. >> sarah dallof has more on the meticulous planning and how it went unnoticed. fire on the route 91 harvest festival, officials say he rented rooms at a luxury high-rise overlooking a different outdoor concert. >> paddock rented a room at the ogden hotel in downtown las vegas, but it was directly during the same time as life it beautiful. >> according to a newly released timeline, paddock fired the first shots at 10:05 sunday night. officers arrived on the 32nd floor of mandalay bay 12 minutes later, making entry at 11:20. paddock affixed a camera to a cart and he had an escape plan. his girlfriend said she knew nothing about in a statement read by her attorney. >> he never said anything to me or took any action that i was aware of that i understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was hospitalized. cell phone video and police body cameras show paramedics alongside police racing to treat the injured that night. >> they're focused on the patients and also focused on making sure that they save as many people as possible. >> as canine un

sarah dallof is there. with a good morning to you. how are residents coping?> reporter: well, alex, it's just deja vu as residents had just seconds to pack their belongings before they flee. they don't know if they will come back to their neighborhoods. or this charred debris, hints of homes that once stood here. body camera by the sheriff's office shows the frenzied conditions that emergency workers are dealing with. >> where are you at? >> come on! >> she's disabled. >> let me get her feet. >> reporter: our crew this morning saw firsthand how quickly situations can-can change as we head into our live shot location. one of our vehicles passed through a road that is now in the evacuation with no problems. no hints of any danger. a few minutes later, the fire came over the mountain. the road was no longer safe. yesterday officials say they had begun to get some containment around the two biggest fires. alex, it just goes to show right now the fire still is in charge. >> oh, my goodness. and the story you're seeing about the news crew as well. it just demonstrat

as sarah dallof reports, the soldier at the center of the controversy was laid to rest today. >> reporter: a solemn good-bye in florida saturday along three comrades during an ambush in africa. his death sparking an ongoing feud between president trump and florida congresswoman frederica wilson, who accused the president of telling the widow her husband knew what he was getting into during a condolence call and not appearing to know johnson's name. >> i was very surprised to see this to be honest with you. >> reporter: in an interview set to air sunday he defended himself and general john kelly. >> he was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call. >> reporter: kelly also publicly entered the fray, accusing the congresswoman of self promotion in an fbi building dedication in 2015. but video from that day said she spoke of getting rushed approval to name the building after fallen fbi agents. the fight continue to go spill into the weekend with the president on twitter. at the funeral for sergeant johnson, there was no mention of th generated in the aftermath of his death.

sarah dallof has more on what's become an unthinkable act. >> we're saddened and we're sorry -- >> reporter: a solid vigil a day after. bullets rained down. >> at least 59 killed and more than 500 wounded. 64-year-old stephen paddock used a ham toer break the windows on his hotel windows and began firing on concert-goers below. reloading again and again before turning the gun on himself as s.w.a.t. teams closed in. breach, breach, breach. >> he was described as a wealthy retiree who would travel to vegas to play high stakes poker. gambling several times in recent weeks according to law enforcement. his brother offered few clues to a possible motive. >> it's like an asteroid fell out of the sky. there was nothing to say he would do this kind of thing. >> a tennessee man was killed helping his wife to safety when he was shot. a university student who coached his little brother's flag football team. survivors haunted by those they couldn't help. >> i would feel their pulse and grab their arm, there was nothing. we would cover them up with -- a lot were wearing cowboy hats and we would cover th

sar sarah dallof is joining us. >> reporter: it is just deja vu for residents here, scrambling to get to safety. this is the video our crew captured. firefighters working in the dark to protect homes. in other evacuations, residents haven't even had the time to evacuate. one couple jumped inside their neighbors' pool to survive. they were in there about six hours and say the flames were upon them within minutes. >> our daughter called from san francisco and she said you've got to evacuate. and we didn't evacuate right away. she said in 20 minutes she called us back and said you've got to get out of that house. and i looked out my window and there was a wall of flame out my window. so that's how fast it happened for us. we had no warning, zero warning. nothing. i have alerts on my phone. nothing. >> reporter: and winds are one of the biggest challenges right now. those combined with high temperatures and low humidities. al alex, that's just a recipe for danger and disaster. >> it sure is, thank you for that. >>> coming up at 1:00 p.m. i'll speak with one of the women who has accused ha

. >> our team coverage continues with nbc's sarah dallof. >> reporter: good afternoon.here are signs city trying to get back to business. las vegas boulevard has reopened and some shows have resumed yet dozens remain in critical condition still fighting for their lives. president trump on the ground in las vegas. >> you showed the world and the world is watching and you've shown what professionalism is all about. >> meeting with victims of sunday's massacre. >> the message that i have is we have a great country and we are there for you and they are there for us. >> reporter: overnight, a key figure in uncovering the gunman's motive returned to the u.s. stephen paddock's girlfriend marilou danley who police call a person of interest had been in the philippines since before the shooting. and now a chilling look inside stephen paddock's hotel room and photos obtained by "the daily mail." ammo littering the floor. they are looking into how the pictures were outlets. this is body camera video. a three-minute sampling of the chaos as officers helped conc t concertgoers to saf

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nbc's sarah dallof is joining us from santa rosa. sarah, what's the latest from there?agedy behind you. >> reporter: simply devastation everywhere you look, alex. today crews are out in neighborhoods that are safe to return to like this one. they're bringing in cadaver dogs and continue to search for remains. they expect that the death toll will rise. now, talking about the evacuations that are in place, our crew just happened to be setting up a live shot in one of those areas and managed to capture some really dramatic pictures of firefighters working to save homes and buildings. now, during other evacuations, homeowners say they didn't even have the opportunity to escape the danger. one local couple actually jumped inside their neighbor's swimming pool to ride out that firestorm. they were there about six hours and say they only had moments' notice before the flames came in. >> our daughter called from san francisco, and she said you've got to evacuate. and we didn't evacuate right away. and she said in 20 minutes she called us back and said you've got to get out of t

sarah dallof is on the ground. what are you seeing and the routes for residents to travel? because we know certainly in hurricanes, there is a bit of a chaos that can be created in these mandatory evacuations. how are they dealing with that with wildfires? >> yeah, you are seeing some of that bumper to bumper traffic as a result when these evacuations are ordered in such a hurried manner, thomas. you saw that earlier this morning with the oakmont area. here in some areas that have burned, that officials believe they are safe to come back and explore. you're seeing just mass devastation, these neighborhoods really just marked by chimneys. a hint of what once was. behind me in this house, you can see the appliances. washer, dryer, a furnace. they've just become charred shells and out here on the driveway, you can see the homeowners car. the rear view window. the glass just melted by the heat of the fire and in a press conference about a half an hour ago, emergency officials didn't have great news. they say after gaining ground yesterday when the weather gave them a break toda

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. >> kristin wright has more about the victims of e dallof. sarah?> reporter: there are signs that this grieving city is taking steps to get back to business. las vegas boulevard is open. the perimeter here will open momentarily and some of the shows are resuming as well. president trump on the ground in las vegas. >> you showed the world and the world was watching and you showed what professionalism is all about. >> reporter: meeting with medical workers and the victims of the massacre. >> in the months ahead, we'll have to wrestle with the horror of what has unfolded this week. but we will struggle through it together. >> reporter: overnight, a key figure in uncovering the gunman's motive returned to the u.s. stephen paddock's marilou danley, who police call a person of interest, had been in the philippines since before the shooting. and now a chilling look inside stephen paddock's hotel room with photos obtained. guns in chairs, spent ammo littering the floor. authorities say they are investigating how the images were leaked to several news outlet