of course, there's a tension there but there's not a war. >> yeah, you mentioned adam smith. remember that adam smith does the economic, he writes theory of moral sentiments. >> please. >> i'm juliana pillan, i have three degrees from the university of chicago. i could say that this is music to my ears. i want to say that your father was one of the best professors in addition to being a novelist, those of who us who had the pleasure of listening to him, he wouldn't lecture he would just talk. it was extraordinary. i do want to not continue session, although that would be very easy, the idea that there are some positive light at the end of this very distressing tunnel appeals to me. among my most enjoyable experiences as a professor -- i should have said i'm with the alexander hamilton institute for the western civilization so there has to be some hope. some of my most enjoyable experiences have involved teaching and lower rank as well. .. >> the world looks to america for leadership. what probability do you see of these trends spreading worldwide? and is there a preventive fo

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even some of the greatest writers in history on free market, adam smith, he also believed in a socialy net. now that is not free market. john: adam smith said to prohibit people from making all they can of every part of their own produce or employeeing their industry in the way they judge most advantageous to themselves is a violation to the most sacred rights of mankind, and you leftists are saying he didn't believe in the free market? >> no, didn't believe in a pure free market. there's a difference. the market isn't taking care of workers very efficiently either. john: better than everything else? >> you think they are? john: yes. >> you don't have a problem with income inequality in this country. >> i think people get absurdly rich when they're free, and we benefit from that. >> and people get poor if they're not paid a reasonable wage. john: the government limits the people that hire them. >> no, i'm just not buying that. john: you say the right lies about medicare. here's andrea tanteros on the five who implies the accusation itself is a lie. >> i've seen democrats threaten repu

you mentioned adam smith.member that adam smith does the economics, also he writes a theory of moral sentiments, okay? please. >> oh. i'm juliana pilon, i have three degrees in philosophy from the university of chicago, so i could say that this is music to my ears with a caveat that it's more like a requiem. [laughter] i also want to the say that your father was one of the best professors in the committee on social thought in addition to being a novelist. and those of us who had the pressure of listening to him -- the pleasure of listening to him, he wouldn't lecture, he would just talk. it was extraordinary. i do want to not continue a critiquing session, although that would be very, very easy. the idea that there are some positive lights at the end of this very distressing tunnel appeals to me. and i want to say that among my most enjoyable experiences as a professor -- oh, i should have said i'm with the alexander hamilton institute for the study of western civilization, so there has to be some hope here. [

economy is increasingly run by the invisible hand - visible hand of adam smith the invisible hand. >> i'm interested in the interaction between the political system and the economic system called capitalism. "-end-double-quote it will system, we have a great deal of influence by a few that is because of the concentration of income and wealth we expect for example the 2016 elections will cost the nation about $5 billion which is twice what it was in 2012 and the 1 billion may be coming from the coke brothers themselves so with every candidate, several having one or more billionaire to support them and always grieves me why all that money is going for electioneering and not improving beyond preschool system that is failing us and the nation. >> back to the capitalism shortcomings exploit the natural resources in the absence of regulation, creates business cycles and economic stability, emphasizes individualism and self-interest at the expense of community. >> we all i think prefer a balance between greed and doing good or let's say between feathering your own nest and having the communi

sure they do it to make money, by the invisible hand as adam smith put. if you set out to make money, the only way to do it is to provide people with something they want. >> one of the things that's a challenge talking about media and filmmaking, the invisible hand is hard to film. john: that's a good point. back to hollywood, i'm struck many of the left wing movies work on me, their arguments are wrong, in the movie american president, i cheer when president shepard finally comes to his senses, agrees with leftist girlfriend and trashes a conservative law. >> i'm throwing it out and writing a law that makes sense. you cannot address crime prevention without getting rid of assault weapons and handguns. i consider them a threat to national security and i will go door-to-door if i have to, but i'm going to convince americans that i'm right and i'm going to get the guns. john: he's going to get the guns [ booing ] . john: the audience thinks it's a stupid program, and so do i. watching the movies, he's going to get girl and it feels good, even to me. the mag

the great enlightenment adam smith, david hume started the movement. >> a lot of people. >> yes. would throw them in there absolutely. absolutely. >> the moral arc is the name of the book. justice and freedom. here is the cover. >> on saturday september 5 life from our nation's capitol for the 15th annual national book festival followed on sunday with life-and-death program former 2nd lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute when cheney. book tv on c-span2. >> here is a looka look at some authors recently featured on book tv, weekly interview program. american enterprise president arthur brooks argued for a knew kind of conservatism. claire mccaskill sure stories part-time in politics. charles murray discussed discuss the ways technology can be used to limit federal power. in the coming weeks catherine eden will discuss poverty in america. her life and political career. msnbc national correspondent will explore the ways racial issues have attacked presidential campaigns. this weekend's journey from an undocumented immigrant to princeton university. >> ii am thi

charles: governments want control. , listen, i'm from the adam smith school, i don't think we shouldany central banks, i agree 1,000%. but that -- that i think barn door closed a long time ago. >> it may not. charles: well, it closed a long time ago. but let's deal with the reality of monday because what you know? the federal reserve will be here onan monday. we're going to have to deal with china's news over the weekend. here's the thing. anybody want to guess how many new highs we had on the new york stock exchange today? >> three? . charles: how about zero? ever seen that before? >> zero? . charles: zero. zero new highs. 612 stocks. >> 0.0. charles: zero new highs. so when we talk about the market going down, we are seeing companies that are really great companies. listen. i think disney is one of these names that's one of their first names that broke the dam if you will. but what helps us, besides the global economy, because we did trade for a long time with the same noise we were talking about, we were able to trade, and pass the graveyard, can we get back here, dominic, you see

that, mind you, offers a stronger explanation of the rationale for free trade in adam smith's famous discussion of the division of labor in a pin factory, or david ricardo's discourse on comparative advantage using portuguese wine. it is about the free part, not about the trade part. at the end of the day it is about the right of the individual to choose, free of coercion by the government or by another person in our society, that indicates the idea behind free-trade. hayek recognize that that erosion of freedom what interests the individual farmer or worker, but the basic individual that we had inherited from russo, pericles, the supreme tragedy as hayek thought was that it was largely people of goodwill, then you were admired and held up as models in democratic countries, who prepared the way -- if they did not actually create the forces that ultimately destroyed that inheritance. indeed, an apt subtitle for hayek's work would be that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. those who advocate for a limited economic freedoms do so as an appeal for the common good. this inclu

you, offers a stronger explanation of the rationale for free trade in adam smith's famous discussion of the division of labor in a pin factory, or david ricardo's discourse on comparative management using portuguese wine. it is about the free part, not about the trade part. at the end of the day it is about the right of the individual to choose, free of caution by the government or by another person in our society, that indicates the idea behind free-trade. hayek recognize that that erosion of freedom what -- friend not just the injured -- interests of the individual farmer or worker, but the basic individual that we had inherited from russo, pericles, the supreme tragedy as hayek thought was that it was largely people of goodwill, then you were admired and held up as models in democratic countries, who they didthe way -- if not actually create the forces that ultimately destroyed that inheritance. indeed, the subtitle -- an apt subtitle for hayek's work would be that the road to hell is paid -- paved with good intentions. those who advocate for a limited economic freedoms do so as a

--re was the foundation published by adam smith that country. here to this we had the puritans.e had a manifest destiny to settle this continent from sea to shining sea. in the blink of historical eye. we became the greatest nation in the world. how can anyone think that is not the hand of god? [applause] did they understand that then? our four -- our founding fathers did. we hold these truths to be self evident, -- certain and alienable rights. but 1865, february 12, civil war was not over. it was lincoln's last birthday, on sunday, the first black to speak in the united states capitol building [no audio] sermon there. i've taken some excerpts from it. it takes about 40 seconds. a former slave, then pastor of the presbyterian church, with his background, he understood and he spoke to the members of speaking of the founding fathers, they have received from the court of heaven the magna carta of human rights that was handed down through the clouds and amid the lightning of cyanide. and given again by the son of god on the mount of beatitudes, while the glory of the father showed

even adams smith in the wealth of nations argues that there are times and places for national security reasons when government should be basically shaping the market. i would argue that the airy as you and i are talking about are a key part. i give john porter and connie mack a great deal of credit for having made it possible rust to build the momentum to double nih's budget. >> as federal funding has dwindled, has private sector funding increased to fill the gap? sometimes you hear that argument, that private sector should be doing more. >> there are some aeries of private sector -- some areas of private sector activity that you can see. but there are two things that operate against that. the first is that wall street is very one quarter at a time i did. the analysts don't look at a 20 year investment strategy and give you a very good mark. most ceos are really driven by the finance system, towards short-term optimization in a way which undermines the kind of investments. there is a second part of this. most economists agree with this. i don't think there is much doubt. when you are t

adam smith investor types after 2008. we're all behavioral economists now, brian, you and i. we know what people do. they move money in when the markets are moving up at the top and they tend to pull out towards the bottom. they don't buy low and sell high -- >> that's misbehavioral economics. >> it's still -- you can see it right here. >> have a great weekend, bob. >>> let's get a "market flash" with kate rogers. >> watching perrigo shares higher by 1% on news that hedge fund paulson and company is voting all of its 21.9 million mylan shares in support of the proposed merger between the two companies. earlier today we told you paulison's buying pa ining perr shares. his fund owns 6% of mylan. >>> check out shares of the san francisco based company yelp, up by almost 5%. this is after some positive comments from gil simon on "fast money" last night, saying yelp should be four times what it is currently in market cap. he's certainly seen the roller coaster ride in shares of yelp. one reason why you might want to listen to apex capital, their biggest position is netflix and tha

. >> it's in the changed since adam smith.conomics isn't like physics, it's not like medicine, we're a flat position. and by the way, it's exactly what good economics is all about. if you tax people who work and you pay people who don't work, don't be surprised if a lot of people stop working. and ben carson gets it. and the other part about ben carson, you said he's laid back. i mean, the last thing you want is a hyperactive brain surgeon or a hyperactive president. i mean, this guy is just magnificent. and as i said, he's a yaly to boot and so is his wife a yaley. i thought i'd mention that. [laughter] okay >> you had to get that in. >> i did have to get that in. there's blood brothers in this stuff, you know? >> all right laffer, always a pleasure. thank you very much indeed. >> wonderful, thank you, stuart. stuart: so look at the dow, we were down 200 and now we're down 168. that's still a sharp loss. we have verizon working on a super fast internet connection, download a full high def movie in under 10 seconds and this as

his name is adam smith, and he's famous for the following line: "if everybody pursues his or her own self-interest, it'll work out for the best for everybody." most of you know that that's silly. it's a wonderful rationale to go out there and do what you want for yourself and not care about anybody else, but where that leads is exactly where we are... in a very, very bad crisis. so, let's begin by analyzing this crisis as the crisis of a system. and we'll go on to talk about this system even when it's not in crisis, because that's as big a problem as the crisis itself. but crisis is where we are. 2012 is the fifth year of this crisis. what does that mean? first and foremost, it means that we have in the united states today something on the order of 20 million to 25 million people who either don't have a job at all, have been without a job long enough that they've given up looking-- so-called discouraged workers-- or folks who have to take a part-time job because that's all they can find, but they would like to have a full-time job. the bureau of labor statistics in washington keeps r

smith adamant that he was not under the influence when police arrested him in santa clara. >> wasn't a dui. the situation that happen could have been held handled differently i apologies for everybody i did let down i apologies for how it all played out. >>reporter: police say smith hit a parked car in the apartment complex garage twice on moore land way. police administered 2 blood alcohol test but would not release the results. smith already on probation after 2 previous dui arrest. most recent 2 years ago when he smashed into a tree and damage adjacent yard. told us then he was going to change. >> let it be known this is a problem and something i will get fixed. i'll do everything in my power to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> people stumble. words of forty-niner head coach jimi asked him if he believes smith was mending his way and smith would return to football. >> he's in the process of turning his life aron. he is in the process. in terms of him playing football again i sure hope so. i think he can. i want him to. >> media site report the cary damaged belongs to quarterb

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charges have not yet been filed but aldon smith is adamant that he was not under the influence when policeta clara. >> this wasn't a dui. the situation that happened could have been handled differently. i apologize for everybody i did let down and i apologize for how it all played out. >> police say smith hit a parked car in his apartment complex guys on moreland way. police administered two blood alcohol arrests but would not release the results. the most recent two years ago when he smashed into a tree and damaged an adjacent yard. he told us then he was going to change. >> let it be known that this is a problem and it's something i will get fixed and i'll do everything in my power to make sure this never happens before. >> people stumble, the words of 49ers coach jim tomsula. i asked tomsula if he believed smith was mending his ways and if he would return to football. >> he's in that process of turning his life around. he's in that process. in terms of him playing football again, i sure hope so. i think he can and i want him to. >> media sites are reporting the car smith damaged alleged

. >> it all started early this morning, alison and adam were at smith mountain lake talking with vicki gardner for the lake's upcoming 50th anniversary. that's where vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams here, started shooting at them. police say a 911 call cam in around 6:31. they started searching for the suspect in the smith mountain lake area. then at 11:00 this morning, roanoke police found his ford mustang at the roanoke-blacksburg regional airport. that car has been taken in as evidence. we're told flanagan rented a car earlier this among, a chevrolet sonic, and started traveling up interstate 81. investigators notified all agencies to be on the lookout for that car. a license plate reader called flanagan's plates on i-66. a virginia state police officer followed him. when backup arrived, the officer tried to pull him over, but he ran off the road. flanagan was found inside the car and had shot himself. he died around 1:30 at the hospital. police are trying to figure out why this happened. >> right now there's not been a motive per se. many of you have gotten a lot of th

heavy today with the tragic loss of wdbj 7 reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward in a senseless shooting at smith mountain lake. our family had gotten to know alison and adam well in recent years spending many early mornings with them during live tv reports throughout our facilities in the region. they were more than journalists to us, they were good friends who will be missed. a third victim in this morning's shooting was vicki gardner, a close friend and a member of the franklin memorial hospital board of directors. she was transported to roanoke mek y memorial hospital and underwent emergency surgery. she is currently recovering and is in stable condition. our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of alison, adam and vicki. so a bit of good news. vicki gardner, who is the woman who was being interviewed by alison parker this morning, talking about the 50th anniversary of that lake at that site, she was rushed to surgery and we can now report survived her wounds, his stable condition and thankfully will stay with us here on this earth. all right, we're going to take a quick brea

smith mountain late. >> reporter: he came upon photographer adam ward and alison parker during a live interview. he fired nine shots killing alison and adam and wounded vicky gardner. >> she told me she was shot in the back and lucky to be alive. >> reporter: tim gardner says his wife is in good condition. >> reporter: from this image of flanagan, police are investigating a troubled former employee who they say was spiraling out of control. flanagan claims he suffered from racial discrimination and bullying at work. >> i would defend the actions of every person in that newsroom when he was here. i saw the way he behaved. >> reporter: the station's general manager went into greater detail describing why flanagan was fired for anger issues and the inability to work with others. >> at that point management made the determination that it was the appropriate time to separate him from the company. >> reporter: he did not go quietly. police were called to escort him from the station. >> we are still at a loss to figure out what happened to him in those 2 1/2 years. >> reporter: now they grieve for two

alison parker and adam ward were interviewing vicki gardner the head of the smith mountain lake regionalchamber of commerce when all three were shot. garder was shot in the back. she is expected to survive. but parker and ward were killed. a former coworker vester flanagan shot video of the shootings as he pulled the trigger and later shot himself on i-66 in faquier county and died at inova fairfax hospital. tonight, the museum dedicated display to alison parker and adam ward. newsrooms around the country create second families. we spend more time here than with our real families and we see the best and the worst of humanity together. we cry together and laugh together. we develop such close bonds. that was especially true at wdbj in roanoke, where loved ones watched loved ones die on live television today. split seconds after the shooting, morning anchor kimberly manages to maintain her composure. >> we will let you know as soon as we find out. kimberly: breaking news often means someone's heart is broken. >> sad duty to report that -- kimberly: on this day, heart of the entire wdbj7 ne

reporting live at smith mountain lake i'm peggy fox, back to you. >> well, both adam ward and alison parker were from the roanoke area. we'll have more on their lives in just a minute. >>> state police say they were able to track the alleged shooter up i-81 where it hits i- 66 which is where a trooper started following him. bruce leshan picks up the story from his live location which is just off i-66 near front royal. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lesli, you know, it was just minutes after troopers started following the troubled reporter that he crashed just the other side of these trees here. >> all right, guys. he's got something in his right hand and he reached for something. >> reporter: the troopers knew that vester flanagan was armed and dangerous. his picture from the shooting scene had been flashed around the world. >> not yielding. going to call it as a pursuit call. >> copy in pursuit now, subject did not stop. >> reporter: the pursuit did not last long. >> 10-4, shots fired. comb shots fired. >> reporter: within minimum -- copy shots fired. >> reporter: within minutes troopers

street journal" warning that global recession may be brewing in china appeared joining us, adam shapiro, sandra smithete fitzgerald and seattle. he's moved to seattle by the way. sandra, this is yours. "the wall street journal" global recession may be brewing in china. sandra: there is a lot to this and it's taking some by surprise because the chinese story was supposed to come to fruition in things like law materials and commodities. the price of those continue to rapidly decline. here we are in the middle of earnings season finding out just how exposed some of our u.s. corporations are to china and now the slowdown they're really hitting them where it hurts. the chinese growth story not really panning out and a lot of investments hurting. stuart: scott shellady come a global recession may be brewing in china. >> i absolutely agree with that. 7% and there have been some whisper numbers that their growth is only two or maybe even less than the u.s. supposedly talking about a soft landing in china. last week they devalued their currency twice. i think it's as bad as people predict or maybe even worse.

> reporter: just as reporter alison parker and her photographer, adam ward, were conducting a live interview overlooking the scenic smith, they were am bushed. we are not showing you the disturbing attack. >> both parker and ward were residents of roanoke, virginia.

vester flanagan killed journalist alison parker and photographer adam ward and wounded the person they were interviewing. peggy fox is live at smith mountain lake where this horrific incident happened. we understand the suspect was recently fired by the tv station where the victims worked of. >> reporter: that's right. vester lee flanagan had been an on air reporter using the name bryce williams on air. he was recently fired by wdbj. you can see the wdbj live truck right where that crew left it before they were ambushed and killed live on the air. >> it has really stopped me in my tracks this morning. like many viewers i was watching. >> reporter: frank overton knew the two journalists shot and killed while doing a morning live shot today. reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward worked together every morning. >> i actually did a remote with ms. parker and adam about three weeks ago. >> reporter: police say the man who opened fire on them. vester lee flanagan also knew them. he was recently fired from the wdbj. >> the gentleman thinks that things tran spired and spiraling out of control. >> reporter: after the shooting fl

. >> and new tonight, the crime scene about 40 miles from here on smith mountain lake where alison and adame gunned down. that crime scene now reopened at the bridge water plaza. a new wooden planks where their bodies had fallen. as well as news today, greta, that the search warrant for vester flanagan's car with bizarre contents, including wigs, other license plates, and, of course, the weapon m.o. and magazine. greta? >> griff, thank you. investigators are now poring over bryce williams'' past search over clues to figure out why he murdered those two younger colleagues. ted williams spoke to a pawnshop owner who received a scathing letter from bryce williams after purchasing the tv. that letter giving some clues into the murderer's demeanor. >> it was basically an uneventful sale for us. but about a month later we got a scathing 9-page letter about how the clerk didn't say thank you when he purchased the tv. he was angry that no one said thank you. he felt very slighted because no one said thank you. he felt like if we were to say have a nice day, which the clerk did do, that it wasn't si

for a person who they say shot at multiple people at the bridgewater plaza near smith mountain lake. alison parker and adam ward were both killed. there is a major police presence in the area around 30 to 40 officers already there. they responded almost immediately. members with bedford, frankly county and virginia state police all on the scene. police say as of right now they are continuing to search for the shooter and hoping to get a description out to the -- the incident remains under investigation. i want to bring in clint van zandt, msnbc contributor and former profiler and jim cavanaugh. let's ask what we're seeing here, a shopping mall at 6:45 in the morning during a live broadcast. you would think there would be a lot of not only the video that was being shown on the air but cameras all around the mall, right? >> i would agree. i think the cameras around the mall are going to be critical to law enforcement to get earliest possible description of shooters and of course the eyewitnesses that are available. they've got to put that together fast. that's the strongest evidence to find out the descripti

field reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward were out on location. atop the scenic smithbout tourism. >> good morning. >> it's grown in so many ways. tourism and business. >> reporter: 6:43 a.m., alison begins interviewing local official vicki gardner. unbeknownst to them, a predator was lurking. focused almost completely on their interview. when suddenly, the sound of gunfire captured live and unedited. a sneak attack. unloading 17 rounds in all. one after another. >> reporter: okay. not sure what happened there. >> reporter: the stunned local anchor, kimberly mcbroom, unsure over what just happened. >> and i heard this "pop, pop, pop" and it did not register that it was gunshots. it probably should have but, you know, she's doing a feature story, so my mind did not immediately go to that worst case scenario. it just didn't. >> reporter: this freeze frame caught in the dying cameraman's lens reveals the shooter's image. we now know that is bryce williams, aka vester flanagan. police quickly arrive at the scene but the gunman is long gone. now heading down hardy road for

the suspect in this morning's deadly shooting of our own alison parker and adam ward during the live shot this morning at smith mountain lake. >> it almost seems as i'm hearing you say this, it's surreal. i was on the air when it happened and i have to say that was the last thing that i thought had happened when we heard those sounds. we thought that it was a car backfiring or possibly fireworks. i mean, you never know. that was the last thing that i thought it was was gunshots and we heard her screaming and she -- it was just horrifying. there was a third victim that we need to mention, vicki gardner who is an employee with smith mount lake. alison was interviewing her live with the smith mount lake chamber of commerce. she is out of surgery. she is in stable condition and hopefully will recover. so that's the little bit of good news that we have to report from this whole incident. but we want you to know who alison and adam were, not just as employees here at wdbj seven but as young people with bright futures and so much potential. and joe hear what that part of the story. joe, thank you for being here. >> k

> reporter: just as reporter alison parker and her photographer, adam ward, were conducting a live interview overlooking the scenic smith mountain lake, they were am bushed. we are not showing you the disturbing attack. >> both parker and ward were residents of roanoke, virginia. let us not forget, they grew up in this area, they were part of our community. >> reporter: the woman they were interviewing, vicki gardner, rushed to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition. parker and ward died. colleagues at the roanoke cbs affiliate where they worked, devastated. parker is described as an ambitious reporter. anchor chris hurst tweeted, we were together almost nine months, it was the best nine months of our lives. we wanted to get married. we just celebrate 24erd 4th birthday. ward was engaged to a producer at the station. they were set to move to charlotte, where his fiancee had just got an new job. as you saw in that story, the press conference has reporters from all over the nation, i want to show you here what is going on along the side of the road here. you have just as many reporters, dozens and dozens of r

smith mountain like. are you familiar with that incident? was adam the camera man and do you think that may have had significance in the location of the shooting? >> i have no idea what the significance of the location of the shooting was. so i can't comment on that. i know that there were a number of incidents he cited. i don't recall that one specifically and i don't recall whether adam was the photographer on that. i do know from everything we've said and learned that vester's behavior annoyed a lot of people in the newsroom, not just photographer. other reporters, anchors and managers. and that he -- and so he could have been berated. but it was almost certainly in response to something he was doing. and i -- i would defend the actions of every person who was in that newsroom when he was here because i saw the way he behaved and, if anything, he -- let me just leave it at that. i saw the way he behaved. yeah, john. thank you, john. >> if we can go back -- is there any indication from staff that may have seen this developing that they even knew th

smith mountain lake. we will not show you what happens next, the ambush isonting of reporter al parker and photographer adam ward on live tv. the interview subject, vicki gardner, was shot in the back and will survive, but the station mix a horrible announcement about its morning team. >> alison and adam died this morning. ward's cameraly, captures this image of the gun an, a formerflanag reporter known on air as bryce williams. he had been fired in 2012 for erratic offensive behavior. >> you can hear people in the newsroom crying. it's just really hard to even comprehend. we cover these things all the time, but it's really tough. flanaganhin hours, begins tweeting, first claims to hr andreported him at per made racist statement's, then the gruesome video of the shooting. he also sent abc news a 23-page to, claiming he was inspired avenge the charleston church shootings and he was a powder can't just waiting to go boom. >> this shows where his mind was the night before. 11:30, the police are in hot pursuit of flanagan, on i-66 in fauquier county, in a rented car. esther was close in, he shoots himself. he d

adam ward. and a third person was wounded in the shooting as well. chamber of commerce president at smithmountain lake. much more at the 1:00 hour. >> the chairwoman has been upgraded, her condition has been upgraded to stable condition. she was previously listedn critical, so that is a great update. the search for the shooter is over. he is in custody. there were initial reports he had shot and killed himself. we understand he shot himself, but we understand he is still alive and in police custody. a press conference coming up at 1:00. we will bring it to you live here on abc 7. thank you for joining us this noon. wow. this thank you .ectacular. we worked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when we realized how great the furniture could be, we knew we wanted more space. how mu more space? we went from a hundred square feet to... three thousand! (whispers) three thousand! we sti have the original strucre. she uses it as a yoga studio. it's more like a tool shed. refresh your space with an extra one-hundred do

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ta, virgin moneta, virginia, reporter alison parker and her cameraman adam ward were doing a live shot at bridgewater plaza on smithe interviewing the local head of the chamber of commerce when a disgruntled employee identified as vester lee flanagan approached holding a glock handgun. he shot video of the shooting as it happened and later posted that. in the video you see him point his gun at parker, lower it, wait for him to

smith mountain lake. are you familiar with that incident and was adam the cameraman and do you think that may have made arence in the location of the shooting? >> i have no idea what the significance of the location of the shooting was. so i can't comment on that. i know that there were a number of incidents he cited. i don't recall that one specifically and i don't recall whether adam was the photographer on that. i do know from everything we've said and we've learned, that vester's behavior annoyed a lot of people in the news station, not just the fophotographer so could have been berated but it was almost certainly in response to something he was doing and i -- i would defend the actions of every person who is in that newsroom when he was here because i saw the way he behaved and, if anything, he -- let me just leave it at that. i saw the way he behaved. yeah, john? >> if we could go back for a second. is there any indication from staff that may have seen this developing, that they even knew that there was someone standing there or that it was vester or did they have no idea? is there any information

>> allison parker, 24 adam 27 if you're just joining us, our news 7 wdbj 7 morning team fatally shot this morning while out covering a feature story at bridgewater plaza at smith mountain lake. >> the augusta county sheriff's office identified the shooter as reporter vester lee flanigan and worked at the station for about a year. someone using the name posted video of social media that appears to show the actual shooting shot by the gunman himself. the post also includes accusations of racism against the reporter and conflict with the cameraman. >> there were a lot of good things happening for adam and allison. oh, wow she's a rock star. she has really done a wonderful job reporting, filling in and organize, you throw anything from that girl and she could do it. >> parker graduated from james madison university and just moved in with chris anchor chris hurst who tweeted this morning being "she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved her back. she loved her family, parents and her brother. cameraman ward was engaged to producer melissa ott who was in the control room watching at the shooting happened. >> she had gotten another job. >

the victims, alison parker and adam ward were shot and killed during a live broadcast as alison parker was interviewing vicky gardener from the smith mountain lake regional chamber of commerce. she was also shot. she is now undergoing surgery and list in the stable condition. both victims, the report he and cameraman were in relationships with other members of the station's staff. alison parker was dating an anchor, chrishurst, who tweeted in the wake. her murder. they were in love and he was numb. adam ward's fiance, a producer for the station's morning program, was in the station's control room when the shooting occurred live on that station's air. colleagues of the victims still broadcasting after the incident were joined by the station's general manager to report the shooting and memorialize their friends. >> we are following breaking news. news that has affected our wdbj family. shots were fired around 6:45. and our general manager and wdbj 7 vice president jeff marks is here. to tell us more about what happened. >> it is my very, very sad duty to report that we have determined through the help of the police and our employees