facts and figures and people and persons. and at some point at the end of the news conference, someone you know, sort of threw out a question regarding what is it like to deal with people at a trauma center? and i have to say, i had a moment where i told you exactly what i think. i wish that we didn t have to deal with senseless trauma. i wish that we had a way to close a trauma unit for something like that. i think it is great that we have a trauma unit. that we serve the people of washington, that we do as well as we do. but you know what? america, put me out of business, make it so i don t have to have a trauma center. and it was an emotion. and a feeling that i have to tell you, i felt today as i watched these poor people come in and get care with us. and obviously, the reason is that you re dealing with this constantly. and america is dealing constantly now with these mass shootings, which are rising
discharged from the navy. who is the real aaron alexis? that picture really is just emerging, piers, and you re right. it is a study in contrast. one of the most interesting things i have heard for a while is a government official who lives outside washington, d.c. and came here told me she met alexis at a washington hotel, the residence inn, had a long conversation with him. he told her he worked in i.t. security. and she said she was a little surprised and a little disbelieving, because she thought he was a little too young and pleasant to be involved in i.t. security. whatever that means, but she talked to him later, on tuesday, and gave us a call to say she met him there. and authorities did believe he did stay at that residence inn
right now. it is clearly a mystery that will be questioned right now, how does he get those top secret security clearances with someone who did have at least two incidents involving gun use. raising all sorts of questions, but as you point out he also received two medals, if you will, during his duty with active service. so these are questions the u.s. navy and fbi will be charged with following up on. they will go through them, all of his life, all the details will come out publicly, as well. we believe, now, that the fbi convinced it was just the work of this lone shooter, contrary to earlier reports. there was nobody else involved. and they have also ruled out an act of terrorism? they re saying now, despite some of the comments from local washington, d.c. law enforcement, kathy lanier, the
so there is a question, i think, as to whether you know he brought all of these weapons onto the base with him, or if perhaps he brought one or another and then acquired another one along the way. because we do know a security guard was actually shot. a lot of questions still to be answered about how he got control of those firearms, piers. joe johns, a lot to be answered. thank you very much, indeed. when we come back, the latest on the investigation and the doctor who treated the victims during the attack. and who says there is something wrong in this country when we have so many multiple attacks. there is something wrong in this country, when we have these multiple shootings, there is something wrong. and the only thing i can say is we have to work together to get rid of it. so i have to say it is a challenge to all of us. let s get rid of this. this is not america, this is not washington, d.c. p be
lockdown today, and we had a lot of information about not knowing how many shooters there were, or if they had them are. let me finish this, this is important. you continue to look at this based on the gun is evil, i say don t set up people whether it be a movie theater or school or military base for failure by having a gun-free zone unless you are a law enforcement official at that base. at that movie theater, at that school. but ben, it is not a gun-free zone, the washington navy base that was hit today. then why did bill clinton sign wait a minute, the very same armed security you guys have called for after sandy hook, aurora, you wanted armed guards at military bases, theaters, there were armed guards there at military bases and it made no difference. this is the reason why we re not calling for armed guards