us city of virginia beach the suspect who was a city employee was shot by police and later died alan fisher has the latest. police moved in cautiously sticking with procedure but trying to get to the scene of the shooting as quickly as possible it was just after 4 pm on friday afternoon when the 1st emergency calls were made the shooting underway at the municipal center in virginia beach a coastal town about 300 kilometers south of washington d.c. the center a complex of 25 buildings the administrative heart of the timing of the reports coming from one location building to there's little security here people need to easily come in go police believe the man move from floor to floor firing while some workers took cover at their desks others elsewhere on the campus were moved to safety i'm just going through a lot of emotion because it's too way too much killing going on and i'm just glad that they alert. enough time so we wouldn't be outside when everything was a carry on those who made it out hugged their colleagues their friends know their fellow survivors others were taken to ambulances as

of the jenea police say the suspect you worked for the city of virginia beach is among the dead alan fisher has more from washington. the complex has got 25 buildings it's the administrative center for virginia beach and surrounding areas that means people are in a note all the time which means there is very little security the building number 2 was where the reports were centered police believe the gunman who is described as a long term employee in the municipal center went in with a gun and started firing on several floors eventually the police got there they moved in this quickly as they could they secured as many people in the building which meant they got them to safety or made sure that they were ok they then moved towards where the gunman was at that point there was an exchange of gunfire one policeman was hit but was saved by his bullet proof vest but the gunman we are told is no dead u.s. businesses are warning that billions of dollars of trade could be affected if president on follows through on his threat to put tariffs on all mexican goods mexico's foreign minister is heading to

security council is holding a meeting this hour on the situation with iran alan fisher is live from the u.n. in new york and joins us now allan what are we expecting to hear. well after all we've had from the they are a nuclear deal the sanctions the drone assault this is actually very not only focus this is about the attacks on shipping in the strait of hormuz and in the gulf in the last couple of weeks now with carefully ambassadors going into the meeting a couple of the said we are urging restraint we would like to see there be a diplomatic solution the u.n. secretary general spokesperson earlier today said both sides need narratives of steel and they also need to think about some sort of diplomatic resolution here certainly the russian ambassador was asked about the latest sanctions going into the meeting and he said look the iranians said just a few days ago that you don't negotiate with someone who's holding a knife to your throat and what we're seeing here are the what's possible sanctions being imposed on the iranians to suggesting that it would be difficult for them to have any

national security emergency citing growing threats from iran to justify an $8000000000.00 weapons sale alan fisher has the details $3000000000.00 donald trump has been keen to flaunt his big arms deal with saudi arabia but his reports emerged of u.s. made weapons being used by the saudi military in attacks on civilians in yemen members of congress expressed their concern and alarm and it looked as if any seals would run into serious opposition and could be blocked so the state department declared it an emergency and authorized the seals anyway in a congressional hearing one of my top lieutenants insisted an increased threat from iran will justify the decision by providing a deterrent against hostile actions this transfer lowers the risk of a broader conflict among the weapons approved for sale precision guided missiles like those used in the attack on a school bus in yemen in august last year more than 40 children were killed so the planes fired american bombs one congressman claimed that seal wasn't about defense against regional rivals the vast majority arms the administration wants to sell with

was a long time city employee who was shot and killed his coworkers in virginia beach on friday alan fisher has a story. police moved in cautiously sticking with procedure but trying to get to the scene of the shooting as quickly as possible it was just after 4 pm on friday afternoon when the 1st emergency calls were made the shooting underway at the municipal center in virginia beach a coastal town about 300 kilometers south of washington d.c. the center a complex of 25 buildings the administrative heart of the time but the reports coming from one location building to there's little security here people need to easily come in go police believe the man move from floor to floor firing while some workers took cover at their desks others elsewhere on the campus were moved to safety i'm just going through a lot of emotion because it's 2 way too much killing going on and i'm just glad that they alert us and the time so we wouldn't be outside when everything was a carry those who made it out hugged their colleagues their friends know their fellow survivors others were taken to ambulances as local

national security emergency citing growing threats from iran to justify an $8000000000.00 arms sale alan fisher has more from washington. well normally congress is given 30 days notice of any foreign arms sales but this time around the trumpet ministration the state department essentially said we're not going to do that because this is an emergency and we need to show support for allies in the region and combat the increasing threat coming from iran therefore we are pushing these through side stepping the normal protocols and declaring this an emergency we're talking about it $1000000000.00 worth of arms sales now the house foreign affairs committee decides to have a hearing on this the assistant secretary of state was there he very much toward the line saying this was important to show support for saudi arabia and also the emirates and they really had to go ahead with this bypassing congress no republican members of the committee they said they were very unhappy about the way things were done but the understood what the administration was trying to do democrats on the other hand were saying th

from washington, alan fisher tht paths in has report. >> this was the reason the u.s.pared to launch an anack, the downing of unmanned military drone by iran. these pictures are said to be missile launch which iranian television says was filmed by the islamic republic's revolutionary guards. the u.s. said the drone was over international waters, a claim by teheran. donald trump says while three identified for airstrikes, he canceled the operation. >> they came and they said sir we're ready to go, we would like a decision, i said i want to know something before you go. killed? people will be in this case iranians. i said how many people are going to be killed? sir i would like to get back to you on that. generals.le these came back and said sir, 150.ximately and i thought about it for a second and i said you know what unmanned down an drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are with 150 dead people that would have taken place a half-hourhin after i said go ahead. and i didn't like it. i didn't think it was -- i didn't think it was proportionate. put oneh

us city of virginia beach the suspect who was a city employee was shot by police and later died alan fisher has the latest. police moved in cautiously sticking with procedure but trying to get to the scene of the shooting as quickly as possible it was just after 4 pm on friday afternoon when the 1st emergency calls were made the shooting underway at the municipal center in virginia beach a coastal town about 300 kilometers south of washington d.c. the center a complex of 25 buildings the administrative heart of the timing of the reports coming from one location building 2 there's little security here people need to easily come in go police believe the man moved from floor to floor firing well some workers took cover at their desks others elsewhere on the campus were moved to safety i'm just going through a lot of emotion because it's too way too much killing going on and i'm just glad that they alert us and the time so we wouldn't be outside when everything was a carry on those who made it out hugged their colleagues their friends know their fellow survivors others were taken to ambulances

led government that works for the people not an authoritarian military council that works against alan fishers more from washington d.c. the u.s. response has come from tibor not you who is the assistant secretary of state for african affairs at the state department he says that the united states absolutely condemns the violence in khartoum but he adds this was a brutal and coordinated attack led by the rapid support forces militia that mirrors some of the worst offenses of the bashir regime we call on sudan's military authorities to release these abusive forces and protect the people of sudan he says what has happened over the last few hours certainly calls into question the military unit his commitment to transitioning to civilian government and he says that the people of sudan need a government that will work with them a civilian government that will work with them and not against them the my point here the secretary of state is currently abroad he's visiting a number of capitals and no doubt the events in khartoum is something that will be raised throughout his visit. well let's take a cl

headquarters alan fisher has this report.there's been a common theme from the diplomats at the u.n. one aid about growing friction between the u.s. and iran i think has a lot. to see deescalation and to look for diplomatic solutions because this is a closed door meeting of the security council was to discuss the recent attacks on shipping in the gulf but the americans also briefed the council about the doning of its by joined by the iranians last week. but there was no place at the table for the iranian ambassador to the country not come with a member of the council today the council is being briefed unilaterally by one party the u.s. who is abusing its position as the council's permanent member to misguide this body in order to advance its anti iran policy and well donald trump says he's open to negotiations with the unions the ambassador says new sanctions make that important as long as this threat is is there there is no very that iran and the u.s. trying to start a dialogue with the u.s. says it presented clear evidence i

is relations for us reaction to our base trip allan fisher is joining us now live from washington and particularly alanon what shinzo are they had to say a few moments ago the japan will continue to buy oil from iran that's despite sanctions from the u.s. . exactly don't be disappointed by that because he believes that he wants to get around to 0 or oil exports and he sees. as a very close ally it was thought that japan might be able to help negotiate some sort of meeting between the united states and iran certainly donald trump has said that he wouldn't be a very to the idea might just last month said that yes they would be willing to sit down and talk to iran without any preconditions but then said we would expect iran to act as a normal nation which many people saw as the united states saying we want these conditions met before we sit down and talk to iran knows far as what president rouhani was saying in the threat that will be built played up quite a bit but he said something similar about a month or so ago and donald trump responded on twitter saying that if iran attacked the u.s. then that would

imposed in the last few hours that will feature in that discussion as well ellen fisher with the latest there from the u.n. alan thank you. protests have been taking place across the palestinian territories as anger grows at this week's economic conference in bahrain and the so-called deal of the sentry it is partial protesters in the occupied west bank burned images of the king of bahrain and one angry gaza resident address this former p.l.o. leader yasser arafat brandished a gun that several burning images of u.s. president donald trump. a series of more formal protests are also being held to coincide with the bahrain summit is started with a protest marathon race across the gaza strip israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'll give the peace plan fair consideration but palestinian leaders are boycotting the meeting media abraham was at one of the protests in ramallah in the occupied west bank. but as many as have always there is action to the minimum summit that this expected to be held tomorrow they say that the road to solving the palestinian israeli conflict is not through economic means and th