police at one point had her completely surrounded before she took off once again and they were forced to shoot into the vehicle. those officers receiving praise for ending the incident without more loss of life. i will say that those at the white house and at the capitol, the security perimeters worked. they did exactly what they were supposed to do and they stopped a suspect from breaching the security perimeter both in a vehicle at both locations. remember, those officers aren t getting any paychecks with the government shutdown. they are essential employees, which requires them to be there. elisabeth, brian and steve, back to you. steve: we ll move on to the whole budget thing in just a second. brian, look right here. according to google images, i just typed in speed hump signs brian: there are i never in my life seen something that said speed hump. elisabeth: maybe you were going too fast. brian: maybe that is. steve: maybe they just do it
point, there was about three or four cop cars that sped past me. another 30 seconds of that i heard a series of loud pops like a gun going off looking like from outside. reporter: a strange and dangerous spectacle in one of the most closely guarded public spamss in the country, perhaps in the world. this was a lengthy pursuit. there were multiple vehicles rammed. there was officers struck and two security perimeters attempted to be breached. joe joins me from washington. do we know more about the driver of the car right now? reporter: anderson, we do know that this is a 34-year-old woman believed to be from stanford, connecticut. she s also believed to be the mother of the child who was found in the car and taken away by authorities. cnn at this time is not releasing her name, anderson. any known idea of her motive or anything like that at this point? reporter: no, no idea at all. however, one member of congress who has been apparently briefed
pursuit. oh [ bleep ]. this does not appear to be in any way an accident. this was a lengthy pursuit. there were multiple vehicles that were rammed, officers were struck and two security perimeters that were attempted to be breached. reporter: both officers are in good condition and recovering. as the city is still reeling from the deadly navy yard shooting reliving moments of fear once again. washington hospital center says the u.s. capitol police officer injured in the chase has now been released. that 1-year-old child in good condition and in protective custody. kate? thanks so much. we re now learning more pieces of this puzzle. one big piece of the puzzle, we know the driver s name. what else are we learning about miriam carey and what could have led her to do this? deborah feyerick is looking into her past. yes, absolutely.
where this culminated in a high-speed chase that as you said, tartd near the white house. at least two police barricades were at least approached by her vehicle during all of this. and then she was pronounced dead after the shoot-out with police, after the police shot her vehicle a few blocks away from here. the police chief cathy lanier was asked at one point whether this could have been part of an know. here s what she had to say. all the information we have right now is this does not appear to be in any way an accident. this was a lengthy pursuit. there were multiple vehicles rammed, officers struck, and two security perimeters that were attempted to be breached. so it does not appear in any way this was an accident. reporter: and those twofs onners that were struck were injured but we re told they are do well. one is a seek service police officer, someone a capitol hill police officer but they are in good condition tonight.
pops, guns going off. reporter: inside the vehicle a 1-year-old girl, believed to be the woman s daughter. an officer pulled her from the car and took her to a hospital. one of the two officers injured was hurt after hitting this barricade during the high-speed pursuit. this does not appear to be in any way an accident. this was a lengthy pursuit, multiple vehicles rammed, officers struck, and two security perimeters breached. officials say both officers are in good condition and recoverings as the city is still reeling from the navy yard shooting. the u.s. capitol police officer injured in the shooting has been released from the hospital. miriam carey s 1-year-old is in protective custody and in good condition. joe johns, cnn, washington. and as we just saw the terrifying incident was all captured on various different