according to one federal source, noah green, 25 years old. that's the information we have right now. by most accounts the police gave a short time ago this incident, this horrible incident unfolded in just a matter of seconds. a suspect in a car rammed two capitol police officers at the security barrier at the capitol complex and then got out of the vehicle wielding a knife police say. >> he did not respond to verbal commands. the suspect did start lunging toward u.s. capitol police officers at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. >> at least one of the officers was stabbed, an official tells cnn. one officer died from his injuries and a second officer was injured. >> i ask that you keep our u.s. capitol police family in your thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: the suspect, not familiar to capitol police, is dead as well, authorities say. no initial indication of ties to terrorism, but the motive is unknown. >> clearly this was someone who was actively trying to just get at whoever or whatever. we just don't know. >>

investigators are still on the scene, after this man, noah green, turned his blue sedan into a weapon, ramming into the two officers who were guarding a security entrance about 100 yards from the base of the capitol. the attack sent national guard troops scrambling, and briefly put the entire complex into lockdown. another painful reminder of january 6. as we come on the air, president biden has ordered flags lowered to half staff in memory of slain officer billy evans. and the city has begun an all too familiar ritual: mourning the loss of a capitol police officer killed in the line of duty. there are so many questions tonight about what motivated the killer and how security around the capitol could have been breached again. we've got two reports, beginning with cbs' jeff pegues who's at the capitol. good evening, jeff. >> reporter: margaret, the barricade that that car slammed into is right there over my shoulder. also over my shoulder, heavily armed police officers are still blocking off this scene, sealing off the area as they look for evidence that may point to a motive in this a

investigators are still on the scene, after this man, noah green, turned his blue sedan into a weapon, ramming into the two officers who were guarding a security entrance about 100 yards from the base of the capitol. the attack sent national guard troops scrambling, and briefly put the entire complex into lockdown.

as you were saying, that suspect, 25-year-old noah green, rammed into two police officers. one of them, billy evans. before he did, he rammed into those officers, into a barrier and then lunged at the two with a knife. national guard troops raced toward the capitol friday afternoon, and lined up shoulder to shoulder in a show of force . law enforcement officials say carr had tried to breach the perimeter of the capitol , hitting two police officers and ramming into a barrier. >> the suspect did exit the vehicle with a knife in hand and at that time he started to lunge toward u.s. capitol police officers. >> reporter: the suspect managed to stab an officer before police shot him. emergency crews load to structures and ambulances. capitol police officer william billy evans , an 18 year veteran of the force, died of his injuries. the suspect, 25-year-old noah green, also died. >> it does not appear to be terrorism -related but obviously, we will continue to investigate. >> reporter: the scene unfolded while congress was on recess, president biden had left for camp david and th

. >> well, jake, we're told by sources, multiple sources, that the suspect's name is noah green. at least one of those sources says that he's 25 years old. we know that at this time, jake, the law enforcement, the police investigators are working to learn more about him, trying to figure out what motivation was behind this attack. noah green, right now they are getting search warrants to try to search his home, talk to family members. we have teams on the way to try to get to those locations at this point, but obviously there's still much work to be done here, just touching on your conversation just a minute ago with phil. even though the police initially said that they don't believe there's any terrorism motivation at this point, they still have a lot more work to do, and one of those things, what's going to come -- what's going to come from these searches is perhaps some answers based on what they find at the suspect's home, talking to family members, what perhaps his mindset was in recent days, what perhaps drove him to -- to take this action today. >> let's bring back our law

complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed in the attack a nameless 25 year old noah greene was shot dead while not thought to be a terrorism related attack it shaken washington which is still on edge from the capital riots where particle hain joins us live now from washington d.c. patty so this attack would have rattled the nation's capital once again so what more details are emerging. you know it really will and you can almost see that in the faces of the capitol police officers today on the scene this is a force that has been rattled obviously from the insurrection from the amount of hours they're working since then trying to secure the building really i think a lot of people in washington have been asking is something going to happen again and then when that alert went out said there's a threat at the building everyone get away from the windows it just brought back all of the memories of what everyone has lived through and as you mentioned again another attack a fatal one at the u.s. capitol. it's happened again. another attack on the u.s. capitol. the suspect ran his ca

complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed in the attack a named as 25 year old noah greene was shot dead while not thought to be terrorism related it shaken washington which is still image from the capitol riots from that particle a reports. it's happened again. another attack on the u.s. capitol at approximately 102 hours this afternoon a suspect. entered what we refer to as the north barricade of the capitol. and the suspect. and then hit the north barricade there your assets time the suspect exit the vehicle with a knife in hand. our officers then engage he did not respond to verbal commands the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers. at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. at this time the suspect has been pronounced deceased the unnamed suspect rammed his car into 2 capitol police officers before hitting the steel barricade 2 u.s. capitol police officers were transported to 2 different hospitals. and it is what a very very heavy heart. that i announce one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries less than 3 months ag

noah green, 25 years old. we were told earlier today by acting u.s. capitol police chief pitman that there was no indication of any particular nexus to any specific member of congress, but still piecing together the motivation. a flag over my right shoulder was just placed at half staff a few seconds ago. >> to honor william evans, 18 years with the capitol police force. appropriate indeed. evan, you and your team have been doing some new reporting on the capitol attacker. tell us what you're learning. >> reporter: according to social media postings that the suspect is believed to have made in the last couple of weeks, you get a picture of someone who's clearly troubled, going through a lot of issues, including what he says is mind control from the u.s. government, again a portrayal of a troubled man. as recently as a couple hours before this incident at the u.s. capitol, he was on instagram and he was talking about the fact that he believed that the u.s. government is the number one enemy of black people. he talks about suffering after f afflictions

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the suspect has been named as 25—year—old noah greene, as 25—year—old noah green, an african—americanack nationalist group nation of islam. officials say they have yet to establish a motive for the attack. it came only days after officials started removing a fence put in place following the uprising in january. a week ago, the driver would not have been able to get as close to the building as he did. there had also been talk of reducing the thousands of national guard officers who were drafted in, some of whom found themselves deployed once again. lawmakers will have to decide whether they remain, and whether the fences should go back up. but as flags at the white house were lowered, some were posing a broader question — how to maintain an open democracy when so many people seem to want to cause it harm? david willis, bbc news, los angeles. a court in taiwan have allowed bail for a construction site manager whose vehicle is suspected of causing a train accident that killed at least 50 people. this was on friday. the train hit the vehicle, which had slid down an embankment onto the tra

fox identifieset the suspect as 25-year-old noah green. ecurity barricade and lunged at officers with a knife. police then shot and killed green. police say this is not part of a larger terrorism threat. facebook has deleted green's page. green posted speeches from nation of islam leader lewis farrakhan and elijah muhammad. he also posted about the end times and the book of revelation. just two weeks ago capitol security officials eliminated an extra security barricade added after the january 6 riot that enabled green to get closer to theels capitol. president biden ordered flags lowered to half staff in honor of officer evans. democratic ohio representative tim ryan says today's attack rips off the scab formed after the riot. house speaker nancy pelosi calls evans "a martyr for democracy." jason? >> jason: chad, thank you. tough story. now, as hunter biden begins the book tour to promote his memoir, he was actually asked about his now infamous laptop that exposed the biden family's efforts to cash in on their last name. but get this. hunte

capitol now police say that this suspect, 25-year-old noah green, slammed his car into officer evans officer, and they say that he jumped out with that knife and investigators say he attacked them and that is when police then fired their weapon that second officer, shep, right now is at a hospital, he's being treated for not life-threatening injuries but again right now you have extra patrols here at the capitol and near at first street northwest and constitution avenue, there's actually a barricade. now with this extra sense of security, it was supposed to last through memorial day weekend and now could be extended after what occurred today. shep >> shomari, thank you. >>> a minneapolis police supervisor testifying today that derek chauvin's use of force against george floyd was totally unnecessary. the head of the homicide unit, lieutenant richard zimmermann, took the stand today in chauvin's murder trial after watching the video of floyd's arrest, lieutenant zimmerman said it is clear chauvin and the officer police officers went too far. >> pulling him down to the ground face down

including that officer's name nbc news was able to get in touch with the mother of the suspect, noah green, who is now deceased she declined to talk about her son publicly but said she has cooperated with law enforcement. jose >> kelly o'donnell in washington, thank you. the death of officer evans is another blow to the capitol hill police force still reeling after the january attack tonight there are new questions about how to keep the capitol building safe while maintaining it as a symbol of democracy. van hilliard has that part of the story. >> reporter: the threat of domestic attacks here in washington january 6. an insurrection of the u.s. capitol then again friday, the killing of a capitol police officer >> we have to get to the root cause of this violence >> reporter: in the months after the january attack, washington fortified its capitol grounds. >> it looks terrible to have the beacon of our democracy surrounded by razor wire and national guard troops >> reporter: the temporary outer barbed wire barrier came down, leaving just this fencing capitol police officers and this existin

after police say a suspect, identified by four senior law enforcement officials as 25-year-old noah green, drove into two capitol police officers and into that roadblock around 1:00 this afternoon the head of capitol police says he jumped out of the car holding a knife, ignored commands to stop, and instead started to run aggressively toward the officers. they opened fire, killing the suspect but not before those two officers on scene were hurt and taken to the hospital with acting chief yogananda pittman soon after visibly emotional as she revealed this devastating news >> it is with a very, very heavy heart that i announce one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries. >> reporter: officer william "billy" evans, an 18-year veteran of the capitol police department, killed a line of squad cars, lights and sirens on, carrying his body to the medical examiner's office in a processional through downtown washington. it's an almost unthinkable blow for a police force still reeling from what happened january 6th and the deaths of two of their own today, unlike then, lawmakers are out of tow

officials say tonight that the driver of this car who attacked police officers with a knife was noah green, 25, who'd been living in the norfolk, virginia area capitol police say he was unknown to them. >> we do not have the suspect on file with u.s. capitol police. so there's no indication at this time that there's any nexus to any member of congress >> reporter: a biography on the website of the college where he played football says he was born in west virginia but grew up in virginia on his facebook page in his last posting a few weeks ago he said he recently lost his job and wrote, "these past few years have been tough these past few months have been tougher. adding "i've been tried with some of the biggest, unimaginable tests in my life." and police say no sign this was a terrorist attack >> it does not appear to be terrorism-related, but obviously we'll continue to investigate to see if there's some type of nexus along those lines. >> reporter: since the january 6th riot when 139 police officers were attacked and three died afterward, security has been much tighter around the capitol

this as multiple law enforcement agencies retrace the final steps of noah green. the 25-year-old football player turned accused killer. police and the fbi combing green's social media pages, digging for a motive. and now reports the suspect was unraveling, long before police say he used his blue sedan as a weapon. allegedly ramming it into capitol officers, driving into a barricade and then attacking police with a knife. >> the suspect did start lunging toward u.s. capitol police officers, at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. >> reporter: the now deceased suspect's brother telling "the washington post" in the last few years, green slid into deep religiousness and paranoia. leaving family and friends concerned about his mental state. the night before the attack, texting his brother, "i'm sorry, but i'm just going to go and live and be homeless." the 25-year-old also reportedly battled drug addiction and suicidal thoughts. the deadly security breach comes nearly three months after a mob of donald trump supporters staged a deadly insurrec

police say the suspect identified as noah green, true of a car into two officers friday afternoon and crashed into a barrier. we're told greene got out with a knife and stabbed an officer, prompting them to shoot him from what we can see from video at this time. i do not see the suspect wrestling with a u. s. capitol police officer. law enforcement held a procession for the fallen officer being identified as william evans, an 18 year veteran of the force and a member of the capital division's first responders unit. friday's attack is reigniting the debate about capital security. lawmakers still want to know more about what took place. but before the attacks, someone called the national guard to be scaled back and barriers to be removed. we'll be reviewing everything, a tous point, including the fencing, we can't get too far ahead of ourselves without knowing that we have the ability. toe protect the capital too hard in the capital to do all the things that are in general honore is report president biden distain camp david for easter weekend released the following statement. quote i wa

there has been reporting that this attacker was named noah green, age 25, and in interviews from the washington post with his brother, indicate that there was mental illness and drug use at play. we do not know his mental capacity or status at the time of this attack. what we did hear from the metropolitan police chief there is clarity this was not terrorism related and not an ongoing threat. this was one man and his vehicle. host: we would like to thank katherine tully-mcmanus, a rollcall writer for being with us if walking us through the incident at the capital on friday. th >> c-span's "washington journal." every day, we are taking calls on policy issues that impact you. sunday morning, we look at job losses with the american communities project director. plus, a look at the future of the republican party with the washington examiner politics editor. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. and be sure to join the discussion. >> next, microsoft president and chief legal officer brad smith talks about leadership during an event hosted by the brooking

the attacker, 25—year—old noah greene from the us state of indiana, rammed a car into a barricade andn emerged brandishing a knife. he was then shot dead by police. president biden said he was heartbroken over the death of the officer, william evans, who had served for 18 years. this is the second time the capitol has been targeted this year, after supporters of donald trump stormed the building injanuary. here's our north america editorjon sopel. sirens wail. we've been here before. lunchtime on a cold easter day, and another emergency at the capitol. a man in a blue car rams two us capitol police officers near a barrier. as he gets out of his vehicle, knife in hand, he's shot and has now died. immediately, congress goes into lockdown. a helicopter�*s summoned and lands in front of the capitol building. and the national guard, which has been on duty since the capitol riots of january the 6th, is mobilised. another terrifying moment for those who work in the congressional offices. at a hastily organised news conference, confirmation that one of the police officers has died as well. an

the suspect, named as 25—year—old noah greene from indiana — was shot dead — as david willis reports. again. the driver of this car rammed into two police officers, killing one and injuring another before hitting the barrier. he then emerged, wielding a knife. he did not respond to verbal commands. the suspect did start lunging towards us capitol police officers, at which time us capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. congress was sent into lockdown as a helicopter arrived to take one of the officers to hospital. officials later identified the policeman who died as william "billy" evans, an 18—year veteran of the force. house speaker nancy pelosi called him a "martyr for democracy". president biden said in a statement that he and his wife were heartbroken by the attack. three months ago, another police officer died after supporters of the former president donald trump forced their way into the building as congress was certifying joe biden�*s election victory. this time, however, the capitol building was quiet. congress is on easter recess and most of its politicians are out o

fox news can confirm that the suspect was noah green, 25 from indiana. multiple sources have said the suspect may have ties to the state of of virginia and he identified himself on facebook as a nation of islam follower. could have recently lost his job. we're trying to sketch a lot of details together. jeff james is a former secret service special agent. what he makes of this. jeff, we're still piecing together a lot of parts of this puzzle. it could have been worse, i guess. could have been a lot worse. your thoughts. >> could have. one of the things i want to point out, what your first correspondent mentioned, the security apparatus worked today. this man wasn't able to get past that second barrier. the tragedy that comes from it is awful and a ripple effect will go through law enforcement. again, just like we had at the white house when i was with the secret service, we would rather fight you on the outside than get in to the perimeter. today that worked. >> neil: you know, obviously the entire capitol hill compound was shut down, a lot of people thi

time the suspect exit the vehicle with a knife and hand the suspect is believed to be 25 year old noah greene police say he lunged at the officers and they shot him dead before his car rammed the steel barricade police say he ran over 2 officers william evans an 18 year veteran of the force was killed his body escorted to the morgue by a long line of police cars the other officer was seriously injured i just asked that the public continue to keep us capitol police and their families in your prayers. this is been an extremely difficult time for u.s. capitol police less than 3 months ago another member of the capitol police force died after trying to battle back a pro trump mob attempting to stop the election in that case reinforcements took hours but those lines of national guard troops have been here since just after the january 6th attack and they quickly surrounded the building alert for a follow up attack that didn't come congress is not in session right now and police say they had no intelligence on the suspect before this happened so now they start looking for a motive. most of the fence

. >> authorities have identified the suspect as 25-year-old noah green from indiana. i want to bring in our experts on this development today. we're joined by the former police chief cedric alexander, chief of dekalb county, a 39-year veteran. jim cavanaugh and jake sherman. and jake was nearby and captured this dramatic video of quite a rare scene. this police helicopter landing on the east front of the capitol during this harrowing day. jim, i want to start from just your law enforcement perspective because we relied on you in so many emergencies when there are live and breaking news and in the hours of the aftermath of what exactly happened in that interaction, the policing mechanisms that were used, your view of just the raw facts of this incident? >> well, just an extremely brave capitol police performing the function to predict the citadel of democracy. they're there at the gate. apparently this car, we don't know if it stopped at all, but it rammed. it hit a couple of officers and then it ran into the steel barricade that high drolically lifts up. a vehicle is

the suspect 25-year-old noah green perhaps with ties to virginia. a follower of the nation of islam. expressed in some way feeling despondent, lost his job and looking for spiritual guidance. the los of life includes one capitol police officer and another according to union seriously injured. we'll follow this story throughout the day here on msnbc. that wraps up this hour. "deadline white house" with niccole wallace picks up our breaking coverage. >>> hi, everyone. it is 4:00 in the new york. we begin with that breaking news. one capitol police officer is dead and another is injured after a man struck both officers with his vehicle at a security barrier on the north side of the u.s. capitol. noah green jumped out of the car with a knife and shot by police and taken to the police where he died. sparking a massive security response. our friend punch bowl news captured this video of the hospital landing on the east front of the u.s. capitol. the

time the suspect exit the vehicle with a knife and hand the suspect is believed to be 25 year old noah green police say he lunged at the officers and they shot him dead before his car rammed the steel barricade police say he ran over 2 officers william evans and 18 year veteran of the force was killed his body escorted to the morgue by a long line of police cars the other officer was seriously injured i just asked that the public continue to keep u.s. capitol police and their families and in your prayers. this is been an extremely difficult time for u.s. capitol police less than 3 months ago another member of the capitol police force died after trying to battle back a pro trump mob attempting to stop the election in that case reinforcements took hours but those ins of national guard troops have been here since just after the january 6th attack and they quickly surrounded the building alert for a follow up attack that didn't come congress is not in session right now and police say they had no intelligence on the south bank before this happened so now they start looking for a motive. most of t

another thing i can tell you is noah green was not known to the police. >> tell us what more do we know about him. they releasing more information about him. >> they did. they spoke to his family members and did indicate after speaking to them that officer evans survived by his mother and two children. that's some information we got later this ooevening. we know evans was an 18-year veteran of the capitol hill police and he served in the first responder unit. he's one of the elite officer in this capitol unit. being refitted in the wake of the january 6th insurrection of the capitol. officer evans in the first-responders unit. they are losing valuable member of their rank tonight. >> brian, standby, i want to bring in shimon in. we are learning more of the suspect. he believes the government was targeting him with mind control? it sounds like someone is deeply troubled here. >> yes, another case where we are seeing an individual who launches an attack and seems to be having some sort of mental issues. something is going on in their life and as you said they are deeply disturbed. with th

. >>> el hombre noah green de 25 aÑos luego saliÓ de su carro con un cuchillo en manos antes de recibiro en un capitolio aÚn resguardado mÁs presencia policial y una barricada fÍsica tras la invasiÓn del congreso en enero >>> el policÍa que muriÓ, williams evans veterano de 18 aÑos en la fuerza policial del capitolio, horas despuÉs una procesiÓn llevÓ su cuerpo desde el hospital hasta la oficina de mÉdico forense. la autoridad asegura que el sospechoso no estaba en su radar y que que el incidente no parecÍa tener relaciÓn a terrorismo. >>> cabe mencionar que no habÍan polÍticos en el congreso cuando ocurriÓ esto, no habÍa ni senadores ni representantes de la cÁmara baja, estÁn en reces de pascua y no vuelven hasta la segunda semana de abril, esto es una entrada bastante concurrida, para entrar al complejo, de manera que fue un dÍa tranquilo, de receso, esto pudo ser diferente. randy serrano, regreso con ustedes. >>> gracias randy por esta informaciÓn, la presidenta de la camara de representantes, nancy pelosi, lamentÓ la muerte, del oficial evan, dijo que el contra r zona de estados uni

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. >> want suspect 25-year-old noah greene.rammed his car into two officer slammed into a barricade next to the capitol and slashed one of the officers before shot and killed by sponging police greene was not law enforcement radar, it appears he was a lone wolf no ties to terrorist on extreme ition groups and facebook is the page but not pouk could follow a black nationalist movement. he recently lost his job few years ago republican jewish coalition call thed for resignation of the groups leader louie a noingt anti-semimite called hitler a very great man. officials notings time of the grizzly murder, good friday. >> construction crews have been busy fortifying fence around the capitol in recent days the outer fencing have come down. 2300 national guard members continue to stay on watch after extended two months. many lawmakers october to this guard deployment. expects security here to be a big topic x congress returns. a recent security report recommended that capitol police hire 850 more officers. on good friday two of those

-the-suspect's name is noah green, he is about 25 years old. apparently a very troubled individual and a lot of delusional social media posts and apparently a father of the nation of islam and apparently went to college in the newport news, virginia, area, where he played football. the motivation, of course, a huge question and that is something that will be a subject of the investigation going forward. back to you. >> joe johns, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in now to talk about this cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd and former fbi senior intelligence adviser. phil, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's start here. joe just talked about the social media discoveries he posted before the attack that he had lost his job, suffered medical ailments. said elbow the federal government was targeting him with mind control. when you hear that, is this something that you think, you know, investigators should have seen this and flagged it? or people post bizarre things on social media all the time. how is anyone supposed to know that

. >> reporter: the suspect, identified by sources as noah green, age 25, is dead as well.e was not familiar to capitol police, authorities said. no initial indication of ties to terrorism, but the motive is unknown. >> clearly this was someone who was actively trying to just get at whoever, whatever. we just don't know. >> reporter: a unit from the national guard was immediately deployed to assist. members of congress are mostly out of town during the break. authorities say they're not aware of a particular lawmaker being targeted, but an emergency lockdown order was issued for the complex. the incident comes amid an increase in reported threats to lawmakers in recent months and a debate over removing more of the fencing around the capitol, in place since the january 6th riot targeting lawmakers and reducing the national guard deployment. some members on both sides of the aisle had been chafing in recent weeks. >> it's really discouraging to see the razor wire, the fencing, the image that it sends to the world. so if that no longer exists, i would hope we could return to n

the investigators are starting to dig into the past of 25-year-old noah green and trying to find out the rialmotive here and the most telling is the social media posts. we have found an instagram account that appeared to belong to green and he posted that on the days leading up to the attack he felt the victim of mind control and he felt that the government, he said, quote, number one enemy of the black people. that is the caption on the video featuring the head of the nation of islam. we know that also he was a graduate of christopher newport university in newport news, virginia, not that far from here, and known as a good and talented athlete, and played football there and a quiet and loner-type, fredricka. a lot to be learned here according to the head of the homeland security here, and a lot to know about the suspect noah green, but investigators are not taking many chances here with the security. you can see black fencing here, and that is put up not long after the january 6th attack, the but this morning, more concrete barriers and barriers came up to protect the fortress here.

these circumstances again. >> we're finding out a little bit more about the suspect, 25-year-old noah green and green had reportedly posted on his now deactivated social media a few weeks ago, a week ago, rather, about fearing the fbi, fearing the cia, and he also wrote that the past few years have been tough, the past few months even tougher, he also referenced the teachings of the nation of islam, that has been classified as a hate group. what are all of these details right now telling bus a possible motive here or his state of mind? >> well, the first thing it tells us is his state of mind was that he intended to commit suicide by cop. you know, we have this saying in the counter-terrorism community, you know, the target determines the tactics. his tactic was, because it was a very hard target, a lot of security up until that point, until about a week ago, that entry control point was about a block away and had jersey barriers he wouldn't be able to speed through. so as he saw this as either a target of opportunity, he decided to use the vehicle as the weapon system, and then when he got

. >> reporter: the suspect, 25-year-old noah green. he rammed his car into two officers and then got out of the car and tried to slash one of the officers before being hot and killed. green was not on law enforcement radar. no ties to terrorist or extremist groups. facebook has deleted green's page but not before fox was able to grab some screen shots. green recently lost his job, a few years ago -- louis farrakhan once called hitler a, quote, very great man. officials noting the time of this grisly murder, good friday. construction crews busy fortifying the sense around the capitol, in recent days the outer fencing has come down. 2300 national guardsmen continue to stand watch after being extended for two months. many lawmakers object to the deployment. expect security to be a big topic when congress resumes. speaker pelosi says capitol police should hire 850 officers. two of those officers stood the watch and stopped the suspect, tragically not before losing one of their own. arthel? arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you very much. eric.

sources tell abc news investigators are focus on facebook posts about the suspect noah green and parentbsession with the nation of islam leader. he posted i encourage everyone to study revelations and study the end times and study who the beast is. green's family told the washington post he was not a terrorist but suffered from depression and potential mental illness. investigators say he drove his car into a security check point killing a capitol police officer billy evans a 18-year veteran and father of two. >> he died a hero's death and certainly would much rather have him with us. >> the attack comes less than 3 months after the january 6 riot leaving five dead including another capitol police officer. this morning the capitol police union says morale is rapidly approaching crisis levels and warning of a mass exodus, write energy a statement in the next 3 to 25 years we have another 500 officers eligible to retire. many of the officers could put in retiernlt papers tomorrow. >> there are those who made comments about, well, they've got all the flois protect one building. yep, it is

capitol. 25 year-old noah green was shot and killed by police after the attack on the 2 police officers. one officer later died from his injuries and now according to reports, greene had been suffering from delusions paranoia and suicidal thoughts in online posts cream describing under government thought control and said that he was being watched. >> an emotional first week of testimony in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin on friday. a senior officer of the minneapolis police department taking the stand saying that chauvin's knee on the neck of george floyd was unnecessary earlier today, kron four's noelle bellow talk with criminal defense attorney paula canny about that testimony. >> how damaging is that to the defense to have someone in that senior position of power. testify that it was completely unnecessary. >> well, i think it's hugely damaging to the but i mean, the most damaging thing to do. that to the defense is the fact of the defendant did. it so it's just people pointing out, you know what he did terms of, you know, in terms of being a defense atto

. >> police say the driver was noah green, he is 25 years old.was shot and killed by police after exiting a car and running through police officers with a nice. house speaker nancy pelosi has ordered flags at the capitol to be flown at half-staff. president biden said he and the first lady are heartbroken. >> officer evans is the second capitol police officer to die in the line of duty, in the last months, actually. >> cnn joe johns is following this from capitol hill. joe, what have you learned overnight? >> reporter: well, i can tell you this, the intense security here at the united states capitol complex continues as bus loads of d.c. national guard personnel offload and heading into the office buildings where she have been staging since january 6th, that big riot here at the capitol. but now there say new concern. the first concern, of course, is about the two officers who confronted the suspect around 1:00 yesterday eastern time here at the capitol complex. officer billy evans, as you reported, was killed. an 18-year veteran of the force. th

sources say that the suspect was a 25-year-old noah green. ities say he rammed his car into two officers at a barricade and got out of the car and lunged at them with a knife. the officers shot green and he later died atlliam evans was ll bay area congressman was going back to his office when he got word of what happened. >> i see how at risk these officers are. anyone can get up to that barrier. sometimes you see people harassing them or not being very polite and i have always been concerned for their safety. >> authorities say no clear motive has been established. they are looking at social media posts believed to be associated with green. >>> now in the south bay police are looking for a man they say shoved a woman to the ground and said go back to china. >> as a person of aof a pacific islander descent very been watching shock and dismay the continuing acts of violence toward people who look like me. >> the incident happened on tuesday. the victim was walking near garden lane and said a man shoved her to the ground. the suspecwhite hispani

>> the law enforcement officials say tonight that the suspect was noah green, 25 years old, had been living for a time in the norfolk, virginia area where he went to school and had recently moved to indiana. capitol police say he was not known to them. that he was not in their files for making any threats against congress or members of congress in the past. his facebook page said he was a follower of lewis farakhan and the nation of islam and court records show he petitioned to change his name but didn't show up for a court hearing in indiana so the matter was dropped. a biography on the website where he went to college said he was born in west virginia and he said that he recently lost his job. he wrote this. quote, these past few years have been tough, and these past few months have been tougher. and then he said, i have been tried with some of the biggest unimaginable tests in my life. so, tonight investigators are going through his social media, talking to his friends and family members. working to trace his movements in the hours and days that led up to the attack. and they are

several people identified the suspect as noah green.oah green in his early 20's was remembered as a stalwart defensive back on the christopher newport university football team before he slipped into deeper religiousness and paranoia that left family and friends concerned about his mental state. friends and family say that he blamed former teammates and roommates were dragging him with ascetics, -- xanax. noah green felt the episode left him addicted to the drug and suffering from withdrawal symptoms. the suspect is being identified as a man named noah green. " he has been described as some who might have had mental issues -- somebody who might have had mental issues. let's talk to della from texas on the independent line. -- dale from texas on the independent line. caller: my condolences to officer's family and the assailant's family. we hear about help fences and these things should go up around the capital, but around the border they are not needed. we did not hear mention of the suspect's race, we always hear about it when they are w

noah green, the suspect involved, per his facebook postings, described to the teachings of nation of islam. this is a group. southern poverty law center deemed a hate group and muslims generally reject, vehemently reject the teachings of the nation of israel. we should note that it appears that he lived in indiana but spent a portion of his life in virginia. but when we are talking about billy evans, the capitol police officer who died yesterday, we are talking about a man who was an 18-year veteran of the capitol police force. he leaves behind two children. you can see the flags behind us now flown at half-staff here at the capitol building where he stood guard for 18 years. this is a tough time around this capitol complex. we should note that i was having a conversation with lieutenant russell last night. this is the man, who was tapped by speaker pelosi to oversee changes to security infrastructure following january 6th, and he told me last night, while these capitol police force wait for additional funding, there is a funding bill that is making its way through congress, he urged