his name sake, st. francis of assisi. he continues to surprise. that is the case, again, with this trip. we talk twitter. lots of fans of it out there. now you can own a piece of it. the company filing to go public. they re saying the company is worth $1 billion, billion with a b. but get this, twitter is still not profitable. #what? that s coming up. more about the woman behind the wheel. deb feyerick is here. we go to joe johns first, live near capitol hill with the latest. good morning, joe. good morning, chris. this morning, authorities are trying to figure out why 34-year-old miriam kerry rammed that barricade at the white house and led police on the crazy chase up here to the united states capitol just two weeks after the navy yard shooting. a heart stopping scene unfolding outside the u.s. capitol. the dramatic moments caught on tape by a camera crew. watch as 34-year-old miriam kerry drives away in a luxury car. careening through the streets with police in hot
dramatic video of the chase that ends in gunfire steps from the hill with a woman behind the wheel of a car and the child in the back police open fire on that vehicle. latest on the driver who was killed by police coming next. plus, day three of america held hostage by politics. there is one way out of this reckless and damaging republican shut down, congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. the republican position is we believe we should fund this government but we also believe that this should not be any special treatment for anyone. so when will it all end? i ll ask top lawmakers and tropical storm karen in the gulf, when will it make landfall? we ll have that later. i ll have more with benjamin on what he says about iran that may surprise you as much as it surprised me. we begin with a deadly chaste in washington. dana bash has the latest. you were on capitol hill at the time dealing with the house shut down story a
us back down. it was scary. it started with a frantic car chase that began neither white house. within minutes the driver was a stone s throw away from the u.s. capitol steps. surrounded by police. after an ill-conceived attempt to escape, officers opened fire as a panic crowd of onlookers and lawmakers run for their lives. we thought we heard shots. saw a lot of police cars then we heard shots. then the police told to us go back. we were simply walking back to our office. tonight the latest on what started the chase. the woman behind the wheel. and why the investigation has now turned to a city in connecticut. our cnn special capitol scare starts now. good evening, everyone. i m jake tapper. welcome to the special half hour of cnn capitol scare. we re coming to you tonight live from capitol hill. not far from where a dramatic series of events unfolded this afternoon that left lawmakers on lockdown. you can hear what s going on behind me where police are repairing
barricade and wild high-speed chase that sent lawmakers and tourists scram being forcover. the surreal violence broke out and the woman was shot and toddler unarmed in the back seat. cnn crime and justice correspondent joe johns joins us from capitol hill. what do we know about how this unfolded, joe? reporter: good morning, fred. the authorities picked up a lot more information about the 19 hours or so since all of this occurred, but they still have questions about why 34-year-old miriam carey rammed that barricade down at the white house, then led police on a wild police chase up here to the united states capitol just two weeks after the navy yard shooting. you can hear the car chase coming to an end with shots fired. two officers are injured in the chase. report of gunfire on capitol hill. if you are in an office building shelter in place. reporter: and a stunning surprise, the driver police were shooting at and killed was a woman with a small child in the back seat
panic outside. dramatic video of the chase that ends in gunfire steps from the hill with a woman behind the wheel of a car and the child in the back police open fire on that vehicle. latest on the driver who was killed by police coming next. plus, day three of america held hostage by politics. there is one way out of this reckless and damaging republican shut down, congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. the republican position is we believe we should fund this government but we also believe that this should not be any special treatment for anyone. so when will it all end? i ll ask top lawmakers and tropical storm karen in the gulf, when will it make landfall? we ll have that later. i ll have more with benjamin on what he says about iran that may surprise you as much as it surprised me. we begin with a deadly chaste in washington. dana bash has the latest. you were on capitol hill at the time dealing with the house sh