. >>> mbs news has learned the subcontractor that aaron alex had is worked for has been fired by hewlett-packardey hired alexis to work on a job to refresh and replace computers at the navy yard. hp says in part it has, quote, lost all confidence in the experts abilities to serve hp as a subcontract thor. they cite the failure to respond appropriately to aaron alexis' mental health issues. a spokesperson for the experts says the company is disappointed in hp's decision. he also says hp had its own manager of alexis who was with alexis when he thought he heard voices in his rhode island hotel room last month. >>> we are also seeing disturbing images of alexis roaming the halls of building 197 armed with that sawed off shotgun. take a look at this, video released by the fbi. agents say they also found clues in a backpack alexis left in a bathroom as to why he killed 12 people. they found electronic files that suggested alexis believed he was being controlled by extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves. he believes he had been subject to them for three months. he indicated he was prepared to d

this is aaron alex sis prowling the hall.g room to room, walking through the front door without any security check. he goes to the fourth floor, takes out a gun and started shooting. >>> also a huge fire breaks out in tennessee and and an 8-year- old is being hailed a hero. 7 families got out when the fire began. jonathan immediately into action. if it were not for him, it could have ended a lot worse. >> suspended all 80 miles per hours for lack of suspect, aught id of the studio, the -- was translated into an unsuccessful football program. poo influence his players. how is his zero tolerance plan working out? they will have much more on this story on good morning america which is 2 minutes away. >> character does matter. >> coming up, president obama will be at pg community college. >> we will see you in 30 minutes. we will have much more on the roads. we will see you then. >>> good morning, america. breaking this morning, asleep in the cockpit. the brand-new report revealing both pilots for the airbus were asleep at the sa

aing minute by minute account,cot, obtained by fox 5, suggests that the shooting and search for aaron alex see alexis went on f0 minutes. >> maureen, the fbi has released little information on exactly houk, aaron alexis terrorized people inside of the building 197. >> reporter: workers in theorkr building were sharing sh information on the shooter and the shots fired with 911 and hiding wherever they could. when aaron alexis opened fire on the 4th floor of building 197 at 8:20 on monday morning, 911 dispatchers began receiving frantic calls.franti the subject is reloading outside of the door, room 3 west, 2830 says one caller. another one says heard ten shotn inside of building. the third says female can hear someone yelling don't shoot. there were also descriptions of the gunman with one dispatcher running, people running out ofri the navy yard, plaque outfitaque with a shot gun, male with a shotgun. >> subject is a black male, 6-foot close, dark complex, black pants, polo shirt, subject as a shoulder fire, firearm.fi a third says all plaque cloth armed -- black clothing arm with an ar15.

. >>> an armed aaron alexic inside the navy shipyard, before he killed 12 people at random. you can see him armed with a shotgun and stalking through hallways crouched over september 16th. his shotgun had four messages matched into it including "my elf weapon." it might return to extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves. he left a revealing message "ultralow frequency attack is what i've been subject to for the last three months and to be perfectly honest this thank is what has driven me to this." it is evidence of a man increasingly in the throes of paranoia and delusions. nra executive vice president wayne lapierre says aaron alexis "should have been committed" in a new op-ed for "usa today" he says "the second amendment has never been more relevant for more americans. firearms in the hands of good law-abiding people are essential for the safety of our families and our nation. >>> now to one of the biggest comebacks in sports history at the america's cup, hopefully you saw it but if you didn't, here it is, nbc's kurt gregory has the story on the finish that stunned th

investigators say that aaron alexes carried out the massacre in building -- alexis carried out the massacre in building 197 after 8. he fired the first shots by 12 minutes after 8. first responders got there at 8:20. a gun battle with the shooter begins and it's not clear when aaron alexis was killed but he was pronounced dead at 9:30 in the morning. >>> an alabama man says he had a confrontation last month. the washington navy yard with the shooter aaron alexis at the airport in virginia. this man is michael boyd and said aaron alexis confronted him and his family. the norfolk international airport in august. boyd says alexis confronted them from 40 yards away as they waited to board a flight because alexis thought family members were laughing at him. he said they weren't been alexis shouted obscenities at the family. the washington nationals are trying to do something nice for the families and people who work at the navy yard offering free tickets to navy yard personnel and their families for tomorrow's game against the marlins. those who want to go have to pick up tickets by today. the t

the same company that did aaron alex alexis's background check he worked for also performed background checks on edward snowden. let's get to the pope now. pope francis continues to break away from predecessors and in a big way. blunt comments by the pontiff signaling what could be a new era for the catholic church. pope francis says the church has become "obsessed with preaching about gays, abortion and contraception." ann thompson has the story. >> reporter: in his short pap si, he's preached loudest with gestures drawing tens of thousands to his weekly appearance in the vatican. and millions in rio, his first overseas trip. he spells out his vision of the catholic. in a frank interview published in "america requests. we cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contra september ive methods. the church must not be obsessed with the issues. we have to find a new balance. otherwise the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards. this pope is focused on peace leading a prayer vigil for syria. highlights the plight of immigrant

right now on "first look," new details about willer aaron alex alexis' mental state are emerging as are the details of the victims gunned down. president obama speaks out on gun control measures, but does the senate have the votes to make any changes? >>> two former defense secretaries offer conflicting advice on the crisis in syria. >>> plus the latest from colorado's devastating floods. what happened to this guy who tried to escape from the back of a police car 37. >>> and a live save before our very eyes as a hero emerges. >>> good morning. a psychological picture of navy yard killer aaron alexis is starting to emerge. one of voices inside his head and claims of people using vibrations and microwaves to send him messages through the wall, flooring and ceiling. police say this information may help to explain why the 34-year-old allegedly gunned down 12 people inside washington's navy yard monday. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the newest details. >> reporter: just last month, investigators say aaron alexis checked into this hotel in new port, rhode island while working

. >> aaron alex sisz xis was behind the shooting. he died during a gun battle with police >>> not a great start to the week on wall street. >> [bells ringing] >> all the markets are down today. the dow is down 50, the s&p down 8, nasdaq down 9. >>> blackberry is being sold to one of its largest shareholders in a deal worth $4.7 million. it will make blackberry a private company and give stockholders $9 a share in cash. blackberry warned it would cut 40% of its work force. the company has been struggling to come beat against apple and samsung. apple's latest iphone launch turned out to be a record breaker. the company said it sold more than 9 million models since they hit store friday. microsoft unveiled two new surface models today. the pro 2 targets professionals who want the full power of a laptop in a tablet. they start at around $500. wal-mart will hire 5,500 seasonal workers and make more workers full time. that means wal-mart will be offering more workers benefits. that's your money watch. for the latest business news, follow m

the veterans affairs department says aaron alex visited two hospitals in the weeks before the attack and had no thoughts of harming himself or others. the pentagon says it will review its security policies. the shooter's are mother offered insight. >> my son aaron alexis has killed 12 people and wounded several others. his acts have an everylasting effect. i don't know what why he -- why he did what he did and i'll never be able to ask him why. >> on america tonight. paradise lost. thousands of tou tourists trappn beach resort. why they are desperate to get out of acapulco. >>> a state that embraces obamacare. >> what comes them? >> and the mort city in deep debt. with community leaders searching for a way out of detroit's money woes can auctioning off art save the city? >> this is a tragedy for anybody to kind of think you would put a piece of art over somebody's life. >> good evening, thanks for being with us. i'm joie chen. we gir begin this evening with e massive flooding in central mexico. 24 hours over this weekend spanned two tropical storms. now desperation is mounting in the

so let's move forward to the video and any sound or do you want to go straight to aaron ala alex alexis? okay. let's go with aaron alexis. i apologize. despite a series of outbursts and mental health stints, the incidents never tripped alarm bells. and the man accused of killing 12 people in the navy yard had security clear answer. just last month, he called police from a hotel in new port, rhode island to complain that people were following him and that he was hearing voices. alexis also claimed he couldn't sleep because those same people were using microwave technology to send vibrations through the walls. the "new york times" reporting he south mental health treatment from a veterans affairs hospital and he also gained mid level secret clearance in 2008 maintaining his credentials did despite shooting accidents in seattle and ft. worth texas, but he was never convicted. and background checks by his most recent employer did not raise red flags. his friends from around the country paint a picture about of a man in conflict who may have had problems with the government. >> oh, my gosh,

right now on "first look," new details about willer aaron alex alexis' mental state are emerging as arectims gunned down. president obama speaks out on gun control measures, but does the senate have the votes to make any changes? >>> two former defense secretaries offer conflicting advice on the crisis in syria. >>> plus the latest from colorado's devastating floods. what happened to this guy who tried to escape from the back of a police car 37. >>> and a live save before our very eyes as a hero emerges. >>> good morning. a psychological picture of navy yard killer aaron alexis

the suspected shooter is dead, he is identified at 34-year-old aaron alex -- alexis from fort worth,. jim, let me draw a fine distinction here, can i walk into that navvy yard into that building, 197? is that something i can do without special credentials? >> well, you can go as a civilian -- you can go to the visitor's center, which is at the -- one of the main entrances at the washington navy yard and state your business, and you would need a point of contact at whatever office you were going to visit and official con official -- confirmation from that office. you cannot just walk off of the street and say, hi, my name is tony, i would really like to get into any nav c building. however, there is a navy and marine corps museum on the facility. so if you say you are going to the navy and marine corps museum, i can't remember the specific procedure, but that would be an easier, more plausible excuse to get on the facility, but you would not be able to get in the nav c building walking off the street. >> and this is a pretty popular tourist stop, given that in addition to the museum t

the year-old civilian contractoo walked into a washington, d navy base and killed 12 peo als say aaron alex >>> investigators are learning for about the 34-year-old civilian contractor who walked into a washington, d.c. navy base and killed 12 people. aaron alexis had been seeking help for mental health issues. >>> jurors in marin county recommended the death penalty for serial killer joseph naso. the 79-year-old was convicted of killing four northern california women in the '70s and '90s including two from yuba county. the judge has 20 days to look it over make sure all the rules are followed before making his final decision. >>> floodwaters in colorado are starting to recede. army helicopters were able to rescue 800 stranded people yesterday. but there are still many people who need help getting to safety. there are an estimated 19,000 homes damaged or destroyed. >>> and the markets will be paying very close attention today to the federal reserve chairman fed chairman ben bernanke. he has hind it may be time to end the quantitative easing program. that's when the fed buys government bonds

so we hope it's only this one mad man, aaron alex simple.ght now we just don't know his motivations but there is a track record there that is disturbing. >> neil: all right. thank you very much. again, what we're looking at is a military installation, someone who is dressed in at least military fatigues, got through, obviously with a fake i.d., someone else's i.d. no one obviously scrutinized it enough. but you are at a military installation where someone in military fatigues would not draw much interest out of the usual here. keep in mind 2009, ft. hood. if the question gets to be our security another our most secure military compound, there are bigger issues here than just what happened today. more after this. test. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. >> neil: 13 are dead at the naval command center in washington. the other t

again, 34-year-old aaron alex circumstance as we find out more about the shooter who was killed, we'll binge that to you -- bring that to you, and captain nash thinks it may be just one shooter, they might be looking for two, but he thinks it might be confusion. still looking for a second gunman, we'll get to that and more coming up. >>> what is the washington navey yard? one of the more important facilities in the u.s. military. the headquarters of several navy commands. we'll have a live report on that and the breaking news on the shooter and his identity. who is this guy? next on studio b. how can i be a more fun mom? hmmm. can you dance? ♪ bum ba bum ba bum ♪ bum ba bum ba bum no. no? can you make campbell's chicken noodle soup? yes! [ wisest kid ] every can has 32 feet of slurpable noodles. now that's fun. mom, you're awesome. oh yeah! ♪ bum ba bum ba bum gong ] [ wisest kid ] m'm! m'm! good! ♪ bum ba bum ba bum nascar is about excitement. but tracking all the action and hearing everything from our marketing partners, the media and millions of fans on social media can be a challen

most of the investigators i talked to believe this was solely the work of this aaron alex alexis. but surveillance video does show a couple of other people around the time of the shooting carrying weapons. one of them has already been declare -- questioned and declared nothing to do with this. they're still saying they can't resolve what the surveillance video is showing, a second man. it could be the shooter himself. but they're not sure. until they run that completely to ground, they're still saying they're looking for a possibility or investigating a possibility of another shooter. the thought there is someone else involved is rapidly waning. >> thank you for that great report on a terrible tragedy so close to home here. craig melvin is down outside the scene of the yard where it all occurred. what can you tell us from the scene? >> reporter: you know what, chris? i can show you what we've been looking at for the past few hours. this scene has not changed a great deal. we've seen a number of buses literally dozens of buses carrying some of the 3,000 people who work at the navy

the fbi is releasing these disturbing images of aaron a alex alexis.talking people and ducking behind walls during his deadly rampage. alexis murdered 12 people before he was shot to death. today the fbi says he was under the delusional belief that he was being controlled by electromagnetic waves. you know where i stand on guns. let's hear what bill clinton will have to say. what will it take to change america's view on gun violence? >> i'll tell you exactly what it is. i'm the only president in modern times to ever consistently take on the nra and survive. but i lost 12 or 15 house members for passing the brady bill. wes clark and i grew up in arkansas in the '50s and '60s. here's what i know about it. the political problem as seen from the perception of congress is that even though 90% of the people favored comprehensive background checks, there's no reasonable straight faced way you can say the second amendment permits me to check your background if you come into my gun store to buy a gun but the second amendment does not permit me to check your bac

shooting aaron alexis didn't disclose all details of his criminal history when applying for a security clearance. government background checkers knew this but didn't tell the navy when alexesed no to questions whether he had been arrested or charged with a felo

but alex, i want to agree with something aaron just brought up.hink we're looking at the drama at midnight monday. there may be a small reprieve where there are a series of some very, very short-term, two or three-day resolutions to keep government going. but all this will do is take us on an even more nightmarish collision course as we get near the mid-october debt ceiling. >> you make a good point with that. you both do, in fact. aaron, today's "washington post," to pick up on this, the house gop's plan is great news because he says, if a shutdown begins monday night, the republicans and democrats will have more than two weeks to resolve it, theoretically, right, before hitting the debt ceiling. so is that somewhat of a silver lining? you both are pointing to that as being the more critical of these two issues. so you think it could be solved? >> well, i like that ezra is looking at all this with a little bit of optimism. i think he's one of the few people maybe who's in that camp. you know, i think the fact is that everybody kind of recognizes

aaron alexis told police he was a hallucinating and hearing voices. he once got so mad he shot out the tires on someone's car. alexily claims he suffered from ptsd. and still he kept his security clearance. >> the political correctness. >> reporter: some lawmakers argue the government has watered down the security clearance screening process for all members of the military. >> want to be politically correct, we don't want to sti a stigmatize anybody. >> reporter: advocates lobbied for an exception. suicide rates were spiking and more troops an vets were seeking mental health care. in 2008, the government said if you sought mental health counseling related to having been in military combat, do you not have to disclose that. alexis was never in combat. but veterans expect his actions to ignite some criticism over the questionnaire. >> i think well be called on to defend the question and the change made in 2008. >> reporter: iraq and afghanistan veterans say tighter standards would make them so scared of losing their clear answers they just wouldn't seek help at all. >> they're concerned about their employment.seek h