these 12 members of our navy team, our navy family, were killed in the line of duty. they died in the service to our nation. the service to our navy. in service, they were just as committed to as any of us in uniform. for that service, we honor them. for that service, we will never forget them. i salute these american heroes. >>> good evening. last monday's horrific shootings at the navy yard were a tragedy for the nation, for the navy yard, and most importantly, for the loved ones of those lost and for those who suffered injuries. and it also was a tragedy here in the district of columbia. residents of our city lost friends and neighbors, mothers and fathers, colleagues and fellow church members. and our brave first responders joined their federal counterparts in doing their duty fearlessly and unselfishly. among those injured on monday was one of our own metropolitan police officers. officer scott williams was one of the first to respond, and he was shot in both legs. his bravery is symbolic of countless other personnel from our metropolitan police department, our f

they were members of our navy family. these were our shipmates. they are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters going to work to provide for their families and serve their nation. the nature of our navy family is that we serve together and we depend on each other in times of need. we celebrate each other's successes and our triumphs and we grieve together in times of sorrow. these shipmates dedicated to their years to building and maintaining the finest navy working alongside each other for a purpose greater than themselves: they are the best naval engineering team in the world, a team that designs, repairs, maintains our ships and submarines. they plan and manage budgets. they research, design, and build our future. this team is the genesis of the united states sea power. it all starts here. above all else,2tjey are part of the navy. navy strength has been and will continue to be the resilience and endurance of our people during times of crisis whether an attack on pearl harbor or more recently the bombing of the united states us "uss cole" our

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these 12 members of our navy team, our navy family, were kill in the line of duty. they died in the service to our nation. the service to our navy. for that service, we honor them. for that service, we will never forget them. i salute these american heroes. good evening, last week's problem at the navy yard were a sad day for the nation, the navy yard, and most importantly those lost and who suffered injuries and was a tragedy for the district of columbia. residents of our cities lost friends, neighbors, mothers, fathers, colleagues and fellow church members. and our brave first responders join their federal counterparts in doing their duty fearlessly and unselfishly. one of our own metropolitan police officers. officer scott williams is one of the first to respond. and he was shot in both legs. his bravery is symbolic of countless other personnel from our metropolitan police department, our fire and emergency medical services, and our federal and local public safety agencies who answered the call to duty without hesitation. we're reviewing their response to learn a

god bless you, our navy, and the united states of america. thank you. >> as a military organization, we have experienced all too often the searing pain of combat losses and honored the main who, in lincoln's words, have sacrificed their lives on the altar of freedom. today we honor 12 patriots who made the same sacrifice in the service of their nation, this time here at home. we rightly set aside special days and solemn rituals to recognize, honor, and ref veer the men and women in uniform who have paid the final price in the defense of our freedoms. these nine men and three women deserve no less. their work, and that of thousands of their civilian colleagues around this city and country is critical to our nation's security. without the civilians at naval sea systems command, we literally would not have a fleet to put to sea, and we could not operate without the navy's capacity and command. l we are a critical part of the navy marine corps team and the navy marine corps family. and we are a family. uniform and civilian, we work together, serv

these 12 members of our navy team, our navy family, they were killed in the line of duty. they died in service to our navy, in service just a that the committed to just as any of us in uniform. for that service we honor them. for that service we will never forget them. i salute these american heroes. >> i want to bring in my colleague who is joining us from washington, where she is just outside of the ceremony. if you will, jeanne, give us a preview of what we can expect throughout the hour. >> well, they're expecting 4,000 people to attend the service here to commemorate those 12 individuals who were killed here last monday. there were an array of speakers on the roster to speak. among them secretary of defense, and even joint chief of staff general dempsey will speak. we don't know the substance of president obama's remarks yet, and whether or not he will touch on the issue of gun control. these are things he has come back to in other shooting events in this country. whether he'll raise it here, we certainly don't know. gun control has been bus pushedk in national conver

these people of our navy team, our navy family were killed in the line of duty. they died in the service to our nation, the service to our navy. in service they were jft as -- just as committed to as any of us in uniform. for that service we honor them. for that service, we will never forget them. i salute these american heros. >> good evening. last monday's horrific shootings at the navy yard were a tragedy for the nation, for the navy yard, but most importantly, for the loved ones of those lost and for those who suffered injuries. it also was a tragedy here in he district of columbia. residents of our cities lost friends, neighbors, mothers, fathers, colleagues and fellow church members. and our brave first responders joined their federal counterparts in doing their duty fearlessly and unselfishly. among those injured on monday is one of our own metropolitan police officers. officer scott williams was one of the first to respond, and he was shot in both legs. his bravery is symbolic of countless other personnel from our metropolitan police department, our fire

they died in the line of service to our navy. in service they were just as committed to as any of us in uniform. >> residents of our city lost friends and neighbors. mothers and fathers. colleagues and fellow church members. >> secretary of defense chuck hagel commended the work these men and women did for the military and the days that lie ahead for their loved ones. >> today we come together at this historic post to begin a road of healing and recovery, it is a path we walk together. >> bringing gun violence back in the spotlight. >> fence a backdrop of daily tragedies. as an epidemic of tragedies across america. >> but today the focus was not on politics and the political divide. instead it was a moment to take together to honor the men and women who died. juan carlos molina, al jazeera. >> typhoon usagi is now a tropical storm, the typhoon hit early sun morning in quandong province in china. this typhoon was the strongest storm to hit the western pacific this year, rain and strong winds. craig gleason has more. >> the streets

we remember the power of our navy personnel. we will remember the face of tragedy. we remember the time line resilience of the institution that the victims were part of that they so proudly supported. and the nation they so humbly served. god bless the families, friends and those who we remember today. and god bless our country. >> that was secretary of defense chuck hegel. and now we have the president of the united states walking up to the podium. and, of course, this is something that the president has talked about before and other instances. let's listen to see what the president has to say. secretary hegel, leaders across this city, there are forces to all of the outstanding first responders. most of all, for the families whosehearteds have been broken. we cannot comp rehnd your loss. we know that no words we offer today are equal. to the magnitude of the depths of that loss. but we come together as a grateful nation to honor your loved ones. to grieve with you and to offer as best we can some sol lis and some comfort. >> on the day we lost dr. martin luther ki

its to -- to support our navy family. this was -- a naval assistance man. they build our ships. design our ships. civilians, military working side by side. reaching out to the victims. reaching out to their families. reaching out to the entire navy family. giving them whatever -- whatever assistance they need. we have grief counselors right now for people coming out of the navy yard. for longer term care. we have set up a center at the joint base. and just encourage people to -- you know, we are dealing with this as a family. as a navy family. >> out of the 12 people who were shot and killed, i know you haven't released names yet, pending notification of next of kin. do we know how many are military? how many are civilian? >> i cannot comment on that until the next of kin is notified. >> heartwrenching situation. secretary of the navy, you have to deal with the families. the white house just release aid little readout on the president's phone call with you saying that, you know you updated him on what was going on. he obviously as all of us are, deeply disturbed. shaken by what

to our viewers at home supposed to start an hour ago but giving the navy yard, you can understand why there's been a delay. our understand that is correct people filing on stage are people of the president to reference as people that he will point to. who have been benefited by -- benefited rather from the policies of his administration. so we're waiting on that. the president is well under the two minute warning so we should see him in a matter of minutes here but lauri was talking about the stock market and just on an absolute tear and today -- >> president of the united states. >> larry summers strong candidate to succeed ben and his name. here we go now live in washington, president obama. >> before i begin, let me say a few words about the tragedy that's unfolding not far away from here at the washington navy yard. that's part of why our event today was delayed. i've been briefed by my team on the situation. we still don't know all of the facts. but we do know that several people have been shot and some have been killed. so we're confronting yet another mass shooting. and today i

this was a horrific day for our navy family. we want to thank the first responders. want to thank the police and fire and medical folks that did such a great job. >> has everyone been accounted for in the shooting? >> we have done a mustard. we're going through the list in any muster, emergency or otherwise, takes about 24 to 36 hours to account for everybody. we're actively doing that as we speak. >> have all of the families of the dead been notified of the deaths? >> the casualty assistance team that does such notifications has informed chaplains and counselors have been notified, whether the families have been notified, i don't know. >> we know this has been a terrible day. so, thank you very much secretary of the navy, ray mavis, former governor of mississippi. thank you. >> thank you. >>> this is the deadliest mass shooting in the u.s. since 26 people were killed, including 20 first graders last december in newtown connecticut. that, of course, followed the aurora colorado movie shooting in july of last year. 12 died there. it is the deadliest shooting on a u.s.

it seems to be quite incautious and we owe it to our soldiers, our airmen, our navy to be very cautious. we have u.s. personnel in the region already. we've -- we cannot be so incautious that the idea of saving face becomes more important than avoiding a calamity for our country, for the region and the death of innocent people. >> senator kyl, let's assume that we go in there and do this little slap but don't want to take them out, they hit us back and them we hit them again. is it all out war, then? and why aren't the neighbors to syria doing anything about this? >> no, i don't think syria, iran, or russia for that matter is going to start a war with the united states. i think that's fanciful. and it's also the case that the freedom fighter in the country right now and the majority of the people fighting are not al qaeda. just imagine what they will feel after the united states has assured them that they were going to take action against assad and then we did nothing? i mean, if you want to get rid of assad, you've got to be able to support the people who are fighting against him and m

yard on our website, www.wusa9.com. other media outlets did the same. should we have posted those pictures? we asked the question on tellwusa9.com and right now the yes votes outweigh the no's, barely, though. you can weigh in on the debate any time at tellwusa9.com. >>> like a lot of you, we saw the endescription elf on aaron alexis' shotgun and the navy yard shooter claims that the government was trying to control him through extremely low frequency transmissions straight into his brain. we were curious about elf and went to dr. rebecca thompson with the american physical society. >> reporter: it's basically a radio wave, only it's a lot bigger. just like radio waves that can be used to send signals, it can go through water a lot more easily than radio waves. so a lot of times it was used for submarines, so to have submarines communicate back and forth. >> big emphasis on the word was there. dr. thompson says currently there are no modern day applications for elf because it's slow and it's difficult to transmit inform

our navy could not be in that her hands. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming admiral greenert. >> thank you, and thank you for your service, taking care of our sailors and rings and servicemen during your time in the congress. thank you for the opportunity to address you today. i am a service chief, and i think i got the best job in the world because i get out and about and get to see our sailors and marines, coast guard men, and they are doing a remarkable job. as we look around the world, it is dynamic and there is a lot of stuff going on. ours the peak will who are asymmetric advantage. all the technological things in the world are great, but without people, you can forget it. this is the 40th anniversary of the all-volunteer force, and it is a good idea to take a minute and the thankful that we have a generation and have had generations of people willing to step up and serve like that. if i can, let me talk about navy update today, what we are doing out there today, and what i think we will be doing for a w

the navy yard is blocks away. as you've shown from the maps, there was panic on capitol hill when this happened. dana, you were there all day, there was a lockdown at the senate, and i know you were talking about how that felt, what it was reminiscent of, but it was only the senate. >> reporter: that's right. and it happened hours after the incident at the navy yard, but it was about an hour and a half after the d.c. police chief announced that there could be two suspects at large. so what happened was this door and the doors around it on the senate side, they were closed. people couldn't come in and out. but the issue was that on this side of the capitol, of course it's the same building and the house, they didn't close it off. so there was some confusion as to what people should be doing. an abundance of caution, the sergeant at arms decided to have a partial lockdown here. >> they tried to pass gun control legislation, obviously unsuccessful, now we are reporting that an ar-15 used in some of those horrific mas

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because of our united states navy. our military around the world has kept us safe. we've been in confrontations, but not of our choosing for the most part. and i think we've done a pretty good job. martha: and i know you think that, you're very concerned about the funding for our military. >> i am. martha: you made that very clear, congressman. thank you so much. it is very good to have you here today. >> thank you. martha: congressman buck mckeon. we'll see you next time. bill: we can't to take a moment and review the timeline on the syrian crisis in the administration's own words from the president's original red line comment einvolved from august of last year to how we got to where we are today. watch. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized that would change my calculus. that would change my equation. what i said that the use of chemical weapons would be a game-changer, that wasn't unique to, that wasn't a po

our experts helping us to understand what might be in the mind of the navy shooter thank you all very much. that's it for america tonight. please remember if you would like to comment log on to our website. >> welcome to al jazeera. i'm john siegenthaler. here are the headlines. washington police are looking for another possible suspect tonight in the navy yard hoot shooting in d.c. 13 people were killed including one shooter. that was the man authorities say was aaron alexis 34 years old, recently worked in fort worth text. originally two people were thought to have helped the shooter, now only one man. eight people now dead hundreds unaccounted for after nearly a week of torrential rains in colorado. 18 people have

to see all of our stories about the navy yard shooting go to fox- baltimore dot com and click on navy yard shooting in the hot topics section on the left side of the screen. a deadly standoff enters day four, after militants stormed an upscale shopping mall in nairobi, killing at least 62 people. as the situation plays out, andrew spencer reports u-s officials are looking into reports of american involvement in the attack. kenyan officials tried to assure the public, saying security forces were in control of the westgate shopping mall...but as the sun rose in nairobi, tuesday morning, several gunmen were still inside the upscale mall they raided on saturday. at the time, it wasn't clear whether any hostages were still inside. the u-s state deparmtent is looking into reports that some of those gunman are americans. "...but we have no definitive evidence at this point of the nationalities or the citizenship of any of those involved. now, it's ongoing and we'll continue to look into it as the days continue." the al-qaeda- linked militant group, al- shabaab, has recruited americans before

right now what i can tell you is our initial call came in for a shooting on the navy yard. it came at 3:15, request for metropolitan police department assistance. our units were on the scene, shooter teams deployed and deployed on base within seven mince of the first call coming in. multiple active shooter teams from the metropolitan police department, park police, u.s. marshals, eventually also fbi have been inside the base since that time. right now, and this is very, very preliminary, we have one npd officer shot, an engagement with the shooter inside of the navy yard. we have one shooter that we believe involved in this that is deceased. we also have other casualties. i will not give a confirmed number at this time but i'd say we have multiple victims inside that are deceased. we'll give numbers once that is confirmed. the big concern for us now is we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located at this point. so right now all we have on potential other shooters, this is not confirmed, we potentially may have two additional shooters out there, one being

., as we continue our thoughts on the situation unfolding at the washington navy yard, if you can tell me, how far does the lockdown in washington continue? in other words, how big of a state of alert is washington, d.c. on? >> the coast guard set up a temporary restricteded zone. all of the waterways are off limits to both not already there. when you walk around the area around the yard until then driving around the roadways around there and having also driven through this morning, i've seen an enhanced security presence. in some cases there are people on capitol hill. i saw a kument of officers with automatic weapons. there are people out with dogs. there are cars in certain places. there's an enhanced presence around the white house. i don't think that this is an insignificant scenario. it may go on for hours or for a day, but i don't think it's something that is going to pop back to normal or regress to normal within the next couple of hours. >> j.j. -- >> this could last for a while. >> you have to take a back seat to the president of the united states. president barack obama. >>

to see all of our stories about the navy yard shooting go to fox- baltimore dot com and click on navy yard shooting in the hot topics section on the left side of the screen. democrats and republicans are at odds over the budget and just days away from shutting down the federal government over their disagreement. a familiar sounding story. craig boswell tells us...the only difference is... this time around the new health care law is at the center of the tug-of- war. just 24 hours before beginning to proceed on a new spending plan to keep the federal government afloat the senate majority leader delivered a message to republicans.. reid says: "we're going to vote tomorrow regardless of what anyone says or does today." gop leaders are battling democratic plans to remove the part of the legislation that defunds the affordable care act - also known as obamacare. mcconnell says: "the senate leader is counting on his democratic allies to amend bill, he can only lose four democrats. just four." the house passed the measure last friday removing the funding for the healthcare law. the two sides

navy or military demands used to serve our nation, then you will get another honorable discharge. you deserve that. society would serve no less. >> you know, people were there today. >> i do. as a matter of fact, it's amazing how far those go back. i had a young officer that worked for me that is now the navy captain that interviewed earlier with wolf blitzer. i had a naval academy classmate accompany me. two officers with me on board usscole when it was attacked, both of them were on the 3rd floor, heard the shots and immediately assessed the situation and began the evacuation process to get people out to safety almost immediately. >> matt, what are you going to be looking for over the next 24 hour, 48 hours? >> i want to know if there were any signs that said he was going to do this today. so typically, in a mass shooting there are precursors to that event. whether it's a conversation with someone or a pattern of behavior. >> communicating with others. >> exactly. it would be nice to know if that's a factor in this. >> guys, thank you very much for being on. i appreciate it. tha

our experts helping us to understand what might be in the mind of the navy shooter thank you all very much. ♪ rebels in the southern philippines take the police chief hostage as the army continues the defensive. ♪ hello and welcome, world news from al jazeera and it's good to have you here. also in this program the french foreign minister heads to moscow for a resolution following the chemical weapons report. police identify the former navy service man who shot dead 12 people at a military base in

those are the attributes that we depend upon from our navy and from your navy. i look forward to working with congress to find solutions that will ensure the navy retains the ability to organize and train and equip this in the defense of our nation will operate in concert with the record. my thanks to you in the committee for the sport until you have shown us during this difficult time. and in many other times as well. clearly you continue to have our best interests at heart. thank you. and i think you. general? >> thank you, mr. chairman. established members of the committee, it's always an honor to appear before you. i think you for your continued support. the results were sobering, i think to all of us. sequestration remains in place for fiscal year 2014. and we are forced to cut hours 15%. many of her flying units fine units will not be able to maintain mission readiness and we will have to cancel or curtail exercises programs, which we were able to avoid in 2014. over the long-term it will impact both structure of readiness and modernization. the next five

the deadly shooting at the navy yard in washington, >>> we return now to coverage of our top story. the deadly shooting at the navy yard in washington, d.c. >> here's what we know this morning. 13 people, including the shooter, are dead. the victims all civilians. range in age from 46 to 73 years old. eight people were injured. investigators say aaron alexis was the lone gunman. he was a civilian contractor working for the navy. >> a sudden burst of violence at the beginning of an ordinary monday morning sent employees at the naval yard scrambling for cover. here's their story in their own words. >> when we heard the alarm, we didn't all know what was happening. we were just trying to get people to move into the stairwell and get them out of the building. when we saw one of the gunmen, at least the one that was on the third floor was down the hallway, he appeared to be a tall man. looked like he might have been in a dark blue navy uniform. he had a rifle, some kind of weapon with him. as we were standing there, trying to get our colleagues through the passageway, he pointed the gun

our experts helping us to understand what might be in the mind of the navy shooter thank you all very much. welcome to aljazeera, i'm morgan and here are the headlines. authorities have still found no motive for the shooting at the washington navy yard. but all indications are that aaron alexis acted alone. 12 killed in the shooting and eight more injured. three shot but they are in stable condition. the u.n. has found evidence of chemical weapons in syria. >>> americans who rely on food stamps to get b

fighters when the air force says we need 250, destroying seven of our navy cruisers which have twice the fire power of the entire british navy, creating a training crisis for our air force and a maintenance short fall for our navy ship, and doing away with the joint forces command without any predecision analysis? if you had to pick between those two as to which is more detrimental to national defense, would you pick choice number one or choice number two? >> congressman, i hope those won't be the choices. >> if they were the choices because choice number two is what the administration did outside of sequestration. and so i just need to you give me a little perspective. if you had to pick one or the other, which would it be more detrimental to the national defense of the country? >> again, i'll answer your question but let me make one comment. i hope the congress and the president will resolve the choice number two -- >> that is not relating to equestration, mr. secretary. 587 billion. >> that wasn't just the president, that was the congress as well. >> but the president proposed it,

right now what i can tell you is our initial call came in for a shooting on the navy yard. it came in shortly after 8:15. there was a request for metropolitan police department assistance. our units were on the scene, active shooter teams were deployed and actually deployed on base within 7 minutes of the first call coming in. multiple active shooter teams from the police department, park police, u.s. marshals and also fbi. >> we appear to be having difficulty with the news conference coming out of washington, d.c. >> we also have other casualties. i will not give a confirmed number at this time, but i would say we have multiple victims inside that are deceased. we will give updates once we have those numbers confirmed. the big concern for us right now is that we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located at this point. so right now all's we have on those potential other shooters and this is not confirmed. we potentially may have two additional shooters out there. one being a white male who was last seen around 8:35, 8:40 this morning in a khaki tan milita

we have continue coverage of the navy yard shootings in our 6:30 half hour going to washington, dc for an update on the shooting investigation. we will hear from the suspect's family. at 7:00, "good morning america" will have the latest from washington, dc. >> now breaking news from oakland, right now firefighters are on the scene of a three-alarm fire involving two buildings. and eric, i have the new information, we new have been told that three buildings were touched by fire impacting 12 people. they got the fire out. they are watching for hotspots and they think they have figured out what starts this fire. it started around 3:30 this morning on 24th street at market in oakland. it started in the back of a home in the laundry room. it spread to both next door neighbor's homes. it started because of an electrical problem. because it spread to both homes firefighters called if a -- for a third alarm. we had three buildings close to each other. the first company got on scene they had two fires in two buildings so that will escalate our task, now, will split our resources between the two

jenna: and many of our viewers have not been on a navy base. it's not something we do on a regular basis unless you're attached to the military in some way or a civilian working on the base but when you enter here at the navy yard, would someone search your car? look through my handbag? would they wait until i reach a building? how is security done there? >> right. good question. if you have an appointment with somebody on the military establishment, the military ground, you have to go through a search and lane of traffic. they do search your car, look underneath the car with mirrors. you do have to provide identification and give the name of the person you're there to see. now, on the other hand, if you are a military personnel, a member of our military or a contractor, you go through a different lane of traffic, not quite as extensive checking of your vehicle. just show yourism i.d., get a pass and go onto the grounds at that point. what's interesting is that the shooting apparently started right at the gate which makes me wonder, and i'm jus

also, a troubling report coming into our urgent cue moments ago from the navy yard shooting. here's a quote from this. quote, this is not over. more on that, next. >> we are panicking. he was trying to decide on which way he was going to run out. the people, the workers in the cafeteria wanted us to stay in there and hide. but i just ran. a few of us just ran out the side exit. [ female announcer ] nature valley protein bars, with simple, real ingredients, like roasted peanuts, creamy peanut butter, and a rich dark-chocolate flavor, plus 10 grams of protein, so it's energy straight from nature to you. nature valley protein bars. so it's energy straight from nature to you. you need a girls' weekend and you need it now. ladies, let's goo vegas. cute! waiter! girls' weekend here! priceline savings without the bidding. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn yo

according to our barbara starr, he had eight incidents in the navy of misconduct. you put all this together, and we've been looking into the process of him getting a security clearance. he would have had, according to experts we've interviewed -- and these experts are two attorneys who have helped hundreds of people get government security clearances. they've told us that a private company a private contractor does background checks for the office of personnel management. that's the massive government office that handles all personnel. the private contractor does that background check for the office of personnel management. they then take it, fact check it, and they turn it over to the department of defense. and there are offices that would make the final adjudication whether that person gets a final security clearance. you have three entities that would have had to have picked up, flagged these incidents in the shooter's past. according to at least one of our experts, they should have made the decision not to give him that secret security clearance. we're digging

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we're checking with our sources from the u.s. navy over at the pentagon, certainly with the fbi, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms as well as the d.c. police department. tom fuentes, our c nchlnn law enforcement analyst has been helping us. and just to update you, if you're not familiar with this area of the washington -- in the washington, d.c., area, the u.s. navy yard is right in the district of columbia. it's not very far away from capitol hill. you can see the navy yard at the bottom of your screen. it's not very far away, the white house not very far away either. it's very close. it's literally right next door to washington national park, the home of the washington national's baseball team and right across the street from the reagan international airport here in washington, d.c. all of the area has been basically shut down around the navy yard. so we're trying to get all of the latest information for you right now. let's bring in david katz. what goes through your mind? >> well, this is going to be an extremely chaot

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they're able to do it but what i'm saying is we're on a course to take our navy down to the smallest it has been since world war i. we're taking our army back down to the size it was before world war ii. and our air force smalling than it has ever been. we have a third of our air force grounded for a couple months ye. we've got some real problems with our readiness. we need to address that we need to get rid of sequestration. we need to give the troops the money they need for training and for readiness so when they get called upon to do missions like this, they are able to do it and carry it out without putting them, their own lives in jeopardy. martha: congressman, i hope you will come back when you get closer to making a decision how you will vote on this and come see us again. we'll be watching. thank you, sir. >> thank you, martha. bill: so you got that battle on. there is another battle with the president pulling out the big guns in a pr blitz over obamacare that begins october 1st, former president, the super bowl champs are selling this idea. how much the white house is now sp

. >> for us -- and for people in the navy yard knowing that could have been our building is pretty terrifying. >> navy yard employees watching the surveillance tape found it surreal. some want the navy to be more careful about background checks and clearances and monitoring people with possible mental problems. >> if we notice something that's wrong with them, mood swings, etc, i think everyone is aware and will be more conscious of that. >> there are some other tragedies have have occurred that you would not expect to occur in this country and we really don't know why. there's evil in the world too. so some of it is just chalk it up to evil. >> well law enforcement officials say their analysis of the shooter's laptop and electronic media indicate that he was prepared to die. they found no evidence he was targeting specific people in his workplace. >> tonight a memorial for the navy yard victims wrapped up a short time ago at mount carmel baptist church. during the service community leaders remembered the victims. they talked about the need to end gun violence. >> isn't it time for us to step

of the navy. >>> on our website ktvu.com, you will find continuing coverage of the navy yard shooting. look for the link on our home page under hot topics. >>> time 5:35. the clock keeps ticking towards another possible bart strike. look at the clock. their -- there are now 22 days left till the 60-day cooling off period begins. the labor dispute is set to resume 9:00 this morning with talks. no real sign of progress. and there's growing concern now the two sides will not reach a deal in time to avoid a new strike. governor brown says he will not intervene when the court ordered cooling off period ends on october 10. bart workers could possibly go on strike the very next day. >>> this morning a child is recovering after being hit by flying glass during a shooting in oakland. it happened in broad daylight yesterday afternoon on 27th avenue in the the city's fruitvale neighborhood. a mother and her little boy were sitting in a car. stray bullets shattered the car windows. one neighbor who rushed to help the child has lived in oakland for the past 35 years. she said the violence in her n

right now, i can tell you our initial call came in for a shooting on the navy yard. it came around 8:15, a request for metropolitan police department assays tans. units were on the scene, active shooter teams were deployed on base within seven minutes of the first call coming in. multiple active shooter teams from the metropolitan police department, park police, u.s. marshals, eventually also fbi, have been inside the base since that time. right now, and this is very, very preliminary, we have one mpd officer shot and engagement with the shooter inside of the navy yard. we have one shooter that we believed involved in this that is diocesed. we also have other casualties, i will not give a confirmed number at this time but i say we have multiple victims inside that are deceased. we will give updates once we have numbers confirmed. the big concern for us right now is that we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located at this point. right now, all we have on those potential other shooters -- and this is not confirmed -- we potentially may have two addi

navy the finest fleet in the world. these patriots doing their work that they were so proud of, and who have now been taken away from us by unspeakable violence. once more we come together to mourn the lives of beauty and to comfort the wonderful families who cherished them. once more we pay tribute to all who rushed towards the danger, who risked their lives so others might live, and who are in our prayers today, including officer scott williams. once more our hearts are broken. once more we ask why. once more we seek strength and wisdom through god's grace. you and your families, this navy family, are still in the early hour of your grief. and i'm here today to say that there is nothing routine about this tragedy. there is nothing routine about your loss. your loved ones will not be forgotten. they will endure in the hearts of the american people and in the hearts of the navy that they helped to keep strong, and the hearts of their coworkers and their friends and their neighbors. "i want them to know how she lived," j

would they attack the navy fleet? would they attack our embassies in baghdad or in beirut? they have a lot of options. would they attack our ally in israel or turkey or jordan? we could not predict that. this is the way forward that actually runs none of those risks. >> there was a "new york times" headline about the fallout from the deal. it says deal represents turn for syria, rebels deflated. and the conceit of the peace and i've seen a lot of reporters saying the rebels are taking this harshly. they think this is bad for them, that this gives assad credibility. is there a twinge of regret you have as someone who was so outspoken in opposing the war, who i think played an instrumental role in getting the political system to this point where we're now sort of happy about this deal, is there any twinge of regret when you read that headline? >> which rebels are we talking about? are we talking about the al qaeda graduates or the anti-semites? which group are we talking about? no, we can't make our decisions that way. we have to protect americans. we have to protect america.

in the mean time we send our thoughts and prayers to all at the navy yard who have been touched by this tragedy. >> we now know the shooter was shot himself and killed. we're going to get to the political debate that comes from this and i think fairly so, about guns. these were guns again. pow pow pow. how'd they get into this guy's hands? maybe he took them off police officers at the time. the question remains how do we deal with this stuff? it just keeps going on in this country. it doesn't happen in other countries. "hardball" back after this. [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ a i . >>> and obviously we're going to be investigating thoroughly what happened as we do so many of these shootings, sadly, that have happened. and do everything that we can to try to prevent them. >> back to "hardball." that was president obama of course speaking about

right now, what i can tell you is our initial call came in for a shooting on the navy yard. it came in shortly after 8:15. there was a request for metropolitan police department assistance. our units were on the scene, active shooter teams were deployed and deployed on base within seven minutes of the first calm coming in. multiple active shooter teams from the metropolitan police department, park police, u.s. marshals, eventually also fbi have been inside the base since that time. right now, and this is very, very preliminary, we have one mpd officer who was shot in engagement with the shooter inside of the navy yard. we have one shooter that we believed involved in in that is deceased. we also have other casualties. i will not give a confirmed number at this time, but i'd say we have multiple victims inside that are deceased. we'll get updates once we have the numbers confirmed. the big concern for us right now is that we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located at this point. so right now, all's we have on those potential other shooters, and this is no

. >>> now to our top story at 7:00, a look into the eyes of a navy yard killer, video of aaron alexis as he stalks his victims was released today interestingly by the fbi. >> as we noted, those images are pretty chilling. some of you may want to turn away. bruce leshan reports law enforcement is hoping the video and pictures help explain the when and the why of what happened. >> reporter: you can almost see right into the eyes of aaron alexis calmly checking his sawed off remington shotgun going floor to floor spotting a crowd of terrified navy workers running for their lives and alexis goes right toward them weapon at the ready. >> they accepted death as the inevitable consequence of his actions. >> reporter: it starts with a seemingly normal scene, aaron alexis driving his prius into the parking garage just before 8 a.m. last monday, then walking in the front door with a backpack. >> there are multiple indicators that alexis held a delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency or elf electromagnetic waves. >> reporter: the fbi also released

a navy family. there is an tack on our family. and i was just at the washington nationals parking lot we're bringing in people from the navy yard. most concerns from their co-workers worrying about where they are. how they're doing. >> any idea why this building was targeted?. >> i can't say anything because it's that, an ongoing investigation. so anything about why it happened there i can't comment on. >> greta: what goes on in that build something. >> it's the naval sea systems building. we design ships there. we do a lot of it work there. information technology work there. it's a group that designs, builds and repairs our ship autos what do you say to -- every time i'm part of these stories think if i'm in a position of leadership what in the world do you tell the families who suffered unthinkable today? >> well, our hearts were you. that this was an attack on the whole family z that we grief with you. we'll be there for you. as time passes. that, this unexplainable. it's unimaginable. but together as a family is the way to get

at our country's oldest naval facility, the washington navy