park police officer on routine patrol shot a man at hains point. the office says he found the suspect holding a gun in a car in parking lot 10, and according to a department spokesperson the officer called for a back up and ordered the man to drop the gun. the officer said that is when the mets -- man, who got out of the car, refused to drop the weapon and officer fired and hit the suspect. >> potential loss of life situation, the officers or anyone else in the area. because deadly force -- typically a reasonable course of action. >> the suspect suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries. as the sun came up, many who typically use hains point to exercise workshop. >> if it is a problem of safety for the police, what is it -- is it for us? >> on weekdays, hains point closes in 1:00 in the morning while most are not surprised some said they don't understand why anyone would be there so early in the morning. it's ellis park police acted appropriately when confronted with possible danger. >> they are the ones who responded. i think probably mos

tracee wilkins live at haines point. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thanks very much. >>> congressman anthony weiner's political future is in question. calls for an ethics investigation after he knitted he took sexually suggestive pictures and sent them online to a women. kimberly suiters joins us with the new revelations. >> reporter: good morning, the congressman said he never met them in person but reached out and touched them personally through social media. his tweets suddenly stopped last wednesday. that's one of the days he said those lewd pictures did not belong to him. >> i made it very clear i did not send pictures and my twitter account had been hacked. >> it was a regrettable and shameful lie to hide what he had done. he served as democrat in congress the last 12 years and with an eye on running for mayor of new york city one day he's making two things clear now. he will not step down from office. those photos belong to no one else. >> i haven't told the truth. and i've done things i deeply regret.

park police are investigating an officer involved shooting asks hains point -- at hains point in d.c.saw a man sitting in a car with a gun. ordered him to drop the gun but he did not. officers opened fire and the man is in the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. >>> new york congressman anthony wiener now and it's he sent a lude picture of themselves to a woman in seattle and said that he lied about his twitter account being packed. the confessed to sending inappropriate messages and photos to six women before and after he got married. his colleagues are calling for an ethics investigation. >>> mother nature is putting on a spectacular show in southern chile. a volcanic eruption combined with the the weather is causing an incredible lightning show. hundreds of folks living in towns near the volcano have left their homes. >>> katie couric will return to where her career began. she has signed a multi-year deal with disney and abc television group to produce and post a syndicated daytime talk show. she will also be part of an abc news program. >> skated propose a new

. >> the shooting happened around 1:30 this morning at hains point. courtney robinson has been on the scene all morning joining us with breaking details. >> we do know that the suspect was armed at the time of the shooting. park police were doing a routine closing of hains point, which closes at 1:00 a.m.. they found a man in the parking likes inside a car holding a gun at the time -- inside the parking lot. the officer asked him to drop the gun. he did not. instead the man got out of the car. they asked him again to drop the gun. he did not. the officer fired and hit the suspect. >> this was a potential loss of life situation for the officer and anyone else at may have been in the area. deadly force is usually a prudent course of action. >> hains point remains closed as part police continued their investigation. we don't know why this man was inside this vehicle here, or why he was armed at the time. all this is something park police are looking into. we will bring details as we get them. courtney robinson, abc 7. >>> we begin with a bombshell on the

>>> we're back with three, two, one, live, with sara haines. >> today she's at nintendo world with a crowd full of questions. >> we've got a lot of young ones today, so be ready for this. i'm with amanda from pennsylvania, she's got a question. >> what's the most embarrassing outfit you've worn on tv? >> you know what, for me that's easy. because i repeat clothes over and over and over? and people tell me about them. they're like, get rid of that red dress. we're over it. or that white thing. i wore this white dress i love and they were, eenough, in all caps. >> they like to tune in and see all the new stuff. >> i don't have all the new stuff. what about you? >> there have been too many to remember. honestly i can't think of one. the most embarrassing thing is when you have you're wearing something and all of a sudden you realize you've got huge armpit stains or something. >> or bra goo. or you break a zipper or something. but -- no, i can't remember one

live this morning at haines point. back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >>> house leader nancy pelosi is calling for an investigation of anthony wiener. he admits he did send sexually explicit pictures to several women via social media over the years. >> reporter: good morning, joe. a stunning reversal in a short period of time. congressman wiener denied those photos were his, even lied his account had been hacked. in the last 24 hours a very public confession. he admits he exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature over facebook and twitter with six women. wiener served as democratic in congress the last 12 years. with an eye on running for new york city mayor one day he insists he will not step down. >> to be clear the picture was of me and i september it. i am deeply sorry for the pain this has my wife huma and our family and my constituents, my friends, supporters and staff. >> reporter: a few seconds of a 30-minute long press conference. he said he will go back to work and this was a personal

>> he was by himself on haines point. they're working on the background on what happened here. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning. as you heard

officers were forced to open fire early this morning shooting the man at hains point. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: they had hains point closed off only allowing official vehicles to go inside. that meant for bikers and runners to turn around at the gates as they try to investigate what led to this confrontation at parking lot ten. at 1:00 a.m. this all unfolded as they were closing the park, yet, and still at this moment, more questions than answers. but what we do know is that u.s. park police say this suspect was armed. do we know why he had the weapon. why he was here by himself? >> that is part of the investigation to determine just what transpired to brought him here to the park and hains point closes at 1:00 in the morning and the routine is to go through the park after locking the gate and making sure everyone is out. when they went through the park, they found a car parked with one occupant in it. nobody else around. this person was holding a gun when the officers approached. he requested some assistance and several other officers arrived. the person go

authorities say this happened around 1:30 this morning at hains point. park police claim that officers on regular patrol at the park noticed the man in a car. the park was closed. and when officers approached the man, they say that he had a gun. backup officers arrived ordered the man to drop his gun, that's when park police say the man refused and he was then shot. >> person was transported by u.s. park police to aviation to washington hospital center and he has serious but nonlife- threatening injuries. >> that part is kind of disturbing. >> he probably did something and the officer kind of freaked out. >> well, and you know, he had a gun. >> oh, he had a gun. >> oh. well i guess officer was justified in what he did then. >> the rumor is we walked down and we weren't sure if we were going to be able to walk the full park and we got here, an abrupt stop at the police line. >> hains point usually closes at 1:00 a.m. police are still investigating why the man was there and why he refused to drop his weapon. >>> a maryland medical examiner is trying to ide

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they hired margerie pitts-haines who was a lawyer associated with the aclu to back them up in court. challenging the settlement. matthews confronted and other women confronted powerful lawyers in the courtroom and again, i want to share matthews' voice with you because i think it's quite powerful. she said in the courtroom, i represent poor people. and i think their children need equal education as well as the rich person's children. she continued, so i would ask the court to let us poor people be in on the decision as black and poor people. because we are the ones that live it. we are the ones that our children go to the ghetto schools. and she also said you don't know how it makes a mother feel when her children go all the way through 12 grades and come out who can't even spell her name. now, margerie haines didn't win her case, but even as i say that, i'll emphasize that "courage to dissent" isn't just winners' history. in fact, i think it's important to write the history of society's losers. the voice of ethel may matthews and her neighbors it seems to me is critically important

i am courtney robinson at haines point where officers are debating a police involved shooting in which a man was armed and dangerous. details coming up. >> and details on metro's pricey plan to keep escalators moving. >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington.

it happened along hains point in southwest just after 1:00. the man is in the hospital.as not been released. >> metro needs to hire 55 more workers j you to fix the escalator problems. however it is only planning on adding 10. they say they don't have the noun add the people it needs to. >> don't be surprised to see a commercial jet along the interstate of maryland. the fuselage of 1549 is passing through. it is the plane from the miracle on the hudson. it stopped in cecil county. it is on the way to north carolina. >>> it is just about 6 minutes away from "the early show." >> right now, chris wragge tells us what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> coming up on "the early show," calls for a congressional investigation after a tearful congressman anthony weiner apologizes for tweeting lewd photos of himself. bringing the troops home, drawing down troops from iraq and afghanistan. we'll take a closer look to see if president obama can hold to the promise. fallout from sarah palin's controversial comments on paul revere's ride. we get a history lesson from children on h

. >>> new this morning, a shooting at hains point has hains point still closed this hour. it happened early this morning. official say a man was sitting in a car by himself. u.s. park police approached the vehicle to check on the situation. man came out holing a gun. the officers told him to drop the weapon. he refused and they opened fire. the man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. he is expected to survive. >>> the big story this morning, it took a jump's order but finally former mayoral candidate -- a judge's order but finally former mayoral candidate sulaimon brown testified before the city council. >> please, don't tell me what i said. we'll call up the record. >> that is your opinion. >> we'll you call up the record. >> mr. brown, will please let ms. cheh finish. >> brown showed up by the way to the hearing in sun glasses, not sure why. refused to take them off throughout the testimony. he told the economyee he was paid off by then council chairman convincement convince -- vincent gray and two campaign workers for verbal a -- for verbally taxing mayor a

we reached out to haines celestial that makes certain of the products. they had no comment. they want them to change their label or add more ingredients to meet the state requirements. >> you know jeffrey is getting serious when he has his ipad out. >> there's buzz on my facebook about possible triple digit temperatures next week. i'm not calling for any of that but we still have lots of heat. a live look at the bay bridge and the fog and what it means for your forecast in a few minutes. >>> coming up in sports. are you afraid of snakes? the giants definitely n ot and th ey look to prove itv'-ntd >> get ready. the ipad is out and he's about to share it with us. >> yes. i'm getting facebook -- feedback on my facebook. randy saying i'd like real spring and gone from rainy season to june gloom. we had so much rainfall across the bay area and that major heat. there's been a lot of extremes in this la nina pattern but we will see things level out a little bit. that temperature change dropping from 5 to 15 degrees with the onshore flow. thanks a lot for comments on my facebook and

park place opened fire on a man at hains point. man was sitting in a car by himself just after 1:00 a.m. which is closing time. officers approached the vehicle and the man came out holding a gun. officials say they were forced to open fire. >> shortly after the person got out of the car, he was still holding on to his handgun. the u.s. park police officers on the scene gave repeated commands for him to drop the gun. he did not comply. u.s. park police officers did fire on this subject. >> the man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but he is expected to survive. >>> well he lied but he's not going anywhere. that's what he said. new york congressman anthony wiener has admitted he sent lewd photos of himself to a woman through his twitter account. more from doug luzader. >> reporter: wiener said he won't resign but still facing plenty of trouble, including a likely ethics investigation. he could be charming, clever, and combative. >> well you want to do the briefing? >> reporter: but now anthony wiener is something new. c

. >> this a deodorant, made by haines and says organic on the front of the package.t contains a couple ingredients these are ingredients listed as potential health hazards. >> 25 companies remain in the suited claim that celestial was named month ago and did not respond to request for comments. >> pg&e's environmental campaign allows customers to pay extra to go green. we have been looking at the climate star program but what it found the customers may not be getting what they paid for. dan ashley has more. >> reporter: the website claims the climate smart program is wait to offset their carbon footprint. for $60 a year they can contribute that protect the environmental likes the garcia forest near point arena. >> we can slow down harvest levels. >> but taxpayers have paid to selectively log the forest. california provided the virginia based fund with nearly $50 million in loans and grants through taxpayer funded bond money. the fund is a nonprofit created in 1985 to invest in environmental projects. california watch reporter uncovered the story. >> they could make m

. >>> new this morning, a shooting at hains point. u.s. park police spotted a man sitting in a car by himself just after 1:00 a.m. which is closing time. the man came out holding a gun. the officers told him to drop the weapon and they say he refused so they had to open fire. man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> an officer is going door to door in a quiet community following a terrifying attack in herndon this past weekend. a 23-year-old woman woke up to find a man in her bedroom. police say the suspect had a weapon, sexually assaulted the victim and ran. one resident said the comfort she once felt living in the neighborhood is now gone. >> i told my husband, maybe we're going to move out because i'm scared of the neighborhood. i have my son with me and everything, 7-year-old son and i'm scared. >> now this is a composite sketch of the suspect, said to have a light complexion. said to be between 6 feet to 6'2" with a large build and was wearing a black tank top and khaki cargo shorts. >>

will say this, though, that when you look back at a study at the height of donald trump and birther hain name was henksed ee eed mentio much as the word afghanistan. >> and i'm sure anthony weiner's name was mentioned many times who are. is it too easy for the press to look away from this conflict because it affects a relatively small slice of american society? >> that is part of what happens with a volunteer army, i think. >> if there were a draft, it would be a different story. >> and we wouldn't get in to the wars as easily i think. but what is boring about this is how it's framed, that the public focus, the media focus is exclusively on should we be there and when do we leave and not what's doing on the ground right now. the story in afghanistan is really quite fascinating. the military adventure that it is. it's probably one of the most complex in the history of all warfare, asymmetry of it, the technology, the drones, the sophisticated use of drones is a fascinating technological story. dealing with tribes. preeblt t probabili . >> michael, i said at the top, it just seems like the

. >>> clark police are investigating a police-involved shooting of a man at hains point. they say they encountered a man in a vehicle and he was holding a gun. >> he got out of the car still holding on to the gun. he refused several commands to drop the gun. and ultimately, he was shot by the u.s. park police. >>> police are not saying if the man was confrontational or whether he pointed the gun at them. the suspect is expected to survive. no officers were injured. >>> and police are trying to figure out what lead to a deadly car fire in prince george's county. they found it early this morning off the road of the exit ramp from west i-98 to i-95. after putting out the fire, they discovered a body inside. that exit ramp was closed for most -- much of the morning commute and investigators say they're not sure whether the car had crashed and caught fire or if someone intentionally set it ablaze. police have not identified the victim. >>> when we come right back, disturbing video of a woman beaten down by a stranger in an area bar. police think they know why she was attacked.

park police officer involved in a shooting at hains point. the officer was closing the point when investigators say he encountered a man with the gun. the man refused to drop the weapon. the officer opened fire hitting him. the suspect is in the hospital this morning. >>> we'll take a break now and come back and look at our weather and traffic. stay with us. this is like an iceberg volcano. it's like lightning in a snowball. it's like frozen hot chocolate. ah! ah! you got it! yeah, i was just reading what was on the cup. try our new dunkin' donuts frozen hot chocolate. it's like frozen hot chocolate. america runs on dunkin'. >>> good morning. right now in the 60s to near 70 degrees, rapid warmup later today into the low 90s with high clouds coming through. increased heat and humidity wednesday and thursday. might get passing showers and thunderstorms friday and saturday with highs near 90. maybe a passing shower or storm on sunday, highs in the mid 80s. partly cloudy monday. jerry, how is traffic? >> tough out there this morning. inbound alon

my heart firing my hain when will the pen right for loyalty in for love? when will your earth be felt by those who were nourished by some markers blood and a strong will? the people crying out, freedom to the nations, freedom to the nations, oh, my country. cradle of humanity when the light of civilization spread, land of the mortars bled, we call out to my people, and all of humankind, [speaking arabic] [speaking arabic] [applause] >> deep words, the thoughts of the troubled and we are in deep trouble. hopefully god will run moved the ball like from each -- will remove the blight from egypt and tunisia. hopefully it will give to the rest of the nation as we come from. [applause] >> what do you see for egypt? elections are slated for this fall, parliamentary elections. where do you think the future lies for the egyptian revolution -- for thert > egyptian revolution? >> first let me say a couple of things. they should sing it at her son's wedding. >> how about tomorrow night? >> know, you have played -- i would hate to ruin it. i agree with you. we have dif

a horizontal consumer economy where the power is in your hains to extend on before to make your own decisionsyour own information, and be the individual to set the course of the free market, and what do we see out of washington? we continue to see the antiquated model of big government which is imploding trying to be propped up by the regressive democrat party because it is their pour base, and they don't know any better. you cannot -- [applause] you cannot put an antiquated vertical government on top of a consumer-driven economy and expect to have prosperity because it will be impossible to lift an economy up from the crushing ruins of the welfare state they are trying to sustain. [applause] in short what you have to do is you have to have taxation, regulation, litigation, reductions, and you have to glue it together with true bank reform of the wall street banks to get credit flowing back into the economy, unitize the entrepreneurial genius of america and help startups grow this economy, and that will happen. [applause] in the area of national security, i have a very simple message. i know

. >>> we are back with three, two, one live with sara haines. >> sara is at the nbc store. >> just curiousat picture. >> we already miss her. >> next up, we've got another texan. this is jessica. she has a question about another walk down memory lane. >> so what's the craziest thing you've ever done on tv? >> cake stand. >> leno? between us, it's probably not lying about our weight, our age and going without make-up. that's about as crazy as you get in show business. >> that's insane. >> that's stupid. >> it's career killers. that's what we do. we've got to roll. thank you, sara. >> bye, guys. >> bye, everybody. >> we got off easy today. >> a great performance from the cast of "the glee project." >> and a walk down memory lane. the count on chevy event is here. turn it up in a malibu. 33 mpg, over 500 highway miles a tank. one of our 9 models over 30 mpg highway. fuel up, rock on. very well qualified lessees can get a low mileage lease on a chevy malibu ls for around $179 a month. fuel economy based on epa estimates. and there's a great selection of inventory available now at your chevy de

. >>> we are back with three, two, one, live with sara haines. >> sara is at the nbc experience storeow do you handle your hot flashes if you handle them? >> i don't have them any more. i had them for a long, long time. i was perimenopausal. i don't have them any more. i realized women have been having these for centuries and centuries. i'm not going to put all kinds of medications in my body. i'm going to learn to live with it because it is a natural passage of time. there is a reason for it and so don't fight it. embrace it. embrace your sweaty self. >> next up we've got andy from pennsylvania. >> hi. i don't have a question about hot flashes. our job market is horrible. any advice to give us to our recent college grads as they hit the pavement for a job? >> it's tough out there i think it's one of those things you have to keep plugging away. it seems frustrating because you want kids fresh out of school to go racing into a job. we are noticing with kids working here, it's tough. >> yeah. the best advice i've ever heard in my entire life, i say it all the time because it is. my dad

. ♪ >>> we're back with three, two, one, live, with sara haines. >> today she's at nintendo world withto tune in and see all the new stuff. >> i don't have all the new stuff. what about you? >> there have been too many to remember. honestly i can't think of one. the most embarrassing thing is when you have you're wearing something and all of a sudden you realize you've got huge armpit stains or something. >> or bra goo. or you break a zipper or something. but -- no, i can't remember one particular thing. there's been so many. >> okay, next up we've got carl from california. >> carl, how are you? >> what gaming system do you guys use? >> what? >> i mean back in the day i was an atarri girl. did did you guys have gaming systems? >> from your house? >> monopoly. that's what i played. >> video games. video games. >> angry birds, is that one? >> yeah. >> i'm over carl, okay? >> carl, some of us are adults that have jobs, we have children like you that cost a lot of money that we have to work for. >> you've been fired, carl. amanda from wisconsin? >> what's your favorite thing to do in new y