learn how you can help at girlup.org. among the wounded, is nick campbell, a 16-year-old basketball player who was protecting his girlfriend when he was shot through his shoulder and chest. i spoke with him today, in his hospital room. >> neck, what do you remember happening? >> people started getting hit. so everyone went down. every time it stopped. like, for the guy to reload.

people started moving behind walls and stuff. i got hit in the second round. i couldn't go anywhere. and, tells me, stand up. and, helps my girlfriend over the wall. and then once she is over, i had to duck down, more bullets come. and until it stopped. >> reporter: eventually a stranger helped stop the bleeding. >> he picks me up puts me on his shoulders and takes me to an uber. >> put you in an uber? >>en in the uber, a guy shot in the leg, army veteran. me, his wife, wendy. talked to me, make sure i was conscious. if i passed out. >> make sure you didn't pass out. >> they came here to university medical center with the only level one trauma center in the state. >> what are you thinking in the middle of all that? >> like, it didn't feel like, when i got shot. it, because the adrenaline rush it didn't hurt that bad.

more like i got to get out of here, make sure my girlfriend is okay. because i lost her i got scared. i was like, where is she at? >> there is a picture over here with you and the trophy. your basketball team. >> uh-huh. >> you're a basketball player? >> yeah. >> how are you feeling? >> mentally, i try not to think about it. just watch tv. physically i am, all right, i'll get better. >> you will? >> yes. >> not responsive. >> at nearby sunrise hospital, we met mary moreland who flew in from maryland. and pearl grumett from california. >> both our daughters got facial injuries from bullets. we just hugged, cried. we are bffs now. >> moreland's daughter is 27-year-old tina frost. she was at the concert with her boyfriend. >> how is your daughter doing? >> the bullet went into her right eye, up towards this. she lost her right eye. she lost her whole forehead. but she got a -- cat scan this morning. and there was no brain swelling. which is very good. >> grumett's daughter in law, 37-year-old natalie grumett its no stranger to hardship.

>> she's tough. one of the toughest people i know. >> she survived breast cancer. >> yes, ten year breast cancer survivor. >> what about you? >> i am okay. it's -- i'm, i'm okay. i have got my faith. and my family, we're all here. to support natalie. and, we'll get through it. >> how are you two helping each other right now? >> just trying to keep each other amused a little bit. laughter is good healing too. >> our thoughts and prayers with all of the families and our thanks that they spoke with us today. police have i've dentified all but three of the 59 who were killed here sunday night. among the lives lost, christopher roybal at the concert to celebrate his upcoming 29th birthday. roybal had been shot at as navy masters of arms in afghanistan. >> 35-year-old, adrian murfitt, a giant teddy bear according to brian mckinnon at his side when he was gunned down. jack peaton was 54, celebrating his 23rd wedding anniversary.

he died shielding his wife. jenny parks was a kindergarten teacher, and mother of two. her husband bobby was shot. but survived. denise burditus posed with her husband tony before the shooting started. she died in his arms. 23-year-old, jordan mcildoon from canada. in the confusion he had become separated from his girlfriend. thanks to a good samaritan, the young man did not die alone. adriana diaz has more on that. [ gunfire ] >> there were screams and shouts. bartender, heather gooms was working inside a tent when she heard the shots.

>> thousands of people came running through our bar. and immediately they were screaming and shouting, shooter, shooter, gun, gun. >> what did it look like in the tent? >> it looked like a war zone. >> she helped 23-year-old canadian jordan mcildoon. >> his fingers were kind of wrapped on my hand. his hand. like kind of squeeze aid little bit. and then just -- like went loose. >> mcildoon had been at the concert with girlfriend amber. she spoke to her by phone. >> she said is he okay. i said no. >> she said, be honest with me. like what's going on. you know? and i said, he didn't make it. she stayed with his body for more than four hours, but says she is not a hero. >> the heroes to me are the ones that were running tine go get the people out. i did what i would hope that anybody would have done for me. that they would have made sure that i wasn't alone.

in a statement, mcildoon said their only son loved mountain bike, country music and was rarely seen without his cowboy boots. he would have turned 24 this friday. anthony. >> adriana diaz. coming up next the president voice its puerto rico. later a look back at cat rear of rock idol tom petty.

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president trump will be here in las vegas tomorrow to meet with first responders and families of the massacre victims. today, he was in puerto rico with victims of the hurricane. david begnaud is there. >> flash lights, you don't need them anymore. >> president trump seemed unaware that 94% of the island is still without power. he handed out supplies, like prizes. lobbing paper towels into the crowd. >> how did your house do? >> flanked by the first lady, mr. trump toured the san juan suburb. >> we are going to help you out. >> the trump administration has been criticized for a slow response following hurricane maria. but to day the president awarded himself an a-plus. and congratulated local officials on the relatively low death toll, 16. compared to what he called a real catastrophe like katrina. mr. trump reminded the islands of its debts.

i i hate to till you, puerto rico you have thrown the budget out of whack. we spent a lot of money on puerto rico. >> conplace the president did not see was a rural town. a two hour drive from san juan and a world away from relief. here more than two weeks after the storm there is no running water. people are drinking and bathing with walter from the stream. in the capital of san juan, some were unhappy with mr. trump's visit. >> it is just like he is showing off. it is a show. >> i don't see that what he said was appropriate to what we are suffering now as a country. >> reporter: one of the president's fiercist critics mayor of san juan who said you are killing us with the inefficiency. but today she met with white

house officials walked away saying they understand the disconnect between as she put it how things are supposed to happen and, how they really happen. anthony. >> david begnaud in san juan. thank you, david. when we come back, tom petty, a rocker who never backed down. ♪...nausea, heartburn,♪ indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ here's pepto bismol! ah. ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪

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tom petty once told an interviewer, music is the only true magic i have found in this world. he worked his magic for generations of rock fans. petty died yesterday after being found in cardiac arrest at his california home. he was 66. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: tom petty made his recording debut with the heartbreakers in 1976 and went on to sell 80 albums. ♪ don't do me like that >> reporter: in 1999, petty told charlie rose on his pbs show, that rock 'n' roll music was his life. >> how long you want to do this? >> oh as long as they'll put up with me. >> so this is your office? >> yeah, guess you could call it that. >> we visited petty in 2009 for cbs sunday morning at a warehouse where the band practiced.

>> counting before, 144 guitars. >> and you only need one. >> what happened? >> it got a little out of hand. ♪ well i won't back down petty had a defiant streak. an once fought the album company, when it tried to raise the price by $1 to $9.98. he won. there is a theme running through what you have done and your music. the whole i won't back down theme. >> yeah. i just look things to be right. ♪ everybody's got somebody >> reporter: in the 1980s he joined other hall of famers, george harrison, bob dylan, roy orbison to form the traveling wilburies. ♪ just hap to be here happy to feel that ♪ >> dylan called petty's death, shocking, crushing news. petty once said inspiration is everywhere. his lyrics represent his life's experience.

>> i knew very early on that i wanted to do this. when i was, really young. so i feel pretty blessed because i have always had a job that, that i love going to. ♪ going to leave this world for a while ♪ ♪ and i'm free freefalling that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from las vegas, i'm anthony mason.

thank you for watching. this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. as families make plans to bury their loved ones killed in the las vegas massacre, there are more questions than answers about the motive of the killer. why would a 64-year-old retiree with plenty of money want to rain down death on a crowd offen know sent music lovers. at least 59 people were killed in the attack. more than 500 others were injured. and many of those remain in critical condition. john blackstone begins our coverage. >> reporter: pictures of the pandemonium continued to show up on social media, the happy venue turned into a bloody killing field as some fans dropped to the ground with nowhere safe to go.

others literally ran for their lives. this car drien trying to drive away from the scene when she picked up rattled passengers. >> shooting there was dead bodies everywhere. >> in a response to a question, clark county sheriff, joseph lombardo said steven paddock set up cameras including one on a service cart outside the room. >> he had set up how many cameras? >> i don't know the specific number. >> for what purpose? >> he was looking for anybody coming to take him into custody. >> reporter: the shooter was in a hotel room with a sweeping view of the las vegas strip. but was here for the direct line of sight into the music festival, 400 yards away. at 10:13, more than five minutes after paddock fired his first shots. police realize heed was inside the hotel and casino. a floor by floor search ended at 10:24 on the 32nd floor outside room 135.

the spacious vista suite, paddock shot into the hallway through a closed door wounding a hotel security guard. during the next hour, the floor was secured and swat officers arrived. >> breach. breach. breach. at 11:20. police broke down the door. inside the suite they found 23 guns and rifles including this one. in all, the rapid fire shooting lasted nine minutes. i realize, thought he was next door. >> chris bethel was staying two floors down. could hear what was going on. >> i haven't had any sleep. i close my eyes. relive the moment. >> cbs news has learned that steven paddock recently purchased some of the 49 rifles, guns, and thousands of rounds of ammunition found in his hotel room and two residences. investigators have not

determined why she chose to target the country music fest vam. they're also looking into whether paddock is initially had a different target. a source briefed on the police investigation said he tried to got a hotel room near a music festival, featuring chance the rapper and lorde a week earlier but specific suites he requested weren't available. >> something happened that drove him into the pit of hell. >> today in florida, paddock's brother eric was freeing to make sense of of what happened. >> steve is, was a highly intelligent highly successful person. he could have done anything he wanted to do. and he did.

he made himself wealthy. he made us wealthy. >> a former accountant, paddock once worked for the postal service and as an irs agent. in recent years he spent his time gambling. leading up to the shooting paddock transferred tens of thousands of dollars some overseas to the philippines where his girlfriend is believed to be now. marylou danley a person of interest in the investigation. and unclear when sunny plans to return to the united states. eric spaddock described his brother as quirky and narcissistic. >> my heart is torn. but i can't, i can't tell you why steve did what he did. this is not an automatic weapon. but it's modified to shoot like one and completely legal. it is done with a simple device, a bump stock that converts a semiautomatic rifle to perform

like a fully automatic one. a semiautomatic rifle requires the shooter to squeeze the trigger each time to fire a bullet. law enforcement officials say the las vegas gunman use aid bump stock to convert one of his guns. photos from the inside the room show two ar-15 rifles on the floor. experts believe this one haltz the device installed. it's not an automatic gun. the gun, it self, has to recock every time and trigger pulled every time. >> gun range owner, frankie mcrae, demonstrates how a bump stock allows firing as the gun slides back and forth on the stock. >> basically when you place your trigger finger on the trigger here in this groove. you are basically pressing against this and holing there. the trigger itself is trapped down inside. >> the bump stock allows a shooter to fire hundreds of rounds per minute says the publisher of the truth about guns.com. >> not a practical device. it is one that allows people to experience the, the simulation of fully automatic fire. manufacturers. in nevada there is no permit.

background, check or, a waiting period to buy one. we picked one up at this gun shop in vegas, for less than $200. >> the people buy this, buying it as a range toy. it's not a practical device. >> nearly two weeks after hurricane maria devastated puerto rico. president trump paid a visit to the island he took selfies with residents. tossed rolls of paper towels and declared relief response to be nothing short of a miracle. he even compared puerto rico to new orleans after hurricane katrina which he called a real catastrophe. david begnaud reports. >> you don't need them anymore. >> reporter: president trump seemed unaware that 94% of the island is without power. he handed out supplies like prizes lobbing paper towels into the crowd. the trump administration has been criticize ford a slow response following hurricane maria. but today the president awarded himself an a-plus. and congratulated local

officials on the relatively low death toll. 16. compared to what he called a real catastrophe like katrina. mr. trump also reminded the island of its debts. i hate to tell you, puerto rico. you have thrown our bunt out of whack. we spent a lot of money on puerto rico, that's fine. one place the president did not see, was a rural town. two hour drive from san juan and world away from relief. here two weeks after the storm there is no running water. people are drinking and bathing with water from the stream. in the capital of san juan, some were unhappy with mr. trump's visit. >> just like he is showing off. a show. i don't see that what he said was appropriate. to, what we are suffering. now. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. as the a country. >> it's just like, it's a show. i don't see what he said was appropriate.

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>> president trump will visit las vegas after seeing the devastation that was left in puerto rico. it take months or years for the island to comb ply k in houston they try to pick up pieces from hurricane harvey. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: nearly 40 years ago america's do it yourself work ethic became the stuff of primetime tell vision. >> this old house, show number one. wgbh, boston. >> when this old house took to the airwaves on pbs. >> well these brackets damaged also by the -- walter getting into the sof it.

>> since 1979, norm a bram, show's unlikely star has taught two generations of viewers, how to build things. >> all right. didn't have the best clothes. my back pocket had holes in it. i had a crazy looking cap. in february doing that project. you know, scaffolding that would never pass osha controls today. >> when he was a kid his father gave him a toolbox and opened his eyes to the joys of working with his hands. a reward, a bram worries fewer and fewer americans are experiencing. >> it is the biggest thing i hear from contractors, what is your biggest problem? i can't find good help. >> america's economy has a growing labor crisis. a shortage of skilled construction workers. these men and women put a roof over your head t carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and masons. they're getting harder and harder to find. with two devastating mainland storms in the last month. they have never been more

needed. but, the last four years. we have seen rising rates of open jobs. in other word, a help wanted sign. put out by the builder, remodeler, and simply can't film it. >> robert dietz, chief economist for national association of homebuilders. we talked to him about these made in america jobs. a traditional front door to the american dream. >> over the decades, as we have gone through different round of infrastructure development, building the nation's suburbs, the highways, the rest. those construction jobs have the been critical part of building a middle-class. the challenge right now is that we simply do not have enough people who are ready, and willing and able, to join the construction industry. >> the 2008 recession hit homeowners and homebuilders hard.

more than 1.5 million residential construction workers, left the industry. some changed careers. others, simply retired. many immigrant workers went home and never came back because of tougher immigration laws. add it all up, since the great recession, the industry has recovered fewer than half those jobs. >> so if we don't get the workers, housing costs ultimately are going to be higher. that is going to price out workers from being able to buy homes. >> the construction industry tried raising wages. and turning to prefabricated homes to make up for the labor short fall. it is not enough. by one estimate, for every skilled worker entering the work force there are five who retire. a survey this year, of

career-minded young people found that only 3% were interested in a construction trade. >> we have companies out there stand in line. literally stand in line waiting for kids to interview them to offer them jobs. >> kirk adam assistant superintendent at lehigh technical ins tult near allentown. the high school teaches 41 strads. graduates leave, with a specific skill, plumbing, welding, carpentry. some leave with jobs, that can start at $60,000 a year. >> one of your kids told me the perception they have to overcome is that tech is for stupid kids. >> absolutely. been that way forever. graduate from high school in 1979, if you were lazy, stupid you want to tech. that still exists out there today. we fight that every day. >> do you think the general public understand what you do? >> no, no. >> or the need here? >> they do. when they need a plumber to come fix their toilet. at midnight, on a saturday. and he is getting paid $75 an hour to come fix a toilet or water heater. because the it broke. that's when they get it.

that's a challenge. >> i would rather be working with my hands. >> we spoke with a handful of students, not long ago. 17-year-old jody ann young's career path surprised even her. >> i didn't come to lcti to be a plumber. i'm a girlie, girl. hello. as can see. i walked into the plumbing lab, i got so excite add but the things that plumbers do. >> have you thought about college? >> i have. i want to finish apprenticeship program. take my journeymen's, then my license to be master plumber. then go to college to take business classes and own my own business one day. >> you have hey plan that is high school senior. >> how many of your friend can say that? >> not many. >> reporter: 70% of graduating high school seniors head off to a two or four year college. where in addition to their studies, many learn how to biltd debt. on average, college grads leave school with $37,000 in student loans. >> where else -- >> it drives microcrazy.

he is the former host of the tv show. >> get ready to get dirty. >> dirty jobs. >> your saying you have nothing against college. but not everyone has to go. >> yeah. look, i got nothing against cars. but not everybody has to drive a lamborghini. you know. just a lot of sensible ways to, to, get to where you are going. and, in the same way we have, ignored entire categories of, of good jobs, we have ignored, entire categories of education. fellowships. apprenticeships. >> for years, rowe has shown us derty jobs are also important jobs. >> that's close. sorry. >> the popular portrayals of blue-collar work are so predictable. they're so hackneyed. if there is a plumber on tv, 300 pounds. the giant butt crack thing going right. you just know it. he has to.

>> since 2008, the microe work foundation boosted awareness about the skilled labor shortage. >> so, you know years of predictable portrayals, coupled with well intended parents and guidance counselors. trying to -- to elevate. one form of education. at the expence of others. have in my opinion conspired to marginalize ate chunk of the work force. >> lift it up. sliefd if it back. >> reporter: which brings us back to this old house. now in its 39th season. for the first time this season will showcase three young apprentices as they learn to build a career. the show hopes to build an awareness that america's construction trades need a new blueprint. >> got a little bit. >> we want to make aware nts of the shortage. explain why it happened. more than anything else. we want to empower, encourage young people to take a shot at the skilled trades. >> reporter: not seen on tv, but in kitchens and basements around eastern pennsylvania, jody ann young garage waited in may.

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and how the vehicl operate together. as part of a system. not only with each other. but with the infrastructure around them.

>> so you need this, simulated world to do the right way. >> that is right. >> and it sits on 16 acres of the university of michigan campus. and offers just about every conceivable driving condition. allows to us stud e.t. downtown environment. parking meters, parallel parking, seven different types of traffic lights. now we are entering the high speed side. simulates highway operations. we can study vehicles entering and exiting the highway, lane change. >> m city partners all have a stake in the future of autonomous driving from intell the to state farm to the ford motor company. with these vehicles, rolling

down the highway. >> heartbreaking event. >> hard braking event. >> hard brake. >> this slows down while traveling around 35 miles an hour. >> slow brake. >> brake. >> oh! >> ha-ha-ha. and the ntsb says communication technology shows great promise in transforming the way americans travel. it says the tech tholg can help cars see around corners, and, through other cars. and in april, ntsa closed a commenting period on a to

mandate technology for light cars and trucks. hoping to get the green light in 2019. it is not just the cars that will be connected, you see the two rsus. >> roadside units. rsus about to communicate with vehicles. >> so they're broadcasting there is ice on the road ahead. the rsu its broadcasting information to my vehicle. my vehicle reacts to it. >> oh, wow. so, just icy road ahead. >> with rsus able to transmit at least 1,000 feet away. she says it could prevent winter pileups lake this. something that would not be possible for autonomous vehicles right now. >> with a senator based system. you do have issues with snow, rain, fog, but with a communication based system, that doesn't come into play. >> that she says will get autonomous vehicles on the road faster. this 15-seat driverless shuttle will be transport stug dents on the university of michigan campus this fall. michelle miller, ann arbor,

>> a tributes are pouring in after the passing of rock star tom petty the he died early monday morning after suffering a heart attack at his home in malibu, california. anthony mason who is on assignment in las vegas looks back on petty's life and remarkable career. >> they released they debut album and created classic hits that generations of fans would embrace. ♪ ♪ in 1999, petty sat down with

charlie rose on his pbs program. and discussed how his songs came to life. >> so this is your office? >> yeah, guess you could call it that. >> i spoke with petty in 200 # for cbs sunday morning about the pressure of working with your idols. ♪ sunset all right ♪ >> something he did when he joined the strtraveling wilburi. harrison, glen, orbison and dylan. >> what is it like writing with dylan? >> he is just as good as you would think he would be. i was there for a reason. so i had to get past his bobness, you know. >> a year later he released the first of three solo albums. ♪ free falling >> petty will most be remembered as the front man of the heartbreakers. ♪ ♪

>> just last week the band closed out their 40th anniversary tour at the hollywood bowl in los angeles. in the city of angels, the last song he ever performed on stage, was one of his biggest hits. >> i really, really love this music. i love rock 'n' roll. i love all of the music, really. but especially rock 'n' roll. ♪ you belong some place >> tom petty who was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall o fame in 2002 with the heartbreakers once said "music is the only real magic i have encountered in my life. it is pure and it is real. it moves and it heals." >> that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday.

captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, october 4th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." investigating the massacre in las vegas. the shooter's girlfriend is back in the u.s., and we're learning more about what the gunman did in the days before the attack. and the death toll rises in hurricane-ravaged puerto rico as president trump praises them on the low casualties compared to hurricane katrina. >> you can be very proud of your