About Meghan Markle. Why he used the word nasty. First, breaking News Development in the mass shooting at Virginia Beach. City officials are bitterly recounting a scene of chaos and heartbreak as a trusted employee with full access to a Municipal Building opened fire, killing 12 people. They also confirmed the identity of the gunman, dewayne craddock, mentioning his name one time only just as we are here and describing him as a City Engineer who worked at the Public Utility Department for about 15 years. No motive was advanced for what turned out to be the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year but we are learning more details about how it unfolded and warning here, some of the images are graphic. 16 hours ago the lives of 12 people were cut short by a senseless and incomprehensible act of violence. Boy, i tell you, i got a call there was an active shooter situation. I started heading to city hall and then i got a call that there were fatalities involved and, you know, the list kept on growing over time. First i saw all of the police were their guns running towards the building behind me. I was parked in between the two buildings. And then i saw this man and Police Officer come running by in front of my car and he had blood all over himself. Just a couple of hours ago the president tweeted about the shooting saying hes spoken to state and city officials and the federal government will lend any assistance they need. With the latest for us, nbcs ron allen at Virginia Beach and Pete Williams in washington. Good day to you. We are hearing more from the city police and manager about how these events unfolded inside that building. What can you tell us . Alex, its horrific. This all happened at 4 00 p. M. Friday where hundreds of city workers in this very open campus behind me, thats the building where it happened, tcolonial building, but a place where people come to pay water bills, contractors come to pull permits, a place where many people will know the victims, People Killed because they encountered them when they came here to do city business. Of course, the gunman suspect was a longtime city worker. He walked in, actively employed. He had a building pass, police say. He would have been recognized and not been unusual for him to come walking into the building around 4 00 and opening fire. Authorities say they found victims on all three floors of the building. There were 12 of them. They ranged in years of service, one had been there for just 11 months. Another had been there for 41 years. And many of them lived in this community of Virginia Beach. Its 450,000 people that live here. But main many ways this tragedy affecting a Small Community because its so focused on a city hall, town, Municipal Buildings, open, public place where a lot of people come and go freely. Heres the chief police describing what the scene looked like and what was happening there in the moments after the gunman opened fire. This is a large scale crime scene. Its a horrific crime scene. And police understand it takes not only physical, emotional and psy psychological toll on edge who spent the night in that building. We will review some film last night, review some film of the officers who responded into the building. The officers checked every room on every floor, every closet, under every desk and they e escorted a large number of civilian employees out of the building. Remember, theyre escorting them out of the buildings while the victims are still in the building. And trying to sort out, of course, who was a victim and who might have been a perpetrator. Horrific scene as the chief is describing it as you might imagine. Four very heroic Police Officers who were not far away, again, this is a complex of city buildings, encountered the grunmgru gunman and there was a long gunfight but it didnt take them long to subdue the gunman. They reacted very quickly and that was in less than 30 minutes. The company had a. 35 caliber handgun with additional magazines and also had the weapon outfitted with a silencer or something to muzzle the sound so a lot of people around here didnt quite know exactly how close all of this was when it was unfolding. Again, 4 00 in the afternoon, hundreds of people around. A lot of Police Officers being held as heroes for preventing a lot more carnage gut now this Community Like so many others trying to come to terms with what happened tlxt have been vigils and just notifications much families completed. There are also four other people still hospitalized, some critical condition. Theres a Police Officer whose life was saved by the bulletproof vest he was wearing. We dont know exactly what his condition is but we believe hes expected to survive. All of these details now just flowing out into this community, grief stricken and mourning. Absolutely horrific tragedy. Thank you for that, ron allen from Virginia Beach. Lets move to d. C. And nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams at the bureau there. Given the description of the scene and we saw that building, it looked pretty large. The police chief confirms that. Apparently theres evidence, horrific nature of people been attacked on every floor of that building. What does it tell you, pete, about the scope of the suspects rampage . Every floor of the building except the basement, the police chief said. Its clear duaewayne craddock, e 40yearold Civil Engineer and employee, planned this in advance. Authorities say he bought his guns within the past several weeks as well as highcapacity magazines. The significant of thoser that the clips that hold the rounds that go into the gun and allows someone with a weapon to fire it repeated lip before havi repeatedly before having to reload. The chief indicated they found several spent magazines, so hundreds of rounds fired not only at victims but Police Officers. And he was firing indiscreme knitly, all over the building. The question is what set him off . And we still dont have the answer to that. Some Law Enforcement said they thought he was fired but the company said he was still an employee with a valid pass. Thats a key because members of the public have access on the first floor where the offices they would interact with City Employees but to get into the rest of the building, you needed a pass to underlock t lock the and craddock had that very thing. The silencer is significant because as ron pointed out silencers are somewhat controversial for the argument they made it harder for victims to know how close the gunfire is coming from and also harder for police to know where it is. As for the motive, police chief said he was still employed but we dont know whether he was told he wouldnt be employed much longer or disciplined or demoted, or was there some precipitating event and the police have not said what that is if they, in fact, know, alex. Pete, we spoke earlier and you said the suspect was able to purchase his firearm,. 45 caliber semiautomatic pistol, something common by your description, legally. How about the suppressor, aka silencer, are those legal and easy to buy . They are legal and theyre not easy to buy. Heres the reason. Theyre legal in most states. There are eight states that ban them but virginia is not one of those states. Theyre regulated however and have been since the 1930s. To buy one you have to register with the atf and you have to go in to the gun store, fill out several forms, show i. D. S, leave fingerprints and atf has to approve the registration. However, its happened Something Like a million times in the last couple of years, so its not impossible to get one, its just a little bit difficult. Were still trying to sort out whether in fact craddock had gone through that process or not to get a silencer. There has been legislation pending in congress the past couple of years to remove this restriction. Advocates of lowering the access to this say its good for the hearing of the person using a firearm for sporting purposes, less recoil that theyre just a better thing for people who use sports shooting but those legislative efforts have been set back in the past by Mass Shootings and i suspect a mass shooting in which a silencer was actually used would be a setback as well. Pete williams in washington, pete, thank you very much. You bet. Lets go from there to politics now. Yesterday a debate whether to launch an impeachment inquiry. New today the first poll after special Counsel Robert Mueller made a statement after some democrats have interpreted was an impeachment referral to congress. When asked what action should be taken against the president , 43 say no action, 37 say the president should be impeached and 20 say congress should censure the president. Some 50 House Democrats plus one republican support an impeachment inquiry but the House Minority whip suggests for now they should just carry on with investigations surrounding the president. I dont think those of us are saying that impeachment is not the answer. The question then becomes what is the proper time for us to start this process . Lets build public support and then we may have reached the time to launch the impeachment inquest. I dont think were there yet. A bit earlier i asked a House Democrat who does not support impeachment whether an impeachment inquiry could generate public support. I think we have to show evidence, continue in the amount were doing, the American People will see it, republicans will have to come on because this should not be a partisan issue. This is an issue about democracy in the United States and wrongdoing of the president of the United States and why he should be removed from office. Also developing today, Widening Political ramifications over the president s threat to impose tariffs on all mexican goods unless the white house determines mexico slowed down the flow of immigrants crossing the border. Two sources close to the white house teld nbc news that Terror Threat was opposed by secretary treasurer Steve Mnuchin and robert lighthizer. Whose idea was it . Apparently Stephen Miller, nbc news learned, the white house adviser spent the bulk of the president s japan trip advocating for a tougher line on mexico. Several republicans in congress have slammed the president s threat as crucial 2020 electoral states c states could be hit the hardest. Most economists agree americans will be the ones ultimately to pay for the tariffs. The nations top tariff adviser navarro says otherwise. People saying somehow the American Consumer will pay for this, its not true. The government of china borne the burden of those tariffs in the form of tax revenues and lower rate of growth. But so has the American Consumer, importers pay for it. No, the government of china and mexico will pay for it and producers in mexico and china pay for it. Joining me now, laura bassett, freelance journalist and jeff mason, White House Correspondent for reuters. Youre always good. Jeff, since youre ready, what is driving the president on this . Well, i mean number one, his top issue is immigration, at least the top issue he cared about since the beginning of his president ial campaign. He has declared a national emergency. And hes seen from his point of view tariffs work to implement his policies and desires in other areas. After this trade war with china, he believes having put the tariffs on the table that brought china to the table for trade talks, hes now implementing that same type of strategy in an entirely different policy area and thats immigration. His desire, as articulated in the tweet, is force mexico to stop the huge influx of people over the border. Jeff, any chance the president is using this as a pivot, if you will, as a wake of Robert Mueller making that statement that many are finding to do anything but exonerate the president from possibilitily of having obstructed justice. I heard people asked about that and i think Kellyanne Conway was asked about on the drive yesterday. Its hard to say. There are a lot of things going on, as there are in any white house. But im sure if thats a side aspect of it that people are talking about tariffs instead of mueller, thats something that would not be upsetting or displeasing to the president. But i dont think its his main motivation. His motivation is clear, he genuinely wanted something to stop this immigration influx over the u. S. mexican border. Remarkably even though the economists are saying this would hurt the economy and that could be a tremendous platform on which he could run in 2020. Let me get laura in here. We listen to peter navarro, insisting that the americans will not pay for the tariffs but that is no what we are hearing from the Business Leaders and the economic experts. Who is telling the truth here . I would say the businesses and economic leaders. Not only will it hurt American Consumers but people out of necessity are flowing situations of poverty and violence. So punishing those countries, punishing mexico, making their economy worse will only make the immigration flow worse. This is not that hard to understand. You dont punish people if you want to stop immigration, we need to work with those countries to make their economies better and make the situations better for those who who feel like they have to flee. Following up on this impeachment poll, we had an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live by Speaker Nancy Pelosi who said the president wants to be impeached. In fact, heres how she zplaned that. Well, he knows its not a good idea to be impeached. But the Silver Lining for him is then he believes he would be exonerated by the United States senate. I see. Theres a school of thought who says if the sflenate acquit you, why bring charges in the private sector when hes no longer president . So when we go with our case, its god to be ironclad. Shes giving her thinking there. Jeff, what is the white houses response . Is there any push ps back against the notion the president is welcoming impeachment. We asked him that very recently during sort of a press back and forth in the roosevelt room. He said no, he doesnt want to be impeached and i think he said just a couple of days ago that that word was vile. Thats his pushback. Im sure when they think about the calculations, they wouldnt be necessarily bad for him politically with his base. If impeachment proceedings were started was that could generate a lot of enthusiasm among the people who support him to get out in the polls and vote in 2020. But i think nancy pelosi is very, very atut stute to that a thats why shes trying to put the brakes on impeachment for some time. You saw that in the interview she just played as well. The explanation she offers to jimmy kimmel is shes saying this to advance her own nonimpeachment approach or she believes it . I think shes trying to advance her own nonimpeachment approach. Trump had a dputerral reaction, its disgusting, he doesnt feel that when he doesnt feel a gut reaction to somebody. So i dont think hes looking to be impeached. He only cares about his reputation and it would look really bad for him. Think pelosi really doesnt want to impeach because she thinks it would be detrimental to the democrats and with Elizabeth Warren and cory booker and the progressive ring coming out saying this is lack of leadership, moral failure, we need to impeach now. Shes getting defensive and having a harder time defending her position. Yeah. Before you go, i want to get your thoughts on this. The president ask leaving for a fourgame interview tomorrow, he was interviewed about talking with the queen and prince charles, if you like. He was also asked about comments made by Meghan Markle back in 2016. Lets take a listen to that. She said she would move to canada if she got elected. Turns out she moved to britain. A lot people are moving here, what can i say. No, i didnt know she was nasty. Is it good having an american president . I think its nice. I think its nice. Im sure she will do well. Excellently, she will be very good. She will be very good. I hope she does. Can i ask you first off, who is it that thinks a good idea is of the president speaking to a tabloid newspaper like the sun . Alex, i dont have an answer with that. Im smiling because he did an interview i believe the sun right before a press conference with theresa may and he endorsed her then and then threw her under the bus. He said she would make a great prime minister. Thats right, it was controversial to weigh in on a leadership conference. And he did something later that he almost never does, ended up apologizing. As for the comments about Meghan Markle, it goes to show about President Trump he does not like to be pritt sized, by someone whos a princess or commoner. In fact, laura, part of what he was row reacting to the interviewer said to the president she called him misogynistic during his 2016 campaign and thats when you can almost feel the hair on the back of his neck rising, right . With this presi