i m on the inside of our here, top stories on al jazeera, asian markets, the down across the board on monday. it s off to the u. s. federal reserve reported record high inflation. japan nikkei index sound the cost be in south korea. both fell around 3 percent in in re p. had a record low in the japanese. yen is as low as to the dollar since 1998 plus hugo phone come into the new so that it s important. the currency rates move stable, reflecting fundamentals, but recently they have been shopped, un declines now. we are concerned about it. the government will continue to work closely with the bank of japan and stay on god paying close attention to currency movements and the impact on the economy and prices can rob mcbride has more of a story from so. yeah, it does seem as though the asian markets have had the weekend to digest this increasingly bad news out of the us confirmation on friday that the inflation rate has hit at 40 year high as so as soon as trading started monday h
Still no word about what may have made the sound which was interpreted as gunfire. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Kimberly very curious too after the navy yard last week. While police did not find evidence of a shooting this time either, thousands were left in a lockdown for two hours. Rebecca cooper spoke with workers about the moments they had to take cover. Very scary moments. Rebecca that is right. Now you can see over my shoulder at the entrance two the main entrance to Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This is back to normal now. For several hours the people inside the facility only knew police were searching for a possibly active shooter. Denise moore was at a Subway Sandwich shop inside Walter Reed Hospital when word went out about a possible gunman and take shelter immediately. As long as i got out of my life i would have stayed all day. Rebecca employees, patients and visitors we spoke to after the allclear went out this afternoon stayed throughout th
Out. Someone reported hearing gunshots inside building one. Thats the iconic building for this facility with the tower. Now, everyone on the ground of the sprawling campus was ordered to shelter in place and teams from the military began a systemic search of building one, assisted by some Montgomery County police teams as well. Now, all 20 stories had to be searched. As you might imagine that did not happen quickly. It took almost four hours for shermgt in place to be the allclear being given. It turned out to be nothing, but no one is criticizing the person who made the call, as we hear from Montgomery County Police Captain paul starks. Given the times we live in and this facility we wanted to ensure that while we didnt have any indication at the time, except for the call, we want to be able to set up a perimeter and make things safe for the thousands of people on this campus. Reporter now, one of the things that did happen is all nonemergency applications and nonemergency appointment
Health police, atf, fbi, secret service and department of homeland defense. Reporter security teams began a systemic search of building one, 20 floors had to be cleared, every square foot searched. Nearly five hours later, another siren, another announcement, this one much more welcome than the first. It was the allclear. Allclear. Allclear. Resume. Reporter and of course, the best possible outcome in the situation and no one is criticizing the person who reported what they thought was a gunshot. This is exactly what authorities want people to do. They want to be able to sort this all out. Jim, back to you. Derrick ward, thank you. A better look at the Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This map gives you an idea why it took so long for police to search that campus, 243 acres. Todays scare happened in building one. Thats the tower in the front of the complex. Its a prominent building that can be seen as you drive by on Rockville Pike. For three hours, workers inside the comp
Pouring down. So make sure you stay cool, and stay in the shade. Dry walkways headed back home. Temperatures in the mid 90s. The feels like temperature up near 100 this afternoon. Temperatures right now nearby suburbs in Montgomery County, prince georges, fairfax, low 70s. Mid 70s around the chesapeake bay. Next weather and traffic on the 1s 4 41. Now melissa is looking at that backup on 95. Still looking at this backup. This is our Biggest Issue right now. Had some normal construction around town this morning but this backup 95 south there, just south of route 234 through that dumfries area. You can see how slow it is because of two different construction projects. One block in the right side of the road. One block in the left. Really making it kind of a pain for everyone headed southbound. Here es map of that right now. 16 Miles Per Hour two mile backup this morning. 270 into and out of town no problems there. Northbound and southbound youre looking quite good and then in Prince Geor