From the white house so its not clear why. Were reaching out to secret service to get an explanation for why the white house reporters had to leave but what we are seeing now is these protesters clashing with police in front of the white house over that Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park. So theres still protesters there. We can hear people talking. Those are people in front of or around you i assume. Youre by the old church where the president had gone several weeks ago. Reporter yeah. You can see, anderson, it is getting emotional. People talking to the Police Officers as we have been standing here. Probably 150, 200 protesters here in front of the white house if i do a count from where im standing. Kaitlan, the Lafayette Park, is that policed by d. C. Police or federal . Reporter these are metropolitan police right here. And its interesting because, you know, if youre familiar with how in front of the white house works it is certain slots of officers that are in charge of the p
Somewhat facing off with the police. You can see theyre literally face to face with officers standing behind the bikes. After that happened just a few moments ago, chanting things like hey ho Andrew Jacksons got to go and we were inside the white house and secret Service Officers came around to the reporters and said that we had to leave the white house grounds. Someone listening at home may not think thats unusual but it is incredibly unusual and i dont think weve been asked to physically leave the white house at a time like that but instead officers are coming around telling reporters to get off the white house grounds at that moment. Though its not clear why because, of course, if youre looking at Lafayette Square the statue is good 100 yards back from the white house so its not clear why. Were reaching out to secret service to get an explanation for why the white house reporters had to leave but what we are seeing now is these protesters clashing with police in front of the white h
As of the latest update, theyre still treating nearly two dozen badly wounded patients with six in critical condition. We will be joined shortly by a doctor that runs the trauma unit and who, like the shooter, is an immigrants child. We begin with breaking news, new information about the troubled past of the man that took all these lives. Cnn Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin just obtained details, and joins us from the killers home in fort pierce. Drew, we are hearing about missed signals all week, seems to be adding up. Reporter yeah, this is another glaring example of that. In 2007, john, we have been reporting the shooter was expelled from a Law Enforcement academy at the same time he was fired from his job at the Florida Department of corrections. Fellow students said it involved some sort of perceived threat. The school, the Indian River State College was refusing to give up records. Tonight we have the records and it could explain the reluctance of officials. Not o