connect the karl rove moment infamous karl rove moment of denial to romney s campaign s decision not to concede. there is an unknown character here that caused all sorts of delays. tell me about it. there was basically for over an hour a pause in the romney campaign s high command in boston because they were about to concede. right? they were all ready to go. political junkies out there who go to amazon and get this book will love the opening scene. we have the suite in boston at the westin on the 16th floor. and the chicago suite where the president is. sort of back and forth on election night what s going on. romney was ready to concede at 11:15. ten minutes later karl rove is on fox news saying hold on, you re calling ohio too soon. what we found out, chuck, is that both carl at the fox studio in new york but also the romney campaign in boston was talking to the same person, scott jennings, who is romney s ohio campaign director who was hold
apparently they are talking with him. he is calm in his demeanor, not making any threats, but police do not know the kind of weaponry he has, and there is a threat that he had bombs, which obviously is a big concern for police, but, again, they don t know all of his weapons. they are reviewing film trying to figure out waving the man i out what if anything the man is carrying. he appeared to be looking for a specific individual. apparently walked shortly after 8:00 this morning into an investment company on the 16th floor, appeared to be looking for a specific individual. those are all the details now we re getting from police, as we get further details we ll pass them along to you. martha: all right. let s go to jon scott standing by to tell us what is coming up next at the top of the hour on happening now. jon: it is tgif and the race for this white house is getting even hotter. this as the obama administration comes under increasing scrutiny
with him. it is still, the building is still secure. we have not evacuated the building, at the same time, we aren t letting anyone back into the building. so the workers that are in the building, they can leave, but, at their own wish, but they aren t able to return back in, because we re still securing the 16th floor. just moments ago, the chief explaining to reporters the situation they re you watching in pittsburgh. the breaking news we ve been following over the last hour. a hostage situation in a downtown high-rise. there is a man that went into the 16th floor apparently armaled with a gun and two duffel bags. unsure what s in the duffel bags. the staff wasn t toldful they were explosives or if they re filled with more ammunition for the gun that he was showing when he walked in. the staff, as we re hearing there from the chief, certainly, from certainly parts of the building evacuated. not the entire building has been evacuated, but the mother of this person that walked into t
gregg: breaking news. we re getting word now unconfirmed of a possible hostage situation inside the gateway center in pittsburgh. reports of a man on a 16th floor of 3 gateway with a gun holding hostages. this is not at all confirmed by police. gateway security guard hearing a woman on the 16th floor saying quote, don t come in here, you will get hurt. we do know that the pittsburgh s.w.a.t. team is on the scene outside of 2 and 3 gateway center. huge 1 1/2 million square foot complex of several buildings. it is a big high-rise in pittsburgh. employees at 2 and 3 have been evacuated. local sib way is shut down. we ll continue to advise as we get further details. martha: well this new reports of a security breakdown that may have happened in libya as the state department and the white house are still
realistic threat, which, of course, there is right now. so, again, there is this situation going on in the 16th floor. it s a 24-story building. we re going to keep our eye on this. clint, we appreciate you joining us and for your insights on this but we ll let everybody know as soon as we get more facts into the newsroom, we ll bring it to you. clint, thanks again. developing now, violent protests in cartoon. look at these images. most turbulent seens in pakistan. 16 people died in country. pakistan s government declared a national hol kay encouraging people to peacefully protest. this film made in america. protests were are the roed today in at least seven other countries as well. all this is going on as the last of the surge troops deployed in afghanistan are now coming home. the pentagon says nearly 33,000 americans packed up and left the country on schedule, bringing an end to the american troop surge