Afternoon, in brooklyn, new york. The suspect, 28yearold. Ismaaiyl brinsley. You see him right there. He fled the murder scene to a nearby subway station where he then took his own life. This morning were learning new details that are being released about the alleged gunman including a very long criminal record and history of Mental Illness also. His potential motive for killing the officers. Jon David Lee Miller is live in brooklyn right now. David . Reporter jon, we are at 98 tomkins avenue in the bedsty section of brooklyn. Behind me is the crime scene, what was left of it. This is where the two officers, officer rafael ramos and win john lou were executed as they sat in their patrol car on saturday afternoon. Now the scene here transformed into a make shift emmoral. Make shift memorial. Throughout the day there has been steady flow of Police Officers and people who live in this neighborhood and. All times of religions, backgrounds, blacks and whites, who come here to pay their resp
Kristen, i want to start with you. We have not heard anything today, really, from the president on this spat with bob corker. What are you hearing behind the scenes . Explain a little bit about just what set this off. Reporter havent heard anything yet, kasie. Of course, the days not over. We do know the president went golfing with senator lindsey graham, trying to essentially have outreach with one Top Republican as hes feuding with another. In terms of what set this off lets take a step back. Lindsey graham has been a longtime is a a porter of President Trumps but then became sharply critical of him after that highly controversial response to the violence in charlottesville and then last week, remember, kasie, you had bob corker essentially saying that secretary of state rex tillerson, james mattis and the chief of staff here john kelly are standing between this white house and chaos. Behind the scenes, the president infuriated by those comments. Its not clear if thats what specifica