Time. In july, 1998, a delusional seriously mentally ill man walked through the Metal Detectors at the Capitol Building while he was carrying a loaded smith and wesson resolver. A u. S. Capitol Police Officer stopped the man when he set off the alarm and asked the man to go through again. The man turned without a word and shot officer chestnut in the head and killed him. The man then shot and wounded another Police Officer, officer douglas mcmillan, who then returned fire and hit the attacker. The attacker then shot and mortally wounded a u. S. Capitol police detective, detective john gibson, as he was telling members of congress and their staff to take cover. Detective gibson was killed by the atactor that day, in 1998, but before he died, he nevertheless was able to return fire as well, and that is apparently what took that gunman down sxended that oneman attack on the u. S. Capitol in the summer of 1998. The attacker, although he was shot by officers who returned fire, he survived.
Host what is the thread that connects all these topics. Guest one of the great things as journalist you can do anything you want. Im not a scholar. I dont have a specialty. Having said that there is a connection. I fells i would say its america after world war ii. This country really coming into its own as this global power, this supreme power, really. That fascinated me, and what is it like to be a leader in this world thats your world, your time, your world. So that drew me initially to the wisemen which i did with Walter Isaacson, and then john paul jones, couple centuries before, but even he is a study in leadership, and i just im fascinated by the burdens of leadership, because its hard. Its harder than we think. And im fascinated by what its like to be a man usually men obvious live we Sandra Day Oconnor, but up to her, men. And human fallibility and weak in enormous pressures. How do they handle it . Well, some really well and some bravely and some not so well but its the pressu
Toughest, most efficient, most effective Border Security bill this country has ever seen. So instead of Playing Politicwise the issue why dont we get together it and get it done . That was President Biden calling on trump in texas. Their message to voters was very different. Plus well go through some of Hunter Bidens testimony on capitol hill as new transcripts are giving us a better idea of what was said Behind Closed Doors. Also ahead the latest from gaza following a horrific scene yesterday, dozens of people reportedly shot and killed by Israeli Forces while trying to get access to food and other aid. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, march 1st. We made it to march. Im sam stein in for jonathan lemire. We start this in texas where President Biden and former President Trump both visited texas yesterday. They torpedoed a Border Security bill last month at the direction of donald trump. Meanwhile at eagle pass the former president spoke little of policy and talk
75 witnesses, 800 photographs and exhibits but yet as you mentioned the jury needed less than three hours to reach its vertex. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant indictment for murder guilty, guilty, indictment for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, guilty, guilty. reporter: alex murdaugh was immediately handcuffed and led from the court. no obvious signs of emotion on his face. as he contemplated the reality that the jury simply did not buy his excuses for the initially lying to the police about his whereabouts and movements on the night is why and youngest son were shot to death. murdaugh was portrayed as a serial liar by the prosecution who painstakingly went through murdaugh s long history of stealing millions of dollars from his law partners and from his clients and the attorney said if marc spent so much of his life telling lies, the jury should conclude he was lying again now. and to emphasize that point, they showed
pressure is still with us on sunday and the sunny areas and the cloudy areas will move around the uk with subtle changes in the wind direction. perhaps a shade cooler, not that you will notice, around about ten or 11 degrees. the high pressure will eventually shift towards eastern parts of europe in the middle of the week and that will give way to weather fronts off the atlantic. that is the next time we are anticipating rain. until about tuesday or wednesday many areas are staying dry and certainly from wednesday evening onwards into thursday we will be getting our first dose of rain. that s it but the news of course continues here on bbc one as we join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good evening. hello, i m olly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. scotland danced past england to keep their hands on the calcutta cup. what can they do against wales? ireland caught the eye on the opening weekend, can