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Something we need to watch. with the heightened state of alert to be vigilant. if you see something say something. knowing that headline has been out there for a solid week. where does that leave us watching this now? >> it leaves government employees in a heighten state of alert. as you said, bill, and you should note, there is a great deal of confusion going on at the navy yard. we heard word there was in fact a shooter but now that may not very well be the case. but out of an abundance of cau...

By investors and consumers not collaborators. bill: american airlines, united airlines delta air lines and southwest, correct. >> there may be one or two others that havent admitted they got the letter. there may be one or two letters that got the letter from the justice department and are not targets. the justice department wants information from them. this is very difficult case to prove. it is not a criminal case. its a civil case. it is a lawsuit against the airlines trying to get them to co...

It does appear we have information that they are specifically going to attack the united states. you can see that in all the preparations were making. i think that americans should go about their lives the way we normally would because chances youre going to be the one are less than about 10 other ways you can do. martha: doesnt this give them any scenario, gives them very good indication what they should expect. >> yes. martha: here is what happens. they can watch the police presence, see how i...

Law enforcement agency in washington d.c. swarm on to this site after 8-01 this morning. a phone call was made that claimed they were seeing two suspicious men in that building and that appears to be what triggered this incredible outpouring of reaction this morning. obviously as we head into the 4th of july weekend and you think about the story ofs we have covered over the course of this week. the concern thats omnipresent in all of the halls and law enforcement in this agency. mike said secede...

More people. bill: just watching the u.s. navy twitter feed that sent out an alert the lockdown remains more to follow. a lockdown, a stay in place is still in effect for the moment. correct? >> reporter: thats correct. we have heard these reports that everybody basically knew exactly what to do because they train very well for these active shooter incidents in this building which is where the last incident took place. it was closed, then renovated then just reopened this year. so everybody know...

Traffic. it seems like another helicopter just arrived. i count three helicopters and one surveillance aircraft doing tight circles around this general area. we dont know what is being found and what is not being found as these s.w.a.t. officers go room to room in that building. but outside their brothers in law enforcement are still here. there is still a sense of uncertainty, not necessarily the urgency there was when we first got here. but they obviously are not ruling anything out because th...

Count of fraud against the government and yesterday was sentenced to three months in prison. in an email statement to the associated press mr. neely said, quote there will be a time and place for me to talk to the press about this. that time is not now. and that place will be determined. im guessing, bill, the time will be some three months from now when he gets out of prison. bill: wow. this story, it really changed the way government employees do business in a way. >> reporter: it really did. ...

The penalty is three times the loss to consumers. it is a very very, very heavy financial penalty but no one so far is exposed to jail. bill: tough to prove though. >> 10 years in litigation. bill: really? >> unless a quick settlement. oh these cases -- bill: what is the last big collusion case you can rip off the top of your head. >> the microsoft case took 17 years. bill: they were found guilty or not guilty. >> they were and fined 10 billion. went through three different presidential administ...

As everybody is on a heightened alert. there is good news in that you see a very swift reaction. but it also just raises questions about how nervous a nation we are right now. there is a police conference coming up. well of course take there live. bill: there were local reports out of washington that they heard a loud bang. so well see what comes of that. put that on standby. lets move to cuba, havana and u.s. relations going forward. >> i can announce the united states has agreed to formally re...