shooting this morning. four people were hurt. we are new details. we ll take you live to the scene in a minute. i m hallie jackson in washington along with our nbc news team ready to go as we watch what goes on, leigh ann caldwell at capitol hill, shannon pettypiece at the white house, guys, let me just take a pause here, because we don t want to assume that everybody knows everything about what the plan is moving forward and what the options are. so let s talk about what the options could be as it relates to this debt ceiling showdown. and there are new developments here. five possible outcomes, not all of them with happy endings. option 1, republicans blink and back off on their insistence that they will not join democrats to suspend the debt limit. this option just got kind of real with republicans sort of blinking with our new reporting in the last hour that senator mitch mcconnell is offering up a short term deal, but it s more of a maneuvering. the senate republicans
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photos of the 2002 chevy avalanche involved in last night s bizarre incident and today in the parking lot behind a burger king next to the unique thrift store off viers mill road the ground is still strewn with rocks and a place where a 17-year-old was run down still marked with white paint. a short time thereafter three individuals showed up at our fourth district station. they said that they were at the burger king eating. when they were leaving, they were approached by a group of five to 10 males. these individuals started throwing rocks at their vehicle and tried to get in their vehicle and for fear for their personal safety they left the area. reporter: police say the boy was critically injured but that the 21-year-old driver of the suv claims he had no idea he d hit anyone. police say it s unclear if the teen w struck by the vehicle was one of the rock throwing attackers and it is unclear how or why the confrontation happened. investigators are reviewing as yet unre
good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i m thomas drayton. we begin this morning with a senate report suggesting a deadly aattack on the u.s. consulate could have been prevented. the state department and american intelligence agencies did not do enough to boost security despite warnings that the threat level was increasing. it s the first report criticising ambassador chris sevens directly. it raises questions about his judgments and actions in the weeks before his death. stevens and three other were killed on the attacks, taking place september 11th, 2002. there s a new wave of violence in iraq. six car bombs exploded in and around baghdad. 75 were killed, dozens injured. the blasts occurred in the mostly shia neighbourhoods. senator mccain has been an outspokener critic and spoke with john seigenthaler about his view on america s foreign policy throughout the region. throughout the middle east america is declining in influence and on the wane. people are making
come forward if they ve had any inappropriate contact with mr. anthony. reporter: according to court documents, anthony was a minor himself, as young as 13 when he allegedly assaulted at least one of the vij times. documents show the victims told police anthony touched her private parts and then used his cell phone to take inappropriate pictures of her when he was just 6. all of the alleged assaults happened near his home. mothers who live in this neighborhood say they are stunned. i think you have to be cautious going forward, because we know that we always thought that this was a safe neighborhood. reporter: police also seized a compute we are suspected child pornography from anthony s home. he remains in jail tonight with bail set at $2 million. detectives began this investigation last year when one of the female victims came forward and told them that she had been assaulted as far back as 2004. reporting live in sunnyvale, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. we w