>> GOOD MORNING.
ERIN: BRINGING THE BREAKING NEWS
CONFERENCE HAPPENING OUTSIDE FOR
LAUDERDALE AIRPORT -- FORT
LAUDERDALE.
>> IS AN ONGOING ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION, AND TO CONSERVE
INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO SHARE A LOT OF THE
INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION WE
CURRENTLY HAVE READ.
LAST NIGHT, WE BEGAN TO PROCESS
A CRIME SCENE AT TERMINAL 2,
THAT PROCESS HAS CONCLUDED.
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 A.M., WE
RETURNED THE TERMINAL BACK TO
THE LOCAL AIRPORT AUTHORITIES.
WE HAVE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
THE VICTIMS, AND WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOVED ONES.
WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE INTERVIEW
OF THE SUSPECT.
THE SUSPECT REMAINS IN CUSTODY
AND IS CURRENTLY HELD AT THE
BROWARD COUNTY JAIL ON FEDERAL
CHARGES.
WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND
THIS AFTERNOON, THE UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL
ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE IN REGARDS
TO THE CHARGES AT THE SUSPECT
WILL BE FACING.
WE ARE CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS AND
INVESTIGATIVE LEADS IN NUMEROUS
LOCATIONS, NOT ONLY HERE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA, A REALLY,
THROUGHOUT SEVERAL OTHER
LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
TRADE.
WE CONDUCTED NEARLY 175 WITNESS
INTERVIEWS AND RECOVERED VIDEO,
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, AND WE
CONTINUE TO PURSUE EVERY
INVESTIGATIVE LEAD.
WE ARE NOT RULED OUT ANYTHING.
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL
AVENUES AT ALL MOTIVES FOR THIS
TERRIFIC ATTACK.
-- THIS TERRIFIC -- HORRIFIC
ATTACK.
AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE THE DIRECTOR OF THE
AIRPORT.
>> THANK YOU, GEORGE.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MARK GALE, THE
AIRPORT DIRECTOR FOR THE FORT
LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
WE START BY EXPRESS IN OUR
CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHIES FOR
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THIS HORRIFIC EVENT.
THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED
ONES, THESE KEEP THEM ALL IN
YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF
UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE
AIRPORT, AS WAS MENTIONED.
THE AIRPORT WORK THROUGH THE
EVENING TO GET OUR AIRPORT
TERMINAL FACILITIES BACK IN
SHAPE.
WE ACTUALLY RESUMED OPERATIONS
ABOUT MIDNIGHT ON SOME CARGO IN
GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY.
WE DID NOT RESUME OPERATIONS FOR
COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIR AND
PASSENGER SERVICE UNTIL 5:00
A.M. IN TERMINALS 1, 3, AND FOUR
.
TERMINAL 2 WAS STILL CLOSE THIS
MORNING AND REMAINS CLOSED RIGHT
NOW.
IT IS OUR INTENTION TO OPEN THAT
UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING WHEN WE GET READY.
YESTERDAY'S OPERATION, ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS WAS HOW MANY
CANCELLATIONS WE TOOK.
IT RAN ABOUT 50% OF NORMAL
OPERATION TODAY, WE HOPE TO RUN
APPROXIMATELY 85% OF THE
OPERATION.
WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME DELAYS
AND CANCELLATIONS, PARTLY DUE TO
THIS INCIDENT, PARTLY DUE TO
WEATHER AND OTHER ISSUES.
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT HAS
COME UP THAT WE RECEIVED MANY
QUESTIONS ON, THAT IS THE ISSUE
OF CONNECTING PASSENGERS WITH
SOME OF THE BELONGINGS THAT THEY
LEFT INSIDE THE TERMINAL
FACILITIES WHEN THEY EVACUATED
AREA OVERNIGHT, THE AIRPORT
COLLECTED OVER 20,000 ITEMS OF
LUGGAGE, CELL PHONES, LAPTOPS,
VARIOUS PERSONAL ITEMS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
CATALOGUING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS,
PROTECTING IT, SECURING IT SO
THAT WE CAN GET IT BACK TO ITS
RIVAL OWNER AS SOON AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN.
TO THAT END, WE ARE ASKING OUR
PASSENGERS IF THEY CAN CALL IS
800 NUMBER, AND INTAKE CENTER
WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE
INFORMATIONAL WHAT THEY ARE
MISSING AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST
TO GET THEM HOOKED UP WITH THAT
PERSONAL ITEM AS QUICKLY AS WE
CAN.
THAT NUMBER IS1-866-435-9355.
WE ASK FOR THEIR PATIENTS,
PLEASE UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO
TAKE SOME TIME TO PROCESS THAT
LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS.
WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO
TAKE THOSE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT
PERSONAL PROPERTY GETS BACK INTO
THE HANDS OF THE RIGHTFUL OWNER.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO
BRING UP THE SHERIFF FOR MORE.
>> I HAVE BROWARD SHERIFF SCOTT
IS REAL.
I WANTED PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE
AND IF ONE LOCATION.
WE HAVE SIX GUNSHOT WOUND
VICTIMS AT THE HOSPITAL.
ORIGINAL YESTERDAY, WE RELEASED
THERE WERE EIGHT, THEY WERE
ACTUALLY ONLY SIX.
THREE OF THEM REMAIN IN GOOD
CONDITION, THREE OF THE VICTIMS
REMAIN IN ICU, AS OF THIS PRESS
CONFERENCE.
WE WILL NOT BE RELEASING THE
IDENTITY OF ANY OF THE SIX.
FROM A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I
HAVE ASKED REPEATEDLY WHY WAS
THE AIRPORT CLOSED YESTERDAY.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY ARRIVED AT
THE CRIME SCENE, THE DOWNSTAIRS
PORTION BY BAGGAGE OF TERMINAL 2
, THERE WERE NOT ANY PLANS TO
CLOSE THE AIRPORT.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE RECEIVED A
INFORMATION THAT WAS A POSSIBLE
ACTIVE SHOOTER AND SHOTS HAVE
POSSIBLY BEEN FIRED, ALTHOUGH
THE LAST THING WE WANTED TO DO
WAS IMPEDE THE PROGRESS AND
TRAVEL PLANS OF OUR RESIDENTS
AND CITIZENS, IN THE HIERARCHY
OF RESPONSIBILITY, PRESERVING
THE TREND SEEN -- THE CRIME
SCENE CAME SECOND AND MOST
IMPORTANT, KEEPING BROWARD
COUNTY AS THE DISTANCE SAFE CAME
FIRST.
I MADE THE APPROPRIATE DECISION
TO CLOSE THE AIRPORT UNTIL I WAS
SURE THAT PEOPLE IN ABOUT THE
AIRPORT WERE SAFE.
YOU REALLY FROM GOVERNOR SCOTT,
AND HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
CONGRESSMAN WASSERMAN SCHULTZ,
AND WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE STATE,
LOCAL, AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL THEIR HARD
WORK.
THIS IS A HORRENDOUS ACT.
I ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF THE
STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY TO START
HELPING THESE PASSENGERS.
A LOT OF PASSENGERS DO NOT HAVE
ID, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR
PASSPORTS.
WE HAVE HIGHWAY SAFETY COMING
HERE, SUPPORT -- AT THE PORT FOR
THE CRUISE SHIP, WE ARE GOING TO
REACH OUT TO SEE IF THEY CAN
COME HERE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH
THEIR PASSPORTS.
WE ARE REACHING OUT TO CRUISE
LINES TO MAKE SURE THEY
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES OF
PASSENGERS NOT HAVING CLOTHING
AND ID.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE RED CROSS
TO SEE, THEY DID A GREAT JOB AT
THE PORT HELPING PASSENGERS
YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING.
LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN HELP
PASSENGERS WITH LUGGAGE,
CLOTHING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
RIGHT NOW, I'VE BEEN ASKING JUST
MAKE SURE, BUT AT THE STATE
LEVEL, WE ARE AVAILABLE THERE
ARE NEEDS, WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT
NOW.
NOW WE HAVE COMES FROM DEBBIE
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
COGNITIVE AND WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
: THE AIRPORT IS IN THE DISTRICT
I HAVE THE PRESSURE -- THE
LEISURE OF REPRESENTING.
THIS IS A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY AND
WE ARE DEVASTATED THIS HAPPENED
IN OUR HOMETOWN, IN OUR CORNER
OF PARADISE.
IT'S MY ROLE AS A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS TO ASSIST THE GOVERNOR
AND SHERIFF IN THIS ENTIRE TEAM
WITH ANY FEDERAL JURISDICTIONAL
ISSUES.
WITH ISSUES THE GOVERNOR JUST
MENTIONED, THE QUESTION OF IF
SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE ID, HOW
THEY CAN ACTUALLY TRAVEL WITHOUT
IT, POTENTIALLY.
WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
NCSA IN WASHINGTON.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE ATTEMPTING
TO REACH OUT, BUT THEY'RE CLOSED
ON SATURDAY, SO WE'RE WORKING
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO
DEAL WITH THE MANY DOZENS AND
DOZENS OF FOREIGN TRAVELERS WHO
NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THEIR HOME COUNTRIES
THROUGH THEIR CONSULATES AND TRY
TO LOGISTICALLY FIGURE OUT IF WE
GET SOME EXCEPTIONS MADE SO WE
CAN GET PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY.
I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE
SHERIFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS, THE GOVERNOR AS WELL
AND THE AIRPORT AND PERSONNEL,
THIS IS A TRAGIC AND CHALLENGING
SITUATION.
WE HAVE UNITED FRONT HERE, AND
WE REALLY WANT TO EXTEND OUR
APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE FOR
THEIR PATIENCE AND
UNDERSTANDING.
FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, THE
PASSENGERS ARE VERY STRESSED IN
THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION.
I HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE AND
EVERYBODY IS JUST TRYING TO GET
THROUGH -- THEY HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLE AND EVERYONE IS JUST
TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
>> WE KNOW AT THIS TIME WHY HE
CAME TO FLORIDA?
WHAT IS PURPOSE WAS COMING HERE?
>> DO WE KNOW WHY HE CAME TO
SOUTH FLORIDA?
WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE
WAS NO SPECIFIC REASON HE CHOSE
FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
BUT WE ARE STILL PURSUING THAT
AND TRYING TO DETERMINE WHY HE
CAME.
>> HE ONLY HAD THE ONE BAG.
WAS IT JUST BEGUN IN THAT BAG
AND AMMUNITION PACKS SEPARATELY?
OR DOES HE HAVE OTHER THINGS
WITH HIM AS WELL?
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE VIDEOS
THAT WE HAD HERE AT THE AIRPORT,
TRYING TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT
HE BROUGHT WITH HIM, AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT WILLING TO SHARE SOME OF
THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE IT
ALLOWS US TO FOLLOW UP.
HAVE SOME INVESTIGATIVE LEAVES
-- LEADS, WE DON'T WANT TO
COMPROMISE THOSE.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> WHAT TYPE OF GUN DID HE USE
ENTITY FOLLOW TSA PROCEDURES?
-- AND DID HE FOLLOW TSA
PROCEDURES?
USE A SEMI AUTO HANDGUN, A NINE
MILLIMETER.
WE ARE NOT READY TO RELEASE THE
MAKE OF THE HANDGUN, AND EVERY
INDICATION WAS THAT HE DID
FOLLOW TSA PROCEDURES IN CHECK
IN THE WEAPON.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> THE SUSPECT DID COOPERATE
WITH THE INTERVIEW TEAM, WHICH
WAS A JOINT COMBINED FBI BROWARD
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THE INTERVIEW WENT OVER SEVERAL
HOURS.
IT WAS CONCLUDED THIS MORNING,
IT WAS CONCLUDED AT THE BROWARD
COUNTY JAIL AND BOOKED ON
CHARGES.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY
ALL THE PLACES HE RESIDED, BUT
ALL THE PLACES HE RECENTLY
TRAVELED.
WE HAVE SOME INDICATIONS OF
OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT WE ARE NOT
REALLY READY TO RELEASE THOSE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY
PROVIDE VALUABLE INVESTIGATIVE
LEADS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO
COMPROMISE THOSE.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> ARE WE PREPARED TO SAY HE
CAME HERE SPECIFICALLY TO CARRY
OUT THE ATTACK?
INDICATIONS ARE THAT HE CAME
HERE TO CARRY OUT THIS HORRIFIC
ATTACK.
WE HAVE NOT IN A FIGHT ANY
TRIGGERS THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED
THIS ATTACK, BUT IT IS VERY
EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION AND
WE ARE PURSUING ALL ANGLES IN
WHAT PROMPTED HIM TO CARRY OUT
SUCH A HORRIFIC ATTACK.
>> TALK ABOUT HIS MENTAL STATUS,
AND WHAT HIS FAMILY HAS SAID
ABOUT HIS MENTAL STABILITY.
WHAT IS IT THANK YOU TO THE DOOR
OPEN TO TERRORISM, AND WHY YOU
DON'T WANT TO RULE IT OUT IF
THIS POINT?
IS THERE SOMETHING THEY KNOW?
>> WHY HAVE WE NOT RULED OUT
TERRORISM?
BECAUSE IT'S WAY TOO EARLY IN
THE INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE INTERVIEWED ALL OF HIS
FAMILY MEMBERS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO IDENTIFY SO FAR.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE INTERVIEWED HIM, WE ARE
LOOKING OVER ALL OF HIS SOCIAL
MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S GIVING US A PICTURE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL, BUT IT IS WAY TOO
EARLY FOR US TO RULE OUT
ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHY I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE
NOT REALLY HAVE ANYTHING,
INCLUDING POTENTIAL TERRORISM
RELATED.
>> ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY THAT
WOULD INDICATE TERRORISM?
A CONNECTION?
>> IS TO LITERALLY -- IT IS TOO
EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION TO
DIEBOLD ANY INTELLIGENCE THAT WE
COLLECTED.
WOULD YOU WANT TO PURSUE SEVERAL
INVESTIGATED LEADS THAT ARE
REALLY CRITICAL TO GETTING A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON ONLY OF
THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT FOR ME TO
MAKE ANY COMMENT NOW WE REALLY
HAVE ARE THE INVESTIGATION.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> WERE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE CONTACT
WITH HIM AT THE ANCHORAGE
OFFICE?
IS YOUR NORMAL FOR CITIZENS TO
WALK INTO THE FBI OFFICES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THE FBI OFFICES ARE OPEN TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND WE WELCOME
CITIZENS TO COME SOLAR AND
PROVIDE US INFORMATION AND
ASSISTANCE.
-- COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE US
INFORMATION ASSISTANCE.
IF HE WALKED IN, AS ANYONE HAS
THE RIGHT TO DO SO, IT WAS
DURING THAT CONTACT OF THE
AGENTS THEMSELVES NOTED THE
ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF CONCERN THEM
AND MOTIVATED THEM TO CALL THE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO HAVE HIM
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND EVALUATED
AT A MEDICAL FACILITY.
>> HE WAS STILL ABLE TO CHECK
THE WEAPON OF THE PLANE.
-- ONTO THE PLANE.
>> I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO
ANSWER THAT.
AGAIN, IT'S REALLY TOO EARLY IN
THE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE
ANY OF THOSE ANSWERS.
>> IS HE ON PROBLEM FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT -- A KNOWN PROBLEM
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT?
>> IS TOO EARLY IN THE
INVESTIGATION TO KNOW IF THE
INDIVIDUAL WAS A PROBLEM TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
AS I REITERATED, WE DO HAVE
QUITE A BIT OF INVESTIGATIVE
LEADS AND WE WANT TO PURSUE, SO
WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE SOME OF
THOSE, BECAUSE WE HAD THE
ABILITY TO MAXIMIZE THE
INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS OF THOSE
LEADS.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> WAS THERE AN ALTERCATION ON
ONE LEG OF THIS FLIGHT?
WE HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED AN
ALTERCATION NEITHER ON THE
FLIGHT OR THE BAGGAGE CLAIM.
BUT IT IS EARLY IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE CONDUCTED HUNDREDS OF
WITNESS INTERVIEWS AND WE HAVE
NOT COMPLETED ALL OF THOSE,
INCLUDING ALL OF THE PASSENGERS
WHO WERE ON THE AIRCRAFT, BOTH
LEGS.
ONCE WE CONCLUDED THAT, AND WILL
BE ABLE TO SAY WITH SOME
CERTAINTY ON WHETHER THERE WAS.
CURRENTLY THERE IS NO INDICATION
THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> LUMINARY INVESTIGATION IS
THAT HE WAS NOT PLACED ON A
NO-FLY LIST.
-- PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION IS
THAT HE WAS NOT PLACED ON A
NO-FLY LIST.
>> DID THE SHOOTER HAVE HELPED?
>> DID THE SHOOTER HAVE ANY
HELP?
AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS THAT
THE SHOOTER WAS ACTING ALONE.
IT'S VERY EARLY IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
WE ARE STILL GOING OVER
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
INVESTIGATIVE LEADS WE HAD
COLLECTED.
NOT ONLY HERE, BUT THE ANCHORAGE
OFFICE IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
SUPPORTING THIS INVESTIGATION.
YOU'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHETHER HE TRULY WAS ACTING
ALONE OR NOT.
>> WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT TOOK
A LOT OF LANDING -- OF PLANNING?
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> I'LL TURN THAT QUESTION --
>> WE WILL CONTINUE FOR AN
UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME.
WE HAVE DEPUTIES ON DUTY AND A
SWAT ELEMENT OUT HERE.
WE WILL CANCEL IT AND GO
FORWARD.
>> IS THE SECURITY GOING
LONG-TERM?
>> LIKE ANY INCIDENT, THERE IS A
BRIEFING.
WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND
THEN WE MAKE CHANGES OR KEEP
THINGS GOING.
HE WILL EITHER SUBSTANTIATE WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING OR IT MIGHT
NEED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION.
WE WILL EVALUATE THAT AFTER WE
GO THROUGH THE ACTION REPORT.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
WHY WASN'T THE ENTIRE AIRPORT
SHUTDOWN?
>> IT ACTUALLY WAS.
WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED, THAT
POINT, I SPOKE WITH THE AIRPORT
DIRECTOR.
SHUT DOWN THE AIRPORT.
WE HAD THE SWAT TEAMS FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE, MIAMI-DADE, MANY OF
THE LOCAL CITIES, THE BROWARD
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE THE FBI ON THE GROUND,
WE WERE GOING THROUGH PARKING
GARAGES.
IT IS A VOLUMINOUS AIRPORT, A
MAMMOTH PROJECT.
IT TAKES HOURS AND HOURS TO
CLEAR.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
YOU CAN'T SAY I'M GOING TO SHUT
DOWN THE AIRPORT AND IT IS SHUT
DOWN.
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE YOU HAVE
TO CARE OF.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON CARMAX AND
PLANES.
THE PERFORMANCE OF
LAW-ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT, NOT
ONLY THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S
OFFICE FOR THE FEDERAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL PARTNERS WAS
ABSOLUTELY EXEMPLARY.
I WAS NEVER MORE PROUD OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WHICH DID THE BEST WE COULD.
WE DO
JAVA.
IT WASN'T PERFECT, WE WEREN'T
EXPECTED TO BE PERFECT WHEN
FACED WITH THOSE TYPE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>>, AND TO TAKE YOUR DEPUTIES TO
RECOVER THE GOVERNMENT?
-- RECOVER THE GUNMEN?
>> FROM THE MOMENT THE FIRST
SHOT WAS FIRED, HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE OUR DEPUTY TO COME INTO
CONTACT WITH SANTIAGO?
THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 80
SECONDS.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> THE QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT DO
I THINK OF THE GENERAL SAFETY OF
AIRPORTS.
I THINK THE CD OF AIRPORTS IS
PHENOMENAL.
YOU HAVE A PERSON WHO IS
POTENTIALLY SUFFERING FROM
SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS OR WE HAVE
WHAT YOU CALL A LONE WOLF
ASSASSIN THAT IS READY TO
CONDUCT SOME COWARDLY, HEINOUS
ATTACK, THERE'S NOT MUCH ANYONE
CAN DO ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHY WE TRAIN THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS MITIGATION
AND OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND AND
LESSEN THE LOSS OF LIVES IN
ATTIC WE WE'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL
JOB OF THAT.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HIM AS A
COUNTRY GOING FORWARD, WHEN
PEOPLE ARE ON NO-FLY LIST, AND
PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL
ILLNESS, THEY ARE NOT PROBLEM
PEOPLE.
WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE PEOPLE WITH
VERY REAL ILLNESSES.
IF THEY ARE ON A NO-FLY LIST
WERE A CONVICTED FELON, THEY
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OWN
HANDGUNS AND RIFLES A
.
>> HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED ANY OF
THE VICTIMS?
>> WE HAVE, AND YOU CANNOT.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> THE RULES TO ALLOW FOR
FIREARMS TO BE CARRIED ON IN
CHECK BAGGAGE, NOT IN CARRY-ON
BAGGAGE.
THERE ARE PROCEDURES THAT WERE
FOLLOWED IN THIS CASE.
I'M GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON ON
MONDAY, WHEN WE GO BACK INTO
SESSION.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING
THAT I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT.
WE HAVE REVISITED OUR SECURITY
MEASURES AT AIRPORTS.
EVERY TIME WE HAD A SECURITY
BREACH WHILE WE TAKE A LOOK AT
BALANCING THE PUBLIC'S NEED TO
BE ABLE TO FREELY TRAVEL, THE
SAME TIME, WE NEED TO PROTECT
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC WHO IS
TRAVELING ALONGSIDE SOMEONE WHO
MAY DECIDE TO DO THEM HARM.
IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAVE THE
SHOE BOMBER, THE SO-CALLED SHOE
BOMBER WHO TRY TO LIGHT HIS
SHOES ON FIRE IN THE AIR WITH A
CIGARETTE LIGHTER, WAS
ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO BAN
CIGARETTE LIGHTERS FROM CARRY-ON
BAGS.
YOU CAN'T TRAVEL WITH MORE THAN
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIQUID
BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL
RIGHT WHO TRY TO USE A SMALL
AMOUNT OF LIQUID TO DETONATE
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE AND LIKE THIS
TRAGIC INCIDENT, THERE'S NO
QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW
NOT ONLY THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRAVEL
WITH HER FIREARMS, EVEN IF THEY
ARE IN CHECKED BAGGAGE.
I DID WHEN USING A HARD LOOK AT
THE SECURITY AROUND THE BAGGAGE
CLAIM AREAS.
AND NOT JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT -- I
THINK IT IS BEEN IMPORTANT THAT
THERE ARE MANY UNSECURED AREAS
AND FACILITIES OF THE PUBLIC
TRAVEL.
TRAIN STATIONS, PORT TERMINAL,
BAGGAGE CLAIM AREAS.
CERTAINLY, THOSE PROCEDURES NEED
TO BE REVIEWED, AND I'M GOING TO
BE ADDRESSING THAT WHEN I GO
BACK TO WASHINGTON.
>> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR WORKING
TOGETHER SO COHESIVELY.
THERE IS A SAYING THAT WHEN
CRITICAL INCIDENTS HAPPEN, THAT
WE DON'T RISE TO THE OCCASION,
WE ACTUALLY SINK TO THE LEVEL OF
OUR TRAINING.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
TO TRAIN HARD, AND WE DO.
LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS PHENOMENAL
YESTERDAY.
I PRAY, AND I KNOW ALL OF THE
NATION PRAISE FOR THE FAMILIES
AND THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.
WE WILL BE TELLING YOU WHEN THE
NEXT UPDATE WILL BE.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU WERE LISTENING TO A NEWS
CONFERENCE OUTSIDE THE FORT
LAUDERDALE FLORIDA AIRPORT.
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT,
CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, AND THE AIRLINE
DIRECTOR.
THEY ARE SAYING THERE WERE SIX
GUNSHOT VICTIMS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL, THE NUMBER DOWN FROM
EIGHT.
WE KNOW THREE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN
GOOD CONDITION THIS MORNING,
THREE OF THEM IN ICU.
I SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE
RELEASING ANY IDENTITY IS
ANYTIME SOON.
THEY'RE ALSO SAYING THE SUSPECT,
WHO IS IN BROWARD COUNTY JAIL
THIS MORNING AFTER BEING BOOKED
EARLY THIS MORNING, ESTIMATE
SANTIAGO -- ESTIMATE ON SANTIAGO
-- ESTEBAN SANTIAGO.
HE DID COOPERATE, AND WILL BE IN
FEDERAL COURT ON MONDAY.
WE WILL BE THERE AS DOUBTFUL.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE AIRPORT, WE
CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THEY ARE
HOPING TO HAVE 85% OF OPERATIONS
UP BY THE END OF THE DAY.
THEY OPENED THIS MORNING ABOUT
5:00, THERE ARE 20,000 ITEMS
LEFT BEHIND.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY
CAN TO HELP GET THAT TO SOME OF
THOSE PEOPLE.
1-866-435-9355.
THAT IS ON WPBF.COM IF YOU HAVE
INFORMATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, COVERAGE
CONTINUES ON WPBF.COM.
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