White House Preparing Shooting Response; Trump to Address Nation
BERMAN: All right, this is new video just into CNN. That's the Mandalay Bay Hotel right there. And you can see the window on 32nd floor that was blown out. That is where the gunman opened fire. That is where he shot from, killing at least 50 people, injuring more than 400 at this country music concert down on the street below. You can see as the camera pulls out there how high up it is and how far down his targets were. Those windows don't open, we're told, by the way.</s>HARLOW: Yes.</s>BERMAN: So he either broke it out with a chair or something or shot it out before he began his killing. But that was a remarkable shot right there to see that window blown out in the Mandalay Bay Hotel.</s>HARLOW: Shooting across the street indiscriminately down on 22,000 concertgoers last night. Let's bring in CNN national security analyst, former White House national security adviser, Lisa Monaco. As the White House is preparing -- the president is preparing to give remarks at 10:30 Eastern Time, in just about half an hour. You were in the room, you were in the White House, as President Obama was dealing with similar tragedies. The Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, 49 people killed. The church shooting in Charleston. What is happening in the White House right now for the response?</s>LISA MONACO, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: Well, I'm sure that they're already offering as much assistance as possible to the local officials in Las Vegas and they're going to be thinking through, what does the president say and what is the message to the country? When I was in the White House, as the homeland security adviser, the focus, of course, is trying to make clear that you're providing as much assistance as possible, offering condolences, sympathy, reassurance that the resources of the federal government will be there for the people of Las Vegas.</s>BERMAN: And one of the things that's interesting in this case is, we don't appear to have any information on this gunman. Law enforcement says they have no record of him, other than a traffic citation. I think we have this view of the White House that you guys are omniscient. You know everything going on. Does the lack of information reach all the way to the top in these cases?</s>MONACO: It does. And very -- the initial hours, as we're still in now after this event, the information is going to be spotty. The law enforcement, we understand, is now getting into the residence of this individual in Mesquite, Nevada, some hour away from Las Vegas. They're going to be executing search warrants, discovering what was in his social media, what may have triggered this.</s>HARLOW: This is someone that as far as police can tell now, and it is early hours, they had -- he had no real record. I mean a few citations handled in the courts. Nothing, in their words, derogatory that would make him stand out.</s>MONACO: Right. Right. So they -- it sounds like he's unknown to law enforcement for any past acts of violence or any past run-ins with law enforcement except for this one citation that they're referencing. So really it's going to be critical to understand what is in his home. They're going to be talking to his companion that we've heard about this morning, to understand what was going on in the hours and the days before this horrible tragedy happened.</s>BERMAN: This woman appears to be out of the country.</s>HARLOW: Right.</s>BERMAN: They did contact her. She was a person of interest. They don't believe she was involved in any way with the shooting now. But certainly they might be able to find out some information from her. Lisa, stand by, if you will. I want to go to the White House. Our Jeff Zeleny is there. We're expecting to hear from the president in about 30 minutes, Jeff. Tell us what's been going on this morning at the White House and what we expect to hear from the president of the United States?</s>JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: John, that is right. At about 10:30 this morning Eastern Time, the president is scheduled to address this horrific shooting from the Diplomatic Reception Room. This is the second time the president has stood in the Diplomatic Reception Room to address a shooting. Of course the first one was earlier this year, the congressional baseball game shooting. But this, of course, the gravity and magnitude of this, so much more in terms of loss of life. Now, we do know the president was briefed by his advisors, his chief of staff, earlier this morning. Right now the president and his advisors are working on this speech he will give. Of course at any moment like this, it falls to the president to be a leader and a comforter, if you will. Of course, President Obama, as Lisa Monaco was just saying there, had speech after speech after speech after all of these tragic shootings. Of course, this is the biggest and most severe facing this president. But as of now, he'll be speaking about a half hour or so. I'm also told by the White House that he is still largely keeping his schedule going forward, still planning, as of now, to go to Puerto Rico tomorrow. And, of course, though, the Las Vegas shooting is front and center on his mind, on everyone's mind here at the White House. He'll be speaking again at 10:30. John.</s>HARLOW: All right. Jeff Zeleny at the White House, thank you so much. Again, half an hour until the president addresses the nation. You will see it live here. Lisa Monaco back with us, former White House national security adviser. The president has crises on -- in two parts of America that are very far apart, separated by thousands of miles. The crisis of people reeling in Puerto Rico from the aftermath of Maria and people reeling from the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history in Las Vegas. The tone today from the president, the words from the president, what would you like to hear?</s>MONACO: I'd like to hear a message of unity and resolve. That this type of violence that has become all too common in this country needs to stop. And a message of really unity is what we ought to be hearing from the president.</s>BERMAN: And it is what we heard after Steve Scalise and those other folks were shot at the Republican baseball practice. One other, you know, note about that is that was also a gunman who was older than 60 years old.</s>HARLOW: It is.</s>BERMAN: The only two times that I can think of in this type of instance where you did have someone that old carrying that out. Lisa Monaco, please, stand by, if you will. It's almost the top of the hour. We want to re-set because we're getting new information in by the minute here.</s>ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.</s>BERMAN: And good morning, everyone. I'm John Berman.</s>HARLOW: And I'm Poppy Harlow. We're glad you're with us. You are watching CNN's continuous live coverage of the massacre on the Las Vegas Strip. At least 50 Americans dead, over 400 hurt. It is now the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In just a little while, later this hour, President Trump will address the nation. Of course, you will see that live right here first