. >> this morning we are learning more about the suspect. 34-year-old miriam casey was a dental hygienist. we are trying to figure out what brought her to the capitol. >> reporter: why the woman driving the black car got into the confrontation with police is the big question. telling lawmakers she had a history of mental illness. police say she tried to crash her car into a gate at the white house and struck an officer and took off. one police officer crashed into a barrier. he is in good condition. capitol hill would go on lockdown. lawmakers racing through halls and tourists running for cover. police tracked her car at the capitol but she resisted, evaded and sped away. officers opened fire. she would soon be shot dead on the other side of capitol hill. >> it was like a series of maybe five or six and then a pause. >> reporter: investigators confirm she ner returned fire and had no gun. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in three states as the gulf coast braces for tropical storm karen. forecasters say karen could reach hurricane str

what miriam casey's family is now saying after she tried to ram the white house and the capitol withbaby daughter in the car. good morning, washington. it is friday, 4:30. i'm jummy olabanji. >> i'm scott thuman. first, we will get a check of your weather and traffic, but we will start with jacqui jeras to talk about the temperatures. >> it is warm again today. we're looking at 80s on the way and a mild start. a little bit on the muggy side. take a look at the rooftop camera there. dew point is at 63 so they're close together and with the calm wind it looks

speaker, on thursday the capitol was in lockdown when miriam casey led the police on a high-speed chaseshe may have been delusional, paranoid and had medicine for schizophrenia. a person that has mental illness does not need a firearm to cause us harm. mr. murphy: the problems with r nation's mental health illness, 750,000 attempted sue sides. the house energy and commerce committee identified inefficient in-patient or outpatient laws. community mental health centers are underfunded. federal privacy laws have problems. and n.i.h. is woefully underfunded. i ask my colleagues to help us deal with serious mental illness in a serious way. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. bera: mr. speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. bera: mr. speaker, day number five of the government shutdown. day number five. yesterday, you said something that i couldn't agree with more. mr. spe

they will review how officers responded when 34-year-old miriam casey rammed her car into a white house. the investigation will determine if protocols were followed. >>> an event honoring the military and their families in pennsylvania canceled due to the government shutdown. 10,000 people were expected to attend the hometown heroes event, but the shutdown has furloughed many troops at the national air guard station. so everything was canceled. >> well, if our family is not going to be here, we're not going to go forward with it so we pulled the plug. >> we had 80 to 100 vendors coming on and they were crushed. >> the event would have included everything from live music to a 5k, a run for charity. those are your headlines. >>> thanks, anna. more extreme weather just days after snows and tornadoes tore through the great plains. this time storms hitting parts of the south with the tornado touching down in the state of tennessee. >> meanwhile, emergency crews in louisville, kentucky, rescued several motorists stranded in flash flooding there. you see the pictures posted on twitter yesterda

. >> so her mother came out today and she said she believed that miriam suffered from post par it up postpartum depression. dr. caseyn abc talked about this. >> women will have mood changes after they have a baby. it's typical things you see with depression depression. lack of interest in the world. trouble sleeping. with appetite. with postpartum depression, you'll have trouble sleeping when the baby sleeps. there may be lack of enjoyment of being a new mom. you may have guilt about not being a good mother, anxiety something bad can happen to your baby. >> this is what her mother said. i guess we'll find out more. but there was also reports that she surr suffered from some sor history of mental illness. here we are again talking about mental illness and a tragedy. it was just in the last year, we've had so many of these. we have just to find some sort of public policy. i'm not blaming democrats or republicans. as a society, what are we going to do? >> great point. if you look at the oregon shooter, the naval shipyard, the other shooter, they had voices. you watch that special on "60 minutes" when they talk about th