>> our deepest, deepest condolences on behalf of all of our viewers and everyone here at cnn to the family and friends of these young people. thanks very much for watching. i i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. we are learning shocking new details tonight about how a gunman shot and killed a tv reporter and cameraman on live television. the shooter left a long suicide note claiming that it was racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying that pushed him over the edge. donald trump defending his treatment of a reporter who he silenced during his press conference. going after jeb bush and marco rubio. could all the anger backfire on trump? let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm jim sciutto in for erin

burnett. breaking news. shot and killed live on air, the gunman who murdered a virginia tel television reporter and her cameraman described himself as a human powder keg. alis alison parker and adam ward were in the middle of a live interview when the gunman walked calmly up to them, aimed a handgun, started recording video and waited several seconds before opening fire. parker and ward died while horrified co-workers and viewers watched it all unfold live on television. flanagan used a pistol which he purchased legally. flanagan then fled the scene. police and state troopers in hot pursuit tracking him via his cell phone and his license plate. as law enforcement caught up with him on a highway, flanagan ran off the road and shot himself, dieing in a hospital just a few hours later.

president obama said, "it breaks my heart to read about shootings like this." we will speak live to the station's manager later. victor, heartbreaking what happened behind you there this morning. >> reporter: jim, absolutely. and we can tell you there's a vigil happening as friends of the survivor, they are gathering to pray for the recovery of vicki gardner. that's happening as the police and people of this community wonder what led this man to kill a reporter and her photographer. these are the final moments before a deranged shooter ambushed a roanoke virginia news team on live television. we're not going to show you what happened next. the entire incident could be seen and heard as it happened. wdbj reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward were conducting an interview around 6:45 this morning in moneta,

virginia. >> i can't figure out any connection with those people who were among the kindest, nicest people who worked here. i'm not exaggerating when i say that. >> reporter: vicki gardner, who they were interviewing was shot and rushed to a hot. as ward's camera fell to the ground, viewers got this look at the shooter, later identified at 41-year-old vester flanagan. he worked as a reporter at wdbj using the name bryce williams. deputies, virginia state troopers and agents with the fbi and atf launched a massive manhunt. the station's general manager doesn't think flanagan ever worked with parker or ward. he was fired in 2012. he says flanagan was difficult to work with and searched for things he could take offense to.

>> we had separate him from the company. we did understand that he was still living in the area. occasionally, he would run into people from our company. >> reporter: hours after the attack, flanagan began tweeting under the name bryce williams saying, alison made racist comments, adam went to hr on me after working with me one time, flanagan tweeted, i filmed the shooting posting the chilling video on facebook and twitter. it shows him approaching the three, the barrel of his handgun pointing at parker as he waits for more than 40 seconds before firing. parker runs off screaming. around 11:30, a state trooper spotted the suspect's car more than 170 miles away. the trooper tried to pull flanagan over, but he sped off. >> it was a minute or two later when he ran off the road. when the trooper approached the vehicle, she found flanagan suffering from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. >> reporter: two hours later he

died at a local hospital. more now on the local chamber of commerce executive director vicki gardner. we're told by a colleague, she was shot in the back, underwent emergency surgery and now is in stable condition. late tonight, we received a statement from her employer calling her a bright, energetic, positive visionary leader. >> tonight, a disturbing picture is emerging of the killer. the 41-year-old former employee of the station, according to the latest information, a colleague of one of the victims, who was deeply troubled 57 ed and made known he had hostility toward his former employer. what are you learning about his work history. disturbing details in there. >> reporter: a long history of working for a short time at many different television stations. all of which seemed to end badly, including a stint in florida in 2000 when he was fired. he claimed it was racial discrimination, filed a lawsuit

that was dismissed. the news director called it odd behavior. at his one-year at this station in roanoke, virginia, thanks to i allow suit he filed -- again, was dismissed -- we have internal memos thatimands agains shooter for his involvement with other colleagues, colleagues who felt threatened and uncomfortable by his actions out in the field and in the office. several violations of journalistic practices according to the station. he actually was sent to mandatory health counseling until he was finally fired. that firing came on february 1st of 2013. just a long, long list of troubled involvement and anger management issues at this staks a station and other stations. >> when you hear the story, a frightening scene when that played out. >> it scared the co-workers.

they said it was a tantrum. he barked out loud that you are going to have to call the f-ing police. they were called and had to remove this person from his chair, from the newsroom. the newsroom director, the news director cleared everybody out so there would be nobody there. in fact, the sale staff locked themselves in a safe room while this was happening. in a chilling development that we just read into, the photographer, adam ward, actually was filming this at the station when it happened. the suspect flipped him the bird and said some derogatory remarks about how he needed to lose weight. that happened two years ago, jim. >> drew, incredible details, disturbing details. thanks so much. "outfront" now, brian stelter, former fbi assistant director chris sweker. you have multiple past colleagues of the shooter saying that he was troubled. so much so that as drew was

describing, when he was fired, they had to call 911. you had staff hiding behind locked doors. i wonder, could law enforcement have done anything here in light of that behavior? >> i have looked at this from every angle. really, this person just fell through so many holes in the system here. you have the hr system, in a corporation or company, looking for this type of thing. they did the right thing. they called the police, escorted him off the premises. in the interest rim, he didn't anything illegal. i'm not sure there was a point where there could have been an intervention. the police were aware of him, but he hadn't done anything to get arrest order a restraining order. >> one thing to be threatening. another to be legally actionable. brian, this crime, incredible because of how it played out. right? and then how he took advantage to broadcast it, to tweet it, to

post it on facebook. have you seen anything like that? >> the only parallels are isis. the use of isis -- by isis of youtube and other social media. that feels a world away. this feels so close to home. journalists are shaken tonight. they are very anxious about this, not because they think they are in danger tomorrow but because of what this happens. journalists in live shots are at their most vulnerable. he took advantage of the technology that we all use, including twitter and facebook and live television. he used those against us. >> no question. i was thinking the same thing. it's an act of terrorism. the intent was to scare. when you watch this video, in light of your experience, you see him zoom in, you see him frame the shot, then stand there in cold blood for a few seconds before he opens fire. what does that level of precision in committing this

horrible crime tell you about the shooter? >> yes, it's extraordinary. i think that's a great parallel with isis, because he is a different variation of what we call the true believer. he believes in his own cause. and he's focused on someone else as being the object of his own problems. there's just a focused purpose on his part in doing this and writing a 30-page manifesto, the way he set up the video. this very much reminds you of a very deranged but true believer type. >> one of the challenges here, even for a news organization, is you don't want to glamorize the crime by showing these videos. we have been working under very steep restrictions as to how much you show. how much of a challenge has it been to cover this. >> reality is, people are going to find the videos if they want to. they're going to see them. many people will see someone being murdered for the first time and up close and personal.

what's so awful about the video is it looks like a video game. the gun being pointed from his point of view. it's something that we see in fiction in a strange form of entertainment. a university of georgia professor said, in the old days, you imagine bonnie and clyde getting excited when they put out the paper. today, they put out the story themselves. he put out the story himself. we're used to covering journalists being killed in other countries, 36 this year. today two right here at home. >> first time since 2007 here in the u.s. more breaking news tonight. we are monitoring an active shooting situation in louisiana as well. a gunman is barricaded in a gas station in sunset, 65 miles west of battbaton rouge. he shot and wounded one police officer. the suspect fled. he crashed his car into the gas station. three people who were there at

the time, they thankfully escaped. police have the station surrounded as three helicopters, eight ambulances standing by. we will continue to monitor this breaking story. we will update you as developments warrant. stay with us. "outfront" next, details about the shooter and the weapon he used. also, he faxed a 23-page suicide note to a news organization after the shootings. what motivated his deadly actions? alison parker and adam ward, two young people with great careers ahead of them and new loves in their lives. their story ahead. turning to politics, donald trump's tough talk may have reached new heights last night battling with a latino reporter and doing an impersination. did he go too far? visibility into your business,

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breaking news on our top story tonight, new details about the gun used by the man who

killed a reporter and cameraman live on television today. sources say that vester flanagan purchased his pistol legally. new details about the 23-page long manifesto that flanagan faxed to abc news two hours after he murdered alison parker and adam ward. pamela brown is "outfront" tonight. what more are we learning, pamela, about the gun police recovered from the shoot every a and how he got it? >> reporter: we learned that the gun recovered from the shooter has been identified as a glock 19. it's believed he purchased it in july in virginia legally, as you point out. my colleague and i are told that there was nothing in the background check prohibiting flanagan from buying the gun. he didn't have any felony convictions or anything like that that would have prohibited him from being able to do so. in virginia, you need a background check to purchase a gun. we're told jim that he bought

another glock pistol as well. right now, tests are going to be done, conducted to determine which gun he used. >> escorted out of the newsroom threatening but not illegal, so doesn't show up on his record. what more are we learning about the 23-page manifesto ? >> reporter: a man believed to be the gunman sent this rambling suicide letter to abc news a couple hours after the shooting. he said in that manifesto that he had been bullied for being a gay black man. he said this went on for years. here is one of the -- something he said. the photogs were out to get me. one went to hr after only working with me one time. the chief photog told his troops to record video of me if they

saw me doing something. he expressed his admissiration other shooters. he said it was the killing of nine african-americans in charleston that put him over the edge. here is what he says about that. what sent me over the top was the church shooting and my hollow point bullets have the victims' initials on them. we have learned that he apparently called abc news in recent weeks asking for the fax number. then we know a fax came in with this 23-page suicide note. apparently a man identifying himself as bryce williams called abc today to say he shot two people and that police were after him. >> making the calls, sending the fax after the horrible crime. pamela brown in washington. criminologist casey jordan and psychologist jeff gardier. >> includes a list of perceived grievances. for sexual orientation. this is more than a disgruntled

employee. >> it is. but i'm convinced that is the nature of where this idea began. when we get our hands on this 23-page manifesto, we will see his issue goes way back to childhood. he is going to have perceived grievances with people going way back. we know he was fired in 2 0 200d filed lawsuits. with each of these grievances, trying to process it through proper channels and getting turned down, his aggravation continues to mount. his colleagues said he couldn't take criticism. he was having tantrums. he was a problem person always. but in retrospect, he liked the charleston church shooting because it game him a justification for what he was doing. he is vindicating the lives of the victims. >> clearly, as casey is describing, he paints himself as a victim and carries out violence far disproportionate to the perceived grievances. how do you explain that?

>> well, i think we have to just follow what casey was saying. something that starts very early on and in adulthood, we call that a personality disorder. someone who is a paranoid personality, very, very delusional, takes every single event that happens that we may feel that really means nothing but in his lens it's something that's egregious, something done against him. so no matter what happens in his life, he sees himself as a victim. therefore, everyone becomes a symbol of the hate that he has for being that victim. >> fits into that one picture. you mentioned how he used the charleston church shooting as a spark. he even bought his pistol two days after that. was it something specific about charleston or is this someone who is really -- anything could set him off? >> in his mind, he really is persecuted as jeff said. he has distorted thinking. to him, everything is personal.

he has always said he has been bullied, subject to sexual harass money ament harassment. so the church shooting -- he names dylann roof and insults hip and says, you want a race war? bring it. in his mind it's self-brainwa self-brainwashing has come up with a way that he can act on fantasies. they've been building up to are years. after charleston, he thought, i can vindicate those nine black lives by killing some reporters in the name of getting even for her racist comments. he never met this woman. in his mind he is like, now i will be a hero. >> he turned himself from a victim into a hero. >> that's where you see -- how do you say, dylann roof, you are the worst, you want a race war, bring it on, but yet he takes people like the virginia tech shooters, the columbine shooters and praises them. that's part of the cognitive

dissonance. we were talking about this. we would be very interested to find out what family and friends have to say about this individual. i would bet that they want to stay away from him as far as possible because he has rage not just for the television station but for humanity. >> everyone around him. >> he sees himself as a victim. >> the personality you are describing has psychiatric problems that needed to be dealt with. >> yes, through counseling and chemical help. >> if there was a severe depression. but when you are dealing with personality disorders, there really is no medication that -- if that's what the case is. any medication that you can give someone like that. but this is an individual having -- this is why we see when they get the background checks, unless they're paranoid schizophrenic, hearing voices -- >> they have to have a diagnosis. >> have a criminal record, someone like this and many people like this with these

severe delusional, paranoid personalities slip through the cracks and why they're able to get guns. >> jeff and casey, you mentioned his family. we have this now we want to share with viewers, a statement from the shooter's family obtained by kron. i want to read it to you now. this is the statement as the family says it. dear news station, wdbj, it is with heavy hearts and deep saidness we express our deepest condolences to the familiar lifz alison parker and adam ward. we are praying for the recovery of vicki gardner. our thoughts and prayers are with the families and with the wdbj news family. words cannot express the hurt we feel. our family is asking the media respect our privacy. a sad family there. i want to ask one more question about this, just about the mindset before we let you go. he express admiration for the virginia tech shooter, for columbine shooters. i always wonder in these circumstances about the danger

of copycats. these guys, shooters want attention. this guy is getting attention. how great of a worry is someone else who -- >> totally valid. >> we see it all the time. it's going to continue. here is what we see. here is the pattern. they admire the shooters but they want do something better. bigger. >> live tv. doing it on live tv was the comeuppance. he admired the body count. but no one has done what they have done. they are inspired. they find strength in the action of others. >> and worrisome. thanks for sharing your thoughts. "outfront" next, she was 24, a rising star at her station. he was getting married soon, preparing to embark on a new life. remembering alison parker and adam ward next. donald trump going toe to toe with a beloved univision anchor or immigration. hillary clinton doing a

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breaking news on our top story tonight. the killing of two virginia journalists live on tv. the gunman hurled insults directly at one of his victims the day the gunman was fired at the tv station where they worked. he shot and killed parker and ward while they were doing a live interview for their morning broadcast. their colleagues and loved ones watched in horror as the two journalists were gunned down. chris cuomo is in front of the station. a sickening day for all involved, particularly those closest to ward and parker. how are colleagues coping tonight? >> reporter: i mean, as you can imagine, it's about as hard as it gets in terms of dealing with the loss in a news family. it's a very tight business. people get to know each other very well. these two young people were very well liked. they were seen as the best that wdbj had to offer in terms of their spirit and commitment they brought to the job.

they were just starting their lives. today, if it's a measure of solace for the people who work in this building, for the families, this community has come out, they have put balloons and plants under this tree behind us. more than that, they have been sharing their affection for what news -- this news organization does for their community. if it's a measure of solace for the families, these two people while they were alive for a relatively short amount of time touched so many people. i can't tell you how many came up and wanted to tell stories about alison and workers who said why adam was such a bright light in terms of doing the work the way they did separately and as a team. i hope that matters to the parker family, to the ward family and to chris hurst, the boyfriend of allison and, of course, the family of adam ward and his fiancee, melissa ott who is a producer who had to watch

this happen from the control room this morning. the community has been here in full force. they will be here tonight for the vigil. >> the local reporters, they are often a close part of the community. we're getting a clearer picture of vester flanagan, the shooter. this video showing a recent road rage incident with him. i want to play a quick piece of that video. flanagan is the man in blue here. let's have a listen. >> okay. are you finished? >> i've been finished. you followed myr eed me here. >> [ bleep ]. >> what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: the context is it was posted on youtube by the man who says he was being followed by the gunman. that he called him out for his driving, he was driving like a maniac and he was followed by him to the parking lot. he videotaped it. he believed it could be instructive of how unstable this guy was. ordinarily, as you know, we're hunting for clues, we're trying to figure out what would motivate something to bring such darkness into the world.

here there's information. he was disturbed. he was dismissed from two stations. when it happened here, the police had to come. he was threatening. there are reports he was threatening specifically to adam ward who was videotaping his exit. that he handed a wooden cross to a manager and said you may need this. there was a lot of hostility. why now? the only chronological indication we have here is that a lawsuit the man had put together had been dismissed about a month ago. why these two young people? yes, he talked about them on his threat. but at the end of the day, we're dealing with someone who couldn't deal with what was inside of them. there is no justification for this. just a bunch of explanations that kind of fall on themselves. what he did this morning just manifested the worst of human life that is has to offer. one of the things he said was that he hopes to leave this world in peace. certainly, that was not the last feeling that he felt. >> no question. this is always one of the troubles, a lot of threatening

warning signs here, none of it added up to illegal. just difficult for anyone to stop it. chris cuomo, great to have him on the scene of this. alison parker, adam ward, they were young, hard working journalists with so much to look forward to personally and professionally. >> i have to bring him out. adam, come out from in front of the camera. he is the ugly stepmother. just looking absolutely gorgeous. >> reporter: alison parker and adam ward were the dynamic morning show team. shortly after they were killed on live television, their boss spoke out about their can-do attitudes and promising careers. >> i cannot tell you how much they were loved, alison and adam, by the wdbj 7 team. and our hearts are broken. and our sympathies go to the entire staff here but also the parents and family of adam ward and alison parker who were just

out doing their job today. >> to his bond restrictions during his -- >> reporter: turning 24, parker was already a rising star. >> she had as sppirations of be an anchor. she could walk into the newsroom and put smiles on everyone's faces. >> reporter: she graduated from james madison university and interned at wdbj. after a stint at another tv station in jacksonville, north carolina, parker returned to wdbj last year. parker and fellow colleague anchor chris hurst had been dating. he writes they were very much in love adding, we just moved in together. i am numb. she was the most radian woman i ever met. for some reason, she loved me back. adam ward was a virginia tech graduate and a huge hoekys fan.

>> adam ward walking sports encyclopedia. i would like to talk sports with him more. it kills me to know the college football season is about to start and here he is gone before it ever got to begin. >> reporter: he was engaged to be married to mel list say ott, a morning show producer at the same station. today was her last day before starting a new job in charlotte and ward had planned to join her there. >> the most horrific thing is she was in the control room and watched it happen live. >> reporter: two young lives lost in senseless violence. leaving behind a trail of grief. >> jeffrey marks is wdbj's general manager. jeffrey, thank you for taking the time tonight on just really a difficult night for you and your colleagues. >> thank you, jim. >> i wonder having lost those close friends today, what are you saying to your employees tonight?

>> i'm saying how proud i am of them. they grieved today but in between the grieving, they performed as journalists and a great production team. everybody in the build, we have more than 100 employees, all of them from our ad sales department, marketing, whatever, the business office, they were in there pitching in with the newsroom, whether it was food or answering the phones or checking out information. they came together. they found time to breathe, i hope. but they had a job to do and they did it. >> they did. we watched them doing that. people forget they had to stay working and covering the story despite the ties. we have been reading the court documents about when flanagan was fired. describing this outburst. adam ward, cameraman killed today, he taped it. the documents say he turned his attention to ward, said something about paparazzi, told adam heed in ed intneeded to lo

gut. what do you recall about that incident when he was fired? >> i wasn't there the moment. everything that happened was relayed to me. the termination was -- is handled by a department head and somebody from human resources. and then what happened that was a little unexpected was this outburst of unhappiness in the newsroom. but after that point and after he was escorted out, we witnessed no more of that. he followed a legal process to make some claims that were ludicrous and were dismissed. but we never had any interaction with him other than that, except the occasional time when he would be seen in a store or around town by one of our employees. there were no negative interactions reported to me. >> in light of the events that

l led up to his firing, the threats, the uncomfortable moments, the day he left when staff felt the need to call 911, did he fear he posed a threat to your staff, to the station? were you concerned about that? >> perhaps but not for very long. you know, when absent specific threats, absent violent behavior -- i don't think what he did was violent behavior. but absent all of that, how does one expect two years later for someone to go get a gun and do what he did? it's not only unfathomable, it's unpredictable. >> absolutely. we certainly can't put that burden on you. jeffrey marks, we appreciate you taking the time and our thoughts are with you and your staff tonight. >> thank you very much. "outfront" next, donald trump ordering a top latino

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welcome back. tonight new signs that vice president joe biden may very well enter the presidential race. in a conference call with top democrats biden said he's assessing if he has the emotional fuel to run. >> if i were to announce to run i have to be able to commit to all of you that i would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul and right now both are pretty well banged up. i've been giving this a lot of thought and dealing internally in the family.

>> biden will meet with key democratic fundraisers in the coming days. biden very candid today with those supporters. is he finding the support he needs out there? >> reporter: well, i think that's a big question that we're all waiting to answer. at this point, we know that there are some donors who are very concerned about the way that the hillary e-mail thing is playing out. who are concerned about the way that bernie sanders has risen in the polls and who think there may will be a path for a biden candidacy. what i'm hearing from sources and i know our colleagues are as well he really has not made a final decision on this. he is trying to see whether he can chart a path and we'll know over the next couple of weeks. they definitely want information know he's thinking about this seriously. these are trial balloons that are getting a lot of attention. >> you mentioned hillary clinton and the emails. she cut short her vacation headed back on the campaign

trail today and we're hearing a very different answer, more contrite answer, you might even say about temp mail account when asked. have a listen how she phrased it today. >> i know people have raised questions about my e-mail use as secretary of state and i understand why. i get it. my use of personal e-mail was allowed by the state department. it clearly wasn't the best choice. i should have used two emails, one personal, one for work. and i take responsibility for that decision. >> clearly wasn't the best choice. it sounds like an apology there. what's changing? >> reporter: well, i mean i think that she's seeing how much consternation there is around this issue and the concern that i keep hearing from people who are allies of hillary clinton is how long is this going to drag out? are your going to see one e-mail after another and continue well into next year and does that continue to erode her trust and

accountability numbers with the voters. and so i think that what we've heard today was more contrition, a less flip response when she talked about she didn't know about wiping a server. that didn't go over very well and clearly she's trying to take a more serious contrite tone on this. >> famous line about wiping the server with a cloth. bad joke. out front next, the small virginia town trying to cope with a horrible tragedy. the aftermath of an unthinkable crime. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has

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. we want to update you on a story we brought you earlier tonight. police in sun serkts louisiana have taken a suspected shooter into custody there. authorities report a man stabbed two people at home during a domestic dispute. then he shot and wounded a police officer before barricading himself inside a gas station where he was finally apprehended. returning to our top story, two young journalists shot and killed this morning while on air in roanoke, virginia. 24-year-old alison parker, 27-year-old adam ward. tonight a memorial is growing outside the tv station where they worked. friends, co-workers leaving behind flowers, balloons and cards as they struggle to come to terms with the senseless loss of two young people. earlier i spoke with alison's friend sherman lee. he's pictured here. sherman told me about the first time he met her. >> she was just so bright and

just so bubbly in the morning. her attitude was great. it was infectious. we kind of just warmed our hearts and a lovely person. >> no question. her father said she was loved by everyone. i wonder what was it about alison that really struck people? >> i think their big smile. she just had a love for what she was doing. and i think that love that you saw in her each time on television it came across. it came across in a smile when you met her. she lit up whether it was 5:30 in the morning or 10:00 at night. you saw that same passion, that same love that joys person and she will be truly missed. >> also tonight the washington nationals adam's favorite baseball team holding a moment of silence before the ball game. you're seeing it. thank you so much for joining us. we want to add our own thoughts and prayers to all those who knew the two victims today. we're thinking about you. we send those thoughts to you tonight.

we'll see you again tomorrow night. "ac360" with john berman tonight starts right now. good evening thanks for joining us. i'm john berman sitting in for anderson. a sad and searing day in roanoke, virginia and tonight with prayer vigils and public mourning. all day people have been paying their respects and simply trying to come to terms with what at a local shopping center where early today a television news crew was gunned down by a deranged former colleague, at cnn fliaffiliate wbdj. >> it's my sad duty to report that we have determined through the help of the police and our employees that alison and adam died this morning shortly after 6:45 when the shots rang out. we do