>> 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

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

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 salaries 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 happened 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 destr

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

>> 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

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

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

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

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

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

. >>> 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

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

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.

, 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

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

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

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.

>>> 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

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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

>> 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

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.

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

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

a d.c. inspector general reported determined that two fire inspectors did not sexually harass cadets. jay has been following this story, he has the latest. >> the scandal that haunted the d.c. fire zms training academy for months is over. according to the d.c. office of inspector general. in a three page letter that after a few co debts accused two instructors of harassing them, they interviewed a number of employees including all the programs cadets. among the allegation, cadet a claimed he chest bumped her to motivate her to slide down. cadet b alleged an instructor put his hand on her shoulder and stroked her hair and neck while telling her he likes her hair. the instructor denied any wrongdoing, in fact one of them indicated the allegations had been fabricated. the document ended by stating there was a lack of sufficient evidence for o.i.g. to find a basis to conclude that the conduct while potentially inappropriate, rose to a level constituting sexual harassment. the councilman called f

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

. >> maryland and d.c. both said we want to set up our own exchanges. they have sort of arranged to have a larger number of people there on board to help assist. virginia said that they didn't want to run it themselves. the federal government is doing it on behalf of virginia. >> reporter: so in the commonwealth, there will be fewer government run programs available for assistance. >> it's a nonprofit organization called enroll america. it has decided it's willing to sort of donate some resources to help. >> reporter: health coverage doesn't start until january 1 but you better not wait until december or your coverage may not start at the beginning of the new year. medication expansion varies from state to state affecting your chances for reduced healthcare costs. >> d.c. has already expanded its medicaid program. maryland is going to expand its medicaid program. virginia is not. >> a lot of you still have questions. so log on to wusa9.com go to our check it out section and there you will find a state-by- state breakdown with the closer look at the heal

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,

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 inn 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 whether

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

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

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

nobody owns nothing in d.c. the federal government owns everything in d.c. you are representing neighborhoods and projects that care nothing about you. he hadn't realized the depth of the girls' inspirational deprivation until he started taking them on tours of colleges when they had track meets. we went to virginia tech, i met with the director of pre-engineering. he took the girls all around. they went in dorm rooms. you should have seen their faces. i could have just cried. the girls had no idea that life could be like that. i never have to win another championship, but my girls have got to go to college, he says. his nearby changes when -- his demeanor changes when he thinks about the bigger picture. we need to start telling the truth about these things. you want to break cycle, break the cycle of having babies, staying in d.c., being on section 8 and never leaving the -- i hope i have the page, i may have to look this up. he put it so beautifully and simply. a young white guy, he says the kids ask him about his hair a lot. of. [laughter] his name is mat

a long legacy for the folks here in d.c. the exhibit goes on through. >> it all started here in our studios. >> outside the studios, glorious weather. >> glorious for folks saying i'm cold. tomorrow morning, temperatures up by a few degrees. look outside, we have the clear sky and it's the clear sky during the overnight period that allows the temperatures to drop. i'm heading over to the key wall. here is a look at the evening planner. 74 degrees is the current temperature. by 9:00 p.m., low 60s and easy to step down in the upper 50s by 11:00 p.m. if you are going to be out late. the area of high pressure moves in. a jacket to start tomorrow. you are going to shed the jacket by afternoon. we are milds and sunny. a few high clouds for the afternoon. could get more high clouds on thursday morning. slightly warmer conditions with sunshine, too, coming our way on thursday where we could hit 80 degrees. look at the temperatures tomorrow morning. frederick, manassas, the same location that is dropped to the 30s this morning likely

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

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

d.c. and transportation leaders celebrate 25 years since union station reopened its doors. the a number of businesses inside the station are celebrating as well and throughout the day you can see a number of artifacts, photos from throughout the years as well as interactive model of future plans it to expand the station. union station was originally built in 1907. it cost $160 million to restore and reopened in 1988. >>> 4:40 now. one of the wealthiest counties in northern virginia may be facing a housing crisis. more and more of you are being priced out of the rental market in arlington county. according to "the washington post" a study by the county found over the past ten years average rent has jumped 47%. the average salary has increased 37%. half of the counties make $60,000 a year or less meaning they have to compete for a shrinking number of low cost apartments. >>> well, a new plan for the stalled celebrate virginia north development. the fredericksburg freelance star reporting sil

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

. >> 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

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

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

it's af boldol move, d.c. leades including mayor gray a considering a plan to tell the federal government it won't wont shutdown just because the federal government is.nment although the move could violate federal law, at least one councilmember says he doesn't care, and he is willing to go to jail if he has to. fox 5 matt ackland is here with more on that one. >> reporter: thison is a move that could get the nation's attention, because d.c. is still under federal control, it must shutdown it if the federal government shuts down. but d.c. leaders say this is not right. local dollars are being used too pay d.c. employees, and if the feds can't get a handle on thiern budget, well, d.c., shouldn't have to pay the price. the numbers on this sign keep ticking up, a reminder outside of the wilson building of how much money district residents rd pay in federal taxes and yet still don't have the same righte down the street at the u.s. capital. >> i'm tired of the band-aid approach. i'm saying, let's step up and really

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. speed cameras popping up not just to catch speeders. >> they may look like debit or credit cards but there's a different when it comes to getting the card prepaid. liz crenshaw has a warning for us. >>> doug is keeping an eye on the sweater weather. >> that's the thing tonight. beautiful weather, plenty of sunshine. bright blue sunshine. the clear skies lead to one of the coo >>> two men will be on trial for the murder of a teenager at the woodley park metro station. jury selection began today. meyers and whittaker are accused in the deadly stabbing that occurred last november. he was killed after he confronted a group of teenagers he believed attacked him and stole his coat. >>> it started with speeding and running red light cameras. >> news 4 reported, new cameras are targeting drivers for a wide range of violations. >> adam tuss is live along connecticut avenue with more for us. ad dam? >> reporter: they do more than red light and speeding. this one can check you out if you are not

budget which is going through a process right now, and d.c. agencies are the ones that regulate our business in particular, the department of consumer and regulatory affairs, if that were to shutdown, we would not be able to get permits, new food trucks would not be able to operate, and would have a trickle down effect if you will. >> you have trucks that have wheels, you could in theory go somewhere else that is less effected by the federal shutdown. >> that's true. one thing that is interesting to note is food trucks have different business models, and some trucks operate only within d.c. and only within a few locations in dc. the extent to which those locations are heavily populated by federal workers, for example, the state department, the shutdown there would have a devastating effect on those trucks. our model is a little bit different we have the flexibility to move to other jurisdictions especially if it is just a short shutdown probably would not have that big of impact on a business such as ours. >> you started here in brooklyn -- >>