hewlett-packard has confirmed the suspected gunman erin alexis was a subcontractor working on a contractused on the navy and marine corps internet network. still no official word on the motive, but a close friend of alexis is telling reporters that the alleged gunman was angry after a claimed he did not been paid for government contracts jobs completed 34 months earlier senior defense officials tell fox that he had a history of misconduct, as they put it. tell people were killed in building 197. more than a dozen others wounded alexis was killed during a running gun battle with law enforcement officers. colorado officials raised the death toll from the state's flooding the seven as search and rescue teams continue their efforts to locate more than 600 missing people. dry conditions are helping rescuers, but officials say there is still potential flash flooding in and around the saturated foothills. a week of torrential downpours along the eastern slopes of the caller rockies has absolutely devastated the state. 19,000 homes destroyed damaged. the flood water covering more than 2,000 squa

we just confirmed that 34-year-old erin alexis from fort worth, texas is the shooter. authorities still on the hunt for a second suspected gunman. 12 people died and several others were injured. the senate is shut down for the day. nearby schools are in lockdown. planes at reagan international airport have all been grounded. we'll be monitoring the developments all day. we'll have the very latest for you at 5:00 and of course at kpix.com. >>> she's dabbled in movies, music, now queen latifah's next adventure begins when she makes her debut of host of the talk show. guests include will smith, alex tribb beck. the show premieres right here at 2:00. >> i talked to her on friday. she's pretty pumped up. >> yeah. i'm sure it will be a good show. have a good one, everyone. >> carter: will you marry me, maya? it's me, not lance. there are no cameras. this isn't acting. will you marry me? be my roommate for life. >> caroline: what do you think of this neckline? >> rick: uh, honestly, i think it's a little too high. uh, hope is very excited about the jewelry line. i know she's

collect stunning revelations from the fbi today about why erin alexis may have carried out his attack- >> stunning information on why aaron alexis may have carried out this attack. carshows him driving his into a navy garage and wild thing calmly into building 197. when he emerges from a bathroom he is armed. look at this chilling clip as he approaches with his sawed-off shotgun, people at the end of the hallway scramble for cover. they believe his victims were random. >> there's no indication that alexis was targeting specific individuals. there are multiple indicators that alexis held the delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low

and there he is, navy yard shooter erin alexis entering the military compound roaming the hallways with his shotgun looking for victims. the fbi today confirmed that alexis acted alone and was not targeting specific individuals and that there are a number of indicators that he was suffering from delusions. in pakistan, the death toll climbing above 300 as emergency officials raised to dig up possible survivors from yesterday's powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake. commerce the indian capital of new delhi. as we reported yesterday, the force of that earthquake caused a 30-foot high island to raise out of the arabian sea. suspecting it was caused by a mud volcano. some good news and bad news in the aftermath of the raging colorado flood. six of the seven missing residents have been found alive and well, the death toll holding at eight. the colorado oil and gas conservation commission reported up to 11 separate oil leaks that has built almost 35,000 gallons of oil into waters around those communities. we begin with the epic anti-obamacare speech. his claim a vote for cloture is a vote for oba

he has been identified as erin alexis of fort worth, texas, a former naval reservist.searching for another possible accomplice who may have been disguised in a military-style uniform. early authorities were looking for two other suspects, but they found one of them and ruled him out as a person of

erin alexis, a military contractor from texas. just going to keep reading my e-mail to all of you.metropolitan police officials tell cnn the suspect was positively identified from a photo i.d. removed from the suspect's body. the military contractor i.d. matched the appearance of the dead man, according to this law enforcement source. the name on the i.d. was aaron alexis. so anthony, bringing you back in as we are now learning for the very first time this dead shooting suspect, 34-year-old aaron alexis, had a military i.d., was a military contractor. what does that tell you? >> in this terrible mass shooting, you have a facility that has multiple entrances and exits. it's a mixed facility and what i mean by mixed facility, there are military personnel, there are military civilian contractors who are permitted access and have special government i.d. badges but there are also visitors, and visitors in bulk allowed on this facility. now, i know that's surprising for one of the oldest naval facilities in the country and one that houses some classified operations. but the naval museum

let get to the five shooting, itself, and the complex image of erin alexis that emerged, despite a seriessts and mental incidents, the incident never triggered alarm bells and the man managed to keep his security clearance. just last month, he called police from a hotel in newport, rhode island to complain that people were following him and that he was hearing voices. alexis also claims he couldn't sleep because those same people were using microwave technology to send vibrations lou the walls. the new york times reports he sought mental health treatment from a veterans affairs hospital. through it all, alexis maintained mid-level security cleernt, secret clearance and was granted those credentials despite shooting incidents in seattle and fort worth, texas. he was never convicted and background checks by his most recent employer did not raise red flags. alexis knew his way around guns. co-workers if texas say he kept a .45 handgun kept in his belt as he made delivery force a thai restaurant he worked for. flash forward to saturday. he bought two boxes of shells from a gun store in virgin

at that point he engaged them and they shot aaron alexis. erin?k you very much, chris lawrence. >>> now our seventh story "outfront," new ally or wolf in sheep's clothing? so just tonight, just coming out in the "washington post," an op ed by the new president of iran, hassan rouhani offering to broker a peace deal between the west and syria. it seems syria we just reported tonight breaking news here on cnn that's moving its chemical weapons out of u.s. eyes. and what could be the most significant gesture in more than three decades, the new president of iran also tweeted today that he quote has not ruled out the possibility of meeting with president obama at the u.n. general assembly next week, adding quote everything is possible in the world of politics. everything and nothing, perhaps. cnn's jim sciutto is out front tonight with the latest. jim, in the "washington post" op ed that i just referenced, rouhani said he wants to get involved in the talks between the syrian government and the opposition. i'm just curious, we hear about this man. he's

erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. it's 11:00 tonight where aaron alexis opened fire this morning at the washington navy yard massacring 12 innocent people and wounding eight others. here is what we know right now. just minutes ago, washington police chief kathy lanier and mayor vincent gray spoke about those who lost their lives. this is the first time we are hearing the identity of some of those who lost their lives. the pentagon and department of defense have been careful to say we have to notify next of kin first. but you are getting information on those who suffered today with that ultimate loss. >> that's absolutely right, erin. we know these are the first names of individuals whose families have been notified after that terrible tragedy today at the washington navy yard. the names are as follows, 59-year-old michael arnold, 53-year-old sylvia frazier, kathy gaarde, john roger johnson, 50-year-old frank kohler, kenneth bernard proctor and vishnu pandit. those are the names of the individuals who died in the shooting today whose families have now been

alexis spent his final few days. she actually had a chance to speak with him more than once. >> reporter: that's right, erin. her name is bonit aa bell. she's a scientist with the federal government. she says she spoke actually to aaron alexis three times last week, twice on tuesday, once on wednesday. and while she does not forgive the rampage, she does wonder whether there was anything she could have done to help them. >> well, we talked for about 15 minutes. we talked about southern culture. we talked about the fact that we were both there. he asked me how long i would be there. i said overnight. and he said that he would be there for awhile. >> did he tell you how long? >> yeah. i asked him. i said awhile? i said, awhile? and he says yes, i'll be here for quite some time. i said how long? he said for a couple of weeks. >> so you met him again the next day. >> i ran into him again on wednesday. and his countenance was markedly different on wednesday. >> how so? >> he was very hurried. he said that he was extremely tired. he said, i'm tired. i'm exhausted. i got to go. i got to go. i'm going to take my food

that aaron alexis worked for a company called the experts, which is a sub contractor hewlett-packard. not clear if he actually was assigned to this base, was actually working in this base, erin that's the latest information that we have about aaron alexis' employment with a sub contractor called the experts, working with hewlett-packard. >> all right, bryan todd, thank you very much. and really important developments there. as we've been saying, aaron alexis had been discharged from the navy for a pattern of misconduct, after which he was hired by hewlett-packard and the sub contractor. as each hour passes we are learning more and some of the information coming in has been down right bizarre and definitely contradictory. he of course was a military contractor who breached the washington navy yard this morning, murdering and massacring 12 innocent people. i want to bring in someone who knew him. tell us first how you knew aaron alexis. >> caller: he waited on me when i went to the thai restaurant. he waited on several of our staff members. it's a very popular thai res fraunt. he was working there as part of his friendship with the owner of the restaurant. while he was a reser

erin. city officials say they are confident that aaron alexis is the sole gunman responsible for today's massacre. here's what city mayor gray had to say about that earlier today. >> we always err on the side of caution through conglomeration of witness victim interviews, some camera views there was some potential there could have been other shooters involved and the best action to take was to make sure our community was safe first. >> that was the city police chief kathy lanier explaining why they spent so much time there could be one or two other shooters and she said that as you heard there there is an excess -- they could not be too cautious there was surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts and there was an alert for a white male and an african male in their upper 50s -- 40s and 50s and one point one was clears and they have not found that african male but they said neither is under suspicion on this alert and tomorrow the city will be open, the traffic patterns will be open. the city is not on lock down. but it will be some time before the city is back to normal, erin. the police chief

erin. basically on saturday afternoon, about a day and a half before he went to the navy yard, aaron alexispent a couple hours, i'm told, here. he walked in, he went to the gun range here on site. he used a rifle, and ammunition from the actual shop. when he was done he came out, and he bought a shotgun. it was that remington, the remington model that you just mentioned, the express tactical model, a .12 gauge. he also bought two boxes of ammunition, about 24 shells total. and law enforcement sources say this is the same shotgun and same two boxes of ammunition that he found on him while -- when he was found dead after that shoot-out. >> so now as people try to figure out where things went wrong and obviously, chris, as you know we're focusing in on the navy security clearance in terms of classified data and on the background checks for the contractors and the navy, but what about at the gun shop? did they run all the checks that they needed to do? was everything done by the book perfectly or not? >> they did. they ran the background check through that federal database. you know, the crimin