The Latest on President Donald Trump and the mass shooting in Las Vegas (all times EDT):
9:50 p.m.
President Donald Trump was somber Wednesday as he visited hospital bedsides and a vital police base in stricken Las Vegas.
He offered prayers and condolences to the victims of Sunday night's
shooting massacre, along with the nation's thanks to first responders
and doctors who rushed to save lives.
Trump said, "America is truly a nation in mourning." And he spoke of the
families who "tonight will go to bed in a world that is suddenly
empty."
He told those families: "We know that your sorrow feels endless. We stand together to help you carry your pain. "
It was a somber address from a provocateur president who prides himself
on commanding strength but sometimes has struggled to project empathy at
times of tragedy.
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5:40 p.m.
President Donald Trump has received condolence calls from the leaders of
Mexico and Japan after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
The White House
says Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe called Trump on Wednesday to express their sympathy to the
victims of Sunday night's shooting in Las Vegas. A gunman on the 32nd
floor of a hotel fired on an outdoor concert audience. At least 59
people died and hundreds more were injured.
The White House statement says Trump "welcomed" Pena Nieto's "expression
of thanks" for U.S. help after Mexico's recent earthquake. A separate
statement says Trump and Abe agreed to coordinate on North Korea and other issues ahead of Trump's trip to Asia next month.
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4 p.m.
President Donald Trump is telling the people of Las Vegas that the
nation stands with them to help bear the pain of the worst gun massacre
in modern U.S. history.
He says at the city's Metropolitan Police headquarters that, "Our souls
are stricken with grief for every American who lost" someone in Sunday
night's shooting. He added, "We will struggle through it together."
At least 59 people died and 527 were injured when a gunman on the 32nd
floor of a hotel on the Vegas Strip opened fire on an outdoor country
music festival.
Trump says, "We stand together to help you carry your pain."
His remarks came during a daylong visit with victims, families and first responders.
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3:28 p.m.
President Donald Trump tells first responders they should be proud of
the way they responded to the mass shooting Sunday night in Las Vegas.
At Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Headquarters, Trump said, "You showed
the world and the world is watching." Trump and his wife, Melania, were
meeting with victims, doctors, police, dispatchers and others who
responded to the tragedy, when a gunman in a hotel tower opened fire on
an outdoor country music festival. Fifty-nine people were killed and
more than 500 injured — some from being shot and others from the chaotic
escape.
Earlier, Trump said the meetings and the response made him "proud to be an American."
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3:08 p.m.
President Donald Trump says he met "some of the most amazing people"
during a visit to a hospital where victims of the mass shooting in Las
Vegas are being treated.
And he says he's invited some of those survivors to the White House.
Trump met privately with people injured in Sunday's shooting, which
killed dozens and injured hundreds at a local concert. He also met with
family members and hospital staff.
He says he wants to "congratulate everybody" at the hospital and says it's "incredible" what doctors have done.
He adds: "It makes you very proud to be an American when you see the job that they've done."
Trump was speaking in the lobby of the University Medical Center.
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1:15 p.m.
President Donald Trump has arrived at a Las Vegas hospital where he will
meet with victims and medical professionals in the wake of a mass
shooting.
Trump arrived at University Medical Center Wednesday morning. He plans
to speak privately with victims of the Sunday night shooting rampage
that left at least 59 dead.
The president's motorcade drove past the Mandalay Bay hotel where the
gunman fired down from the 32nd floor into a crowd at an outdoor concert
Sunday night. He also drove past the Trump hotel.
The president also plans to meet with first responders later in the day.
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