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Plane or you were waiting for your flight, youre going to be one of those individuals who is out there on the tarmac, where you see that fire engine. we also now have a little bit of a better idea of where this took place. terminal two baggage claim, so as people sort of landed, they would go down that escalator to the baggage claim, pick up your lugage and out to the curb. we talked about this before during the istanbul airport attack and i want to make it clear we dont know the motive here yet...

Active shooter situation or the shooter is in custody, whether there was one shooter or multiple shooters. still lots of questions that we dont have the answers to at this point, jim. but whats law enforcements top priority at this point, sir? >> to determine, craig, from the shooter they have in custody, who is he and could there be any other plots afoot. thats the critical information that police commanders on the ground want to know and of course everybody, every police commander in any airpo...

Point as we watch the scene play out. we see passengers on the tarmac there, a number of emergency personnel, law enforcement personnel. this is one of this countrys large e airports in the top 25 in terms of size and traffic on a daily basis here. cal perry also here in this studio and cal, youre following closely what folks are saying out there on social media, and a number of folks inside that terminal have been tweeting and posting. were working to sift through some of that, but what do you ...

Quote, we will continue to provide details as we receive them. governor scott currently traveling to ft. lauderdale to be briefed by law enforcement. at this time state law enforcement does not have confirmed information on fatalities, injuries or a motive at this point. tom, let me come back to you. again, i know we reported a short time ago that the south runway was open. again, it would seem as if we just talked to bob foster on the phone. he was on the tarmac telling us he and his wife are g...

The shooter, everything at this point, can you imagine, is very much up in the air. in terms of security, the perimeter, knowing who is where, knowing whether anybody out on that ramp may have had access to a plane. im suspecting they may decide theyve got to do a thorough sweep of that -- of that ramp and the planes on the ramp and through the entire terminal. i think they probably are going to have to really put things on hold until they have a better feeling for whats going on there and wheth...

We watch paramedics here on the tarmac. broward county c y paramedics ie process of transporting the wounded to the nearby hospital. at this point we do not know precisely how many wounded were talking about. we know we have three dead. nine people shot. jim open carry inside the airports around the country, is it legal for folks to take guns inside the airport before you hit security screenings? >> well, it used to be totally illegal in most airports to do that in some cities now, in some state...

Situation. one day they may be at the washington dulles airport, the next day maybe at a train station. theyre generally not always stationed at key airports around the country and its unpredictable. my point being the response to an armed individual is going to be up to the local airport police whether that is an airport police department or whoever is running that operation with the local police jurisdiction. we also checked to see any change on the faa status for ft. lauderdale airport, is th...

Thats clee killed and nine wounded. we dont know that information yet and we havent heard anything about who this person is with the gun. we assume this person is a male. i dont even know that for sure or what kind of weapon was involved, what the motive was, anything like that. this is all very preliminary information at this point. >> peter your sources telling you they believe this is a situation that is over? >> yes. >> this is a situation that is over? >> well, any time something like this ...

I do apologize, breaking news here we need to get to right now in florida. ft. lauderdale there has been a shooting at the airport there. at this point we can tell awe cording to the reports here at least six people have been shot. theres a suspect in custody. our investigative unit reporting that theres a possible active shooter situation there. this is the ft. lauderdale airport, for those of you not familiar with the area, this is an airport that is frequently used by folks who are going to m...

Are folks inside this airport that are either trapped or whether this is some sort of active shooting situation. tom costello is standing by for us as well in washington. of course, tom covers aviation from the network. tom at this point what more do we know? >> we dont know much more than that the at the moment. this is very much breaking as were all witnessing this live. i would tell you that, craig, you and i know and any american who travels knows, if you go through a ts checkpoint, those of...