. >> ben sweeney is from the lehigh valley in vegas for a work conference.ours in, he found themselves himself in the same hotel where he fired shot after shot. >> they came down las vegas boulevard in front of the mandalay bay. i never heard that many shots so fast. >> ben sweeney witnessed the horror firsthand. >> so many thoughts are going through my head. my stomach informs a knot. >> reporter: helpless and alone watching two floors below. >> i saw the view of the concert venue and the disaster it was in. >> he went to hide in the hotel room bathtub. she called him immediately and knew something awful was happening. >> i could hear it in the background. >> i was 30 feet away from this guy who was killing people. all the shots i heard, one in every three probably ended someone's life. i don't have words to describe it. it's disheartening. >> he got on the first plane back east monday. >> seeing them at the airport, she was emotional. >> share inging a moment with h wife. >> i gave her a hug and was so happy to see her. >> knowing others won't be able to d

ben sweeney was on a business strip here in las vegas and checked into a room on the 30th floor of mandalayrying to sleep when he heard gunshots. e he says the shooter was two floors above him. he described the loud sound of the gunshots and all the chaos just outside his window. >> i was probably 30 feet away from this guy killing all these people. all the shots i heard, one in every three probably ended someone's life. i have words to describe it. it's disheartening. >> he shared this picture with us. this is what the concert venue looked like the morkç after th shooting. tonight investigators say they are processing the guns used in the massacre to try to figure out how the shooter may have modified the weapons to make them automatic. that would have allowed him to fire so many bullets so fast. they are saying 600 rounds a minute. nbc 10's george spencer found experts who say our gun laws have not kept up with changing gun technology. >> hundred dollar the crime scene, we're getting our first look inside the the shooter's hotel room. experts say it is the agonizing rattle of sound outsi

ben sweeney of salisbury township was at the mandalay bay, two floors below the shooter, when he opened fire sunday night. he was trying to sleep when a series of loud bangs woke him up. >> i was probably 30 feet from this guy who was killing all these people. all the shots i heard, one in every three, probably ended someone's life. it's -- it's just -- i don't have words to describe it. >> sweeney jumped in the bathtub for cover, not knowing what was going on. >>> former first lady michelle obama used philadelphia as the backdrop for one of her first public appearances since leaving the white house. mrs. obama addressed 12,000 attendees at the conference for women in center city yesterday. she talked about how women need to speak up and not waste their seat at the table. while she didn't mention the current president by name, she made broader references to current events. >> i want women to watch this. i want you all to pay attention. this is what happens when we don't stand up. >> mrs. obama says it feels good to be out of the fast-paced white house, and she and the former president a

. >> ben sweeney was staying in a room two floors down from the shooter. sweeney heard the entire ordeal. he also said he huddled in a bathtub until his room until he knew he was safe. >> some others who were eyewitnesss to the horror in las vegas are back in our region tonight trying to process what they saw. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hoff caught up with some of them at philadelphia international airport ♪ god bless america >> reporter: this video shows a joy-filled vegas crowd. megan o'donnell of wilmington posted it online. about an hour later, the scene was shattered by gunfire and that joy stolen. she arrived back to philadelphia and into the arms of her husband, embracing like so many others who attended the route 91 harvest festival. >> i actually called my mom while shots were being fired and told her i loved her and said i'm going to run i'm okay. >> reporter: steve gold. >> i could see running, bleeding and some people just had blood everywhere. you know, people trying to pick people up and get bloody from that and the next thing i know

. >> ben sweeney was staying in a room two floors down from the shooter. sweeney heard the entire ordeal. he also said he huddled in a bathtub until his room until he knew he was safe. >> some others who were eyewitnesss to the horror in las vegas are back in our region tonight trying to process what they saw. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hoff caught up with some of them at philadelphia international airport ♪ god bless america >> reporter: this video shows a joy-filled vegas crowd. megan o'donnell of wilmington posted it online. about an hour later, the scene was shattered by gunfire and that joy stolen. she arrived back to philadelphia and into the arms of her husband, embracing like so many others who attended the route 91 harvest festival. >> i actually called my mom while shots were being fired and told her i loved her and said i'm going to run i'm okay. >> reporter: steve gold. >> i could see running, bleeding and some people just had blood everywhere. you know, people trying to pick people up and get bloody from that and the next thing i know

ben sweeney of salisbury township says he doesn't need a tv to see what happened in vegas. he lived it. sweeney was staying on the 30th floor sunday night. he says he was trying to sleep when a series of loud bangs woke him up. >> i was probably 30 feet away from this guy who was killing all these people, and all the shots i heard, you know, one in every three probably ended someone's life. it's just -- i don't have words to describe it. >> sweeney says he jumped in the bathtub for cover not knowing what was going on. >>> this morning we're learning more about a youth wrestling and little league coach from central pennsylvania who was killed in the attack. bill wolfe was in las vegas with his wife who is okay celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. wolfe lived in shippensburg. we talked with one of his teachers from high school. >> going to impact this community. it already has dramatically. he's very involved in youth sports and coaching. from all indications, everything i've heard, he was a very good coach. very good with the kids. you just can't have enough people li

. >> ben sweeney doesn't need a tv to see what happened in vegas. >> so many thoughts are going throughmy head and my stomach was in a knot. >> reporter: he lived it, witnessing the shooting with his own eyes. >> i was 30 feet away from this guy who was killing all these people and all the shots i heard, one in every three probably ended someone's life. i don't have words to describe it. it's disheartening. >> reporter: he checked in sunday evening booking a room on the 30th floor trying to sleep through the concert noise from down below. at first loud bangs didn't concern him. >> i heard three sounds. first came to my mind they are shooting off fireworks. >> reporter: after a brief pause, the shots kept raining down. >> probably 30 bang. s really fast. and a the that point it was coming inside the hotel. >> reporter: confused and scared, he jumped into the bathtub not knowing where the shooting was coming tr. his darkness turned into day, the reality of the shooting came into full sight. >> i saw the concert venue and could see the disaster it was in. i could see the botds with tarps o

. >> ben screeny is from salisbury -- sweeney is from salisbury township. he was at the mandalay bay two floors below the shooter who opened fire sunday. he was trying to sleep when a series of loud bangs woke him up. >> i was probably 30 feet away from this guy who was killing all these people. and all the shots i heard -- one in every three probably ended someone's life. it's -- it's just -- i don't have words to describe it. >> sweeney says he jumped in the bathtub for cover, not knowing what was going on. and our coverage will take you to the pennsylvania community coming together after learning a youth coach died in the attack. plus, new firepower in the growing gun debate. >>> and turn on the nbc10 app any time for updates, a timeline of how the shooting unfolded, and the slide show of memorials. >>> 6:06. 56 degrees outside. new details in bucks county. police say this shackled father left his son to die as he tried to run from police after crashing his car. nbc10's randy gyllenhaal is live in levittown where a father's petty theft cost a child his l

sweeney says a lot of things. but the truth is, he's not on our side. >>> welcome back to ben franklin parkway, rain drops all over the lens, at 5:14. 48 degrees. pretty chilly out there we're wondering will we see warm up, will we see rain clearing out early in the morning what about the wind. so much to talk b sue serio good morning to you. >> short answer is yes. back to you. no, we will start off with the wind advisory in effect for today for every county in the viewing area, possibility of wind gusting at 50 miles an hour or more, lets see where we are at the moment. 16 miles an her sustain wind in philadelphia, 26 miles an hour wind in wilmington and you can see throughout the region similar wind speed, these are gusts, 40 miles an hour, in wilmington, tropical storm force, expect this to continue, these high wind throughout the next couple of hours, and then we have a wind advisory until noon. chilly temperatures all in the 40's this morning. wind makes it feel chillier, so make sure in the only do kid have rain gear on at bus stop they need warm rain gear on as well. here is our whole northeast i should sa

sweeney's looking out for himself, not for us. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, welcome back, everybody! we are hanging out with benuse ] his new movie, "brad's status" is coming out. now, ben, a lot of people don't know this, but we actually costarred in a popular teen drama back in the '90s. do you remember? >> yes, that's right. i forgot about that. it was a -- what was it called? it was called -- >> both: "speak for yourself." >> jimmy: yes. "speak for yourself" was the name of it. we played two high school seniors who were in love with the same girl and the show was great but there were some weird audio issues, do you remember? >> yeah, yeah, yeah, the director, is this guy, giovanni puccini, right? who was like this very intense italian director -- >> jimmy: was he -- was he italian? [ light laughter ] >> he was italian, yeah. and -- i remember he had a very specific thing he liked my voice better for your character and your voice better for my character. and he -- so we ended up having to lip sync each other's lines and well, you know -- the other person spoke for us, you know, and i spoke your lines. >> jim