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making traffic very slow getting into san francisco. we ll tell you what s up there and how long before it goes. reporter: delays on caltrain. why do they keep happening? the answer that transportation officials is giving may not sit well with commuters. new information on the mass shooting at the navy yard in washington, d.c. the sign of trouble two days before the deadly gunfire. a crash on the bay bridge. causing a backup. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. i m tori campbell. i m dave clark. let s go right to sal. tell us about the bay bridge crash. westbound as you get on one of the first san francisco exits. harrison and fremont right there. we have a live camera on it. this crash is blocking one of the middle lanes. you can see the traffic is getting around it but they are still trying to put the cars up into a tow truck. one of the cars is one of those really tiny cars that you have seen that you may have noticed. i think they call them smart c ....
the worst mass shooting on a military institution since fort hood in 2009. we are learning more tonight about aaron alexis, his history of violence and his apparent cry for help. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. she has those details, but we begin tonight with senior correspondent rick leventhal. reporter: the main gate was reopened this morning but only to walk-ins and essential personnel. the building is still a crime scene and the motive is still a question. we believe that mr. alexis entered with a shotgun. reporter: the fbi is confirming that alexis did not use an ar rifle, but carried a shotgun purchased days earlier and a gun taken from a security guard that left 12 dead and several wounded. we believe that the deceased shooter acted alone. as such, with no other suspects at large, the investigation has moved into the phase of evidence recovery and information gathering. reporter: the response team is still inside building 197 at the washington navy ....
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. the enormity of the tragedy at the washington navy yard became painfully clear today as numbers became names and names became faces, all with stories of lives cut short. secretary of defense chuck hagel placed a wreath at the navy yard in memory of the 12 people who were killed in the shooting rampage yesterday. we ve learned a lot about the gunman tonight, but first, we want to tell you about some of the victims. john johnson was 73. he managed construction work. his wife, judy, spoke today with four of their eight children. we were going to retire soon, and he loved his job. he wanted to keep working because he just loved it. loved all the people he worked with, never met a stranger in his life. just a very happy, positive, wonderful, loving human being. pelley: richard ridgell, 52, was a security analyst who also served in iraq. his daughter megan spoke today for his wife tracy and their fa ....
what we are hearing is not a complete story of what is going on in kenya. there are a lot of questions of how many hostages have been freed and who may still be held hostage and what type of death toll we could be facing during this type of assault and whether any kenyan soldiers were killed. how many of the gunmen are alive? there are a lot of questions still. the good news is that at least some if not many of the hostages are free. they are seven hours ahead of eastern time and we are dipping back and the midnightñi hour now and they havur said we are going to try to bring this to a halt, the kenyan special forces, as the night wrapped up. now we are we seeing change. we will come to you as the news warrants. now we will go back to the memorial ceremony for those who were killed and injured, the vice admiral is speaking now. let s watch and listen. they were killed in the line of duty, they died in the service to our nation, the service to our navy. in service th ....
good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett outfront tonight we begin with major new developments in the navy yard shootings. signs missed, outrage justified tonight. today mourning in washington for the victims. reporter: that s right, erin. her name is bonita bell. she s a scientist with the federal government. she says she spoke actually to aaron alexis three times last week, twice on tuesday, once on wednesday. and while she does not forgive the rampage, she does wonder whether there was anything she could have done to help them. well, we talked for about 15 minutes. we talked about southern culture. we talked about the fact that we were both there. he asked me how long i would be there. i said overnight. and he said that he would be there for awhile. did he tell you how long? yeah. i asked him. i said awhile? i said, awhile? and he says yes, i ll be here for quite some time. i said how long? he said for a couple of weeks. so you met him again the next da ....