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Tools and had run wires for his surveillance system, for everything that he had, it took him days to finish. >> nbcs ron allen is in las vegas with the latest on the investigation, the emotional memorial and much more. ron, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, hallie, we are here at this memorial that has just been an amazing magnet for people drawn here to pay their respects to come visit. and you can see there are 58 individual crosses, one for ei . and theres never been a time when somebody...

There. its really only been a week. nbcs ron allen standing by for us in las vegas. ron, youre standing in front of a major memorial there in las vegas. ive got to think its very difficult for people that are visiting that memorial there to understand why it is that investigators really havent found a definitive motive yet for steve paddock. >> reporter: yes, thats very true. a lot of people are having a lot of difficulty coming to grips with that, but i think a lot of people also feel that we m...

Both pressing questions one week after the las vegas massacre. vice president pence visited saturday, stopping with his wife karen, you see it there, at the memorial of 58 crosses, each of those crosses representing a life lost. earlier the vice president spoke at a prayer service. >> in america we mourn with those who mourn. we grieve with those who grieve. and i stand before you today on behalf of my family, and every family in america to say were with you. today we are all vegas strong. >> th...

Down at a concert on the vegas strip. a memorial stands as authorities continue to piece together a motive behind why the shooter did this. now, investigators say numbers, they found scribbled down by the gunman could at least answer how they pulled off the worst mass shooting in modern history. nbcs a ron allen is live for us in las vegas for the memorial for the victims. what more are you hearing about the investigation? especially these scribbleings, the numbers that were found in the hotel r...

Calculations and this note? >> reporter: well, richard, that is what the authorities think that was, it was the shooter calculating the range, the trajectory that he had to fire. remember, hes 32 stories up and the crowd is several hundred feet away from him. its another indication of how depraved and sick this individual was, if you will, it that he carefully planned this whole thing. weve been here all day at this memorial that weve been coming back and forth to all week. and i just want to sh...

Not be shattered by evil. our bonds can not be broken by violence. reporter: this just in for the network pool traveling with the vice president, the vice president and his wife are visiting the memorial of crosses that have been set up near where that shooting happened about six days ago. meanwhile back here in washington, democrats are continuing to push for more gun control. republicans, especially house speaker paul ryan said he is open to at least considering the issue of bump stocks. that ...

Vice president mike pence was in las vegas today to honor the victims of last weekends massacre. while he was there, he and his wife karen stopped at a makeshift memorial, 58 crosses lined up along the strip. cnn stephanie elam is in las vegas following the investigation. stephanie, you have new information for us about that note the killer left in his hotel room. >> reporter: right. and ana, we had known that it just had numbers on it. well, a law enforcement official telling cnn that they beli...

His history when it comes to that. as the investigation continues, this city is really mourning, theyre trying to heal and theres now a memorial in front of the iconic welcome to las vegas sign. a carpenter from chicago drove down and he set up 58 wooden crosses and on each cross he put their names and put individual pictures of each individual victim who was shot and killed on sunday night. it is extremely powerful and extremely emotional. >> its heart breaking, its so beautiful, but so devasta...

>> you know, one of the themes in the essays and in your writing is about sort of white supremacy and racism in terms of ant blackness, specifically the way it was built up. theres a political his think of the ways that plays out in crime and the way we dealt with the crack epidemic. what do you make of the fact that blackness is not the primary target of this kind of politics these days or often if it is a primary it is along with muslims and immigrants who are also very much the target? >> i d...

Was such a big amount, obviously, he was probably going to do that alone, so they said at some point they had to have some help at some point. they watched his footage, his gambling the night before. they said they didnt see any kind of accomplice with him. >> how about the mood there in vegas, i know its the columbus day weekend. a lot of colleges plan trips with the kids to head to vegas particularly senior year. >> its starting to pick up. sports are helping as well. theyre going to be wearin...