just come into our newsroom just minutes ago. we heard from the mother of aaron alexis, the man who carried out the shooting rampage at the u.s. navy yard in washington. her name is kathleen alexis. her comments are gut-wrenching. here is a bit of what she told our national correspondent deb feyerick. september 18, 2013, our son aaron alexis has murdered 12 people and wounded several others. his actions have had a profound and lasting effect on the families of the victims. i don t know why he did what he did, and i ll never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone, and for that i am glad. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken. that s cathleen alexis. more of that interview airs on cnn in the next hour of cnn
his actions have had a profound and lasting effect op the families of the vick ttimvictim. i don t know why he did what he did and i ll never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer be able to do harm to anyone and for that, i am glad. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken. kathleen alexis there from her home in new york, just a few moments ago, again, speaking out for the first time from her brooklyn home there since her son shot and killed 12 people earlier this week in washington, d.c. two days now since those 12 people were gunned down at their workplace at the navy yard. nine months since 26 people including 20 children were murdered. this ad by newtown action alliance is running online now as its members descend on washington this week lobbying
and today we are hearing from the mother of the man responsible for carrying out monday s massacre at the washington navy yard in an emotional off-camera meeting with reporters today. kathleen alexis shared her grief for the families of the 12 victims. our son aaron alexis has murdered 12 people and wounded several others. his actions have had a profound and everlasting effect on the families of the victims. i don t know why he did what he did, and i ll never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone, and for that i am glad. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken. nbc news correspondent rahema
the third floor apartment just in the building behind me. it was very difficult for kathleen alexis to express herself. she was choked with emotion. this is very hard for her. like everyone else she will never know why her son did what he did and there is so many questions but she really seemed just emotionally drained. she had pastors, one on each side of her and at one point she leaned into one of them for support. she said her message was for the victims. our son aaron alexis has murdered 12 people and wounded several others. his actions have had a profound and everlasting effect on the families of the victims. i don t know why he did what he did. i will never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone and for that i am glads. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken.
0 of the defense department will announce a hard look into how and to whom military clearance is given. the more we learn about the navy yard shooter, the more it seems that signs were either missed or ignored. signs that he was a very troubled man. the most recent alarm, this most cent alarm was sounded just six weeks ago. rhode island police contacted authorities at a nearby naval facility after an encounter with alexis in a newport hotel. he apparently told officers, told officers, that he was hearing voices. that people were sending signals his way to keep him from sleeping. after that, crick e ets. nothing, that warning did not stop him from going to the virginia shop where he bought that remmington rifle, it did not stop him from gaining access to the base and killing a dozen people. why alexis kept shooting and strange thing is they understand the events, he enters the building, goes up to the fourth floor carrying a bag he s brought into the building. goes into the restroom, co