this one is horrific. >> caller: you're right. >> you heard what gannon said. the danger was in front of the security checkpoint. do you agree with that? >> caller: i think what you have to look at is there's not ever going to be a perfect security plan. there is literally tens of millions of people that come to the airport. out of that hay stake one of them could go awry. i think chief gannon, former lapd deputy chief, made a wise decision realizing that walking through the operational part of the airport, that the real danger is not after a person has gone through the monitoring and search area, it's those who are getting to that point. because once you go through the screening, there's probably little, very little chance, of a person acting out once they're behind the monitoring system. so moving them up front is for them to monitor people both leaving and coming, when they're not under a secure control. >> okay. so you think that it's a good idea to move offices from behind the checkpoints to and front, correct? >> once you go through the screening, you've

i know there are questions for chief gannon, i'd like to bring up our chief of airport police gannon. >> thank you. good afternoon everybody. a trying day yesterday for everybody involved. as we mentioned yesterday and we'll mention again, our hearts go out to the tsa officer that was shot and killed yesterday, it's a tragic event, and to others that were also injured. in our attempt to try and ensure that we keep security posture here that is high for the foreseeable future, i'd like to thank and continually thank our partners that came yesterday - obviously from the los angeles police department, california highway patrol, los angeles county sheriff's department. hawthorn police department. el sacondo all the agencies that came quickly to help us out. again today, in our enhanced deployment for los angeles world airport and in addition to our airport police officers here every day, los angeles police department committed additional resources. this morning i met with federal airmarshals. they are providing resources for us and every agency has offered resources to us if they are need

we just had a press briefing from the airport police chief, pat gannon, and he was. >>ing what happened in the -- -- he was describing what happened in the moment of the tsa shooting. this is what he had to say just a few moments ago. take a listen. >> our whole posture for security is high-profile. we have a security strategy that we employ every single day. obviously today and for the foreseeable future we will continue a very high-profile at the curb and anywhere in those ticketing areas and anywhere on our campuses. >> chief gannon talking about the circumstances here. at the moment they are doing patrols and making sure people don't hang on to the curb too long. they are doing regular checks with the check in area as well. they want to make sure security is still high. things are conducting as normal. terminal 3 is actually now open. fully open later this afternoon and then completely back to normal. that's the way it was described to us a short while ago. people are able to check in. in the case of virgin america they are taken to remote stands to board their f

i'll be having chief gannon from airport police, lala police give you a run down. gina lindsey, director at airport, will be giving run down of the loved ones. first i want to thank the law enforcement community for their excellent and coordinated response to this incident. we believe this to be a static situation now is. a safe one for those that are in the airport and one in which we are all confident we will be able to conduct the investigation necessary to get all the facts out that, no doubt, you and the public want to know. second, we're working very hard in the operations of the airport. if you haven't been able to be in touch with a loved one who was already through security in one of the terminals, other than terminal three, flights have continued to take off at a slower pace, especially on the south side, which is terminals 4 through 8. those folks may be in the air right now. do not worry about that. we have fights continuing to land, and we'll walk through that as well. again, this is a situation we're being proactive. if you have a flight this afternoo

p patrick gannon, g-a-n-n-on-n. i'm the chief of airport police here. as the mayor indicated, 9:20 this morning, an individual came into terminal three at this airport. pulled a assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire. in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. personnel officers from los angeles airport police responded immediately to the calls. they tracked the individual through the airport. and engaged him in gunfire in terminal three. and we're able to successfully take him into custody. we had an officer involved shooting that took place. as you can imagine, a large amount of chaos took place during this entire incident. we believe at this point, there was a lone shooter. that he acted at least right now with the only person that was armed in this incident. there is a tremendous amount of investigative work that will need to be done and i will turn that over to the fbi in just a second, but none the less, we have done se

as chief gannon said, the incident started around 9:20, 9:28 the first lafd resources were on the scene. in terms of more heightened awareness, the city's emergency operations center has been activated at a level one and has been for well over two hours now. the city is standing tall a. >> thank you. >> next hear from the chief of the los angeles police department who is involved in this and the operations as well. chief charlie beck. >> very briefly, i want to commend the men and women of lapd, we have the los angeles police department and tsa and fbi, laso and other agencies, we'll treat this incident with the unified command, many, many details as you're interested will not be given out at this point. we will not speak about the nature of injuries and not speak about the identity of the suspect. the investigation is being handled by the fbi. with the cooperation of the los angeles police department. again, a tremendous unified response. i know this region worries about its airport because of the complex issues involved with various jurisdictions. it was handled very well today, thank

as chief gannon said, this initially started around 9:20, 9:28 the first lafd resources were on scene. in terms of a more heightened awareness and coordinated effort citywide, the city's emergency operation center has been activated at level 1, has been for well over two hours now. so the city is standing tall and leaning forward to deal with any associated issues that happened outside of the actual l.a.x. property. >> thank you. next we'll hear from the chief of the los angeles police department, who's involved in this and some of the operations as well. chief charlie beck. >> very briefly. i want to command the men and women of pd for their response to this situation. we have los angeles police department, tsa, fbi, laso and other agencies. we will treat this incident with the unified command. many, many details will not be given out at this point. we will not speak about the nature of injuries, we will not speak about the suspect. the investigation is being handled with the fbi with the cooperation of the los angeles police department. again, tremendous unified response. know that

i'll be having chief gannon from airport police give you a rundown of what occurred. jena marie lindsay will inform the traveling public and loved ones what the situation is on the ground. i want to thank the law enforcement community for their excellent and coordinated response to this incident. we believe this to be a static situation now. a safe one for those that are in the airport and one in which we are all confident we will be able to conduct the investigation necessary to get all of the facts out that no doubt you and the public want to know. second, we're working very hard in the operations at the airport, if you haven't been able to be in touch with a loved one who is already through security in one of terminals other than terminal three, flights have continued to take off at a slower pace, especially on the south side and they may be in the air right now. do not worry about that. we have flights continuing to land and gina marie lindsay will walk through that as well. this is a situation we're being pro active, if you have a flight this afternoon, we're enc

. >> los angeles airport chief police patrick gannon. >> you heard that, two-minute warning. in the two minutes, elizabeth cohen, you're just joining me in the studio. what can you tell me? >> we just received a statement from ucla ronald reagan medical center. they say they have three patients there from the shooting. all three men. one is in critical condition. and two are in fair condition. so that's all we know. so critical condition means, of course, that this person is in imminent danger, possibly of dying. you know, this is a level one trauma center. terrific hospital. obviously, they can handle this and much more than that. but they do say that they have three men, three patients in their hospital from the shooting. >> here's a question i have had. when we were watching this makeshift triage area popping up right there along the drop-off, the passenger drop-off pick-up area, we saw the three different colored tarps. do they signify status of patient? >> they do. you see the green rectangle, yellow, and red. the green is for patients who are able to walk. ambulatory pa

police chief patrick gannon says he moved armed officers from behind the checkpoint to a more visible low indication in front. >> are they going to be in the exact same moment exactly when i would hoped they would be? no, it didn't happen in this case. >> reporter: officers did swarm the airport after the shooting, but witnesses wonder why they weren't there to begin with. >> i didn't make sense to me. i thought that guy had a gun and no one was this to stop him. >> ciancia is still in the hospital unresponsive. >>> and a threatening note found in a bathroom force add two hour evacuation of the birmingham airport in alabama today. the bomb squad looked through the terminal but didn't find anything. >>> a man was arrested for allegedly making threats abored a jetblue flight. the man was booked into jail on suspicion of public intoxication. >>> the family of a 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy plans to filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. that could happen as early as tomorrow. andy lopez's family has already filed three wrongful death claims. lopez wa

as chief gannon said, the incident started around 9:20. 9:28, the first lapd resources were on the scene. the city's emergency operations center has been activated at level 1. has been for well over two hours now. so, the city is standing tall and leaning forward to deal with any associated issues that happen outside of the actual lax property. >> let's hear from the chief of los angeles police department who's involved in this. chief charlie -- >> briefly, i want to commend the men and women of the response of this incident. we have created a unified command with los angeles police department, tsa, fbi and other agencies. we will treat this incident with the unified command. many, many details as you are interested, will not be given out at this point. we will not speak about the nature of injuries. we will not speak about the identity of the suspects. the investigation is being handled by the fbi. with the cooperation of the los angeles police department. again, you know, tremendous unified response. i know that this region worries about its airport because of the complex issues involv

. >> this is what we're told by patrick gannon, the police chief of l.a.x. about the shooter's path when this began about 9:20 in the morning pacific time. according to the police chief, the shooter came in through the main entrance of terminal 3. this is a diagram of terminal 3 only at l.a.x. comes in through the main entrance. could have come through this part, the drop off area here. also could have come in through one of the exits. not clear which part he came in in any event, he comes in here, opens up a bag, takes out an assault rifle, starts shooting in this area. then he shoots his way past tsa passenger screening presumably this is where the t sa officers were shot. not clear but presumably since so many of them are around here. and fewer of them are down in this area. but what's incredible here is that he shoots his way through here. then goes all the way down the terminal to this area here. hundreds of feet to a food court where he is finally disabled, shot, wounded, taken into custody. there's a burger king right about here where according to pol

today lax police chief patrick gannon praised his officers and reassured passengers. are passengers going to notice a different? >> absolutely with an attempt to make our presence felt here and for people to people safe. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents confirm ciancia was not a ticketed passenger and believe someone brought him here to the airport but they will not say who dropped him off. >> axelrod: christmas eve at lax for us tonight, thank you. investigators looking for a motive won't appear to get much from the people of paul ciancia's home sown of southern new jersey. although he was raised there, ciancia was very much an unknown. >> reporter: as the town of pennsville, new jersey, continues to ask what allegedly drove paul ciancia to violence, police chief allen cummings had no new answers tonight except what his family is going through. >> you know, they're confuse. they don't know how it happened. they don't know what caused it. >> reporter: all day, his family's neighbors were asking lots of questions. >> it's hard to believe, i guess, you know, coming from a sma

thank you, chief beck, thank you, chief gannon. first off, i'd like to thank the media for your patience. this is a very large scale investigation. the crime scene is extensive. we are currently applying a tremendous number of resources in conjunction with our partners from lapd and los angeles airport world airport police. today we are going to confirm the identity of the subject. it is paul anthony ciancia. that's c-i-a-n-c-i-a. he is 23 years old. he is a u.s. citizen. he is formally a resident of new jersey. we are currently investigating his background and more about him. i'm not going to provide too many updates on that at this point. the decedent's identity is not going to be confirmed out of respect for families. the families are going through a very difficult time today, but we are going to confirm that it was a tsa employee who is actually the decedent in this case. there is also one additional tsa employee who was wounded by gunshot. there are additional injuries, some of which seem to be potential evasion injuries where

was stabbed on monday his two grandchildren in scary is in county dublin fifty five killed michael gannon side after attacking his daughter's home but more because cassidy thing the two homes at the center of this murder investigation remained sealed off for forensic examination today one is where obama stabbed to death. the other for the suspect was arrested fifty five year old michael diamond is originally from famous was babysitting his two grandchildren. yesterday afternoon at his daughter's house its case in county dublin. shortly after six pm news that i can stop to death inside the front door of the house here of moore park the children who are both on the five years of age or in the house at the time but not for the school which is the instant. very very shaken that i live in. while contestants. you know in an area as they say is it's just it's scary. y'know they're very nice family i'm the best the shocking thing about this people in the country across the country now are getting used to the fact that anybody could be a victim of a crime anybody can be involved in a crime and tha

patrick gannon. >> thank you, gina marie. good afternoon, everybody. trying day yesterday for everybody involved. and as we mentioned yesterday, we'll mention again, that our hearts go out to the tsa officer that was shot and killed yesterday. that's a tragic event and to those others that were also injured. in our attempt to try and to ensure that we keep security posture here that's high for the foreseeable future, i'd like to thank and continually thank our partners that came yesterday. obviously from the los angeles police department, california highway patrol, los angeles county sheriff's department, hawthorne police department, el segundo, all of our surrounding agencies that came very quickly to help us out. again, today in the enhanced deployment for the los angeles world airport, also in addition to our airport police officers who are here every day obviously, los angeles police department has committed additional resources. this morning i met with the federal air marshals and they are providing additional resources

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as chief patrick gannon said, this incident initially started somewhere around 9:20 a.m. at 928 the first resources are on scene. terms of a more heightened awareness the city's emergency operations center has been activated at level one and has been for well over two hours now. this city is standing tall and lean forward to deal with any associated issues that have been outside of the actual lax proper >> thank you. >> next coming here from the chief of the los angeles police department to is involved in this from the operations as well, chief charlie beck. >> very briefly, i want to commend the men and women and their response in this incident. we have created a unified command with that different agencies involved. we will treat this incidence with the unified command. many, many details that you were interested in will must be given out at this point. we will thus become of the nature of injuries, the identity of the suspect, the investigation is being handled by the fbi with the cooperation of the los angeles police department. again, you know, tremendous unified res

inside the mind of a quarterback every monday on cbs sports knelt work as phil, rich gannon, street steve beuerlein and adam shine go all through the weekend in the play of quarterbacks. here is a look at our quarterback comparison today. >> phil: there you go. both of them really playing solid football today. peyton manning, my gosh, what a solid, just another average day, 296 for touchdowns. philip rivers under much more duress, still solid, not made a big mistake keeping his team in the game. >> jim: from the 13. slip out of the tackle take it up for about six. in the last minute here of the third they're still going to hurry back to the line. >> phil: this is what they are. this is not time to think we can milk the clock. that's not how they built this offense you have to keep going. >> jim: incomplete. manti te'o who helped jar it out. >> phil: what a difference watching him today. he is near the football, around it more than i've seen him in the previous game. like he told us yesterday, starting to get the hang of it, recognizing all the plays and situations, apply it to the field.

police chief patrick gannon praised his officers and reassure travelers. passengers notice a difference today. >> we are supplemented by a number of lapd officers also here with an attempt to make our presence felt and to make people feel safe. >> the fbi confirms he was not ticketed passenger. they do believe someone brought him here to the airport, but they will not say who dropped him off. cbs news, los angeles. >> he has not been charged with another felony in addition to murder. commission of violence at an international airport. >> students are being warned to keep their smart phones and their laptops under wraps. the reason, campus presence on the rise. with less daylight hours, brian webb tells us how campus police will be stepping up patrols. >> reporter: crime is up this year, way up, and students are talking. >> i have heard that people have gotten mugged on campus more than usual. i see there's been a few cases. >> the student newspaper shows technology is the target. from my phones to laptops and students walking by themselves are often the vi

patrick gannon, i'm the chief of airport police here at l.a. international airport. as the major indicated, at 9:20 this morning an individual came into terminal three of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag, and began to open fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area, where tsa screeners are, and continued shooting, and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. personnel officers from airport police, los angeles airport police responded immediately to the calls. they tracked the individual through the airport and engaged him in gunfire in terminal three and were able to successfully take him into custody. we had an officer-involved shooting that that took place. as you can imagine a large amount of chaos took place during this entire -- tire incident, we believe at this point that there was a loan shooter; that he acted at least right now was the only person that was armed in this incident. there's a tremendous amount of investigative work that will need to be done, and i will turn that over to the fbi in just a second -

airport police chief patrick gannon describes what happened when the lone gunman walked into terminal 3 with a bag carrying the assault rifle and according to the associated press a handwritten note which said wanted to kill tsa. >> an individual came into terminal 3 of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag an opened fire in the terminal. -- and opened fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area, where tsa screeners are, and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. >> reporter: l.a. city fire says seven victims were treated, six transported to nearby hospitals. we saw this victim wheeled into the ucla medical center. we noticed he arrived under tight security secured by handcuffs to the gurney. we don't know if he is the suspected gunman. we also saw two tsa officers transported by ambulance, according to the union that represents tsa officers, one behavior detection officer who was recently transferred from montana died. three others were injured. police are confident the gunman acted alone. randy paige, kpix 5. >> to

thank you, chief beck, thank you, chief gannon. i would like to thank the media for your patience. this is a very large scale investigation. the crime scene is extensive. we are currently using different resources from lapd and los angeles airport, world airport police. today we are going to confirm the identity of the subject. it is paul anthony ciancia. c-i-a-n-c-i-a. he is 23 years old. he is a u.s. citizen. he is formerly a resident of new jersey. we are currently investigating his background and more about him. i'm not going on provide too many updates on that at this point. the decedent's identity is not going to be confirmed out of respect for the families. the families are going through a very difficult time today but we are going to confirm that it was a tsa employee who was actually the decedent in this case. there is at least one other tsa employee who was wound by gunshot. there are additional injuries, some of which seem to be potential evasion injuries, where they may have injured themselves trying to get away. at this point, we have one terminal shut down and we will

mayor, thank you chief beck, thank you chief gannon. first off, i would like to thank the media for your patience. this is a very large scale investigation. the crime scene is extensive. we are currently applying a tremendous number of resources in conjunction with our partners from l.a.p.d. and los angeles airport, world airport police. today we are going to confirm the identity of the subject. it is paul anthony ciantia. he is 23 years old. is he a u.s. citizen. is he formerly a resident of new jersey. we are currently investigating his background and more about him. i'm not going to provide too many updates on at this point. the scene's identity is not going to be confirmed out of respect for the families. the families are going through a very difficult time today. we are going to confirm that it was a tsa employee who was actually the decedent in this case. there is at least one additional tsa employee who was wounded by gunshot. there are additional injuries, some of which seem to be potential evasion injuries where they may have i

we heard chief gannon from the l.a.x. airport police say he had redeployed the officers to the front. because he thinks there's a threat from the curb to the security checkpoint. there is. but i think you need officers on both sides. because had you had one in the old spot where the podium was, would that have stopped this gunman as he was coming through the checkpoint? possibly. i think you need law enforcement on either side, in uniform and also in plainclothes, wolf. >> so many of the incidents lately. a lone individual gets a gun. starts killing people. clearly there's a mental health issue under way right now. and how do you deal with people who have severe mental health problems, they have voices telling them to go out and kill people. what do you do in a situation like this? because that's clearly a major problem of the mass shootings. >> it is, wolf. and you know, it's the access to firearms, also. you know and the mentally ill. being able to get firearms. because when you you fill out the form, the atf form to ge

airport police chief patrick gannon said there was no warning. >> an individual came into terminal three of this airport, pulled a assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area where t.s.a. screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. >> woodruff: the gunman ultimately shot it out with police and, apparently, was wounded before being captured. the associated press identified him as 23-year-old paul ciancia of the los angeles area. for a time, the incident caused the federal aviation administration to ground all departures from l.a.x. flights bound there from other cities were ordered not to take off. iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki appealed today for u.s. help against violent attacks by al-qaeda militants. he wound up a washington visit this week by meeting with president obama at the white house. maliki is seeking military and intelligence assistance. we'll have more on this story after the news summary. in egypt, thousands turned out to protest after friday prayers, in a

as chief patrick gannon said, this incident initially started somewhere around 9:20 a.m. at 928 the first resources are on scene. terms of a more heightened awareness the city's emergency operations center has been activated at level one and has been for well over two hours now. this city is standing tall and lean forward to deal with any associated issues that have been outside of the actual lax proper >> thank you. >> next coming here from