0 . all right. thanks so much for joining us. we ll see you again monday, same time, same place. in the meantime, have a wonderful weekend is fall is upon us. ac 360 starts now. erin, thanks. good evening everyone. millions saw the pictures, a city felt the terror, a woman lost her life and a little girl lost her mother. in the aftermath of the washington d.c. chase we re learning who the woman behind the wheel was. miriam carry s sister talks about the miriam they knew and the mental illness she was fighting. from blizzards to a massive tropical storm to a tornado, ugly weather coming our way or here. later, the man in that picture standing between a badly beaten driver of an suv and a pack of angry bikers attacking him. one guy that made a difference and joins us on 360 and his story will inspire you and an undercover police officer was part of the ride that day allegedly saw the attack and did nothing to intervene. we have new reporting on that. we begin with the latest on t
near the air and space museum. people who are not familiar with washington, may not know exactly where that is but it s in the middle of the mall. people have told us they had reports of a man on fire. it is unclear if he set himself on fire or whether he was set on fire by other means, but he was airlifted out. he was apparently experiences serious injuries. we got there in time to see police and emts airlifting him out, and that s what we know now. that a man apparently was on fire near the air and space museum, right near the middle of the mall where we observed police and emts and a chopper there to get him out of there. again, unclear, according to police, whether he set himself on fire or whether he was lit on fire by other means. information on the condition of this man right now? reporter: that s not clear at this time. we were literally there about five minutes ago, maybe ten minutes ago when they airlifted the man out. so his condition right now is unclear to us
0 the rhetoric heating up on day four of the government shutdown, as the behind the scenes talks begin on the next showdown. the debt ceiling. we ll talk about all of it with the former defense secretary, leon panetta. and congresswoman michele bachmann is here with us as well. i ll ask her if she said a shutdown is exactly what republicans want. plus, new details on the woman killed by police in the car chase that ended outside the capitol, including medication found in her home that may provide important clues. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. there s a breaking news happening, very disturbing information coming in, reports we re getting of a man who may have set himself on fire here in washington on the national mall. let s go straight to brian todd. he s got the latest. what happened, brian? reporter: well, we were just down here on the national mall and we were diverted to an area near the air and space museum. people who are not familiar with washington