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Today. >> i totally endorse what youre saying. there are calls from certain sections that the only answer to an incident like this is for the tsa to be armed themselves. what was your reaction be to that? >> well, piers, let -- let me just say thats a silly idea. its a dumb idea. it would not work. what happened today was the law enforcement people add lax, the lax police, the people that are trained at the airport to intervene did that and they saved a lot of lives. the tsa people did what they...

Time. tom foreman, cnn. >> certainly is incredible what people can overcome. thats it for us. hope you join us one hour from now for ac 360 later. latest on the shootering at lax. latest on the shootering at lax. "piers morgan live" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is "piers morgan live." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight, breaking news on the deadly shooting at lax. k chaos at airport when a gunman opens fire, the suspect paul anth...

Today. >> i totally endorse what youre saying. there are calls from certain sections that the only answer to an incident like this is for the tsa to be armed themselves. what was your reaction be to that? >> well, piers, let -- let me just say thats a silly idea. its a dumb idea. it would not work. what happened today was the law enforcement people add lax, the lax police, the people that are trained at the airport to intervene did that and they saved a lot of lives. the tsa people did what they...

Done to prevent this and is there anything that can be done in light of what happened to improve security at places like lax? >> well, piers, as somebody who was in public service for 35 years, our hearts and prayers go out to the loved ones of those who lost loved ones today. good public servants, people well-trained and were in the line of defense. i think everything really worked as well as it could have worked at lax today where law enforcement people stepped in and saved a lot of lives, did...

Well begin, what do we know about what happened today? >> reporter: passengers say it was a normal day at the airport when suddenly they heard very, very loud popping, one man said it sound the like it must have been from a large gun. many saw spark s and started running. there was the beat of calm and then absolute chaos, sheer terror as people were trying to flee this terminal. what happened afterwards is that after this gunman was taken down by the police, passengers here were completely stuc...

Frightening than what happened there today. >> yeah, it was certainly the host frightening experience of my life, piers. if you know the terminal there is a part that goes to where gate 33 b is you have three walls and a very narrow hallway that leads to it. thats where i was and several people that believe the shooter was close and believe our life was in danger and a very terrifying moment. >> we believe that this guy was intent on harming tsa officials to the extent that he was actually askin...