With scott pelley. Pelley the u. S. Capitol Visitors Center was crowded with spring tourists, many of them children, when a man pulled a handgun this afternoon. A Police Officer opened fire and wounded the gunman before he could get off a shot. The suspect is in surgery under the knife and under arrest. Kris van cleave is at the capitol. Reporter panicked congressional staffers and tourists fled the u. S. Capitol after reports of gunshots in the Visitors Center. Lynn sines and his family were about the take a tour. Basically all we heard was the Capitol Police saying, down, down, down, so we all dropped down. Reporter the shooting happened just after 2 30 p. M. At a security checkpoint staffed by Capitol Police. Chief matthew verderosa. The individual drew what appeared to be a weapon and pointed it at officers. An officer fired and struck the suspect, who was subsequently treated by medical personnel. News the suspect is 66yearold larry dawson, man described as familiar with the capit
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news from paris. French police have launched a raid that one official says has disrupted a planned terror attack in its advanced stages. There has been at least one arrest. So far, they have found no link between this new plot and the november attacks in paris, or the brussels bombing on tuesday. We also learned today about the brussels suspects. At least two of them were on a u. S. Terrorism watch list that would have barred their travel to the united states. And there is another suspect now involved in the brussels subway bombing. That makes at least five so far. Elaine cob is in brussels tonight but has the latebreaking developments from the french raid. Elaine. Frenchman is under arrest after that raid in a northern suburb of paris. The raid happened after an arrest early this morning when french intelligence found someone and they then raided the house. They say that t
To engage directly with the cuban people. Reporter president obama arrives in cuba. Its very chic, very chichi for less to celebrate vicious communist dictator. The head of cuba was there to greet him. Honestly he should have turned the plane around and left. I would rather lose with trump than try to win with him. You hold out being Donald Trumps running mate . Are you kidding me . The east is bracing for heavy to moderate know. We have to deal with it. What can you do . Investigators hope to visit the cockpit of a plane that crashed in russia. Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam was captured over the weekend. Followers on instagram. A jersey city mall, a man in an easter bunny costume brawling with shoppers. Easter bunny got in a fight. Notre dame wins it what was that moment like for you . It doesnt feel real. Its good wisconsin has won it i just tried to handle my inner steph curry and it worked sweet 16 all that matters. Gentlemen, im sorry to interrupt but im giving the cbs sunday morn
A tradition for generations mason good morning, Charles Osgood is off im anthony this is a special edition of sunday morning, its the money issue. The annual look how we earn, spend, invest. Were not just looking at us. The people of a small island nation have attracted a lot of attention lately by putting their misbehaving bankers on ice, so to speak. As Martha Teichner will report. Iceland is famous for its exotic natural wonders how for Something Else. How many bankers are in jail. Between 20 to 30. Ahead this sunday morning justice, viking style. Mason here at home its some tech savvy whiz kids think theres no need to invest in a college education. John blackstone has tracked them up to on their home turf. Living in your offers, you both gave up harvard for this . Exactly. For all of this. Teenage ceos ditching school trying to become silicon valleys next big thing. Ahead on sunday morning. You probably dont think of coffee when you think the name hugh jackman hes got a second call
Presentation for ciz well here at home, Law Enforcement went on high alert. And Michelle Miller has that. Reporter just before rush hour this morning, new york city deployed an army of counterterrorism officers from three elite units, including its hercules team. Especially trained to protect the citys most sensitive targets and transportation hubs. New York City Police commissioner, bill bratton. To the timing of this event a allowed us to have tours of duty on the units, and we will double the amount of officers available to us this morning. Reporter thousand of commuters, filed past heavily armed officers and were stopped to have their bags searched. Very grateful to all of them. Reporter in los angeles, Police Presence was beefed up at union station. The largest rail terminal on the west coast. Beck. We want to have a high visibility. We want to make sure that our Critical Infrastructure is safe. Reporter in chicago, police had canine units on the platform as trains arrived. And in