david shimp chief executive of the medical center there in el paso, texas thank you so much for taking a few moments to talk to us this evening. we really appreciated and thank you to the doctors and nurses and health care work as there who abort tirelessly throughout the day to save these 11 people who came to the hospital. >> it's a privilege, thank you. leland: at times like this there is the commander in chief and our colleague says there is the console in chief. president trump tweeting about the shooting in el paso that only tragic and he said i there are no excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people. maloney and i give our heart thought prayers to the people of texas in and the leader of the state of texas governor greg abbott earlier today at a press conference talking not only about the evil that has taken over his state and put his state into the unspeakable grief but the strength of texans who will come together and rebuild their city and their safety. suh texas and everybody in this community we must do one thing today and one thing tomorrow and each and every d

david shimp chief executive of the medical center there in el paso, texas thank you so much for taking a few moments to talk to us this evening. we really appreciated and thank you to the doctors and nurses and health care work as there who abort tirelessly throughout the day to save these 11 people who came to the hospital. >> it's a privilege, thank you. leland: at times like this there is the commander in chief and our colleague says there is the console in chief. president trump tweeting about the shooting in el paso that only tragic and he said i there are no excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people. maloney and i give our heart thought prayers to the people of texas in and the leader of the state of texas governor greg abbott earlier today at a press conference talking not only about the evil that has taken over his state and put his state into the unspeakable grief but the strength of texans who will come together and rebuild their city and their safety. suh texas and everybody in this community we must do one thing today and one thing tomorrow and each and every d

we're very grateful to the help that david shimp provides to us with those kind of people that can come in and talk to the staff and understand and talk through that process. >> yes? >> how is the team doing in terms of sleep? were a lot of them up through the night working on patients? what kind of rotation are they on now in terms of trying to get rest to resolve that situation? >> sure. the flaherty, you had an hour and a half worth of sleep last night. you look pretty darned good for that on camera, sir. but generally speaking, the teams are rotating through and making sure that they are getting the rest they need and still being able to provide for the patients. >> were all the victims -- >> i'm not entirely certain. >> dr. steven flaherty talking about what it is like for them as they take in so many people. and what struck me, and i'm sure struck you, he talked about a recent mock drill they had done for a possible mass shooting, actually bringing people in. that is part of how they knew what to do. we will continue to follow this more from el paso in just a moment. do stay close

. >> melissa: that was the ceo of the del sol medical center, david shimp, letting us know another patienthour, another victim of that shooting in el paso, has passed away. taking the number 222. we heard from dr. steven flaherty, as well, talking about the families and the trauma there. at one point, breaking down in tears himself and talking about all that trauma center has done to try and help those victims. again, the death toll now rising by one, 222. we'll be right back. ers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. we're the tenney's and we're usaa members for life. call usaa to start saving on insurance today. o♪ ozempic®! ♪ oh! oh! and we're usaa members for life. (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7 and maintained it. oh! under 7? (announcer) and you may lose weight. in the same on

and we're very grateful to the help that david shimp provides to us with the kind of people that come through that process. >> how are the teams doing in terms of sleep in were a lot of them up throughout the night working patients and what kind of rotation are they on right now in terms of trying to get rest in the all hands on deck situation? on terms of 12 hours camera, sir. but generally speaking the teams are rotating through and making sure that they're getting the rest they need and still being able to provide for the patients patients. >> were all of the victims gunshot victims? >> i'm not entirely certain. i know that one of them was -- had fallen in trying to escape, and so i don't believe that that particular individual had suffered a gunshot wound but still had injuries that we needed to treat. yes, ma'am. >> there are some reports circulating that some patients -- or some wounded may have been (unintelligible) immigration. i wonder if any of those (unintelligible) have been presented or you're aware of that. and if so what would you say to -- >> if somebody's injured, we