juan vargas (d- california) apenas habiamos votado, entonces yo camine para aca.ay 1 persona con 1 pistola que esta balaceando por ahi (usted no escucho nada). bueno si escuche pero pense que era como 1 carro, no una persona con una pistola." una patrullera durante la persecucion aparentemente choco contra las barreras de contencion del area del capitolio. la alerta que cerro los edificios del capitolio se habia prolongado por unas 15 cuadras desde la casa blanca donde el vehiculo intento sobrepasar las barreras de la mansion presidencial. tanto oficiales del servicio secreto como de la policia del capitolio tuvieron que usar sus armas de fuego en dos ocasiones. cathy lanier, jefa de policia metropolitana de washington la sospechosa en el vehiculo fue herida de balas y fue pronunciada muerta. la sospechosa que tenia una menor de edad en su vehiculo fue tentativamente identificada como miriam carey de 34 anos de connecticut. dos oficiales resultaron heridos. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. este late supers dc rep. juan vargas (d- california) cathy lanier

juan vargas (d- california) apenas habiamos votado, entonces yo camine para aca. iba a la estacion de tren a recoger 1 mensaje. entonces me llamaron, que cuidado que hay 1 persona con 1 pistola que esta balaceando por ahi (usted no escucho nada). bueno si escuche pero pense que era como 1 carro, no una persona con una pistola." una patrullera durante la persecucion aparentemente choco contra las barreras de contencion del area del capitolio. la alerta que cerro los edificios del capitolio se habia prolongado por unas 15 cuadras desde la casa blanca donde el vehiculo intento sobrepasar las barreras de la mansion presidencial. tanto oficiales del servicio secreto como de la policia del capitolio tuvieron que usar sus armas de fuego en dos ocasiones. cathy lanier, jefa de policia metropolitana de washington la sospechosa en el vehiculo fue herida de balas y fue pronunciada muerta. la sospechosa que tenia una menor de edad en su vehiculo fue tentativamente identificada como miriam carey de 34 anos de connecticut. dos oficiales resultaron heridos. standup: fernando piz

that was congressman juan vargas giving us his account. he was in some proximity to the sdent apparently when the accident happened up the street from here or when shots may have been fired, wolf. >> brian, stand by. we've got more video now of this black vehicle that apparently was involved in this incident as it drove. you can see it right in the middle of your screen right there, from near the white house, 15th and pennsylvania, apparently trying to get in through a barricade, in towards the white house area, stopped by the members of the u.s. secret service uniformed -- secret service, they stopped it, then the driver apparently a woman, made a turn up pennsylvania avenue towards capitol hill. running through traffic lights, getting all the way up to the senate side where it was stopped, apparently gunshots were fired, and that's the vehicle there. you can see it also hit one police -- there was a crash at second and maryland. and also first and constitution where the police officer was

>> reporter: representative juan vargas was talking towards the capital when a police officer walkedard him and stopped him. >> i showed my identification and he goes take your pin off. i said okay, you could be a target. >> reporter: it happened two weeks after a gunman shot and killed 12 people at washington navy yard about a mile away from the capitol. >> i am like what's going on right now. i'm just like it's shock to go me that so many things have happened that washington, d.c., like the navy shootings. yeah. and now this. i am just like wondering what is with these people. >> reporter: authorities have not said whether the driver was armed and they are looking in to her motives. business has returned to normal on capitol hill and at the white house, but with the heightened sense of awareness after the day's dramatic chase, libby casey, al jazerra capitol hill. >> the house reconvened later in the offense with a brief moment of silence to honor the capitol police officers injured in the incidents of the now to the government shutdown which is in its fourth day, president obama h

. >> reporter: representative juan vargas ran toward him and stopped him. authorities have not said whether the driver was armed and looking in to her motive. businesses have returned to normal on capitol hill and the white house with a heightened sense of awareness after the day's dramatic chase. al jazeera, capitol hill. we will talk about what we saw in that. we saw and will roll up in to oh the barri re and she was surround by police and she pulled away and she started firing shots. is that normal protocol? >> one must understand that the police are authorized to have physical force. if and only when they had to stop the threat of deadly force to themselves or someone else. >> 2007 the supreme court ruled in a landmark case. i believe harris versus scott. a pescott a pursuit out of georgia ruled that a vehicle is deadly force. >> she was all the way from the white house up to capitol hill. you have to understand that d.c.is a high security area. i did gate chance to seem of the -- i did get a chance to see some of the video it looked like they had her s