Reporters were shepherded into the shelter. We dont know how many victims there might be or what condition they could be in right now and well go to joe johns in the Briefing Room and he can give us the latest information. Joe, what do we know right now . Jake, a short time ago here at the white house complex, the guns came out. Secret service pushed people outside of the building on this Beautiful Day inside and told individuals who were on the complex to stay inside. A shelter in place and the white house in and of itself and what we found out was apparently one individual who brandished a gun was spotted by secret service, uniformed secret service, apparently, at 17th and state place, which is right next to e street here and it is right at the intersection near the white house where there happens to be a visitors center. He was transported to a hospital and the tweet indicated that that individual was in critical condition. No confirmation of that so far. So what we do know is that
The issue of National Security and Foreign Policy right to the forefront of this president ial race. And its leading to an ugly back and forth between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Mrs. Clinton striking first. Trump this morning was out hot and early on twitter when this happened saying looks like another act of terror. More proof that were weak. He says a lot of things that are provocative that actually make the important task of building this coalition, bringing everybody to the table and defeating terrorism, more difficult. Let me ask you, do you think that donald trump is qualified to be president . No, i do not. Hours later, mr. Trump responding saying Hillary Clinton is the one who is unfit to be president. Take a look. So today we had a terrible tragedy, and she came up and she said that donald trump talked about radical islamic terrorism. He essentially shouldnt be running for office. He doesnt have the right to run for office. And im saying to myself, what just happened ab
New evidence is giving clues as to what happened aboard egyptair flight 804 just moments before it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Cnn has learn smoke alerts went off shortly before the plane disappeared from radar. Searchers have as found debris and human remains in the sea. But we still dont know what caused that plane to crash on thursday. There was 66 people on board. Egyptian officials expect terrorism but no group has come forward to claim responsibility. Lets get the latest from Cnn International correspondent arwa damon live at cairos international airport. Arwa, what more are you hearing about this investigation at this point . Reporter well, george, the details that are coming to lighting are really serving mostly to add to the mystery surrounding what the cause of this possible crash may be. You do have these various different smoke alarms that were set off, that arent even necessarily definitively indicative of any sort of fire breaking out. But could also have been set
And Foreign Policy right to the forefront of this president ial race. And its leading to an ugly back and forth between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Mrs. Clinton striking first. Trump this morning was out hot and early on twitter when this happened saying looks like another act of terror. More proof that were weak. He says a lot of things that are provocative that actually make the important task of building this coalition, bringing everybody to the table and defeating terrorism, more difficult. Let me ask you, do you think that donald trump is qualified to be president . No i do not. Hours later, mr. Trump responding saying Hillary Clinton is the one who is unfit to be president. Take a look. So today we had a terrible tragedy, and she came up and she said that donald trump talked about radical islamic terrorism. He essentially shouldnt be running for office. He doesnt have the right to run for office. And im saying to myself what just happened about 12 hours ago . A plane got bl
Brought down by a bomb. If so, was it an inside job by someone on board the airliner or with access to it . Airport security fears. Is there a weak link in keeping air travelers safe even as passengers wait on longer lines for screening, who is keeping watch over the thousands of workers and contractors at every major airport . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news, a violent incident near a white house checkpoint. Secret Service Officers shot a male suspect after he apparently brandished a weapon. The suspect was taken into custody. The white house was thrown into lockdown. President obama was away but Vice President biden was secured in the complex during the incident. The lockdown has now been lifted. Breaking news in the egyptair crash. Flight data obtained by cnn shows smoke was detected on board flight 804 shortly before it went down over the mediterranean. Censors showed smoke in a laboratory and other indications of trouble on the airliner. The search for