Small furry animal. His reaction today, friday, october 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. Al has a busy morning, Severe Weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. A lot of questions being asked. Thats the top story this morning. The investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by police in front of hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. Pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. Pete, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of Mental Illn
Police say the woman at the center of all of this was wellknown with a history of mental issues. They discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. Reporter police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. Miriam carey. She drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret Service Officer with her car. There was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. Reporter from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u. S. Capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 Miles Per Hour at one point. Police and secret Service Officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. She again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. Police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls
Studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this tuesday. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and tamron hall. Did we do something with the set . Did i miss something . We changed something. Sorry i missed the House Warming Party but it looks good. It looks good. We are excited. Good. We are going to start in washington at the scene of the deadly shooting at the navy yard. After conflicting reports on monday, confusing information, investigators now believe the gunman acted alone. Natalie morales is there with the latest. Natalie, good morning to you. Good morning to you, matt. We are starting to learn more about the alleged gunman and possibly aa motive here. According to officials, the man identified as the alleged shooter, 34yearold aaron alexis had been experiencing mental problems and had a checkered past. He was a computer contractor, a former Navy Reservist who was honorably discharged in 2011. Alexis did have a valid pass to en
Investigators search for the motive to a massacre. Aaron alexis used his own pass to get onto the knavy yard. Multiple shots fired. Push shove, people falling down. It was just crazy. We now have a total of 13 fatalityies including the shooter. The victims range from age 46 to 73 all civilians. The gunman was being treated for serious Mental Illness including hearing of voices. Whats the security of this facility in your opinion . I think the security is really good up till today. After a 19hour operation, the attempt to raise the Costa Concordia has been successful. It was a perfect operation i would say. Theres no words. Im just this shock. Flooding in colorado being blamed for at least eight deaths. National guard helicopters rescued hundreds of people stranded for days. My husband was walking up the hill and it was the most beautiful sight in the whole wide world. Put the white house on lockdown. They tackled Alexander Hagen who threw a firecracker onto the white house grounds. In
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