tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: our lead story tonight: bedlam erupted in the heart of washington, with a chaotic car chase and shooting that ended before stunned tourists, lawmakers and congressional staffers. there were unconfirmed reports that the lone suspect was killed. a police officer was injured. the violent conclusion with gunshots and a car crash came just steps from the capitol grounds after a chase that began at the white house. capitol police say a woman ap
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: our lead story tonight: bedlam erupted in the heart of washington, with a chaotic car chase and shooting that ended before stunned tourists, lawmakers and congressional staffers. there were unconfirmed reports that the lone suspect was killed. a police officer was injured. the violent conclusion with gunshots and a car crash came just steps from the capitol grounds after a chase that began at the white house. capitol police say a woman apparently with a child in h
were okay because the doctors were prescribing them to me. if the doctors are giving it to me, i m going to take it. woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: our lead story tonight: bedlam erupted in the heart of washington, with a chaotic car chase and shooting that ended before stunned tourists, lawmakers and congressional staffers. there were unconfirmed reports that the lone suspect was killed. a police officer wa
we were able to get out at that time because the incident had just occurred and then we went outside to try and find out what was going on. we know now this started at the white house and this chase went up constitution avenue about a mile away, ended up at the capitol before the gunfire erupted or at least that s the gunfire that killed this woman. do you have any sense of what the timeline was other than that? because by the time it got to you, this was well under way. not much except that we know it all happened very quickly. this was a high-speed chase so the latency between leaving the white house and arriving here on the capitol grounds with the chase, i m speculating a bit, gwen, but it could not have been very long. when you watch the video as i know you have it s a high speed chase, about two miles down pennsylvania avenue, a little bit less from 15th and pennsylvania at the white house to the capitol grounds a few feet from where i m standing. so on the order