In that gun on his flight. And officials said that they have no evidence of confrontation before the shooting as initial reports suggest. There was no trigger, no altercation on either one of his flights. And we learned that the three of the six gunshot victims are fighting for their lives today in the intensive care unit. In fact, thats where my colleague nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is at the very moment live outside the hospital. Gabe, i know that you were learning new details about these victims. What can you tell us this afternoon about their conditions and what possibly may be in future for them . Hi there, ayman, good afternoon. Yes, as you mentioned governor rick scott touring this hospital behind me just within the past hour or so and saying that several of those victims are fighting for their lives. Now, heres what we know. We know there were six gunshot victims. That is lower than the previous total. We were told of eight. So there were six, three of them in Good Condition but three are in intensive care. The governor did say that he expects one of them to be released a little later on today. Now, we also just spoke with hospital officials that gave us another heartbreaking detail. And he says the ceo of the hospitalroward health mical center says that perhaps the most heartbreaking part about today is that some of the victims who survived were told today that their loved ones had passed away. Again, five people were killed in this. And we are learning a little bit more about those victims. One of them is a 62yearold Terry Andries of virginia. He and his wife had been coming down here to ft. Lauderdale to head on a cruise when he was shot and killed. Hes being remembered today as is another one of the victims from marietta, georgia. She was a beloved member of her community. Were told by a deacon of her church that she had been going there for more than 30 years with her husband. And shed been going down to ft. Lauderdale on this cruise to celebrate her husbands 90th birthday. So these stories are starting to emerge, ayman. And several of these victims were down here on vacation, on a cruise or hoping to go on a cruise and now their families are mourning their losses. Ayman. Absolutely heartbreaking each one of those stories and all the people that have been affected by this tragedy. Gabe guztierrez, thank you very much for that. Joining us now, inside the airport during the shooting lived obviously to tell us about it, suffered minor injuries i understand including some fractured ribs. First of all, great to have you with us. Im very happy to hear you survived this horrific ordeal. Let me start off by asking you what it is that you saw. Where were you at the time the shooting rampage began . Okay. It seems that were having some audio problems right now, but hopefully well be able to try to connect women in a few moments. But obviously one of those eyewitnesses that survived that ordeal. And it was a very horrific one, not just for him but for the hundreds of thousands of others that were affected by it as well. Were going to have a lot more information for you about these eyewitness eyewitnesses, but for now id like to bring in fbi agent peter ahern, former fbi agent i should say. Agent ahern, its great to have you with us. First i want to talk about santiagos first court date monday. Thats when were expected to see him face those charges. But the fbi is currently searching his house, probably speaking to his family both in new jersey, as well as alaska and possibly here in florida. What are they looking at as they try to put together a theory for motivation behind this . I think the critical part is they start with whats known as a timeline. They will pretty much trace all of his travel, all of his contacts, where hes lived in the past, look at his military and employment record. And no stone will be left unturned in Something Like this. I think also too that anything on the computers, on the phones, the social media profile will be critical in trying to put together and piece this timeline together to find out what the real motive was and why he did what he did. Agent ahern, ive been talking to a lot of people earlier and throughout the course of the day about some possibly missed signals. Were there any missed signals that the fbi should have flagged, should not have allowed this person to fly even up to the very last minute the fact he was checking in to a flight with nothing whatsoever except a gun that was being checked in. Do you see any red flags that may have been missed by the fbi or Law Enforcement officials from his questioning in anchorage, alaska, to the moment he got on the flight . Well, not a this point. People would be surprised at how many people in 58 fbi field offices or 56 around the country do whats known as a walkin. And it looks to me like this started with santiago as a walkin to the fbi office in alaska. And quite frankly i think iwas so disturbing from what i read at it raised to the level to call the police to try to get him whatever help he could. But nothing indicating and theres no reason that they could document to put him on a nofly list without something that was more predicated than the fact he was talking very strangely. And, again, this happens. Youd be surprised how many times this happens during the week in an fbi office with people like that walking in that have Mental Health issues or concern. Theres obviously added value in the fact that he was taken alive in the sense that they can question him. We know that interrogation has been taking place throughout the course of the evening into the early hours of the morning. It doesnt necessarily fit the profile of some of the attacks that we saw overseas at airports that are more suicidal in nature. But what could possibly be going on right now in this interrogation . What are some of the questions the fbi is asking santiago to try to determine . Well, theyre taking information that they have already and theyre trying to validate through discussions with him or whatever he says theyre going to validate. But when you look at this, the question really comes down to was this more of a terrorist event that you might relate to what we saw in brussels . Or is this something more from somebody that had mental issues like Virginia Tech shooter, the newtown massacre and Movie Theater attacks in colorado. I mean, what really is this . And people automatically and you have to look at the terror angle at the very beginning until you can pretty much dismiss it. And then find out what that motivation and why the Mental Illness if thats the issue and why he got the gun that he got, when did he purchase the gun, was he allowed to, did he have a criminal record . Those are all going to be looked at monday morning quarterback as the weeks go by as to what happened here. Yeah. Certainly with the terrorism issue you still have questions as to whether or not this would have or could have been isis inspired or terrorism inspired or coordinated or even directed from overseas or what have you. All right, peter ahearn, great to talk to you. Thank you very much for joining us this hour. Back with us, inside the airport during the shooting, i believe weve now established that connection. Shanay, great to have you wus with us. Were thankful you survived that ordeal. Can you tell us briefly where you were at the moment the shooting began . Did you see the gunman . Thank you for having me. Yes, i was about to make eye contact with the gunman after i heard the first shot i was sitting not too far from baggage claim 3 when i heard the first shot. One thing came to mind was probably fireworks. I dont know why. I heard a second shot, i was able to turn around on my left hand side and i see the shooter was putting one knee down and was about to strike his shooting people. That contact last about 30, 40 seconds as far as what i was about to see thinking that maybe other shooters around. But the next thing was run for my life. At some point i fell, i didnt know what was hitting me, but continued to run and get out. Around 1 00 probably and didnt go too far from the scene. And when i saw Police Coming back, i reentered. Th is when i was able to take a little video of th areao just kind of put it out there and help. But i was about to give the full descriptions in terms of the shooter himself right after that i went home i went to the place where i was going. Didnt feel good and went to the hospital. And i find out that i have my ribs were broken. So right now its pain, but we just only praying to the family who lost their life. Let me ask you this question about the demeanor of the shooter. Since you had a chance to see him, can you describe for us what was his demeanor in that one minute of shooting that he went on . Did he say anything . Did he looked focused . Was there a sense of deliberateness in his action . What were you able to ascertain . Two things. When we heard the first shot, or the second, on the third shot people stopped screaming. So when i turned around, he was on his calm. He wasnt looking left. He wasnt looking right. One knee down, pointing and shooting. Mostly you would think that, you know, it would be, you know, kind of trying to get everybody. Just one shot at a time. He goes one, he didnt smile, didnt cry, didnt say anything, two, three and four. It was very has his calm to do what he did. But his mouth was never open during that period of time i was inside. So let me ask you this as somebody who probably travels a lot, howashis changed you the fact you lived and witnessed Something Like this . Has it changedour perspective at all about traveling and Airport Security . Yes, indeed. Because we heard the news, we all heard the news. You wonder be part of Something Like that. And to see me just get out of the airplane and were trying to get our luggage to go about our business and get downstairs and somebody coming and harm us and hitting those people its very fine to think where else, but one thing that really struck me is the timing. The timing of the first shot. The time the second shot i heard, who else heard. And he has so many time. So were just concerned. All right. First of all, we wish you a very speedy recovery and were very thankful you survived and sharing your story with us. Thank you very much for joining us, sir. Thank you for having me. Well, thats the very latest from here in ft. Lauderdale. Lets send it back to my colleague richard lui in new york with more on this snowstorm bearing down on the east coast. Richard. Yeah, were watching that, ayman. Thank you so much. Back to you in just a bit. Those wild weather headlines weve been watching across the country this weekend and the beginning parts of the new week, massive storms taking over both coasts. One system paralyzing parts of the east with snow and ice. Some Southern States have also declared states of emergency because of storms. Connecticut for instance part of a highway is closed at ts hour after snowy roads caused a multiple car crash there. Police say no one was seriously hurt. Good thing. Drew smith from our nbc affiliate in philadelphia joins us now from pleasantville, new jersey, normally a very warm place during the summer. Now youre looking at below zero when we add in the windchill there, drew. Yeah, richard, we think about the beaches when you think about the jersey shore. But today so much different in that snow is piling up. Already half a foot in some parts of the jersey shore. And it has made a mess of the roads whether youre on a main road or if youre out on the highway it is all the same picture, a lot of slush, ice, people skidding out. We took a ride out on the Atlantic City expressway, which is the way you get down here from philadelphia, and it looks like a onelane highway. Normally there are three lanes out there that you can get right quick down to the casinos in Atlantic City. And today not so much. We also stopped by the airport where you cant get in or out of Atlantic City airport right now because of all the snow, dei deicing is taking a long time. Thats pretty much the same story up and down the east coast dealing with this storm. For the businesses that managed to open today, theyve been out shoveling trying to clear out a way for people to get to them. Luckily it is a saturday so not a major amount of businesses open. Not a lot of people on the roads. We do know there have been a lot of wrecks, a lot of accidents and theyre trying to get people to stay home as this snow continues to fall. Here at the coast the wind is also a factor a 35mileperhour gusts heading in from the ocean thats creating some of the snow drifts. But of course thi snow expected to continue that winter storm warning has been extended for two hours down here on the jersey shore. Richard, back to you. Drew, thank you for that report. Well be watching that along with you from our affiliate there wcau. Appreciate it. Lets bring in msnbc meteorologist bonnie schneider. The storms creating major delays for people on the roads, but as we know as drew was telling us, airports in Atlantic City one example here. Folks arent able to get in and out of there. No. We have two storms on each side of the country. Both impacting air travel in a huge way. And of course ground stravl. You can see the delays in the northeast are huge. Were looking at some of them. Newark, new jersey, 249 memberships. Philadelphia 217 and out in San Francisco also some big delays due to a western storm there. But look at the visibility. Jfk the delays are now running six hours. This is where were seeing snowfall rates rather of two to three inches per hour. So visibility less than a quarter of a mile. Its not over yet. Were still looking for the threat for blizzard conditions to persist across cape cod where we could get a total of 18 inches of snow. Now, back behind the system where weve had lighter amounts of snow but sleet and freezing rain, be careful tonight. Its going to be very icy out there across the south. I mention the delays in San Francisco. We have our atmospheric river, the tropical moisture plume, coming through. And this is a setup for not just today but ramping up tomorrow straight through wednesday. Tremendous amount of rain building in. And not only are we going to see the rain, but were also looking at the double threat because were likely to see some of that heavier amounts into the mountains. So thats going to insist on melting the snowausing a bigger flood threat throughout the region. And finally, richard, look at these snowfall totals measured by the foot. Three to five feet at some of these higher elevations. Good for snowboarding no doubt, bonnie. You talk about the atmospheric river, i was reading up to 375 miles wide. What does that mean . It means that the persistent moisture will continue. So you have that flood threat that were seeing across sacramento into Central California coast will really see the worst of it. But remember, were also going to see that threat of flooding in the burn area. So all this moisture coming in so quickly beneficial for the drought but not so great when you look at that flood risk. All righty, thank you so much. Just big numbers all the way around. 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The gun according to federal authorities was a glock. 9 millimeter pistol. Theyre looking through his phone calls. He had three email addresses associated with him in november he told agent ts he talked to according to federal officials that it was the cia controlling his brain making him look at those videos. So they say there are indicat n indications he took this trip specifically to shoot at people in ft. Lauderdale, but they still dont know why. Now, hes talked about this a little bit apparently in the interview, but they have to try to figure out what is what hes saying that is rational and what issin coherent, this is a person according to his family members who has sought mental treatment and who has been having some mental problems, ayman. All right. Nbc news justice correspondent piet e Pete Williams with that update. Thank you very much for that. Thats the latest from here in ft. Lauderdale. My colleague richard lui has more news from new york. Richard. 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