Dow close to segment lows. Lets get to it. We know the president will be speaking in the diplomatic room at 11 306789 we are getting new details from the White House Press pool about how the president has spent his morning. We are told that the president and vicepresident were notified of the situation in alexandria this morning the president has already spoken to the speaker of the house, the Senate Majority leader and the wife of congressman, Steve Scalise, the congressman that was apparently bad will you injured in that attack we are also told he has spoken to congressman Steve Scalise and the chief of the Capitol Police, which would norm will you not be under president ial jurisdiction but the president clearly reaching out to all of those individuals to offer his support and condolences an also to coordinate the federal government response. We will find out more from the president at 11 30 about what the government knows about this gunman, the attacker, his possible motive. You sa
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