Stolen early today starts right now good monday morning im phillip mena and im dara brown. Law enforcement across the country are on high alert in the wake of Mass Shootings in el paso and dayton over the weekending police thwarted not one but two more suspected attacks in ohio and florida. Nbcs blayne alexander has the details. Blayne, what can you tell us about these arrests . Reporter well, dara, one of those threats came on social media. The other came via text message. Theyre just the latest in a rash of threats were seeing across the country this is what police in new middleton, ohio, found when they raided the home of a 20yearold suspect. Ar15s, a rifle with a bay ned, bullet proof vest, and plenty of ammo this Instagram Video tippethd eo Community Center he was going to be identified as a shooter of the Jewish Center that kicked off a very intense investigate. Reporter the suspect attended the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia and even did this interview.
We begin in South Carolina for the Confederate Flag flies one more night over the complex. And it will come down tomorrow morning. It is days after the Charleston Shooting reignited the debate over the flags meaning. Governor haynes assigned the bill. And what do we know about how the removal happened . We dont know how the removal is going to take place but we know its going to come down tomorrow at 10 . This is a historic day for South Carolina, and less than 24 hours ago it looked like the flag might not come down any time soon. With the stroke of a pen, nikki haley made history removing the Confederate Flag from the state grounds after half a century. When the emotion starts to fade, the history of the action by everyone in South Carolina to get us to this moment is one that we can all be proud of. The law removing the flag was passed after a contentious andhour debate in the house of representatives, pitting supporters against opponents. I cannot believe that we doen have the hear
Tennessee. They were killed today when an apparently lone gunman opened fire at two military facilities in chattanooga. The u. S. Attorney general said that the fbi is now leading the investigation, and we begin our coverage at the pentagon. National security, jamie is here with the latest. Reporter well, tony, the authorities are trying to figure out the motive for this shooting and they are treating it as a potential act of domestic terrorism. It started this morning at essentially a strip Shopping Center in chattanooga tennessee, the scene of an armed forces recruiting center, where the Marine Corp Recruit people. And according to witnesses a single gunman pulled up in a silver mustang convertible and popped 2 dozen shots through the plate glass at the front of the storefront. Officials at the pentagon said because the location had a back door, most of the people were able to get out of the back. It probably saved their lives. One marine was wounded at that location but no one was k
Why they rejected his insanity defense. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, good morning, im jonathan martin. This morning federal investigators are starting to dig into every detail of the life of a young tennessee man that they say unleashed a hail of bullets at two military sites in that the puga. Officials believe he acted alone. The f. B. I. Is leading a National Security investigation and late yesterday, president obama spoke about the shootings from the oval office. Lets go live to Mike Viqueira in washington. Whats been the reaction from the administration . A full court press from Law Enforcement, the president speaking about it. He was abreast with a constant briefing of aids. He was in oklahoma talking about criminal Justice Reform but as soon as he got back to the oval office, they were waiting for him where the f. B. I. Director, his white hows advisor on Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security filled him in on the latest and then the president invited the p
Play. You are watching al jazeera america, thanks so much for joining us this morning. Live from new york city im Morgan Radford. Federal authorities are searching the computer of the gunmen who opened fire in chattanooga, killing four marines. Officials say as of now they have not found an extensive Online Presence for the man gunman. They do believe, however, that he acted alone. We have Mike Viqueira live for us in washington with more on the federal investigation, but first we go to Jonathan Betz who is live in chattanooga. Jonathan what are investigators saying this morning . Reporter the big focus this morning is what could have sparked this attack. Investigators still unclear what motivated this gunman to open fire. But they do add there is nothing at this point that indicates he was tied to any International Terror organizations. The major described the community as heart broken. Many have said the suspect targeted members of the u. S. Military. We have no idea at this point wh