mr. wedick tell us what you see in this photograph.hat appears to be a photographer taking a picture of a gun. is that what you are seeing as well? >> yes, it looks like they have got a rifle on the ground and it looks like there is an officer standing over it, making sure nothing happens to the scene, and as you say there is a forensic photographer taking photographs. >> can you tell what type of gun it is? it is obviously a rifle. >> it appears to be a rifle for sure. >> but we heard in -- and this is always the problem with -- with the reports when they come in ip initially, everybody nowadays sees an assault rifle. that does not appear to be what would commonly be referred to as an assault rifle unless the officer's right leg is blocking the chamber. >> correct. and it doesn't appear so, but it is difficult to see. >> based on what you are seeing does that particular photo appear to be authentic? >> sure. it looks like a photo taken by a witness there through his camera, and sent on twitter. you can see the s.w.a.t. offi r officers

mr. wedick i'm going to put you on hold and go live to the white house. >> he will be regularly updated on unfolding events there. at this point the lead is lapd, but we're obviously at the federal level in touch with law enforcement officials on the ground, and will -- the president will be updated as the afternoon progresses. >> and anything you can say about what he has been told, what the understanding is for officials on what happened there? >> no, i have no more information than what i think you are learning from reports out of l.a. right now to convey. >> on a separate topic, intelligence officials say the leader of the pakistani taliban was killed in a drone strike -- >> okay. that is the latest from the white house as you can hear -- or perhaps you didn't hear all of what he had to say. he said the white house is being kept abreast on what is happening at the scene. we know at approximately 9:30 this morning, gunmen went into lax and opened fire. there are reports that as many as three people may have been wounded. we saw visually two of those people being treated in that little t