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Transcripts For KQED Charlie Rose 20171003

Is this somebody who has a Mental Health problem or was there something driving him that we need to understand. You want to talk to everybody who had access to this guy, particularly in the last 72 hours. Glor we conclude with the c. E. O. Of microsoft, Sataya Nadella in an interview charlie taped with him last week. He talked about mike soft and his new book microsoft and his new book, hit refresh. Most of the becomes are written as lookback, either grand successes or grand failures. And one day i went actually to meet steve balmer and asked him are you go to write a book. He said no im into the future, thinking of all the things im going to do moving forward. That is when it hit me, that while we as a company and me as a c. E. O. Are going through this hard process of what i describe as this continuous process of renewal, let may reflect on it. Its not definitely a detion nation destination to be reached, but the continuous process. The Unanswered Questions and the reflection is what caused me to write the book. Glor the tragedy in las vegas and the c. E. O. Of microsoft coming up. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following bank of america, life better connected. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Im jeff glor, charlie rose is away on assignment. A gunman opened fire on a Music Festival from the 32nd floor of a hotel room in las vegas last night. At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured as of this taping. It is the deadliest shooting in modern u. S. History. The gunman has been identified as Steph Stephen paddock of messquite, nevada, he believed to have killed himself before swat went into his room. Here is a look at the cbs evening News Coverage of this days events. America is a nation in mourning tonight for victims of the dead leaest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Good evening. It happened late last night just behind me, that is the 43 story Mandalay Bay Hotel and kation ino. Las vegas police say a heavily armed gunman broke windows on the 32nd floor and fired down on thousands of people attending an open air concert. Many fled down the street that is rate behind me hear. There is still crime scean tape up. You can see bloody footprints on the sidewalk. And the clothes they left behind as they literally ran for their lives. At least 59 people were killed, more than 500 injured, most of them by the gunfire. Police say the gunman, 64 year old Stephen Paddock of mess quit, nevada, killed himself before they arrived. They have not determined a motive but they say they have found no link to terrorism. We have extensive coverage tonight, beginning with john blackstone. Reporter Country Music star jason all dean was on aldean was on stage when the firing began. Shortly after 10 00 local time. But it took a full 20 seconds for people to realize this wasnt fireworks. That is just a fire cracker no way thats a gun. Reporter then came chaos. The sound of automatic weapon fire mixed with panned monday panned moanium. Shots fired. There are many people down. The shooter paused several times. Are you okay, lets go. Im bleeding. Gayle davis held on to a Police Officer for dear life. And then we thought okay, its over, its over. And then it would start again. Reporter some people ran, others sought cover behind walls and gates. Still others froadz in the froze in the open. This woman simply ducked. Everyone was just like literally laying on top of each other trying to get out of the way. And the shots just kept coming. People desperately sought help for the wounded. Anyway they could. We need to try. We just need to get people over to the hospital. Hey, we cant worry about victims. We need to stop the shooter before he has more victims. Anybody have eyes on him. Meanwhile police searched for the gunman. Were taking the gunfire, it is going right over our heads, were pinned down here, with a bunch of civilians, be advised were taking fir from a very high floor. Every officer that comes up will be a target if they are driving on las vegas boulevard waws it is coming from mandalay bay on the boulevard side. The shooter later identified as 64 year old Stephen Paddock was in fact firing from four football fields away. Through two windows. 32 stories up. Swat officers moved in. Go ahead. We are at the suspect he door. Bring people in the hallway get aware. And get back. We need to get any response from this guy to see if he is in here or moved somewhere else. All units from 39 27bd floor swat has exposed a breach, everyone in the hallway needs to pov back. Breach, breach, breach. Inside where paddock had been a guest since last thursday, they found 19 weapons. Sheriff joseph lombardo. He had killed himself and exactly well have to go through our bodyworn camera and existing video whether we engaged him at the same approximate time or not. Reporter gayle davis said the terror seemed to last forever. Ive never been that scared in my life, in my life, ever. Reporter even when people panninged to get out of the enclosed concert area over here and were running down these streets, they were still running in fear, with the sound of gunfire echoing off the buildings all around them. Anthony. John blackstone, thanks, john. We are just beginning to learn the identifies of the victims. Carter evans is following that part of the story. Carter . Reporter anthony, you could just imagine with the triage must have been like, ambulances arriving one after the other, in all more than 500 patients were transferred to local hospitals. But not all of the critically wounded arrived in a ambulance. In the chaos confused concert goers ran in any direction they could. Over walls, on top of each other and into hotel lobbies, just trying to get out of the line of fire. Be advised it is automatic fire, fully automatic fire from an elevated position. Take cover. Gayle davis was at the concert. This girl had been standing right beside me. And she had fallen, and first she tood stood there and she grabbed her stomach. She looked at her hands, her hands were bloody and kind of screamed and fell back. Concertgoers who were not injured became First Responders moving victims in wheel bar rows, Office Chairs and Hotel Luggage carts, sean was shot in the leg when a stranger stopped the bleeding and drove him to the emergency room in the back of a truck. Surrounded by thousands of people, you dont know who is shooting at you. It is pretty stressful. You have guys, you got to keep moving, help, keep me focused and im trying to keep my wife moving. Reporter more than 100 gunshot victims poured into University Medical center, according to trauma surgeon. These patients with sol many coming in so fast, we did what is called damage control. Which is really just stopping the process of dying. Move on to the next one. Got the next one in, and we did that all night. By morning more than 50 people from and route 91 concert were dead. Like sunny from tennessee, Rachel Parker from manhattan beach, california and charleston hardfield a las vegas cop who coached youth football. Hundreds more survived. And with hospitals running short on resources, they put out a plea for blood. Jeff was one of many who stood in line to donate. This is a small thing, right. But you look outside and there are all kinds of people that want to donate, they will give blood as much as they need. This is University Medical center. Its the only Level One Trauma Center in the state. Last night they took in 104 patients. Now four of them died, 12 are still in critical condition, but anthony, 40 have already been treated and released. Carter, they are doing incredible work there, thanks. Earlier i spoke with brothers corrie and craig who were watching the concert just steps away from the band. Did people realize what was happening . No, so, well, kind of, we heard the first couple of sounds, there was a woman who went down. We didnt know what was going on, she didnt know, she was there, wait a minute, a woman. They looked at her cowboy boot and you cou minutes but it was breaks. It was going. Every time there was a break, crowds of people would move as he was trying to reload. As this was happening, what did you see in the crowd. It was just seeing people coming from all different angles, ducking for cover, really just trying to find safety. I just saw people on the ground, people just littered, just everywhere, we heard glass breaking, it was just noise. Pandemonium. Pretty much. We were waiting for the shots, they finally stopped. Like we have to move. Made a decision to go out the back and there was a gate that either got opened or tramp eled there were cars there were people, there were people getting carried, people lifeless there were people everywhere. You guys must be in shock. You know, physically, were thankful and very fortunate for everything, mentally, as residents of, you know, the city, as fans, as attendees, yeah, it hurts. It is really, mental trauma on your body. You never want anything like this to happen. Our cbs news justice and Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues has been working his Law Enforcement sources and heres what he found out about the gunman. After Stephen Paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel last thursday, investigators say he spent the next three days gambling in the casino, and he stock piled a cache of 19 weapons, a mixture of handguns and rifles in his hotel room. Two of the guns were on tripods. Police and the fbi are now trying to determine a motive. Were shocked, horrified, completely dumbfounded about this. Eric paddock, the killers brother says he was interdescreud interviewed by investigators for about four hours. The fact that he had those kind of weapons is just where the hell did he get automatic weapons. Anything . Nothing. No religious affiliations, no political affiliation, no, he just hung out. Stephen paddock was an accountant but family members say recently he was a professional gambler who had won large jackpots. He was also a licensed hunter and pilot who had rented, owned and sold multiple properties in four states over the last four decades. Paddocks father was once on the fbis most wanted list. 9 the 1969 notice described Benjamin Hoskins paddock as a bank robber who was psychopathic and considered armed and very dangerous. Until last nights mass shooting, Stephen Paddocks only run in with Law Enforcement was this 2009 parking ticket. It was well planned out. And it took a lot of strategic thinking. Former fbi profiler Mary Ellen Otoole said paddock may have been planning the attack for years. He had a view of the concert. And he probably had gone to other rooms and chose specifically this room. So there was surveillance that likely occurred before this event. A search of paddocks home turned up 18 additional weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosives. Today isis claimed responsibility for this attack but investigators say so far they have found no link between padock and the terrorist organization. Anthony. Jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. People who had encountered paddock recently are also having a tough time believing he could have committed mass murder. Demarco morgan has that. As soon as i saw the name, it was an instant recognition. Stephen paddock purchased a shot gun from utah gun shop owner Chris Michael back in february. We have code words between us as staff if something doesnt feel right, or doesnt look right, we will do everything we can to actually top the sale. None of the alarms went up from any of the staff. Today Law Enforcement searched paddocks home. Mesquite Police Officer quinn. We havent had any run ins or contact with him in the past. He is a fies guy, i mean he was kind of quirky but a fies guy. Paddocks neighbors describe described him as quiet, unsocial an having an odd sense of humor but not as violent. It is just kind of unbelievable to think somebody who was, you know, in our community, a member of our community could possibly go out and do Something Like that. It just is unbelievable. Reporter paddock was a a licensed hunter and known to freak gun shops near his home here in nevada. He lived here with his girlfriend Mary Lou Danly who was out of the country and at this time law enforce. Believe she was not involved. Glor joining me is francis townsend, a former Homeland Security advise tore president george w. Bush and a cbs news security analyst. Fran, welcome. There were so many scenarios you considered when you served president bush about what might happen in situations like this. Was this one of them . Absolutely. Remember during president bushs term we had the horrific act of shooter like this at virginia tech. Where he, the shooter went in, had a history of Mental Health problems, obtained a gun and shot up and killed students at virginia tech. And i was there with president bush shortly after the shooting when he went to meet with the families of victims. Its just horrific. And the scar that this leaves on a community, even one like las vegas that is used to large crowds and practices for such events cant be understated. Glor talk about the white house response and what goes into it. So the first thing, you hear this all the time, jeff, in any crisis and thats first reports are always wrong. So you you can well imagine people in the white house hearing that this is a white male, retiree, 64 years old, you say this makes no sense. But it turns out thats accurate. We also, you know, the first reports about injuries and deaths, that number has been climbing all morning as you well know. And i suspect it will continue regrettably to increase. And so what you are trying to understand is what were what was the motive for such an act. Was there a motive. Is this something who has a Mental Health problem or was there something driving him that we need to understand. You want to talk to everybody who had access to this guy, particularly in the last 72 hours. Neighbors, people in the hotel, hotel room workers. All of that will begin to paint a picture for you. Right now you can be sure the atf, alcohol, tobacco and fire arms are doing traces on the gun from the point of their manufacturer until they came into the hands of the shooter. How did he get them, what was he doing with automatic weapons like this. Glor so there is the First Response on the scene and then there is also the First Response from washington and from the white house. And we saw the president speak earlier. Thats right. The president in any moment like this, what we expect of the president in those, in that first statement is to unify the country, to comfort, to comfort those who are grieving or injured, to inspire Law Enforcement, to continue, a very tough task. Remember Law Enforcement las vegas has lost at least one colleague, another was injured. And so the president has to be the unifier. And sort of the comforter at that moment. And i think thats the tone that the president struck. Glor we keep hearing about the profile, a typical profile of Something Like this. And this certainly wouldnt seem to fit. What is that profile and what is it from what you heard so far has surprised you the most . I think the age of the shooter. The circumstances as we currently understand of the shooter is quite surprising. You expect this to be someone younger, someone disgunt el gruntled, a loner, someone disa affected it may turn out this is a disaffected loner, just an older person. But it just doesnt make sense. We dont know really very much about this individual. He didnt even seem to be particularly close to his brother and family in florida. All we know is that he spoke to them after Hurricane Irma asking if they had power back. But he doesnt, we dont know, we havent painted the picture of him yet. The fbi did feel compelled earlier at a News Conference that the local police held to announce that so far they see no International Connection to terrorism. And this was after isis tweeted saying that they served as an inspiration or some sort of coordination for the attack and that Stephen Paddock had converted to islam immediately before. Why did the fbi do that . Well, as you say, isis had put out two statements using their news agency, if you will. They had distributed this on a channel called telegram, it is an encrypted application. And on twitter. And because it had begun to circulate, the fbi wanted to be clear that there is no evidence to support that. Look, i think we ought to understand. Isis is on their heels. They are losing territory in both iraq and syria. They are not winning. And so theyre looking for positive publicity. And thats all this was. This is their attempt to turn the attention to themselves. Glor are you surprised the fbi did that at all. No, i think they did absolutely the right thing. Theyre not going to rule anything out. They know they searched his moment home there is this other property up north they will look at. They will take all sorts of evidence out of there. And also the hotel room. Look at his cell phones and computers, if there is any connection, the fbi will identify it. But certainly as of now we see no connection to international terrorism. Glor so the president goes to puerto rico

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