and where there are failures, we will correct them. >> president obama ordered an even broader review of standards for all federal employees and contractors. all of this after revelations that aaron alexis received and kept his security clearance despite a history of arrests and recent events, including telling police he was hearing voices, suggesting he was losing grip on realty. the contractor that hired alexis confirmed the defense department cleared alexis twice and they would not have hired him if they few about his arrests. a report released by the pentagon confirms the navy's screening program has widespread problems and found over the last nine months, 52 convicted felons received routine unauthorized access to navy installations and we're hearing for first time from aaron alexis's mother who issued this statement on the shootings. >> my son, aaron alexis, has

murdered 12 people and wounded several others. his actions have had a profound and everlasting effect on the families of the victims. i don't know why he did what he did and i'll never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone and for that i am glad. to the families of the victims, i'm so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us. pete, obviously those words from his mother's heart stirring but there's an investigation that has to take place here. it was interesting that general martin dempsey said this is not about stigma tiesing people with mental health challenges. this is an investigation on facts, including recent events which should have been noted regarding aaron alexis' health. >> i guess two points about that. one is what -- i took the general's comments to be that as the military goes through this process of determining what

should be disqualified from getting or keeping a security clearance, what he's saying is we have to be careful that we don't penalize people who seek treatment for mental problems. we want them to be able to do that and keep them healthy and productive. so that is a tricky bit of business that the government will have to be looking at here. nonetheless, as officials try to figure out a motive, investigators say often times when you have these spree shootings they can identify a target that someone is going after and then just can't stop and they get into this rampage mentality and keep shooting. they don't find that here. they haven't found -- they can't say why he shot in this building. he had been working there but they have yet to find some grievance he had or someone who he was upset with that he had words with. they don't find that. and today, the washington, d.c. police chief suggested that they may never find that, that the answer to this could be simply his deteriorating mental

condition. in terms of other parts of this investigation, authorities think they have a pretty good idea what happened inside building 197. looking at surveillance video, looking at what they have in terms of camera shots and also what they've heard from the survivors about how the shooting happened, just a little over a half hour until he was finally found confronted by police and finally killed. but they say, most of the people that he killed, he did with the shotgun. they now believe he was armed only with the shotgun that he bought just last saturday and a handgun that he took from the security guard at the entrance, tamron. >> what about the details and you've been reporting more information on this, that there was some notification to the navy after this recent episode where he believed that he was being followed and was taken to the va hospital and notice had gone out? >> that's right, according to

the newport rhode island police department, they were called on august 7th by aaron alexis who complained that there were voices in his hotel rooms and changed hotel rooms twice, couldn't get away from voices and complained that somebody was using what he called a microwave machine to send vibrations preventing him from sleeping. the newport police say they passed that onto the duty officers at the nearby naval installation because alexis told them he was working as a navy contractor. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski just reported that the navy has checked into this and they believe that that word was never passed beyond that naval station in rhode island, never reached naval officials at the navy headquarters in washington. >> all right, thank you for those details. joining me now from capitol hill, casey, you were on yesterday and obviously the continued conversation, background checks because he did manage to purchase a gun despite these episodes. the nra pushes back on

background checks on every respect and every level it seems, but also mental health advocates are concerned if there's any legislation, that would be an issue of a person's privacy. >> absolutely, tamron. two senators earlier today pushed senate majority leader harry reid to introduce or put on the floor a bill that they say would help address this. now, their bill would only provide money for training programs and other ways to increase mental health awareness. but gun control advocates are concerned about just pushing a mental health measure in the context of gun legislation because they think it doesn't go far enough. they dont want to leave background checks on the table. if the senate were to take up legislation that just dealt with mental health, it's likely that the political moment could pass them by and that you could not see background checks ultimately go through. now, of course, in the wake of the newtown shootings background checks did stall here in the

senate. so at the same time, it might be at the point where they are going to revisit the idea of saying, okay, maybe we should in fact take mental health legislation and go forward. and tamron, you also saw earlier today, a number of family members who are related to victims of gun violence from across the country from a number of different incidents, you had one the brother of someone who was killed at newtown making an emotional plea and mother from chicago who described very emotionally how her son was shot down on a family porch. those victims have been the most effective advocates in this debate. they are the ones that swung it when we were talking about it earlier this year. we'll see if their push is going to make a difference this time. >> that's interesting, you pointed out just getting the background check, we know what happened there. and i don't know of any event at least in my lifetime more powerful than the newtown families and show the polling was on their side, the american

people, but nothing got done. i think what's per plexing, casey, that the mental health measures. there's no avenue. we thought at the beginning of the gun debate that at least there was some cohesive spirit around background checks. that died down and we can't even get any movement on mental health when this case in front of us -- it is riddled with examples of how perhaps some sort of measure could help. >> and don't forget, tamron, the impact that the national rifle association has on this debate. one of the things that gun control advocates are nervous about in the context of mental health legislation, there was a bipartisan version of a bill that would make changes to how the background checks system handles mental health records. as you said we talked yesterday about privacy advocates concerns. but gun control advocates are concerned that political bill opened up more loopholes and it would change the rules about when people who had been committed to an inconstitution

after they left the institution, when they would return to buying a firearm and get the rights back. gun control advocates are worried if the nra is involved in looking at legislation like this, it could make changes that ease access to firearms. >> casey hunt, thank you for day two. we appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks, tamron. >> house republicans announced today they are ready to shut down the government over obama care. house speaker john boehner said the house would vote friday, this friday on a measure that would keep the government funded through the end of the year, but puts a hold on the affordable care act that is the law. this all could happen, of course october 1st. >> we're going to continue to do everything we can to repeal the president's failed health care law. this week the house will pass the cr. that the locks the sequester savings in and defunds obama care. >> the bill has little chance of passing the senate and president obama once again accused republicans of holding the

nation's economy hostage. >> negotiating around them around the budget just as i've done in the past. what i will not do is to create a has been it, a pattern, whereby the full faith and credit of the united states ends up being a bargaining chip to set policy. it's irresponsible. >> nbc news correspondent kelly o'donnell joins us. speaker boehner tried to find a way out of this situation and the big announcement is it's going down on friday. despite objections from republicans within the party that this is not the right move. >> well, one of the things, tamron that speaker boehner acknowledged today is that he needed to listen, hear out his membership, conference of republican members, many of whom do want to see the strategy go forward and having done that, this is the step they are going to take.

it is one of those moments where we have a blinking game happening on capitol hill, which side will blink first and what house republicans believe is that they've been sent here to try to derail the president's health care law and hold the government to tighter spending controls. so those are really core issues for them. given the fact that they have relatively little power in washington having just the house and not the senate and white house, this is one of their tactics to try to get attention. the minority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell said normally when there's a debt ceili ceiling conversation there is a discussion on what to do with deficit reduction. the president has indicated he would be open to negotiations represented to the budget but as you heard him say, not the full faith and credit of the united states. we are heading for another one of these showdowns and could slide into the weekend. next week could be pivotal as well. democrats on the senate seed are saying there's absolutely no chance they are going to negotiate on those issues. so the possibility of government

shutdown is hanging in the air. at the same time speaker boehner said no one should be talking about that. there are mixed signals happening here. both sides are staking out their corners very vividly and promising to fight this to the enth degree. we've seen that movie before. october 1st is the beginning of the fiscal year for the government. no one wants a government shutdown. can they come to another conclusion first like passing a continuing resolution when you hear the term cr, extension of the budget? and then separate out the whole piece of defunding the president's health care law. we'll see it play out but the tension is certainly building and there's a head of steam bringing this again to one of those moments of brinksmanship and a lot of concern what the fallout could be with the markets and weariness of the public. >> it's interesting, kelly, we say there are both sides here.

there seems to be three sides because this is a clear revolt by conservatives within the party. at one point as our team points out, 40 conservatives who really push that. >> fair enough. >> that is a third party, not a democrat versus republican. it's a conservative bubble as well that exists there. and again, to the risk factor here, you have the team pointed out congress is broken and it's hard to find a way out when something is broken. and to these many, many pieces but the risk factor for the tea party conservative, even when you hear bill crystal and others say this is not -- if this is a game of chicken, this is not where you play it. this is now the law. obama care is the law. >> and those house republicans small in number as they may be have had an out sized voice in a lot of what happened on their side. they continue to argue that the health care law is flawed in many ways. there might be some agreement in both parties that could be better in this way or that way. it is the law.

and they are going to keep hammering away at that. can that cap chapter play out and we get back to a more narrow discussion of funding the government and dealing with the debt ceiling? maybe that's where this is head headed. your reaction to this decision after a lot of pressure from the moment conservative in this party? you've got the vote coming down on friday. >> first of all, 41 times we have voted on the repeal of obama care. 41 times it's gone to the senate

and nothing has happened. my republican colleagues are interested in cheap theater but this is the theater of the absurd. i do think they are walking on shards of glass and they are going to get bloody. this is not the one you take down the country's full faith and credit as the off spring of trying to get obama care repeeled. it's not going to be reappealed. >> you say they will be bloody here. but to kelly's point, when you talk about conservatives in their district, they go home and are celebrated for fighting so-called obama care and celebrated for fighting against background checks that were overwhelmingly popular in national polls but within their districts so they make take a bad headline in the new york times but when they go home, they get a slap on the back from people who say, you're representing exactly what i want so stick it to whomever you need to in washington, d.c. >> first of all, when i say bloody, i'm talking about the

republican majority in the house. i think they are very concerned that what happened to newt gingrich can be revisited again in the next election cycle. maybe a few conservative members will retain their seats but they are no longer the majority. that's not going to fit in their pattern -- >> why do you believe house speaker john boehner despite efforts to find a solution to this, decided to go ahead with this vote on friday? >> i think he's counting votes to retain his speakership. what we've got going on here is survival of the membership in terms of being re-elected to congress or retaining speakership and damn the american people and economy and the result is going to be just devastating. five years ago we were on the brink and the stock market went down 700 points because the house could not take a vote to

create the t.a.r.p. that saved our economy and in the end not only rereturned all of the money to the taxpayers but made a slight profit. >> congresswoman thank you for your time. >> great talking to you. >> breaking news and surprise move. the federal reserve announced moments ago it will not -- not scale back its economic stimulus program. right now the markets are reacting. we'll get you caught up on the latest details there. the dow is up over 100 points. within the last hour, officials out of georgia announce they found the teenage girl who was snatched from her family's home. two suspects are in custody. who are they and why did they take her? join our conversation on twitter. hey linda!

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breaking news, the federal reserve made a surprise decision, saying the economy still needs support. wall street is reacting with a rally. the dow was down 40 points before the announcement. right now it's up 98 points. joining me now, columnist for reuters. this decision is not what wall street was expecting. >> yep. >> we were up before the break over 100. now we're ticking down to 98. >> wall street, whatever wall street expectations are, i don't know where they come from, like someone picks a number and it becomes consensus, they were expected $10 billion, $15 billion less and the fed comes out in typical fed-ese. >> bring it back to everyone else watching. >> the reality is we've been

talking about this month in, month out. we're in a 2% economy, lots of unemployment and structural underemployment. you've got the fed doing this extremely aggressive unprecedented amount of buying in the marketplace and the question is how do they get out of this, unwind this and prevent this from becoming its own crisis because it changes. they don't know how to do this. this is unchartered waters and the reaction was a global sell-off in everything in june. >> how does the bond buying program help the economy now, especially given there are ebbs and flows, the housing market folks are trying to buy a home. maybe not in the sense of whether or not more americans are able to save, but you have this ying and yang. >> the big deal part of it, half of what the fed buys every month are mortgage securities. that's meant to sustain the housing market, meant to prevent another housing crisis and there's a lot of evidence there's a recovery in housing although --

>> we're not celebrating but light points. >> that's the part that's interest gs. they weren't going to cut that. they were going to cut the treasury purchases. this seems to have some impact on the flow of money and obviously the more the money flows, the more can get mortgages and loans that theory and reality depart radically. i think right now this is a wall street phenomenon that has some real world implications but the fed is doing this thing it doesn't know how to get out of. i think it's a good thing, the fact it's an 'neemic recovery is a bad idea. they did a lot of testing balloons. and things are just not stable enough to change course right now. and with washington heading into this for two weeks. they are not going to say that

in their statement, they know, look, if the republicans get their way in the house and there's another debt impasse like in the summer of 2011, you don't want another variable that's negative. right? they don't -- >> and cutting back the stimulus program whofb would have been the other variable? >> let's let the washington fumes consume themselves and until that's clear i think they made the right decision. >> the dow is up it looks like over 100 points. if there's any significant movement, we'll keep an eye on it. still ahead on "news nation" -- >> arrested after chaining themselves to the white house fence one day after the president ruled out a freeze on deportation. it starts with little things. tiny changes in the brain.

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we're following developing news out of georgia where the teenager abducted has been found alive. in the last hour the fbi and local enforcement agencies announced that 14-year-old ayvani hope perez was back with her family after a massive search lasting more than 24 hours. >> it's a good day. this is a good day for the family, perez family, but more importantly for ayvani. she is safe. >> two men are in custody in connection with the kidnapping but the fbi said the subjects seen in the photographs are still at large. authorities are not revealing a lot of details on how she was found, only that she was dropped off at a location in conyers, georgia. police are describing it as a friendly drop. they are also commenting on --

not commenting on whether or not the home invasion was random and still determining a motive for the kidnapping. joining me now, a correspondent on my new show, deadline crime, thanks for joining us. getting the word out about missing children. another one of those amber alerts that may have paid off and media attention to this one. >> tamron, yes. exactly. when those amber alerts come across, it's important to let people know there's a reason for that. those amber alerts have significant important information that everybody needs to know. they have -- it's critical, the timing of when these amber alerts are released so while some people may say this is -- this may be inconvenience or they may just pass through it on their phone, click right through it or not really pay attention to those signs on the road, everybody should pay attention to these amber alerts.

they are very important. and literally we save the national center from missing and exploited children, this is a child's cry for help. that's what's coming across when you get an amber alert. we don't know if it played a role in this but we've seen the success of the amber alert program throughout the years an we're very happy about that. >> it's interesting the details of this case. when you think of the horrors, she was in her pajamas at home with her family. these individuals broke into the home and killed the family's dog and then her mother says took her in an effort, i guess to hold her for ransom, this child taken from her home and missing more than 24 hours in only her pajamas with at least four suspects. >> yes, exactly, tamron. so no matter what comes out in this investigation, as you just said, this is a developing story. we have heard the conflicting

reports. all of that behind the scenes is part of the investigation. at the national center for missing and exploited children, we want to highlight that when a child is missing, the first three hours are the most critical when a child is abducted, when a child is missing. so people across the country in your communities you have to pay attention to that. it's up to you to protect our children. it's just that simple. >> all right, thank you so much. we greatly appreciate it. again, authorities are not releasing a lot of details about these suspects involved in this case but they are saying that 911 call at the time of the kidnapping and other 911 cal$91 may get released. great pleasure having you on with us today. thank you. the ceos of two popular companies diving into two hot button political debates. the head of starbucks now asking customers to leave their guns at home. and the ceo of panera bread is

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♪ more now on what appears to be increasing odds of a government shutdown come october 1st. our nbc first read team uses the headline no way out. joining me now, mark murray. the bottom line i think at least sentiment wise from people, here we go again and how does this end? >> well tamron, i think john boehner and republicans feel there is one potential way you don't. they want to pass this incontinuing resolution that has the defunding for the president's healthcare law and kickback and say, you end up dealing with it and essentially have the message back through the house republican rank and filed this, this defund obama care isn't going to go anywhere.

they hope that's their way out and the real negotiations can begin. but the problem with that is that the clock is ticking. they are 12 days until the september 30th deadline. if you go past the deadline there would be a government shutdown and the side saying they want to take down the president's signature health care law would largely be blamed for that. >> why is it then -- you have the wall street journal, you have conservative voices advising the members of the house republicans who want this measure to go ahead, that this is not the most effective way or wisest way to conduct business in washington. why are those voices drown out by the minority as it seems here within that party? >> i think because this is what the rank in file wants, not only from members of congress but the voters who elected them in. the republican base wants to do everything they can to be able to stop the president's health care law. they think they might be able to stop it with the polling that

shows that it remains unpopular. also from a negotiating standpoint you could have the idea, we go in with the really tough demands at the end of the day our side might win, even though we hold the house of representatives, it is akin to going to the car dealership to buying a new car, i want this brand-new car for free and by the way, mr. car dealer, give me your car too. so that actually might make the other side laugh and walk away. it certainly would end up em boldening the rank in file. the reality is with the president who ends up signing anything into law, that remains unlikely. >> the other realty, you know this after the court decision, speaker boehner was asked if they would continue to repeal. >> he said it's the law but those words have mattered little. >> it was one of the things fought over in the 2012 presidential election. a lot of that presidential

election was riding on whether the law would remain the law of the land or whether republicans could repeal it. even after president obama won re-election, house republicans are going back to thing and it does end up hurting their cause. at least if we do go and have a government shutdown, the couch republicans are going to be the ones to get a large part of the blame here. >> okay, mark murray, thank you very much. good to see you. >> the ceos of two high profile companies are taking stance on two controversial issues in the headlines. shultz is asking customers to keep guns out of its stores. shultz made the comments late last night in an open letter and video posted today. starbucks longstanding policy had been defaulting to local gun laws, including open carry regulations. that basically allows licensed gun owners to bring their weapons into stores. meanwhile, the founder and ceo

of panera bread, ron shake is taking on folks to food stamps. he's hoping to raise awareness on how people on food stamps live as congress prepares to debate $40 billion in cuts to the programs. >> michael, it's great to see you. we talked about this and we have this monoiccer at the bottom. are you impressed or not? >> they take a risk when they get involved in social policy. in the case of starbucks, i don't think starbucks set to get involved in the gun issue. >> they didn't. >> there are 44 states that honor open carry, they were going along with the law. hey starbucks, why don't you exercise your rights as private landowners and saying we don't want you -- they didn't do that. they are taking this stand,

individuals showing up enmass with open carry exercising that right. if you show up and carrying a firearm, starbucks is saying we're not going to ask you to leave. >> they are still going to have the baristas serve you with a smile. we do believe guns and weapons should not be part of the starbucks experience. customers will be much more comfortable in our customers will not bring guns into a starbucks store. to your point he didn't say there will be signs, you cannot smoke or bring your gun in the starbucks with children and everything else. >> in the next couple of days you see open carry advocates show up with weapons, then you'll have to say did they make the right move and maybe they would have been better offsilen. they are in the business of selling coffee. >> remaining silent is maybe part of the problem with our society -- >> let's move onto the pan era bread ceo. over the last few days my thoughts have been consumed with

food. when is my next meal? how about food is left in my cabinet? what should i spend my remaining few dollars on. a business owner has men and women that work for him every day. it takes on a different emotion than the statement from howard shultz. >> i'm reading his blog and there's a statement he attributed to his mother-in-law which sounds like my mother when she was making pork and beans and saying this will stick to your ribs. what he's found in order to live under the ceiling, he's had to buy meals that will be filling but not healthy. and subsequently the fruits and vegetables are going by the wayside and buying a lot of carbs, there's a real lesson in that for all of us in terms of obesity and when you're strapped financially, you make bad choices because you don't have alternatives and it explains a host of our ailments. >> your impression of both of them digging into this?

you have zuckerberg immigration reform, going to be in d.c. this week. not just focused on the dollar, how much they are bringing on but on social consciousness. >> i think starbucks steps into an issue where there's going to be blowback. can they be blow back against a guy who says we need to make sure we're taking care of people with a safety net. >> but people proposing those cuts, that's who's against it. >> who can be against that? like i said. >> thank you very much. great pleasure having you on. feel better an injured eye. >> you had to bring it up. >> feel better, michael. >> i'll tweet about it. a group of seven immigration activists were arrested in d.c. after chaining themselves to the white house fence. these protesters staged this as a response to ready obama's statements yesterday that stopping deportation that anyone other than dreamers is not an option. the president added the white house and senate pushed for comprehensive immigration reform and that's now up to house

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the water supply, the stagnant supply baking in the sun could have contributed to the growth of this germ. as of now that is just a theory. cdc says they are unaware of any connection. there's no boil water order. you don't need to boil water unless you plan on putting it into your nose, or using a netty pot or something. they do say it is safe to drink and bathe in. do be careful if you're putting your head under water in a bath. a 4-year-old who died from this infection died because he was using a water slide, backyard water slide. the water got into his nose and then got into his brain. it eats the flash of your brain. that's why it is just so dangerous. so far in the past 50 years that have only been two documented survivors from this infection. one of them was a 12-year-old girl out of arkansas earlier this summer. tamron? >> katy, thank you very much. in searching for the victims of the deadly flooding, crews are going door to door and digging

through debris searching for the nearly 300 people still unaccounted for. they could be isolated as areas are still cut off after the storm. damage to roadways and bridges made it very difficult to still get around. and houses are now questionably structural sound and looking into those homes and forecasters are expecting good weather for the rest of the week which should help the process. a guilty plea from the man who confessed in a youtube video causing a deadly drunk driving crash. 22-year-old matthew cordle of ohio, faces two to eight years behind bars. defense attorneys may seek his release on bond so he can spread his anti-drunk driving message. >> two weeksal he hosted a video admitted that he killed a man saying he made a mistake and it has nearly 2 million hits. she is the wife of spike lee but tanya lewis lee is behind a new movie of her own bringing the message of the civil rights

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capitol hill in the past hour, the bipartisan future caucus was officially launched and formed by aaron shock, two born in the 80s there there's a frustration with the lack of action in congress. >> less concerned with the rigid ideology of both of our parties and the process of the institution and more interested really in coming up with bipartisan solutions that will work. >> do you think the body is too old? >> i would never say such a thing. >> i would. >> those are things we thought you should know. this past sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing in the 16th street baptist church. a water shed movement and as the nation reflects on all that has changed. the wife of spike lee is behind a new movie revisiting what life

was like during that time. the watsons go to birmingham, based on the award winning book about a family from michigan that travels to alabama in the '60s. >> there are moments in our lives that we'll never forget. seeing little stevie wonder play fing fingertips. catching my first james bond movie and the summer my family took a road trip to birmingham, alabama. this is our story. ♪ >> the movie premieres this friday on the hall mark channel. tonya lewis lee, it's so good to see you. >> great to see you too. >> you're a hard working woman, so many passions and so many things you dedicated yourself. this one, nine years? >> nine years to get it made, yeah. >> why did it take so long? >> for a while people were feeling like a period piece

about a black family with civil rights movement, they were afraid audiences wouldn't show up. i think right now we're in a great time. >> you didn't actually time it to be released in the 50th anniversary. >> certificaten dipty, the universe conspired for it to happen, yeah. >> as a mother when you're behind a project like this which is centered around a family. how is that for you? you're a mom and i'm sure you teach your children all kinds of things. when you see them this way, the black family presented this way? >> it's beautiful. the book written by christopher paul curtis is a beautiful ode to a black family in 1963. they are fun, quirky and it's a funny book. i read the book out loud with my children and we laughed and had a real serious conversation about civil rights in this country and our difficult past. it was a really wonderful opportunity for me with my children and i hope the film is a great extension of that for other families. >> and you mentioned your

family, got to mention your husband. here you are, your big venture now -- on television, perhaps one day doing your own movie. did he try to dip in there and give any advice? >> we are very critical of each other sometimes. so i didn't show him the film until it was done, done, done. and the best compliment i could have gotten from him, we've got to do something together. you write it, i'll direct it. i took that to mean i did a good job. >> that the next step? i know you're an advocate of women being of power, following our own paths and having our own mark in this world. what's next? >> my production company, we're producing the giver, which is also a young adult novel and that is shooting in south africa this fall. we've got great stars in that, jeff bridges and meryl streep. that's the next project. and we're adapting another young book, monster, so we've got really great projects coming up. >> we celebrate. i'm a big fan, not that spike is

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because they are champs just like "the cycle." >> we have a report of a fourth floor, a male with a shotgun, multiple shots fired and multiple people down. >> that is just a sample of the ems transmissions sent at the start of monday's fatal navy yard shooting. two days later a makeshift memorial is growing and president obama will attend a memorial service on sunday. there's new information on the time line of alexis' actions inside the building and events leading up to it. pete? >> it seems clear from analysis of surveillance video and talking to survivors how this went down inside. they've given us a slightly revised version of what happened. the broad outlines are pretty well established. he drove on the base and used his pass to get in, carrying a shotgun in a