dr. orlowski turned in her resignation. in just three weeks, she'll leave emergency response to cus on health care policy. what is the lesson we can take away from what we witnessed here in d.c.? >> i hope the lesson is don't let another 60, 90 days go by and have us forget about the shooting at the navy yard. >> reporter: peter alexander, in washington. >>> now in washington onto the topic of politics. the wheels were set in motion in a meaningful way towards a possible government shutdown in ten days' time. the republicans in the house passed a bill that would keep the government going while killing obama care. the problem is that will never make it through the senate like the 41 other times the house republicans have voted to kill obama care. so here we go again. and both parties now get to put on a lesson in your government at work. chuck todd is at the white house for us. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's an annual ritual here in washington. the threat of the government shutdown. the republicans in c

dr. orlowski turned in her resignation. in three weeks she'll leave emergency response to focus on health care policy. >> what is the lesson we can take away from what we witnessed in d.c.? >> i hope the lesson is don't let another 60, 90 days go by and have us forget about the shooting at the navy yard. >> reporter: peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> now to the topic of politics. the wheels were set in motion today in a meaningful way toward a possible government shutdown in ten days' time. the republicans in the house passed a bill to keep the government going while killing obamacare. the problem is that will never make it through the senate like the 41 other times the house republicans have voted to kill obamacare. so here wit we ego again. both parties get to put on a lesson on your government at work. chuck todd is at the white house for us. good evening. >> good evening, brian. it's an annual ritual in washington. the threat of the government shutdown. republicans in congress, the democratic white house again

dr. janis orlowski, we'll leave it there. much for your time and your insight. >> thank you very much. nice speaking to you. >> in tragedies like this, stories of heroes always emerge in the aftermath. this time is there's no exception to that. among the heroes yesterday, a man named omar grant. he helped a blind colleague to safety. earlier today he talked about helping his co-worker take shelter when the gunfire started. >> i proceeded to take his arm and led him into the cafeteria. while people started wondering if they also heard gunshots, we heard three more shots. >> the two and a third man left the building together once the shelter in order -- once the shelter in place order was lifted. clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger. mmm. i love cheeseburgers. i know you do. when did you get this place? when i negotiated your new contract, it was part of the deal. cool. [ male announcer ] campbell's ch

dr. jan orlowski, washington medical center. now we go to a police press conference in washington. >> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. let me say again, we all know this is a horrific tragedy. certainly one of the worst in recent memory, and i don't know if we can ever remember anything quite like this here in the city. we know these kinds of things have happened in other places and other cities in america. but nothing like this here in the district of columbia. let me begin by saying that my heart, like that of our entire administration and others, goes out to the families. those who have been victimized. you know, who left home to go to work this morning, thinking they were going to, you know, work on behalf of our nation, working at the navy yard, working for the navy. only to have something horrific like this to occur. secondly, i want to thank all the first responders, all the law enforcement agencies and all the dozens, hundreds of people who have done such a sterling job today to deal with this horrific tragedy. i'll

dr. jaunt orlowski. doctor, it's great to get a moment to talk to you. the victims transported to your hospital. there was a police officer and two women who were admitted to your hospital. what is the latest on their concern? >> sure, i would be happy to share with you. two of the individuals, the police officer and one of the women had surgery yesterday. they're recovering today i would tell that they had very good results. they're in good spirits, and we're expecting them to have a full recovery. the one woman who actually was grazed in the head who did not need to have surgery, we actually anticipate releasing her. so thankfully the three we were able to treat they're doing better today, and recovering from the physical illness, and i think it's going to take some time for them to recover from some of the mental trauma that they have experienced in the last day. >> doctor, i want to explore, first of all, i want to commend you on the way that you handled the news conference yesterday under extraordinary pressure and circumstances. at the end of the n

dr. janice orlowski is the chief medical center of the medstar hospital in washington, d.c., which deals with lots of gunshot injuries all the time. the doctor there making an emotional plea about this latest mass shooting in our country today. as washington hospital center was one of several area hospitals called on to treat the two dozen casualties of today's mass shooting. again, the death toll at this hour for the navy yard shooting stands at 12, plus the shooter himself, for a total of 13. the number of injured at this hour stands at 14. police say the apparent shooter did die at the scene today, but they are still looking for another person who was seen on surveillance camera footage. we do not know what this person was seen doing on the footage that made law enforcement want to speak with him, but he is described as a black male in his 40s with gray sideburns wearing an olive drab military-style uniform. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thanks for being with us. what can you tell us about that second individual who police say they want to quest

dr. orlowski was asked about that statement on the "today" program. let's watch.his is "today" today. >> i just spoke from the heart. i am sick of this. and i must have touched a chord in america. i've had a number of people who've called, who've e-mailed, who've twittered. and they're sick like i am of this senseless violence. >> ron, this country -- you know, i don't know whether we talk about gun control like we go to the battle stations either pro second amendment or urging the need for gun safety laws. and yet we know there's something else out there. i mean, looking at the stats today. over 30% of the people who were killed in this country are not killed with firearms. there's a rage. >> that's right. there is. the "it" she referred to here is what is this "it"? why are we such a violent nation? contrast our murders per year with great britain where they had 39 gun murders. we had 11,000 gun murders. if they were our size they'd have 240. but still 240 versus 11,000. we always look to guns. this gun or that gun or violent movies and violent video games. but

dr. janis orlowski, medical director at that facility in washington, d.c.ashington post" and thomas perriello, ceo for the action fund. gentlemen, thank you for joining us tonight. i want your reaction to this. my reaction to that is that, you know, the folks who provide all the care under tremendous duress, it takes a toll on them, as well. and i thought that it was almost therapy for that doctor to step up and to be able to say that in front of the microphones tonight, and whether our lawmakers are going to make any changes or not remains to be seen. but the fact is, workplace violence in this country is going to be under a microscope and behavior of people with firearms is always going to be under a microscope. ej, what did you make of that doctor making that statement in the heat of all of it? >> i say god bless dr. orlowski. i hope everybody in the country sees that. let's get rid of this, she said. and it's just very strange when stuff like this happens. we focus for a day, a week, sometimes longer after newtown. and then the debate gets all ideologic

dr. orlowski yesterday at the washington medical center i think put it best.'t do something, shame on us. i'm hoping that my colleagues will be shaken by how close physically this mass shooting was to them. we had to lockdown the senate for a period of a couple of hours. every one of us ought to feel that our lives are touched by it. >> i know when we met in newtown under horrible circumstances at the massacre at the sandy hook elementary school, i think you thought there would be a decent chance there would be stricter gun control legislation enacted. that hasn't happened. certainly hasn't happened in the house of representatives. what are the prospects from your standpoint of tighter gun laws going forward in the aftermath of what happened in washington yesterday? >> i think mental health and an initiative to provide more mental health care and opportunities for preventive action ought to be the centerpiece of what we do going forward. clearly, that is a common theme to sandy hook, as you know, from covering adam lanza and the background there, and this trag

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dr. orlowski on politics are debt wrong. is she a concerned citizen, yes.to experience the awful consequences of gun violence? that is treating gunshot wounds, those are great surgeons she is working with there. what they have had to deal with and what they have seen out of this particular tragedy, not to mention what they encounter just being in a hospital in d.c. in the first place has shown her that we have got to start having a different conversation. we have to continue to be vigilant about these particular conversatio conversations. we've got to have a different kind of conversation and action around some of the policies that make us the nation we are. >> and joy, isn't it the case that the reason for why people like doctors, highly skilled doctors, feel compelled to say something is because congress is site? it's paralyzed. >> exactly. you hit the point exactly. the people who should be meddling in politics. colora total consensus on background checks. there is a faction in this country no level of deparagraphty, sickness, mass murder, will move them

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dr. orlowski, his legs are going to be all right. he's going to be able to walk.hat was the critical concern yesterday beyond life. thank you so much, tone. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for all your great work on this and your whole team at wrc. >>> from what he calls a simple act of friendship captured in this photo, omar grant heralded as a hero today. just look at it. this is the image of the navy yard employee leading his blind colleague to safety after yesterday's shooting. the picture has gone viral in the last 48 hours. this morning grant spoke to the "today" show describing what happened after he first heard shots fired near the cafeteria. >> as soon as we got outside the cafeteria doors into the hallway, we saw people panicked, running for the exits. they were shouting. i could not make out exactly what they were shouting but i knew it was something serious. i told my colleague there that we were going to get out of the building and i was going to help him. normally he's got somebody with him there. this morning he was all by himself. that moment yo

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dr. orlowski also went on to say this is not america but it seems to me there are two views of america ine land of the free and that includes the right to bear arms. the other is america like other developed nations where they have strict gun control laws and what it frees you from is the fear of this kind of gun violence. does this change anything in this struggle for those who advocate tougher gun laws? >> sadly, probably not. when you look at the statistics, since 2006 we've had a mass shooting, which the fbi dwoins as four people or more shot in one go, once every two weeks. these mass shootings are becoming incredibly common place in this country. now, some of them make more news than others, when it's something truly horrific like what happened in newtown with children being shot. but even in that, increasingly children are the victims in these shootings and that isn't changing our gun laws. we're having some states that are acting, but for every colorado that enacts stricter gun laws, you have a virginia where aaron alexis bought his guns and where purchasing a firearm is incredibl

dr. janice orlowski's team at med star hospital center treated the wounded. in the midst of one of her briefings she spoke with heartbreaking honestly, as somebody who sees daily and nightly the awful carnage of so much violence. we are a great country, she said. but there's something wrong. all these shootings, all these victims, she said, this is not america. it is a challenge to all of us, she said. and we have to work together to get rid of this. that's the wisdom we should be taking away from this tragedy. and so many others. not accepting these shootings as inevitab inevitable, but asking what can we do to prevent them from happening again and again and again. i've said before, we cannot stop every act of senseless violence. we cannot know every evil that lucks in troubled minds. but if we can prevent even one tragedy like this, save even one life, spare other families what these families are going through, surely we've got an obligation to try. it's true that each of the tragedies i mentioned is different. and in this case, it's clear we need to do a b

dr. janice orlowski's team at the hospital center treated the wounded.iin the midst of one of her briefings she spoke honestly as someone who treats daily and nightly carnage. all the shootings, she said, this is not america. it is a challenge to all of us, she said, and we have to work together to get rid of this. that's the wisdom we should be taking away from this tragedy and so many others. not accepting these shooting as inevitable, but asking what can we do to prevent them from happening again and again and again. i've said before we cannot stop every act of senseless violence. we cannot know every evil that lurks in troubled minds, but if we can prevent even one tragedy like this, save even one life, spare other families what these families are going through, surely we've got an obligation to try. it's true that each of the tragedies i mentioned is different, and in this case it's clear we need to do a better job of securing our military facilities. deciding who gets access to them, and as commander in chief i've ordered a review of procedures up

dr. janice orlowski, from the hospital where some of the gun victims were treated made this plea. >> there is something won wronge when we have multiple shootings, there is something wrong. we have to work together to get rid of it. >> reporter: al jazeera, new york. >> joining me from washington, d.c. dr. allen li litman director of the study of violence and with me dr. michael stone clinical psycho analytic training and research. dr. litman, let's start with you. we learn in the last 24 hours along with his anger and guns, he suffered from paranoia. he was in newport, rhode island and had an encounter with police at his motel. he said he heard voices speaking to him through the wall, floor and ceiling and people were sending vibrations through his body but he claimed to have no harassment claim against the voices. the police action required although they did fax a copy of the report to the police. he should not be allowed to purchase a gun, which is exactly what he did a couple of days later. how did this happen? >> alexis is with a long history of individuals who have reported psychotic

dr. janice orlowski. she's the physician at the hospital where victims are treated. >> we hold everyone to be precious, and we work with everyone as best as we can. i'm quite frankly always shocked at the senseless trauma and horrific injuries that we see. my response to her was along those lines. you know, just sort of despair, concern, anger, at the fact that this is what we're doing. we're responding to people doing terribly violent things to other people. >> turning down to syria. the five permanent members of the u.n. security council are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the situation in syria. representatives from the u.s. russia, britain, france and china are meeting in new york to review france's draft resolution on chemical weapons in syria. russia recently helped broke arrest deal with the syrian government to hand over control of its chemical weapon arsenal. u.n. investigators say they have concluded that chemical weapons were used august 21st in the syrian conflict, but the report did no

dr. janis orlowski summed up the feelings of many today. >> there is something evil in our society. may be the chief medical officer of a very large trauma center, but there's something wrong here when we have these multiple shootings, these multiple injuries. there's something wrong. the only thing i can say is we have to work together to get rid of it. i'd like you to put my trauma center out of business. >> wow. this tragedy of course this morning came on the heels of the nra-backed recall. both senators who supported gun legislation. and a hostile right wing in the congress. so today's events offer any additional hope for tougher gun laws? big question. joining me now is sam stein and mark glaze. i want to start with you, mark, because you're out there advocating on behalf of your principal mike bloomberg and others. working to match the dollar power of others. we know semiautomatic weapons were used. we know somebody who shouldn't have had them in his hands did it. and we known 12 people are dead. the united states has a hell of a lot of guns. it has a hell of a lot of gun owne

dr. janice orlowski who had the guts to say this in the midst of it all. >> there is something evil in our society that we as americans have to work to try and eradicate. i -- i have to say, i may see this every day, i may, you know, be the chief medical officer of a very large trauma center. but there is something wrong here when we have these multiple shootings, these multiple injuries. there is something wrong. the only thing i can say, we have to work together to get rid of it. i would like you to put my trauma center out of business. i really would. >> we have to work together. that's a novel idea, isn't it? something washington can't do on anything. that is a doctor who has seen enough, who is willing to stand up and speak in the midst of it all and tell the truth to the american people. she sees it every day. we have to do something. do we listen to those voices, to these professionals who deal with this every day? work together. how do we work together? well, let's start with the gun owners of america. can you budge just a little bit? now, being from the middle of the country, and

dr. janice orlowski's team treated the wounded and in the midst of one of her briefings, she spoke with honestye who sees daily and nightly the awful carnage of so much violence. we are a great country, she said. but there's something wrong. all these shootings, all these victims, she said. this is not america. it is a challenge to all of us, she said. and we have to work together to get rid of this. >> while acknowledging the form of gun violence that is specific to this nation, the president also heralded a voice of reason that rose above the disturbing normality of yet another mass shooting. >> no other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. none. here in america, the murder rate is three times what it is in other developed nations. the murder rate with guns is ten times what it is in other developed nations. the main difference that sets our nation apart, what makes us so susceptible to so many mass shootings, is that we don't do enough, we don't take the basic common sense actions to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. what's different in america is it's e

dr. orlowski. >> thank you. thank you very much. >>> kate, i want to go back to you in new york now.this man got clearance, what his motive was, and what we're learning about the victims and those who survived. we'll give you the information as we get it. >> as you always do and appropriately keeping the focus on the victims and their families' lives that are forever change this had morning. >>> floodwaters receding in some areas in colorado, but the death toll unfortunately seems to be rising. flooding is now blamed for eight deaths. now that it's finally stopped raining, rescue crews are searching for people who may still be strand by the floods. the sun is just beginning to come up. what are you seeing this morning, george? >> reporter: kate, absolutely. the sun coming up. it gives us another day to dry out in this part of the country. i'm sure you can see the river back there that's still rushing. to put it in perspective, a few days ago where i'm standing right now, i would have been in that river. fair to say the floodwaters are receding and the number unaccounted for is slowly

dr. janice orlowski, the chief medical officer of washington hospital center. i'm here to give you an update regarding the tragedy in the nation's capital. we are currently have received three gunshot victims and we are in the process right now are caring for them. one is in the operating room already, another will be going to the operating room shortly. we have been in discussion with individuals who are at the scene. we understand that there are still more victims and we are not sure as yet how many individuals will be coming to our hospital. those that have come to the trauma bay are alert. they're responsive. they're able to talk to us. they do have severe injuries. but we've been able to speak with all of them. they have not been able to give us any information regarding what happened to them. obviously they're in pain and in distress because of what they suffered this morning. we will have more information later, but i chose to come out and talk to you at this time so that you'd have an opportunity to hear what we know as of right now. >> can you confirm

dr. janis orlowski's team at medstar washington hospital center treated the wounded. and in the midst of one of her briefings, she spoke with heartbreaking honesty as somebody who sees, daily and nightly, the awful carnage of so much violence. we are a great country, she said, but "there's something wrong." all these shootings, all these victims, she said, ?this is not america." it is a challenge to all of us," she said, and ?we have to work together to get rid of this.? and that's the wisdom we should be taking away from this tragedy and so many others -- not accepting these shootings as inevitable, but asking what can we do to prevent them from happening again and again and again. i've said before, we cannot stop every act of senseless violence. we cannot know every evil that lurks in troubled minds. but if we can prevent even one tragedy like this, save even one life, spare other families what these families are going through, surely we've got an obligation to try. it's true that each of the tragedies i've mentioned is different. and in this case, it's clear we nee