Good morning. Im dara brown. The Prime Minister of canada is calling it an act of terrorism. A masked gunman opened fire at the National War Memorial in ottawa killing soldiers standing guard. The suspect has been identified as 32yearold Michael Joseph hall. Hes been using the name michael zehafbibeau since converting to islam. He was shot and killed while firing his weapon. This is the Second Attack against soldiers in canada this week. Nbcs jay gray is live in ottawa this morning. Good morning, jay. Can you tell us what the latest is there . Reporter good morning, yeah. The lockdown is over here in the capital city, but it is still a city on edge. And a heavy Police Presence here right now in the downtown area has been throughout the night and will continue throughout the day, were told. It has been here since the shooting yesterday. There is a man with a rifle shooting at a bunch of people. Reporter as the first shots rang out pow. Pow. Reporter bystanders rushed to the side of a fa
Speech isnt the only big speech on the schedule. Hell be with former president bill clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative later this afternoon to Talk Health Care with the Clinton Obama alliance. Here are the new laws. Plus, an old clinton pal, Terry Mcauliffe, is starting the day with some positive new poll numbers in that fight for virginia governor. Can tim cuccinelli do anything to close a massive gender gap . Good morning from new york. Its tuesday, september 24th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Right to my first reads of the morning. President obama and the iranian president ra hanni assuming such a meeting logistically could take place. If it does it would be the first time u. S. And iranian leaders have spoken since 1977. If it doesnt happen, you can probably blame logistics more than anything else. Its been hard to coordinate this. No official meeting is scheduled. With rue hanni opting out of the u. N. Lunch because its serving alcohol, theres no opportune
Children on food stamp and 9 million elderly or seriously disabled people. Local and federal officials announced theyd shut down a massive drug tunnel that had an electric rail system, ventilation and hydraulic steel doors. It went from tijuana to a warehouse in san diego. I do not use crack cocaine. The mayor does appear in that video. A video of mayor rob ford has been recovered by investigators. This disturbing video of a fight between two female students gets worse when you find out the man in dark blue is also heard on the video encouraging the girls to fight. Police are investigating pending an assault charge where he apparently pulled the other girl off his daughter. Starting today 47 million americans will be looking at less money to help put food on their tables. That is because the federal Food Stamp Program or system n. A. P. Budget is being cut by 5 billion or s. N. A. P. Budget is being cut by 5 billion. The result is just going to make it harder for those who rely on food
And it helps keep your mouth healthy, too. [ applause ] biotene for people who suffer from dry mouth. This morning my question, what can Kate Middletons baby teach us about Texas Governor rick perry. And what is it really like to grow up as Trayvon Martin. Plus billy porter, the Tony Award Winning star of kinky boots comes to nerdland. First, 100 rallies nationwide has us talking about the very point of protest. Good morning, im Melissa Harrisperry. In scores of cities across the country yesterday people frustrated by the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial gatheredous federal court houses for peaceful justice for trayvon vigils organization nufd by the reverend al sharptons National Action network. We just watched from atlanta to miami to chicago, over 100 cities. Were standing up today for justice for Trayvon Martin. Participants spoke out against the violence that claimed Trayvon Martins martins life and so many others. Trayvons father was in miami. This could be any one of our ch
Interfered on his behalf. So do you believe President Trump is an illegitimate president . [ laughter ] based on what i just said, which i cant retract. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy live from los angeles. So i feel like i say this every week, actually every day, every hour that we are living in extremely abnormal, unprecedented times. What you just heard and what you just saw was a former president of the United States questioning the legitimacy of the current president of the United States. That has never happened. Even when former president s notably despised their successors, that has never happened. Former president jimmy carter went there friday while talking about russias interference in the 2016 president ial election. He said it at an event hosted by the Carter Foundation where he established himself as a unique moral voice among former president s. Carters absolute rebuke came on the same day donald trump had his first facetoface meeting since the end of the russia in