headquarters for the naval sea systems command which runs programs, shipbuilding programs both surface warships, submarines, a lot of classified work. this is a place where an awful lot of people come and go all day long, hundreds of people work in the building, thousands of people on the washington navy yard. this is a situation that by all accounts one hour later they are still trying to get under control. carol? er that still trying. you stay there at the pentagon. we have our justice correspondent evan perez on the phone right now some more information. evan, as far as we know, according to the u.s. navy, one report of an injury confirmed. there may be more. we don t know what s going on inside that building. do you know anything else? reporter: the fbi is now on the scene and they re trying to get into the building to try to secure it. now, this is still an active situation. it doesn t appear as barbara
to shoot. a lot of people at the u.s. navy yard but the specific building, 197 inside the naval seas system command, what do we know about the naval sea systems command. what is that about, barbara? sure, wolf. you know, to many people it might be a nameless, faceless bureaucracy but it s a crucial part of the united states navy. these are the people that work on design, engineering, budgeting, financing of u.s. navy warships. the ships that the surface warships, the submarines, the weapons, all of that. this is really a crucial part of the u.s. naval presence around the world. so it s not really the operations, you know, putting those navy warships out in the med for potential action against syria. these are people who have been working for years and years on the design and technology that the navy has to carry out its
cell phones and internet traffic for chatter about attacks. if an attack is proven, and if president obama were to order military action, cnn has learned turkish and u.s. aircraft in southern europe are close enough to launch air strikes. the u.s. navy is also maintaining a classified submarine presence in the mediterranean, along with surface warships that could fire missiles to destroy chemical fights. we are looking at a wide range of operations, and we are prepared, if called upon, to be engaged. now, intelligence officials say, because there are no u.s. operatives or u.s. military personnel on the ground inside syria, it may be very difficult to prove what did happen there. they may never really know. brianna? barbara starr at the pentagon. the obama noted israel s security can be measured in near
in the meantime, the u.s. military is moving assets to the region in the mediterranean sea now there are five u.s. surface warships. p they are all there in position, moved in recent days. back with the panel. charles? the ships in the they have right now would support extraction or rescue or humanitarian effort but not air campaign. bret: uses enterprise, the carrier is just outside in the red sea. let s remember, it was in the med two weeks ago in february. it was moved out. it was headed to the persian gulf area to protect the gulf, but it left north africa unprotected. i m not sure why. we don t announce that another carrier is on its way. one in the if you feel, persian gulf, or that area,
in the meantime, the u.s. military is moving assets to the region in the mediterranean sea now there are five u.s. surface warships. p they are all there in position, moved in recent days. back with the panel. charles? the ships in the they have right now would support extraction or rescue or humanitarian effort but not air campaign. bret: uses enterprise, the carrier is just outside in the red sea. let s remember, it was in the med two weeks ago in february. it was moved out. it was headed to the persian gulf area to protect the gulf, but it left north africa unprotected. i m not sure why. we don t announce that another carrier is on its way. one in the if you feel, persian gulf, or that area,