For a couple of hours surrounding the vehicle. We presume theyve checked it before this. But they do appear to be ready to tow it. They are taking some kind of measure mtd to the vehicle and doing some other checks on it. This is confirmed to be the suspects vehicle. Interesting he parked it here on the west side of the white house by the reflecting pool next to the botanical gardens. He had to walk quite a long way up capitol hill and around the building to get to the place where this shooting took place, where the Visitor Center checkin is where the metal detectors are where this incident happened. As far as what happened in the incident, according to police, this suspect walked through the metal detector. Set off an alarm and then pulled a weapon. He drew the weapon and according to Law Enforcement sources waved it around. At that point Law Enforcement officers fired on him and wounded him. He was taken away and is recovering from his wounds. There was also a female bystander who wa
Of nationality or race or faith, in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. We can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all over the world. Heres what we know at this time. 31 people are believed to have died in the attacks at the airport and the subway station nearby. Three americans are critically injured. They have been identified by the Mormon Church as missionaries. Critically, but not lifethreatening injuries. Isis has now claimed responsibility. Pete Williams Joins me from the newsroom. Andrea, good day to you. And by phone. Andrea, good day to you. Pete, tell us what we know and what officials and Homeland Security officials telling you. Well, they dont know of any specific credible reports for attacks on the homeland, andrea. They are following the response of the belgian authorities looking at who was responsible here. They tell us theyre chasing down several leads based on a couple of pieces of information. First of all, witness reports.
11 of the dead. 15 of the dead were killed at a subway station. The first incident happened at the airport 8 00 a. M. Local time in brussels, that was 3 00 a. M. On the east coast. A Security Source has told nbc news and this has been borne out by people who recognize the video that one of the airport explosions happened near check in desk 4, departure hall 1, less than an hour after the airport attack then came an explosion that hit the subway at the maelbeek station near that Main Building of the eu there has not been a formal claim of responsibility nor has there been anything since so we are hoping for the sake of the good people of brussels and everywhere else that this is it, that this was a, while planned and multilocation, a finite attack those are the very familiar stanchions in the airport that we have all cued up around and the snaking of the security line when you arrive at the airport. The other word for that of course is soft targets. The front of an airport is where ever
Being described as coup fodder. Failed an attempted coup in turkey. For more we bring in amy kellogg, live in nice, france. Amy, whats the latest . Hi, patricia, the situation is still, to the best of our understanding, quite unstable in turkey. There are explosions being heard in different parts of the country and some unrest. As you mentioned, the death toll just keeps going up. President erdogan is saying he does have the situation under control. Hes warning a very harsh perfect punishment for those and also blaming poconos based imam who has been, according to him, a thorn in his side and trying to ubd mine him for years. They were once great allies. In the meantime, just to rep cap, lots of military personnel, dozens have surrendered in their defense. Some very dramatic images of that. That has been the most potent image or most potent icon of the sense the coup may have failed. 1500 people involved in the coup have been arrested and death toll continues to rise but believed 100 o
Hours later tanks were seen rolling in toward a Government Palace in ankara. Explosions and gunfire reported. At least 09 People Killed during the chaos and 1100 others wounded. Its unclear what turkey will look like when the dust settles. But erdogan says that they will pay a heavy price for treason to turkey. For more insight on this we bring in amy kellogg and she is live in nice, france. What is the latest . As you were saying it appears that the coup attempt overnight has failed with president erdogan saying that he is fully in control of the situation, blaming rebel factions of his military and a reclusive imam who lives in the poconos of all places, someone who erdogan has been blaming over some time now, maybe even years for trying to undermine him. They were close allies at one point. He has a series of Charter Schools in the United States. But he issued a statement saying he had nothing to do with any of these. In the meantime, the situation is not entirely calm in turkey. Th