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this morning on "world news now." new details in that mass shooting in las vegas. >> for the first time, the body camera video from officers who ran towards the gunfire, plus new images from inside the shooter's hotel sweet. h -- suite. and we ahave new details on the victims. the navy vet and country music fan, comprehensive coverage ahead. and the president and the odd visit to storm-ravaged puerto rico. millions of americans on the island still without electricity and drinking water, the president tossing paper
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him, while he hints that their debt may be forgiven. and the yahoo hack, 3 billion accounts affected. hear what you need to know on this wednesday, october 4th. the from abc news, this is "world news now." >> forgot i had a yahoo account. might have to check that out. >> that and your aol account, to make sure they're both okay. we're going so start things off with new video and dpriping new details on the killer's extensive planning. >> police released body camera footage showing the chaotic moments as officers surrounded the mandalay bay hotel trying to figure out where the shots wier coming from. >> a couple of officers hunkered down next to a patrol vehicle on las vegas boulevard when one of our
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>> police there dictating that video, narrating it. just some of the video from 67 police body cameras being examined. >> the gunman had set up cameras inside and outside his hotel room to see when police were closing in. cops also found 12 devices in his room, capable of modifying weapons into automatic weapons. his girlfriend is now back in the u.s. >> and crime scene photos show the inside of the shooter's hotel room, scattered with weapons, including an assault-style rifle with a scope. lana zak has the latest from las vegas. good morning, lana. >> reporter: we're learning so many details about that shooter including how many guns he had in total. 47 in the course of three different locations. but still, the big question, his
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it's a mystery. las vegas is still in shock. >> seems surreal. seems so bad. i just keep seeing it in my mind still, and it haunts me. >> reporter: the survivors, many still in the hospital, are trying to make sense of it all. >> still hasn't like fully hit me. it's kind of starting to, but not fully. >> reporter: investigators have updated the death toll now to 58 victims. among them, hanna alers, a mother of three. and navy veteran christopher roybal. >> he went to combat and came back without being injured and goes to a concert and dies. >> reporter: and for the first time we're seeing that night through the perspective of the police. authorities releasing body cam footage from it that night and piecing together the timeline. >> he fired off and on for somewhere between nine and 11 minutes. >> reporter: they are also releasinghi
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about what was happening in that room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. you can see it here, ammunition and guns still on the floor. and in addition to what was happening inside, there's more information about what was taking place just outside that room. >> there were two cameras located in the hallway so that the suspect could watch as law enforcement or security approached his room. >> reporter: and with so many questions still unanswered, authorities say they are very eager to speak with the girlfriend of the shooter. she had been out of the country, we believe in the philippines, when the attack happened. but she landed just hours ago at l.a.x. kendis, diane? >> yeah, that girlfriend now on the way to las vegas at some point in the overnight hours we believe. and what are we learning from vegas shorts vegas authorities in the meantime about the weapons the shooter used. >> reporter: they've expanded their search to this additional home outside of reno. that brought the number of weapons up to
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and perhaps the most troubling thing and something that has caused a lot of people to really reflect on, is his ability to buy legal semi-automatic weapons, and then modification kits that would allow them to function, in essence, like an automatic weapon. shooting off up to 100 rounds in a minute. it made it capable of inflicting tremendous damage. and we heard during that presser by authorities that it was completely legal to have both those semi-ought make the weapons and the modification kits on them that allowed them to function in a way that would otherwise be considered an illegal weapon. so they are looking at all these things, trying to figure out how he was able to do this. but in many ways, we know this is completely legal and those kits can be bought online. kendis, diane? >> quite a bit of debate.
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killed in the attack have been positively identify. and we expect an official anonsment this morning. >> they had their lives cut short on a night so many were looking forward to. >> reporter: we're learning more about the people killed in the las vegas massacre. people like neysa tonks, from las vegas, a mother of three boys. denise burditus, married 32 years to her husband. she died in his arms. stacy the etch bar. she got separated from her husband, a police officer who told her to run so he could save lives. christopher roybal was celebrating his 29th birthday and excited for the country music festival. >> i hhe had joked that he was going to change his flight to come home early, but he wanted to sigh jake
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the. >> reporter: jordan mcildoon was shot in the stomach. heather guz, a complete stranger, tried saving him, then had to deliver the horrible news to his family and girlfriend. >> she said is he snokay? and i said no. and she said be honest with me, is he okay? i said no. he's passed away. he's dead. >> reporter: tom llamas, abc new, las vegas. >> and of course the president is heading there to las vegas a little later on today to console many of those victims and their family members. such a horrible thing. >> and this is all happening after the president returned from visiting puerto rico. he was there to see the damage left behind by hurricane maria. and to meet with victims hear. he said he heard only thank you from the territory's people. the president also said damage could have been much worse. but right after he left, the death toll was raised to 34, more than double the
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>> and he left puerto rico an hour earlier than scheduled. we get more on the strange visit from abc's jonathan karl. [ applause ] >> reporter: at a church in san juan, president trump tossed paper towels to hurricane victims, as if he were playing basketball. >> there's a lot of love in this room. >> reporter: sitting right next to puerto rico's governor, he touted the death count as if he were keeping score. >> if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look it at the tremendous, hundreds and hundreds and hundred t hundreds of people who died. what is your death count at this time? 16 people certified, 16 people versus in the thousands. you can be very proud. >> reporter: but news the death toll has more than doubled to 34, even as he touted the federal recovery effort. >> the whole team has been amazing. >> reporter: the president couldn't help bringing up the high
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>> i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack. >> reporter: also in the room, the mayor of san juan whom the president has slammed relentlessly on twitter for saying puerto rico needs more than it's getting. afterwards, the mayor called the meeting productive. but on cnn, she dismissed the presidential visit as public relations. >> rather than commander in chief, he sort of becomes miscommunicater in chief. >> reporter: not far from there we met up with hector garcia. he had no idea the president was on the island, but he tells us he's happy he's here. he came here, garcia told us, because he knows we're in crisis. and here in san juan, the u.s. naval hospital ship comfort right behind me has just arrived on tuesday. it's got more than 500 medical staff and other personnel, something very welcome here on the island of puerto rico.
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juan. >> "comfort" will be heading to the southern part of the oointd in the next few days. a top senate democrat wants to know if any trump official used private e-mail accounts to conduct government business. ben carden concerned about jared kushner's communications. a copy evof a letter was obtain by abc news. it's reported that kushner and ivanka trump rerouted their accounts through trump organization computers. baseball's playoffs are under way and they started with a lot of home runs. >> thankfully most of them by the yankees. but we'll start off with the twins who started with a pair of homers in the first, taking a 3-0 lead. new york tied the game with a 3-run blast. aaron judge adds to the yankees' lead with a
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the yankees move on to the division series against cleveland with an 8-4 victory! i'm with you, jack. >> no. minnesota. >> thumbs down is one of their things this year. that's good. coming up, the former ceo of equifax faces new heat on capitol hill. hear what richard smith says were the prime culprits of the data breach. and the politics of guns. what we're hearing now from both sides of the debate. you're watching "world news now."
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date. smith apologized, and blamed it on human error and technology failures. >> it happened on my watch, and as ceo i'm ultimately responsible. and i take responsibility. i'm here today to say to each and every person affect the by this breach, i'm truly and deeply sorry for what happened. >> he forfeited any bonus this year but still walks away with more than $90 million. in the meantime, the irs has just awarded equifax a more than $7 million contract to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud. yahoo may now have earned the distinction of the worst hack in the history of the internet. the company has announced that a data breach from four years ago affected all 3 billion accounts on its service. anyone who
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diligent about monitoring personal accounts, even on other sites if you use the same password. 3 billion yahoo accounts. who knew. meantime, regular americans are increasingly getting socked with bank fees. atm fees averaged $4.69 per transaction. but experts say they're easily avoided by sticking with your own bank's atm. coming up in the next half hour, the battle over gun control heats up as we visit the gun store frequented by the las vegas shooter. that's next. why do the best things in life create so much mess! tackle it all with finish® quantum. even on the toughest messes you get an unbeatable clean.
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in the wake of the las vegas massacre, democratic lawmakers head to capitol hill to hold a demonstration on gun control. >> they're angry with what they see as republican inaction on the issue. byron hitts visits one of the stores where the killer bought guns. >> reporter: owner chris michael woke up shocked by
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the las vegas shooting and the identity of the alleged gunman. >> i recognized his name, i recognized the face. i remembered exactly that he was a customer. i remember him coming in and purchasing a firearm through us. >> reporter: michael says he sold paddock a shotgun in february. >> everything lined up. everything was a normal purchase by a normal person. there was nothing that should out in any way, shape or form. >> reporter: but now the store owner is struggling with the idea that a gun he sold may have been used for the unthinkable. >> a feeling of guilt. what if, could have, would have, should have, all those things keep falling into place for me, is there something i could have done. >> reporter: sunday's shooting reigs nighting a fierce debate. jimmy kimmel with this fierce monologue. >> i don't know why our so-called leaders continue to allow this to happen. >> reporter: those leaders once again divided in the nation's
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capitol. pro-rights republicans saying the things they so often seem to say after a mass shooting. >> i think it's premature to be discussing legislative solutions if there are any. >> reporter: pro-gun-control democrats saying what they always seem to say. >> it is time for action. >> we can say enough is enough. >> reporter: chris murphy, democratic senator from connecticut has been pushing gun control since the catastrophe at sandy hook. >> it's a tried and true the tactic to tell advocates for change that we can't talk about change after a mass shooting. >> reporter: the horror in las vegas ripping off scabs not yet healed from the story we have heard and told too many times before. >> i am absolutely not a politician, but i am a physician who is sick and tired of being reactive, reactive to these gun violence incidents. >> reporter: william beg is an emergency room physician who
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five years ago he treated victims of the sandy hook shooting. your gut reaction? >> my gut reaction was one of immense sadness for all those families and the victims. i quite honestly, i could not watch more than a few seconds of the tv, and then it turned to anger, because i do know that, and i'm passionate, that events like this are, in my estimation, prefectu preventible. >> reporter: he sees it as a public health issue. but through policy, he hopes the country will get on the right track. in utah, chris michael says it's not washington politicians but instincts and enforcement. >> the checks and balances for the paperwork that they go through, that the fbi database looks through. i'm still the first guy here and the last guy.
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this morning on "world news now," the dramatic new body cam video. showing the chaotic moments of the las vegas massacre. authorities releasing the video hours ago, showing officers surrounding the mandalay bay hotel trying to figure out where the shots were coming from. and the shooter's girlfriend is back in the u.s. we're live in vegas. and president trump going to the disaster zone, meeting with officials. in puerto rico. and new this half hour, never before seen video showing a bomb exploding in the heart of new york city. the pedestrians running for cover. the new images as the accused bomber's trial gets under way. and we have the new images
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