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New Details on Oregon Gunman; Campus Shooting Survivors Share Stores; Obama Address Nation on Gun Violence; Hurricane Joaquin Strengthens; Psychologist Analyzes Oregon Shooting; Neighbors React to Oregon Shooting; Hurricane Joaquin Strengthens on East Coast; Presidential Candidates React to Oregon Shooting. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired October 02, 2015 - 02:00   ET

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[02:00:00] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR: We continue to follow the breaking news this hour. A mass shooting in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm George Howell, at CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm John Vause, in Roseburg, Oregon.

And we will begin with the very latest in our rolling coverage of the mass shooting here in Roseburg. It is 11:00 p.m. here right now, at Umpqua Community College, and we are learning disturbing new details about the gunman, the man behind the mass shooting here on campus. Law enforcement officials tell CNN he was a 26-year-old man. He was well armed. He had body armor and enough ammunition for a prolonged gunfight with police. Officials say he killed 10 people when he opened fire on this rural campus on Thursday morning. He is now dead but it's not clear if he was shot by police or if he took his own life. The Douglas County sheriff says he will not be naming the gunman because the man does not deserve the publicity.

Seven people were wounded on this campus and they have been treated at various medical centers, including the Sacred Heart Medical Center, and there have been some harrowing accounts we are hearing from the survivors of this shooting, and we're also learning more about what happened on campus during this rampage by this gunman.

Hanah Miles is a freshman. She was in a classroom not far from where the gunshots rang out.

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HANAH MILES, WITNESS: It was in the middle of the class. I was taking notes. And then awful a sudden there was like this loud pop. And the only way I can describe it, it sounded like a ruler smacking against a chalkboard. So I didn't really think it was like a gunshot because it didn't really sound like it, but it made everyone jump. We all jumped. And my teacher, miss fair, she's like, whoa, I hope everyone's all right in there because we didn't know what was going on. And then we went back to taking notes. It all happened so very fast. One of my classmates from the back said why don't you go over and see if they're all right? And my teacher, Ms. Fair, was like, I'm not going to open the door, I'll knock. She went over and knocked on the door and yelled through the door, "Hey, is everyone OK over there?" And then as soon as she said that, multiple shots were fired. And when she turned and looked in the classroom, the look on her face was horrifying. And that's when I knew something was wrong. And she looked at us and it was just -- I don't know. It's hard to explain. When she looked at us, she said we have to get out now. And one of the other classmates jumped up, he's like, everybody out, let's go. And we just immediately began running and still didn't know really what was going on but I knew the look and the fear on my teacher's face that it was serious.

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VAUSE: CNN's Kyung Lah is live for us at one of the medical centers, at Sacred Heart Medical Center, where many of the women have been treated.

And, Kyung, you've had a chance to speak with the relatives of at least one of the students who was wounded during this rampage. The account which this father heard from his daughter is harrowing, to say the least.

KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's very chilling. She was actually inside the classroom where most of the students were killed. This is Ana Boylan. And you can see she is 18 years old, so full of life, just in her fourth day of community college. She was sitting in the class. She told her father and her brother just before she went into spinal surgery what she saw.

Here's how her father explained what he she told him.

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STACY BOYLAN, FATHER OF ANA BOYLAN: The gentleman was systematically --

LAH: And he came in, right?

[02:05:00] BOYLAN: He came in, and there were gunfire immediately and scattered the room, got everyone's attention. He, from what I understood, what he said is he shot the professor point blank. One shot killed him, took him right out of it. And others had been injured. And then he -- this man had enough time. I don't know how much time elapsed before he was able to stand there and start asking people one by one what their religion was. Are you a Christian? He would ask them. And if you're a Christian, stand up. And they would stand up. And he said, good, because you're a Christian, you're going to see God in just about one second. And then he shot and killed them. And he kept going down the line doing this to people. And how much time do you need? She said he had a handgun, that it wasn't a big rifle, assault rifle or anything like this. This was a single handgun, that he had enough ammunition and enough time to drop the magazine out of it, put another one in and continue his thing. How does he have that much time at a facility?

UNIDENTIFIED BROTHER OF ANA: Dad, you're --

BOYLAN: Yeah.

It's OK.

And I don't understand that. How he could have that much time to kill that many people.

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LAH: And you can hear the frustration from the father of Ana Boylan.

She is inside this hospital tonight. So how did she survive? She told her father that she played dead, that the gunman walked up to her, pointed at her, said blond girl in the black jacket, and she did not get up.

We should also make clear that she does not know, at least she didn't convey to her family, why the gunman was asking people are you a Christian. She doesn't know the motivation.

We should also tell you, John, that she did come out of spinal surgery and she is doing well. Her family says they are very pleased. Certainly she has a long road ahead but she is doing well tonight.

VAUSE: Yeah, there were so many horrific stories of students hiding under desks, behind school bags, drawing the curtains, locking the doors, hoping the gunman didn't walk into their classroom. You mentioned this young woman has undergone surgery. She's looking to be in pretty good condition, relatively speaking. But what about the other people who were injured here today? What's the latest on their condition?

LAH: There's a total of three people. The people here are most seriously injured. Two are critical according to the hospital and one is serious. We're not exactly sure where Ana falls on that scale. But two critical, one serious here. All are women. There are an additional 10 being treated at Mercy Hospital in the town where you are. And those patients, we don't have conditions on them. They are in various states, we understand. One thing we should point out, though, John, this is where the most critically injured are being treated. The ones down where you are presumably are doing a bit better. John.

VAUSE: OK. Kyung, thank you.

Kyung Lah there with the latest on knows who have been wounded, and also that horrific account from that one young woman who was in the classroom when the gunman opened fire.

Thank you, Kyung.

Barack Obama addressed this nation, yet again, in the wake of another deadly shooting. The president was angry, frustrated, mostly because this is the 15th time since he was sworn into office that he's had to address this type of gun violence. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: There's been another mass shooting in America, this time in a community college in Oregon. That means there are more American families, moms, dads, children, whose lives have been changed forever. That means there's another community stunned with grief and communities across the country forced to relieve their own anguish. And parents across the country who are scared because they know it might have been their families or their children.

I've been to Roseburg, Oregon. There are really good people there. I want to thank all the first responders whose bravery likely saved some lives today. Federal law enforcement has been on the scene in a supporting role and we've offered to stay for as much as Roseburg needs for as long as they need.

In the coming days, we'll learn about the victims, young men and women who were studying and learning and working hard, their eyes set on the future, their dreams on what they could make of their lives. And America will wrap everyone who's grieving with our prayers and our love. But as I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before that and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. It's not enough. It does not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America, next week or a couple months from now.

[02:10:32] We don't yet know why this individual did what he did. And it's fair to say that anybody who does this has a sickness in their minds, regardless of what they think their motivations may be.

But we are not the only country on earth that has people with mental illnesses or who want to do harm to other people. We are the only advanced country on earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months. Earlier this year, I answered a question in an interview by saying the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common-sense gun safety laws, even in the face of repeated mass killings. And later that day, there was a mass shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana. That day.

Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charleston. It cannot be this easy for someone who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun.

And what's become routine, of course, is the response of those who oppose any kind of common sense gun legislation. Right now, I can imagine the press release is being cranked out. We need more guns, they'll argue, fewer gun safety laws. Does anybody really believe that? There are scores of responsible gun owners in this country. They know that's not true. We know because of the polling that says the majority of Americans understand we should be changing these laws, including the majority of responsible law-abiding gun owners. There is a gun for roughly every man, woman, and child in America. So how can you with a straight face make the argument that more guns will make us safer? We know that states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths. So the notion that gun laws don't work or just will make it harder for law-abiding citizens and criminals will still get their guns, it's not borne out by the evidence. We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings. Friends of ours, allies of ours, Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it.

And, of course, what's become routine is that somebody somewhere will comment and say Obama politicized this issue. Well, this is something we should politicize. It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic. I would ask news organizations, because I will put these facts forward. Have news organizations tally up the number of Americans who've been killed through terrorist attacks over the last decade, compared to Americans who've been killed by gun violence and post those side by side on your news reports. This won't be information coming from me. It will be coming from you.

[02:15:27] We spent over a trillion dollars and passed countless laws and devoted entire agencies to preventing terrorist attacks on our soil. And rightfully so. And yet, we have a Congress that specifically blocks us from even collecting data on how we could potentially reduce gun deaths. How can that be? This is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in America. We collectively are answerable to those families, who lose their loved ones because of our inaction. When Americans are killed in mine disasters, we work to make mines safer. When Americans are killed in floods and hurricanes, we make communities safer. When roads are unsafe, we fix them, to reduce auto fatalities. We have seat belt laws because we know it saves lives. So the notion that gun violence is somehow different, that our freedom and our Constitution prohibits any modest regulation of how we use a deadly weapon when there are law-abiding gun owners all across the country who could hunt and protect their families and do everything they do under such regulations. It doesn't make sense.

So tonight, as those of us who were lucky enough to hug our kids a little closer are thinking about the families who aren't so fortunate, I'd ask the American people to think about how they could get our government to change these laws and to save lives and to let young people grow up. And that will require a change of politics on this issue. And it will require that the American people, individually, whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or an Independent, when you decide to vote for somebody, are making a determination as to whether this cause of continuing death for innocent people should be a relevant factor in your decision. If you think this is a problem, then you should expect your elected officials to reflect your views.

And I would particularly ask America's gun owners, who are using those guns properly, safely, to hunt, for sport, for protecting their families, to think about whether your views are being properly represented by the organization that suggests it's speaking for you. And each time this happens I'm going to bring this up. Each time this

happens, I'm going to say that we can actually do something about it but we're going to have to change our laws. And this is not something I can do by myself. I've got to have a Congress and state legislatures and governors who are willing to work with me on this.

I hope and pray I don't have to come out again during my tenure as president to offer my condolences to families in these circumstances. But based on my experience as president, I can't guarantee that. And that's terrible to say. And it can change.

May God bless the memories of those who were killed today. May he bring comfort to their families and courage to the injured as they fight their way back. And may he give us the strength to come together and find the courage to change.

Thank you.

[02:20:03] VAUSE: President Obama there, addressing the nation earlier today.

And, George, he did mention Australia in his speech, and that was a reference to the Port Arthur massacre when 35 people were killed on the island of Tasmania. Back then, hundreds of thousands of Australians took to the streets demanding tougher gun laws. It really is an open question if anything here will change after this shooting.

George?

HOWELL: And John, things did change there in Australia. The president, though, in his speech, you heard him, you saw it, frustrated. Visibly angry about the situation that as he points out continues to happen time after time after time.

John Vause, live for us in Oregon. John, thank you so much.

During the president's news conference, that you just heard in its entirety, he challenged news organizations to do some research to compare the numbers of Americans killed in terror attacks over the last decade to the numbers of Americans killed by gun violence. And CNN looked into those numbers using data from the U.S. State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here's what we found. Since 2004 more than 300,000 Americans have died by gun violence on U.S. soil. By comparison, during that same time period, 313 people died in terror attacks in the U.S. and outside the country. That last available data was from the year 2013.

You're watching CNN NEWSROOM.

After a mass shooting, we feel for the families that lost loved ones, and collectively we ask the question, what drives someone to mass murder? Ahead, we get some thoughts from a psychologist as CNN NEWSROOM continues.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) [02:24:54] KAREN MAGINNIS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Hello, everyone. I'm CNN Meteorologist Karen MaGinnis. And this is your "Weather Watch," closely monitoring what is happening with Hurricane Joaquin, a category 4 hurricane that has been churning around the Bahamas over the last 24 hours and has moved very little. Now the computer models are suggesting that this is going to take a track much further towards the east, at least that is the way it is setting up for now. But nonetheless, we're watching some increased moisture across the southeast. This is going to be a big problem going into the next 24, 48 and 72 hours, all the way through the Carolinas, up the Mid- Atlantic and into New England. But some areas across Carolinas, in particular South Carolina, could see staggering amounts of rainfall. That's all thanks to this area of low pressure that's going to be stuck in the atmosphere, and because of its lingering there also drawing a little bit of moisture in from this hurricane, but the hurricane's going to follow the track of that ridge of high pressure. Area of low pressure, not a lot of steering currents here, and that's why the rainfall is going to be particularly dangerous. There's also the potential for rip currents. And we could see some trees down and power lines down as well.

That's your "Weather Watch."

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HOWELL: Welcome back. We are following the breaking news here on CNN. The deadly shooting on a college campus in the U.S. state of Oregon.

I'm George Howell, at the CNN Center.

VAUSE: And I'm John Vause, in Roseburg, Oregon.

This is what we know at this hour. Law enforcement sources have told CNN the gunman was a 26-year-old man. They say he shot and killed ten people, wounded seven others at the Umpqua Community College campus right here. The gunman died after a shootout with police. It's not clear if the officers killed him or if he took his own life.

The father of a wounded victim says the gunman asked students one by one if they were Christians before shooting them. But authorities, so far, have not released a motive for this shooting.

And that search, George, continues on. They have searched his apartment. We are slowly learning more details about the gunman, about the man who went onto this campus heavily armed with body armor and a lot of ammunition. But as of now, the question of why still is yet to be answered -- George?

HOWELL: And, John, in the hours and days to come, we will slowly but surely learn the names of the victims in this tragedy.

John Vause, on the ground for us in Oregon. Thank you so much.

Investigators are trying to determine why this shooting happened. And in the meantime, families are dealing with grief and investigators continue their work to try to figure out a motive.

Joining me now is licensed psychologist, Dr. Eric Fisher, to talk more about what happened in Oregon.

But let's start with the families. There are families in the state of Oregon who will slowly learn some really terrible news. How do these families even begin to cope? Make any sense out of such a senseless act.

DR. ERIC FISHER, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST: Grief of any kind is difficult, whether it's expected or unexpected. But the loss of someone close to you, something so tragic, sometimes what you look at is how could this have happened? You go from anger to rage to sadness to helplessness. What people want to do is try to find something to do that gives them purpose or gives them a sense of empowerment to work through this. A lot of time in these situations you have people who've experienced these tragedies do something positive, whether it's work for a non-profit or creating a non-profit, giving back to the community because the more that we empower ourselves in our tragic times in life the more we can found potentially a reason that matters, that makes that person's loss and their life significant to us.

HOWELL: Let's talk about the gunman. We've named him once before. No need to name him again. But what do investigators do to determine a motive there?

FISHER: Well, I think what we have to look at is we've talked a lot about mental health and mental health is a significant issue in many of these shootings. What I often go to is below mental health to the emotions. We have to look at how we use emotions in our culture. And we really don't understand them very well in our culture. And I always teach that anger, rage and hatred are protective emotions. They protect our feelings of weakness. If you see someone who has been maybe feeling ostracized or lonely or isolated, often they feel unloved, abandoned, rejected, and that brings down their perception of power. They build up that feeling of I want power and I'm going to take it from others because I don't believe I can get it myself. So often they act out with rage, which is a way they want to take something back from someone.

[02:30:00] If we look across to South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Virginia, and now Oregon, we see a common thread of rage and hatred in each of these individuals who acted out so violently.

So to me, as a culture, while we have to work on mental health we also have to look at understanding the purpose of these emotions and how they're expressed and why they're expressed almost, as more importantly than looking at gun control I believe.

GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR: And Dr. Fisher, the president even pointing out that this has become routine.

Dr. Fisher, thank you so much for your insight on this.

You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. We'll be right back after the break.

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ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

HOWELL: Welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. We continue with our breaking news coverage, a mass shooting in the U.S. state of Oregon.

I'm George Howell, at CNN world headquarters here in Atlanta.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm John Vause, in Roseburg, Oregon.

This is the latest that we have right now. Authorities are saying it is unlikely they will release the names of all of the victims before Friday. There is a process in place here because this was a mass casualty event. It is a slow process of identifying all of those people who were killed. Also, this is a small community, just one coroner. So this process will take some time. 10 people in all were killed. Seven others were wounded when a gunman opened fire on the Umpqua Community College here.

The shooter is also dead, although it's not clear if he took his own life or if he died in a shootout with police. Law enforcement sources have told CNN he was a 26-year-old man, heavily armed, carrying body armor.

And the father of a wounded student says the gunman asked the students in her classroom if they were Christians. He then shot them one by one.

The gunman's father, though, has actually spoken out just a short time ago. He made a statement to reporters. This is some of what he had to say.

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[02:35:13] UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Can you answer any questions right now?

IAN MERCER, FATHER OF OREGON SHOOTER: Obviously, devastating for me and my family. All I ask is -- I know you guys are here to do your job. All I ask is you just respect our privacy. And so far, you've done that.

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VAUSE: Let's go live now to Sara Sidner, who is outside the gunman's apartment not far from here.

And, Sara, we just heard in the gunman's father. And it's also believed that the gunman's mother may have, in fact, been living in that apartment block where you are.

SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, there's a bit of confusion here because a lot of people say they never really saw her or had a conversation, but suddenly, they did see one of the neighbors, saw a woman who they said they saw crying today in the afternoon a few hours after the shooting, and not just crying but bawling, is how the witness put it. She is a neighbor who lives in the same building as the shooter.

They identified the shooter. We showed them a picture, said, this is the person you have seen around the neighborhood and that lives near you? And they said, yeah, that's him.

But police have not identified him and have not said exactly what is going on inside the apartment where they have been going in and out for the last few hours. The ATF is here. The FBI is here. The sheriff's department is here. They are all trying to gather evidence in this case.

What we can tell you is that we have talked to a couple of different neighbors who have said mercer was a quiet person, he kind of kept to himself, they would see him kind of shuffling around here, but he wasn't an outgoing person who would talk to everybody and they had few conversations with him.

Let me let you hear from one of the neighbors that we spoke with a little bit earlier this evening.

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SIDNER: Now that you've heard what he's accused of, what do you think about the fact you that lived right down the hall?

UNIDENTIFIED NEIGHBOR OF GUNMAN: You know, it's -- I mean, it's crazy. It goes to show you that you never know what's going through people's minds, what's bothering people. You know, obviously anybody who does something like this is sick. A sane person doesn't do this. I've lived in this area my whole life. And you know, people here, everybody knows everybody, Small town. I've coached youth sports in this town for several years. Lived here my whole life. I know a lot of people. There's not going to be many people who live in this community who aren't going to be personally -- know somebody personally that's affected by this tragedy. That's the bottom line. Everybody's affected but this is the type of community, it's a close- knit community, everybody comes together and I mean everybody's going to know somebody.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SIDNER: So he talked about that fact and that bears true here. Everyone we've spoken with knows one of the victims or knows one of the victims themselves.

One thing to note, a lot of people are trying to figure out why exactly he chose to go to the community college. There's a school not too far from here, much closer here, an elementary school. So he clearly bypassed that and seemed to be targeting this community college for some reason.

We are about a mile away from where you are, John, at the community college. A lot of questions still unanswered tonight. But certainly this community is in mourning -- John? VAUSE: Yeah, the question of why this campus, why those people were

shot. The motive remains unclear. Of course we are learning a lot more about the gunman and what he may or may not have done on that campus just earlier today.

Sara, thank you very much. Sara Sidner, live for us there in Winchester, Oregon.

And, George, of course, that is the issue now for investigators. They are trying to piece together exactly what drove this gunman to walk onto this campus with four guns, three handguns and a rifle and then open fire -- George?

HOWELL: So many questions about why this happened.

John Vause, live for us in Oregon. John, thank you so much.

Other news we are following around the world this day, Russian airstrikes in Syria. The Russian president says civilians were not hurt by the air operations this week but a different story from opposition officials in the country. They say at least 36 civilians were killed.

Russia has been clear in its intent to support Syrian President Bashar al Assad. The country has been accused of using the strikes to target anti-Assad groups.

[02:39:55] VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT (through translation): As to different information in the media saying that there are victims among the civilians, we are ready for these informational attacks. I am drawing your attention to the fact that the first information about victims among the civilian population appeared before our planes were in the air.

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HOWELL: It's a complex situation.

Let's go straight to Moscow. CNN's Phil Black standing by live for us following developments.

Phil, good to have you with us.

Russia has asserted that it is doing the exact same thing that coalition forces are doing, that it's targeting terrorist groups, but we now know that their scope goes beyond just is. What more can you tell us?

PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: George, the Russian view which you touched on in and we heard this from the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov speaking yesterday, that the Russia and U.S. See eye to eye on who they are targeting in Syria, that Russia, like the United States and its coalition, are targeting ISIS and other terrorist groups. Now, when pushed on what other terrorist groups he was pretty vague. This is when he said that, well, if it looks like, acts like, walks like a terrorist, fights like a terrorist then it's a terrorist. But the United States believes based upon the locations of the Russian strikes so far that Russia is clearly targeting anyone that is perceived to be a threat or is challenging the Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad. And the U.S. Says it is concerned about that because some of these other rebel opposition groups that are on one hand fighting Syrian government forces, they are also fighting ISIS as well. So there's a U.S. concern that is in effect helping ISIS but also some of these rebel Syrian opposition groups are being helped by the United States United States, trained and equipped, they are effectively allies. So that raises the possibility is Russia's action challenging or even directly harming U.S. interests within Syria itself? But the Russian view is they are purely going after terrorists. And they openly say they are supporting the Syrian government and its forces there in the fight against these terrorist groups because they believe the Syrian government and its military are best placed ultimately to stop terrorist groups from overrunning the country -- George?

HOWELL: Phil, Vladimir Putin there is not in Moscow today. In fact, he is in France to meet up for talks on Ukraine. But I would surmise the Syria issue is sure to come up.

BLACK: Yeah. Likely. He'll be traveling to Paris for talks with French President Francois Hollande, and he will also meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The primary purpose of this is as you say Ukraine, that other conflict that has kept Russia frozen out of international affairs really for more than a year now before it's been able to reassert itself through this recent action in Syria. But you have to think it is likely yes, the Syrian issue will be raised. We'll be watching that to see what comment if any President Putin or those other world leaders make on that issue as well -- George?

HOWELL: CNN's Phil black live for us in Moscow this hour.

Phil, thank you so much for your reporting.

You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. And still to come this hour, Hurricane Joaquin, it is gaining strength, and people in the U.S., they're getting ready, if the storm turns their way.

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[02:46:18] HOWELL: Welcome back to CNN's breaking news coverage. Here's the very latest on the deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Authorities say they will release the victims' names Friday morning. 10 people were killed Thursday morning on campus. Seven were wounded after a gunman opened fire. Sources tell CNN that the gunman is a 26-year-old man. He died after a shootout with officers, though it is not clear if police killed him or if he killed himself.

Following Hurricane Joaquin now, a major category-4 storm, that is strengthening at this point -- Karen MaGinnis?

KAREN MAGINNIS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yes. And it is going to be a huge impact. Now, the computer models are all over the place. I'll show you that in just one second. But this is a monster hurricane. And we will associate it with what happened with hurricane sandy back in be 2012. It claimed just about 300 lives. This is the latest information regarding Hurricane Joaquin, category 4 as you just heard George say. It has been lingering across the Bahamas for quite some time now. Let's show you the video that we have from there. All across the Bahamas they are seeing high winds, very heavy downpours between 12 and 18 inches of rainfall. We mentioned the inches of rainfall across that region because that is what we're looking at in some sections of the southeastern United States. Not necessarily associated with the hurricane. But we think that what's going to happen with this, and there you can see kind of all the winds wrapped tightly around the center, the core of this hurricane, was supporting winds now of 130 miles per hour, about 215 kilometers per hour. The Berry Islands, the Turks and Caicos, 12 to 18 inches possible, but as we go through time, we're expecting across the deep south that this in combination with an area of low pressure across the southeast is going to enhance the moisture across the Carolinas, especially South Carolina. It's an area I know very well. I was born there. I lived there for years. I lived at the coast. And it's very vulnerable. Now, what you're looking at are the spaghetti models. There are a number of them. Just about two dozen of them. And this is Joaquin. This is what we're expecting. Not all of them in agreement. It had been close to the shore, moving out and now there are a couple outliers that suggest maybe it could impact the mid-Atlantic coast as we go into the next couple of days. We think in the next 24 hours this will start to move more toward the north. As it does it's going to take a couple of days. So beyond that two-day time period we will see the interaction between this core area of low pressure and Hurricane Joaquin, and it is vital that you prepare right now across the mid-Atlantic, but if you live anywhere from the Appalachians up toward New England, be aware that this is an extremely dangerous situation.

George, back to you.

HOWELL: Karen, thank you so much.

You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. Still to come this hour, we have the latest on the shooting in Oregon just ahead. Stay with us.

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[02:50:59] KATE RILEY, CNN WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: I'm Kate Riley, with your CNN "World Sport" headlines.

There have been many Europa League matches taking place with some big teams in action. Liverpool played FCC at Anfield and were held to a disappointing draw when an early draw gave the Reds an early lead. Liverpool's Premiere League rivals Tottenham were in Monaco and had the exact same result. Eric Lamella continued his impressive start to the season scoring again but Monaco equalized 10 minutes from time. Speaking of impressive surprise series leader Fiorentina scored four goals for the second successive match this time away to Portuguese at Bolognese. There were two matches at the Rugby World Cup and it was business as

usual for the favorite teams, including for France who eased past Canada, 41-18. Earlier Wales beat Fiji 23-13 in an end-to-end encounter in Cardiff but they missed out on a bonus point. It means Wales will qualify for the quarterfinals if England doesn't defeat Australia on Saturday.

And the Formula One season may be winding down but not so the career of Jensen Button. He's confirmed he'll race for McLaren Honda in 2016. The 2009 world champion had been considering his future but said McLaren's determination to improve was key in his decision to continue.

And that's a look at all your sports headlines. I'm Kate Riley.

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HOWELL: You're watching CNN's continuing coverage of breaking news in the U.S. state of Oregon, a deadly shooting on a college campus there.

I'm George Howell, at the CNN Center in Atlanta.

VAUSE: I'm job Vause, in Roseburg, Oregon.

This is what we know at this hour about the shooting here in Roseburg. Authorities say they will not be releasing the names of the victims before Friday. 10 people were killed Thursday morning at Umpqua Community College and seven were wounded when the gunman opened fire. Sources have told CNN the gunman is a 26-year-old man. He had enough ammunition for a prolonged gunfight. He died after a shootout with police officers. It's unclear if he was killed by police or if he took his own life -- George?

HOWELL: I can hardly imagine or understand the grief that many of those families are going to be dealing with in the hours and days to come.

John Vause, thank you so much.

News of the shooting quickly reached the 2016 presidential campaign trail. Democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton, addressed the tragedy during an event in the state of Massachusetts. Listen.

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HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: It's just beyond my comprehension that we are seeing these mass murders happen again and again and again. And as I have said, we have got to get the political will to do anything we can to keep people safe. You know, I know there is a way to have sensible gun control measures that help prevent violence, prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands, and save lives. And I'm committed to do everything I can to achieve that.

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[02:55:06] HOWELL: Clinton's rival, Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, sent out a tweet saying, "As a nation, we must do everything we can to put an end to this awful epidemic of senseless slaughter."

Republican candidates, also reacting. Donald Trump tweeted his thoughts, saying, "My warmest condolences to the families of the horrible Roseburg, Oregon, shootings." And Jeb Bush saying the following, quote, "Pray for the Umpqua Community College, the victims, and the families impacted by this senseless tragedy."

We thank you for watching this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell, at the CNN Center in Atlanta.

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[03:00:02] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

HOWELL: We continue to follow the breaking news this hour, a mass shooting in the U.S. State of Oregon.

Welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.