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Police so far have been restrained in their response, unlike ferguson where at first police used tactical armored vehicles and were outfitted in camouflage, wielding automatic rifles. back in august, the president said he would review whether local police departments should be getting so much military-style gear. >> there is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement and we dont want those lines blurred. >> reporter: but the obama administration just announced new plans ...

That the interior ministry has issued combat weapons to police and authorized their use. in the words of a ministry spokesman to protect lives in defense facilities. the concern that far from saving lives more blood will flow and eventually tanks could roll. the latest in a crisis that when we left it last night seemed to be deescalating before racheting up today. protesters firing shotguns, throwing rocks and molotov cock tails. security forces responding with automatic rifles and sniper fire. ...

Protesters firing shotguns, throwing rocks and molotov cock tails. security forces responding with automatic rifles and sniper fire. a lot to talk about it, none especially hopeful. joining us nick paton walsh in kiev and christopher miller editor of kiev english language post. nick whats it like on the ground now? . two bizarre parallel conversations happening here. if you listen to the polish president, he said hes spoken to viktor yanukovych. he may be willing to bring elections forward, perh...

The ground and the cab gentleman was with us. the next thing we know, we hear the car coming back and the police chase coming back toward us. and then there were all the police officers and federal agents. and they had enormous weapons. they look like automatic rifles or something. it was a very scary situation. they were telling to us get down and be quiet. >> im sure it must have been so scary for you, especially being there with your children. do you have any sense, were trying to understand ...

Of rounds of fire. obviously they were trying to take him alive. i know he was also shooting. how much do we know about how that went down? >> reporter: i only know from what i heard. and it i didnt hear hundreds of rounds of fire. i heard about two dozen shots from automatic rifles -- not automatic rifles, automatic weapons. they were that quickly burst together. those were the only shots i heard until the arrest came. but again, were down the street here. it was pretty quiet when that happened...

City of cambridge, an indication theyll go through this process as carefully as possible. earlier, from a rooftop vantage point, we saw s.w.a.t. officers with automatic rifles trained at the ready. at this point, were watching and waiting to see what the next step is. here, there are a lot of people on the streets of this community. some people are getting cabin fever because theyve been heeding that warning to stay inside. there are a few people out and about. the area right near the house in q...

Another one is to say that connecticut is tough on guns, which a lot of people have said in the last few days, and they are by the standards we have. the fifth toughest according to the brady campaign. you can get any number of automatic rifles. you can have a grenade launcher attachment on these. its not really tough on guns but by the standards we have. >> tough by the standards we have, which are very low. this slippery slope argument you can make on everything. if the tsa can frisk me at the...

Keep his house seat. its a busy day in political news, too. well try to cover it all. good morning from washington. its wednesday, september 12th, this is the daily rundown. lets get to my first reads. a day that started with a campaign pause for sole almost remembrances on 9/11 endeded with violence abroad and mud slinging here at home. somebody and mitt romney were supposed to take a 24 hour break from campaign to go honest or the victims of 9/11 and pay tribute to american troops still fighti...

With us now, tina brown. tina, good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> were doing well. we want to get to "newsweek" a little later. we have some big stories coming in and changing by the minute. in egypt, another in libya both involving violent protests against the united states. at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libyas second largest city, at least one american staff member was killed after gunmen stormed the compound, burning it down. reports from the region say the diplomat who was k...

>> we are contuing to follow the latest on a shooting at a sikh temple in wisconsin. we want to take a moment to update you on other major developments in other stories including this one overseas. a deadly attack on the border between israel and egypt and now that border crossing is closed indefinitely. breaking on this sunday, the israeli military saying masked gunman killed at least 15 egyptian border guards with automatic rifles, happened at a check point in sinai that leads into gaza and is...