This was an awful day for our northern neighbors in canada and has made for nervousness to the south among Law Enforcement throughout new york america. Two people with dead tonight in ottawa after a shooting on parliament hill, canadas equivalent of capitol hill. Culminated in a shootout in the ornate building where lawmakers were caucusing. [ gunfire ] the gunman killed in that exchang of fire has been identified as a canadian citizen who converted to islam. It all happened in the heart of ottawa at the war memorial there and inside the parliament building. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams starts off our coverage tonight. Out of the way Reporter Police in ottawa frantically search for armed men most of the day in ottawa, canadas fourth largest city. Just before 10 00 a. M. Eastern time a soldier standing guard was shot and seriously wounded by a man with a rifle. A shocking scene by bypasses. I turned around and there was a guy with a rifle around on the back corner. And just p
Northern neighbors in canada and has made for nervousness to the south among Law Enforcement throughout north america. Two people are dead tonight in ottawa, a canadian soldier and a suspect after a shooting on parliament hill, canadas equivalent of capitol hill. A violent morning that culminated in a shootout inside the ornate building where lawmakers were caucusing. [ gunfire ] the gunman killed in that exchange of fire has been identified as a canadian citizen who converted to islam. It all happened in the heart of ottawa at the war memorial there and inside the parliament building. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams starts off our coverage tonight. Out of the way Reporter Police in ottawa frantically search for armed men most of the day in the center of ottawa, canadas fourth largest city. Just before 10 00 a. M. Eastern time a soldier standing guard was shot and seriously wounded by a man with a rifle. A shocking scene witnessed by many bystanders. I was over here, and i just
Jihadi john as a hero and a reason to join the terror group . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. An urgent man hunt is under way for the gunmen who attacked a museum and killed 19 people in tunisias capital. Thousands of Cruise Ship Passengers were in the city of tunis at the time. Security forces killed two attackers, described by the interior minister as islamists. The search is now under way for three others while tunisia is a moderate nation and the first country where the arab spring took hold, it may also have provided more foreign fighters to isis than any other country. I will talk to senator Corey Gardner of the Foreign Relations committee coming up. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by with full coverage. But lets begin with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. Barbara . Reporter wolf this lovely north african capital, the city the site of bloodshed earlier today when gunmen opened up in a complex that involved
Northern neighbors in canada and has made for nervousness to the south among Law Enforcement throughout north america. Two people are dead tonight in ottawa, a canadian soldier and a suspect after a shooting on parliament hill, canadas equivalent of capitol hill. A violent morning that culminated in a shootout inside the ornate building where lawmakers were caucusing. [ gunfire ] the gunman killed in that exchange of fire has been identified as a canadian citizen who converted to islam. It all happened in the heart of ottawa at the war memorial there and inside the parliament building. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams starts off our coverage tonight. Out of the way Reporter Police in ottawa frantically search for armed men most of the day in the center of ottawa, canadas fourth largest city. Just before 10 00 a. M. Eastern time a soldier standing guard at canadas war memorial was shot and seriously wounded by a man with a rifle. A shocking scene witnessed by many bystanders. I w
Terrorism but we do know that a jihadist flag black with arabic writing was displayed in the window with the hostages are being held. Several local Media Outlets report they were contacted by the hostages. They had two demands. An isis flag and a meeting with the Prime Minister. Here is Prime Minister tony abbott. Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society. Nothing should ever change that and thats why i would urge all australians today to go about their business as usual. And as we watch, this is some of the hostages, at least five of them were able to escape. There are dozens more inside. Word from the white house, the president has been briefed on the situation in australia offering any assistance if necessary but obviously some really, really key questions were looking at here. Also breaking news halfway across the world in belgium. Ap and bbc reporting that four armed men entered a building and police sealed off the area. No information if they tr related or not. As we loo