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They transported her to the hospital. reporter: thank you. are you leaving now. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> listening to witnesses on ground, describe seeing a woman shot in the back, we hearing over and over from several witnesses, another person on ground, said that he saw someone in fatigues with a machine gun. shooting at everyone, another man said he heard a gunshot and at one point, put strangers in the bed of his truck to get them out of there. this is a large area. we're talking about, aerial pictures of the area. steve rogers former member of fbi joint terrorism task force on the phone ...

A man in fatigues with a machine gun. this festival had security. they were checking bags. how did somebody get in with a machine gun? >> we don't know that. >> it's a large area with woods and you cannot have a police officer at every point of entry. but getting back to your point about a press conference, that may be coming soon. i learned it's critically important for the police to get a press conference as soon as they could to get accurate information out to the people. because then panic sets in and more rumors and that has to be put to a stop as soon as they could. i think they are gath...

The countinthe councilmember thd to said they have security they were checking bags, what more can communities do with the outdoor open festivals, where you know, there is a lot of people vulnerable? >> it is unfortunate to call cliche but almost is, see something, say something. people are going to do this. we have seen a significant rise in the ai amount of soft targett worldwide such as this festival just in last 10 years, this is just embedded in our culture now unfortunately, when we go to festivals like this, you bridge bring your family, but now we have to have a plan for how we'll evac...

White nationalists and counterprotests in charlottesville. today the community there is paying tribute to heather heyer, she was killed while protesting the unite the right rally last summer when a car rammed into the crowd. now, in anticipation of the anniversary, security has been beefed up and the city has denied all event permits for this weekend. virginia's governor has declared a state of emergency as a safety precaution. maya rodriguez was at the rally last year and is joining us. what clahas changed in that cit since last year? >> reporter: i can tell you that security is much, much ti...

They clearly outnumbering the number of officers. the idea that now you have to be checking out the hotels on the roofs of the hotels i be worried about snipers, how do you narrow it down to the places that you need to be to protect all the people? >> again, the nypd, i can tell you having all the years there i did spend, you have some of the sharpest street cops in the world. a lot of what they do beyond the obvious planning. you looking at logistics surrounding the area and he will protect. it's fairly straightforward when it comes to protecting and looking at the possible threats. checking ...