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Showed what a real city this is. its been very impressive. >> neil: ive been reading a lot of the local press. it shows that events like yours go on. theres been some skiddishness about outdoor events. im wondering if you have heard that, whether people are changing venues. anything like that? >> no, it makes sense. i think that its going to change the way people look at outdoor concerts and the security around outdoor concerts. this guy was at life is beautiful, too, the weekend before this hap...

Well continue to update you. thank you very much. >> neil: that was the latest briefing out of las vegas. still a lot they dont know because a lot of people have not shared information or theres nothing to share. bottom line is, with stephen paddock, we dont know. we dont know what motivated him to gun down 58 human beings and kill them and injure more than 479 others. we did get a sense that he was the only shooter. they seem to be fairly convinced, he was the only shooter that doesnt mean he d...

Ed of radicalization despite isis claims. on the other side, with our experience with school shootings and stuff like that, beforehand theres a number of preattack indicators. theres none of that. nobody has come forward the our knowledge and said anything. one more thing, neil. i dont think the fbi or the local police department have a lot of information on this either. one they said it and secondly theyre putting up billboards looking for clues. this is a disturbing case. >> shepard: what we d...

Belongings left behind and those trying to rescue them. again, one of the largest crime scenes in las vegas history if not american history. all right. the read on this from former secret service agent and nypd officer, dan bongino. nothing learned new theyre except that they dont know what motivated paddock to do this. are you surprised? >> yeah, neil. this case is really an enigma. doesnt make any sense. my experience in the secret service, when you deal with targeted violence, mass smootings,...

Climb in portions of western is florida. we could see 10-15 feet in the areas getting towards ft. myers or naples. these are the areas where water is incredibly high. as this storm continues to move to the north tampa is experiencing that, five to ten feet of water. that is passing through that area. heres our hour-by-hour forecast, you can pay attention to the time stamp up in the corner, think midnight to 1:00 a.m., thats when this really heavy part of the storm will move by, suddenly on the s...

Updating these building codes, but for right now its really important people get the message they need to prepare now. >> given the lax zoning laws or lack thereof in houston, should we expect to see the same level of destruction in florida that we saw there? >> well, theres no question that were seeing more severe and more frequent flooding events. just in the gulf region alone weve soon 500 to 1,000-year flooding events in the past two years, the memorial day flood in texas, the tax day flood,...

Need your help. a lot of focus has been on the east coast of florida. on the west coast theyll get hit too. we just dont know how hard. kristen dahlgren is in ft. myers, florida. how are people there preparing? >> they of been watching this forecast for days now, stephanie, and with this latest shift a little bit more to the west, some of the waiting has turned a little more to worry today. there are mandatory evacuations under way. take a look. im along the sana bell causeway here. a lot of peo...

In florida. >> reporter: it is calm but it is empty, not normal for this area. were at port everglades. i want to show you where a 3,000-person cruise ship from carnival was supposed to be docking just down this way. they were supposed to be going to the caribbean for five days. that of course has been canceled. that ship was supposed to be departing tomorrow and that of course has been canceled and there have been refunds issued. the reason this matters is you have cancellations on cruise lines...

Me usually what happens with these storms is they see the path and if its going the hit in one area, they get help in distributing the supplies from the other areas. but as sam champion was saying, since this is an all -florida storm, that isnt happening and supplies are running out quickly. >> we need to help that manager inside publix and those employees trying to serve the people of hollywood, florida. it is obviously the best thing for people to do to get out if they can but easier said than...

In the dark. the heavy deluge opened massive sinkholes, swallowing cars and killing at least two people. officials remain on high alert today for mud slides, runoff, and high stream levels. but it doesnt end there for the golden state. another storm threatens to rip through the northern region, and residents fear the impact this storm could have on our nation after nearly 200,000 were evacuated earlier this week because of damaged spillways. lets turn to meteorologist bonnie schneider with more....