James brown. We are told that his journey started in raleigh, North Carolina. We was ultimately headed to chicago with several stops along the way including here in richmond, virginia. Now behind me, this is the patrol cruiser of trooper chad dermyer. It is covered in flowers and notes. This Community Grieves trooper dermyers loss as well as offer support to the state police. 34yearold james brown had a long criminal history in his home state of illinois including attempt murder gun and drug charges. Authorities say when brown shot and killed 37yearold trooper chad dermyer yesterday, at the richmond Greyhound Bus station, he did so with a. 40caliber beretta, semiautomatic pistol. A gun bought legally a year ago but not by brown himself. Also found in browns possession 143 rounds of unspent ammunition. Its troubling he would have a g. History that he has. Able to travel on a bus line. Dermyer was one of 16 state Police Troopers taking part in training at the bus station. As part of the
Com cspan. And you can also email us, cspan cspan. Org. Who do you blame for the debt ceiling Government Shutdown . 29 of those surveyed said republicans. 12 said democrats. But 54 said that they blame both parties. And this from cnns recent poll this week with the headline, g. O. P. Boehner takes shutdown hit, and it says this according to the survey, 54 say its a bad thing that the g. O. P. Controls the house, up 11 points from last december. Soon after the 2012 elections when the republicans kept control of the chamber, only 38 say its a good thing the g. O. P. Controls the house, a 13point dive from the end of the last year. So thats cnns poll. Front page of the Washington Times this morning has this headline, republicans lose more key voters they tried to reach. Host so thats in the Washington Times this morning, a flaver for you of the recent polls that have come out and the impact of the Government Shutdown. From that usa today poll that we read a little bit earlier, heres the s
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Rather than anything else. I thought it was firecrackers going off. I looked across the street theres a man with a rival shooting at people. This comes two days after canada raised its Terror Threat left after islamic convert ran two canadian soldiers with his car. That government attack was linked to terrorist etiology. White house echoed that saying it was too soon to jump to conclusions about todays attack. Including if this is linked to terrorism. Good were all shaken by it but well do everything we can to make sure that were standing side by side with canada during this difficult time. Reporter president obama was briefed on the ottawa shooting and by mid afternoon spoke with canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper by phone. In washington, legal land vittate, fox news. We are on top of this breaking story on myfoxphilly. Com. Youll fine the latest right on our home page 24 7. Right now at 5 00 noreaster hitting us with rain, wind and cold. Heres a live look at center city. Shows the
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