What has everybody in such great anxiety at ottawa this hour is reports of shootings in other locations and Ottawa Police saying they are still look out for other suspects, they are stopping cars trying to go to quebec. They have asked the public to stay signed, schools are on lock down and police going door by door downtown in a search effort. A manhunt for additional suspects. This has been remark for people there. You can see the pictures. People are standing by, the rcpm has injuries difference. And we expect them to clarify whether or not there were shootings at more than the would occasions we mentioned the war memorial and the center block of parliament whether in facts there was a shooting at the shoot toe thole nearby and at the rideau certainty which is a nearby Shopping Mall or whether those were false reports, simply transmit today police because people heard the shots from the National War Memorial and got confused, canadas National Newspaper the globe and mail was able to
Volatility index, the visx. A developing story in ottawa, canada, where parliament has been locked down after a soldier has been shot nearby at the. Ations war memorial one soldier and one shooting suspect are dead. Bloombergs Ottawa Bureau chief joins me on the phone with the. Atest on what is a very sleepy government town. Ottawa is a very sleepy government town. The Downtown Core is totally locked down. You have police with Automated Machine guns taking position everywhere. Withinre shootings parliament, not just at the war memorial. War memorial is about a couple hundred meters away from Parliament Hill. Gunman shot down one of the soldiers, more ceremonial type soldier. There were two soldiers in front of the war memorial. One of them was shot and killed. There was also an incident in the parliament. We are not sure it is the same kind man who just walked up to parliament and got into the building. Was right in the vicinity of where the government caucus was meeting with the Prime
[gunfire] gerri one gunman killed in the Parliament Building by police. Parts of ottawa in downtown and parliament was put on lockdown. Parts of the capital were put on lockdown. The fbi helping canadians with their investigation. They have identify the shooter as 32yearold michael zehafbibeau, believed to be canadiangone. He is being checked by u. S. And canadian authorities for any lendings to terror. President obama a short time ago said the canadians are getting full support of our federal government. They will look at a spike in isis related chatter up to todays attack. They will not say whether the shooting today was related. Just this week canada raised its Terror Threat level. Here is the Ottawa Police describing what happened today. At 9 52 a. M. This morning the Ottawa Police Service Received multiple 911 calls regarding a shooting at the National War Memorial. The victim of the shoot something a member of the Canadian Armed forces. His injuries were fatal. Our thoughts and p
One gunman is killed. More are thought to be involved though. Shots are reported in three different locations all around the city. Lets turn to our panel now for their reaction. To just, James Freeman of wall street journal. Todd schoenberger. Rob basso, advantage payroll services. Thanks to all three of you for joining us. Were watching events unfold. The market sinking further. This is show called money. Were focused on markets. Were down 120, double where we were when we kicked off. Does this add to the nervousness in the market . It does add to the nervousness. This may be beginning filling out a picture weve been tracking again we dont know who these people were or how many people there were but we noticed within the last week in canada, soldiers being run down. They have now decided that was an act of islamic terrorism. We saw a recent plot in the u. K. , targets aimed at military and Police Officers. Melissa yeah. Radicals coming back from syria. So this threat weve been warning
If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs