that's coming from the oregon state police. we've heard different numbers. some people saying ten or up to ten but the oregon state police at least seven according to them at this point. as we understand, the campus is either fully evacuated by now or is in the process of being evacuated to the fairgrounds nearby where they can be picked up. >>> who role do you guys play in a situation like this? >> we would be monitoring the situation, working with our partners and if requested, we can help provide and allocate resources. do you know who the lead agency is at this point? >> at this point, the local sheriff is the lead and they're being supported by oregon state police. >> i don't have any information on the lead but i know they'll all be collaborating, communicating, and working together to determine that. >> all right. thank you for that information. there are -- there's information pouring in on twitter from people around campus. brian and i have been getting tweets about, you know, the shooter possibly saying something about -- >> we were just listening t

press conference set to begin any minute where oregon governor kate brown and oregon state police officials will update us on theat to you live. right now i want to bring in jeff cruz, he's an oregon state senator. he's in roseburg, oregon right now joining us by phone. senator, what can you tell us about what's happening right now? >> i listen to your interview with david, and i think his numbers are fairly accurate. what i do want to say is that the response by folks, the ambulance folks and state police, county sheriff and city police i think was really good this time. and they got there relatively quickly. and they were able to diffuse the situation. the reality right now is we don't have a lot of information. and quite honestly i think that's appropriate until all the investigation has been done. it's better if you don't put out half baked information. i know everybody wants to know everything, but i think the response of the police of not releasing names or actually the condition of the shooter because i've heard things david heard that he was in custody and he was down. and they need to see who he is, ide

i have been asked to release the following information by the oregon state police on behalf of the oregon state medical examiner. the medical examiner has determined the cause of death of the shooter to be suicide. the oregon state police are conducting the investigation on the officer involved shooting. at this time i would like to introduce the district attorney. for douglas county. >>> good morning, it is any responsibility to review all deadly force incidents and determine if the force used was justified under oregon law. it is my understanding that the officer involved shooting investigation currently being conducted by the oregon state police is nearing conclusion. i expect it to be presented with that case and this investigation early next week. once i receive the case,ly do a thorough review and make a determination on whether or not the use of force was justified. >> i realize that you may have questions for each of us, please hold those until the end of the conference. i would now like to introduce the roseberg police chief jim berge. >>> good afternoon. we want to be very area

i've been asked to release the following information by the oregon state police on behalf of the oregon state medical examiner. the medical examiner has determined the cause of death of the shooter to be suicide. the oregon state police is conducting the investigation on the officer involved shooting. at this time, i would like to introduce the douglas county district attorney, rick wooezenberg. >> thank you, sheriff. good morning. as the district attorney for douglas county, it is my responsibility to review all deadly force incidents to determine if the force that was used was justified under oregon law. it is my understanding that the officer-involved shooting investigation that is currently being conducted by the oregon state police is nearing the conclusion. i expect to be presented with that case and that investigation early next week. once i receive the case, i will do a thorough review and make a determination on whether or not the use of force was justified. >> i realize you may have questions. please hold those until the end of the conference. now i'd like to introduce rosebur

i've been asked to release the following information by the oregon state police on behalf of the oregon state medical examiner. the medical examiner has determined the cause of death of the shooter to be suicide. the oregon state police is conducting the investigation on the officer-involved shooting. at this time i would like to introduce the district attorney rick weiszenberg. >> thank you, sheriff. good morning. as the did strict attorney for douglas county, it is my responsibility to review all deadly force instruments to determine if the use was justified under oregon law. it's my understanding that the officer-in involved shooting investigation that's currently being conducted by the oregon state police is nearing a conclusion. i expect to be presented with that case and that investigation early next week. once i receive the case, i will do a thorough review and make a determination on whether or not the use of force was justified. >> realize you may have questions for each of us as we make statements. if you would, please hold those till the end of the conference. i would lou lik

we will have the oregon state police give us details of the criminal investigation in all this governor kate brown of the social aspects of all this the governor and the oregon stout police coming up in just a moment. the mass shooting at oregon community college, umpqua community college. many fatalities. many injuries. details and a press conference coming right up. ♪ ♪ their beard salve is made from ♪ ♪ sustainable tea tree oil and kale... you, my friend, recognize when a trend has reached critical mass. yes, when others focus on one thing, you see what's coming next. you see opportunity. that's what a type e* does. and so it begins. with e*trade's investing insights center, you can spot trends before they become trendy. e*trade. opportunity is everywhere. when a moment turns romantic why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enoug

and that was released by the oregon state police. we got that just within the last hour. so want to share this with you that just came in from the oregon state police also within the last 20 minutes. and they are saying that this is an update again on the patients, those who were injured by the shooter. this statement saying condition of the three patients brought to peace health sacred heart medical center from umpqua community college in roseburg two are now in critical and one in fair condition. so i wanted to get that to you just as we got it in to us here at msnbc. but back out to roseburg and to jacob soboroff that's been reporting to us. we were listening to the statements from one of the families of one of the survivors cheyenne fitzgerald. >> that's right. the family members there consistented of cheyenne's mother, cousins of cheyenne. it's extraordinary to hear about a 16-year-old that was enrolled locally in community college. of course as the family stated cheyenne's going to be giving her story in due time and on her terms. but, you know, clearly this is a ver

>> the reports that you guys are getting of the ten dead at this college in oregon is coming from the oregon state police. they have not contacted us back. that's where the number is coming from. umpqua community college is in roseburg, oregon is between euge eugene, oregon and medford. it's a pretty good size school. we're talking about 3300 full-time students and 16,000 part-time students going to this. you mentioned when you showed the overhead view, this is one of those schools that has the vineyard, an active wine growing and producing program. that's what the basis of this school is. that's the overhead. it's much bigger than that. there's some 16 to 18 buildings that are actually on this campus. what we've been told is the shooter was actually going from building to building. again, in the early going in these types of things as we all now the information coming out first is often wrong or at least partly off base. again, the report of the ten dead and the multiple injured is coming from the oregon state police. we're trying to get them on the phone now. we know there are multiple agencies on the

the authorities there, the oregon state police, and the county, local county sheriff's office have confirmed multiple casualties and the oregon state police said seven to ten people were deceased and 20 injured. they also said that there was an active shooter but he is either detained in custody or perhaps dead right now. roseburg is about two hours south of the city of portland, oregon. it's in a rather rural area of portland, rather the state of oregon, and this community college is a local point of activity, it's not really a place where we've had a lot of uncommon violence like this. roseburg itself is basically a timber town and as we said guns, however, are easily obtainable because oregon has relatively lax gun control laws so in that respect, guns are not an uncommon sight there. but as i said, we do not have any further details from the authorities other than to say that gunman is either detained or dead and at least seven to ten people killed in this incident. david. >> we'll leave it there. tom, thank you. >>> there's been an explosion in the southern chinese town a day after a nu

the oregon state police is handling the aspect of the officer-involved shooting and will release any information surrounding that portion of the investigation at some point in the future. we do know that we have at least two heroic officers who responded into the building within minutes and exchanged gunfire with the suspect. the oregon state police is handling the aspect of the officer-involved shooting and will release any information surrounding that portion of the investigation at some point in the future. tactical teams and bomb squads have cleared all of the buildings on the campus. they are currently going through the hundreds of vehicles parked in the parking lots to clear those as well. evidence teams from the fbi and from the oregon state police are working to process the crime scene. again, i want to thank the hundreds of law enforcement officers, mental health counselors, victim specialists, and others from all over this state that have responded here today to help my agency and this community. with that, i would like to introduce the president of the umpqua community col

the oregon state police is combining with all the local law enforcement, including the douglas county sheriffs office, to insure that we're doing all the things the community needs us to do. we have set up a command center we have set up an additional area for media relations. our p.i.o. is there, lieutenant bill fugate to assist you in the future. we're working through a family unification center. as we know the families in these types of events become very frazzled and they continue to make sure we're communicating what we need to with them as we move forward. i would like to remind the media that these scenes are very dynamic and they change. our number one priority is making sure that all victims are safe. additional information may take some time for us to make sure that we can get that information accurately to you. our number one priority right now is making sure we take care of the victims, the family and the community of roseburg, i would like to thank the first responders that responded today in a timely manner and thank you. >> sir we're not going to be able to take any mor

the governor's planning to here at this time. i know there is a police or fire official expected to speak at the police station. osp, oregon state police office, is right next door to the fire department. they're right in that parking lot. they're going to have a press conference. we haven't been told who will be speaking. >> did you ever make it on to campus yourself? >> no. i work in eugene, which is an hour north of here. so by the time i got here, the road was closed. >> and did you have any, though you're working in eugene, did you have any connection to this campus prior to this? >> no, no. this is the first that we saw it on twitter and we raced out here to get here to see what was going on. first time i've been to this campus. just like all of us, we're getting familiar with this because of this awful tragedy. how big would you number the press corps assembled there now? >> we're split up, half of us down at fair grounds where the reunification is occurring and the rest of us are waiting for the press conference. we're kind of splitting our time now. >> we were just on the phone with courtney rennie when she spotted her

evidence teams from the fbi and from the oregon state police are working to process the crime scene., i want to thank the hundreds of law enforcement officers, mental health counselors, victim specialists and others from all over this state that have responded here today to help my agency and to help this community. with that, i would like to introduce the president of the umpqua community college, rita cabot. >> thank you very much. >> i'd like to begin by offering my heart-felt condolences and the condolences of everyone connected with ucc, to the families of anybody who was hurt today. in any way, emotionally or physically. this has been a long, hard, tragic day at ucc. the thing that we should take away from it is the power that love can bring to our community. we saw people rush to our help, rush to assist us, rush to comfort us. people from all over the community came in. i think that's one of the beautiful things about a small community is that people come to help us at all time and they will continue to help us as we go back to normalcy. this is going to take us some time and

the oregon state police is handling the aspect of the officer-involved shooting and will release any information surrounding that portion of the investigation at some point in the future. tactical teams and bomb squads have cleared all of the buildings on the campus. they are currently going through the hundreds of vehicles parked in the parking lots to clear those as well. evidence teams from the fbi and from the oregon state police are working to process the crime scene. again, i want to thank the hundreds of law enforcement officers, mental health counselors, victim specialists, and others from all over this state that have responded here today to help my agency and this community. with that, i would like to introduce the president of the umpqua community college, rita cab bot. >> thank you very much. i would like to begin by offering my heart felt condolences and the condolences with everyone connected with ucc, to the families of anybody who was hurt today. in any way, emotionally or physically. this has been a long, sad tragic day at ucc, and the thing that we should take away

evidence teams from the fbi and from the oregon state police are working to process the crime scene.in, i want to thank the hundreds of law enforcement officers, mental health counselors, victim specialists and others from all over this state that have responded here today to help my agency and to help this community. with that i would like to interviews the president of the umpqua community college, rita cavitt. >> thank you. i'd like to begin by offering my heartfelt condolences and the condo lens of everyone connected with ucc and the families of anyone hurt today emotionally or physically. this has been a long, sad tragic day at ucc. and the thing that we should take away from it is the power that love can bring to this community. we saw people rush to our help, rush to assist us, rush to comfort us. people all over the community came in. i think that's one of the blessings of a small town is that we're so interconnected. i've only been here a short period of time, but the friends i knew that we had all came and did everything that they possibly could. they're still helping us an

the oregon state police told the abc affiliate in portland that seven people are dead and 20 injured. the school is almost 100 miles from portland. news crews are arriving near the community college now. students and faculty were brought out of the buildings and checked for weapons then to the douglas county fairgrounds. it's a long distance so u.s. customs is providing a helicopter from blaine, washington to get them there faster. no word yet about the shooter, who that person is or if that person has been captured or killed but a sheriffs spokesman said a short while ago there is no more threat. parents as you can imagine frantically reaching out to their children. >> my son is well versed. he's only 17 but he said you know, mom, there was no sound. he said 30 some shots and no sound? how does that happen unless there's a suppresser or somebody knows what they're doing. >> the president, president obama has been briefed on this shooting. obviously no word yet on what may have been the motive behind the shooting. too early for that. again, at least seven people dead, 20 injured at a

and we're told by the oregon state police spokesperson that the shooter has been detained, but at this don't know whether there are other people who could be involved with this. whether there are other shooters, whether this is part of a larger conspiracy, those are still the questions being asked right now. but the news is as we're learning from oregon state police, 10 deceased, 20 wounded and this will be a very active investigation to figure out how and why this happened. >> all right, pamela, standby for me. art roderick is with us from a law enforcement perspective. if you're just joining us, this is what we know now in this area of oregon. this is roseburg, oregon. you're looking at pictures of what would be the campus of umpqua community college. according to preliminary reports, forgive me, okay, we have a colonel in the area, one of our military experts but he's on the phone. colonel, can you hear me? >> yeah, i hear you. i'm pretty familiar with this area. i live on the coast, but we get over there quite often. i'm familiar with the college. i have been up there dozens of tim

the local police and the investigators, and even the morgue situation? >> we do. we have a e tremendous amount of support from outside of the community pouring in, and we have investigators from the oregon state police investigative unit, and the fbi, and the u.s. marshall's office and obviously our own law enforcement working at the scene as well. >> and then of course, from the technical, there is the emotional. i cannot imagine in a town as small as this, there won't be everyone down to the last person affected in some way by this. everyone is going to know someone who is affected by this. >> that is very true. we have a tight knit small rural community and when the dust settles on this thing, rest assured that everyone in the community is going to find out that they are very close to someone involved in this incident, and it is traj ekic, and o -- tragic, and one of the worst days i have had to serve as county commissioner, and very difficult. >> we cover these stories all too often, commissioner, and we often if not always hear the same refrain, i just never thought that it would happen in a place like this, and i am looking around, and i am looking at this community, and it is now your

the oregon state police combining with all the local law enforcement, including the douglas county sheriff'sre we're doing all the things that the community needs us to do. we have set up a command center and an additional area for media relations. -- lieutenant bill fugate will be helping in the future. families in these events become frazzled and they continue to make sure we are communicating what we need to with them as a move forward -- we move forward. i would like to remind the media that the scenes are very dynamic and a change. our priority is to make sure all the victims are safe. additional information may take some time to make sure we can get that information accurately to you. our number one priority is to make sure we take care of the victims, the families, and the community of roseburg. i would like to thank the first responders that responded in a timely manner and thank you. >> we will not be able to take any more questions today. >> this is a breaking news alert. leon: that breaking news coming out of oregon. at least 13 people are dead on a community college campus. this

i can tell you we have a tremendous amount of law enforcement help, i have the oregon state police assistingl the local agencies including the roseburg police, some of the other smaller municipalities and sheriff's office and the fbi, the u.s. marshal service, a lot of support in this investigation. >> can you tell us anything about the shooter or what weapon was used. >> i can tell you the shooter was a male subject and i have no further informationon that. >> can you confirm if he is alive or dead? >> the shooter is deceased. >> can we confirm how many wounded? >> i cannot at this time. >> what is this life for your deputies in a community this side where everybody knows someone. >> it's frightening for a lot of people responding, you are right this is a small community, and a community college and a lot of friends and family attend this college, and it was a situation that was -- >> all right that is a news conference underway in roseburg, oregon, a mass shooting at umpqa the community college saying 13 dead, we learn that the shooter, a man is dead, not clear if it was his own action a s

the oregon state police is combining with all of the local law enforcement including the douglas countyriff's office and making sure that we're doing all of the things that the community needs us to do. we have set up a command center. we have set up an additional center for media relations and our p.i.o. is there and lieutenant bill fugate to assist us in the future. as you know, these type of events become very frazzled and we continue to make sure we're communicating what we need to with them as we move forward. i would like to remind the media that these scenes are very dynamic and they change. our number one priority is to make sure that all victims are safe until additional information. it may take time for us to make sure that we can get that information accurately to you, but our number one priority right now is making sure that we take care of the victims and the families and the community of roseburg. >> i would like to thank the first responders that responded today in a timely manner. thank you. >> oregon officials there now on this tragic situation that has taken place on t

the u.s. state of oregon. police a self inflicted gunshot wound after exchanging fire with the police. authorities have recovered 14 firearms linked to the gunman. nine people were killed and nine more were wounded when the shooter opened fire at a community college. investigators are looking into blog posts linked to the gunman which describe feelings of isolation and frustration. in an interview with cnn's ryan young, the shooter's father spelled out what he says is another major factor in this case. >> i has been, as i said before, devastating for me and my family. but we're not alone in this. my heart goes out to all of the other families that were affected by this and i know words will not bring your families back and i know that nothing i can say can change what happened. but please believe me, my thoughts are with all of those families. and i hope that they can get through this. >> reporter: and when we talked before, you said you just really at a loss for words when it comes to something like this. there are

and so i will start with sergeant boyd from the oregon state police, who will read a statement from the family. >> this statement is from the lucas eibel family. we have been trying to figure out how to tell everyone how amazing lucas was. but that would take 18 years. lucas loved future farmers of america, volunteering at wildlife safari and saving grace animal shelter. he was an amazing soccer player. he graduated roseburg high school with high academic marks. he was a ford family foundation scholarship recipient. he was an umpqua community college scholars award resippent. he was studying chemistry. memorial donations can be made to roseburg high school ffa and to the injured victims. >> i will now read a statement from jason johnson's family. the statement reads, jason johnson, age 34, was proud to be a christian. jason recently enrolled in school at umpqua community college. jason's mother said that jason was proud of himself for enrolling in school and so was his mother. they felt that jason had finally found his path. his family says that he will be loved and missed and now i wil

oregon. shooting on the umpqua community college campus. oregon state police reporting at least seven dead, 20 wounded in afternoon in umpqua, oregon. we'll have more after this. >>> back now updating another shooting tragedy in america at the campus of umpqua community college in roseburg, oregon. oregon state police reporting at least nine people dead. at least 20 wounded. we have on the phone with us sergeant aaron donebar with the roseburg police department. his officers are on the scene of the shooting. sergeant, thank you so much for joining us. i know that your time is limited. would you just start out with telling us anything you can about the shooter? >> i don't have any information at this point other than the fact that the shooter is a male and that he is no longer a threat. >> can you tell us because we've heard reports, unconfirmed, that the shooter is dead? >> i don't have that direct information. i know that from radio traffic that officers on the scene said that he was in custody and that there was no ongoing threat. >> okay. and at this junctu

we are hearing from some of the families of those victims after members of the oregon state police department read their statements about their loved ones. >>> lucas eibel, just 18 years old. he was studying chemistry and loved volunteering at animal shelters. >> we have been trying to figure out how to tell everyone how amazing lucas was but that would take 18 years. >> lucero alka raz, 19, wanted to be a pediatric nurse or a doctor. she was in the honors program on a full scholarship. jason dale johnson was 34, proud to be a christian and recently enrolled in the school. >> jason's mother said that jason was proud of himself for enrolling in the school and so was his mother. they felt that jason had finally found his path. his family says that he will be loved and missed. >> lawrence levine, taught at ucc. he was teaching the class where the shooting took place. he was 67. >> kim saltmarsh dietz, 59. treven taylor anspach. his family said he was always larger than life and brought out the best in those around him. in justin and kim's word, treven was a perfect son. >> rebecka ann carnes, 18

street from the douglas county sheriffs who are positioned here in the intersection with the oregon state police. they seem to have a check point set up here. as i was driving south on the i-5 from portland here towards douglas county, passed by several law enforcement vehicles, lights, sirens, full package going on the way down to the college campus. >> what do you think will happen next? are you going to get another briefing where you are or think you'll be transported somewhere else? >> reporter: it looks like, for now, at this location, they're controlling people that are going in and out of what is very obviously a crime scene, we've got police tape up here in the intersection and as soon as we can get a picture up, we'll bring you that as well, brian. >> jacob, thank you. we'll take that as soon as it's available. we'll check back in. courtney rennie, back with us, the student on the phone. courtney, last we spoke, you were getting off the bus to be reunited with your family. how did that go? what more have you learned? >> it was -- it was incredibly emotional. my sister crying and student

less than a mile away, just barely over a mile is the oregon state police station. and so they were also first responders to the situation. i heard about it actually. i was at work i was not listening to my scanner i got a text message from my daughter who was in the next building and it said there was an active shooter and i think i'm safe and i'm in the kim building or chem lab and i love you. and that was the alert that i got. and then i opened up facebook and it exploded. >> becky, can you ask your daughter about how she felt about the situation, being so incredibly close to the horror? >> they're asking how you felt about the situation being so close to the horror. >> at first it was really terrifying. i didn't think that it was an actual event. i thought it was just a drill. but then they said that it wasn't a drill, it was real and so we all got into a back room in the chemistry lab and we sat down. it was all dark. and they told us that we needed to tell people that we were safe and that there was an active gunman on campus. >> how many shots did you hear you

police closed down all the roads leading to the school this afternoon as oregon state police along with atf and fbi agents descended on the rural community more than 150 miles south of portland. students were slowly brought out of the school. their backpacks checked for weapons then bused to the nearby douglas county fairgrounds. it was a horrifying scene inside. the gunman reportedly went to multiple classrooms shooting as he went. the number of victims has grown as this grim day has gone on. that gunman, a 20-year-old male, kept shooting even as state police arrived at the scene. >> officers from around the county immediately responded to the college and upon arriving in one of the buildings. officers engaged that suspect. there was an exchange of gunfire. the shooter threat was neutralized. and officers continued to sweep the campus looking for other threats. >> those who were there agree they did not hear the gunshots, but there was a sudden sense of madness and panic on the campus. >> i did not hear any shots actually. we were working on a lab and we were all kind of noisy anyways

and so i will start with sergeant boyd from the oregon state police who will read a statement from theily. >> this statement is from the lucas eibel family. we have been trying to figure out how to tell everyone how amazing lucas was, but that would take 18 years. lucas loved future farmers of america, volunteering at wildlife safari and saving grace animal shelter. he was an amazing soccer player. he graduated roseburg high school with high academic marks. he was a ford family foundation scholarship recipient. he was an umpqua community college scholars award recipient. he was studying chemistry. memorial donations can be made to roseburg high school ffa and to the injured victims. >> i will now read a statement from jason johnson's family. the statement reads, jason johnson, age 34, was proud to be a christian. jason recently enrolled in school at umpqua community college. jason's mother said that jason was proud of himself for enrolling in the school. and so was his mother. they felt that jason had finally found his path. his family says that he will be loved and missed. and now i w

the gunman killed, unclear if by his own hand or police. >> tactical teams and bomb squads have cleared all the buildings on the campus. evidence teams from the fbi and from the oregon state police are working to process the crime scene. >> reporter: overnight, many in the tight-knit community gathering for prayer services and candlelight vigils in honor of the victims and for those still fighting for their lives. and we expect victim identifications later today as this community still tries to get a handle on what happened. as one faculty member put it, this is not going to be our defining moment. we will not be terrified. rockin'. >> good for them, all right, amy, thank you. we'll get back to you in a few mens. moments ago we spoke to cassandra welding, a student in the classroom next door to the shooter and talked to her mother lisa who was on the phone with her during during the rampage and began asking cassandra what she saw and heard. >> at around 10:30 i heard a really loud kap ochltow noise like a moon popping. we all jumped. we didn't know what it was. we knew something wasn't right and so a classmate of mine went to go open the door to see what was happening nex

oregon. the shooting happened at up q&a college in roseburg, oregon about 180 miles south of portland. here's what we know at this time. according to oregon state police at least 10 people are dead, more than 20 injured. the shooter is reportedly in custody. the school is on lockdown with some students reported to be trapped inside classrooms. >>> there is about to be a new millionaire in antioch. the california lottery says someone matched five of six numbers after last night' powerball drawing sold at raley's. it's worth $1.7 million. this shell station in southwest michigan sold someone a winning powerball jackpot ticket worth $310 million. >>> twitter cofounder jack dorsey is going to be named the company's permanent ceo today. that's according to rico. dorsey is currently the interim chief of the san francisco- based social media company and runs mobile payments company square. >>> get ready for a change in the checkout line. a new antifraud chip is being put on credit cards to add an extra layer of security. starting october 1, fraud liability falls to whichever side has not yet made an upgrade to new technology. the bank or the retailer. this c

the oregon state police is combining with all the local law enforcement including the douglas county law enforcement office making sure that we have set up a command center and set up a center for media relations to assist you in the future. we are working through a family unification center. the families in these type of events are frag i will and make sure we are communicating with them as we move forward. these -- i would like to remind the media these scenes change. making sure all victims are safe. additional information may take some time for us to get that information accurately to you. our number one priority is taking care of the victims, families and community of roseburg. i thank the first responders that responded today in a timely manner and thank you. >> we aren't going to take any more questions today. and there is a command center there in roseburg and we will talk to you there. >> not quite 2:00 p.m. pacific time in oregon. officials during this press conference said the shootings reported at 10:30 a.m. roseburg, in the fourth district, represented by congressman pet

the united states. reports say between seven and 15 people shot dead in the state of oregon. more than 20 people injured. police say they have a gun man in custody and there is no more threat. we will go live to the u.s. for more. a second day of russian airstrikes in syria. moscow admitting its missiles are targeted at islamic state and other groups. suspicion stronger than ever that russia is also aiming at anti-assad forces. and the rugby world championships. the welsh fatigue versus the fiji fitness. both by for a spot in the quarterfinals. i brent goff. it good to have you with us. breaking news in the united states. a shooting at a community college in the state of oregon at least seven people believed dead with reports of 15 to 20 people injured. the shooting took place about three hours from portland. police saying they have now detained the gun man. preliminary reports of at least seven people shot dead, 20 injured. let's go to richard walker in washington in the united states. what can you tell us right now? >> there is uncertainty even over the number of victims but that is not an unusual thing in a

people are dead after a gunman opened fire on the campus of umpqua community college in roseburg in southwestern oregon. 20 others were injured. oregon state police say the 20-year-old gunman was shot and killed by authorities. here's new information. a surviving student says the gunman entered the classroom, told people to get on the ground and then started asking people to stand up and state their religion. after that, he opened fire. police have not said what his motive was. the community is about 180 miles south of portland. the college has 3,000 students. when that gunfire started, s.w.a.t. teams and atf teams rushed to the campus. hospitals were put on alert. there was a news conference within the hour. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. we are holding the community of douglas county in our hearts today. >> the first 911 calls came in in the roseburg area at 10:30. law enforcement responded to the campus. the active shooter was engaged by law enforcement. and later confirmed to be deceased. our no. 1 priority right now is to make sure that the scene is secure and the victims are treated and making sure that

oregon. there are conflicting reports of the death toll. oregon state police saying seven to 10 dead. other reports saying it could be as many as 15 dead, 20 injured. we are working to confirm all of this right now. david: it all began at 10:38 a.m. pacific time, 1:38 eastern time in the afternoon. umpqua community college, it is in roseburg, oregon. as liz was saying very small community. the college itself, just about 3,000 students. this is a place 67 miles away from eugene, oregon. 100 miles, a little more from the california state border. the college is now being evacuated. s.w.a.t. teams are moving from building to building though authorities say the lone gunman has been taken down. we don't know whether he is alive or dead. melissa: no, we don't. gerri willis joins us. she has latest details as we know them. >> that's right, melissa. still no word how many might have died in this tragic, tragic shooting. now being told by the sheriff's office seven to 10. there is little narrowing on the number but we don't have a real number yet. as you know, david basically broke down the tim

you updated on al jazeera america, as we stand by for that news conference with the governor of oregon and oregon state policeg up at 4:30 eastern time here on al jazeera america. >> it's saturday in panama. down here it's never too early to get the party started. panama is so many things: the giant ships are always an impressive backdrop, especially when you're trying to shoot an interview. >> so there is a rather large vessel coming right out that just went through the canal. >> that's right it transited from the atlantic into the pacific here. >> matt larsen is used to the ships. he's the director of the smithsonian tropical research institute here. he loves to point out the incredible diversity in panama. for scientists, this is a dream location. >> what makes panama a unique place to study the environment? this is a remarkable place. because we have a very narrow ismis here- 50 mi at the narrowest point so we can get to either ocean the pacific or the atlantic in a matter of an hour. >> we spoke with matt at the smithsonian's nature center at culebra point, a narrow strip of land that juts straight into

we also know that the fbi is likely en route as well as the state police there in oregon investigating some of the early pictures coming out of that horrible scene. >> and, kris, when you talk about a school shooting of this scale, the last time we've seen something like it isla vista last may here in california. it's all too familiar. >> all the latest details online and tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. . >> today on "access hollywood" live, the sexy kevin hart is here. we guarantee a good time or your money back. >> in good shape here. >> that's good. >> i see your body. >> it's nice. this side, anyway. >> he and david beckham are like the new twins. there is an obsession with each other. we are get into that and more. >> melee grant just got her twoe divorce papers. >> where is this going. it's an annual tradition, elizabeth hurley joins us to kickoff breast c

so we have two different official reports coming in at exactly the same time, oregon state police lieutenant bill fugate says at least seven dead and at least 20 hurt in the college shoot, and yet a board official has now said the death toll is much higher. either way, the shooter is reported to be down. we do not know how that happened. we can tell you that the shooter in one way or another became incapacitated. i suppose it's entirely possible the authorities took this person into custody. it's also possible that the authorities or someone else took this person down. the first reports came to authorities by 9-1-1 calls and the local sheriff's department and fire department arrived. the town is roseburg. the county officials were there as well. the campus with 3,000 students there, and a normal day for campus activities, kids and teachers in classes and going about their normal business, south of salem, in what would amount to the western edge of the state next southwest quadrant. we monitor this state from our west coast news hub and different newsrooms on the coast but the hub is our los

learning more about the man who opened fire on a community college campus in rural oregon, killing nine people before he was killed by authorities. the federal, state and local policere looking for more clues to figure out what sparked this senseless shooting. and reporting from roseburg, oregon. >> 10 are dead, seven injured, three critically according to the sheriff. the victim's names may be released today at the earliest as we learn about the gunman and survivors. last night family and friends of victims mourned a tragedy in roseburg but the town woke up still shaken. >> the range of emotions from disbelief, anger, sadless to resolution. it is still very raw for a lot of people. >> overnight police and f.b.i. searched for clues will the suspected shooter warming this nearby apartment complex where he lived with his mother. >> just thought he was an odd guy. >> the 26 year old identified as chris harper mercer is seen in his myspace photos opening fire on umpqua community college. >> multiple gun shots. >> the police officer facing off with a gunman. >> exchanging shots with him. he is in a classroom. >> the shooter declared dead. his father last night spoke to

i'm stationed up at the fire department, and oregon state police offices for those press conferences that are happening sporadically. there's a ton of media up here. there are some families that are coming by just to check. people delivered beverages and food up here to people. but when i first arrived on scene there was a family sitting next to me that was waiting for a phone call from their daughter to find out if she was okay. and they did get that phone call. she was a nursing student. and they headed out to the fairgrounds to meet her. >> we also don't know at this hour whether all the family members have been notified. i imagine that's part of course the reason that they are going to hold until everyone's notified to release those victims' names. >> they said it would be 24 to 48 hours before any of the names are released. >> all right, chelsea gorrow, thank you very much. joining me now is victoria hawks, a city councilor in roseburg where today's shooting at umpqua community college took place. ms. hawks, can you tell us a little about your town? >> our town is about 22,000 p

i'm stationed up at the fire department, and oregon state police offices for those press conferencesppening sporadically. there's a ton of media up here. there are some families that are coming by just to check. people delivered beverages and food up here to people. but when i first arrived on scene there was a family sitting next to me that was waiting for a phone call from their daughter to find out if she was okay. and they did get that phone call. she was a nursing student. and they headed out to the fairgrounds to meet her. >> we also don't know at this hour whether all the family members have been notified. i imagine that's part of course the reason that they are going to hold until everyone's notified to release those victims' names. >> they said it would be 24 to 48 hours before any of the names are released. >> all right, chelsea gorrow, thank you very much. joining me now is victoria hawks, a city councilor in roseburg where today's shooting at umpqua community college took place. ms. hawks, can you tell us a little about your town? >> our town is about 22,000 people. split

the u.s. state of oregon. the victims ranged in age from 18-67. the oldest being a teacher. police say the six guns used by chris harper m.e.r.s. i, along with -- mercer, along with seven others found at his home were bought legally >>> in australia the fatal shooting of a police employee by a teenager has been declared an act of terrorism. the boy, of iraqi-kurdish dissent", was shot dead by police. malcolm turnbull, prime minister, called for unity. >> it is a shocking crime. it was a cold-blooded murder. targetting the new south wales police service. it was doubly shocking because it was perpetrated by a 15-year-old boy. and it underlines the importance of families, communities, leaders being very aware of whether young people are becoming radicalized. it is also important that - to remember that the australian muslim community will be especially appalled and shocked by this >>> now, voters in kyrgystan are heading to the polls on sunday to elect a new parliament. it's a test for the fledgeling democracy, five years after a resolution removed a gort. kyrgyzstan introduced repres