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reentered the building. accounts vary as to what exactly happened next but it seems clear nicole bare s employees were let inside by an ally within the building. that would be a freshman member of congress from massachusetts jake. once on federal property colbert s employees did what they claim do which was disrupt the business of congress and apparently they were not subtle about doing it. they pounded on doors and yelled. whatever they did, it got people s attention. it takes an awful lot for a police force controlled by nancy pelosi to arrest a group of entertainment figures. but that s exactly what happened next. capitol hill police arrested seven colbert employees and brought them to jail. all seven of them were charged with unlawful entry. that s the identical charge that hundreds of january 6th defendants have been prosecuted for. but, unlike january 6th defendants colbert s employees were not sent to jail for a year and a half in solitary confinement they were release
Reporter Police Rushed in just after the first shots rang out. It was just loud, like one big, loud bang, made my ears ring. I knew it was a gunshot. Reporter witnesses say a 59yearold drifter, john russel houser, stood up in the crowded theater and opened fire. He looked like he was very calm, standing there, kind of walking down the aisle and firing. Reporter two people were killed in the attack, nine others wounded. Shock. Shocked. I dont even know what to say about the situation. Reporter today, as their investigation continues, police are learning more about the man they say is responsible. He clearly knew what he was doing, clearly had some kind of a plan, because he bought the ticket, in the theater, he had the gun. Reporter a plan that according to officers, became more clear as they searched the hotel he had been living in. We found wigs and glasses and disguises basically in his room. It is apparent that he was intent on shooting and then escaping. Reporter things apparently
This 25th of july. Good saturday morning to you. We are going to start off with chucks homework. Another hot day, but humidity not as bad, right . Thats right. Pencils down. Beautiful weather on tap. Humidity, as you mentioned, nice and low. Temperatures have fallen quickly into the 60s this morning across the outlying suburbs. Here is the view from the tower camera. Downtown, washington, a mostly clear sky in place. A Beautiful Day coming our way. Plan on plenty of saturday sunshine. Today the high humidity will be making a comeback. It looks like a building heat wave for the middle parts of the week. Nothing to worry about today. Sunshine high, humidity low. Nothing showing up on the radar this morning. Temperatures mid60s in the suburbs, 73 downtown, 71 annapolis. Plan on sunshine and heat, high near 92 degrees. Well talk about your sunday rain chances in a few minutes. Thank you, chuck. 6 01 right now. A man died following a shooting in the district. This is not far from alabama av
And we will show you what interrupted a sunday evening meal at a Montgomery County restaurant. Gunshots outside a busy rec center and tonight a young man is dead. There were a lot of little kids and families at the bad bury rec center when somebody started shooting. News 4s Darcy Spencer is live. This to me is incredible that nobody else was injured. Definitely a close call because there were so many families out here. This is where the shooting happened this afternoon. Right here in this parking lot. Police wrapped up the investigation here on the scene. Just a few minutes ago, they towed away two cars. One belonged to the victim and the second was a white mustang and they are continuing their search for the gunman. Football scrimmages going on with the kids and at least 200 people out here. This man said that peace was shattered by the sound of shots fired in the parking lot outside the brad bury rec center. I was out in the parking lot and gunfire shot. Eight shots at least. It was