exterior doors. so we were locked in to that area and then everybody went into either interior offices or that conference room and barricaded ourselves in. we were there. that happened sometime between 8 and 8:30. a little while later we heard a very loud gunshot and looked up and saw the door bullet holes in the conference room walls above us. we stayed on the floor. here is what we know about the short. 34 years old, aaron alexis. had two civilian arrests on his record. one for unlawfully discharging a weapon and one for disorderly conduct. he was a navy reservist for about four years before that gun charge and he recently worked as a subcontractor for a computer company. that s how he got a valid pass to enter the navy yard and his security clearance was reportedly approved just this summer. back to you in new york. steve: all right. thank you very much.
violence is screen these people out before they get hired. elisabeth: especially in aaron alexis case, there were no convictions. there were arrests. what about the video game connection? what s your note on that in terms of a profiling or is this a significant fact that we should be looking at more closely? i think it s tough to that s a tough call on video games. they re so popular. millions of people play video games. the average person that plays them doesn t go out and do heinous things, although we have seen incidents in the past where people that have they do that. i think it s too early to draw a correlation. steve: i m curious what the standard is, given the fact that he was apparently kicked out of the navy reserves given these gun event, the areas, although he was not charged, you know, do these contractors, these defense contractors have the same standards from business to business? does the federal government require people to look into this, this and this? i
brian: quick headlines. while you were sleeping, william daley ending his run for governor. the former white house chief of staff saying he realizes it is not what he wants to do for the next five to nine years. that happens. the nation s highest military honor will go to william splintsin. he will become the second u.s. service member to win the medal of honor. steve: time to take responsibility for everything. our next guest is here to tell us how you can stop being a victim with some tough love. his new book called grow a pair is all about taking control of your life. and apparently he s into
y all sit here and get paid to do this. this what you do all day? you got it, dude. you get you a reed. steve: and si makes the reed. si makes the reed sometimes. i m sick of them. i quit. si mainly takes naps and goes to the bathroom. i m going to take me a good two-hour nap. maybe three. it has to be up or this wouldn t work. but this here, you got your wedge to go on here. it goes like this. then you put your thumb and put it in there. it should make a sound. (sound). steve: what is that duck saying? that s more like a party favor. [ laughter ] all they do is when they re eating, they go (sound).
the 16-year-old scores a touchdown for his high school, louisiana high, for their football team. he is battling muscular dystrophy and is confined to a wheelchair. the coach says putting him in the game is the best thing he s ever done. he also plays a couple other sports for the school. coming up on radio, jennifer griffin. steve: 19 minutes before the top of the hour. for the latest on the flooding in colorado, maria molina is standing by. please tell me it s getting better. yes, the weather conditions are getting better but some of the reports of how much rainfall we received yesterday are as much as 17 inches of rain fell across sections of colorado. so the boulder area, that s why we saw such terrible flooding in that city and surrounding areas. it s going to take time for those flood waters to continue to recede even