communicators" we want to introduce you to aaron rouse the special agent in charge in las vegas for the fbi. what does that entail no it mean its i'm going run the fbi operations for the state of nevada. >> host: what is the major focus here in nevada for the fbi? >> guest: well, unfortunately the fbi has to be good at everything, and so our focus has to be in the top priorities of the fbi has set out and its what we can do the most with, and so for us our number one priority is always going to be counterterrorism, keeping people safe. >> host: you're attending black hat. why? >> guest: i think it's important for us to know what technologies are out there, what people who are involved in the industry, for good or not so good, what they're involved in, and what kind of things are interesting them and what kind of technology is the latest and greatest that they see out there, and what kind of discussion groups do they have? the fbi wants to be part of that. >> host: are you welcomed here?

what i want you to do is give aaron rouse an opportunity to talk about mary lou. he may not have anything for you but it's fair to ask him. [ inaudible ] >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: was the car plan -- >> don't ask me to make assumptions, please. >> thank you. ken. >> reporter: we were asking where is mary lou now and is she still a person of interest in this investigation people rely on us in discretion. if someone is assisting us in the investigation, if they're being cooperative, that's between us and them. giving away a location of a citizen or somebody that is cooperating with us is not in our interest interest, not in that person's best interest. that's a matter of their business. so we're not going to comment on that. >> reporter: she is not in federal custody? >> we have no one in custody. >> reporter: without saying anything specific, after seeing his computers, after speaking to mary lou, do you have any direction, any sense as to what may have been the motive? just any sense, any evidence or anything? >> as i mentioned in my earlier remarks, we like to d

not everyone is here doing all legitimate work. >> host: aaron rouse, special agent in charge in las vegas. this is "the communicators" on c-span. >> each year since 1950, the national book foundation has selected what they consider to be the best books in poetry, young people's literature, fiction, and nonfiction. the winner offered this year's national book award will be announce its on november 15th november 15th in new york city. and beginning now on booktv, one of this year's finalists for nonfiction, pulitzer prize winning author frances fitzgerald discusses her history of event alcalism in america. -- evangelicalism in america. [inaudible discussion]

not everyone is here doing all legitimate work. >> host: aaron rouse as a special agent in charge in las vegas. this is "the communicators" on c-span. >> here's a look at some upcoming fairs and festivals happening around the country. >> should be deciding city citf hell that were based on idea. they object to the idea. they reject the value of the declaration of independence rather explicitly. they don't believe america is an idea. they believe it is a geographical location. people by people of certain ethnic and racial backgrounds. and there's a real dark side. the reality is that throughout the campaign, donald trump had more than one opportunity to repudiate them, , reject them, speak out against them, and he dodged and delayed and went again and again and again. it's a pattern. it's not, this is not a one off. this is a problem. this is a cancer at the heart of the conservative movement if we are not willing to say that the left is not right if we tolerate these people. there are these moral judgments, these key moment in every movement. liberalism had to expel the communists in

special agent aaron rouse will provide the information for that. i will return to the podium with some q and a and commissioner is available if you have any questions of the commission mer. president trump, i think he was in town today. yes, he was in town. the reason why i bring up president trump has nothing to do with president trump but to do with the police department. there was some concern because of his visit that investigations associated with this case would be delayed or hindered. i'm here to assure you none of that occurred. there was a separation of personnel associated with first responders of the festival that took the opportunity to meet with mr. trump and he had the opportunity to congratulate them for their heroic acts. investigators are directly related to this investigation on my department and the fbi were not part of that. i want everybody assured there was no hindrance in continuing the investigation. return of property. there's a lot of questions going on with that. i wish i could provide you answers. we will try to post whe

i am aaron rouse, the special agent in charge for the fbi in las vegas. as our partner from the beginning we have established a 24 hour, seven-day a week command post with agents, analysts, task force officers and many support personnel. we have deployed over 200 employees from across the fbi to las vegas including many with specialized positions. globally we have hundreds of agents covering every facet of this investigation. nothing will be overlooked. we have made significant progress. to date, we have found no signs of ideology or affiliation to any groups. hundreds of interviews have been conducted so far. close to 2000 leads have been covered so far. extensive review of digital media on a multitude of devices is ongoing. over 1000 pieces of evidence have been collected and are being reviewed by the fbi laboratory. hours and hours of video footage from hotels continues to be reviewed. fbi victim specialists from across the country are here assisting victims and families of the victims. more than 1800 victim questionnaires have been completed. the retu

aaron rouse he is assisting with the investigation which is ongoing and then we have fire chief greg castle from clark county fire and they are assisting with all the victims now as far as number of victims i cannot give you an accurate number at this point we have well in excess of one hundred plus injured an excess of twenty plus. that have died at this point so we will get those numbers to you accurately as soon as we can but please bear with us this is an ongoing investigation but we are comfortable that the primary aggressor in this event is has expired or passed away and is no longer a threat there has been multiple multiple phone calls and accusations or conjecture coming through social media that there is multiple shooters at other result resorts that has been proven to be false additionally there has been accusations or belief there's some explosives going off that is also false the only explosive contained in this event was. from our swat team breaching the room so please we are pretty confident that there is no longer a threat other than we are attempting to locate the per

standing with me, is special agent in charge of the fbi, aaron rouse. he is sifting with the investigation which is ongoing and then we have fire chief greg castle from clark county fire and they are assisting with all of the victims. now, as far as number of victims i cannot give you an accurate number at this point. we have well in excess of a hundred plus injured and in excess of 20 plus that have died at this point. so, we will get those numbers to you accurately as soon as we can. but please bear with us. this is an ongoing investigation. but we are comfortable that the primary aggressor in this event has expired or passed away and is no longer a threat. there has been multiple, multiple phone calls and accusations or conjecture coming through social media that there is multiple shoote that has been proven to be false. additionally there has been accusations or beliefs there's some explosives going off. that is also false. the only explosive contained in this event was from our s.w.a.t. team breaching the room. so, please, we are pretty confident t

aaron rouse/fbi "we have determined at this point no connection with an international terrorist group." joe lombardo/las vegas sheriff "this was individual that was described as a lone wolf, i don't know how it could have been prevented."this morning in florida, the shooters brother - in utter disbelief "he bought the machine guns and he did this. i mean he's never even drawn his gun it just-- just makes no sense." gunfire first rang out at approximately 10:08pm - during a headline performance by singer jason aldean. the crowd of 22,000 country music fans and staff, had few places to hide. reighlynn parsley/witness "we got up and we ran. and the surreal moment was seeing some man-- a fireman carry a girl in a white romper and it was stained red. and he was stained red running with that girl."groups cowered in freezers and behind fences, the deadly gunfire kept coming taylor benge/witness"no matter what place you went for cover there was two to three bodies to accompany that."in the parking lot - victims carried out in makeshift stretchers and wheelbarrows. natsot"hey, right now we nee

however, first and foremost is that our partners, special agent in charge, aaron rouse has some information about a new media plan that the fbi has launched and i'd like him to explain that. mr. rouse? >> thank you. i'm cleared to announce that clear channel local in las vegas has partnered with the metropolitan police and with the fbi to reach as many people as we possibly can. we're starting an information campaign seeking true knowledge as to what happened in the events leading up to and involving this incident. the billboards will be displayed throughout las vegas. it will have the badge of the metropolitan police and seal of the fbi on it along with the terms "if you know something, say something." along with a phone number which we've agreed will be 800-call-fbi. this is critical for us. as the undersheriff mentioned, we have not stopped, we will not stop until we have the truth. thank you. >> thank you. next up i'll would like to have the chair of the clark county commission, steve sisilac come up and provide you additional information as well. >> thank you, undersheriff. i appreciat

the fbi director, or not director, aaron rouse, who is in charge of the fbi for las vegas he was on sayingill no sign of any ideology or any kind of affiliation that this shooter may have had which leads the question of why? why did he do this? there is no indication he was mentally ill. it leaves me to think, sometimes pure evil doesn't need a why, does isn't. >> it doesn't, david. you can't get into someone's rationality or can't get into their mind. we don't know if there was organic -- david: have you ever worked on a murder case or multiple murder cases where there was absolutely no explanation in psychological profile or affiliation of the shooter? >> some cases i worked on in the bureau where it didn't make any sense, people decided for some reason, you can't get into their mind to know why, decided commit an act against another human, in this case many humans who passed away. david: there is one question the fbi can still work off. i don't know if it deals with motive, the question how this guy got so much money. people said he was in real estate. folks, i know folks in real estate

standing with me is special agent in charge of the fbi aaron rouse, he is assisting with the investigation which is ongoing and then we have fire chief greg castle from clark county fire, and they are assisting with all of the victims. as far as number of victims i cannot give you an accurate number at this point. we have well in excess of 100 plus injured and excess of 20 plus that have died at this point. so we will get those numbers to you accurately as soon as we can but please bear with us , this is an ongoing investigation but we are comfortable that the primary aggressor in this event has died or passed away and is in longer a threat. there has been multiple, multiple phone calls, and accusations or conjecture coming through social media that there is multiple shooters at other resorts. that has been proven to be false. additionally there has been accusations or beliefs that there is explosives going off and that is also false. only explosive contained in this event was our swat team in the room. so please, we are pretty confident that there is in longer a threat, other than we are

questions from you, however, first and foremost, is that our partners, special agent in charge, aaron rouse has some information about new media plan that fbi has launched and i would like him to explain what that is. mr. rouse. >> thank you, sheriff. i'm employees ds to announce clear channel in las vegas has partnered with the metropolitan and fbi to reach as many people as we possibly can. we are starting an information campaign, seeking true knowledge as to what happened in the event leading up to and involving this incident. the billboards will be displayed throughout the las vegas area. they will have the badge of the metropolitan police and the seal of the fbi on it along with the terms "if you know something, say something."along with a phone number which we agreed will be 1-800 call-fbi. this is critical for us as the under sheriff mentioned, we have not stopped, we will not stop, until we have the truth. thank you. >> thank you, mr. rouse. next up i would like to have the chair of the clark county commission, steve cyst a lack come up and provide you some additional information as

or continuance of any global investigative leads that you need to be aware of, um, special agent aaron rouse will produce those, that information associated with that. okay? and then subsequently i will return to the podium, assist with some q & a and then commissioner sislac is available if you have any questions of the commissioner and obviously we have senator dean heller, who wished to address the audience also. so, um, president trump. i think he was in town today. [ laughter ] >> um, yes, he was in town and the reason why i bring up president trump is nothing to do in fact with president trump but to do with the police department. um, there was some concern because of his visit that investigations associated with this case would be delayed or hindered. and i'm here to assure you none of that occurred. there was a separation of personnel associated with first responders, um, of the harvest festival event that took the opportunity to meet with mr. trump and he had the opportunity to congratulate them for their heroic acts. investigators are directly related to this investigation both on

and special agent in charge, aaron rouse, of the fbi.he fbi has been standing next to us, from the very first minute. they are providing all of the resources available of the federal government, to help us in this endeavor. and you have the clark county chairman. he has been instrumental and getting us information from the first responders. >>> as we hit 9:00 east coast time on this monday morning, we want to welcome some viewers who may be just joining this special edition of "today" show on this monday morning, where we are covering the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, in las vegas, nevada, 10:00 or so, local time there. 50 -- more than 50 people have been killed by a shooter in a hotel room, 32 stories above a music concert taking place. we've been listening to joseph lombardo, the clark county sheriff over the district of las vegas, nevada. >> -- other than distraught pe

i mean, this guy here is the local sack, aaron rouse in charge of the fbi.'s important, greg talked about this yesterday, chief of the clark county fire department. i'm telling you right now this jurisdiction has the best partnerships, i believe, in the united states as far as public safety. we would not be able to accomplish what we did, as you described in the last 4 eight hours, without that partnership. the fbi stepped into the plate to help us with evidence documentation and prosecution. the fire department, he didn't do a good job describing it yesterday, greg. the fire department in our jurisdiction marries with the police officer during the critical incident. i beg you to find such a robust operation in the rest of the united states. quite often what you observe in the public space is the fire department will wait until secured by public safety before aid is rendered. our primary mission is aid and the safety of the public. they took it upon themselves to train with us, to marry with us, and to go into the fray to assist the victims. if you look at t

this guy here at the locals, aaron rouse in charge of the fbi, it's important. greg cassel talked about this. this jurisdiction has the best partnerships i believe in the united states as far as public safety. we would not be able to accomplish what we did as you described in the last 48 hours without that partnership. the fbi stepped up to the plate to help us with the evidence documentation and prosecution. the fire department -- he didn't do a good job describing it yesterday, greg. the fire department in our jurisdiction marries with a police officer during a critical incident. i beg you to find such robust type operation in the rest of the united states. quite often what you observe in the public space is the fire department will wait until it's secured by public safety before aid is rendered. our primary mission is aid. the safety of the public. they took it upon themselves to train with us, to marry with us and to go into the frey to assist the victims. if you look at the video, you see individuals with helmets on and vests on. those are firefighters stan

i mean this guy here is the local sac, aaron rouse, in charge of the fbi. it is important, greg castle talked about this yesterday, chief of the clark county fire department. i'm telling you right now, this jurisdiction has the best partnerships i believe in the united states as far as public safety. we would not be able to accomplish what we did as you described in the last 48 hours without that partnership. the fbi stepping to the plate, to help us with evidence documentation, prosecution. the fire department, here -- he didn't do a good job describing it yesterday, greg. the fire department in our jurisdiction marries with a police officer during a critical incident. i beg you to find such a robust type operation in the rest of the united states. quite often what you observe in the public space is the fire department will wait until it is secured by public safety before aid is rendered. our primary mission is aid, and safety of the public. they took it upon themselves to train with us, to marry with us, and to go into the fray to assist the victims. if y

what i want you to do is give aaron rouse an opportunity to talk about marilou.e may not have anything for you. i think it's fair for you to ask him and then i would like to get to senator heller and commissioner sislak. >> the car was -- [inaudible] >> i'm sorry. >> was the car planned for him -- >> don't ask me to make assumptions. please. >> ken? >> we were asking where is marilou danley now and is she still a person of interest in this investigation? >> as i mentioned in my comments, you know, people rely on us for our discretion. if someone is assisting us in an investigation, if they are being cooperative, that is between us and them giving away a location of a citizen or somebody that is cooperating with us is not in our best interest. it's not in that person's best interest. so that's a matter of their business. we are not going to comment on that. >> she is not in federal custody. >> we have no one in custody. >> thank you. >> if i could ask the same question, without saying anything specific, after seeing his computer, after speaking to marilou, do you

and special agent in charge, aaron rouse, of the fbi.bi has been standing next to us, from the very first minute. they are providing all of the resources available of the federal government, to help us in this endeavor. and you have the clark county chairman. he has been instrumental and getting us information from the first responders. >>> as we hit 9:00 east coast time on this monday morning, we want to welcome some viewers who may be just joining this special edition of "today" show on this monday morning, where we are covering the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, in las vegas, neva, 10:00 or so, local time there. 50 -- more than 50 people have been killed by a shooter in a hotel room, 32 stories above a music concert taking place. we've been listening to joseph lombardo, the clark county sheriff over the district of las vegas, nevada. >> -- other than distraught person, intending to