in almost every case, remmington arms to you name it, tore down the fake tries, gutted them because they didn't want to carry the expense of them. the result was by the time you get to 1939 we have no industry so when the world breaks down in europe, we're in pitiful shape. the u.s. army is something like 28th in the world. it appearses they could have a battle to a group of boy scouts and nots much more. all of this coupled with the scandal that emerged after the 20s and 30s over ammunition contracts, bankers, they developed this whole idea which became popular that the war had been brought on by the bankers and ammunition manufacturers simply for profits, and that weighed very helve so that -- heavily so when it came time in the 40 period to talk mobilizing, preparedness, one of the themes was always, no, we're not making another generation of instant millionaires. roosevelt wascepstive to this because he had his conflicts with the business community, and he was not about to let that happen, but, at the same time, he had to get this process moving. that was one of the many dilemmas aft

chris remmington, anything else coming to you at this point? you said you weren't able to see the driver inside the black car. you know, you saw a bevy of officers surrounding that car with their guns drawn. that's correct? >> correct. it appears now that the lot of the police officers and the cars have, you know, left the scene. traffic is moving again right outside my office. >> all right. chris remmington, thank you so much. we may be checking back with you on any more details. as we slowly piece together this story, as we have it, let's bring back sue herera to kind of give us a quick recap of what happened about an hour ago here on capitol hill. >> actually, bill, before we recap we have more from pete williams and his colleagues on capitol hill. you gave us the news just a few minutes ago that the incident began when the female attempted to ram her car into the white house gate at 15th and e. she did not breach security. she was pursued by secret service. she bailed out of her car, according to nbc news, near the capitol. then she began s