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Is this -- i know you have been reporting on it for the "spokesman review," is the community starting to become aware that this happened, has there been community response thus far? im thinking especially in light of what happened in tucson? >> absolutely. it is just now beginning to sink in. we get a suspected explosive device alerts a lot. and almost the time they came out to be a bag with somebodys dirty laundry in it. but in this case, once it was learned it was a bomb, folks are starting to...

Reporting on it for the spokesman review, is the community starting to become aware that this happened, has there been community response thus far? im thinking especially in light of what happened in tucson? >> absolutely. it is just now beginning to sink in. we get a suspected explosive device alerts a lot. and almost the time they came out to be a bag with somebodys dirty laundry in it. but in this case, once it was learned it was a bomb, folks are starting to reflect and look at it and obviou...

Anybody from the building that is not a threat so the team does not have to -- they dont have as much discrimination in their fire to concern themselves with. megyn: we dont know whether what he has strapped to his chest is in fact a bomb. before it appeared to be to with itnesses. how big a concern is it that there might be another explosive device. >> the fact that you introduced explosives into the situation, its huge. if its one individual with a knife or firearm, that can be dealt with a lo...

Concerns are with the discovery corporation right now. >> werefully sh-- were any shot fired? >> we have an unconfirmed reports of one. >> there are suspicious bags around him. >> there may be some other potential devices with him or near him that he brought in. but again, none of this is confirmed. >> has there been any -- >> he has a bomb attached to his body? >> when i say an explosive device, potential or possible. yeah. >> thats what it looks like to you? >> well, thats what some people are...

Get out of there. do not come back until the situation is cleared up. police are investigating that there is -- that the hostage-taker has an explosive device or more than one explosive device on him. we dont know what that is. one eyewitness said that it looked like he had tanks on him. police did not confirm what that -- what the explosives were but that the fire marshals office which has the explosive detection unit is looking into it. they have visuals of this hostage-taker, this man. they b...

Officer on the scene. >> i dont have that information. megyn: you guys are not confirming that can you speak to the weaponry he has? can you speak to this explosive device people say they witnessed? >> all this is very premature to speculate. the information is that we do have a suspect or person in the building we are speaking with. farce any type of weapons, devices, things like that, it would be premature to say what it is, how many there are. we are working through that. as we get that infor...

With this building with at least one hostage. if you are just joining us we are watching the discovery building thats for short form. as trace points out there are other businesses inside of this building. its the discovery building headquarters in silver spring, maryland right outside washington d.c. there is a confirmed s. w. a. t. team on an. one hostage confirmed. we dont know in that is the tow totality of the hostage. >> reporter: they have now said that it does appear that this man in que...

Obviously the s.w.a.t. team or authorities trying to negotiate with him cant get terribly close. >> no, theyre not going to get terribly close. hopefully theyll set up a phone line with him while the people outside are establishing a frozen zone perimeter to make sure nebraska comes into harms way. >> clint van zandt pointed out that we dont know if this building or the person was targeting the channel or if this is an instance of domestic violence. its not clear this individuals motive, but we ...

>> thats something im not able to confirm. >> is he an employee there? who is this guy? >> cant confirm his name. hes an asian male. and his concerns are with the discovery corporation right now. >> were any shots fired? >> we have an unconfirmed report of one. i havent confirmed that yet. >> any injuries at all? >> theres also some other suspicious bags around him. what can you tell us about that? >> there may be some other potential devices with him or near him that he brought in. but, again, ...

Networks programming. police spent several hours negotiating with him after he burst into the suburban washington building about 1:00 p.m. this afternoon waving a handgun and with canisters strapped to his body. an explosive device may have detonated, and the suspect may have brought other devices into the building. he said as far as he knows, the 1,900 people who work in the building were able to get out safely. a law enforcement official speaking on the condition of anonymity because the inv...