joining me now is nbc's tom costello from outside the navy yard. t talking to rick mason, an eyewitness that described security procedures, they show them but not regular checks and no magnetomteres. somebody walked in with a firearm clearly. >> i think any of us who cover official washington from time to time, we're struck by how good the security is at any federal building and then maybe the next day or couple weeks later it isn't so good. i don't want to speak to what was happening at the navy yard this morning but clearly they will be evaluating procedures. four shots, one in surgery having been shot in both legs. the concern is vascular as well as severe bone damage they were saying from the hospital. behind me i would just note that the scene has really come down in intensity over the last hour or so. in fact, we've seen quite a few assets, police and fire and ems starting to pull back from the scene. i think many of us are wondering if there is truly a search for two more suspects as the chief of police suggested. at the moment that does not

let's go back to tom costello. what do you have for us. >> reporter: i'm going to step out of the shot i want you to see john's zoomed in shot. we have seen groups of individuals now -- this is the first time we've seen this for the last five or six hours leaving the general vicinity. they look like civilians and we have seen uniformed personnel leaving the general area of the navy yard and also next door we should tell you is the department of transportation headquarters and those people also sheltered in place. you see groups of civilians leaving those areas, the first we've seen this all day. we also, john, can you widen out, take a look, there you see a bunch of buses just brought in a short time ago, see them at the top of the screen, those buses were brought in about five minutes ago into the secured prim. one assumes they are brought in to bring people out. wouldn't run city buses into an active crime scene otherwise. we do believe there's movement down there and this scene is continues to be very much one t

nbc's tom costello is outside one of them. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. we are at washington hospital center. three victims were brought here. they operated on two -- a woman with a shoulder wound and a police officer who had serious leg wounds. they were worried about saving his legs. there is a remarkable story about a woman shot in the head but the bullet didn't penetrate her skull. no surgery. she is expected to recover. the chief medical officer had thoughts about today's incident and gun violence in general. >> there is something evil in our society that we as americans have to work to try and eradicate. there is something wrong here when we have these multiple shootings, multiple injuries, there is something wrong. i would like you to put my trauma center out of business. >> reporter: we are reminded of recent mass shootings. 26 dead last year at sandy hook elementary. six at a sikh temple in wisconsin. 12 in aurora. 6 in tucson. 13 at fort hood. 32 killed at virginia tech. now 12 here in washington, brian. >> tom costello rounding out our coverage

brian. >> tom costello on the sales floor for us tonight. tom, thanks. by the way, the big car sales numbers were a big driver in terms of sending stocks up today, the dow up almost 97 points, nasdaq up 36. >>> there is a new weather system we're keeping an eye on this evening. it's so far being called tropical depression seven that's formed in the eastern caribbean. it's expected to go northwest and strengthen and could become, could become tropical storm gabrielle within the next day or two. the first three months of the atlantic season, by the way, have now passed without even one full-blown hurricane. that's the first time that's happened in 11 years. >>> when we continue on this wednesday night, what if you were told that an unwashed chicken was safer to eat and prepare? tonight we'll tell you about the new food safety research that a lot of folks just aren't going to agree with. >>> and later, the story out of hollywood today about jack nicholson that is being firmly denied by none other than jack nicholson. >>> we are back with our health news sto

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 of him. >> reporter: 62-year-old kathy gaarde was a financial analyst, married for 38 years, her two children are grown. civilian employee john johnson was 73. he leaves his wife and four grown daughters. >> he is just such a man of joy. everywhere he goes, he brings joy. >> everybody has a smile on th

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he has devoted his life to the navy. >> reporter: tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> and the navy yard shooting is renewing a push for action by lawmakers. gun control advocates including president obama are urging congress to act. >> we do not have a firm enough background check system. it is something that makes us more vulnerable to these kinds of mass shootings. i have now in the wake of newtown initiated a whole range of executive actions. we've put in place every executive action that i proposed right after newtown happened. so i've taken steps that are within my control. the next phase now is for congress to go ahead and move. >> a bipartisan gun reform package failed in april and by all accounts it would fail again today. majority leader harry reid says they don't have 60 votes for the deal crafted by senators joe manchin and pat toomey. >>> now a look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. joe lhota has ground to make up. the republican is more than 40 points behind blasio. >>> a massachusetts state representative is out with one of the more interesting campaign ad

tom costello, nbc news, tacoma park, maryland. >>> still ahead for us here tonight. the fallout from our special nbc news investigation into the hidden network handing off adopted children with no one there to protect them. >>> and later the woman who made history on the high seas, inspiring millions, now forced to defend herself against those who are raising doubts about how she did it. >>> we have more tonight on a topic that received a lot of attention after our initial report aired here last night about a disturbing practice involving adopted children, mostly from overseas, whose parents say they can't care for them. some of these parents look on the web for new homes for their kids with strangers. tonight, we continue our report with reuters. nbc's kate snow in a seldom seen world where nobody is watching out for the kids. >> reporter: gary and lisa barnes adopted anna, it was harder than they expected. >> i was a handful, to say the least. i was. >> reporter: anna had already been through two american homes after leaving a russian orphanage. she'd been diagnose

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> overseas now to this story we've been covering all week, the massacre at the mall in kenya. the complex heavily damaged of course during that assault to retake it is now getting a very close examination by investigators, that includes dozens of fbi agents. kenyan officials tell nbc news the attackers had rented a store in the mall perhaps upwards of a year ago giving them a staging area and a place to store weapons in preparation for the attack. >>> now to the big headline from climate scientists tonight. the u.n. international panel on climate change says we are hurtling toward the day when climate change could be irreversible with catastrophic consequences, they say. this group is now 95% sure that humans are responsible, and it's only going to get worse if we don't take drastic measures. our report tonight from our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson. >> reporter: we are warming our world by burning coal, oil, and other fossil fuels. today the world's leading climate scientists warn it will get worse, with fewer very cold

tom costello, nbc news at dulles airport. >> incredible story. and now to another big story we are following tonight. mindful of the ronald reagan era phrase "trust by verify." we did hear it with our own ears today. there was the new president of iran addressing the u.n. in new york, calling for talks, transparency, mutual good will with respect for the u.s., saying there is no place for nuclear weapons in iran's arsenal or in their religion. we're about to hear that "trust but verify" phrase a whole lot more. turns out there was no meeting between the two presidents. our chief correspondent, andrea mitchell covering it. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian, it was just supposed to be a chance encounter, carefullicarefully put together, but today, both presidents were at the u.n. and never caught sight of each other. mid-town manhattan today, in total grid lock, more than 100 heads of state, motorcades, protesters and a security crackdown. at the u.n., president obama tried for a diplomatic breakthrough, testing the recent overtures fr

she is now back home safely in this country, and described to nbc tom costello about her harrowing ordeal, and how she lived to tell about it. >> nice to see it. you survived. how do you feel? at dulles airport this afternoon, this american was finally back home. >> it's okay, it's okay. it's okay. >> reporter: a harvard-trained lawyer with the world bank, bendita was in kenya having lunch with a friend when terrorists ran in. >> and then all of a sudden there was this explosion, and everybody like hits the floor. and we hear machine guns. and it was maybe ten seconds later, still trying to crawl out. it was a second explosion. but when they first came in, they were just shooting. i mean, they were not asking any questions, they were just shooting. >> reporter: crawling away from the gunfire, bendita and her friend made it to an employee break room in a nearby store and waited with 15 other people. their only defense, a fire is distinguisher. >> and then we would just hear like random things, like christian, muslim, and then people would respond, don't shoot, and then you would hear some

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> for more on this we are joined by dr. nancy snyderman. we have people who understand this and you are one of them. we want to be a source of clarity for folks. have at it. >> it's been continue server shall, complicated and it's a reason we wanted to kick off things tonight. we know it is confusing. we are starting a series of reports to clarify just what the affordable care act is all about. so i ask you tonight, feel free to send your questions to us at nbcnightlynews.com. we'll have links on the website to explain how the law will impact you depending on where you live and we'll give you re sources to figure out what the insurance will cost you. it is going to vary state to state. finally it is important to remember if you already have insurance or medicare you are considered covered and you don't have to worry about this unless you want to look for other alternatives. this program is for people who don't currently have insurance or for people who are buying insurance on their own such as those who are self-employed. kicking it off ton

she is now back home safely in this country where she described to n obama's tom costello her harrowing ordeal and how she made it out there and lived to tell about it. >> nice to see you, you survived. >> reporter: at dulles airport this afternoon, american bendita mallakia was finally home. a harvard-trained lawyer with the world bank, bendita was in kenya having lunch in the mall on saturday when terrorists suddenly barged in. >> and then all of a sudden there is this explosion, and everybody, like, hits the floor. and we hear machine guns. and then maybe it was ten seconds later or so, we were still trying to crawl out. it was the second explosion. but when they first came in, they were just shooting. there wasn't really -- they weren't asking any questions. they were just shooting. >> reporter: crawling away from the gunfire, her and her friend made it to a break room in a nearby store and waited with 15 other people. their only defense, a fire extinguisher? listening to the terrorists in a store one floor above them. >> you could hear the feet and then you would hear some talking,

tom costello, what can you tell us about this. >> they said he suffered a heart attack in flight. this was united flight 1603 from houston to seattle. a boeing 737, 900 with 161 passengers and a crew of 6. the cockpit told air flight controllers of an in light medical emergency and made a landing at 8:10. united is not confirming the captain was involved. united flight 1603 houston to seattle diverted to boise, i had i had because a crew member experienced an emergency. they met the plane among arrival and transported the crew member to an area hospital. there was a doctor on board and she was working to help the patient. united says it's working to reaccommodate the passengers as quickly as possible but we don't have word on the patient's condition. >> tom costello with latest. thank you. >> now to avoid a government shut down. with three days left things still very much in the air. peter alexander is here in new york with us this morning. >> up in the air is nicely. this the a mess at this point. the senate is going to vote to avoid a shut down but house republicans aren't buyin

tom costello, nbc news, dulles airport. >> and that was a remarkable account from tom costello.hanks to him. >>> many are questioning now what will become of the diplomatic overtures by iran's president. after conducting his first interview with nbc's ann curry last week, president rouhani met with a number of us today, this morning, for breakfast for a conversation. he also spoke briefly in english last night with cnn east christiane amanpour. >> i would like to say to american people i bring peace and friendship from iranians to americans. >> joining me now is a senior associate at the carnegie end endowment for international peace. this was pretty unusual. we talked to senator menendez. he and others say let's see the substance. what do you make of all this, him speaking in english and some of the things he said to us this morning at breakfast? >> well, andrea, as we have talked about before, this has really been one of the most significant charm offenses iran has launched since 1979. in contrast to the last few weeks, i think rouhani's performance at the united nations yeste

our report on all of it tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: across the country the nation'sir traffic controllers handle 133 million takeoffs and landings each year, nearly all going according to plan. the faa reports that in 2012 there were nearly 4400 cases of planes getting too close to each other -- more than double the number from the year before. and 18 near collisions on runways. the reason? the faa says a new computer system automatically records every time two planes violate the faa's flight separation rule which requires 3.5 miles or 1,000 feet of vertical separation near airports. >> some of them are a breach of air space where there was never really a collision imminent. it's that the reporting criteria says if you lose separation the faa needs to know. >> reporter: on july 31, 2012, a very close call at washington's reagan national airport when three regional jets got far too close to each other as controllers tried to vector them around thunderstorms. >> we were cleared at the river back there. what happened? >> stand by. we are trying to figure this out, too.

tom costello has been on ground throughout the morning and pete williams as well. tom, let me come to you. these numbers, the numbers continue to change here. >> reporter: yeah and rather dramatic increase in the if a talts coming from the chief of police, up to 12 known fatalities she says. and i think it's also important to note the navy tweeted out a message a short time ago telling people still working at the navy yard who are in the inside the perimeter to continue to shelter in place. so they clearly want to make sure that this crime scene remains secure and to the extent they are searching for, two other individuals, they are keeping all options open. we have seen this helicopter or two of them circling routinely and they've been doing that several hours here. and we haven't seen anymore heavy police apparatus since the rush in several hours ago. we're now up to four or five hours since the incident took place. we're told the nationals baseball game about a block to my left is supposed to happen this evening. but that will be oblg a big variable if they are s

nbc's tom costello has more on those whose lives were stolen. >> reporter: taps at the navy memorial for the 12 men and women who came from all walks of life, gunned down in a place supposed to be safe. among them 53-year-old sylvia frasier. >> my sister was a person who was very giving and loving. give you, truly, her shirt off her back. >> reporter: 46-year-old bernard proctor leaves two teenage boys. his ex-wife says he loved them dearly. martin bodrog was 54. he is survived by his wife of 23 years and three daughters. 59-year-old michael arnold had been married for 30 years with two sons. >> i am so proud of him. he has been a really, really wonderful son, and a wonderful father and a wonderful husband. i'm just proud of him. >> reporter: 62-year-old kathy gaarde was a financial analyst, married for 38 years, her two children are grown. john johnson was 73. he leaves his wife and four grown daughters. >> he is such a man of joy. everywhere he goes, he brings joy. >> reporter: there is also 51-year-old mary frances knight, 52-year-old richard ridgell, 50-year-old frank kohler, 5-y

we have tom costello on the scene at the navy yard. to get to justice reporter pete williams. pete, what can you tell us? >> this is a joint military civilian installation across the river from the washington reagan national airport. it has now reopened. it was shutdown because of helicopters. at 8:30 eastern time, one man, heavily armed, carrying some kind of rifle or firearm began firing. we know a dozen or so, at least ten people hit by gunfire. four of them are now dead from the injuries of the gunfire. two of the people shot were police officers. d.c. police is responding. we have been told, savannah, that they have identified the shooter and have wounded him and are responding to the area where he was. they are now going through the area to make certain that there was just one gunman and that will be a difficult time consuming process to make sure that this situation is over and to make sure only one person was shot. the only thing we know about the man with the gun who has done most of the shooting is that he is a male. we don't

nbc's tom costello is also live on the scene. tom, set the scene for us where you are exactly and what you're seeing and hearing there. >> reporter: good morning to you. just to give you a sense if you know washington at all, we're in southeast d.c. i'm about a block. i can see nationals baseball stadium over to my left and reagan national airport is directly behind the camera by two or three miles as the crow flies. they have had their operations disrupted this morning because of the ongoing action here, especially the air operations with medevac and police helicopters moving in and out. the scene is about three or four blocks down but they have established multiple rings, perimeter rings coming out from the navy yard. at last we heard, we are reporting, nbc news reporting that 10 to 12 people are thought to be shot, four people thought to be dead and that we do have police officers among those who are wounded. i can also tell you that about 3,000 people or so work at the navy yard, both civilian and military at the c-systems com

tom costello is live in washington to tell us more about that. ing. >> reporter: good morning again. 30,000 feet is the last place most people want to be when they go into labor or suffer a stroke or a heart attack. but as we saw, it does happen, even involving crew members and that is when the training is supposed to kick in. >> we are going to go straight up and straight down with those compressions. >> reporter: flight attendance across the country. >> 1, 2, 34. >> reporter: learning the basics of cpr is basic training. late thursday night over idaho, a united flight crew used all their training trying to save one of their own. >> emergency aircraft with you. >> reporter: the 63-year-old captain at the controls from houston to seattle was in cardiac arrest. the co-pilot assumed command. >> man down. chest compressions going on right now. i'm not sure of too much right now, status, but can an imagine and maybe paramedics meet us off the runway. >> reporter: off duty pilots jumped into the cockpit two army doctors returning from a training sessio

as tom costello reports there is a lot at stake if lawmakers can't agree. not everything will shut down. >> the military will continue to operate, but instead of paychecks, those in uniforms could get ious to collect pay at a later date. that could happen if they vote to pay the employees. 1i68ian employees could be furloughed. the federal reserve,if bi, dea and federal courts will operate normally, but if it lasts longer than two weeks, they could run out of reserve funds. the mail will keep coming through snow, rain, heat, even a government shut down. most homeland security operations will continue, but the if, da said they would be unable to keep up most of the food safety oversight. 6600 employees could be furlough and hud would be shut down and same with the department of interior which means the national parks would close. if you are coming to washington, the smithsonian museums and the zoo would be closed. the department of labor, emergency, commerce, and the epa are expected to shut down. irs funks would cease, but social security checks would still

tom costello has more on the impact of the shutdown on government checks and the military. >> the ironyxpayers millions of dollars. some federal agencies will feel the impact more acutely than others. the military will continue to operate but instead of paychecks those in uniforms could get ious to collect pay at a later day. that could change if congress elects to pay the military, still, civilian employees could be furloughed. the fbi, dea, and federal courts will operate normally for a time but if the shutdown is longer than two weeks the courts would run out of reserve funds. since the post service is an independent agency, the mail will keep coming. most homeland security operations will continue but the fda would be unable to keep upmost of it's food safety oversight. hud would be shut down same with the department of interior which means the national parks would close and if you're coming to washington, the smithsonian museums and the zoo would be closed. the department of labor, energy, commerce and epa will shut down. some irs functions would cease but social security checks wo

tom costello is joining us. what a heartbreaking story and frightening. >> i was going to say the same thing. heartbreaking for the family of this captain. it happened at about 30,000 feet or so. we do see medical emergencies fairly routinely. it is rare for it to involve a crew member, but it does happen. it was just after 7:30 last night when the the first officer radioed boise airport. 1603 was flying from houston to seattle when the 63-year-old captain apparently suffered a heart attack at the controls. >> we've got a man down, chest compressions goings on right now. i'm not sure too much right now status. but can an ambulance and maybe some air stairs meet us off the runway? >> united 1603, we'll get that going. >> an off-duty pilot jumped into the cockpit, while two army doctors performed cpr. >> they kept the cpr going the the whole time we were in the air. >> despite efforts, the captain died at a boise hospital. most involve passengers and aren't so serious. according to a recent study, 37% are related

as nbc's tom costello explains, the culprit is easy to spot. >> backpacks coming in all shapes and sizes. that pink backpack belongs to emily, a high school near columbus. >> i don't have time to stop by my locker because it's out of the way that i go to my classes. so i have to carry every single thing in my backpack so it gets heavy. >> reporter: 64% of 11-year-olds to 15-year-olds report backpa pn related to their backpacks. six months later, 20% still have the pain. a typical kid's backpack can hold a coat, perhaps even gym clothes. if it adds up to 30 pounds, that's 30% of the child's body weight. way too helavy say the experts. >> it will bring you back our spine backwards. if it's too high, there's going to be touch pressure on your shoulders. >> reporter: nicole is an occupational therapist at nationwide children's hospital in columbus. ideally she says the backpack should weigh about 10% of the child's body weight. it should rest in the middle of the back. kids should wear the waist belt for added support. and always wear both shoulder straps. >> if they're wearing it on just on

tom costello is live on the scene. tom? >> hi, sue. good evening.t numbers are still fluid. we still have reports of ten to 12 total shot, four dead, and the gunman is reported dead. but here's the behind me. we'll zoom in and the navy yard is about three or four blocks down the street. we've had a pretty extreme perimeter here as the police moved in. i would estimate we probably had 100 police officers from various jurisdictions as well as fire and ems coming from throughout d.c. and maryland and virginia to assist on this. our pete williams justice correspondent pete williams is reporting they believe that there was only one shooter involved in this incident and he is dead. now the police chief for d.c. said that they were just wanting to make sure that two other individuals might not have been involved in this. a white male wearing what they believed was a khaki military type uniform and a handgun and another black male wearing what they believed was a green or olive fatigue type of uniform. they -- she said those two, they're looking for, to see

n nbc's tom costello has the details. >> reporter: we're not just talking about speed cameras and redlder, that is a stop sign camera in front of this school where kids come every day. it is watching this intersection. it wants to make sure people don't roll through this four-way stop. we're not just talking about these types of cameras. there's also pedestrian walkway cameras. it's technology that could be coming to an intersection near you. if you come to the nation's capital, you'd be well advised to watch your pedals, both gas and brake. no other city realize erelies m heavily on traffic cameras than washington, d.c. 91 speed and red light cameras already with 132 more on the way. the newest cameras pointed at stop signs are about to go live. >> red lights, yellow lights. that's okay. stop signs are ridiculous. >> reporter: but maybe necessary. over 30 minutes we watched 54 cars approach this stop sign in washington. 37 of the 54 rolled right through, including a postal worker and a police officer. so the new cameras will catch drivers who fail to come to a complete stop at a stop

tom costello is in washington with the details. good morning. >> good morning.ot involved died after suffering a heart attack mid-flight. it diverted to boise after declaring an in light medical emergency. there was a doctor on board helping the patient and the co-pilot is heard telling controllers that they were doing chest compressions on the patient. they're not confirming that it was the pilot. paramedics transported the patient. all the passengers safe. but the hospital reporting the pilot died of an apparent heart attack. >>> thank you. there's break throughs in efforts to strip syria of chemical weapons. they agreed on the wording of a resolution that demands syria turnover it's chemical stock pile and allow access to inspectors and the international agency that releases chemical weapons is discussing a plan that could put them in syria as early as next week. >>> police have intensified their search for the british terror suspect known as the white widow. samantha lewthwaite is wanted for attacking tourist areas in kenya. she is a mother of 3. her first h

. >> nbc's tom costello is live at the scene. tom, pete williams was making the point a few moments ago, given how long this has gone on we have few details, the number of shooters, place of the shooting. has there been any more information in terms of the breakdown of events as they happen this morning, in terms of what happened where? >> reporter: not yet. i expect we're going to get that shortly. d.c. police chief and mayor are expected to hold a press conference within the next 20 minutes or so. i can tell you we've seen a lessening of tension here in this area just in the last 20 minutes or so. behind me we have started to see police units, as well as ems units, fire units starting to pull back from the scene, which would suggest things have stabilized at the scene. about 30, 40 minutes ago, we had a flurry of activity with just a huge number of police resources, s.w.a.t. teams rolling out of here at a very high rate of speed. on that report pete mentioned of a possible shooting at another air force base. that turned out not

more specifics now from nbc's tom costello. >> on the silver plan, a single 27-year-old earning $25,000 a year could expect to pay $145 a month after tax credits. a family of four earning $50,000 could pay $282 a month after tax credits. but the older you are and the more you earn, the more you'd pay. no tax credits for individuals making more than $46,000 a year. the total charge would depend on the insurance competition in your state. a 60-year-old woman in dallas earning $50,000 a year could pay $575 a month for silver coverage. that same person living in indianapolis would pay about $725 a month. >> meantime, a new glitch today in the health care law rollout. politico headlining another obama care delay and reporting the obama administration is postponing online enrollment in some of the small business exchanges scheduled to open october 1st. however, small businesses will be able to submit paper applications. joining me live now, democratic congresswoman of california karen baths. a strong supporter of president obama's law. i want to start off with there was an expectation if ther

i will go to tom costello who has gotten to the scene. this appears to be and could be the medivac helicopter. one landed at seventh and l in southeast to possibly take away one of the victims here. this could be what we are seeing now. what have you learned now that you are on the scene? >> are let me give you the scene where i am. i am at first and m street. i have an echo. the bottom line is we have seen a tremendous amount of assets rolling in and mobile s.w.a.t. teams in the last three minutes or so. a tremendous amount of police activity rolling in. hot red lights and sirens. one ambulance coming in hot and at least or two plnambulances standing by. the scene is five or blocks down. you can see the tremendous perimeter they established here. we have another ambulance now that is coming by and this is a d.c., fire, and ems unit. they established a big perimeter. one would assume they have rings around that and we are on the outer ring. if you go down four or five blocks, that's where the activity is. we have seen d.c. police and the

for today, tom costello. >> we put an anvil in this one to make the point. >> this is ridiculous. >> people load up these book bags. >> i'm still lopsided from my backpack. >> really? >> my back is like a question mark and if i don't crect it i'll sit like this. >> so how much do you encourage or hope there's going to be an app for that? so that there are going to be kids that can use an ipad and actually study and have their books be apps. >> they're doing this in colorado w wh the set of books at school and at home. that's a great idea although very expensive for school districts to do that. >> we can come up with an app for that. >> i just didn't carry any books. >> worked for you. look where you are today. >>yeah. look where i am today. >>ll right. coming up next, from the george zimmerman verdict to the royal baby, the stories that have the world talking this summer. we'll go through a bunch of them right after this. [ male announcer ] we took new febreze free with no perfume to prove the skeptics wrong.

tom costello is live on the scene. what do we know? >> reporter: this is a very fluid situation.e nationals baseball stadium. four to five blocks down is where the navy yard is. there is a very big perimeter. there have been reports of as many as 12 people shot. we have a report there may be two police officers shot as well. to give you a sense of how that's affected the area, the capital police is watching capitol hill. they are on a very heightened state of alert. at reagan national airport, departures are on hold because of an air traffic management system in place with this police operation going on. washington center reports they are receiving victims from this shooting. there are reports of fatalities. reports of two police officers who have been shot. we don't know their conditions. we have police officers and response from multiple jurisdictions, from d.c. police, transit police, military police. prince george's county is assisting as well. this has been going on since 8:20 this morning with a report of an active shooter at the navy yard. 3,000 people work at the navy yar

tom costello caught up with one of them who is now back home in washington. morning to you. >> good morning. she is a 30-year-old harvard educated lawyer working for the world bank who went to the mall on saturday and is grateful to be home and alive. >> you're safe, baby. you're safe. >> reporter: overwhelmed we motion, back in her parent's arms. >> i love you too baby. >> reporter: for her mother, the last few days of waiting have been one never ending nightmare. >> i could have lost you. >> reporter: working for the world bank, she had only been in kenya since july. on saturday, she was meeting a business colleague at the westgate mall for lunch when teams of terrorists suddenly began attacking. >> people are screaming. lots of running. you hear gunshots or explosions. it's complete chaos. >> reporter: desperate to get away, she and her friend crawled into a home furnishing store and hid with 15 other people in a back room. they could hear the terrorists just one floor above. >> i could hear more machine guns and shooting in the background. that's when i re

>> tom costello in washington. winds and rainfall. miguel almaguer is in seattle where the stormy weather isn't over there yet. miguel, good morning. >> natalie, good morning. this area has been hit with a one-two punch. first, it was rain. but the last two hours or so, the story has been wind. wind gusts have reached up to 60 miles per hour, topping trees and power lines, cutting out power temporarily to thousands in this region. the last 48 hours, the story has really been the rain and localized flooding. record rain in september has turned some roads into rivers. this entire region is trying to clean up. we expect more rain and more wind in the forecast over the next several days. natalie, back to you. >> miguel almaguer, thank you so much. >>> the retrial of former american exchange student amanda knox got underway today in italy. knox spent four years behind bars for the 2007 murder of her roommate until they overturned the verdicts against her and her former boyfriend. italy's highest court has ordered a new

tom costello is at reagan national airport this morning. tom, what can you tell us?this is a time of year when migrating birds can pose a serious risk to aircraft. the safety on the planes depends on the effort to get birds out of the way. >> reporter: rare video of a flock of birds flying straight into the engine of a passenger plane. bird strikes happen nearly every day in the nation's skies damaging planes and on very rare occasions bringing a plane down. the canada geese strike that took out the engines of a us airways air tlt bus in 2009 was a big wake-up call since then, the number of bird strikes have soared. . atlanta reported 100 in 2012. up 45% in four years. 251 at chicago o'hare. 119 at l.a.x., 180 at jfk and 124 at san francisco. >> most airports are ignoring the problems and hoping nothing happens. >> reporter: bird strike control expert nick carter says that it is a matter of time before a single bird strike costs a lot of people their lives. the greatest risk, the fly zones on the east and west coast and the mississippi river. >> the size is right, th

tom costello has the story. >> reporter: across the country the nation's air traffic controllers handle 130 million takeoffs and landings every year. the faa reports today in 2012 there were nearly 4400 cases of planes getting too close to each other, more than double the number from the year before and 18 near collisions on runways. the reason? the faa says a new computer system now automatically records every time two planes violate the faa's flight separation rules. those rules require 3.5 miles or 1,000 feet of vertical separation near airports. the new reporting system won't rely solely on controllers and pilots to self-report those mistakes and they are seeing a drop in the percentage of the most serious close calls. in a statement the air traffic controllers union said maintaining the safety of the world's largest most next national airspace requires constance vigilance and focus. >> the number did rise and by doing that now we're going to be actually pinpoint those areas we need to work on. >> reporter: intense focus making sure the nation's air travellers fly safely. >> steve y