gunman, we cannot confirm his or her status, and some of the -- lutheran university, california university channel island and pepperdine university from all of those schools located nearby were at this bar at the time, considered college night. we will bring this to you. one of the sheriff deputies was holding a news conference, you cannot confirm the situation is under control. >> could still be a threat. can you give us any sense how many people were killed? >> i would say half a dozen people were injured inside the location. >> shot. >> what can you tell us? >> i can't tell you much about the shooter. we are still looking for the shooter. we can't confirm the shooter is in custody. at this point what i'm hearing -- and can't confirm the exact number. >> reporter: a couple things, they could still hear shots inside. witnesses have been coming forward talking about smoke grenades that went off in advance. not some type of assault weapons that they heard. reports, you have to be careful when listening to witness accounts which vary dramatically. one person earlier said he heard a dozen shots, witnesses a

very popular with california lutheran students, cal-state university channel islands, and thomas aquinas state north ridge. again this was a college country night. very popular. about 200 kids there inside enjoying line dancing and all sorts of wonderful things before the horrors unfolded at 11:20 p.m. right now, back to you. >> all right. alex whit, thank you very much. we'll have continuing coverage on this throughout the morning. we'll get back to you with any new information. >>> we also have a lot of politics to get to. tuesday night, americans gave democrats their biggest house gains in the mid-terms since watergate. >> was it really that bad? >> that long. >> i didn't know it was that bad. since watergate. >> it was bad. >> so donald trump damaged the republican party in a way that nobody has since nixon had to resign in shame? >> it's possible he damaged himself as well, because they have subpoena power now. president trump emerged in denial, declaring republicans performance close to complete victory. democrats have won control of the house where they gained at least 28 seats wi

california lutheran university. csu channel islandsa handful of universities confirming some of the students were attendance at this college country night again at the border line bar & grill. a popular event and venue where oftentimes usual have more than zrq3ñ 100 people inside with a line around the block just to try and help give you more of a sense of what a night like that is like, we our own crown force sara stinso n? >> with that we have promotional video of the bar so people can see how big the area is and you can explain how loud and chaotic it is as people gather to college night on wednesday night. >> reporter: it's college night and country night. it's a very fun night and full of people who are 18 and older, people come out. it is very loud and it's a huge venue but it's so loud in there and that's why i feel like this must have have been -- i want to know how long did it take for people to realize what was going on. we know that some people were dancing and then they started to see people literally fall to the ground. so

university sits. also california lutheran, cal state, channel islands. this was a very very popular bar.t its website and look at the amount of events they have scheduled, they really do cater to the young kids and also the country music fans. it's a place that we know that it's a large place and it was able to hold at least 200 inside that bar tonight. it's a place that's very popular with locals there in thousand oaks. >> because it was a college town, a lot of students in the area. you can imagine how scared, terrified the parents who are getting word of this shooting and also wondering if their kid were inside. in fact, we actually have now an interview with a father who showed up to the scene looking for his son who was inside. let's take a listen. >> jake went there tonight with friends. >> correct. it's a local hangout especially on college night. it's not uncommon for him to be there with some friends. we were woken up by a knock on the door. a friend of his was there. he said you ready? we're right behind you. i'm going to finish this game of pool. got home, for whatever reason