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To our store. >> are you in the back of the store? >> we're in the back of the store. they told us to stay in back of the store. >> have the police come by -- >> no. we're getting everything on the phone call that told us what to do. >> was there a sense of panic from those fleeing the area? >> definitely. panic that people yelled there was a shooter in the mall. >> bng saturday there are a lot of folks at the mall today. >> yes. the understanding that the man was on the upper rail, top by the food court and shooting down in people at the foot court that were down there having lunch. >> from w...

Spoke, i said the food court is considered one of the main entryways into the mall. the food court is on the lower level of the mall. when you come in, there's a lot of restaurants there, a lot of fast food restaurants. then you also have the escalator to take you to the second level or you can stay on the bottom levels right by a champs sporting goods place. it's a very busy area. a lot of people sitting in the food court. i wasn't surprised when the guy from the jewelry store said it occurred at the food court. typically these shootings take place closer toward the entry door of the shopping...

That has its own militia, fighting along the nile river and al-qaeda in the sinai. so let's not expect that things are going to calm down in egypt in next few months. >> turning now to the hot spot in russia now with big concerns about security for the sochi winter olympics. the fact that our government now has issued a travel warning, and that athletes are being advised not to wear team usa gear. >> look, the u.s. government is doing everything it can, i guess, because the number, the sheer number of american citizens and the members of the delegation are sort of targets. theoretically target...

Where we have an active shooting situation taking place at the columbia mall in maryland. ted williams joining us on the phone right now with more. ted? hello, ted, can you hear us? >> i can hear you very well. >> tell us what you know at this point? >> well, i don't know very much at this point other than the fact that there is a possible active shooter, at the columbia mall. where the columbia mall is really, really about 15 to 20 minutes outside of d.c. it's in howard county. there are a lot of surrounding -- >> let me jump in for a moment because we're being told that the howard county pol...

Evening. we're very fortunate where she's concerned. >> is she hunkered down with a basement? >> we don't have a basement. we have a reinforced interior room. that's pretty common. basements for the reason that your previous observer said, are very rare in oklahoma. they're extremely difficult to build. a lot of people will have individual shelters and reinforced concrete rooms aboveground. >> the video we're showing our viewers, it looks like a mall area that was destroyed, maybe a movie theater. >> yes, it's a movie theater, and it's one of the key attractions of the area. it's a magnificent...