0 continues. we re here to push congress. is there at least a thinking that since this happened in the shadow of the capitol, that since this happened three miles from the white house, is there some thinking now at least that maybe this, because of the location, will galvanize lawmakers? i don t think there s any one event. we ve had congress people shot, we ve had young children shot, we ve had people at work shot, people at the mall shot, people going to a movie theater shot. i don t think there s any one particular event that s going to do it. but it s going to be when the overwhelmi overwhelming majority of americans say i want something done and i want to hold my elected official accountable. i want to put something on the screen right now and share this with the audience at home. one of the things that s especially startling is when you look at the sheer number of mass shootings in this country, one every month since 2009. there is the graph there. the rapid increase, when
0 i have seen this woman perform and she is totally connected to her audience. early start continues right now. i heard three shots. pow, pow, pow. 30 seconds later, i heard four more shots. it was just crazy. 13 people dead after a mass shooting at the washington navy yard. we are breaking down exactly what happened, who the gunman was, and new information this morning about all of the victims there as well. good morning. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman live at the washington navy yard. it is tuesday, september 17th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. here in washington this morning, people are waking up to flags at half-staff. schools are reopened. people going back to business. but not at all business as usual. not after what happened here behind me at the washington navy yard and these blocks just past here. it s the oldest naval installation in the united states based on land. some 3,000 people work there. and there are so many questions
0 we don t know the stories of the victims. hopefully tomorrow we will. but i want to read their names into the record. michael around, 59 years old died today. sylvia frazier was 53. kathy gaarde was 62. john roger johnson, the oldest victim was 37 years old. frank kohler was 50 years old. kenneth bernard proctor, 46. and vishnu pandit was 61 years old. five more families will in the next few hours learn the loss of their loved ones. our thoughts and prayers are with them. with them. thanks for watching. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. it s 11:00 tonight where aaron alexis opened fire this morning at the washington navy yard massacring 12 innocent people and wounding eight others. here is what we know right now. just minutes ago, washington police chief kathy lanier and mayor vincent gray spoke about those who lost their lives. this is the first time we are hearing the identity of some of those who lost t
0 live this morning. and we are also going to take you live to italy. take a look at this live picture. that is the costa concordia. overnight they were finally able to right this massive ship. the images just stunning. what is next? we ll get that coming up. but first, let s get straight back to chris in washington. chris? thank you, kate. as i was saying, there is new leading to new questions about the man police say is responsible for the deadly shooting here at the navy yard. two big questions we re tracking at this hour, how this man got clearance and the ability to smuggle at least one weapon into a security facility and then, of course, the biggest question of all. what motivated this attack. the suspect does not as yet fit the description of past mass shooters. there have been seven mass shootings, killing ten or more people in the past decade. here we can t say yet that there was a stated agenda, grudge or illness driving his actions. here s what we do know. the shooter had
0 old. five more families will in the next few hours learn the loss of their loved ones. our thoughts and prayers are with them. thanks for watching. outfront tonight, breaking news. it s 11:00 tonight where aaron alexis opened fire this morning at the washington navy yard massacring 12 innocent people and wounding eight others. here is what we know right now. just minutes ago, washington police chief kathy lanier and mayor vincent gray spoke about those who lost their lives. this is the first time we are hearing the identity of some of those who lost their lives. the pentagon and department of defense have been careful to say we have to notify next of kin first. but you are getting information on those who suffered today with that ultimate loss. that s absolutely right, erin. we know these are the first names of individuals whose families have been notified after that terrible tragedy today at the washington navy yard. the names are as follows, 59-year-old michael arnold, 53-year-ol