Cnns bora sanchez is at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge and former special agent Jonathan Gillian joins us with es. How is security being handled when so many crowd the maul there . Reporter thats right, so many crowds fred. Hundreds of thousands are expected down here on the National Mall but this sort of major security presence isnt necessarily ned for washington but authorities do tell us they are taking the threats coming from the intelligence officials ver ver. We heres what he had to saw. Sorry about that. We dont have that sound available, but basically this is so no distinct changes rlier, talking about soft targets, before people get into hard target areas, like saying the national its places like the metro as it pertains to washington that would be of grave concern. L mall nine checkpoints, this being one of them, but theres extra patrols after some of those soft targets, authorities emphasizing they havent necessarily boosted security this year on the fourth of july. This is
Traffic stop. It was a tip that police got. Without incident they took this man into custody. Hes being questioned right now. Thats welcome news to this city which was, frankly, terrorized overnight. This man walked into this church behind me after 8 00 spent an hour lingering during a libel study session before opening fire killing six women and three men. As i said its rattled this city and rattled this nation as well. President obama knows a good many people running for the South Carolina primary for 2016 and he spoke to them today and he spoke earlier today and it was quite emotional. Theres something particularly heartbreaking about a death happening in a place that we seek solace. Ive had to speak about this too many times. Communities have had to enduring Something Like this way too many times. We dont have all of the facts but, once again, innocent people were killed because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun. But lets be clear, at so
Burnett. New details tonight about convicted killer Richard Matts final moments. Federal agents responding to a report about gunshots fired in the woods near the new york canadian border. According to government officials, one agent found matt during the search lying down behind a fallonen tree. The confrontation, as we know, turned deadly. Prison worker Joyce Mitchells husband is standing by his wife tonight, despite david sweats insistence that it was joyce who wanted her husband dead. A lot of developments to get to. Jason carroll is out front tonight in new york. Jason, this is really the first time officials are giving an account of Richard Matts final moments. What can you tell us . Reporter the final moments could have been much much worse for the border agent who, as you know ended up firing and killing richard matt. It could have been worse for him. Federal authorities are saying that when richard matt failed to obey orders, he raised and pointed the shotgun at that agent befo
Group isis continues to call on its supporters to carry out attacks. The group also said the current holiday ramadan is a time when jihad is most important. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnn National Correspondent sumlin serfaty is in washington. And Jonathan Gilliam joining us with analysis. Sumlin let me begin with you in the National Mall. What more can you tell us about security in washington . Reporter fred there is a heavy Police Presence here down on the National Mall where hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch the Fireworks Show. But i should note that this sort of heavy Police Presence and security down here, it isnt anything particularly new to washington during the fourth of july. But certainly those warnings coming from the Intelligence Community pointing to a potential attack this weekend has authorities on edge. In washington, check points for those watching fireworks with more than 18,000 feet of fencing in place to protect the National Mall. Special pa
Alive. Was he armed when he was confronted . Reporter our sources not able to give us the details only to say that david sweat was shot. Youll remember all along investigators have been operating under the assumption that both men would be armed, both men obviously considered to be highly dangerous. They have been going to cabin to cabin in the northern part of new york in this deeply wooded part of the add ron daks are hunting cabins. There are plenty of shotguns and rifles left behind. Richard matt did in fact have a shotgun. They told him to put his hands up and he didnt and thats why that Tactical Team shot him, killing him. Police had not confirmed whether or not they had specific evidence that there was a gun missing that could be in david sweats possession. They reiterated repeatedly that they expected when they found him he would or might be armed. No details on whether or not he fired any shots. Another question for you. Do we have a sense of the condition that he is in . We k