Acted alone and according to witness accounts, the suspect retrieved from his luggage in a baggage claim area he retrieved it, he went to the bathroom, and then he just started shooting as he opened the door. And joining me now to discuss mayor of miami. Bill stanton, jonathan, mike barrett, and mike baker. Got a big panel for a big story, guys. I want to from the audience in on what we do know so far. The suspect name Esteban Santiago. He apparently arrived on a flight from air canada, although there are some reports out saying that they cannot find any connections of him to that country or that flight. Were checking on that. Obviously, he had some type of gun. They think he checked that in with his luggage. He apparently unpacked it, loaded it in the bathroom before firing it on the entire area. His background . He joined the Puerto Rico National guard in 2007, he was deployed to iraq in 2010. He received a general discharge from the National Guard for unsatisfactory performance. He was private first class when discharged. His brother said that the suspect had received at some point psychological treatment. All right. Guys, where do we start with this . Theres a lot of speculation, obviously, when any of these things happen in part because the word happened. How it happe and now because of his background. Right. Well, i think the picture thats starting to come out of this guy, and i think everybody kinds of agrees with this that there are some mental issues going on here. There were some reports that there may have been an incident on the plane. But i havent heard anything else about that. Whether it would be an argument or such. But it you know, when somebody travels with a weapon, theyre traveling with that weapon for one of a couple reasons i guess. They have a concealed carry in one place theyre going to another where they have a concealed carry. Or theyre going to do go work with that or hunting. In this case, im not sure he had that planned and when he checked in, he went and did this perhaps. Charles bill, again, its very early. Informations coming out hes being interviewed by the fbi. But, unfortunately, weve seen this these types of scenes over and over again. So your initial thoughts. Well, jonathan brings up a lot of good points. Its amazing how many facts were getting in right now. But, to me, just speaking more questions. Could it have been suicide by cop . But then again, he didnt look to take himself out. Charles he gave himself up pretty easily. Yeah. No indication for radical islamic terrorism. Nothing there. So its very interesting what this mans motivation was. Charles an ap story said that Embassy Spokesperson said the Florida Shooting suspect has no connection to canada. So, mayor, your state has been besieged, if you will, with these sort of things. And we always know initially theres all kinds of crazy misinformation as opposed to perhaps fake news. Misinformation and a lot of hysteria. But what do you make now . Rick scott had spoken and in a moment well listen to what he had to say. But what do you make of the impact it may have . Its not too far from your town. Absolutely, charles. And, first of l, let me say that my condolences, my sympathies go out to the families of ese victims. Its a horrible, tragic event for all of us and them especially of course. I think that a bigger issue here, and of course i defer to my friends here in Law Enforcement, of course, is that soft targets. Airports. Areas that are not under security. For example, luggage areas. And this is something all across the country. And wherever people collect. Whether its seaports or airports, we all know that the luggage areas are unsecured. And im not sure that the big issue is necessarily that he brought the guns on the airplanes because this is a former military person, Law Enforcement people do it, hunters bring weapons, and they do it legally. Charles although dealing with a military person with a asterisk. Something may have gone wrong. No. Question about it. Charles hast end his departure from the military that maybe qualifies him. He could have brought those weapons inside a luggage area a. Charles let me ask. We know that last year there were some horrific airport attacks, terrorist attacks. You had the attack of course 42 people killed. Brussels, 32 civilians dead, three perpetrators. We dont know what the we dont know what sparked happened in ft. Lauderdale today and i dont think we can rule out terrorism but frankly airports have become targets for these terrorists. Airports have. And right now all indications we have is what i would almost call a variant of road rage. You know, somebody who obviously happened to brought the weapon with him, but it didnt seem like a premeditated thing. If you were to do that, you would have done that at the point of departure, not the point of arrival. Charles which is different because it seems like everyone is a sitting duck. Right. But why would you make the long flight to florida all of a sudden to take out your gun and shoot people . He probably wasnt intending to do this, i think, based on the evidence we have now. Which makes it very, very different than the kinds of terrorism things weve been trying to protect against. One of the things youre absolutely right. Theres plenty of soft targets. Theres people that are going to congregate at concerts, restaurants, waiting to buy the new technology thats coming out for sale, waiting to get in on a holiday sale at a store. Theres no end to the soft targets. Charles let me go to mike baker for a moment because i want to get his thoughts on this. One thing that we do know that differentiates airports from other soft targets is youve got a big swell of people from different countries. Youve got of course lack security and the symbolism associated with that, particularly for the nation that owns those the airports represent. So there are a lot of things that make this especially more tantalizing target, particularly for terrorists. Right, mike baker . It does but any transportation hub, any Transportation Center as weve seen also from trained attacks or stationed attacks, its a problem. This is the whole separate conversation, though. Look, well figure out his motivation. Thats what theyre working on right now. First of all, do you know of any other do you have any other associates . Do you know of any other attacks that are planned . And then get down to the motivation. Well figure that out. So up until that point when it becomes clear, everythings speculation. But another conversation is the same thing that tsa, homeland security, fbi, others have been having for quite some time, which is what is that balance at a place like an airport . How far out do you push that security perimeter . You know, we can lock things down. We can reduce the risk further down towards zero. But were going to create an environment that people arent going to want to live in. So this conversation has been taking place. Its not like its somhing new. But its an incredibly heavy lift to figure out where is that security perimeter going to be at any given time . Charles but it does feel like the bottom line is that something must be done. You cant the status quo is no longer acceptable. Gentlemen, please, if you can stay where you are. Were going to come back and, again, give you the latest developments from ft. Lauderdale. The shooting that killed five people, injured eight. Well be right back as soon as i left the hospital after a dvt blood clot, i sure had a lot to think about. What about the people i care about . Including this little girl. And what if this happened again . 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You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Download the xfinity tv app today. Charles were back with tonights breaking news. A gunman opened at ft. Lauderdales Holiday International airport killing at least fife people. Injuring eight. Im joined by bill stanton, mike barrett, captain chuck gnash has joined us. Captain gnash, let me start with you because obviously its early, the fbis interviewing the suspect at this very moment. Your initial thoughts on this, particularly as information comes out about the suspects military background and record. Yeah. I think one of the things were going to have to look at is see if he received any mental treatment when he was in the military. Has he been diagnosed with ptsd . Or does he have some other kind of problem . Ck at certain points when it was tough to recruit people, sometimes the military took in folks that maybe were not well adapted, well put it that way. So what category does he fall in . And has he had any previous issues while he was in the military . Thats all big unknown right now. Charles about 25 minutes ago, the governor of florida did give a press conference. Lets take a listen to some of the things he had to say. Whoever is responsible will be held accountable to the full extent of the law. Let me repeat this. The state of florida, Law Enforcement in the state will not tolerate evil acts. Whoevers responsible will be held accountable to the full extent of the law. Charles jonathan, lets talk about these airport settings from what i understand tsa, they dont carry arms, they dont carry weapons. So who how could we beef up a presence here . Would you suggest military . Local Law Enforcement . How can we make people feel safer . Because if these incidents continue to happen, no ones going to fly. Well, i know bills going to agree with me on this. First and foremost if youre an active duty officer, you should be carry your weapon with you anywhere in the United States on you at all times. And that would eliminate a lot of these soft targets. Secondly, we have a certain limitation where you can get a license through hr218 for former officers to carry weapons. I just think if somebody who has been a cop for five years, eight years, ten years and get out, they should be able to qualify to carry weapons with them on a plane or in and around the United States. Thats the first thing. The second thing is Law Enforcement has to start looking at these areas which we talk about off air. These other soft areas which the rival area is huge soft target. Because everybodys coming off the plane, and theyre going to one spot and standing waiting for luggage, and theyre just corralled in like calves at that point. And i think this is the way we have to look at this from a attackers point of view. Not from somebody who is in Law Enforcement, and they know how to police things. Charles right . Thats the big difference i think we need to make. Charles and to that point, weve heard a lot of debate about the checkin pushing the checkin further out. Outsof the building, maybe the majority of the checkin process happens so that only passengers get inside and people say its too much, its comber s come couple obviously theres some point. Some sort of limit; right . Yeah. Understand this. No matter how much security we have at airports around the country, if somebody is determined to give their life. Charles he took as many lives as possible. Very good point, and then he went belly up. So what we have to defer to is training, training, training. And also as a citizen, as a traveler to be aware, be prepared, not paranoid. Know your surrounds and get your face out of your stupid phone. A lot of these people are all huddlelied up literally like lambs to a slaughter. Be aware and take action when needed. Charles mike, what are your thoughts on preventing these sort of events from happening again . Well, i think, unfortunately, charles or mitigating the risk. Yeah. This type of event is a lone shooter with no premeditation activity and, again, we can lock this down, theyre just going to find other targets like that. The reality is for these types of events, its all about response and making sure that you can do it well. In this case, we seem to have done it pretty well. They were able to deescalate, get the guy down. And then of course immediately they want to run through all the procedures has he been talking to other people . Whats the possible motivate . Is it a Broader Network . Things like that. But youre not going to stop this. This is why we have street crime. We have a country that has liberties. And we accept a certain level of violence. Charles yeah. Its the absolute fact. In order to secure it 100 , you would have to make it so otheso onerous, no one would travel. Charles well, i think five people dead at a airport is beyond any acceptable violence anyone wants to deal with. Coming up were going to talk about the political fallout of a daily shooting because you know its coming. Know its coming. You know its coming. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. The hearts of every american are in ft. Lauderdale tonight. We send our players and thoughts to the victims of this attack to their families, to the courageous first responders, and to all the citizens of the ft. Lauderdale area. Charles that was Vice President elect mike pence addressing the deadly shooting in florida just moments ago. Joining me now to discuss. Let me start with you. We havent heard from president obama yet, but i just have a strange feeling this will be opening for him to once again talk about controlling guns, gun violence, and even though the democrats wont have the power, this is certainly going to be theyre going to use this sandbox. Yeah. You know, charles, im disappointed that we havent heard from president obama. But its not really surprising because president obama has been a parttime president , except for when it benefits him. And this issue i think is a representation of that. We see time and time again that liberals, the folks on the democratic side, they have a they lodge disingenuous argument on gun control without knowing all the facts of the situation. Whether it be a gun, knife, whatever, this scenario may not have required gun control. There may have been another way in which this guy could have committed terror. I think another example of the fact is that reports are showing that theres an immediate link to terrorism here and this individual in november of 2016 went to the fbi office and said isis was forcing him to join the fight. And yet, they sent him home. So, again, another failure on the part of the Obama Administration. And im one thing thankful for things will change under president trump. Charles all right. And the report that hes referring to is i think on cbs tweeted it out about 30 or 40 minutes ago. Were trying to verify that. But certainly, that would be an interesting twist, and its obviously everyone is sort of hesitant to call this a terrorist attack. But we do know as more and more information comes out, that this suspect had some mental issues, and he served in iraq, perhaps something related to that. But, daniel, were bracing also for the inevitable political fallout, and its going to i mean, youre a gun control advocate. Well, i think first and foremost, there are 13 families that we all need to think about today. This is not a sandy hook. This is not a toddler in Florida Shooting her mom. Im not sure were going to see a huge outpouring or huge move toward using this incident for gun control efficacy. I think some people might think the fact that you can actually legally carry a gun and ammunition in checked baggage might surprise some people. But this could have been done by showing up to the airport with a gun. It could have been done with a car or truck or something else. So i dont think were going to see a lot of fighting over this. I just dont see it. Charles well, that would be refreshing. Okay . Because it is, you know, these are the times you do want to think about the families. But we do also know theres been a pattern that t to cease the moment, if you will. Yeah. Ive been following this story throughout the day and often social media is where it erupts first and a lot of the senators and the congresspeople on the left and right stake out their positions. And we do know people that are square on their camps on gun control are likely not going to whatever happens; right . Cross to the other side. So we already know that that debate is there. Whats going to be interesting is where Mental Health now comes into the debate. Because as you mentioned, he does have you know, it looks like a history of Mental Health issues. But he also had a concealed carry permit. And he was able to, you know, have that gun. He had it legally. So how do we suppo