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including officer scott williams, injured in the line of duty. we will remember the valor of the navy yard personnel. all the people in the building 197. and we will remember that in the face of tragedy, the united states navy is once again responding with resolve. as we remember the fallen, we also note the timeliness resilience of the institution that the victims were part of. that they so proudly supported. and the nation they so humbly served. god bless the families and the friends of those who we remember today. and god bless our country. >>> secretary hagel, secretary mabus, admirals grienet and hilarides, mayor gray, leaders from across this city and armed forces, to all the outstanding first responders, and most of all the families whose hearts have been broken, we cannot begin to comprehend your loss. we know that no words we offer today are equal to the magnitude, to the depths of that loss. but we come together as a grateful nation to honor your loved ones. to grieve with you. and to offer as best we can some solace and some comfort. o

police officer scott williams is still in the hospital. he was shot in both legs. doctors say his prognosis is excellent. >>> we have been blessed with some absolutely spectacular weather. don't you think? >> i really do. i'm talking about this not just for the next day or two days but the next week. remember in spring we were hoping we would dp get spring like weather, cool nights, nice warm afternoons. that's what we're going to get for the next week at least. let's look outside right now. another very nice night. although a little bit on the cool side for some. this time of year we do start to see the cool nights start to creep in. afternoon low pressure is below 60 degrees. we're going to be below that once again today after a high temperature of 75 degrees. a low of 58 degrees -- rather, 51 degrees. the average is 59. eight degrees below that average low. once again though, that average high right around where we were today. record high today, 99 setback in 2010. just a few years ago. remember that day. that was a hot one. 99 degrees. the latest 99 we've ever

the first responders who ran toward the sounds of gunfire, including officers -- officer scott williams, injured in the line of duty. we will remember the valor of the navy yard personnel, all the people in the building 197, and we will remember that in the face of tragedy, the united states navy is, once again, responding with resolve as we remember the fallen, we also note the timeliness resilience of the institution that the victims were part of, that they so proudly supported and the nation they so humbly serve. god bless the families and friends of those who we remember today. and god bless our country. >> secretary hagel, secretary mavis, admirals greenert and hilliares, and mayor gray. leaders from across this city and armed forces, to all the outstanding first responders, and most of all, the families whose hearts have been broken, we cannot begin to comprehend your loss. we know that no words we offer today are equal to the magnitude, for the deaths of that loss. but we come together as a grateful nation to honor your loved ones, to grieve with you and to offer as best we can s

police officer scott williams was a canine officer. the police chief knows him very well. they joined the department around the same time. and she spoke about visiting this wounded police officer earlier this evening in the hospital. here is what she said. >> just grateful for all of the other responder there's that helped get him out of the building and get him to medical attention. great police officer i've known him most of the 23 years he's got a stellar record. >> surrounded by family, very grateful for response that he got. and for the help he got quickly. and you know the other thing talking about is not just the washington, d.c. police and park police there were numerous agencies that responded. these agents train repeatedly with each other. on how to respond where r with incidents like this one. it's about coordinating with all of the other responding agencies including marshal service and fbi. and park police and they work together as evidenced this whole thing played out. >> he said the incident in texas is what led to him being discharged from the navy. if i we

the first responders who ran towards the sounds of gunfire, including officers scott williams, injuredin the line of duty. we will remember the valor of the navy yard personnel, all the people in the building 197. and we will remember that in the face of tragedy the united states navy is once again responding with is he involve as we remember the fallen, we note the timeliness of th finallinesy supported. we remember our family and friends today, and god bless our country. >> once again you're listening to the honorable charles hagel, secretary of defense. we're anticipating president obama in a moment and the 4,000 invited guests. let's listen in. >> secretary hagel, secretary mavis, admirals grenard and valardes. mayor gray, and leaders across this city, and armed forces, to all the outstanding first responders, most of all, the families whose hearts have been broken. we cannot begin to comprehend your loss. we know that no words we offer today are equal to the magnitude, to the depths of that loss. we come together as a grateful nation to honor your loved ones, to grieve with you, a

at the press conference, we just heard about officer scott williams, a 23 year veteran of the d.c.olice department, a k-9 officer, his chief said that he has, quote, a star record. and that he is in good spirits at this hour. >> i met officer williams when he entered. i would tell you that he came in. he was speaking to the staff. he was immediately thanking individuals in the staff. i told the story that one of the things that he wanted to do is get his mother on the phone so that she wouldn't worry and he asked to be able to address her personally. he is gone off to surgery and reremains in great spirits. i would say he is the kind of person we would like to meet. he just comes across as a warm and personal man. he has been a police officer for 23 years protecting us. just a terrific guy. i have -- i would tell you that he is doing well. we have another woman who was shot, her main entry was in her shoulder although she had a few other minor areas of injury. she is just coming out of surgery right now. this is individual also who was speaking when she came into the hospital cente

police officer shot -- scott williams remains hospitalized. >> an emotional gathering in woodbridge to remember a high school student stabbed to death over the weekend. >> well shawn grief counselors were on hand edwards bridge senior high school. friends and family are devastated over the loss of kennedy yas. police say he was stabbed to death at a local park in the middle of the day -- diaz. tonight they are making a plea to the public for help finding the suspects. >> an emotional gathering at the park in woodbridge virginia. relatives of kenny lit candles near the spot where police say he was stabbed and killed. >> he was happy. impossible to believe that something like this would happen. >> diaz apps upping cal says he was a sweet and happy young man -- uncle. he was finishing high school and was deciding where to go to college. >> diaz was stabbed around 3:15 sunday afternoon. investigators are following-up on leads and do not believe the incident was random. jim dad cis day came upon the scene -- jim cassidy. he says officers told him they're looking for four possibly five young

officer scott williams is one of the first to respond. and he was shot in both legs.ravery is symbolic of countless other personnel from our metropolitan police department, our fire and emergency medical services, and our federal and local public safety agencies who answered the call to duty without hesitation. we're reviewing their response to learn as many lessons as we can in this event. but there's one lesson that is already abundantly clear. our country is drowning in a sea of guns. one of monday's victims was the district resident whose family had already been tragically touched by gun violence. arthur daniel is 51 years old. and that day the simple act of going to work, going to work in the morning, cost him his life. sadly, it was the price that his family had paid once before. wid widow priscilla told me how her son was shot in the back while running from an assailant. selfless gun violence like this is all too everyday fact of life in the district. sandy hook, aurora, columbine, the streets of our cities, why is it that every time we seem to let ourselves be

because of that, protective vest, a second officer, scott williams, is recovering from his wounds, he was shot in the leg. >>> smithfield food shareholders approved a deal that sell the largest pork producer to a chinese company. international holdings will pay $4.7 billion in cash for the smithfield, virginia based company. that's the largest takeover by chinese firm. >>> arrests in the murder of a woodbridge high school football player. police say it was a teenager, a woman who stabbed him to death. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i want a governor who's focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. who's ken cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia? >>> new information tonight on the murder of a football player at woodbridge high school. a total o

police officer scott williams remains hospitalized. he was shot in the legs. and if friends say goodbye to t john roger johnson. the 73-year-old was from durwood maryland. he was a contractor at the navy yard. he believes behind a wife, fourr children and four grandchildren. his funeral service is being held in gaithersburg. >> still ahead a break in thek n case of 13 people shot until un chicago last week. police have a lot of work to do. >> red light cameras rake inn millions for the district.tri what if you want to appeal that fine? a fox 5 investigation revealseve how tough it is to to d'oh that and win. to do that and win. >> new this morning two men in chicago are behind bars after a shooting in a park that killed a baby boy. authorities say one of suspects is a known gang member. >> an update in colorado, a six-year-old woman is missing and presumed dead from massive s flooding there. on monday authorities identifiee the body of a 79-year-old woman whose house was swept away. the death toll stands at eight. vice president biden toured the area assuring

police officer scotte williams who was shot in the l is being treated at the med star center. vice president tweeted out this picture of him visiting withting doctors and nurses who have been caring for all of those injured. >>> well, it was a crime that shocked d.c., a man walks into a family research council, and opens fires. it happened last year, and today the shooter learned he will spend 25 years in prison. employed lee corkins admitted he planned to kill as many people as possible because of the group's opposition to day make, but building manager, leonardo johnson stepped in to stop it all. john ton, if you remember, was e wounded in the attack. >> i told mr. corkins that although i for gave him, i woul never forget because of the pain and suffering that my familyly have to go through, and i told him, i don't know if he beliefs in god or not, if he didn't, i suggested he should find god. if he did, he should praise hime and thank him every day, because god not only saved my life that at a but his as well. a. >> a hero there, he says he isis pleased with the sentence ho

police officer scott williams who suffered serious gunshot wounds to both legs. and as we said, we are learning more tonight about the 12 people who lost their lives at the navy yard complex while doing what they do every day, going to work and making a living for their families. nbc's tom costello has more on their stories. >> reporter: taps, at the navy memorial this morning for the 12 men and women who were gunned down at a place supposed to be safe. among them sylvia frasier, a civilian employee. >> my sister was a person who a was really giving, loving, truly give you the shirt off her back. >> reporter: ken proctor, civilian you tilled foreman leaved two teenage boys. his ex-wife said he loved them dearly. martin bodrog was 54. he is survived by his wife of 25 years and three daughters. 59-year-old michael arnold had been married for 30 years with two sons. at the navy, he helped to design amphibious ships. >> i am so proud of him. he has just been a really wonderful, wonderful son and a wonderful father and a wonderful husband. he is just -- i'm just proud

. >> officer scott williams was shot multiple times in both legs. the ambulance that transported him to washington hospital center did not have a paramedic onboard her. dispatchers reported. >> units available. ambulance for as and dispensed at this time. >> medic unit seven and eight had both been downgraded. meaning they were operating without a paramedic. paramedic units had to be brought in from maryland in a fire department has repeatedly struggled to provide timely emergency care as dozens of paramedics have resigned and ambulances are in disrepair. >> this has been an ongoing issue for years that i don't think the city has adequately solved her. even with the addition of nine paramedics, d.c. will still be far behind other cities, including columbus, memphis and phoenix, places with comparable control always. according to the head of the d.c. fire union, the city has been in a downward spiral. >> they are overworked and stressed to -- and stressed. they have mandatory held over time without -- overtime against their wishes. >> in response to

police officer scott williams, a 23 year veteran of the force, who is said to be in good spirits. aaron alexis' family members apologized to those apparently caught in his path. >> this was something that nobody expected to happen. so i just want to let everybody know that whoever got hurt, the families and victims, the alexis family, our hearts go out to you. we apologize for the inconvenience of losing a loved one. we also lost a loved one. >> the navy yard actually back open this morning, but only critical personnel are coming to work. joining us now from the navy yard in washington, wrc's david culver. david, thanks for joining us. just tell us what you can add about aaron alexis. some friends say he was a practicing buddhist and he was peaceful. we hear about the video game involvement. just give us some details about this man. >> reporter: we are trying to gets a mu gets gets a much information as possible. i'm at the hospital where three of the victims have been transported to. but some of the information coming from the "washington post". one navy official telling the post

during last week's navy yard shooting officer scott williams was shot multiple times in the leg the ambulance that transported him to washington hospital center did not have a paramedic on board two minutes after he was placed in the ambulance dispatchers reported. that i don't need to get at the data that we. haven't. got it however there should have been medic units available from the two closest stations the navy yard medic unit seven and eight but these had both been downgraded meaning they were operating without a paramedic paramedic units had to be brought in from maryland the fire department has repeatedly struggled to provide timely emergency care as dozens of paramedics have resigned and ambulances are in disrepair this is been an ongoing issue for years that i don't believe the city has adequately solved in august d.c. announced the hiring of sixty new fire and e.m.'s cadets along with nine paramedics by the end of the year but even with the addition of nine paramedics d.c. will still be far behind other cities including columbus memphis and phoenix places with comparable emergency

mv yard shooting officer scott williams was shot multiple times in both legs the ambulance that transported him to washington hospital center did not have a paramedic on board two minutes after he was placed in the ambulance dispatchers reported. that like you know maybe even if the baby but we. haven't. got it however there should have been medic units available from the two closest stations the navy yard medic unit seven and eight but these had both been downgraded meaning they were operating without a paramedic paramedic units had to be brought in from maryland the fire department has repeatedly struggled to provide timely emergency care as dozens of paramedics have resigned and ambulances are in disrepair this has been an ongoing issue for years that i don't believe the city has adequately solved in august d.c. announced the hiring of sixty new fire and e.m.'s cadets along with nine paramedics by the end of the year but even with the addition of nine paramedics d.c. will still be far behind other cities including columbus memphis and phoenix places with comparable emergency call volumes

the chief said she hopes officer scott williams will leave the hospital this week. >>> new heroes are emerging as we learn what happened when the injured were taken to med star washington hospital. news 4 sat down with the trauma surgeons in an exclusive interview. they said the scene at the hospital was controlled chaos. it's what they are trained to deal with. trauma surgeon, christine said it was incredibly difficult to think about the patient who is never made it to the hospital. >> it's exhausting. you know, when we have a quiet moment to reflect on it, sometimes, you know, reflecting on the injured fatalities who didn't make it to us, that's very, very hard. we were ready for them. >> doreen gentzler will have much more with the team from med star coming up here on news 4 at 6:00. >>> four of the 12 victims of the navy yard shooting are being laid to rest at good shepard lutheran church, johnjohnson. he was a religious family man and known for his smile and his firm bear hug. a viewing for kathleen gararde t this hour. mary night from reston. her service set for today antd frank

scott williams has done a great job with the metropolitan police department over the last 24, 25 yearswe're very proud of him, very appreciative of the coverage and heroism that he demonstrated yesterday. and hopeful for a full recovery. >> there's more law enforcement in that part of town than maybe anyplace you can go, whether it's park police, capitol police, secret, a lot of different jurisdictions, plus, of course, metro pd, even the fbi. i've got to ask you, when you see an incident like this, do you say to yourself is the city secure enough? do you believe the city is secure enough looking at the response times of this incident? which seemed to be incredibly fast, like i said. heroic how quickly things were dealt with. assess the security of the city overall. >> well, i think we are very secure, a very safe city, maybe the safest city in the world from a security perspective. we have continued to add police officers. we are about to hit 4,000 police officers on our own metropolitan police department, which would be the first time in many years our police department has been of t

police officer scott williams who was injured in the navy yard shooting. >> it was not the formalityf and officer williams. it was almost scott and cathy. >> reporter: lanier has managed to balance her personal life and professional life from an early age. she got a ged, two master's degrees, and in her early 20s followed her older brother into the police force. >> once i came out of the police academy and hit the street i just knew that there was nothing else i'd ever want to do. >> reporter: when lanier joined the police force in 1990, the city was known as the nation's murder capitol. no longer. she's credited with driving down crime without driving a wedge between police and the neighborhoods they work in. the head of d.c.'s fbi office, joe percochini worked with lanier every day and considers her a close friend. >> taking the time to show that come compassion to everyone is vitally important. she has that ability. it's just natural. >> reporter: she has a soft side. >> i have a little problem here. ramsey said if i made chief i could never cry in front of my people. and if i fel

of the eight, three were shot including officer scott williams who chief linnear and i went to visit this evening. he is doing well, is in great spirits. there were two other civilians shot with relatively minor injuries. the other five range from a stress reaction to someone who fell and had head injury, chest pain, contusions and an abrasion. eight injuries, people who were hospitalized as a result of those. there is no reason to think they won't be fine. one other point. we anticipate tomorrow the traffic patterns will be back to normal in the city. all the bridges will be open. all the streets in the area of the navy yard will be open as the investigation, of course, will be continuing tomorrow in the days a head. we have been in close contact with the white house. they have been in close contact with us. the president reached out. his staff and the president through them reached out to connect with us as the process unfolded throughout the day. this is a horrific tragedy. i want to thank the first responders who did an extraordinary job dealing with this horrific tragedy. our po

police officer scott williams remains in the hospital but doctors tell us he is in good condition. med star also treated a woman whose head was grazed by a bullet. she was released last week. family and friends of two other victims will be laying their loved ones to rest today. a funeral service for john roger johnson is being held at the good shepherd lutheran church in gaithersburg this morning. tonight a viewing is being held for kathryn gaarde. that will be followed by a memorial service at 7:30. >>> 6:05 now. new this morning, we now know what may have caused the deadly parking graps collapse in bethesda. you see it here. according to the washington post, a malfunctioning jack or overextended scaffolding may have caused a 43,000 pound concrete slab to collapse at the westfield montgomery mall in may. one construction worker died and another was seriously hurt. county officials have not decided whether to cite the contractor. >>> we are going through results of our nbc 4 marist poll of virginia voters. new this morning, we'll lay out how the candidates for attorney general and

police officer scott williams remains in the hospital but doctors tell us he is in good condition. med star also treated a woman whose head was grazed by a bullet. she was released last week. >>> the navy is planning changes to its security checks. the navy says alexis did not disclose his 2004 arrest in seattle and they say the background report done at the time did not reveal a gun had been used during the dispute that led to his arrest. instead, the report said alexis deflated the tires of a construction worker's car. >>> five minutes after the hour now. our northern virginia bureau reporter will be in arlington tonight for the first debate between the candidates. e.w. jackson will square off against democrat ralph northum. the race for lieutenant governor is still extremely tight. northam leads jackson by three points. that is within the poll's margin of error. 13% of likely voters are still undecided. in the race for attorney general mark herring leads mark obanshane. that should be mike herring. >>> the changes disney is making to crack down on people who cut in line and what

the duty unselfishly.d among those injured on monday metropolitan own olice officers, officer scott williamsf the first to both d and he was shot in legs. his bravery is symbolic of from ess other personnel our metropolitan police fire and , our emergency medical services and public ral and local safety agencies to answer the without hesitation. we review their response to learn as many lessons we can from this event. there's one lesson that is clear, our dantly sea of is drowning in a guns. a of monday's victims was district resident whose family lready had been tragically touched by gun violence. years old els was 51 act of day, the simple going to work, going to work in cost him his life. sadly, it was the price that his family had paid once before. priscilla, told me ow their 14-year-old son was murdered four years ago, shot in the back while running from an assailant. senseless gun violence like this all too every day fact of and the he district nation's big cities but it's a fact of life which we must stop accepting. sandy hook, , aurora aurora, virginia tech and of ourne and the stree

police officer, scott williams, is still being treated. he was shot in both of the legs and described to be in pretty good condition and d.c. police tell us that a second officer took two bullets to the chest during the gunfight, but his bullet proof vest is being credited with saving his life. >> tonight, family and friends will hold services for mary francis knight. and we are respecting their request that the media not attend. earlier in the day, we were welcomed outside services for john johnson and as scott broom reports, mourners were encouraged to put aside their anger. >> a good man like this was taken away. a senseless act. >> age 76 was the oldest navy yard shooting victim and to hear the hundreds who turned out to remember him at lutheran church in gaithersburg today, he was also happy. johnson was a career logistics analyst. he loved the job and the people he worked with. he was renowned for giving big bear hugs. >> we loved it. >> johnson was the father of four adult daughters and nine grandchildren. his family insisted there

his name is scott williams. he has been on the force over 20 years and is a canine officer.d a direct confrontation with the shooter. he had major damage to his legs, bone, blood vessel damage. there was a woman shot in the should whoever is in very good spirits, with her family here. and a third woman who was shot in the head. it turns out the bullet grazed her. it didn't penetrate her skull. she did not have to have surgery. she may be one of the first to go home. from the d.c. police officer to the two civilian women who work for the navy it's all good news. >> we heard from the police chief seven of the names who lost their lives today. we don't know the other five. do you have any sense of when we will find out more about who these people are who lost their lives this morning? >> i think we will get more information tomorrow. you heard some of the victims range in age from their 40s all the way to their 70s. i think we will get more information tomorrow. some of it is that the navy designated this a mass trauma and waiting a certain amount of time until they got notific

police officer that was shot has been releaseed from the hospital that's scott williams.survived after two officers carried him down the stairs and got him to the medics that day. he was the last survivor in the hospital and tonight he is now out. >> good news. >> yes. >> we took four weeks, but the redskins are finally in the win column. dianna russini joined cooley on the field as the team members came in off the field. >> chris, you have to describe to me the difference in this locker room compared to when you have been sitting here. >> they are so excited. it may not have been a pretty win, but it was a win and a much, much needed win. i'm going to address the fact i'm wearing this silly thing on my head. i switched from a redskins hat to a rally cap. now i have to wear it the next couple weeks. >> reporter: not a good look. >> this is unbelievable. they can turn it around. they get a lot of confidence from this win. i don't care if it's matt flynn or who you have to have a good game to say hey, we are good. this is what it will take for them to get better and better

. >>> the first patient police officer scott williams arrived at 9:30 a.m. followed by two civilian women. one at 9:56. the other at 10:58 that morning, but after that, there was no one else. >> once they cross their doorway, we're ready. the problem is that unfortunately many of them didn't make it to cross our doorway. >> reporter: 12 lives were lost. a difficult fact for a team that was ready to save more lives. >> it's rewarding when patients get here and we save them but part of it too is that there's a lot of patients that get lost. >> reflecting on the fatalities that didn't make it to us, that's hard because we were ready for them. >>> all day today people in prince george's county can hear from county leaders as well as homeland security and red cross officials about how to get ready for emergencies. residents can learn how to be ready for a wide range of scenarios and hear from experts about how to prepare and volunteer. it's happening until 3:00 this afternoon at the first baptist church. >>> right now it's about 9:06. why the flu vaccine this sea

other note here, three people were shot and wounded in today's shooting, i colluding officer scott williams. who went into surgery. he was visited by the mayor and the police chief who said he's doing very well, he's in very good spirits. one person suffered a head injury when they fell. this's no indications the other eight people injured or wounded today will be -- there's every indication that they'll be okay, greta. so a lot of informing cops from this news conference. but the main thing is uh they're not looking for anyone else. nice to see you, sir. tuned in. suddenly heard about it. and when i learned where it was and what building it was in, i said, i've been in that building. i know it and i know i've got friends working in there. a form eclassmate of mine both of them were in there. we texted back abforth. they were barricaded in a conference room as rounds were going above their head in the wall. trying to keep their staff calm and safe in the office there. you eve got people like your two friends holed up in a room trying to protect others. and the uncertainty and the noise and

officer scott williams was one of the first to respond, and he was shot in both legs.ravery is symbolic of countless other personnel from our metropolitan police department, our fire and emergency medical services, and our federal and local public safety agencies to answer the call to duty without hesitation. we are reviewing their response to learn as many lessons as we can in this event. but there is one lesson that is already abundantly clear. our country is drowning in a sea of guns. one of monday's victims was a district resident whose family already had been tragically touched by gun violence. arthur daniels was 51 years old. that day, the simple act of going to work, going work in the orning, cost him his life. sadly it was a price his family had paid once before. me howow, pricilla, told their 14-year-old son was murdered just four years ago, shot in the back while running from an assailant. senseless gun violence like this is an all too everyday fact of life here in the district and in our nation's other big cities. but it is a fact of life which we must stop

of the eight, three were shot including officer scott williams who chief linnear and i went visit thisvening. he is doing well, is in great spirits. there were two other civilians shot with relatively minor injuries. the other five range from a stress reaction to someone who fell and had head injury, chest pain, contusions and an abrasion. eight injuries, people who were hospitalized as a result of those. there is no reason to think they won't be fine. one other point. we anticipate tomorrow the traffic patterns will be back to normal in the city. all the bridges will be open. all the streets in the area of the navy yard will be open as the investigation, of course, will be continuing tomorrow in the days a head. we have been in close contact with the white house. they have been in close contact with us. the president reached out. his staff and the president through them reached out to connect with us as the process unfolded throughout the day. this is a horrific tragedy. i want to thank the first responders who did an extraordinary job dealing with this horrific tragedy. our police of

they all are -- and that includes officer scott williams who chief lanier and i just went to visit earlier this evening who is doing well and is in great spirits. there were two other civilians who were shot and they are relatively minor injuries. the other five injuries range anywhere from, you know, stress reaction to someone who fell and had a head injury, a contusion to the chest, arm abrasions and chest pain. so, again, a total of eight injuries, people who were hospitalized as a result of those. and there is absolutely no reason to think they won't be fine. one other point before i turn it over to chief lanier, we anticipate tomorrow morning that the traffic patterns will be back to normal in the city, all the bridges will be open. all of the streets in the area of the navy yard will be open. even as the investigation, of course, will be continuing tomorrow and the days ahead, again, we've been in close contact with the white house. they've been in close contact with us. and the president has reached out his staff and the president through them, reached out to connect as this process

police officer scott williams. all are ex inspected to make full recoveries. >>> 6:48 right now. race for the governor of virginia runs through mclean. republican ken cuccinelli and democrat terry mcauliffe will will square off in a live debate. tonight's debate will focus on the issues facing virginians. you can see it live here on nbc 4 and nbcwashington.com starting at 7:00. our northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry and i will be on the panel asking the questions. mitt romney will try to help ken cuccinelli's campaign this afternoon as well. he will headline a private fund-raiser in mclean. terry mcauliffe has been well ahead of cuccinelli in raising money so far in the race. mcauliffe has more than twice as much money in the bank as the republican attorney general. >>> virginia's lieutenant governor canndidates have made their pitch to voters. democrat ralph northam and e.w. jackson squared off in a debate in arlington. both men discussed the role faith plays in their lives. >> i'm not running to be preacher, theologian, bishop, pastor of virginia. i'm running to be lieu

of the eight, three were shot, they all are -- that includes officer scott williams who chief lanier and i just went to visit earlier this evening who is doing well, is in great spirits. there were two other civilians who were shot, and they are relatively minor injuries. the other five injuries range anywhere from you know stress reaction to someone who fell and had a head injury, a contusion to the are chest arm abrasions and chest pain. a total of eight injuries, people who were hospitalized as a result of those and there's absolutely no reason to think they won't be fine. one other point before i turn it over to chief lanier, we anticipate tomorrow morning that the traffic patterns will be back to normal in the city. all the bridges will be open. all of the streets in the area of the navy yard will be open. even as the investigation, of course, will be continuing tomorrow, and the days ahead. again, we've been in close contact with the white house. they have been in close contact with us. and the president has reached out. his staff and the president, through them, reached out to

they all are -- and that includes officer scott williams who chief lanier and i just went to visit earlier this evening who is doing well and is in great spirits. there were two other civilians who were shot and they are relatively minor injuries. the other five injuries range anywhere from, you know, stress reaction to someone who fell and had a head injury, a contusion to the chest, arm abrasions and chest pain. so, again, a total of eight injuries, people who were hospitalized as a result of those. and there is absolutely no reason to think they won't be fine. one other point before i turn it over to chief lanier, we anticipate tomorrow morning that the traffic patterns will be back to normal in the city, all the bridges will be open. all of the streets in the area of the navy yard will be open. even as the investigation, of course, will be continuing tomorrow and the days ahead, again, we've been in close contact with the white house. they've been in close contact with us. and the president has reached out his staff and the president through them, reached out to connect as this process

police officer scott williams remains in the hospital, but doctors tell us he is in good condition now. medstar also treated a wan whose head was grazed by a bullet. she was released last week. >>> right now, family and friends of another victim are laying their loved one to rest. a funeral service for john roger johnson just got started at the good shepherd lutheran church in gaithersburg. tonight at 5:30, a viewing is scheduled to honor kathleen gaarde at the mt. castle funeral home in dale city. that will be followed by a memorial service for her at 7:30 this evening. >>> happening today, loudoun county residents will get a look at what vdot has planned for a heavily traffic roundabout. the spot where route 50 and 15 meet at gilbert corner will be getting a makeover. megan mcgrath has more from aldi. >> at the auto service, the roundabout is well-known by customers. some have even nicknamed it. >> it's gilbert's corner and now, what, four circles. >> reporter: but whether you call it a squircle or its proper name, the round agt has spelled trouble. >> it's pretty confusing because y

of the eight, three were shot including officer scott williams who chief linnear and i went to visit this evening. he is doing well, is in great spirits. there were two other civilians shot with relatively minor injuries. the other five range from a stress reaction to someone who fell and had head injury, chest pain, contusions and an abrasion. eight injuries, people who were hospitalized as a result of those. there is no reason to think they won't be fine. one other point. we anticipate tomorrow the traffic patterns will be back to normal in the city. all the bridges will be open. all the streets in the area of the navy yard will be open as the investigation, of course, will be continuing tomorrow in the days a head. we have been in close contact with the white house. they have been in close contact with us. the president reached out. his staff and the president through them reached out to connect with us as the process unfolded throughout the day. this is a horrific tragedy. i want to thank the first responders who did an extraordinary job dealing with this horrific tragedy. our po

officer scott williams is a 23-year veteran of the force. oday, police chief cathy lanier talked about officer williams and how his character is helping him beat the odds. >> we have a very good prognosis from the doctors. he does have serious injuries to his legs. again, i know the officer and i know his personality. i'm real confident that he not only will walk again but probably will outrun most of us again. >> i'm joined by christopher baughman, chairman of the d.c. police union. first, it's great to hear that officer williams is doing better. tell us about this encounter between the officer and the gunman. >> what happened in there is they sent in what we call active shooter teams. it used to be that we would pull back around an area and wait until we got our s.w.a.t. teams in place but after columbine we adjusted those tactics so we now train a majority of our force to go in as active shooter teams, also with other agencies. so as soon as they get there, they can begin getting into the building and stop what the threat is. >> specifical

in addition to the fatalities, 8 people were injured, including washington police officer scott williamsgunshot wound to his leg. williams is described as a great police officer with a stellar record. martha? martha: we remember them all a and wait for more forinformation on the others. bill: this is the 8th deadliest mass killing in recent u.s. history. we remember the shooting at virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia. april 1999, columbine, high school, littleton *, colorado. hopped fire on their fellow students and teachers. death toll that day, 13. also 13 killed in fort hood, texas when former army psychiatrist nadal hassan opened fire. he was sentenced to death for that crime only weeks ago. 12 is the count for the shooting at the navy yard. that does not include the gunman aaron alexis. 9 people were injured including a woman who took a bullet to the skull. martha: it's a tense day in washington that got so much worse after an incident right in front of the white house that had the secret service rushing in a panic. we are going to tell you what happened there. bill: despite multi

in fact, we had an officer who was shot, officer scott williams, who absolutely did a phenomenal job.part of our canine corps. been on the force for 24, 25 years. he was shot in the legs, had surgery last night. i was up at the hospital center along with chief lanier last night, and after surgery, it was unbelievable how good his spirits were, how positive he was about what he did and how proud he was to be able to defend the city. >> is he going to be okay? >> he's going to be fine. we don't know fully, you know, the surgery, we think, was very successful and of course, the healing process now is under way. but if his spirits last night were any indication, he's going to be fine. >> did the d.c. police get there as quickly as they should have gotten there? >> absolutely. >> in terms of post-mortems, after-action reviews, are you satisfied with what you've heard as of now? >> our first responders were absolutely phenomenal. the police arrived within eight minutes of this incident starting. and then we had more police, you know, we had the shooting teams that work with us, they went in

. >> scott williams, one of your officers who was shot by this gunman, first of all, how is he doingkilled alexis? >> he's doing well. he is still in the hospital. he actually did have to go back in for some additional surgery today. he did yesterday was able to get up and stand with the help of -- with a walker. so i do think he's going to be okay and recover fully. but he's still having some pretty serious complications. but he's in great spirits and he's a really tough cop so he's going to be cop. we don't have all the forensics back yet but he is not the one that engaged in the ultimate gunfight with the suspect. >> finally, chief, any word on the motive -- any kind of motive that we know that alexis may have had? >> i'll reserve judgment on that until all of the work of the fbi is done. they have a phenomenal team. i've been briefed repeatedly on every step of this investigation. my investigators working alongside their teams. but i'll reserve judgment on that until all the work is done. and there's still a lot more to do. >> cathy lanier, chief of police of the washington metro

police officer scott williams remains hospitalized. he was shot in the legs sngz. >>> the family of a wood bridge high school student killed in a park over the weekend are making a plea for anyone with information to come forward. >> kenny diaz was stabbed to death in lake park aroundound 3:15 on saturday afternoon. a man15 on who came upon the ce scene said that officers toldfie him that they were looking for up to five young men as potential suspects and diaz knew at least one of his killers. >>> this path leads to the recc center on the side of the track. whether or not that is the wayn they ran, i don't know. >> on monday, rel tifsz hel rela candlelight vigil near the area where he was killed. the wood bridge senior high gh school came dressed in red whicd was his favorite color. prince william county police said anyone with information can remain anonymous. there's a cash reward for information leading to an arresn and conviction. >>> vandals atop of the monument of 10 commandments it happenedpe at capitol hill. the 850 pounder, m

canine policeman scott williams, he is in stable condition said to be in the hospital in good spirits surrounded by his family, jenna. jenna: it is good to get an orientation of where the building is and the entrance behind you. what about the hotel and the car of the shooter? then take a look at both those items already. >> the suspect had a valid id to get on the base and drove his rental car onto the base, the new york plates. the car was searched by investigators last night. one of our producers saw it towed out of this morning showing the doors were forced open and fingerprint dust. a search warrant was issued on his hotel room last night. investigators focusing on his computer and phone records and on his weapons. numerous reports he had three weapons. ar 15, handgun and a shotgun. we heard from the mayor he may have taken a handgun off of a law enforcement official. there are reports to fox this morning a shotgun may have been purchased in virginia. we're still looking to confirm the source of the ar 15 but we can see police officers in front of the gates this morning carrying

broke en.bke >>> officer scott williams who h was shot on both legs received a visit by joe biden. and we understand that vice president biden visit onee another victims who is recovering here at the hospital. >>> an assistance center iser going to be opened, there's a lot of emotions at the workers settle back in their offices, they can foe to that emergencyec of center anytime they need to speak with a counselor or chaplin about their feelings. >> so important, thank you, melanie. >>> this morning we are learnin that the navy has lifted an evacuation order for twoo buildings at the norfolk base. the building serve as the headquarters for atlantic fleet. the issue involved a suspicious person who was questioned by authorities on wednesday. he is a navy retiree who had a valid pass to get on to theo base, there was no indication that he had a weapon. the buildings were evacuatedd following a call to base security. >>> and there's a rally to support back ground check for fo gun purchases. >> participants will call on lawmakers to support gun laws that save lives they say. this morni

risked their lives so others might live, and who are in our prayers today, including officer scott williams. once more our hearts are broken. once more we ask why. once more we seek strength and wisdom through god's grace. you and your families, this navy family, are still in the early hour of your grief. and i'm here today to say that there is nothing routine about this tragedy. there is nothing routine about your loss. your loved ones will not be forgotten. they will endure in the hearts of the american people and in the hearts of the navy that they helped to keep strong, and the hearts of their coworkers and their friends and their neighbors. "i want them to know how she lived," jessica gaarde said of her mother kathy. "she is not a number, or some statistic." none of these 12 fellow americans are statistics. today, i want every american to see how these men and women lived. you may have never met them, but you know them. they're your neighbors -- like arthur daniels, out there on the weekend, polishing his white crown victoria, and kenneth proctor, with his beloved yellow mustang, who,