A gunman opened fire at a d. C. Nightclub, sending club goers running for cover. Five people are in the hospital this morning with gunshot wounds. The shooting happened just after 2 00 this morning at d. C. Sound stage club on the 2400 block of benning road northeast. Derek ward is live on the scene with more. Reporter yeah, good morning. This is a typical block of the 2400 block of benning road northeast, typicalf this part of benning road. You have businesses downstairs aens apartments upstairs. The d. C. Sound stage, by all indications, is a popular night spot, but it was about 2 20 this morning there were patrons inside at the bar. Police say someone came up to the door, opened the door, and opened fire. Patrons went scrambling. Four males and one female were hit. Police at first thought there were only four people hit. They found one patron out back hiding for cover. They dont have a description of the gunman. Fortunately, none of the wounds sustained were life threatening. Police
They havent said exactly why, but its pretty clear. Theres been a considerable amount of pressure on the boy scouts. You may remember that barack obama and mitt romney during the campaigns said that the scouts could change the policy. There have been very public expulsions of scouts that have caused something of a blowback, but i should also say the individual organizations say this is the wrong thing to do. The scouts have been pulled in both directions. This may well end up being a compromise that nobody likes. Weve heard tonight from the Southern Baptist convex that theyre very disappointed. Others have said this doesnt go far enough,. Kind of like dont ask dont tell, a compromise like that . Well, that would be for others to decide, but its definitely a compromise. All the scouts will formally say is this is serious ly week in texas. Do you have a sense of the time frame . Yes, next week. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. Our Team Coverage continues in Montgomery County tonight. Jack
Similar to the measure eight senators announced yesterday. There be a partisan plan would create a path to citizenship for undocumented workers which would require them to regular step of with the federal government, pay fines and back taxes, submit to criminal background checks and learn english. We have been too content for tolong to allow individuals to mow our lawn, serve our food, clean our homes and even watch our children while not affording them any of the benefits that make our country so great. Once again, president obama on his way to vegas. Hell unveil his immigration plan about an hour from now. Do not miss it. You can see it live on nbcwashington. Com. And today, well be watching capitol hill as the senate votes on whether to confirm john kerry as secretary of state. Minutes ago the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to confirm the longtime massachusetts democrat. And everyone is expecting a similar result when the full senate votes later today. Barring any stunning
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Well get to that severe flooding in northeast australia in a couple of minutes. More rescues there over the last 24 hours. Al will join us and tell us abt a powerful storm system right here at home that could be spawning some tornados in the coming days. Also ahead, strong signals from the boy scouts that it will end its nationwide exclusion of gay scouts and leaders. At least one major group is saying that may force it to move its support to other boys organizations. New questions this morning about the death of Country Singer Mindy Mcreadys boyfriend as she opens up about what happened the night he died. Well hear from her. Its an emotional and candid interview. First to that deadly flooding in australia. Sarah james is in brisbane for us this morning. S sarah, good
And im barbara harrison. Its wednesday, january 30th, 2013. 20 first graders and six women who tried to protect them at sandy hook elementary school. The hearing was set for sparks but the hearing took a more even dramatic turn when former congresswoman Gabby Giffords was there. Giffords led off with a statement that lasted about one minute. Speaking is difficult, but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. Giffords resigned from Congress Last january, one year after she was shot in theead at a Public Outreach meeting in tucson. She and her husband retired astronaut mark kelly have formed a Political Action group aimed at strengthening gun laws. On to the big story this morning. Traffic is still a mess thanks to a major crash on the beltway early this morning. This was from about 90 minutes ago. You can see cars slowly getting by on route 50 in lanham. It involved a fire truck and an suv and sen