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Like somebody might be emptying a 30-round magazine with a pause and another 30-round magazine. that goes on a few times. four or five times. then semi automatic fire after that. could semi automatic rifle fire after that. it doesn't mean there is two shoote i didn't have time to analyze it that carefully to see if the shots were together, but you could a submac gun shooting four or five magazines and 30 rounds from a position and run out and switch to a differ rifle or you could have another shooter. the "new york times" said the las veas police reported someon pinned down by the shoote and t...

Escape the fire? if the shooter was shooting down at the where were you locati locati locati >> they were getti shot right next to us. we wer by the stage towards the front. one foot away from us, people were getting shot. no one was safe. they were going ev you we lucky if you didn't get. it doesn't seem like one general area. >> have you been able to talk to the first responders to make sure that you are okay and you are safe? >> no. we just kind of went into a hotel and someone let us into a room. i do have a friend whose husband is an officer and they told people to stay where they are. i ...

Firing at a crowd that was about 1700 feet away from where he was. so -- and the range of an assault weapon would be about 2000 feet. so it's within the range of these weapons, and that may explain some people have wondered well, how could he achieve so much being so far away. it's within the range of these types of weapons, and we don't know yet what kinds of weapons. we don't know what the caliber is. obviously the authorities know that. there's an emergency trace going onto try to figure out when and where he acquired these weapons. we've said this before. but perhaps it was earlier today. ...

We hav seen squad cars and police cars and units and s.w.a. teams moving in all direct from this point. they have sort of located a centra point, maybe a staging area for police and from this point out in multip directions clearing hotels properties and casino that work obviously contin as we move forward. over my right shoulder, you can see the stretchers and police workin in concert with the fire and the ambulances and emts and first responders. i would imagine still trying to make sure that this despite the report of one shooter down that this area remains safe for the pedest who are out he...

The biggest fire fight you've seen perhaps in the course of a month in tripoli. is it street fighting? can you describe it, and what kind of weaponry? >> it appears to be ak-47, semi-automatic fire. it's very possible people are driving by this particular location. our position is enforced. we are in a home, in a compound where many of the journalists are kept. we're prohibited from leaving there without having an official with us. as best i can tell, at a minimum people are driving by here opening fire with ak-47s and firing those weapons in the direction of the hotel maybe into the air. as b...