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[inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen looking at this wonderful institution at the Constitution Center i see a lot of friends here and we have a responsibility on bill of rights day to inspire people around the world. So i will put aside what we are discussing not only the first part and i know you can hear us. The national Constitution Center is the only institution in america chartered by congress, due to somebody information on a nonpartisan basis and this is the purpose of the charter to increase understanding and that is what we will do today. On december 15, 1791 the bill of rights were ratified in those tenements have become iconic of american liberty. But as we will learn today in a fascinating series of discussions known as the bill of rights not until december 15, 1931 in the heart of world war ii that president roosevelt first began referring to the bill of rights and the first panel how the first ten amendments came to be known as the bill of rights. Som
Matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on friday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. We hate to say it but another week, another tragic shooting in louisiana. Were getting more information as we speak. Authorities have just released this new information about the gunman. His name, john houser, a 59yearold from alabama. Authorities describing him as kind of a drifter. We know that disguises including wigs and glasses were found in the search of his hotel room. Were going to get more on that in a live interview with Louisiana State police in just a moment. But lets start on this friday morning with nbcs john yang. John, what can you tell us . Matt, right now investigators are processing this crime scene. They say the theater is littered with personal belongings, shoes, purses, keys, cell phones, things people dropped and ran whether the shooting started. Were learning more about the shooter, more about the victim, and mor
Rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. It seems another week another tragic mass shooting this time in louisiana. Well is have more on this in a second. We are following another big story. The administrations high stakes Nuclear Agreement with iran. In studio exclusively secretary of state john kerry. He was in washington yesterday selling the deal. Hell sit down with matt in a few minutes. Back to louisiana. The gunman identified as a 58yearold white male with a criminal history. Witnesses say he stood up about 20 minutes into a showing of the movie trainwreck, pulled out a handgun and started firing. Two people were killeded. At least nine others wounded. Their ages from the late teens to 60s. Overnight the investigation had to be put on hold briefly. The bomb squad was called this in when an officer saw something suspicious inside the gunmans car. Well talk to the police and two people who were at the theater complex in a moment. Lets beg
Looks good. Lets keep it this way. Not so hot on 15 shut down at lucketts road still because of the fire. Your alternate, new Valley Church road is the best way around that. Looking at 270 a little slow southbound as youre headed to 80. Had some debris in the roadway. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. Beltway, no problems. Aaron . Thank you. 6 01. Now to the developing story out of louisiana. Police are checking out suspicious packages found inside that louisiana Movie Theater. Police say that they found a backpack and a few other items inside the gunmans car. Now overnight the bomb squad blew up the trunk of the car. Were still working to figure out what was inside. We know that the gunman stood up about 20 minutes into last nights screening of the movie trainwreck and began firing into that crowd in lafayette louisiana before he turned the gun on himself. Two other people died, nine people hurt in addition. Some of those victims are in Critical Condition right no