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Community and shut down ronald e. mcnair discovery learning academy. also this morning that dramatic 911 call everyone is talking act. many are calling this woman, antoinette tuff, a hero. she's the school office worker who confronted the shooter. cnn's martin savidge live in decatur. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, carol. yeah, antoinette tuff has been with the school district eight years, been at this school three years, but on tuesday it really came down to one hour that could have made all the difference for all of those inside. take a listen to this dramatic call. it's a ...

This is a man who's under arrest after police say he targeted a walmart, the car smashing through the front doors of the store, slams into a beer display. one witness says he almost ran me over. nick valencia is live with some of the details. how did that happen? was it a mistake? was it an accident? >> witnesses say it appeared to be intentional. it all began yesterday morning at about 11:00 a.m. at that san jose walmart. the suspect, 33 year hamid zaid plowed around the parking lot. he could have been going as fast as 40 miles an hour. suzanne, this is where it gets really bizarre. police sa...

Nick valencia live from los angeles. what happened next? >> what happened before that led up to all this. witnesses say he was seen driving erratically in that parking lot. he sideswiped at least two cars before crashing into the storefront there in san jose. witnesses say he was going at least 40 miles per hour before he skidded in that front store entrance, stopped by the beer display. police say afterwards he got out of his car, allegedly picked up a blunt object and began attacking customers. now it was obviously a very scary scene for those inside. >> he almost ran me over, and some guy p...

Half a billion in security costs. >> that's exactly right. over the past two budget cycles, chris, they've -- each -- i mean, total it's been about half of a billion dollars they've taken away from -- under from the -- they've taken from the president's request some half a billion dollars for security at these embassies. on the other hand, then they come in and they say, oh, we should have more security. and they're all upset. but the fact is, that this cut, cut, cuts. we're beginning to see, chris, how those cuts do affect people and affect lives, sadly. >> let's talk about the fact. it seems...

The lives of those inside. what kind of a force would you need to protect heavily armed, well-armed terrorists? it would seem that would be an incredibly fortified situation to fight off terrorists. does anyone think we should have that kind of armaments available to diplomats? >> even mr. issa's witnesses said that there was no way that we could have fought off this the way we deal with our embassies. unless you were trying to fortify them like we do in iraq. and their budget is about -- probably 30 times what we would have in libya. it would take just a tremendous force. basically, keep in m...