Out. Someone reported hearing gunshots inside building one. Thats the iconic building for this facility with the tower. Now, everyone on the ground of the sprawling campus was ordered to shelter in place and teams from the military began a systemic search of building one, assisted by some Montgomery County police teams as well. Now, all 20 stories had to be searched. As you might imagine that did not happen quickly. It took almost four hours for shermgt in place to be the allclear being given. It turned out to be nothing, but no one is criticizing the person who made the call, as we hear from Montgomery County Police Captain paul starks. Given the times we live in and this facility we wanted to ensure that while we didnt have any indication at the time, except for the call, we want to be able to set up a perimeter and make things safe for the thousands of people on this campus. Reporter now, one of the things that did happen is all nonemergency applications and nonemergency appointment
To todays outage suffered by the wall street journal site and by united airlines. More on both of those in a bit. Sources tell cnbc that the New York Stock Exchange problem may have been the result of an overnight Software Upgrade and traders got a little bit of warning because before the exchange opened this morning there was a bulletin sent out, we have got some kind of a technical problem. So, when it actually struck about 11 30 there wasnt panic there wasnt a big selloff, because there still was trading. These stocks that couldnt be traded on the New York Stock Exchange could be traded on the internet on something called bats. So, in summary, problem fixed, not a hack attack and no official word on what caused the worst technical outage ever to strike the New York Stock Exchange. Steve handelsman, thanks steve. Now to the other big computer glitch thats still causing a Summer Travel nightmare for thousands of people. United airlines was forced to ground some 3500 flights across the
Humidity, it is not going to be hard for any storms that do develop to become strong. Once again, yesterday we saw the flash flooding. That was the biggest threat. Today, that threat still a threat but not quite as high. It is the high winds that we are going to be dealing with. Yes there is a low threat of a tornado today best chance of that northern portions of maryland around the masondixon line. Continue to track it for you throughout the afternoon. Amelia segal and i are in all day. With the stroke of a pen, South Carolina governor nikki haley is about to end the controversy that has divided her state for more than half a century. Haley is signing a bill that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state house grounds. These are live pictures from columbia, South Carolina. This move will come hours after the state house passed this legislation. The Governors Office says the flag will come down in a ceremony tomorrow morning at 10 00. We are closely following this breaking news.
Supremacist dylann roof. Leaders hope the removal will help heal some wounds. This is a positive step. This is a step forward. This opens the door it opens the gate. You want this to go away quickly. I want people to remember what today feels like. Nbcs jay gray will have a live report on the flags removal coming up in our next half hour. Developing right now, the fbi says the accused shooter in the Charleston Church massacre got that gun illegally. Director james comey says a background check failure allowed dylann roof to purchase a a. 45caliber glock handgun. Roof had a previous drug possession arrest, but the fbi examiner who looked into roofs background never saw an arrest report because the documents were incomplete and inaccurate. The district is taking direct aim at city businesses that are selling synthetic drugs, like k 2 and scooby snacks. News4s Mark Seagraves breaks down this new law now in effect. Reporter mayor bowser signed the new law today which will have much stiffer
Two students and Police Believe more victims are out there. Justin Andrew Gordon taught at Connolly School of the holy child in potomac, maryland. He was a Computer Lab Assistant and fault robotics at the school. Police tell us both victims were students at the time. Chris gordon live with what we are learning about the man accused. Chris . Reporter holy child was founded in 1961. The safety of its entire community, it says is of utmost importance. Recently, a student reported a teacher may have acted inappropriately and it was the school that immediately called the police. Connolly school of the holy child educates young women in grades six through 12. Justin gordon worked as a Computer Lab Assistant. When the School Received a report last week that he inappropriately touched two Young Students, one as early as 2012, the school fired gordon. He appeared in court charged with two counts of sex abuse of a minor and two sex offenses. I mean this is a 40yearold man who is exerting influen