Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im Norah Odonnell. The assault was sudden and violent, and within moments the campus of Ohio State University with 60,00 students was locked down. 11 people were hurt when a student from somalia attacked a Police Officer shot and killed the suspect. Lest, and hes in columbus. Additional units toth of 19th and college. We have several pedestrians struck by a vehicle. Ohta 9 52 a. M. He time on a clutch of students and teachers had assembled outside because a building fire alarm sounded. They were easy targets for man who drove his honda civic on to the sidewalk and into them, then got out and slashed as many butcher knife. I need medics at the lab as soon as possible. All patients are alert and oriented, but severe bleeding out ofomof them. Reporter the attacker was identified as a student at o. S. U. , somali born Abdul Razak Ali artan. Joseph noll, a junior at o. S. U. , away. I heard a bunch of screaming. I took myheades out, and all these
Hour. Good evening. And were just back from our weekend reporting from cuba, and we begin tonight with the breaking news right here at home. Shortly before 10 00 this morning, a campuswide alert going out at ohio state university. A suspect on the attack. The chilling warning in a tweet to run, hide, fight. A Massive Police response. The fbi joining in. Students barricading themsel could find. The suspect had rammed his car into a crowd of students, bystanders, then taking aim with a butchers knife. There were multiple victims. The suspect was killed by an officer, and tonight, we know the attackers identity. Abcs alex perez, leading us off from columbus. Reporter tonight, a terrifying scene at ohio state university. The chaos starting as the campus is coming to life. In a car deliberately jumps a curb and plows into pedestrians. Fire department. This is osu. We have a vehicle that struck several pedestrians. Reporter the driver then exits the car, carrying a butcher knife, and starts
Impaired when he hit him. It was supposed to be dannys last day on work. He was helping out when another tow truck driver had died on Howard Franklin in february. Danny was sad about that. He said nobody will move over for you and he said i get farther over so i way. I feel sorry for the family that is left behind. I want to find the family and hug them all because after what ive been through, what they are going through is tw was hit back in may while working a car crash on Howard Franklin. His severe injuries kept him out of work for two months. Now back on the road, he prays that jarred that drivers will take heed. We are out there to do everything for you and everybody else. It could be your loved one who needs help. He worked for the Public Works Department for just over 10 years. This weekend, saturday at 11 am, his family plans to have a memorial for him. What else do we know about perez, the man accused of hitting damning hand . Danny hand . Reporter last we checked, his bond w
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Right. Rnores,h, i agree. But even then, he could have he could have left as a president who said, im going to follow the standard of george bush and be bigger than the process, he chose not to. Lou barack obama, this has to be for democrats a generational year, 2017, where they turn to new leadership in the house. They dont have any new leadership. I think that old leadership stayed too long. And obama was a failure for 8 years. My sense, he could pull names out of the hat to call on the next leader. Lou enough of that, lets turn to Transition Team. What you make of Kellyanne Conways comments about mitt romney, and what you make of production inviting governor romney to dinner. Randy. I will join with speaker mean spirits things about me there will be consequences. Then you turn to somebody who did that, and say, the consequences, you may get to be the state department secretary. There is all you have done is open up pandoras box to say there is no penalty to being disloyal to attacki