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Lockdown for hours this morning but it has since been lifted. police are still searching for the shooter who they say is a man named jarrett jerome moore. a halloween costume sparking a serious scare at ft. bragg, north carolina. triggering a call to the bomb squad after a soldier apparently tried to enter the gate dressed as a suicide bomber, complete with a fake explosive vest. really? officials closed gates and evacuated the area. senior commander responded saying military members and their...

Weve already received four national guard helicopters from north carolina, four additional swift water rescue teams from tennessee. the incident management team is on its way from florida. thats been helpful. but the federal resources have been here since thursday and thats been up belienbelievably helpful. we have a federal coordinating officer here on the ground, fema incident management team, swift water rescue teams are coming in from ft. bragg. and we have helicopters on the scene. so our g...

That he can from north carolina. weve already received four national helicopters from north carolina. the incident management team is on its way from florida. thats been helpful. but the federal resources have been here since thursday and thats been unbelievably helpful. we have a coordinating officer here on the ground, the fema incident management team, swift water rescue teams coming in from ft. bragg and then helicopters on the scene. so our goal is all hands on deck. what we are going to co...

Serious news to start with you. good morning to all of you and everyone at home. an army parachutist is dead after a sky diving stunt goes horriblery wrong. he was a part of the armys golden night parachute team. he collided with another jumper at the chicago air and water show. >> he hit the building right there and he flipped over and he fell in between and he hit that wall and he fell. >> the golden knights are returning to ft. bragg today, thats where they will have access to grief counselli...

To be engaged in civic organizations. how about the va? you were on the front lines with the va. you were a nurse there in salisbury, north carolina. >> thats right. >> relatively close to ft. bragg where i was with the 82nd. but what do you see now with the va? with those employees they represent, whats this crisis? looks like theyre 41,000 jobs that remain open. >> clearly they are open. patrick, there is a real funding crisis in the va right now with the things that happened, the choice act t...

Today, july 26th, is a special day. back in 1996 i earned my commissions as army officer at 2nt lieutenant down in ft. bragg, north carolina. i cant believe it was 19 years ago. feels like it was yesterday. im patrick murphy. up next, "meet the press." modere plaque psoriasis. isnt it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin ...

Or afghanistan. this is as if they were killed in combat. when you look at the video, especially of the shopping mall where the recruiting center was, a lot of people may have questions about lack of security. this is something the military is struggling with. a recruiting center like this is part of the community. they want young people to feel comfortable to come in talk to a recruiter, talk about having a mig tear career so security is not what it would be at ft. bragg, ft. hood. this is not ...

This memorial day weekend. soldiers planted flags on each grave at arlington national cemetery yesterday, an annual memorial to our fallen soldiers. schoolchildren also planted flags in illinois this week at a civil war cemetery. >> there were a lot of people who died for our country. >> we were putting our flags in -- in the grave to support people that fought for us. >> and last weekend a memorial exhibit at ft. bragg displayed soldiers boots, a remembrance of service members who made the ulti...

Over to indiana, that states governor declaring a public health emergency over a new epidemic of hiv. 72 new cases confirmed, 7 more tests pending. in a detroit suburb dash cam video appears to show a man being beaten by inkster police officers. he was pulled over for running a stop sign. the police chief says the incident is now under investigation. and sergeant beau bergdahl faces life in prison on desertion charges. those charges announced yesterday at a news conference at ft. bragg. we retur...

The announcement was made out of ft. bragg, north carolina. bergdahl was held for five years by the insurgent group tied to the taliban until a controversial deal was struck for his release in exchange for five taliban prisoners held in guantanamo bay. bergdahl will now face an article 32 hearing, similar to a grabbed jury proceeding in civilian court. theyll decide whether theres probable cause for bergdahl to be court-martialed. that will take place next month where bergdahl has been assigned ...