criminal, whether it was terrorist. the mayor of tel aviv telling reporters at the scene there, as they are searching for the shooter, that the shooting appears to be a terrorist attack. this happening on january 1st, the first day of the new year, a friday afternoon local time there in tel aviv, an area already sensitive to violence in the area. with me now is msnbc s cal parry, as we continue to watch this, and really how brazen this is. and again, a busy area, a cafe. and again, in that video, you see the arm coming out, extended with the gun, again, right there. and what we know, reports of the gunman wearing black, fled the scene and is now nowhere to be found. yeah, so, this just shortly before 3:00 p.m. local time on dizi dizinghoff street in tel aviv. you can see the pub, the cafe very crowded. shortly after that moment, the gunman took off down the street, according to israeli police, and down a side alley, and that is why we are now seeing hundreds of israeli anti-terror po
and andy rooney was there. late in the evening, my assistant whispered in my ear, ronald reagan just died. and we raised a glass to the president and said to the president and talked about the evening. and andy rooney called me later and said brokaw that might have been the best dinner i ve ever been to. thanks for inviting me. sorry. and then of course tom had to get on a plane and come back and prepare to cover the funeral. right. i had to go and do that. yeah. you and your stories, tom, they re priceless. they re great. i don t know andrea though can match you and so can mike barnicle especially if you get him going about boston but that s another story. that was a good story. actually alex yesterday, last evening, i went down there specifically to see rue robert murphy. it s a little side alley in the village square made famous by the paratroopers getting caught up in the spires of the church