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Sort of a domestic dispute, but to pick up on jim's point, one big concern that you have in a situation like this is that it's a diversion or a distraction for another event, either at that airport or somewhere else in the aviation system. so you can imagine that the word is out at the major airports in the country to lean a little forward and be on your game right now until they know exactly what they have at ft. lauderdale. >> cal perry just pointed out that was the case in istanbul as well. >> that first shooter in istanbul was a diversion to allow the other shooters to get in. one other th...

Someone had opened fire inside the terminal two baggage claim area. at this point we can tell you three people are dead. there are several people who have been injured as well. kerry sanders telling us a short time ago that those folks are in the process of being taken to an area hospital there in broward county. tom costello standing which for us in washington. what more information do you have? >> they have only the south runway operating at ft. lauderdale, south runway only operating at ft. lauderdale. you and i saw the plane taking off. trying to get clarification departures and arrivals a...

Sean henry is with us as well, sean henry, former executive assistant director of the fbi. sean, at this point, what would the fbi's role be on the ground here at ft. lauderdale? >> craig, listening to cal and jim there, just to build upon that, while we certainly don't have a lot of information at this point to know what this is, the fbi has a presence at many international airports, ft. lauderdale large airport, i was just there last week. i think that the terrorism task force will actually start in this case, because of where the targeting occurred, and there will be some fbi presence to st...

325 departures, 325 arrivals. it is one of the 25 busiest airports in the united states of america. again, a popular airport used by folks going to miami typically, and i can give you this from a personal experience, typically it's a little cheaper to fly into this airport than it is miami international airport. we can tell you at this point according to our reporting here, we heard from kerry sanders a short time ago, sources telling him nine people have been shot. one of those people dead. we believe the shooter to be in custody. that's what we know at this point. here's what we do not know....

Obviously the priority is putting nearby hospitals on alert, that has been done but clearly we're watching some kind of security protocol unfolding at the airport on the left side of the screen there. >> also, the airport itself, fll flyer is the handle on twitter, confirming that there is an ongoing incident. they're that this ongoing incident is in terminal two baggage claim, terminal two baggage claim, this is coming from the airport itself. also setting up unfortunately what has become all too common in situations like, this being forced to set up a staging area for the numbers of reporter...