. >> i don't think we should politicize it. >> reporter: senator leader mitch mcconnell was one of them. >> i think it's premature to be discussing legislative solutions, if there are any. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan argued guns are not the main problem. >> what can you say to americans who just want to know how the body you lead can make them more safe in the face of shootings that seem to be getting more frequent and more deadly? >> one of the things we've learned from these shootings is that often underneath this is a diagnosis of mental illness. and that's why the house of

representatives passed landmark mental health reform just a year ago. >> so then was it a mistake to make it easier for mentally ill people to get a gun? >> reporter: ryan later said congress rolled back that obama-era rule blocking purchases by people with mental illness because it infringed on the rights of legal gun owners. he did say the house has no imminent plans to vote on a bill to allow the sale of gun sigh lensers. >> that bill is not scheduled now. i don't know when it's going to be scheduled. >> until recently that appeared to be on the fast track. the national rifle association invested heavily in candidates in 2016, including the president, spending $52 million, almost triple what it spent in 2012, charlie. the death toll in puerto rico climbed to 34 people in the wake of hurricane maria. 93% of the island is still without power. president trump visited the battered u.s. territory

yesterday to meet with storm victims and first responders. david begnaud is in san juan, puerto rico. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. one of the officials that the president met while he was here was the mayor of san juan who has been one of the fiercest critics of his administration's response to the hurricane. but after meeting the president, the mayor met with the white house staff, and when she walked out of that meeting, she tweeted that the white house staff seemed to really understand the disconnect between, as she put it, what is supposed to happen and what is happening here. >> there's a lot of love in this room. >> reporter: president trump and the first lady were greeted by a friendly audience in the town of guaynabo. the president handed out supplies, tossing paper towels into the crowd. mr. trump also toured the neighborhood and met with people whose homes were damaged by maria. >> we're going to help you out. have a good time. >> thank you. thank you, mr. president. >> it's great to see you. >> reporter: the president and first lady got a look at the destruction by helicopter.

they did not visit the harder-hit areas of the island where there is no running water or power, forcing people to drink and bathe with stream water. during a briefing earlier in the day, president trump praised the federal government's response, but seemed to downplay the devastation of maria compared to that of hurricane katrina. >> if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, you can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. >> reporter: mr. trump also appeared to criticize the u.s. territory for their more than $70 billion debt. >> i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack, because we've spent a lot of money on puerto rico. >> reporter: later, the president seemed to suggest puerto rico's debts may be forgiven. >> we have to look at their whole debt structure. you know, they owe a lot of money to your friends on wall street and we're going to have to wipe that out.

>> reporter: not long after president trump left the island, the governor of puerto rico announced the death toll has risen from 16 to 34. the majority of deaths we're told were due to flooding, mudslides and flying debris. but, gayle, we're also told people died from heart attacks, suicide, and a lack of oxygen. >> the more you hear, the sadder it is. thank you very much, david begnaud, reporting from puerto rico today. we have an update on one las vegas shooting victim that we told you about yesterday. her name is kristin babik, she's a law student, and she tells norah about the people who helped her survive and why it helps her focus on her future. first, it's 19 minutes after the hour. that means it's time to check your local weather.

a person wrongly identified online as the las vegas gunman has been targeted with death threats. >> ahead, what's behind the damaging spread of misinformation on social media in the confusing hours after the shooting. >> you're watching "cbs this morning."

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♪ ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ ♪ that saved a wretch like me >> thousands of people joined together to sing "amazing grace" in las vegas for the victims of the mass shooting. 3,500 people reportedly attended this candle light vigil monday night. others from around the world joined online. >> power of hymns. >> that song always hits the right notes. sometimes it is uplifting. sometimes it is just sad. sometimes it just is. welcome back to cbs this morning. las vegas casinos are already ramping up security in response

to the mass shooting. bloomberg reports that guards at the las vegas resort started scanning with metal detector wands. new security caused ten minute waits to get inside. we are learning yahoo's hack was much worse than thought. the company revealed all three billion accounts were breached. yahoo says the stolen data included nai included names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers. >> and hopeful news in the fight against breast cancer. the american cancer society says breast cancer death rates dropped almost 40%. that decline amounts to more than 322,000 lives that were saved. the report credits improvement in kreemts and early detection. >> more than 500 people were

injured in sunday's massacre. kristin babbic was wounded as the crowd began running in terror. norah joins us from las vegas. >> reporter: good morning. after being shot in the back and nearly becoming paralyzed she says she is just thankful to have survived. she told us sunday night's show began like any other concert. >> couldn't believe it was a gun. >> reporter: disbelief is how kristin babbic describes the moment she heard the spray of do gun fire. >> there were people yelling don't worry. it's nothing.

after the third time we knew. >> a bullet struck the 24 year old in the back coming very close to her spine. >> your friend said it was like you felt like a water balloon hit you. >> i said that because after i was hit i felt like a splatter. i was like maybe someone threw their drink or someone is just being silly. >> that was blood that you felt? >> yes. >> reporter: how soon after that did you realize you were shot? >> i started running and i realized i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: breatleeding and fighting for air. >> we made our way to a fence because the other exits were too full. and there were people on the other side helping people get over. someone caught me. i was so scared. pthey told me everything is going to be okay.

>> reporter: babbock was rushed to university medical center. in her third year of law school at the university of florida she had one question for the doctor. >> kept asking am i going to be okay. all i want to do is graduate law school. when she told me the bullet was in my spine or close to it my second question was am i going to be paralyzed. am i going to be able to walk again? she told me when i woke up after they put the tube in my chest you're going to graduate and you will be able to run a marathon. you will run again. >> reporter: i see you still have the wristbou band on. >> i haven't cut it off yet. >> reporter: she says surviving the shooting has renewed her sense of purpose to become a criminal prosecutor after she graduates in may. >> as long as there are no more

tubes in my chest i think i will be able to walk across the stage. >> and you will be standing in a courtroom as a criminal prosecutor. >> that's the plan. >> reporter: she says she was interested in being a criminal prosecutor before but because she is now a victim of gun violence she says it made her more clear that that is her calling in life. she thinks she will be released from the hospital as soon as one of her lungs is able to inflate correctly on its own. she told me strangers were trying to help her stop the bleeding one thing she thought about was trying to hold on to her phone because she wanted to contact her family to let her mom know she was going to be okay. >> so uplifting to hear the stories of the people who survived and soul crushing to hear the stories of people who didn't make it.

they want people to know about their loved ones and they do not want the monster who did this to get the attention. >> there is also the fact that a lot of people who some have survived when so many people were not so fortunate. they feel like somehow they survive for purpose and gives them new purpose. >> thank you. were you going to say one closing thing? >> reporter: i part of it too is to thank the first responders and doctors. that umc took in more than 100 patients. >> can't forget them either. thanks a lot. some musicians are canceling upcoming concerts to show respect. jason aldean was performing on stage when the gunman opened fire. he said it has been an emotional time for everyone involved this week so we plan to take time to mourn the ones we have lost.

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mother marilou. some facebook users saw the crisis response page with the link to this gateway article incorrectly calling gary danley as the shooter calling him an anti-trump army. another from alt-right news says the attack was the work of isis. they later apologized for the mistake. facebook said the vegas false news issue has been fixed. quote, we know you want to see accurate information, so do we. at facebook we're working to fight fake news. he says the nature of social media amplifies stories that are blatantly false. >> the authors or the promoters of this type of fake content

often are seeking to shock people, outrage them. so even if people stop to investigate or dispute or even debunk or especially things like fact-checking you're getting more engagement with that which intends to reinforce the content elsewhere. >> reporter: late last month mark zuckerberg talked about facebook's problem. >> i wish we could tell you we're going to stop it all, but that's unrealistic. >> reporter: last month congress is investigating whether those ads seen by about 10 million peoplen ter feared with the 2016 election. congressman adam schiff is the top democrat. >> they need to see these ads. they need to see how cynical these ads are, how they sought to divide and turn american against american. >> co says they

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valley water district is set to begin a project, aimed at preventing future flooding along good morning, it's 7:56. i'm kenny choi. the santa clara valley watered district is set to begin a project aimed at preventing future flooding on san jose's coyote creek. nearby neighborhoods were flooded during heavy rains last winter. the project will involve clearing brush and debris that can prevent water from flowing through the creek. all right. fleet week continues today in san francisco. the amphibious assault ship called the uss essex will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at piers 30 and 32. the canadian navy ship hmcs winnipeg is set to arrive in the afternoon. we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment.

we are tracking delays for drivers heading along 101. we have a new accident in that southbound direction. it's right near 237. it's put our travel time in the red in that southbound direction from university down to oakland road. a little over 30 minutes. give yourself some extra time through that stretch. that crash has blocked at least one lane. speeds drop below 10 miles per hour. eastbound 580 at foothill way we have a report of a new accident that has at least one lane blocked. castro valley is in the red. eastbound direction. 45-minute ride between 238 and el charro road. busy day. let's check in with neda on the forecast. good morning to the golden gate bridge! look at that! the water barely even a ripple. we have calm clear conditions out there for wednesday looking gorgeous, plenty of sunshine as you see it shining there above the bay bridge. temperatures though pretty cool this morning. upper 40s for oakland and livermore, low 40s for santa rosa and low 50s in san jose all because of clear skies. we are going to see our temperatures warm up this afternoon. warm over the weekend.

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♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, october 4, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, how the las vegas gunman made up to a dozen rifles mimic fully automatic weapons. why general motors and forward plan on electric cars for the future. plus my interview with ed sheeran, the singer/song writer named one reason he is a success. first, here is today's eye opener at eight. >> we know important new details. while his motive remains a mystery it is armed he was armed for a longer siege. >> a person of interest is back in the united states. the gunman's girlfriend arrived in los angeles overnight. >> investigators will move to

quickly get her in a room for an interview, and law enforcement sources say it could happen as early as today. >> the sense of grief is still song. so is the sense of gratitude among those that came close to death and survived. >> democrats felt hope when the president said he would be speaking about gun laws as time goes by. >> one of the officials that the mountain met was the mayor of san juan. she tweeted that the white house seemed to understand the disconnect between as she put it what is supposed to happen and what is happening. >> when president trump touches down he will do what every american president does, console those most deeply affected. >> the las vegas tragedy was on the mind of everyone at janky stadium. they observed a moment of silence. >> a las vegas native, with the ceremonial first pitch and everybody in the ballpark feeling what all of us are feeling. ♪ >> i'm charlie rose with gayle

king and bianna golodryga. norah is standing by in las vegas. president trump is on his way to las vegas to meet with victims and first responders. before he left he called it a very, very sad day for him personally. officials released the names of nearly all of the 58 people murdered in sunday's attack. many were there celebrating special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries. >> they include 50-year-old laura shipp from california. her niece said she had a huge heart. 56-year-old bow taylor was a lieutenant with the california department of corrections. michael anderson from las vegas leaves his girl friend and two young children. >> so many families shattered. the girlfriend of the gunman returned from the philippines overnight. las vegas police say marilou danley is a person of interest. video apparently shows her in a

wheelchair at the airport. norah o'donnell is in las vegas near the scenes of the shooting. >> reporter: good morning to you. we have been talking to victims, police and atf agents trying to piece together what exactly happened here. we have new images from the scene and inside stephen paddock's hotel suite. police released body camera video showing officers pinned down as they responded to the gunfire from the 32nd floor. pictures show the weapons he used. police say he set up cameraness the hallway to warn him if anybody came by. one was actually set up on a service cart just outside the door. an atf agent tells cbs news paddock had 24 guns in his suite, 23 rifles and a handgun. in all, investigators found 47 guns in that room and his two homes. also, this is news, paddock bought 33 of those guns, those

firearms within the past year. the majority of them were rifles. a source tells cbs news some were high-end models with custom features like scopes. all new information this morning. also federal investigators say 12 guns that allowed them to mimic fully automatic weapons, the so-called bump fire stocks that allow weapons to fire rapidly and they're legally. demarco morgan spoke with the manager of the last gun store that paddock is believe to have visited. mark demarco is outside the store in mesquite, nevada, about 80 miles from las vegas. demarco, good morning. >> reporter: norah, good morning. nevada does not require gun licenses or registration so here you can own as many firearms as you want. the general manager for guns and guitars says paddocks purchased a weapon just days before that mask consider. >> i was ill. it make me physically ill to

think we had interacted with him and he committed such a tragedy. >> reporter: general manager christopher sullivan told us he sold stephen paddock a rifle on september 28th, the same day police say he checked into the mandalay bay hotel. >> reporter: feel any guilt? >> i don't, no. we do everything right. we can't control what someone does once they leave the store. >> reporter: sullivan told us paddock had been a customer about a year and in that time they had told him five firearms. >> reporter: knowing this had been his last stop on his way to las vegas, does that make you feel in some type of way responsible? >> this morning over coffee i was having a moment in myself thinking i may have well last have been the person to shake hands with that man. >> reporter: he fired into a crowd sunday night. he had 24 guns in his hotel and

12 with bump fire stocks. rifles. they simulate automatic fire. >> that these bump stocks are basically a workaround that allow people to take a gun that's perfectly legal and turn them into something equivalent to a machine gun. >> reporter: ucla law professor adam winkler says if there is gun reform it could involve regulation of modification devices like bump fire stocks. >> i think that's the kind of regulation that the nra may support. there's a broad consensus even among gun owners people shouldn't have access to automatic fire weapons. banning these devices is a way of banning automatic fire weapons. >> reporter: guns and gir tars tells us they did not sell paddock any ammunition or bump fire stocks. at another store where paddock purchased weapons earlier this year said they did the proper background checks and did not

sell him any automatic weapons. norah. >> reporter: demarco, thank you. in fact, senator feinstein of california is introducing legislation to ban those type of bump fire stocks. we spoke with david shepherd, former director at the venetian las vegas and he is ceo of a readiness group that advises companies on security and training. i asked the significance of paddock buying 33 guns in the past year. >> he was definitely planning, planning for this type of event. you have to collect supplies, you have to collect the weapons, you have to collect the ammo . you have to do it well in advance and that's what he did. >> reporter: that's what he did. it was highly premeditated? >> definitely premeditated. he picked the location and an area that looked down on people, elevated location to have the best observation of what was going on happen. >> reporter: we heard demarco morgan talking about the bump stocks, essentially the addons that allow you to turn a

semi-automatic into a machine gun. those have been around for a while or relatively new? >> they have been around for a while. they will actually shoot bullets 700 rounds per minute, 700 rounds or more per minute soechlt you will stop, and when he was wearing gloves, he had gloves on. he can change the guns back and forth so he won't burn his hands. he grabs another gun, fully automatic. >> reporter: i know you have not only been at the fbi but involved in hotel security. after 9/11 we saw security change at airports in a significant way. how do you see security changes at hotels? >> right now we're trying to assess what is going on. it is not as much hotel as it is open air venues. venues are more susceptible to things. we have to wer about trucks that will crash into people in those events and now we have to worry about high altitude. this is second one we had in 51 years. last was in texas at the texas tower when 13 people were killed. we haven't had one for 51 years

until this happened. >> reporter: i was there at the press conference with the sheriff yesterday who seemed concerned that nobody saw the fact that he brought in ten big suitcases, he had some of the equipment perhaps set up in his hotel room. how could he have put together this arsenal and set it all up without anyone noticing? >> he wasn't bringing gun cases in regular sues cases. the guns break down and fit inside a case. you wouldn't know i have guns in my cases. i could have two or three in my case and reassemble. if people went in, they can put them in, take them out and reassemble and you wouldn't know. >> reporter: our thanks to david sheppard. we spoke to atf special agent in charge jill schneider who has been at the bureau 30 years. we asked her how this investigation is different from others that she has worked. >> this is the largest active shooting scene i have ever seen, the largest in the country.

but this one is -- is different because we have agents who live in this community, and one of our agents responded that night to a phone call from his daughter who was at the concert. she's a university student and she called him saying that shots were being fired, she was at the concert, and she told him where she had run to. she had run to the luxem. he responded and he was responsible for bringing several people into a storage room in the luxer hotel. when he would come in he would search them the make sure they were not an active shooter because there was no idea if there were additional shooters out there and he made sure there were no explosive devices and they wanted to harm anybody. he was responsible for about 200 people seeking refuge in that storage room, and he also administered first aid to several people. >> reporter: would be of your atf agents saved a lot of lives.

>> one of our atf agents is a hero. >> reporter: they personally were affect by this as well. agent schneider said the atf is getting the recovered weapons, one of the things she wants to know is figure out how much he spent on all of the weapons. she said a lot were very expensive weapons, $4,000 and more for one rifle. let's go back now to gayle in new york. >> thanks a lot, norah. once again it is reigniting the conversation about gun control in this country and what better time to discuss it if not now, is one school of thought. we will see if there are any changes. thank you again, norah two biggest u.s. automakers are making a huge bet on electric cars. nicholas thompson is in our toyota green room. ahead, how gm and ford -- there he is. hello, nic thompson -- are racing to roll

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all-electric vehicles by 2023, two will come in the next 18 months. ford created a group dubbed team edison to deliver 13 new models over the next five years. this follows news china plans to ban gas-powered cars in the future. nicholas thompson is with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> why are we seeing this happen? is it simply that's where the action is and that's where the world is going in terms of electric cars and you better get on the bandwagon now? >> yes. and the reason that happened is tesla. tesla showed you can make a better car. electric cars aren't toy cars, they can go 0 to 60 faster, they can handle better. there's a huge advantage to having a battery in the middle of the car rather than explosive in the car. >> that would be elon musk. >> yes. now china is saying you need electric cars, california says it, lots of countries and cities are talking about what they're going to do. that means people have to start

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good morning. 8:27. an accident along westbound highway 4 has a couple of lanes shut down. it's right near railroad avenue. three lanes blocked. your drive time from loveridge to 680, just over 45 minutes. your cruising speed below 10 miles per hour. give yourself some extra time heading through there. unfortunately, your ride continues to be slow southbound 242 or 680. that's been a problem all morning long due to roadwork, now a crash near monument. we are looking at 30 minutes southbound 680 from willow pass road to highway 24. here's the backup on 242 and 680. you can see those emergency

crews heading through that stretch now with those flashing lights. eastshore freeway, about an hour for drivers from 4 to the maze and slow, about 30 minutes into san francisco across the bay bridge. let's check in with neda now on the forecast. so some of those highways may be jammed but at least the skies are clear. here's a look out our satellite- radar. clouds will be off the coast. the coast now is clear. it is gorgeous. temperatures a little brisk out there. hello, transamerica pyramid. we are in the low 50s. livermore 48. santa rosa low 40s. cold but mild winds. we have calm conditions out there. today will be a very mild day. temperatures a little warmer actually than yesterday. so we are going to see them rise above average by the weekend. warmer over the weekend in the 90s for some of the inland areas.

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♪ have you seen politics like this ever before? >> no. no, i haven't. >> how is it different? >> well, it's just totally different. i mean, i -- this is -- i mean, this is the truth. i said on television so many time this is year -- or last year, i've never seen anything like this. it became a drinking game among the young people at cbs news. every time old bob said i never seen anything -- down the hatch. [ laughter ] >> thank god they had designated drivers. >> that is -- >> old bob. >> old bob, that's a great charlie rose, i was going to say, talking with the great bob schieffer last night at 9 nd

street. bob has a new book out called "over load." bob will be here in studio 57 tomorrow. welcome back to c"cbs this mornin morning". what happens when two greats get together? what happens in that room? >> they laughed, they listened. >> you saw it. >> i did. i watched it on facebook live. the chemistry between the two of you. >> he will be on thursday. headlines from around the globe. three biophysicists win the nobel prize today. one of them is a scientist working here in new york, able to visualize processes never seen before. for their work in detecting, detecting gravitational waves. >> bloomberg says the white house and equifax agree that social security numbers should go. the new scrutiny comes in the wake of the massive security

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reparations." >> what it means to be black in america, topping "the new york times" best seller list and won coates the best seller award for fiction. "eight years in power" a recipient of the prestigious mcarthur fellowship. welcome back to the table, mr. coates. >> thanks for having me back. >> let's start with this. you say you never in a lifetime thought you would see a black president in office and you also say in 2008 many people thought that barack obama could not be president. in 2016, many people thought donald trump could not be president. yet you believe the two are connected. how? the two presidencies are connected. >> i belong to both camps, by the way. i should be out of the prediction business by now. i don't think donald trump's presidency is literally possible without the response, i should say, to barack obama. not so much barack obama

himself. and i don't mean that in a particularly symbolic way. his political career actually begins in birtherism. regr regrettably during barack obama's presidency, upwards of majorities, pluralities of republicans believe that he was not a legitimate president. i think donald trump had the wisdom, if you want to call it that, to see that that was not some fringe movement, that it could be the bases of launching a successful political career, which did he. >> you think in part, the vote for donald trump was in part, if not a significant part, a vote against barack obama? >> yeah. and i think it was kind of -- in part, i would emphasize, too. a revaunchism of the idea of a black man leading the country. we should expect this. we have a very, very long and regrettable history in this

country of racism and white supremacy. the expectation that with the election of a black man to the white house, that would somehow disappear, that we would no longer have to grapple with that, that some important percentage of this country wouldn't be grappling with that is a bit naive. >> your book subtitle is "an american tragedy." the tragedy is that it served as a lever to introduce and allow donald trump to succeed? >> yeah. and not just succeed. i mean, you know, had donald trump come in -- >> succeed to the presidency? >> yes, yes, yes. had he come into the presidency and, as people said, i guess, shifted and become presidential, maybe the subtitle would be different. instead you turn on your tv and see the president going into a region of this country that's just been hit by a natural disaster and lofting paper towels into the audience. >> at the same time, you have general mattis suggesting that we should stay in the iran deal, people saying we should stay in the paris accord. they've not been able to repeal

obamacare. yet. so a lot of things that he stood for, fought for, that are hall marcs of the success have been resistant so far. >> right. but that doesn't give me much confidence, though. like i don't think it's because of -- i don't credit trump with the fact that obamacare hasn't been repealed yet. i don't believe we're in the paris climate accord anymore. i might have missed something there. i don't think we are. the iran deal hasn't been repealed yet.iden, i don't credit trump for that. >> there's more culture, too, isn't it? >> that's part of it. >> one of the criticisms that president trump is receiving is that he's not in campaign trail mode anymore yet in some people's opinion he seems to cater only to his own voters and his group of supporters. president obama was criticized by some by saying that while he may have been president for everyone, he wasn't doing enough for the african-american community. so, can you square the two? and looking back, do you think

president obama made some missteps with regards to the african-american community now, saying what president trump is being accused of doing? >> yeah. i think black people in this country make up 13, 14% of the population. >> 13%, yeah. >> trump's base is a lot bigger. so the number of people, the sheer number of voters that he could consider his base to get away with appealing is a lot larger than barack obama's. that imposes some degree of power. obama always had to find some way to somehow represent the community he came from and speak to a broader country at the same time. now, there were people like me who were somewhat frustrated with some of those attempts and how that came up. but i was never unaware of what that meant, what that conflict meant and how special of a person, frankly, you had to be to walk both lines like that. >> this really is an homage to barack obama? >> the book?

>> yes. >> i wouldn't say that. >> a lot of it is. >> i wouldn't go that far. >> you feel strongly about him. >> i do. i do, i do. >> you also called him to task, too. >> i v that's why i wouldn't say it's an homage. that's part of it. i certainly have credited him for certain things. i think he was an incredible individual. but i was not always a fan of how he addressed african-americans and how he talked to the community. >> can i say this about you? you're being called one of america's best writers on race and i heard you gagged when you heard that. >> i'm gagging right now. >> would you prefer to be called the black professional? >> no. >> what would you like? >> the best writer in america i have no problem with being black, a black writer. i take great pride in that. when people say you're the best writer on race, it's to pretend i'm not in any competition with any other writer. >> i would say you're on the path to being one of the greatest writers in america.

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♪ ♪ i'm in love with your body >> pop star ed sheerhan performing his hit song "shape

of you" on my pbs program. the most streamed song ever. english singer/songwriter sold more than 26 million albums. he won two grammy awards, earned a spot on the time 100 list of the most influential people. rolling stone writes that ed sheerhan, quote, used to be a misfit. now he's a hard-drinking superstar. but what he really wants is a normal life. his latest album is called "divide." in my conversation with sheerhan that aired last night he shared the key to becoming a performer. >> i wouldn't classify myself as talented. you have to work for talent. i couldn't really play guitar or sing. i learned how to do both. i think persistence is worth more than talent. i came to london and was not the best singer/songwriter or the best-liked performer in the scene i was in. the more and more you work at something, you give yourself no choice but to get better.

so i think, yeah, persistence for me was the key. that's what i tell any kid nowadays that comes up and says how do i become a performer? i'm like don't worry if you can't really sing or can't really play i couldn't really when i first started out. but i was persistent with it. like i never thought i would be doing anything anything else. i never thought i would be playing stadiums but i always thought i would make a living doing music, even if it was just at a pub. i always knew that was possible. i never had any other plan. >> you had no plan b? ♪ i used to think that nothing could be better than touring the world with my songs ♪ ♪ i think that money is the root of all evil ♪ >> you have enough money to spend, do, buy, have, and do anything you want to do. >> yeah. well, not anything but -- >> what can you imagine that you want to do that you can't do? >> well, there's nothing -- no. but i don't live like that. i don't want a big luxury yacht and private jet. i'm sure if i did have that, i would have to be, you know, a

bit more rich. that isn't what i want to do. what i want to do is live in the country, eat fish and chips. >> you stay connected to your home place. >> i live in the town i grew up in still. and i don't really want to change that. there's not really anywhere in the world i feel more at home. >> do you still have time to write for other people? >> yeah. yeah. surprisingly. ♪ if you feel you're sinking i will jump right over into cold cold water for you ♪ >> so justin comes to you and says, hey, man, have you got another song? >> just happened. >> is that right? >> about a week ago, yeah. i don't know if it's coming out this -- or if it's happening at all. but he did ask>> d you then go the way, i've got this song? >> no. >> or did you say, i'll write you one? >> well, i kind of -- i have a lot in the bank for him just in case. i'm going to write a bunch just in case anyone comes, have you

got a song? so i had one ready to go basically. >> what's the name of it? >> i can't say yet. just in case he doesn't cut it. just in case he doesn't cut it. >> but do you know the ones you want for yourself? >> yeah. >> because they're your stories or simply -- because -- >> precisely. for me, it's not about whether a song is more of a hit. because i don't -- i didn't know "shape of you" would be as big of a hit. i don't know what is a hit and what's not. ♪ grab on my waist and put that body on me come and now follow my lead come and now follow my lead ♪ >> 2.4 billion streams. >> i know but it's more about what the song means to me. "castle on the hill" is about m% friends, my growing up. >> and your home. >> and having someone else sing that doesn't make sense. ♪ i know i've grown i can't wait to go home ♪ >> where do you think you'll be in five years? >> do you know what? >> you'll be approaching --

you're what, 26 now? >> yeah. hopefully thinking about starting a family. that's something i would love to have. >> i love him. i didn't know that he wrote for other people. that was interesting. >> so does bruno mars, as you know. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> he wrote for adele. >> i've seen people at his record label say nobody works harder than he does and is one of the easiest people to work for. >> very humble and they work their butt off. >> i want to know that song. he probably whispered it in your ear, charlie. >> that's a yes. >> on our podcast, itunes on apple podcast. i knew he whispered it in your ear. >> we have ways of making you talk. yeah. fety." my name is cynthia haynes and i am a senior public safety specialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies.

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are announcing a new crackdown on property crimes - following a 28- percent spike in car-brea good morning. it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego. today san francisco police are announcing a new crackdown on property crimes following a 28% spike in car break-ins from last year. sfpd is set to devote at least one officer at each station to handle property crimes. oakland city council members have approved a two- year ordinance declaring a shelter crisis to help the homeless. the plan entails setting up three outdoor locations offering tuff shed structures that would provide shelter for up to 40 people. the band coldplay will probably play past the 10 p.m. curfew in the city of santa clara as it performs in concert at the 49ers' stadium tonight. there has been a ba make the we

curfew later. some performers say it's too difficult to end the show by 10:00 and starting earlier is not an option because people have to get from their workplaces. stay with us; weather and traffic in just a moment.

good morning. time now 8:57. traffic alert remains in effect for drivers headed along westbound highway 4. it's due to an accident near railroad avenue. it has three lanes still closed. we're tracking a travel time just under 1 hour to go from loveridge to 680. speeds drop below 10 miles per hour. 880 looks more like a parking lot on the right-hand side. that's the new york direction. 50 minutes from 238 on up towards the maze.

eastshore freeway jam-packed 64 minutes from highway 4 to the maze. and once you get to the maze it's going to be a long ride heading into san francisco, an accident blocking a lane past treasure island. expect delays heading into the city this morning. neda? >> thank you, jaclyn. and good morning from the cliff house. look at ocean beach right now. waves about three to five feet expected at the beaches today. small craft advisory south of monterey nothing to worry about along the bay, things calm, 50s in the area. look at the calm winds. big difference from what we experienced the past couple of days. no more red flag warnings. no more dry air coming in from the north. instead, we'll be have a low pressure center that's moving now towards eastern nevada and it's welcoming high pressure into our area which means the start of a warming trend. warmer through the weekend in the 90s.

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