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This freedom thanks to the men and women that fight for it for us. we tend to -- we live this life of not being scared, which i think is great. but, you know, this is reality these days. this stuff is really happening. we were all scared. i do think it is important to say, too, that the las vegas police department, the responders, you could tell, i mean, they did everything they could to get out here as quickly as possible and take care of these people. i think they definitely need a shoutout, as well. >> you know what i heard somebody, jake, earlier talk about the staff of the concert venue, ...

Aren't. it's been a crazy evening here in las vegas. i think we're all still trying to process. >> jake, you had performed earlier. you were not on the stage when this happened. where were you? >> no, i was on the stage. i had just walked up on the stage with a couple friends of mine. including one of them being luke combs, another artist who played earlier. we were literally standing 50 feet away from where jake was on stage. all of a sudden, you heard what sounded -- you know, it was the thing where you were like, is that gunfire? it got faster and faster, almost like it sounded like it was ...

Healing, and may god provide the grieving families with strength to carry on. thank you. god bless america. thank you. >> president trump not taking questions. ending his remarks with "god bless america." calling this act pure evil. we need to work to protect the souls of the innocent whose lives were lost. he said he will be going to las vegas on wednesday to meet with law enforcement and first responders. the white house will be flying the flag at half-staff. i want to play an interview from the "today" show this morning. jake oewen, a country music musician who just finished performing minu...

Opposite direction from where my usual shelter would be, which is my bus. it was on the opposite side of the stage. i ran like everyone else. at one point, i was crouched down behind a cop car with about 20 other people that were just, you know, people that had come to the show. everyone is asking if everyone is okay. there was blood on people. you could see a couple folks in the streets that had -- it looked like they'd been shot, lying there. it was chaotic. it was literally like a movie. you feel like you've seen it before and it's not real life. >> jake, i know when something like that hap...