to be able to show that card to gain further access. i think that s the point he initially encountered the navy police officer. steve: he had a government access government contractor access card that was updated in july. so it was good. he could swipe it that way, be able to bypass security. but the question is how did he wind up with this government access card? i mean, he was in the navy reserve but he was kicked out for a couple of arrests. he was given a general discharge and a general discharge generally makes it harder to get a job in the civilian world. not so in this case. you re exactly right, steve. here s the thing. a contractor doing business with the federal government or a military base, they go through somewhat of a background check. but the background check is limited in scope. so the question remains, do we need to start doing more extensive background checks on contractors? there s thousands contractors on the navy base, on army bases each
colder. temperatures early this morning, only in the 30s for parts of upstate new york and also sections of new england. we want to talk about more serious weather and that s parts of colorado where right now fortunately, they are finally drawing things out. they are seeing drier conditions for tuesday and through friday. there is a slight chance for a shower or storm coming up on wednesday. but it s very minimal. about 10% of a chance. that fog and mist that was hampering helicopter rescue efforts has finally cleared. that s good news. so we re looking at better visibility. parts of mexico dealing with what s left of ingrid and manuel. those are two storm systems in the tropics that dissipated. but still a lot of heavy rain expected. some of the higher elevations could be looking at as much as 25 inches of rain. an additional foot possible across lower elevations and eastern parts of mexico. let s head back inside. steve: thank you very much. about 20 minutes before the top of the h
round of questioning, right? so when he goes to have a renewal of that clearance, that information may not be known otherwise. right? through a friend or family or relative. brian: i know what you re saying. okay. this is an american tragedy. what does russia think? good question. it turns out they re jumping on this american exceptionalism thing. putin tweaked us in that column. head of the foreign affairs committee in russia says this, quote, nobody is even surprised anymore. clear confirmation a new shootout in washington, a lone gunman, seven corpses. nobody is even prized. surprised. he says a clear confirmation of america exceptionalism. tongue in cheek. so there you go. game on. cold war is back. little by little. elisabeth: over twitter. steve: not very funny. it is 25 minutes now before the top of the hour. lots of other stories making
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