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There. the five-day halt in fighting. nbcs aaron mclaughlin is along the turkish side of the border with syria for us. erin, were getting a reality check of what is playing out on the ground. today was to be to be the first day of that pause of military operations. what are you seeing on the ground? >> reporter: at the moment, ayman, theres an intense dust storm happening here. i dont know if you can see the wind t rain and the dust were experiencing right now. other than that, pretty quiet. jus...

Band was performing, there was music, it came towards the end of this festival. the festival, according to the website was ending at around 6:00 pacific time. the band was still playing and then the shots started ringing out. so i think thats going to be a key factor for investigators. the other thing that is still not certain is was this shooter targeting someone or was this completely random and this shooter was just trying to create chaos, trying to kill as many people as possible? the fact t...

That has been going on for decades. it supports the local community and its called the gilroy garlic festival. [ gunshots ] >> shots ringing out there at this festival. people running for their lives. law enforcement are now telling cnn that they have recovered a firearm and rifle ammunition from the scene. this man was there. >> it sounded like automatic gunfire and it sounded like approximately 30 rounds. and then there was a point of silence and then there was another reload. it seemed like a...

Synagogue in pittsburgh. savage with automatic gunfire. anti-semitism had blasted its way into american consciousness. >> we have four down. >> reporter: barry was praying inside the tree of life synagogue when bullets started flying. he hid in a closet as a gunman mowed down 11 of his fellow worshippers. what it like being a survivor? >> sometimes, i just feel dead inside. no feeling at all. i hate that feeling, but its there. >> how many of your friends have you had to bury? >> too many to cou...

Children had obviously nothing to do with that interfamily feud that officials say was going on, but in ruling out that this was a random racially motivated religiously motivated crime, theyre looking into the family aspect here. >> steve patterson live for us in texas this morning. in the wake of the latest mass shooting to hit the country, members of congress are looking to begin to take some sort of action to try and curb this sort of violence. a spokesman for chuck grassley of iowa reveale...

Of approaching officers. he was going to war, essentially. he had a firing position that was completely advantageous. the range was such that if he hadnt had these bump fire stocks, its not clear, experts tell me today, that he would have been able to hit as many people. just firing single shots. but these allowed him to pour fire down on the crowd. and now, today, senator dianne feinstein has proposed banning this technology, and thats going to be a debate in washington going forward. >> absolu...

Going forward. >> and joining us from las vegas is the congress woman that represents that part of the city. d dena titus and jim heinz. congresswoman, senator mitch mcconnell says now is not the time to discuss legislative solutions but given congress is in the business of writing and passing legislation, thats the function of the congress, do you believe it time for congress to talk about issues, particularly the one that came up in the press conference tonight. the shooter had 12 of these bum...

Solutions but given congress is primarily in the business of writing and passing legislation, that is pretty much the function of the congress, do you believe that it is time for congress to start talking about some of these issues, particularly the one that came up in this press conference tonight, the shooter had 12 of these bump fire stocks in his hotel room which allowed him to simulate automatic gunfire. is that something that congress can and should address right now? >> well, absolutely. ...

Theory on what youre hearing. so, listen to this. [ automatic gunfire ] >> okay. when experts have analyzed that, sam, they hear 90 shots in 10 seconds. clearly, thats an automatic weapon. correct? >> yes. from the sound on the video clip, i think most folks who are involved in this kind of line of work will be able to tell you that is absolutely fully automatic fire. >> okay. but authorities have not found an automatic weapon. the latest working theory is that he turned his regular rifle into a...

Law. so did he use a cheap kit called a bump stock in this case to get around the law? the rapid bursts of gunfire provided a first clue. >> ive shot semiautomatic weapons before. and this, i could tell, was more highly sophisticated gunfire. >> reporter: what sounded like automatic gunfire. police say stephen paddock filled his room with ammo, tripods, scopes and 23 guns, some semiautomatic includi including .223 and .308 calibers, 19 more in his home. the question was, were the weapons already...