Day in the history of Virginia Beach. Herbert bert snelling, who was a contractor trying to fill a permit and hes a resident of Virginia Beach. We want you to know who they were so when the days and weeks to come, you will learn what they meant to all of us. Some tough moments within the last 24 hours for folks there in Virginia Beach. We are going to begin with the breaking news out of that area. City known for the big beaches and numerous universities and Historic Sites is making history, the sort of history no Community Wants to be a part of. Officials have now identified the 12 people whose lives were cut short by that senseless act of violence. At a government building on friday. All but one of the victims employed by the city. Right now at least three victims who were injured remain in the hospital in serious condition. The gunman also a City Employee is dead following a lengthy shootout with police. His name only spoken once. Instead putting the focus on the innocent victims who are gone and in the next hour, another press conference is scheduled to take place. We start now with Msnbc David Gura on the ground right there in Virginia Beach. David, how is the city trying to cope with this massacre . Reporter theyre trying, as you say, fewer than 24 hours after this tragedy happened. There have been a number of vigils taken place already here in Virginia Beach. There was one this morning at a Movie Theater that the governor of the commonwealth of virginia Ralph Northam attended and one this evening at old dominion in norfolk. What i want to stress is this is a large city. This is the largest city in the commonwealth. Larger than the capitol richmond. But it is a very closeknit community as i keep hearing as i talk to people who live here and where im standing now in this municipal complex is a Close Community within a Close Community. I think it is a good analogy to say this is like a College Campus with government buildings on it and the attack took place in the building right behind me. This is something that came up during the course of the press conference that took place this morning. The city manager and the chief of police talking about how long the folks who were killed had worked for the city of Virginia Beach. There was one man killed who had worked here for 41 years. So these were familiar faces and people familiar with them and i had an opportunity to talk to jim wood, the vice mayor after that press conference took place. I asked how he begins to think about moving forward from what happened here on friday afternoon. Lets take a listen. It has been very difficult for all of us. We have we knew a lot of these people and ive been on the council 17 years so i knew a number of the people and i know some of the people in the hospital as well. It is very tough on us. It is a longterm healing process and not something that will be corrected or cured overnight. The city is going to go through a grieving process. Reporter right now this Community Mourning what happened here yesterday afternoon. As i said, more vigils will take place tonight. A lot of conversation happening about the openness of that building. This public works building where the shooting took place. The city manager stressing during the course of the press conference, it was a place where folks in the community needed to go to file forms and get paperwork done and therein lies the tension they are wrestling with in the community in the coming days. And people are focusing on the opening of the christma k. There are to guardrails and plenty of the buildings part of the complex. And in the meantime the president is reacting, finally, i believe it took 17 hours, what is he saying . Yeah, he issued a tweet this morning, sent out a tweet on his way to play golf in sterling, virginia. Ill read from what the president said. Well trooet it like a state from the president. Spock to Ralph Northam last night and the mayor and vice mayor of Virginia Beach to offer condolences to the great community. And the federal government is there and will be for whatever they may need. God bless the families and all. The president tweeting that this morning and something that we heard in that first News Conference this morning is how the relationship between the local and state and federal Law Enforcement is going. Quantityic, virginia, about 140 miles from where im standing and a big site for fbi agents and 40 are here working with this investigation and with this forensic investigation. There are agents from the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms as well. Those are the president s comments. Weve heard from other politicians. Nancy pelosi issuing a statement of her own calling for action legislation on gun control and this is something that has come up during the course of the big meeting out in california, a lot of Democratic Candidates addressing what happened here in Virginia Beach at that meeting in San Francisco as well. And of course noticeably absent from the president s statement on twitter, no call for action whatsoever. David gura there in Virginia Beach. Thanks to you. Well look forward to your special later on this evening at 6 00 p. M. Now officials are calling the mass shooting at Virginia Beach the darkest hour for that city as david mentioned today. Virginia beach governor Ralph Northam spoke about what he said needs to be done. Actions speak much louder than words and so i will make decisions in the upcoming days, but we need to look at our laws. Are they safe . Do they keep people protected in the commonwealth of virginia . We have introduced legislation each year, fred rica, for the last few years and it has been defeated but things like this continue to happen. We cant be desensitized to the tragedy and it is time to take action. And that is the leader as the leader of virginia and the governor, i plan to do that. Joining me now is aaron rouse, a Virginia BeachCouncil Member and a student at Virginia Tech university when 33 people died in the Mass School Shooting in 2007. Aaron, thank you for being here with us. Thank you for having me. Sadly it is under these circumstances. I did want you watch you at the press conference yesterday when they first mentioned all that took place. You made a point of speaking up. Why did you feel the need to do so . You know, at this terrible time, i have been through that massacre at Virginia Tech and that will forever be a part of us. Not only there at Virginia Tech but here in virginia. And at a time like that, i felt helpless as a college kid but here in the city that i grew up in, went to high school in, where our First Responders and our community helped me be who i am today, it is time to step up. No longer can we remain silent when the tragedies happen. Our strengths is in our numbers, in our community. And we have a special community here and i just want to you know, everyone to know that this moment wont define us. Our response to this moment will define us. And how we respond to this is by coming together. And letting everyone know Virginia Beach is a safe community. It is a great community. We have a lot of pride, things to be prideful of and we just want to let the nation and world know well stand tall. So stand with us. It is a safe community. It is a Strong Community indeed. And i have visited it on many times when i lived in washington, d. C. And i do know it is a large city. Making up several different communities. But still you get a sense that everybody there is part of a family. Does this hurt as if you lost a Family Member . Well, we did lose Family Members. Our focus is with the victims family and we are a closeknit community here. We tend to do a lot of great things together. But, again, im so proud to be from Virginia Beach. Im proud of our First Responders in the way they reacted to the through this terrible ordeal. But i also know the strength that lies within our community and i know growing up here, i know we have deep inside of us and now is a time for all of us to show that and show what we have. And the strength is in our neighbors. I do want to ask you, because as i mentioned at the top, you were there in 2007 in Virginia Tech when that massacre took place. When you found out about this, what was your initial reaction . Not again . Well, not again. My initial reaction was i was in disbelief this could happen again. But then, like i said earlier, it went from a helpless college kid to now a councilman of the largest city in the state of virginia and i want to do something. I want to make sure that so what are you going to do . We have those well, well have the tough conversations and talk about the laws we need to implement and we need to have those conversations. But before we get to that point, before we get to those tough conversations, we have to make sure the ground is fertile to hear one another. We have to see the humanity in each other. We have to understand the pride and dignity that should that our neighbors have. And so before we have those tough conversations, we got to make sure we see that. So a lot could be had out of those conversations. So when we do sit down at the table, we could hear one another and we can plant those seeds to where fruits of change could happen out of that. And know youre working closely with the Police Department and many of the detectives there as well as city and state officials. And youre well familiar with building number two, or the hall for that matter is just some hundreds of yards down the street from there. As this investigation has gone on, and they describe this fire fight, are you learning anything more about what took place inside that building . Also, was it possible that video cameras may have captured this horrible massacre . What are you learning . Well, our chief surveillance has done a great job of updating and keeping the public informed and im sure that more information will come out soon in the next hour. But what ive learned and what i saw and understand and those and in our finest hours is the brave men and women who didnt give Second Thought and charged into the building, who confronted this gunman and saved many lives and in the aftermath what i see now is communities coming together. We have hundreds of vigils that happening all over the city today. There is an outpour of help from our local and sister cities here in Hampton Roads and im seeing the strength of Virginia Beach and that is us coming together. And your strength as well. I do know that you served in the nfl or you played in the nfl. Youre a tough guy. But within the last 24 hours, 22 hours, did you find yourself breaking down after all of this . Of course, how could you not. These are the workers here and the citizens that was perished in this terrible ordeal, these are our Family Members. These are people we work very closely with every single day. We cross paths with each other every single day. This is a tightknit community. So we have our moments but in those times and moments, we need those prayers and thoughts. I know that people are tired of saying prayers and thoughts, but we always need prayers and thoughts. We must never forget god, we must always keep god at the f e forefront and to hear one another. It sounds like prayers and thoughts and actions are needed. Thank you, aaron, for your time. Still ahead, more reports from Virginia Beach. Plus a blue rush to the golden state. But first the faces of tragedy. The 12 People Killed in the deadly Virginia Beach massacre. Laquita brown who works in public works for over 4 and a half years. And is a rightofway agent. And she is a resident of chesapeake, virginia. Tara welsh gallagher, who works in public works for over six years and serves as an engineer and is a resident of Virginia Beach. Mary louise gayle, who has worked in public works for over 24 years and served as a rightofway agent and is a resident of Virginia Beach. Alexander mikhail gusef, who was worked for over nine years in public works and is a rightofway agent and is a resident of Virginia Beach. Katherine nixon who served in Public Utilities for over ten years as an engineer and as a resident of Virginia Beach. Richard h. Nettleton, rich works in Public Utilities for over 28 years, served as an engineer, served with me as a lieutenant and journey in the 130th engineer brigade and a resident of norfolk. Christopher kelly rapp, who served in public works for just 11 months. As an engineer and as a citizen of palatine. Ryan keith cox, who served in Public Utilities for over 12 1 2 years. And is an account clerk and a resident of Virginia Beach. Joshua a. Hardy, who served in Public Utilities for four and a half years as an Engineering Technician and as a resident of Virginia Beach. Michelle missy langer, who served in Public Utilities for 12 years as an Administrative Assistant and as a resident of Virginia Beach. Robert bobby williams, who served in Public Utilities for over 41 years as a special projects coordinator and as a resident of chesapeake. 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But we begin with beth. The House Speaker moments ago spoke moments ago with a huge reaction from the crowd. What was the main message there . Reporter yeah, that was the drama of the morning, kendis. Well get underway shortly with the president ial contenders, and Kamala Harris will speak in a few minutes. But the drama was with Speaker Pelosi. She came here with all sorts of requests from so many different democrats that she would get impeachment proceedings underway in washington against President Trump and shes resisted that and she doesnt believe it is productive and harmful to democrats Going Forward. But in her speech to this crowd of very leftleaning democratic delegates when she talked about the house efforts to investigate the president and brought up Mueller Report, things got heated. Ill toss to a sound bite and see what happened. The president s Campaign Welcomed russian interference in the election and the report lays out 11 instances of possible obstruction of justice by the president of the United States. As i told you this is like coming home for me. [ crowd chanting ] of course that is a reference to the fact that she is getting asked everywhere she goes about impeachment and when she could start impeachment proceedings. That was totally the home coming crowd here in San Francisco. People were shouting, people were saying impeachment, im peach and shouting at speaker and imploring her to get the process going and she smiled and pressed forward and said the house will