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Better solution than punishing everybody else. we want to give you new details about the washington yard shooting. secretary ray mavis -- and the entire processing surrounding naval security clearances. this comes amid growing controversy about the way the shooting itself was handled by base security. and we're learning about mysterious phrases etched on the shooter's gun. pamela brown is live in washington with more on the investigation. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. that's right. new details emerging suggesting the rampage could have been contained more qui...

Weapons raising a lot of red flags as chuck hagel, the defense secretary, acknowledged yesterday, and here's what he had to say. >> where there are gaps, we will close them. where there are inadequacies, we will address them. and where there is failures, we will correct them. we owe the victims, their families and all our people nothing less. >> reporter: hagel has ordered the review of base security and clearance procedures at u.s. military bases around the world. bill? bill: there's something we're trying to hunt down on this, too, about these s.w.a.t. teams, the early response teams from th...

That would obviously bringarea. we don't know if authorities are going to want that just yet. >> got to be a concern. peter, thank you. we'll talk to you back in a few minutes from now. in the meantime joining me on the phone is jesse jane duff. a 20 year veteran marine corps vet. gunnery sergeant experienced in base security. good to have you with us this morning. welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. >> what is your take on this, on the security that would exist at a base like this and how something like this could happen at a place that you would assume would be very secure? >> well,...

Been released. and this is still considered an active shooting because that shooter has not been taken into custody but is simply cornered, chris. >> do we know if they're getting people out of the building at this point, mik? >> reporter: i'm sure that it's been -- it's been two hours since the shooting began. i would imagine that building is pretty much emptied at this point. like i said, the scene was described as chaotic. once the bullets started flying, those not involved in security sought cover or ran from the building. >> what do we know about the police presence there? we obviously kn...

is diana magnay. >> reporter: the death toll has been revised downward and now they're searching the island to try to find out what kind of ammunition he used and what the chronology of events on the island was. as you say, breivik himself is starting his period of solitary confinement. he hasn't seen his son since he was 16 years old. was horrified to hear the news. let's listen to what he said. >> translator: no, i'll never have more contact with him in my darkest moment. i think rather than killing all those people, he should have taken his own life. >> reporter: norwegians yester...