the ancient city of bodh gaya is one of buddhism's holiest locations. once past the street entertainers, panhandlers and trinket salesmen, pilgrims enter the imposing mahabodhi temple. >> we have people visiting from many buddhist countries -- japan, korea, vietnam, cambodia, thailand. most of our visitors are from sri lanka and thailand. >> devotees line up to enter and pray in the inner sanctum. they spend hours meditating just outside, under the ancient bodhi tree, a direct descendent of the one under which buddhists believe siddharth gautama, the royal prince, also meditated as he embraced a life of asceticism and became enlightened. >> i also would like to do the meditation here to discover myself, for my soul. and i believe this is the best place to do the meditation. >> buddhists believe that this is a very powerful place and anything that you do here is magnified, so any wishes you make for other people, any good wishes, any practice that you do, it's increased. the power is increased. so for example you see people prostrating you know, going do

, the symbol of the buddha, and of course the burmese practiced a type of buddhism, theravada buddhism which was, of course, rolled into their local interest in the natural spirits of the forest and the landscape. i've always been intrigued by the paintings, or the images. it's lovely. now, these are spirits, or divas, as they were called, and you would find figures like this in palace carvings, around the doorways of buddhist temples or palace complex^ it--it's almost certainly made for the tourist market, in and around 1890, 1900. gosh. it's a beauty. um... value... my own thought, a very healthy £500 worth of carving. oh, right. yeah, well, and thanks so much for bringing it here. it's been a pleasure. we've enjoyed seeing your gong go. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. so, you fished this out of your safe deposit to bring it to me. now, what did you think it might be? well, i thought it might be a faberge. yes. well, it comes from russia, but the real rub is that it's not by faberge. oh, isn't it? no. oh, dang! dear me! yes, i know. suddenly, the pennies didn't fall out of

they say that a king began this project after a conversion to buddhism.ver 3,000 pagodas, temples, and monasteries remain today. inside almost every one of them, a buddha figure, each one of them, different. >> and i like how integrated it is with the frieze, postures. >> funny you mention that. people used to live here and the government came along in the '80s and relocated them. it was a mass relocation project. this is tourist bucks here. they relocated the entire population. we're in one of the first mass waves of tourists. european tourists have been coming here in small numbers for a long time but it's the flood gates have opened. they are building hotels like crazy in this area called the tourist triangle. >> what is this here? this is a scarf. >> as myanmar begins the shift to accommodating tourism and the service economy to go with it there will be adjustments. there will be a downside. >> what is that going to mean? how will burmese react to all of the good and evils that come with tourism? it's going to be mobility. it's going to mean prosperit

that's a reason to pay attention to buddhism.'s a sense in which every minute of our lives, if we pay attention to it, contains the whole of the past, and everything that we remember, and probably a lot of things that we don't remember. they're all righthere in that moment. and sometimes, we see that. sometimes, that's clear to us, and then -- then we forget it, and then we go right on, you know, paying no attention to it. but what makes you think that will go away? i don't know. it's quite possible that that will hang around too. the arts are part of the whole of life. they're very -- they're entirely human, and to humans. but they're always talking about something which is much bigger than we recognize most of the time. i think there's a moment of recognition. and i think that's what the arts are all about, is recognition. we recognize something, and say, yes, that's it, you know. and that's the real excitement. sometimes, you know, when we've been misled and things, it's just sentimentality, and it really isn't, you know, just

2007 to 2011 and during that term he'd want to meddle spirit terisa >> reporter: lee diverted to buddhism and analysts taking a besht agree in aeronautics. and 2011. >> reporter: given the national defense service medal, as well as the global war on terrorism medal while serving. >> reporter:2011 - discarged from military for a pattern of mis-conduct. >> reporter:after he was discharged, he worked as waiter and restaurant in fort worth, tx up until may of 2013. he was a military contractor - working in ionformationhe reportedly converted to buddhism, and was taking degree in aeronautics. >> reporter:now for some perspective - here's the navy yard. about 3-thousand people work civilians. ships are built and repaired at the navy yard. this is very close to the capitol - just over a mile from there. and about 3 miles from the there is security at the navy yard - and it appears the gunman had access to it because he worked there as a on information technology. >> pam: yard shooting continues. we will bring you a live report from the scene in washington d.c,. coming up in our next half hour. >

this guy practiced buddhism which is probably the most peaceful of all religions in the world. he went to temple. he lived with some thai people, a thai family for several months and then went to thailand. now, i've been to thailand several times but not to go to temple. so i don't know exactly -- it's a very mixed picture. this is a guy that clearly one thing is not in doubt and this is a guy with a lot of problems and people knew about it. >> andrea, on mental health question, we've only been doing this show two years. i can remember just three times in the last year that we've talked about a major shooting rampage where you had somebody that had some sort of problem with mental illness in the past and yet we still haven't figured out a way even to start to crack that nut. on the mental health question, what do you think we should, if anything -- what could be done to prevent something like this from happening? >> i think specifically with the military because the instance that i remember of course is ft. hood where hasan had made his plans known to a board of army psychologi

according to friends he was a convert to buddhism.ho knew him through the temple says she never saw any serious signs of trouble. >> nothing of this magnitude. it's not making much sense to us, and it's sad he is gone already and that he took 12 other people with him. >> a very far cry from the picture emerging as investigators piece together details of the shooter's troubled life. jonathan hunt is live in our new york studio. this guy vowedly had issues that nobody picked up on. >> nobody including the company that employed him. that company was called the experts. they got him his contractors pass that got him on the navy yard. got him in this department of defense clearances but they say through two at least background checks there were no red flags, and then there were those who described themselves as friends. he lived and worked at a time at a thai restaurant in fort worth restaurant. the owner said he saw no sign of violence. >> we live together three years in three different locations. it's my big brother. he is -- i admire hi

he found work as a waiter and converted to buddhism after developing a keen interest in the thai culture language. >> he is a good guy. i cannot say if he did it or not. nothing told me he was going to be aggressive or that he was going to kill someone. >> he moved from texas to the u.s. capitol a few weeks ago were he was a contractor. he had a valid pass into the navy yard, but it is not known how he brought weapons onto the base. >> the race is on to secure one of the world's most powerful positions. ben bernanke is due to set down. -- stepped down. if successful, janet yellin will become the first woman to hold the job. yellen -- yellen will become the first woman to hold the job as fed chairman. the front runner is already out of the race. mary summers is no longer a candidate despite his endorsement from the president. -- larry summers is no longer a candidate despite his endorsement from the president. >> he can cut through the heart of the most complex and novel policy challenges. >> summers came under criticism for sexist comments. his decision to withdraw his name came as a sur

the shooter, aaron alexis, was described as exploring buddhism prior to the attack.dhist leaders condemned his actions. >>> according to new figures from the u.s. census bureau, 15% of all americans, including one in five children, lived in poverty last year, virtually no improvement from 2011. many religious leaders warned the numbers will increase if congress does not protect federal food programs. this week, faith-based activists urged the house of representatives not to move ahead with a plan that would cut the snap program, formerly called food stamps, by $40 billion over the next ten years. >>> in the midst of the jewish high holiday season, more than 1,000 rabbis and cantors urged congress to find a way through the impasse on comprehensive immigration reform. this week, jews have been celebrating sukkot, which marks their ancestors' exodus from egypt during which they built temporary shelters. the jewish leaders said their history, along with biblical instructions to care for strangers, compelled them to speak out for immigration reform. >>> the 68th session o

i don't know when he started practicing buddhism, but it sounded like he was trying to turn his liferound. it sounds like life just kept giving him one frustration after another, nothing to this magnitude. >> reporter: were you aware of any psychological problems, depression, anything he was going through. >> i never witnessed it, but it sounded like he was still suffering from ptsd, but i never witnessed it, i never had any red flags at all. >> reporter: thank you for talking with us. >> mike, thank you very much. rain has stopped for now in colorado. the helicopters have continued their rescuing of victims there. 800 are dead and many are waiting to make their way back home to assess the damage and others are still waiting to be evacuated. >> reporter: relentless and powerful the water flowed down paying no heed to fragile works of mankind. the water moved, and hayden court was just in its way. jennifer moved into her her knew house only six weeks ago. down in her basement was foul river smell. irreplaceable items ruined in the muck. [ crying ] >> it's all gone. oh, yeah, it's just

the shooter, aaron alexis, was described as exploring buddhism prior to the attack. buddhist leaders condemned his actions. >>> according to new figures from the u.s. census bureau, 15% of all americans, including one in five children, lived in poverty last year, virtually no improvement from 2011. many religious leaders warned the numbers will increase if congress does not protect federal food programs. this week, faith-based activists urged the house of representatives not to move ahead with a plan that would cut the snap program, formerly called food stamps, by $40 billion over the next ten years. >>> in the midst of the jewish high holiday season, more than 1,000 rabbis and cantors urged congress to find a way through the impasse on comprehensive immigration reform. this week, jews have been celebrating sukkot, which marks their ancestors' exodus from egypt during which they built temporary shelters. the jewish leaders said their history, along with biblical instructions to care for strangers, compelled them to speak out for immigration reform. >>> the 68th sessi

and anybody who wants to move away from hinduism or islam or buddhism to any other religion can do so, right? >> they can. if it is forcefully -- but who is going to define "forcefully." we don't want anybody to come in and join against their will. we believe that the person should open their heart on their own and receive christ. >> george: clearly, despite the conversion laws and the challenges in the northern part of india, you are seeing god move? >> yeah. we are growing. we are growing. as i said, we've got churches all over the country, about 23 states. and india has only 28 states. so we are seeing god moving, and we are seeing people coming to the lord. >> george: and i've been hearing these reports, and i've done stories, the stories of the so-called dalits, the untouchables, who are in droves, coming to the saving knowledge of jesus christ, and it is happening around the country. >> yeah. and even what i shared with when i was interviewed by pat robertson, and i was saying we are having a revival. one of the churches, where we see thousands of people coming into the village

he would have with alexis, oftentimes focusing on a debate between the merits of christianity and buddhism. he said it was strange that a 34-year-old man would be so abscessed, in his words, with playing violent video games. >> aaron seemed like a really nice guy. the only negative thing i could say is he played video games all the time, and i used to joke with him, man, you are 34 years old, and you play games all the time online. but that's what he liked to do. >> he said he was shocked when he learned that this friend of his, aaron alexis was the shooter today, but he says in retrospect, he remembers one of the last conversations he had that now looks strange. he said alexis said he was frustrated with the military contractor he was employed by because he wasn't getting all of his salary. we know alexis had gone to work for the contractor in japan, and leaving in november of last year, and when he returned here to fort hood he was having financial troubles, and didn't have a car, a month later that's what lead him moving to washington, d.c. to take the job there, john? >> highdy, thank

>> here were a few religions, buddhism, zoroastrian and christian. the religions came from silk road, from west. >> so, it was a trade of both goods and faiths, different faiths and religions? >> yeah, it came from the silk road. >> after the muslim conquest in the 7th century a.d., a third, much bigger islamic city was built at merv. as the capital of the vast seljuk central asian empire, it became one of the greatest of all silk road cities. up to half a million people lived here until the devastating mongol attack of 1221. who did the attacking? >> the son of genghis khan. >> the son of genghis khan led this attack on merv. >> yeah, he advised the local people voluntarily, you know... >> ...to give themselves up. >> yeah, but, so, they did it, they opened the gate to the city, but he killed everyone. >> how many people are we talking about? >> half a million. >> half a million people? the entire population of merv, wiped out. >> yeah. >> that's a brutal massacre. >> he didn't kill only population. he destroyed all libraries, all hammams, all madra

aaron alexis was a convert to buddhism. a friend said he used to meditate with him. >> he's a good guy. what i know. i can't say he did or not. but with me, nothing to be, like, tell me that he's going to be aggressive. no sign that these going to shoot someone. >> reporter: but alexis' father said that his son had anger management problems. he complained about being a victim of discrimination and about the navy. >> he didn't seem like he would be that kind of person to be upset enough to go out and do something like this. >> reporter: alexis worked as a thai restaurant in texas. he traveled to thailand. those who knew him cannot hide their disbelief. >> it's really sad that he's gone already. and that he took 12 other people with him. >> reporter: one thing that is clear, is alexis was not a loner. he had friends. a support network. >> he had car trouble. he asked me for some help. and i helped in every way i could. >> reporter: but alexis was passionate about video games and would stay up all night playing them. >> i didn

the entire country that he now profits from i'm a victim i was the first of billions of dollars of buddhism you know i can't stand it. marks a coherent just over to a couple of world news stories next though i'm greek roads in bahrain of clashed with security forces in protest of the arrest of probably the opposition figure former m.p. color of my resume chris taken into custody charged with inciting terrorism cliches tear gas and water coming to disperse the thousands who tried to get into pearl square the cradle of bahrain's long running rest the opposition's demanding human rights reforms and accuses the government of conducting a ferocious crackdown. security forces and sit down and open fire on demonstrators killing another four people in protest of rage all week rest is rooted in the cuts in fuel subsidies approved last week by president bashir rights groups believe a total of fifty four people have been shot dead so far driving on grover the police's increasingly lethal crackdown calls approaching from the shooting which is almost a quarter century and. up ahead russia's growth plan

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into our culture that he now profits from i'm a victim i was the first of billions of dollars of buddhism you have a victim oh i can't stand it lynched. the syrian ambassador to ukraine says a number of ukrainians are fighting alongside armed rebels and his country as reported some are members of his book diary or global islam a smoove meant that wants to unite the whole muslim world has been to ukraine to take a closer look at the activists of the organization there. in the town of book she said i all that's left as a reminder of the crimean tatars glory days built centuries before the towers were deported by joseph stalin in the one nine hundred forty s. and repatriated with the u.s.s.r.'s collapse far healthier century they spent in exile the crimean tatarstan been inhabiting the crimean peninsula for more than sixteen hundred years at some point they even had a powerful state of their own part of the osce man empire and there are those who are clearly unhappy with the current state of things. has the information office of the he is create a party in ukraine which officially opened in

the entire country that he now profits from i'm a victim i was the first of billions of dollars of buddhism you have a victim i can't stand it. mr cause rico is next world update series for you angry crowds in bahrain of clashed with security forces in protest of the arrest of a prominent opposition figure former m.p. was taken into custody charged with inciting terrorism police used tear gas water cannons to disperse thousands who tried to get to pearl square the cradle of bahrain's long running on wrest the opposition's developing human rights reforms in accuses the government of conducting a ferocious crackdown. also headlining tonight security forces in sudan of open fire on demonstrators killing another four people in protests which raged a week the rest is rooted in the cutting fuel subsidies approved last week by president bashir rights would be the total of fifty four people being shot dead so far driving on grover the police's increasingly lethal project was a growing for by should to end is almost quarter century in power now. a massive people trafficking network in china has been

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to even a negative thought of critical thought you just sort of learn to let it go drifting away buddhism is it we've actually found that praying. to meditate in churches or going to churches and take. in fact people. release oxytocin they feel closer to motive than i did i meditate so i know it's a learned process simple lesson so meditation sounds like something very complicated i used close silence so we're going to group one giant mind that's going to get one hundred million people around the world to engage in twenty minutes of silence anyone can do it what is it doing for me so part is reducing the sensory input that you're getting this is why the eyes close and forward in the silence is important because living you kind of get back this homeostatic state where your your heart rate will reduce or you don't have the stress of digest your food better you'll feel calmer i think of eating a meal in italy which you've done many times right through five courses over the course of three or four hours it's very calm you eat slowly and you feel comfortably for a lot you're having a conversat

alleged gunman in that washington navy yard shootout was described as a young man with an interest in buddhismand flashes of rage. 34-year-old aaron alexis took two handguns from a police officer at the scene. stage one complete after 19 our operation complete. the wreck of the costa con courtier turned upright off the coast of italy. it will be several months before it is towed away. >> so stories and more for you at the top of the hour, right here on france 24. this is the france 24 debate. is it time to talk between washington, the west, and iran? we have been talking about it with our panel. with us from israel, from the institute for counterterrorism, and patrick clawson with the washington institute for near east policy. welcome back to all of you. we were talking just before the break about the skepticism of the israelis going to that u.n. annual assembly where leaders will all make speeches, easing off on airstrikes against syria sparking disappointment and concern on the part of the israeli cabinet. >> the determination the international community shows regarding syria will have a dir

well, that the two of them shared in deep conversations oftentimes debates between christianity and buddhism, and he said that alexis was a pretty average guy with one exception. take a listen. >> aaron seemed like a pretty flies guy, except he played video games, the shooting confined. i said you're 34 years old you play video games all the time online. we would joke about it but that's what he would like to do, that's what aaron liked to do. >> he said the last conversation with alexis, who left town about five months ago, alexis was complaining that the military contractor he was working for wasn't paying him and he expressed great frustration at that. that job led him to washed and the terrible -- washington, d.c. and the terrible events of today. >> heidi, he had other trouble with the law right? >> in 2010 alexis was arrested but not charged for firing a bullet through the ceiling of his unit and into the unit of the woman who lived above him. he said that was accidental. we looked deeper into his past, he was arrested in 2004, that time in seattle and according to that police report a

apparently devoted to buddhism.violence in the past, at least two if not more incidents of that. how do these contradictions affect an investigation? >> one of the things i've learned in my experience in the fbi is that these things don't often happen in a vacuum. there are flags that come up. oftentimes what you see of somebody is not what they really are. it's the investigation that will pull that out, that will tease that out, and provide investigators with the clues to come up with some information about what the motivation was. >> one of the things pamela brown has reported is that this man reached out more than once in recent times to the va, possibly for some mental health help. as investigators, how much of that would you look into and legally how much can you? >> i think it's something that you want to look to towards motivation certainly. it's historically we've seen in shootings there has been some mental health connection. it's something investigators will look to. they'll look to people who know him, wo

they found no indication he was interested in jihad or religion interest other than dabbling in buddhismexis etched phrases into the shotgun he used but investigators don't know what to make of it. the etchings read, better off this way and, elf my weapon. investigates talked to his friends, family, pored through his compute, possessions, but law enforcement sources say nothing points to a specific motive. >> and, joe, we were speaking with an official of the navy yard yesterday. police are criticized for the response to the shooting. are they explaining why he was on the campus and inside that building for so long before this was resolved? >> reporter: well, it's pretty clear there were a number of active shooter teams on the scene and there are some questions about whether the united states capitol police's emergency response team should have been allowed inside the complex. they were turned away. there's an investigation into that. but there are a lot of different units inside. navy officials say the damage inside the building is so extensive, it may take weeks to repair completely. t

was a defense contractor and former navy reservist and also apparently studying buddhism. pamela brown is here with some details on this man. good morning, pam. >> good morning to you, john. cnn has learned he was an employee of a company called the expert, a subcontractor of hewlett-packard. his friends and family say they are shocked he is capable of doing this, but new details are emerging about violent incidents and his past and the big question remains this morning, what was the motive. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say 34 yered i.t. subcontractor aaron alexis entered navy yard building 197 legally with a vaedly military issued i.d. and an intent to kill. armed with an ar-15 and semiautomatic lock and a rifle his motive is unknown. >> we are learning everything we can about his recent movement and his contact and as an associate. >> reporter: pictures of a implicated man at times quiet and polite and spoke several languages and worshipped at this buddhist semple. >> it is incredibly this is all happening because he was a good-natured guy. it seemed like he wa

we certainly had quite an interesting class last time on buddhism, and i want to take a few more questions, because we're just getting into it. of course, in beliefs and believers, it's almost a little frustrating, because we can never even begin to get the big picture, but remember the key class goal is not in this class to think that we're going to learn everything that there is to know or even a tiny bit of what there is to know about any given religion - it's to give us the skills so if you are interested in going on further, that you'll be able

a salary by them but he was interested in the thai language and studying thai and they practice buddhism. and attended a local thai monastery in the fort worth area with the owner of this restaurant. but the exact time line of when he worked for contractor is unclear. >> we are not clear about that. but when you talk to people today -- i want to be clear. law enforcement sources are not ready to establish a motives. he had some grievances with the contract work. it has something to do with the disgruntled worker. how he got from being at that restaurant to having this security clearance and being here is what we are trying to put together. >> the husband of the woman who owns the restaurant told me that he felt some anger toward, i guess, the contractor. he felt there was a disagreement over pay. he felt he wasn't paid sufficiently or what he was promised. again we don't know if that has role in this or not. drew, was it you who was reporting today may have been the first day of work for this man at this facility? >> that news came through me from the ceo of the company called the expert

he became somebody who was very interested in buddhism.e spent a lot of time at a buddhist temple in ft. worth, texas. his friends were other thais. we don't know how he developed that interest in the thai culture, the thai language. you're right. there's no indication, by the way, that had anything to do -- this seemed to be just something -- his parents say he had anger management issues as early as 2001. we see this with his run-ins with police where he's firing his reply or breaking up furniture at a nightclub. then ultimately within the past month or so he tells police and others that he's hearing voices and thinks people are following him. >> tragic case. thank you so much, pete williams, nbc justice correspondent. texas appeals court has overturned money laundry conviction. a former house majority leader tom delay. acquittal means delay cannot be retried. money laundering case over. delay convicted in november 2010 for illegally funneling $190,000 in corporate money through the republican national committee to help elect gop candida

a salary by them but he was interested in the thai language and studying thai and they practice buddhism. and attended a local thai monastery in the fort worth area with the owner of this restaurant. but the exact time line of when he worked for contractor is unclear. >> we are not clear about that. but when you talk to people today -- i want to be clear. law enforcement sources are not ready to establish a motives. he had some grievances with the contract work. it has something to do with the disgruntled worker. how he got from being at that restaurant to having this security clearance and being here is what we are trying to put together. >> the husband of the woman who owns the restaurant told me that he felt some anger toward, i guess, the contractor. he felt there was a disagreement over pay. he felt he wasn't paid sufficiently or what he was promised. again we don't know if that has role in this or not. drew, was it you who was reporting today may have been the first day of work for this man at this facility? >> that news came through me from the ceo of the company called the expert

they recently converted to buddhism, not aware of terrorists that are buddhists as well.n't the id deactivated if it was stolen and are they investigating that individual? >> the information we have is his name is now being run at this hour through the databases for homeland security as well as the national counterterrorism center to essentially scrub his background to see if there are any links. there was no connection to terrorism but that's ongoing. they're looking to see whether he operated under any other aliases that would include as a standard operating procedure where where he had a convert name. >> much more to come. ♪ [ male announcer ] staying warmnd dry has never been our priority. our priority is, was and always will be serving you, the american people. so we improved priority mail flat rate to give you a more reliable way to ship. now with tracking up to eleven scans, specified delivery dates, and free insurance up to $50 all for the same low rate. [ woman ] we are the united states postal service. [ man ] we are the united states postal service. [ male anno

. >> you know, it is a very defined philosophy, buddhism, and being someone who has a violent tendencyppetites does not square with the philosophy involved there. so there are those considerations as this picture develop s of the man. and we will continue to examine him because of his motivations and give our respect to the family as the number of those who were wounded and killed come out, we'll show respect. >> i think it bears mentioning that some of the people who have supplied these foet photos to c friends of the shooter from white settlement, texas, who owned a thai restaurant and described him as perfectly lovely and kind and quiet except for the fact that he played violent video games, but for the fact he complained about not getting paid -- clues they may have provided. >> may have put sugar in the gas tank of the woman who gave us these photos. she gives the photos because she knew a different man and she wants everyone to understand what happened here. that's appreciated because we need the information. now, we're going to take a little bit of a turn here. we're going to st

time lived in this now under renovation house and attended this buddhist temple converting even to buddhismon of peace and tranquility. >> he wanted to speak thai fluidly. he spoke my language like crazy. we can sit down and talk to each other like in thai with no problem. so he want to hang out with my people thai people. he don't have a lot of american friends. >> alexis at times helped out at the happy bowl asian restaurant and traveled to thailand without his best friend spending time there with his family. >> he a good man he helped everything over here. and just when he want to go -- >> she cannot accept the man he called his big brother could be involved in something so tragic. >> we planned on having -- we planned on having a trip back from thailand. he was very excited. >> sean with some early reporting there on the life of the shooter. kdfw out of dallas, texas on that. i mentioned jennifer griffin a moment ago. we now have contact with her again. jennifer, you have new information tonight on the background check for the shooter and his security clirns what you have learned. >> ve

some of the biggest this man apparently studying buddhism, a huge part of his life, yet we heard he likedeo games and he had three arrests we know about and some involving violent, certainly firearms here. seem to be pretty big contradictions. >> i would call them inconsistencies. we all have them as human beings. but in this case, what is really very stunning is that you have him described as a quiet guy to an aggressive guy. that shift in mood, that shift in behavior suggests someone that is unpredictable and someone that is unstable. what you look at is where does that mood swing take them? that aggression with a gun is very, very significant and i think it was downplayed over the years, but that is someone who is very unpredictable. >> you're saying they seem like contradictions but it is possible for one person to live with these contradictions. you have had arrests that involve some violence while, at the same time, studying peace and bued hawaddhism. that is possible. when you have someone that is what i would call an injustice collector. they go through life and they feel like the

he reportedly converted to buddhism, and was taking classes to ger a bachelot's degree in aeronautics. >> reporter: >> catherine: it was a chaotic scene.on the ground and in the air. this police helicopter was hovering over the naval yard.apparently taking out one of the wounded. there were swat teams, military workers.firefighters on the scene within minutes. relatives of people who worked at the naval yard were on the phone.desperately trying to get information. >> reporter: you can see the cluster of emergency vehicles. one of the most disturbing photos captured this morning was taken by a man in a passing car. he saw one of the shooting victims lying on the sidewalk. a couple of passers-by came to try to help him. >> catherine: those aren't emergency responders you see around him. people said they felt helpless. employees at the naval yard ran from the building with their hands in the air after the shooting. they were escorted out after showing i-d to police. some of them were kept inside for hours. dozens of them were told to stay in an underground parking lot until they were cle

said that incidentally that aaron alexis had taught himself to speak thai and had also converted to buddhismuch a religion of peace. harris. >> harris: jonathan, thank you very much. fbi officials say that even though the suspect is dead, their investigation is still very active and they plan to unearth every detail leading up to the shooting. the latest updates straight from the fbi right after this. hero: if you had a chance to go anywhere in the world, but you had to leave right now, would you go? man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just never thought it'd be today. anncr: we're giving away a trip every day. download the expedia app and your next trip could be on us. expedia, find yours. 20 years with the company.hool. thousands of presentations. and one rd earned partnership. it took a lot of work to get this far. so now i'm supposed to take a back seat when it comes to my investm

will it be nationalism, materialism, confucianism, authoritarianism, buddhism or i've heard it argued in the chinese academy it could in 20 years the the christian faith that is the majority faith in china. enormously significant which for the world and china, but the third phase is the one you touched on earlier, question we touched on earlier, will the west several or recover its roots? take up the first one again. what is happening as i understand it is you see islam engaging with modernity and it is brought out the challenge of sunni and shiite and more modernizers and retrenching and so on and probably next 20 or 30 years the middle east will be a convulsion of this islamic reaction to modernity. the 20th century showed we brits and the french across the channel did a lousy job understanding the middle east and we understand at a lot better than many american diplomats understand it. you have got to stick into the or that's nest with great care. you can see a lot of my american friends in washington didn't even know where iraq was until george w. declared war on it. we need to a

drop kyoto off the list because of the treasures of buddhist architecture and the significance to buddhism. but no, he was -- he used the image of dirty hands. when he met president truman after the bombings, he said to truman, mr. president, i felt have i blood on my hand. and he did indeed have blood an his hand. he had the opportunity to support the chicago petition. the scientist of chicago lead by him drew up in a petition signed by scientists urging the u.s. government not to use this bomb in the first instance on japanese civilians. but to invite the japanese to a demonstration of the power, which they thought would be enough oppenheimer argued against it. it might fizzle. if it fizz ms and doesn't work, it's the so-called demonstration has done more harm than good. in any case, his views didn't change. but i think, i mean, how do you deal with being responsible for the death of over 100,000 people? that thought weighed heavily on him. i think it has a lot to do with the rapid aging that you can see in the photograph the of oppenheimer between '45 and 1960. part was, you know, the h

how a guy that once practiced buddhism could become a mass killer.to come up with a motive for the madness. in bedsty, brooklyn, for abc news, i'm jim dolan. >> stay with abc news and abcnews.com as we cover the developments in the navy yard shootings. look for extended coverage later on "america this morning" and "good morning america." >>> new details about the weekend shooting incident in north carolina that left a former college football player dead. police revealed yesterday that jonathan ferrell was shot ten times by the officer charged with his death. the 24-year-old was killed early saturday after being in a car wreck and seeking help at a nearby house. officer randall kerick is facing manslaughter charges and is expected in court today. >>> the floods in colorado have killed eight. as the rain tapered off, national guard helicopters rescued hundreds of people stranded for days. 400 unaccounted for this morning. the number is expected to drop as phone service is restored. many evacuated will have to find a new place to live. nearly 20,000 hom

he developed a vent towards buddhism but also had a preoccupation with violent video games. in the aftermath of the shooting, there's been a lot of soul searching at the pentagon, what could have been done better. we heard earlier today the secretary of the navy -- actually, we're going to take a break. we're going to go to the fbi press conference right now in progress. let's listen in. >> -- progress of this investigation. as briefed last night, we believe at this time that the deceased shooter, aaron alexis, acted alone. as such, with no other suspects at large, the investigation has moved into a phase of evidence recovery and information gathering. we have confirmed 13 fatalities to include the shooter, all of whom have been positively identified. our evidence response teams remain at the navy yard and continue to process the scenes. as i mentioned last night, this is a methodical and time-intensive process that includes bullet trajectory and crime scene mapping and with the assistance of our evidence response personnel from our baltimore and richmond field offices, we w