london, sweden, spain, and new york. this is an nbc news special report. in april, the u.s. responds to a chemical attack on syrians. u.s. military has launched a wave of cruise missiles in attack on syria. while a political battle was heating up back in washington. there s no collusion between me and my campaign and the russians. the russians did not affect the vote. but when president trump fired his fbi director they did not see this coming at the fbi. a special counsel was appointed. he s still at work. in this violent year, no place seemed say credit. not a pop concert in england. teenage girls screaming in terror. not a congressional baseball practice. steve scalise, a congressman in leadership, was among those who was shot. not a country music concert in las vegas. a storm of gunfire raining down. not even a church in rural
more deadly attacks in london, sweden, spain, new york. this is an nbc news special report. reporter: in april the u.s. response to a different kind of terror, a chemical attack on civilians. u.s. military forces have just waged a launch of cruise missiles attack on syria. reporter: while a political battle was heating up back in washington. there is no collusion between me and my campaign. the russians did not effect the vote. reporter: when president trump fired his fbi director they did not see this coming at the fbi. reporter: special counsel was appointed. he is still at work. in this year no place seems sacred. reporter: not congressional baseball practice, not a country music concert in las vegas.
rick: a fox report now. more headlines from the fox news deck. off 58 victims in the las vegas mass shooting died from gunshot wounds. that s the word from the coroner. according to the autopsy report, no one died from trampling at the country music concert after the gunman opened fire. before monday s deadly amtrak derailment, washington state officials considered getting rid of the sharp curve where it happened but decided it was too expensiv expensive. that s according to the wall street journal. investigators said the train was traveling 50 miles above the speed limit when it derailed. an animal welfare officer crawling out on a frozen river to save a dogs in northeast england. the black lab fell through the ice but kept his head out of the water. firefighters were ready on the shore with towels to dry him off. the news continues after this.
where defense secretary mattis performed. both chambers were in attendance. also joining chief carom is buck elton, deputy director for special operations on the joint staff. after the classified briefing, the chairman of the house armed services committee, marks tho thornbury said you re never satisfied. one of my colleagues reminded me we don t flow all the situation from las vegas yet, referencing the resent matt shooting at a country music concert on the strip, shep. shepard: jennifer, what do we know more about the ambush? we know the 12-man team was on an overnight reconnaissance mission to collect intelligence in the region, which began on
the stage, richard spencer thanked the university of florida. he said he was happy to be here and that he will continue his fight. david? victor oquendo tonight. victor, thanks. and next, to the massacre in las vegas. tonight, we have new reporting here about those fateful 12 minutes, and when police finally arrived. and which teams were actually able to get there first? abc s matt gutman again tonight. reporter: tonight, new details about those 12 critical minutes as police responded to the las vegas rampage. abc news has learned that there were police officers in the mandalay bay hotel securing another event when stephen paddock opened fire. but the hotel complex is so vast that police say officers who were across the street at the country music concert got there faster. running through the streets in that rain of bullets. one of the things that s most striking, when you see this from the air, is the vast distance from that suite up on the 32nd floor down to the concert venue d