White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers the press briefing for October 5th, 2017 from the White House.  Anticipated start time 2:00pm EDT:
UPDATE: Video Added

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Video and press reports from yesterday of President Trump and First-Lady Melania Trump during their visit to Las Vegas University Medical Center visiting with shooting victims and their families:

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Touching personal encounters with the president and first lady were shared by several of the victims and their families (below).
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The latest press conference from Las Vegas reveals some stunning information.  During the Q&A within the latest update the Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo noted the shooter Stephen Paddock had an apparent escape strategy to survive the attack.
As more information is revealed the scope of the pre-planning by Stephen Craig Paddock lends to a strong probability that more than one person is involved.  [We’ll keep looking for better video of latest presser.]  Better (full) video found:

• *Paddock led a secretive life. No social media presence.
• *Paddock previously scouted a prior venue.
• TIMELINE:
• *10:05pm shooting begins. Suspect on 32nd floor.
  *10:12pm First two officers arrive on 31st floor stating gunfire origin on 32nd floor.
  *10:15pm Last shots fired by suspect.
  *10:17pm First two officers arrive on 32nd floor.
  *10:18pm Security guard, Jose Campos tells police he was shot and exact room location.
  *10:26-10:30pm Eight additional officers arrive on 32nd floor. Begins evacuation.
  *10:55pm Eight additional officers arrive at suspect hotel room door.
  *11:20pm Initial room breach. Suspect located. 2nd Door (room) identified.
  *11:27pm Second breach, 2nd room. Radio: All Clear – Suspect Down.

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After speaking to the FBI for approximately five and a half hours in Los Angeles, the attorney for Marilou Danley, Matt Lombard, delivers a statement from his client.

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If you are in the gulf region of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Northwest Florida it would be prudent to keep an eye on this ‘tropical depression’.  TD-16 is anticipated to gain hurricane strength and will, unfortunately, move very fast once it enters the Southern Gulf of Mexico.  Preparatory action may be needed in 36 hours.
Evaluate your current storm supply needs; take a proactive inventory; make a list of possible replacements or enhancements you might deem necessary, and keep an eye on local and national forecasts. –National Hurricane Center HERE–
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Speaking today at the Bill and Melinda Gates sponsored “Grand Challenges” meeting, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson outlines the Trump administration position on U.S. aid and humanitarian relief.

“We must view foreign aid as a means to an end, not an end unto itself. A country’s prosperity and security is best sustained from within, not through foreign aid. There can be no greater measure of success than witnessing a country able to stand on its own two feet.” ~ Secretary Tillerson

[Transcript] SECRETARY TILLERSON: Good afternoon. And thank you so much, Harry, for that very kind introduction.
The work and commitment of the Bill and Melinda – of Bill and Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation that they have undertaken across a range of humanitarian initiatives have had an extraordinary impact on eradicating diseases and improving health outcomes for people the world over. And I offer my thanks once again, as I have thanked them in the past, to Bill and Melinda both for this life-long passion and commitment – much of which I have seen up close and personal. And I certainly am thankful for what they have done to help so many.
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If the FBI was attempting to reassert a reason for public confidence in their investigative agency; and/or if the FBI was trying to deconstruct their recent history of politicization and weaponization against American citizens; they would be taking specific action toward that end goal.  They’re not.
Exactly the opposite is true.
The current leadership of the FBI and DOJ are factually taking specific action to remove any investigative or public scrutiny of their scurrilous activities and corrupt agency involvement in recent events.  If they didn’t need to do this – they wouldn’t be doing this.

As such, the transparency of their motive to bury their own agencies involvement in the creation of, and payments toward, the ridiculous Steele Dossier is now abundantly clear:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy’s dossier of allegations of Russian financial and personal links to President Donald Trump’s campaign and associates, sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters.

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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit with victims, civilian heroes, brave first responders and officials in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Governor Brian Sandoval delivers initial remarks and introduces President Trump.

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