>> the d.c. police officer is a male and i can't go into any other information right now regarding him but he is the gentleman who's in the operating room right now. >> could you tell us again the injuries of the women, what are their wounds? >> the -- there is a woman who has a gunshot wound to the shoulder and there's a woman who has a gunshot wound to the head and her hand. >> has law enforcement tried to interview them at all? >> yes, we have law enforcement in. they always wait until we tell them but they have had a chance to very briefly talk to the officers. we have been able to speak with their loved ones and they were also able to speak briefly with law officers before they've gone off to the operating room. >> have they told you guys anything that you can tell us about what happened? >> no. >> and you say a woman is ready to go into surgery? >> they are on their way to surgery, yes. >> which of the injuries? the shoulder -- >> the young lady with a gunshot wound to the head we're just a

d.c. police custody, was arrested at his home and whether he has any involvement in the shooting or not is not at all clear to us at this point. we just don't know. authorities do believe they have now gotten the identification of the person who actually fired the shots and they are just working to confirm that identity right now. as for the possibility of a second shooter, and by the way, the gunman who died in building 197 is the second person that the police chief was describing, we're told so that leaves the possibility of one other person yet to be accounted for, a person who the police chief a couple of hours ago described as a possible second shooter. that person was seen on surveillance video outside building 197 with a hand gun and holster and it's not clear from the video whether this person was responding to the shooting, was some kind of military person authorized to carry a weapon and responding to the shooting, or was in fact a second shooter that was shooting at victims. tha

well i mean the democratic mayor of d.c. vetoed the city council because he understood that having three large businesses that are going to employ a lot of people in low income areas is a good thing and that ultimately it's better to have nonunion non-unionized jobs than no jobs at all and nationally wal-mart pays pays their employees comparable wages to unionized supermarkets so the idea that they were just that they are destroyers of small businesses is actually not met by the data nationally well you know actually that's incorrect because when you look at wal-mart the reality is wal-mart yes pays some sours but they don't pay benefits very often and the benefits that they pay are too costly for most workers who are called associates and wal-mart to access that's the reality and in fact when you look around and see what happens with the wal-mart associates is that they end up on public assistance or they end up having to tap into food stamps or they end up in the emergency room so the reality is it's not only the destructi

but this is a part of d.c. southeast d.c. that's on lockdown as they continue to search for that gentleman you mentioned earlier. a black male, 5'10", about 180 pounds, in his 30s or 40s. at last check, they said he was wearing drab clothing. >> craig, a number of questions i have here. do we know how he got in the facility? he used someone else's identification card. are authorities there telling us how he got ahold of that? >> reporter: what you just said is about all we know, definitively at this point. that he used an i.d. badge that was not his own. i talked to someone who worked in that same facility and i asked him on our air about two, two-and-a-half hours ago, are there metal detectors? how do you get into that building? he said oh, no -- no, there are not metal detectors. there's a card swipe system that you use to get into that portion of the building. and he also did indicate that there are -- you know, this is a massive, massive facility we're talking about. there are parts of the building that do require card ac

the d.c. council is expected to pass that emergency legislation on monday which is the deadline for congress to reach a deal. a shutdown would force the district to suspend things including dmv services, trash collection and close libraries. there is debate d.c.'s attorney general says the move could be illegal and subject d.c. to fines. >>> 5:05 right now. the race for governor of virginia runs through mclean tonig tonight. ken cuccinelli and terry mcauliffe will square off for a live debate. tonight's debate will focus on the economy and other issues facing virginians. you can see it live here on nbc 4 and on nbcwashington.com starting at the 7:00 tonight. our northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry and i will be on the panel for that debate. and tonight's debate won't be the only political debate today. a private fund-raiser for ken cuccinelli. terry mcauliffe has been well ahead in raising money in this race. >>> democrat ralph nor it tham and e.w. jackson squared off during a debate in

>> d.c. police have increased patrols and undercover operations in the neighborhood to catch robbers. >> questions after a final report cleared seven alexandria plefrs in a deadly shooting. police say they have video that shows the death of a 30-year-old back in february. chief earl cook says it shows sellers pointing the gun on officers. seller's sister says she's seen the video and didn't see a gun. his family says he was a former marine who struggled with mental illness. the department will review the report. >> tonight, arson. a vacant factory late in the ground this afternoon. no one was hurt, but the smoke could be seen for miles. it forced people nearby to close their windows and doors to avoid the fumes. >> the likelihood of a shutdown is increasing as the battle in congress continues. a bill is sent back to the house that leaves the president's healthcare fund intact. there's also friction among republicans in the senate, and that drama played out in a back and forth exchange about s

, in southeast d.c. let's listen in to kathy linea, d.c.'s chief of police. >> military uniform consistent with naval uniform and a beret type hat. black mean between the ages of 40 and 50 and olive military style uniform he is approximately 5'10", 180 pounds, medium complexion with graying side burns. we have no indication of any motivate at thi --motive at thi. we are updaylighting and asking for family members, we know a -- updating and asking for family members, we know you have cell phones and contacting family members inside the navy yard, ncis has established a phone number 202-433-6151. a secondary number 202-433-9713. right now, we have an impact to the area obviously large part of the area is still on lock down we're still asking residents to stay out of the area and remain in your home. we do feel like the area is safe. we do still have an tiff search for potentially dangerous suspects, we are asking people to stay in their homes and out of the agency. there are multiple agencies here, we have

they believe shows apps responsible for throwing paint on d.c. landmarks -- doctors evaluated -- evaluating her say she's not competent to stand trial and want to evaluate her further. >> they worked to save lives after the naft very yard shooting and now the d.c. fire department and long with mayor gray will honor 30 paramedics who worked treating patients -- navy. update on building 197. the building is still considered and active crime scene with the f.b.i. still collecting data. once that is wrapped up crews will remove computers and other items forry turn. they're going to -- return. they will pack up cubicles and set them up at the old coast guard headquarters. >> as the last of the victims are buried their coworkers are faced with trying to move on. while the navy hasbro vi provid teams of counselors and chaplains they've invited some special guests. fox 5 allison simi has had a chance to spend time with one of those hoping to bring healing -- >> friends are making their rounds traveling here from up and down the east coast help employees

. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray notified the office of budget and management he will not keep city workers off the job should congress shut down the federal government. congress has constitutional authority over the district of columbia. >> in the past when federal workers are sent home, the mayor has been required to keep d.c. workers off the job. bruce johnson reports it is possible city leaders could face charges and step workers still might not be paid -- city workers still might not be paid. >> reporter: d.c. mayor vincent gray is clearly defying congress in a letter to omb this afternoon refusing to submit a plan for keeping most d.c. employees at home should most federal agencies be forced to shut down. >> we are indicating that all of our workers will be dealed deemed essential. >> reporter: the district -- deemed essential. >> reporter: the district is listing all 30,000 d.c. government employees to stay on their jobs. you have the authority to do this? >> we have the authority to set a p

and the people who are visiting d.c. this week have that in mind during their trip. >> these are some of their great features that the d.c. area has to offer with the zoo and, you know, the museums and things like that. so when they shut down, they really take away from things that the families can do. >> we're going to try to get in as much as we can today. >> reporter: daniel smith is here from san diego. >> we scheduled it a long time ago. not knowing what was going to happen as far as the shutdown. so we're here. we're going to take advantage of the moment. >> there are so many other things that you'll continue to have access to that we don't want to frighten any of the families that are planning on coming in. >> reporter: vivian pompellai says that the trip insurance will not cover the government shutdown as a reason to get a refund. >> that's not going to happen. and the amount of money that you're going to have to pay to reissue your ticket could run as much as $200 a ticket. nobody so far has hit the panic mode a

the d.c. naval yard shooting. just a short distance from the nation'nation's capitol, gun fia frantic search for answer he. and in our special coverage a look at the gunman and also ahead reopening the debate. >> we are confronting another mass shooting. >> another mass killing and what america will do to stop i.t. from happening again. -- to stop it from happening again. >> hello and welcome to this special edition of america tonight. scene of the d.c. navy yard shooting. already tonight the capitol is taking its respects to the 12 victims, the 13th was the shooter. it is a shores distance away from the scene of the -- short distance away from the scene of the attack. and under caution everyone even children were kept inside out of risk of harm. as many of the 3,000 workers on the sprawling campus were either just coming into work getting their breakfast beginning their day violently interrupted by the shots of a gunman reportedly a government contractor who came into the navy yard and then began firing. help cam

but when you hear the d.c. police chief cathy lanier say one suspect is dead, potentially they are on the lookout for two other shooters right now, you know, it's unclear what's going on, isn't it? >> reporter: i don't know if you can hear me. >> i'm sorry. yeah, i'm sorry. when you have a police chief come out and say there are two potential shooters still at large although inconfirmed it shows you how little is known about such a situation. the police chief kathy lanier talking about the shooting earlier today. the first report came in just before 8:15 eastern time. there were the metropolitan police department response team there within seven minutes. there are multiple fatalities. she said one police officer has been shot. he is in stable condition. and one shooter has been shot. and is dead. but the big news as you point out is the fact that there are potentially two other shooters out there. she described them, one a white male last seen around 8:35 this morning here at the naval center wearing etan milit

>>> d.c. could lose one of its two contestants on tonight's episode of survivor. >> candace cody will duke it out with rupert and marissa in the first redemption island challenge to determine who is first to go home. this is the d.c. resident's third season on the cbs reality competition. she is joined by her husband this time john, an army physician training for his orthopedic surgery residency at walter reed. that's a good looking couple there. >> indeed. >> survivor blood versus water air tonight followed by the season premiers of criminal minds at 9:00 and csi at 10:00. >>> here is what we're working on tonight for the 11:00. >> it's the video that got everybody talking and a lot of folks angry at us, the media. we won't show it to you now, but it is that just released fbi video of the navy yard shooter. we'll have a body language expert analyze it and come up with the profile of a killer. >> plus we take you to a place where terrorists all over the world are trapped. >> this place is so s

d.c. police chief and mayor are expected to hold a press conference within the next 20 minutes or so. i can tell you we've seen a lessening of tension here in this area just in the last 20 minutes or so. behind me we have started to see police units, as well as ems units, fire units starting to pull back from the scene, which would suggest things have stabilized at the scene. about 30, 40 minutes ago, we had a flurry of activity with just a huge number of police resources, s.w.a.t. teams rolling out of here at a very high rate of speed. on that report pete mentioned of a possible shooting at another air force base. that turned out not to be the case. since then things have calmed down just a bit here. i would point out that the d.c. area schools are on a lockdown. those schools in this nearby area. the department of transportation, which is next door to the navy yard also in a lockdown situation. the navy is telling the relatives of the employees, people who work there at the navy yard the

apps letter a d.c. police spokesperson stood by the ticket -- if the car triggers the camera the person is crossing a white line which is a traffic vile lates. >> news alert on a missing virginia teenager -- violation. >> there's a new person of interest in the disappearance of alexis murray. she disappeared august 3rd. her car was found in a charlotte apps ville parking lot. randy taylor has been charged in the case -- authorities will only say it's someone they've been talking to throughout the investigation. >> man hurt in an adams morgan nightclub has died. 45-year-old rockwell flint apartments death is a homicide investigation -- flint apps death is a homicide investigation. he was assaulted at the rendezvous lounge in adams morgan. the bars -- bar was closed for days while police investigated. >> a capitol hill monument was van dealt liesd. >> -- vandalized. >> we'll show you how thieves are taking advantage of you at the gas pump. >> lining up and selling out apple selling 9 million of its new ip

inside d.c. police, fire, ems, you also have the fbi joint terrorism task force, i saw some of them arriving on the scene moments ago along with the washington field office, fbi s.w.a.t. team that's respond there had along with the met toll tan police emergency response team. i saw their little peacekeeper armored vehicle go by a moment ago. to try contain the person and you see the helicopter because there's a possibility he could be on the roof, they want to have 360 coverage and able to contain this person. >> we want to pin down whether this guy is on the road. cnn's todd sperry is there. can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. >> what have you heard about the gunman possibly on the roof? >> we are a couple of blocks north of where the scene is, where the police and the major chaos is shutting down all the activity so i don't have any reporting on that. what we have seen are employees en masse walking north getting out of the area. there is an elementary school two blocks of there, parents a

police chief and also the d.c. mayor in washington, d.c. at the moment also president obama is expected to come out for a previously scheduled speech regarding the u.s. economy. today's the day that marks the collapse of lehman brothers that helped contribute to the financial fallout across the country that people are still dealing with today. but this is the latest information we have now based on the shooting that occurred first report at 8:20 a.m. eastern time that is the navy yartd 1.2 miles south of the capitol building and washington, d.c. shots fire inside the navy yard and a massive police response inside by helicopter in the air. and also by emergency vehicles on the ground. the numbers we have according to the washington, d.c. mayor that you just heard from, four wounded, about but no firm number of fatalities. he also believed that it was an isolated incident, his words. that took place again around 8:15, with 8:20 this morning. then you heard the police chief say potentially and she stressed potentially there is pursuit now of t

d.c. police chief now says there may be, may be three gunmen and two may still be on the loose. one suspect is dead. this according to the d.c. police chief, cathy lanier. shots broke out this morning around 8:30 a.m. eastern. witnesses describe one of the gunmen as a tall, bald man wearing black and carrying what looked like a rifle. at least two law enforcement officers are among the shooting victims. barbara starr reports that extra security has been mobilized at the pentagon, once again, out of an abundance of caution. they aren't saying they are responding to any specific threat at the pentagon. but security, i can tell you, has been intensified throughout so many locations here in the nation's capital right now. just a little while ago, we heard from president obama, he addressed the shooting in remarks at the white house. listen to what he said. i've been briefed by my team on the situation. we still don't know all the facts. but we do know that several people have been shot and som

and then you have this fact that the d.c. police department still is trying to check out this report of another person, which i think is going to turn out to be a washout, but they are just being very careful. and so, for all those reasons, that's right, everybody hasn't gone home yet. >> wow. have you learned any more details late today and tonight about this alleged shooter, aaron alexis? we've got reports today that he did have some relatively minor criminal history, also some interesting reports about his status as a defense contractor. how does that relate to his potential access to this site? >> well, he certainly had access to the site. there's no question about that. what we believe is that he came up here the last couple of days to work with a team of contractors on a military computer project and that they were staying in a hotel, a residence iinn right near the washington navy yard, and that's how he -- that's why he was so up close. still not 100% clear whether he was going to work at the navy yard today or whethe

d.c. responds, the d.c. establishment responds anyone who tries to tell the truth, i promise you, my observations right now that there are some republicans that would like a symbolic vote and would like to lose so that they don't have any risk of it actually being defunded, i promise you, those comments are not getting me invited to any cocktail parties in washington any time soon. and that's perfectly fine. i don't particularly enjoy cocktail parties anyway. you know what, though, this town needs loot more truth telling. it's absolutely true, everyone here knows it but you're not supposed to say it out loud. there's a cuss tox where we wink at each other and -- custom where we wink at each other and you say you're telling your constituents one thing and i'm telling my constituents one thing and let's not give them the opportunity to know the truth. if we got a hundred of your constituents or mine, if we got a hundred citizens from any of the 50 states and put them in this room instead of a hundred senators,

among them, d.c. police officer scott williams, a 23 year veteran of the force, who is said to be in good spirits. aaron alexis' family members apologized to those apparently caught in his path. >> this was something that nobody expected to happen. so i just want to let everybody know that whoever got hurt, the families and victims, the alexis family, our hearts go out to you. we apologize for the inconvenience of losing a loved one. we also lost a loved one. >> the navy yard actually back open this morning, but only critical personnel are coming to work. joining us now from the navy yard in washington, wrc's david culver. david, thanks for joining us. just tell us what you can add about aaron alexis. some friends say he was a practicing buddhist and he was peaceful. we hear about the video game involvement. just give us some details about this man. >> reporter: we are trying to gets a mu gets gets a much information as possible. i'm at the hospital where three of the victims have been transported to.

mayor anthony gray, chief of police in d.c. and the head of the d.c. office of the fbi which is heading the the investigation. the shooter was identified as aaron alexis. he was in the navy. he was kicked out back in 2011 after being arrested on a gun charge in 2010 in ft. worth, texas. we know there are 13 dead including the shooter. there were many, many rounds in building 197. around 8:20 a.m. on the fourth floor shots fired into a lunchroom where victims were shot and many apparently killed. they won't tell us, authorities, what kind of weapons were used, how many rounds fired or the gunman may have had on him when they took him down. the chief of police told us she's convinced there would have been more victims if they hadn't engaged the suspect. there were multiple engagements inside the building. not just from interior building security but from responding d.c. police officers and park police officers. they had active shooter teams in the building. >> i don't know if you know this. jennifer griffin will join us in a few minutes. how do you get k

d.c. police say two other potential shooters, at least six people reported to be deceased. that's all for now. andrea mitchell picks up with the d.c. shooting at the navy yard. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" breaking news, a deadly shooting at the naval yard this morning. talking now about reportedly as many as four dead, 12 others wounded, including a number of police officers. >> you can see a lot of personnel heading to the navy yard. >> it was like pow pow pow pow. then stopped. then pow pow pow pow pow. we just ran. >> how many shots? >> i counted at least seven. >> reportedly as many as four people dead, 12 others wounded including police officers. >> we have currently received three gunshot victims. we're in the process of caring for them. one is in the operating room already. another will be going to the operating shortly. >> three hours after the first shots were fired, police cornered and killed one gunman inside the facility. police described the shooter as an african

and d.c. is now the scene of a growing wage battle between workers and wal-mart attempts to make the company pay a living wage in d.c. have come up short but is the fight over more on that coming up. and we may be on the cusp of a medical crisis in the u.s. there's been an increase in bacteria that can resist antibiotics an increase that has the c.d.c. worried we'll tell you what's behind this increase later in the show. it's wednesday september eighteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin in syria and the u.n. investigators are planning to return to the war torn country in the next few weeks to collect more evidence of alleged chemical weapons use this comes shortly after a u.n. report published on monday concluded that sarin gas had been used and then august twenty first attack outside damascus though the report didn't assign blame to who carried out the attack while the u.s. the u.k. and france say the details of the report implicate the assad go

washington d.c. is one of the last major cities in the u.s. without a wal-mart and the largest retailer in the world announced the opening of six stores in the district the d.c. council passed a living wage bill this bill would have required wal-mart to pay its employees a minimum wage of twelve dollars and fifty cents per hour while d.c. mayor vincent gray called the bill a jobs killer and vetoed that measure and just yesterday the d.c. council fell just two shorts votes short of overriding that veto paving the way for wal-mart to begin to take over of the nation's capital so to discuss how the lack of a living wage bill will strike d.c. is working class and why wal-mart should change its slogan to everyday low wages i'm joined by mickey lewis executive director of d.c. jobs but just thank you so much for coming on and again you for having me and so what now you know it's vetoed the mayor viewed videos they voted you know they voted to not over the video are there any other legal avenues that we can take to make sure that wal-mart does not se

the d.c. council is expected to pass that emergency legislation on monday, which is the deadline for congress to reach a deal. >>> a shutdown would force the district to sus pend things and close libraries. the move could be subject to fines. >>> two more victims of the mass shooting at the navy yard will be remembered today by family and friends. ken proctor's family at the sacred heart church in la plata followed by a funeral mass at 10:00. a viewing for arthur daniels at 9:30 at the community of hope ame church. his funeral at 11:00. >>> you can help the nationals raise money for victims' families and survivors of the shooting. the team is auctioning signed jerseys the day they wore after aaron alexis killed 12 people at the navy yard. we checked out the auction site and so far more than $32,000 has been bid on those 41 jerseys. bryce harper has the highest at nearly $4,000. bidding runs through tomorrow night at 8:00. all proceeds will go to the navy yard tragedy family support fund. >>> t

six d.c. area schools, what an incredibly dramatic shot we are seeing as this helicopter continues to swoop over the campus of this property with two armed law enforcement officers. these are parked police choppers we have been watching going back and forth. just an extraordinary effort of jumping into action when all of this started to unfold. we wait for news on the shooter, whether or not there is only one shooter and confirmed numbers of how many people have essentially lost their lives wounded here this morning. bill: on standby. i want to go back to you because it has been a couple of minutes since we have spoken but you are watching images, what do we need to understand, what do you need to tell us of this operation and how it is unfolding? >> i just got a text message the reason the police believe there may be too shooters, they just get information from two hospitals, george washington hospital and the washington hospital center where the victims were taken. here is what is interestin

but we've also been told that the d.c. airport, washington reagan national airport just across the river from the navy yard has also temporarily suspended operations because of the flight patterns being so near the helicopters over the building. >> i've just been handed a note that washington hospital center is receiving the wounded from the navy yard but they don't have any numbers yet to tell us about people who may have been brought to them. help us to understand the scene because you're talking about all the different places that are either shut down or on alert including concerns about the air traffic because of the helicopters coming in. we have a very cursory map that we've been showing but where is the navy yard in relation to other things that people would know, like capitol hill, like the white house. >> reporter: all right. so there's the map that shows the navy yard. if we can put that on full screen it will be a little easier for all of us to see. it's across the river. the airport is on the other side of the

>> i think that d.c. police and the naval aauthorities are trying to be as cautious as they possibly can. it's unlikely that there's anybody left any more shooters. it would be a very strange thing if there were more than one to say nothing of three. but i think they want to be as cautious as they possibly can because the worst thing in the world for them is to say it's all clear and, in fact, it's not all clear. they're going to take it room by room, floor by floor, building by building until they're absolutely certain there's nobody left. >> i would like to ask you with regard to the military base itself is it safe to assume we can say it is not safe to have a domestic military base? you obviously have military bases off shore and they can be in dangerous situation when you see something like this you don't know whether it's work place violence or terror, a lot of questions out there, is it safe to say our military bases are not safe' ven on domestic turf? >> we've had two pretty serious shootings on mi

of course the massive shooting in washington, d.c. where as you can see the associated press is boating navy officials now as six people are dead, that shoolgt happening around -- shooting happening around 8:20. and the situation from the united nations of syria and the situation in colorado of flooding. we'll be right back. >> we continue to follow the developments coming out of washington, d.c, that's when at 8:20 this morning, men walked into the navy yard in washington, d.c. and opened fire. the ap reporting there are six people are dead. some saying as many as ten people were wounded, others saying as many as 12. trauma centers around washington are put on alert. right now the area is on lock down. some 3,000 workers who work inside the navy yard have been told to stay in place as this situation unfolds. and also, as we were on the air just moments ago, there was this that came in to our newsroom. this of course being the results of the study by the united nations concerning chemical weapons attack. it is some 40 pages long. thos

we can tell you is d.c. police and the fbi say there is a shooter inside the military building at the washington navy yard. police responding to reports of shots fired and fbi spokesman says there's at least one victim. we're not sure on that condition. the navy also confirming on the internet they are looking for a gunman, we're told still on the loose. we do have our affiliate in washington, d.c., that would be wrc, they are doing the same thing we are, we are -- they are covering that breaking news, no pictures out of the washington navy yard just yet. this is the home of the navy system's command in washington, also the home of the chief of naval operations. we continue to monitor this. less listen as wwrc has development. >> it's a hub of activity. the department of transportation is there, a number of people who work there, the marine barracks there. a lot of people arriving for work so i can't imagine the scene that unfolded once police figured out what was going on and entered the building to try to

he brings visitors to d.c. by the bus load at least three times a week. >> i've got to put food on the table, and you have to pay your rent. >> we're going to have to improvise, pointing things out, more than letting folks off and in and making the best of the situation. >> by shutting down these museums we're going to lose all our clients. >> reporter: james dupree has been a bus driver nearly four decades busing people on historic tours and to national parks. he brings thousands of tourism dollars to d.c. while the city he helps tries to find way to take them away. >> i'm hoping they get their stuff together up there on the hill and look out for me and my family and everybody else also. >> reporter: the national zoo would be one of those smithsonian casualties that would shut down if the government does, and people who are visiting d.c. this week have that in mind during their trip. >> these are some of the great features that d.c. has to offer with the zoo and the museum and things like that. so when they're

here is d.c. mayor vincent gray this afternoon. >> we talked about the possibility of there being two other suspects. one is ruled out, one has been identified and no longer a superintendent. he's been talked to by law enforcement officials and there's no reason to continue any views that he may have been involved in this. there is still yet another person who is identified earlier. that is a person in the video who was wearing a drab olive uniform, around 50 years of age. around 5'10", african american man, we are continuing to look for him to determine what, if any, involvement he may have had. >> precious little information was coming forth tony. in an event later this morning even president obama paused at the top of an event. he had to talk about the economy, he praised the workers and the sympathy for the families. some 3,000 employees, was this building was the center of the gun fire. captain mark vandroff described a scene are with he convened a meeting and minutes later bullets came crash

it shows washington, d.c. you can see here it's a newspaper boy, some sort of possibly like a police officer, a official. this is a well-dressed woman. this is a coach or carriage driver. women with products of -- [inaudible] coming from charlestown, saint mary county coming up to washington, d.c., to the center market selling goods. this is went on for almost a century. this image kind of portrays that. as you can see, the capitol dome is in the back. okay, a fascinating fellow. as i mentioned earlier, john c. -- sorry. i mentioned this to mr. cole. frederick douglass -- 1847, starts the north starr niewp. he had a riff with william lloyd gareson. they a difference of opinion. douglass said i'm going to take matters to my own hands. he started the "north star." changed names a couple of times. he ran a newspaper in new york for 17 to 18 years. he retired ceased publication during the civil war, and he was looked on as most prominent newspaper man of his era. prominent black newspaper man of his era. john c. u

the d.c. council follows through with the threat to pass a bill declaring all city workers essential and thus able to work during a shutdown. >> i think we aught to basically ignore the fact that the federal government is being shut down. we should not respond to the office of management budget at all. >> d.c. would be treated like other federal agencies. >> you prepare to be arrested? >> absolutely. >> police, fire, and other essential workers would report to the job. dmv, libraries, and other services would be shut down. the d.c. council plan would defy the congress by having all agencies open with all city employees still collecting their city checks. >> are you concern that members on the hill, at least some might see this as defiance? which has authority over the city's budget? >> they might, but i think there's lots of people who recognize that the district should be freed from this. >> the city budget is just over $10 billion per year. the mayor says $6 billion of that is all local mone

a gunman opened fire inside the washington, d.c. navy yards killing and injuring multiple victims and forcing parts of nation's capel toll to go into lockdown mode. >>> part of the collapse that landed the u.s. into a recession, president obama will address the state of the economy from the rose garden. >>> hundreds of homes have been destroyed and thousands are yet to be accounted for. >>> u.n. inspectors say there's convincing evidence chemical weapons were used in an attack in syria. >>> we continue to follow breaking news coming out of the nation's capital, washington, d.c. police are saying at least one gunman have been contained in the building on the grounds of the washington navy yard in southeast washington. as many as three shooters including one in military fatigues is on the scene, according to a report by "the washington post." shortly after 8:20 this morning, there were shorts fired inside the command headquarters building on the grounds of the washington navy yard you see there on the banks of the river. there are con

right now, d.c. mayor vincent gray. >> the yard and the immediate area beginning this morning about 8:20 a.m. a shooter entered the building 197, which is a navy sea comm d command, and began shooting. our active shooter team responded immediately there. they launched a search for the shooter and engaged at least one person along the way. we know that there are four wounded that have been removed from the scene and taken to a hospital. we are still trying to confirm the number of fatalities involved, and we'll have to do that later. as far as we know, this is an isolated incident. we don't know of any other installations that are involved in this. we would ask all the residents in this area to please stay out of the area. this is an active investigation that is going on. of course, because this involves the military and the federal government, we have been actively and directly and continuously involved with the white house about this incident confirming what we know at this stage. i want to call upo

. >> a shooting rampage at the washington, d.c. navy yard, several people killed including one gunman. but we can tell you this threat is not over. a community still on edge this hour with authorities still searching for those two additional gunmen. good morning, everything, thank you very much for joining us, i'm john kelly. >> the tragic numbers are changing by the hour, but here's the latest, 17 people dead, another five wounded in the rampage. this all happened about 3 1/2 miles from the white house at this navy yard. we turn to danielle lee with the latest. >> reporter: we now know the shooter is dead and police are looking for two additional shooters that could be in the area. meanwhile the area where i am remains on lockdown. as you can see behind me, on alert and on edge. >> authors say a gunman possibly armed with a military style assault rifle walked into a building at the washington navy yard where 3,000 people work and started shooting. police say multiple people have been killed and even more are injured. >> he was sho

schools in the d.c. area remain on lockdown and we're continuing to follow this here in the newsroom and washington, d.c. tyler, more when we get it. back to you. >> all right. >> thank you. >> down to sue now. >> we have more developing news here. we are hearing, bob pisani is hearing from a source and we confirmed it with the post behind us, the nasdaq has halted trading in options. >> apparently there is a problem with the system pricing options here. so -- >> that's how it started the last time. >> the reporting authority, the authorities that actually goes out and puts out prices on the options, apparently is having problems. we're getting reports some of the options exchanges are not working properly. trying to work through it right now. >> problem with the options price reporting authority. >> yeah. >> is the formal term for it. they -- the nasdaq has halted trading in options at this point. developing story we're working on president the guys at the post helpings us out with that. appreciate it.

d.c. s.w.a.t. teams and security officials entered the building i would say about 10, 15 minutes ago in search of the gunman. reporting several people have been wounded in this incident. no reports of fatalities. the identity of the gunman is unknown. no idea yet as to what kind of weapon this gunman was brandishing. >> i want to add a couple more things. wrc our local affiliate in washington reporting two people inside the building have been shot and one of those shot was actually on the roof. the question of course is, is that where the gunman is now? we don't know. casey hunt is one of the capitol hill reporters who happens to be in the area right now on the phone. casey, what can you me about what you are seeing. >> hey, chuck. it is a chaotic scene here at the navy yard. there multiple fire trucks and police cars and ambulances. we were just moved across. a few minutes ago this is still an active shooter situation. they don't have it under control. there multiple agencies down here. the police

most locations in d.c. right now are in the mid and upper 50s and will stay this way through 8:00 this morning and then by 10:00 still mostly cloudy and into the low to mid-60s. then we see some sunshine breaking out around noontime. by then temperatures should be into the upper 60s to near 70. ashburn, loudoun county, hometown forecast there by noontime should be near 70 and partly sunny. we'll take a look at the rest of your thursday. that's coming in about ten minutes. now a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >>> good morning, tom. first alert traffic center checking local roads in the district, not seeing anything to warn you about. traveling over bridges in southeast, they all check out anyways and clear, easy commute. now let's shoot over to 395 folks traveling northbound 395 giving you a heads-up about a disabled vehicle. luckily it's just off to your right shoulder lane. police are on scene as well. your travel lanes north and south, they're open. southbound at edsall had an earlier work zo

here is what we know so far, d.c. police say at least 12 people were killed, what if that number is expected to grow. officials say at least four people including a d.c. police officer was wounded three of them critically, and one gunman was killed. investigators were still searching for another possible gunman. tonight's [ technical difficulties ] >> earlier today, they have now handed over the invest gieigatio the fbi. but she talked about two suspects still at large dressed in military fatigues. still an active investigation. the associated press is reporting that one of those is in tan fatigues and bearing a beret hat has now been taken off of the list. one thing of interest here in building 197, where apparently all of the attack did take place. many witnesses told us while there is high security, as you might expect, there is no metal detector that individuals have to walk through to get on to the grounds. they do have to show id however. toni? >> mike, you might have been talking about a possible second gunman.

mayor anthony gray, chief of police in d.c. and the head of the d.c. office of the fbi which is heading the the investigation. the shooter was identified as aaron alexis. he was in the navy. he was kicked out back in 2011 after being arrested on a gun charge in 2010 in ft. worth, texas. we know there are 13 dead including the shooter. there were many, many rounds in building 197. around 8:20 a.m. on the fourth floor shots fired into a lunchroom where victims were shot and many apparently killed. they won't tell us, authorities, what kind of weapons were used, how many rounds fired or the gunman may have had on him when they took him down. the chief of police told us she's convinced there would have been more victims if they hadn't engaged the suspect. there were multiple engagements inside the building. not just from interior building security but from responding d.c. police officers and park police officers. they had active shooter teams in the building. >> i don't know if you know this. jennifer griffin will join us in a few minutes. how do you get k

if you are from d.c. you probably heard about dunbar from my mom or dad or uncle, if you are not from d.c. the story might be unfamiliar to you so i want to introduce a little bit to folks who are thinking why is everybody talking about this high school and what is so important about it? the story goes something like this. dunbar high school was a place where a highly educated and engaged teachers to have the highest expectations for their students and as a result produce scholars who went to college in the 1950s 80% of high school graduates went to college and as a result they exiled in wide-ranging fields from business to education to the sciences and the arts. i could be talking about andover or exeter or any of these schools but one of the reasons dunbar was so spectacular and the story itself is so spectacular was because don barr was a segregated high school in the nation's capital and it produced some of the greatest african-americans and the greatest americans period. so many firsts came from dunb

he brings thousands of tourism dollars to d.c. while the city he helps tries to find ways to take them away. >> i'm hoping that they can get things together on the hill and look out for me and my family and everybody else. >> reporter: the national zoo would be one of those smithsonian casualties that would shut down if the government does and people who are visiting d.c. this week have that in mind during their trip. >> these are some of the great features that d.c. has to offer with the zoo and the museums and things like that. when they shut down, it really takes away from things that families can do. >> we're going to try to get in as much as we can today. >> reporter: daniel smith is here from san diego. >> we scheduled it a long time ago not knowing what would happen as far as a shutdown. we're here. we're going to take advantage of the moment. >> reporter: there are so many other things you will still continue to have access to. >> we don't want to frighten some of the families that are already planning on coming in. >> rep

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mayor and the d.c. police chief. we'll take you there live as soon as they get in front of the podium to give us the details on what is behind these deadly shootings where we know 12 people are dead. the dow tonight up 117 points on the session, triple-digit gain.

a diplomat in the hospital after getting hit by a car in northwest d.c. it happened about 9:30 tonight at 36th and garfield streets. secret service police are investigating. they say the diplomat was on a bicycle at the time. the driver of the car that hit him stayed on the scene. we don't know yet how badly that man was injured. >> a new design proposal on the table for a casino and hotel at national harbor. mgm revealed the $800 million design today. in creating the one million square foot casino and hotel. >> mgm is competing with other hotels to build. the state hopes to choose a winning design by the end of the year. >>> tonight, a lesbian couple in maine, has a former president's signature on their marriage license. the "washington post" reports that former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara served as witnesses for the couple on saturday. one of the brides posted this photo on facebook of mr. bush signing the license. newlyweds, bonnie and helen are co-owners of the general store in ken boek, maine. we're long time friends of the bush f