studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this tuesday. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer along side al roker and tamron hall. did we do something with the set? did i miss something? we changed something. sorry i missed the house warming party but it looks good. it looks good. we are excited. good. we are going to start in washington at the scene of the deadly shooting at the navy yard. after conflicting reports on monday, confusing information, investigators now believe the gunman acted alone. natalie morales is there with the latest. natalie, good morning to you. good morning to you, matt. we are starting to learn more about the alleged gunman and possibly aa motive here. according to officials, the man identified as the alleged shooter, 34-year-old aaron alexis had been experiencing mental problems and had a checkered past. he was a computer contractor, a former navy reservist who was honorably discharged in 2011. alexis
investigators search for the motive to a massacre. aaron alexis used his own pass to get onto the knavy yard. multiple shots fired. push shove, people falling down. it was just crazy. we now have a total of 13 fatalityies including the shooter. the victims range from age 46 to 73 all civilians. the gunman was being treated for serious mental illness including hearing of voices. what s the security of this facility in your opinion? i think the security is really good up till today. after a 19-hour operation, the attempt to raise the costa concordia has been successful. it was a perfect operation i would say. there s no words. i m just this shock. flooding in colorado being blamed for at least eight deaths. national guard helicopters rescued hundreds of people stranded for days. my husband was walking up the hill and it was the most beautiful sight in the whole wide world. put the white house on lockdown. they tackled alexander hagen who threw a
they loved the navy. they loved the fleet. the fleet that they helped build and sustain. once again, they have the ceremony under way. one week since the gunman open fired at the nation navy yard e nation s capitol. we ll live in. the report that no service men were killed. just civilians and contractors. and that is flat wrong. these patriots designed and built our ships. they sustained and set the standards for our ships. they connected us to each other and to the fleet, and they protected and sustained our headquarters. these 12 members of our navy team, our navy family, they were killed in the line of duty. they died in service to our navy, in service just a that the committed to just as any of us in uniform. for that service we honor them. for that service we will never forget them. i salute these american heroes. i want to bring in my colleague who is joining us from washington, where she is just outside of the ceremony. if you will, jeanne, give us a preview o
navy yard last week. it was apparent in the actions of, for example, a navy civilian shipmate who happened to be a former hospital corpsman, as she carried one of her fallen co- workers and performed c.p.r. in an attempt to save his life. or the individual that ensured the safe evacuation of a blind co-worker. these are examples of what defines our navy shipyard. it is ship mates taking care of shipmates. we will remember what happened on monday, and we will grow stronger as an institution maintaining our commitment to build the world s strongest navy. to the families here and to the navy yard shipmates, we mourn with you today. we will stand with you going forward in the difficult times ahead. we will remember your loved ones, and we will be with you. god bless you, our navy, and the united states of america. thank you. as a military organization, we have experienced all too often the searing pain of combat losses and honored the main who, in lincoln s words, have sacrific
i rise to engage to join in a colloquy. i appreciate his willingness to are come debate when there natural disasters and i appreciate your efforts. in colorado, we are experiencing a major flood that has impacted his team counties, crossing over approximately 2000 square miles. certain areas have received over 20 inches of rain. damagedomes have been or destroyed in the destroyed count is above 2000 homes. many areas are still in crisis trade federal emergency management agency will be unable to provide an accurate damage assessment or at least early days. additionally, the colorado department of transportation estimates cost could exceed the $100 million cap that would exceed the cap on funds in a disaster relief act. the tragedy and devastation caused by this severe flood the federal government. will the gentleman yield? i yield to the gentleman. i want to thank the gentleman from colorado for all of his efforts to help colorado through all of this turmoil. i m awar