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This is bbc world news. our main headlines. police guarding the us capitol building in washington have shot a man dead after he ran over two police officers, killing one of them. no motive for the mans actions has yet been given. the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, accused of killing george floyd, has continued for a fifth day. a senior police officer who attended the scene said he had never been trained to kneel on someone�*s neck. more than 50 people are thought to ...

Died but two of the shot. he has died but two of the officers that were also injured of those, one has died. this is bbc news. im lukwesa burak with the headlines. one police office was killed after a car rammed the sercurity barricade at the us capitol — another officer is being treated at hospital. the suspect emerged from the car with knife and ran at officers — police say he is now deceased. the suspect did to start lunging towards us capitol police officers, at which time us capitol pol...

Been an extremely difficult time for capitol police. what do we know? what are you learning about what happened here? >> well, chris, perfectly said. good afternoon. i think the issue here for law enforcement at this moment is confirming that the person that they believe drove this vehicle through a barricade, into this barricade, this blue car youre looking at on the left side of the screen exited that vehicle with a knife, was shot and succumbed to his injuries. who that person is they obvious...

Now. various different cops with different insignia on them. its pretty chaotic. nobody knows whats going on out here. one national guardsman told me i couldnt enter after telling me i could. they are trying to clear the area. like i said, theres a lot of confusion right now. people dont know whats happening. >> julie, im glad you brought up the national guard. its a reminder, the national guard has been there since january 6th. what is the national guard presence on a daily basis right now at t...

Including with people like yourself. as jake sherman mentioned a moment ago, its likely to re-energize this conversation about security around the capitol. i assume youve been texting with your sources at the capitol, your lawmakers. what are they telling you in these initial moments? >> reporter: well, katy, its clear that the tension is very high, and youre seeing that in the reaction from lawmakers. we got a tweet from the minority leader mitch mcconnell thanking first responders, saying hes ...

Reality and now this incident may have nothing to do with any organized assault but it does add to the reality that they have to be prepared for anything. we saw how quickly the park police helicopter landed on the east front. theyre mobilized in a way they hadnt been. we saw the rapid response to say what had happened by the acting police chief and the d.c. metropolitan police chief. all that is a different atmosphere post-january 6th. >> andrea mitchell, thank you so much. yamiche, thank you t...

Identification of where that vehicle may have been coming from or where its been plated. >> gotcha. my colleague jonathan allen, nbc news colleague, is on the ground outside and on the phone. john, what are you seeing? what can you add? >> reporter: first of all, youve got a perimeter around the capitol. you see a lot of folks with weapons and camouflage in addition to your normal capitol police presence. i saw an atf police officer. i spoke to one capitol policeman who confirmed some of the det...

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Quickly. they might have needed to transport a wounded offer or -- wounded officer or get some equipment there, and thats probably why they went in. >> jim, thank you for that. im going to hand the baton over to katy tur. >> yeah, chuck, i just want to update everybody on what the unfolding scene is there at the capitol in case you are just tuning in at the top of this hour. there is breaking news, as you can see, from washington. capitol hill is on lockdown after a car -- youre seeing it right ...

The spring. it seemed like we were finally getting back to what the capitol should be, a place where anyone can visit. but this incident, i think, shows that there is still a threat, and security and safety has to come first and not just for members of congress, but for all the people who work here and visit here. i think there has to be some thinking about maybe there is a design around the perimeter where visitor entrances are moved but you dont have barbed wire, but there has to be a lot of t...