Reporter i have a little bit of new information it happened at 10 40 this morning, it happened on route 33 near route 191 in plainfield northampton county. Im waiting for confirmation but sources tell me that a suspect has been arrested. I want to be clear about this, im waiting for confirmation from state police but sources tell me that a suspect was arrested. Once we get that confirmed we will pass along the information. We are told that the trooper shot is from troop m in belfast. Neither his name or condition is released at this time. And no information on how the shooting unfolded. And a blue colored vehicle with a shattered rear window is marked up with police tape and a Significant Police presence at the hospital at this hour. We are waiting to get the identity and condition of the trooper involved and waiting for confirmation but several sources tell me that a suspect is arrested. Reporting live from the highway on the way to the scene, back to you guys. All right walter, thank
Enough. We dont want to start a fight. So dont give us a reason to have one. Her candid take on the north korean threat and the scandals that have rocked the Trump Administration. Wild encounter. A sea lion rises from the water once before suddenly darting up again and dragging a little girl off a pier. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. How one mans quick actions may have saved her life. And the show wont go on. The ringling brothers Barnum Bailey circus packs up its tent forever after 146 year run. The emotional goodbye today, monday, may 22nd, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning. We have willie in for matt this morning. When i look at that video, im shocked how quickly that little girl falls spot water and how quickly a man runs in and saves her. They go from having fun to leaning over the balcony to in the water. And how about the reflexes of t
Two Capitol Hill Police officers who were shot according to our justice correspondent Pete Williams, and Pete Williams, those officers are expected to be okay. Again, all of this unfolding just after 7 00 a. M. On the east coast in alexandria, virginia. This is just outside washington, d. C. The situation right now, though, according to Law Enforcement officials, stable. This is a situation that is under control. They believe they have the lone gunman in custody. A number of folks who were there at the field describing him as a middleaged. Were told he was wearing blue jeans, a blue shirt, and he had a riechfle. We heard from congressman joe barton from texas a few moments ago. He said that it also appeared as if the gunman had a pistol as well. Perhaps even a semiautomatic pistol, said that the shooting went on somewhere between five and ten minutes. A number of other eyewitnesses say at least 50 shots were fired. It would seem as if, as the morning has gone on, that 50 number may be
Cancelled. Major garrett is at the white house and joining us with the latest on that. It was a short agenda today. Only one public event for the president , a a 3 30 speech at the department of labor to highlight his efforts to expand the workplace apprenticeships. That event has now been cancelled. And the white house is contemplating where and how and if the president will give remarks about todays tragic events. I can tell you that the president has telephoned House Speaker paul ryan and is making other calls to members of the House Republican conference and leadership and the white house is reviewing the president s schedule for the remainder of the day gathering more information and contemplating when or if the president will make public remarks on todays tragic events. One of the things we do not know what the motives were, but if this was terrorism, this is exactly the kind of impact that they want to have. They want to scare people, create disruption and that kind of thing. Th
For members of congress. Do you feel youre going to be safe going about your daily business or does Something Else needs to change . Well let that play out. Im going to take security under consideration a lot more than i have. I will never go back to that park again, i can tell you that. Reporter congressman gaifda thank you for speaking with us. Thank you so much. This is a time that underscores that political differences are one thing but we need to remember that we were all americans and our hearts go out to all of those injured today. Well that conversation was happening two bits of information gcame in. We heard from Kevin Mccarthy telling us that Steve Scalise is out of surgery and he is doing well. That again according to Kevin Mccarthy. Were getting from our Investigative Team right now that the atf, alcohol, tobacco and firearms conducting emergency traces on two separate firearms, one rifle and one handgun. That would jive from what weve heard from a number of folks at the ba