it's been two months since stephen p paddock murdered 58 people.t happened right behind where i am sitting right now. despite a lengthy and expensive investigation, huge number of unanswered questions,st some of them the most basic, remain unanswered. we come here any search for answers. we will devote a part on my portion of the show to that in a minute. but first, it's among the great ironies in recent history, certainly the recent history of american criminal justice, and fbi probe begun to find corruption in government may simply have exposed corruption within the fbi itself. though the last few days, we've learned a great deal about a man called peter strzok. until recently, strzok was deputy head of counterintelligence at the fbi. for the last two years, he was essential into investigations into investigations of hillary clinton and donald trump. last year, he was abruptly pulled off of robert mueller's team of investigators. the fbi want to explain why it happened, even when asked direce now we know it happened because strzok was sending hig

when it comes to the ongoing and unanswered question of motive why stephen paddock open fire, killing injuring more than 500 before turning the gun on himself, the fbi says it may never know. the special agent in charge of the investigation told the las vegas review journal, the fbi has interviewed more than 400 people worldwide who had some connection to stephen paddock. the feds are looking for information on everything from his history to his psychological and sociological makeup. the fbi has also brought in some 400 specialists to help catalogue evidence. for example, the concert venue itself, where most of the victims were shot, took 14 days to document. it took another 13 days to document the gunman's hotel suite on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. on top of that, federal agents have followed 1500 leads and collected 22,000 hours of videotape. so far, this is what the fbi can say for sure. listen. >> to this date, there is no affiliation. to this date, there is no ideology that's been attributed. into this date, there is no coconspirators or other people that were involved or

stephen paddock, se sabe que era un contador retirado. ar. ismael cabaÑa: iba caminando y me tapaba con los cadÁveres. a esta pobre mujer, a esta niÑa, pude haber hecho mÁs. quÉ mÁs podÍa hacer para ayudarle?. reportera: ese sentimiento, lo conoce bien francisco. su esposa giovanna estÁ conectada. los mÉdicos dijeron que no habÍa nada mÁs que hacer. >> estÁ conectada un respirador. >> que dios permita que salga. >>si esa tiene signos de vida, quiero seguir luchando por ella. en la condiciÓn que esa resulte. reportera: regresamos con ismael cabaÑa al lugar donde todo sucediÓ. aÚn conserva la varilla que le dieron en el concierto. ismael cabaÑa: no me la pienso quitar. me la dieron y representa toda la gente que muriÓ en el concierto. reportera: ismael, todavÍa sueÑa con llevar un concierto para conmemorar a las familias. giovanna ahora habla y estÁ bien. solo en target. heinekalgo saben sobrempresa tradiciones familiares. mi tradicion favorita? intercambiar regalos. me permite mostrar mi amplio talento. que es esto ay dona por que me encant

the shooter stephen paddock killed 58 people in october before taking his own life.s the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. most of the victims died from a single gunshot. four of them were shot several times. federal and local authorities have not said publicly what they think motivated paddock. >>> oprah is warning fans about a new holiday scam. this impersonation is called a life scamming farm. >> it's a fraud it's a fraud. >> oprah winfrey is on the offensive against online scammers pretending to be her. the fake accounteds popped up on instagram this month promising to give $5,000 to each of their first 100,000 followers. their name suggested they affiliated with on. >> let's get ready for favorite things. 2017. >> these fake accounts often used real videos like this one from winfrey. the video shows winfrey with our own gale king. >> i love it. >> but profiles like this don't have blue check marks indicating they are verified instagram accounts. >> somebody out there is trying to scam you using my name and my avatar asking for money if you sign up

according to the coroner's report, stephen paddock only had one wounds, a gunshot to the mouth, the courtss shooting died of gunshot wounds, none died of injuries while trying to escape the rampage. that city, las vegas, has taken their security to the next level, installing 800 safety posts to protect pedestrians, they are connected underground to steel frames and can withstand a head on collision from a car driving 50 miles an hour. las vegas will install 8000 more safety posts next year. remember when susan rice lied to the american people about the benghazi attack pinpointing the acts of terror on a you were to video? >> hateful, offensive video. spontaneous reaction to this hateful video. there was a hateful video. heinous and offensive video. >> national security advisor blasting donald trump on his america first strategy in an op-ed titled america is no longer a global force for good. relinquishing the nation's moral authority in these difficult times will embolden rivals, make a mockery of the very idea of america first. this after donald trump announced his new america first nati

we saw stephen paddock preparing the attack using his hotel room and going further back, 911 hijackersid this and it is widely known in the law enforcement community this is typical practice of criminals and terrorists and you have got to respond to it. heather: i was in las vegas covering that shooting for a weekend a lot of hotels changed their policy after that happened after 58 people were killed, hundreds of others injured in october. i wondered, we talked how long these changes are going to last and this could be what we are used to going forward. >> i think it is inevitable because if you want to see the future of the united states you have to look at europe and if you want to see the future of europe look at israel in the middle east. when i travel to several middle eastern countries and seen these security procedures, that includes metal detectors at the front of those hotels that were bigger. it wasn't that bad. i don't want us to get into a constant strategy of defensive measures, that makes life more of a hassle. this makes sense and i forgot i was going into the hotel for

stephen paddock open fired on a music festival. 58 people were killed before paddock took his own lifeilled inside the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. suspected serial killer howell donaldson was arrested in tampa florida, donaldson was charged with four counts of first degree murder. in charlottesville, virginia a group of white nationalists clashed with counter activists. that violence in virginia sparked calls to remove all confederate monuments. some of the 1500 confederate statues across the country were taken down, while others were covered up. allegations of sexual misconduct caused major figures in entertainment to lose their jobs. harvey weinstein stepped down from his production company and studios parted ways with actors kevin spacey and lewis ck. charlie rose and matt lauer also lost their jobs. a pennsylvania judge declare add mistrial against median bill cosby, an degree constand testified that cosby gave her pills and assaulted her. dozens of nfl player were chastised for taking a knee during the national anthem. the players wanted to bring attention t

stephen paddock opened fire on a music festival from his suite at mandalay bay hotel, 58 people were killed before paddock took his own life. twenty-six adults and children were killed inside of the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. police believe devin kelly was tarring his in-laws. suspect serial killer howell donaldson was arrested in tampa, florida. he was charged were four counts of the first degree murder ending a weeks long manhunt n charlottesville, a group of white national list clashed with counter demonstrators during a rally. witnesses say james field junior a suspect white national list drove his car in a crowd killing heather hire. that sparked calls to remove all confederate monuments. some of the 1500 confederate statue is a cross the country were taken down while others were cord up. allegations of sexual misconduct caused major figures in entertainment to lose their jobs. film producer harvey weinstein stepped down from his production company, and studios parted ways, with actor kevin spacey and comedian lewis ck. tv anchors bill o'reilly, charlie r

history happens october 1st in las vegas, stephen paddock opened fire on a music festival from the suite of the mandalay bay hotel. fifty-eight people were killed before paddock took his own life. twenty-six adults and children were killed inside first baptist church in sutherland springs texas. police believe devon kelly was targeting his in-laws. suspect serial killer, howell donaldson was arrested in tampa, florida. donaldson was charged were four counts of the first degree murder ending a weeks long manhunt. charlottesville, virginia a group of white national list clashed with counter demonstrators during a rally. witnesses say 20 year-old james field junior a suspected white national list drove his car into a crowd killing heather hyer. that violence in virginia sparked calls to remove all confederate monuments, some of the 1500 confederate statues across the country were taken down while others were covered up. allegations of sexual misconduct caused major figures in entertainment to lose their jobs. film producer harvey weinstein stepped down from his production company and studio

. ♪ >> shannon: of the night of october 1st, stephen paddock shot and killed 58 people, leader himselfas vegas music festival. the las vegas review journal has obtained vegas police search warrant records pertaining to the investigation. here to tell us whether they help at all in understanding his motives, randy sutton, retired lieutenant from las vegas and pd. thank you tonight. >> my pleasure, thanks for having me. >> shannon: the media, those who are local and have connections, they are really pushing to get release of some of these records. they are getting more about the search warrants, from what you've seen seen, does that tell you anything about where police are in this investigation aren't where we may -- what we may find out? >> it shows the progression of the investigation. it also shows you that law enforcement is darting all the letter is and crossing all the . remember the massive homicide investigation, search warrants are the tools of the trade because every single little nuance, every single piece of evidence can be tainted if it isn't found properly. including even e

. >> reporter: 58 people were killed when shooter stephen paddock started firing shots from his hotelpt coming. >> no matter which direction you went in, no matter where you took cover, there was at least two to three bodies. you didn't know where you were safe. >> reporter: from that tragedy rose dozens of heroes. >> i'm a nurse and felt i had to help. >> i ran back towards the shooting. >> i just sat with him. but i would like to think that if it was me, that somebody would have helped me. >> reporter: jean casarez, cnn, new york. >>> thanks for joining me. dana bash picks up our next hour in the newsroom. have a great day. >>> hello and merry christmas. i'm dana bash in for kate bolduan. president trump is spending this christmas holiday at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. he and the first lady attended christmas eve services at the church where they were married. priority th prior to that, the president held a teleconference with the troops. he managed to get in some golf over the weekend. if you're keeping track, the if the has spent 85 days at one of his golf properties since i

stephen paddock murdered 50 people when he opened fire. it was the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. police have not uncovered a motive for the attack. >>> all right, let's get a check of your first alert holiday forecast. a live picture of the camden skyline here. let's check out the view in manayunk, a nice night to take a walk there. maybe with a light jacket. a little blurry in manayunk. >> they've been having a good time i guess down there. >> meteorologist steve sosna is here. we've been on a rolling coaster. >> we have been just a smidge and then we go down. buckle up here, we have a wild ride. let's take a look outside where it's nice and mild. if you've been outside, you've noticed that the air doesn't have that real abrasive chill and feel that it did last week. and we will get a couple of nice days around here before the bottom falls out. we'll talk about that here in the next half hour. first we talk about the milder temperatures. walking out the door in and around philadelphia, here are your temperatures. right around 50 in most spots. 50 in society hill right n

it is so interesting, curious that we still don't have a motive for the shooter, stephen paddock.orm protecting folks now. >> well, bill, exactly. these things are not really preventable. you cannot get in the minds of people who own guns, whether they are terrorists or simply the insane. the police have a really hard time calculating who is going to turn to violence. and this happened in las vegas. you can protect public areas. you can put up shock detectors, helicopters and snipers and the rest of it. but you basically, like times square, have to put an armed force in there to protect people. the fbi has the same problem protecting people against jihad and the rest of it. it is very, very difficult to do. >> yeah. >> that's why new york city is not completely protectable over new year's. >> just in vegas, 300 national guard troops, snipers. this is a first for them there as they keep an eye on all the hotel windows which is haunting. a number of quick response teams doubled. more medics, canine units, mobile command posts, 1800 concre concrete bollards. in the end, we saw how th

. >> reporter: 58 people were killed when stephen paddock started firing shots from his hotel suite.tter which direction you went, no matter where you took cover, there was at least two to three bodies. you didn't know where you were safe. >> reporter: from the tragedy, there were dozens of heroes. >> went back. i'm a nurse, and i felt that i had to. >> i ran back toward the shooting. >> i just sat with him. but i would like to think that if it was me, that somebody wouldn't have let me sit there alone. >> reporter: jean casarez, cnn, new york. >>> the iconic view of the white house south lawn will never be the same. the historic magnolia tree that has been there since the andrew jackson era you can see there behind clint and the vice president and all the way back in time is about to be cut down. kate bennett joins me now. kate has an exclusive story on the fact that it's being cut down and why. >> that's right. >> it is dangerously decayed overtime. it has been there since andrew jackson became president and he actually cut a seedling from his estate in honor of his wife, rachel af

octobey like a machine gun for its subsequent investigation of america's worst shooting, gunman stephen paddock fired 500 rounds, supercharged by an assessor he called a bum stock. widespread agreement that their availability was a mistake. >> that's what we want to prevent for someone to be able to fire 400-500, 800 rounds per minute. >> how many more dead bodies will it take to wake up this congress? >> you show me the law that would stop that. not only will i support it, i will be an advocate for that law. >> a handful of congressional republicans and the nra joined gun control advocates in a call directly the devices. the sale of bump stocks was put on hold, but more than two months later, nothing was changed. the committee that many factors of them was back in business a month after the las vegas massacre. on thursday, the fifth anniversary of the sandy hook massacre, a divided nation took a two different tracks. a group called sandy hook promised release this month newscast video urging more gun violence prevention. >> i'm here at the scene of tomorrow's shooting were a 15-year-old will k

in october, stephen paddock, a 64-year-old white man, killed 59 people, including himself, and injurednearly 500 people during a mass shooting in las vegas. authorities say paddock had at least 12 bump stocks. the house voted not to impeach president trump on wednesday. the vote failed 364 to 58, with all republicans voting against the measure. the democratic leadership was also against the impeachment vote, which was introduced by democratic congress member al green of houston, texas, who said on the house floor -- "donald john trump, by causing such harm to the society of the united states is unfit to be president and warrants impeachment, trial and removal from office." at least 35 senate democrats are now calling for minnesota democratic senator al franken's resignation amidst an increasing number of sexual harassment accusations against him. more than a half dozen women have now accused franken of touching them without their consent, including a former who on saidl aide wednesday franken had tried to forcibly kiss her back in 2006, before franken became a senator. this is new york

so i'm going to be that voice for the people of alabama to try to do what i believe stephen paddock right -- what i believe is right for them. more importantly, people are looking for someone that they can talk to, someone that they feel like can best represent them and their interests. if you can't always find that common ground, you can move on and agree to disagree. don't be disagreeable and let's find the common ground. >> what did the president say to you? >> it was a very gracious call. very much appreciated it. they congratulated me on the race that we won. he congratulated me and my staff on the way and the manner in which we handled the campaign and went forward. we talk about finding that common ground to work together and he invited me over to the white house to visit as soon as i get up there. it's a very nice phone call, a pleasant phone call and i appreciated him very much reaching out to me. on this side. anybody over here? speak up. i didn't mean to throw too much cold water on you guys. >> what would you say to moderate alabama voters that don't necessarily agree with you

back in rocked stephen paddock fired shots into a crowd at an outdoor concert from a hotel.o the coroner's report all victims died from gunshot wounds. paddock died of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the mouth. >>> 2017 was an expensive year for disaster recovery efforts. new report finds the combined global cost of natural and man made disasters is higher than $300 billion. that's an increase of 63 percent from last year. the report comes as congress looks to approve more than $80 billion in disaster aid. it would cover states impacted by hurricanes and wildfires including puerto rico. puerto continues his plea for more financial help. warning of backlash if lawmakers do not deliver. >> congressmen that are acting against the best interests of the people of puerto rico, we will campaign. >> congress has already approved more than $50 billion in hurricane and wildfire disaster and that's just since september. >> wewe're restoring the arsenal of democracy and we are once again giving you the resources and training you need to accomplish your mission and come home safe. >> v

in october stephen paddock fired shots from hotel room.et's go to philadelphia where a four month old baby is recovering from a vicious raccoon attack. now, the video is actually too graphic to show at this hour. the attack happened inside an apartment on wednesday night while the baby was sleeping. the baby's parents say a raccoon dragged their newborn baby across the room and left the baby bloody. the little baby was given 60 stitches. authorities never found the raccoon but the apartment building has set up traps. >> another accident on the rails involving an amtrak train. this time in florida. an amtrak train crashed into it happened in polk county. the train dragged the truck for awhile before coming to a stop. the good news is that no one was hurt. >> an american man is facing serious consequences for having marijuana while on trip to bali. christian beasley uses medical marijuana. while it is legal in parts of the u.s. it is not in bali. authorities arrested beasley who spent the past five months in a bali prison and broke out last

it's been two months since stephen p paddock murdered 58 people. right behind where i am sitting right now. despite a lengthy and expensive investigation, huge number of unanswered questions,st some of them the most basic, remain unanswered. we come here any search for answers. we will devote a part on my portion of the show to that in a minute. but first, it's among the great ironies in recent history, certainly the

october 1st, you were working at the route 91 harvest country music festival, las vegas, when stephen paddock began firing on the festival from the 32nd floor of mandalay bay hotel. when the firing began, this witness did not flee but instead helped move injured individuals out of harm's way. she then helped comfort a fatally wounded man. she stayed with the man for hours after the shooting, notifying and comforting friends and loved ones. mr. david slaten is the administrative director of the texas courts. he's been in that position since 2012. in this role, mr. slaten is responsible for directing the operations of the office of court administration and serves as the director of the texas judicial council, an organization tasked with continuously studying the organization procedure of texas courts and methods of improvement. mr. slaten is past president of the national association of court management and was formerly secretary on the board of directors of the texas association for drug court professionals. he has worked in the texas judicial branch in various roles since '98. mr. hallbrook i

ken you confirm for us today that the las vegas killer stephen paddock didn't have any ties to international terrorism despite the fact isis is claiming responsibility? dir. wray: i've seen the same claims of responsibility that you have, congressman. i would tell you that so far in our investigation, we haven't seen any evidence to support those claims of responsibility. mr. johnson: thanks for that. in september i wrote a letter along with 17 other to request investigation into planned parenthood gulf coast actions selling aborted fetal tissue for financial gain, if that activity is shown to have taken place, is that a crime? dir. wray: i don't know the legal answer, as i said before i consider myself a now reformed lawyer, but i will tell you that we're aware of the request and we have found it out to the appropriate field offices and parts of the bureau to take a look at the information provided. : mr. johnson: -- mr. johnson: last month we got information the fbi requested from the senate judiciary committee documents obtained from those abortion providers regarding that probe and on be

can you confirm for us today that the las vegas killer stephen paddock didn't have any ties to international terrorism despite the fact isis is claiming responsibility? >> i've seen the same claims of responsibility that you have, congressman. i would tell you that so far in our investigation we haven't seen any evidence to support those claims of responsibility. >> thanks for that. in september i wrote a letter along with 17 other to request investigation into planned parenthood selling aborted fetal tissue for financial gain, if that activity is shown to have taken place, is that a crime? >> i don't know the legal answer as i said before i consider myself a now reformed lawyer, but i will tell you that we're aware of the request and we have farmed it out to the appropriate field offices and parts of the bureau to take a look at the information provided. >> last month we got information the fbi requested from the senate judiciary committee documents obtained from those abortion providers regarding that probe and on behalf of all of our delegations and those in the region, i want to thank yo