Broward county staff as well as the red cross are there to assist the passengers in either getting into destinations or assisting with Hotel Accommodations providing them food and shelter. Through this evening were going to continue to work with our Law Enforcement partners here as we continue to try to get the airport back into an operational status. Working with all our airlines, the Transportation Security Administration and others to try to get Fort LauderdaleInternational Airport back in operation tomorrow morning. The goal will be to have this operational at 0500. 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning but well be encouraging all of our travellers to check with their individual airlines. As some may not be operating right away clearly this incident caused a lot of disruption. Not only in their individual schedules but other schedules around the country so we encourage everybody to actually contact their airlines. We will continue to provide information through social media and through twitter at fll flyer through our web page and we encourage people to keep checking those sources for any changes. Thats all i have for the time being. Good evening. As the sheriff mentioned, the fbi is working very, very closely with the Broward Sheriffs Office in this investigation. We have begun the difficult task of processing the crime scene which will allow us to identify the deceased in making the proper notifications to the family members. As you can imagine with this type of investigation and this type of incident, it is a longterm, very difficult, complex investigation that requires us to pursue all leads and avenues. We are conducting investigation not only here in south florida but in several other states as we try to pursue the suspects activities leading up to todays horrific incident. The subject is in federal custody as the sheriff mentioned. A long interview was conducted of the individual by the fbi and Broward Sheriffs Office and he will be charged federally and most likely will have his initial appearance in broward on monday. Again as i mentioned with these. Tommy s types of incidents we are looking at all avenues. We have not ruled out terrorism and well be pursuing every angle to try to determine the motive behind this attack and any associates or connections, communication, everything that you can imagine i assure you we are pursuing every possible lead. Thank you. Was this originally a flight from anchorage and minneapolis and then to here. Yes. The individual flew from alaska to minneapolis to Fort Lauderdale on a Delta Airlines flight. Why was he coming here . At this time, its still too early in the investigation for us to truly know why he came to florida. So those are some of the things that were looking at. Travel patterns. What brought him here and his connections to south florida. We understand that the suspect had contact with the fbi office in alaska. Were they aware he had weapons . Yes. The individual did walk into our Anchorage Office in november. He came in and spoke with fbi agents at that time he clearly stated that he did not intend to harm anyone however his erratic behavior concerned fbi agents that were interviewing him and they contacted local police and turned him over to the local police. He was taken into custody by the local police and transported to a medical facility for a Mental Health evaluation. We looked at his contacts. We did our inner agency checks and everything and at that point we closed our assessment. Did you guys know he had firearms on him . That question i really dont have the answers for. Again its very early in the investigation. We are working very closely trying to determine his activities there. But i cant really tell you about his weapons there. He voluntarily walked into the fbi office in anchorage. Yes. He voluntarily walked into our office and he was interviewed by agents out of that office. That information i dont have. Its very early in the investigation and thats something that well have to try to determine. He was turned over to local custody and it was local custody that took him to the medical hospital for evaluation. Are you guys looking into a house he may have looked at in anchorage right now . Were looking at several investigative leads not only in alaska but in other states that we have determined that he has either travelled to or has connections there. Was there something that may have set him off . Im not aware of my type of incident like that but again it is very early in the investigation but were unaware of an incident on the flight or baggage claim. Is there any information that he had become radicalized in anyway. We know he mentioned hearing voices in his head. Its very early in the investigation. As i mentioned were not ruling out anything. Were looking at every angle including the terrorism angle but it will take us some time to determine the true nature of the motivation of the individual. I believe he is 26 years old. He was in the u. S. Military. We are currently reviewing his military records. I can tell you that he was in the military. I believe it was in the army but we havent confirmed exactly his service. What type of gun and how many shots fired . What i can tell you at this point is that it was a semiauto handgun but i am not prepared to release the type of handgun and its way too early in the investigation to tell you how many rounds were fired. No he didnt try to take any hostages. As the subject was shooting he was as i said seconds after the shootings contacted by a broward sheriffs deputy. Instructions were rendered. He was taken into custody without incident and was immediately interviewed by the fbi and the Broward Sheriffs Office. One more question. Did he make any statements while he was shooting . Not to my knowledge. Theyll be getting in touch and letting you know when the next press conference will be when were ready to release more information. Right now i just asked sk that the prayers of the nation be with the people and the families that lost loved ones in broward county. Thank you. That was sheriff scott israel, broward county. The airport director there as well as fbi miami special agent in charge. Their briefing on that attack early today. Im here on the last word. We have a full live hour for you tonight. Starting here of course with more on that attack. Kerry sanders is live still at that airport. What is the scene there now kerry . Well, the airport remains closed but the airport is beginning to come to life. Those passengers that have been held in certain areas and certain terminals for hours today as we just heard in the press conference are beginning to leave. Its a very complicated process. Theyre separated from their luggage. They have been told that their luggage will be retrieved at some point by a private company that will try to reunite the luggage with them in several days. 35 buses are making the loop around here picking up passengers. You heard them say there maybe as many as 10,000 passengers that have been caught up in all of this. Theyre taking them over to Port Everglades which is where the terminal is and theyre helping people make their way to get to hotels. Uber and lyft initiated service and sent upwards of 600 cars over to that area to help ferry people. Airbnb set up a disaster relief. Anybody thats watching and needs to find that its airbnb. Com disaster. So that they can find lodging for the night that wont cost him anything. Get in a uber or lyft to get them over there. Also hotels are offering free lodging so the community is coming together to help those people. Some of the people who are leaving have horrific stories to tell and one of them is anika dean. She was down in the luggage area and saw the gunman and thats when she decided to hit the ground an fortunately for her and this is a remarkable story, as she hit the ground, another man made his way over to her crawling on the ground and wrapped his body around her telling her and whispering that he would protect her. Listen to a little bit of what she had to tell me. I did see the shooter. I saw the gun. He was walking toward us. I immediately just hid next to a smart cart, carosel. I was laying there and maybe 30 seconds an older gentleman shielded me and told me that he would protect me and i was terrified because, you know, i have two boys and i was thinking these boys are probably, may not have a mother or a severely injured mother but i just immediately felt tremendous amount of comfort when this man said i will protect you. There was a man nearby us that was shouting obscenities and attracting the shooter and someone told me the shooter was right by us walking around. I was look at the carpet. I was not looking up. I was just praying to god. Just praying to god and had an angel protect me. Well her prayers were answered to think that the horrific shooting was taking place around her. We now know who that hero was. She snapped a picture. Take a look at the picture here. He is sitting with his wife. His name is tony and he is the man who just, complete stranger, made his way over to anika to protect her in the chaos. As you know, at this point, there are five dead. There were six people who were injured. They were actually wounded with gunfire. In all there were 30 people taken to the hospital. And this began at 12 55, 1 00 today and within the last hour plus, if you look behind me theres a plane. Thats a united plane. Thats one of the planes that was out on the runway has been locked down out on the runway until about an hour ago when they finally got the clearance to come in so the passengers who were on that plane have been sitting out there by calculation for more than 8 hours. Anxious but also cooped up inside there. The authorities didnt want to let the planes come in that already landed with passengers because they were unsure whether there were other problems. When they heard there was other suspicious activity inside the parking garage so anika told me surviving that first one, that was quite an ordeal. She said it was just the second and third ones when she heard about what was going on in terminal one and spilling over to two and then the parking garage, she said all of that combined has just made this, you know, just really difficult for her to endure but thankfully for her and so many people they did survive. They did say that the police did arrive quickly. There had been earlier reports that it took awhile to get there but to her it seemed they were there within about 60 seconds or so but as we know, estefan santiago, anchorage to minneapolis and minneapolis to Fort Lauderdale. He checked a pistol inside his luggage. He took his luggage into the bathroom. Retrieved the pistol and came out. It was loaded at that point. We dont believe it was luggage and then began firing. And the witnesses say he seemed to have enough time to shoot, change the clip, shoot again, change the clip again. Theres going to be a lot of questions at the end of this of checking even a gun that has no bullets in it. Checking that through where it can be retrieved on the other end of the airport. The real question is if the fbi knew about this guy in anchorage and he was demonstrating mental capacity issues and appeared to be a threat how his name didnt wind up on the no fly list. Thats the criss cross people are going to wonder at the end of this. Every time we see these horrific attacks we also see stories of incredible bravery of compassion, of perseverance. Thank you for detailing one of those tonight kerry sanders. Heres a little bit more of what we do know about the suspect. Born in new jersey. Grew up in puerto rico where he served in the National Guard and spent a year in iraq. He moved to alaska two years ago. Served in the National Guard there. Discharged last august for unsatisfactory performance. His family saying he received psychological counseling in puerto rico after returning from iraq as well as in alaska. The fbi cannot just hold anyone that looks suspicious no matter how much contact they have with him absent a crime and intention to do a crime thats clearly stated as a threat. So walk us through what they learn here from as we just saw in the briefing what was an interaction with the suspect and what else youre thinking about looking at all of this. Well, the fbi didnt do anything and i had this exact scenario, the guys coming into my office talking about, you know, the cia is talking to them through their head and theyre telling them to do bad things, this is not an unusual event. The fbi didnt do anything wrong. They called the local police and the local police did what theyre supposed to do. They took him for a Mental Health evaluation. The gap in all of this and i spent my whole life doing all of this with these guys, the gap in all of this is we dont have the right statute. Some states have put them in place. A gun violence restraining order. But it had help this guy and all the people murdered today. I call it tragedy triangle. Theres some Mental Health issues and some contact with the police and then the gun enters the picture. Some Mental Health issues some contact with the police and gun enters the picture theres tragedy in the middle so how do you interrupt that. For example, if that was a state with a state law like a gun violence restraining order when he went into the fbi the police could have been called and said this guy is talking like this, we might need to see if he has guns at home. Hes a danger to himself or others. We might need to secure those until we can sort this out and flag the National Insta check system so he cant buy a gun. Until this is all sorted out by the court. Were not taking away his rights. Just a temporary restraining order. Part of what youre saying is that its not Strong Enough even when you have someone displaying potentially mental stability but actually interacting with Law Enforcement so they have a firstperson primary witness availability to make that assessment. Im going to speak later in the broadcast to Michael Moore that made a whole documentary about gun violence. I think its fair to say you and Michael Moore dont agree on everything. I know both of you but it seems to me that as a Law Enforcement person there is overlap in the fact that youre saying you do agree there has to be more tools there for Law Enforcement to at least on a Court Ordered basis intercept what would otherwise be a mentally unstable person potentially get a gun at the worst possible time . Right. So when did this guy get the gun he now murdered five people with . When did he get this gun . After he went to the fbi . Because they couldnt legally stop him. He has not been committed to a mental institution. If youre committed by the court. He wasnt committed from what we know. He was voluntarily entered so they couldnt prevent it. Thats why those are important. You cant stop everybody but this guy could have been stopped. He was known to Law Enforcement. Former atf special agent. Thank you as always. Appreciate it. 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Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. With less pain, i can be more active. Ask your doctor about lyrica. Our other top story tonight the russia hacks. If you follow the news youre bound to hear many unprecedented developments hyped up but today was truly momentous and at times bizarre. By any standard including every other president ial transition in american history. Today, leaders of our nations intelligence agencies briefed an incoming president about one, why a foreign adversary favored him over the candidate he beat. Two, why the u. S. Intelligence they offered is solid and thus this president elect in the interview is wrong, and three, why theyre taking this unusual step of releasing part of that briefing to the public. So tonight we actually know a lot more than we knew this morning about all of these unusual developments including Donald Trumps response. The public intelligence briefing concludes that Vladimir Putin directed the hacking and propaganda into the American Election to undermine public faith in the u. S. Democratic process, and harm her electability and potential presidency. And overtime they said it appears it might win. And then putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for trump. It includes typical reasons that are interesting and not remarkable like the view trumps Foreign Policy would favor russians interest in the middle east. It would give putin leverage. Leverage over trump and leverage over us. Its a finding that thats what putin thinks and maybe he thinks that based on business deals he knows about or based on other hacks he has done since the briefing also finds russia lead hacks into the dnc and rnc and only released dnc material. These questions will only intensify as they should. Today though trumps response fell far short of even accepti