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Joining the navy. he came to washington on august 25th, only 17 days after hearing those voices. president obama is ordering a study of security standards for contractors across all federal agencies. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> so disturbing. he had this secret clearance, but now the question is how often is it cross checked? how often is it updated? >> that is part of the investigation now. by the way, secret clearance is the lowest level of clearance. when i initially read that i t...

Seconds later with a gun. moments later he opens fire. >> weve got a report on the fourth floor. a male with a shotgun, multiple shots fired, multiple people down. >> reporter: as investigators continued poring over alexiss life, a trail of red flags leading to mondays massacre is troubling. august 7th he called rhode island police complaining of hearing voices coming through the walls of his hotel room. according to this police report, alexis said those voices were sending vibrations into his b...

Determined mr. alexis arrived in the washington, d.c. area on or about august 25th. he has stayed at local hotels in the area since that time. most recently he is known to have stayed at a residence inn in southwest washington, d.c., starting on september 7th. we ask anyone who may have had contact with him during this time or previously to contact the fbi with that information. as a result of the publics cooperation thus far, we have received hundreds of tips which we will continue to follow up...

Actively being fired. >> reporter: a picture is also emerging of the troubled last weeks of the shooter, aaron alexis, a man who friends say cycled between outgoing, friendly and present on one day to dark and troubled. august 7th, police in rhode island reported speaking with alexis about a harassment complaint. on august 25th, authorities say he arrived in the washington area. and on september 7th he checked in to a residence inn hotel in southwest d.c., where he was apparently staying up unti...

Shooter is dead clearly change the nature of the crime investigation because you cant question him about what his motive might have been. >> thats absolutely right, wolf. thats why the fbi yesterday was asking anyone, go to our website, take a look at his picture. if you have seen him, if you had any contact with him, give us a call because they want to find out exactly what his movements were leading up to this shooting. we know that he was here in washington since august 25th. the hotel, the r...

We can say that we can determine that he arrived in the washington, d.c. area on or about august 25th and he has stayed at local hotels in the area since that time. he has stayed at a residence inn since september 7th. we ask anyone who has had contact with him to contact the fbi with that information. we have received hundreds of tips which we will continue to follow up. this activity is not only taking place here in washington, d.c. but in various cities across the country where he has spent t...

After a network failure plunged 70% of the country into a blackout. the outage hit about noon. knocking out underground trains, traffic lights, water service for most of the day. venezuelas president is blaming sabotage for the power failure but isnt providing details. >> stunning turn of events in the case of california school principal accused of gunning down her husband and dumping his body. this morning out of jail and facing no charges at least for now. abcs larry jacobs has more. >> report...

Scale and the audacity of the attacks in damascus, at a time when the u.n. was also this. >> heather: so public, too, with the images we saw. catherine, thank you with that new information. >> gregg: now, how we have come to this point august 21, an alleged chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians in damascus. days later, president obama convened the national security team. there was no decision on a military response. august 25th, the obama administration says it believes the assad regime ...

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11:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 pacific. tomorrow, flacco, watch it. >> tomorrow, pete schraeger, love it. feel that synergy? >> they love it here at the news corp. building. an update to the u.s. version of spains running of the bulls. told you last night, the great bull run kicked off in virginia. first with a mishap in the sky. i thought it would have to do with bulls. it didnt. a drone with video cameras to film the run crashed into the stands. people were running, but from that thing. one specta...