more now from tom hanson. >> reporter: springfield, missouri, police say they arrested an armed man after he walked into a walmart store dressed in body armor and dressed in military-type clothing. the man who appeared to be in his 20s sent shoppers running yesterday afternoon. >> he was compliant with us, but his intent was not to cause peace or comfort to anybody that wawas in the business here. in fact, he's lucky to be alive still, to be honest. >> reporter: an off-duty firefighter held the suspect whose name has not been released until police arrived, and he was taken into custody. police are asking witnesses to come forward. tom hanson, cbs news. >>> for the first time republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is indicating he is open to legislation on background checks. this discussion is playing out amid nervousness about the next possible attack as we just saw. laura podesta is in new york with more. laura, good morning. >> good morning, brook. yes. for the first time, really, since mass shootings enveloped the american psyche, it looks like there could be a bipartisan ef

tom hanson repor he is believ bn killed in a military operation. . >> reporter: the son of the years of the death of his be 30t the target of the operation and was not known to be at that location. some time later, officials say the u.s. monitored the conversation among the leaders whether they should try to keep the death a secret. it's unclear when or where the operation took place. he was believed to be in pakistan or afghanistan. president trump brushed aside questions about the operation. >> do you have intelligence that bin laden's son was killed. >> i don't want to comment on it. i don't want to comment on that. >> reporter: letters captured in the raid that killed bin laden indicated he was grooming his son to succeed him as the leader. the state department offered a $1 million reward for him. the white house isn't saying whether it's hanson, cbs news, new york. >> and his death awidely considered a major blow to al-qaeda. >>> the fbi says it is bringing in reinforcements to investigate the deadly mass shooting attisae to death and wounded several others sunday before he was

report tom hanson is in philadelphia. . >> reporter: the m who police say shot six officer during a standoff surrendered around midnight. for more than seven hours, the suspect was holed up in a north philadelphia building. . >> shots fired from the second floor. >> reporter: around 4:30 in the afternoon, police went to the home to serve a drug warrant. the operation went awry almost immediately. >> the shooter fired multiple rounds. officers returned fire and many had to escape from windows and doors from the bullets. >> reporter: two officers and three others trapped inside until a s.w.a.t. team could free them. >> it's nothing short after a miracle we don't have multiple the suspect was firing multiple rounds outside of the window. >> a little bit angry about someone help the weaponry and the fire power. >> reporter: all six officers shot were released from the hospital. two walked out as their colleagues saluted. the attorney says his former client, maurice hill, is the suspect and called for help. . >>> all of my energy was directed at having this come to an end as quickly as possible a

york city, i'm tom hanson. >>> it's thursday, august 15th, 2019, this is the cbs morning news. >>> shoot out in philadelphia. six police officers are wounded after a more than 7 hour standoff with an armed suspect. >>> recession fears prompt a massive sell off on wall street that's effecting markets around the world. >> whoa, oh my goodness. no, no, no. >> and a high speed pursuit ends in a violent crash in los angeles. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquaters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne marie green. from overnight in philadelphia a violent police standoff has ended with six officers wounded and the suspected gunman in custody. the standoff started yesterday afternoon when officers were serving a warrant at a home. the shooter apparently started firing at the officers. tom hansen is in philadelphia. what do we know now about the condition of those officers? >> hey, well, the six officers shot are all out of the hospital this morning. they all sustained nonlife threatening injuries and are expected to be okay. meanwhile, the investigation in

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm tom hanson. >>> it's thursday, august 15th, 2019, thise cbs morning news. >>> shoot out in philadelphia. six police officers are wounded after a more than 7 hour standoff with an armed suspect. >>> recession fears prompt a massive sell off on wall street that's effecting markets around the world. >> whoa, oh my goodness. no, no, no. >> and a high speed pursuit ends in a violent crash in los angeles.

cbs correspondent tom hanson is in new york. what can you tell us about what happened ?at killed the younger hamza bin laden but details of where he died are unknown. he was killed ina military he died are unknown. he was killed in a military operation eight years after the death of his father and according to the official, the soon—to—be 30—year—old, in line to head up al-qaeda, was not the target of the operation and was not known to be at that location. it was not until some time later officials say, us intelligence monitored conversations among members of al-qaeda as to whether they should keep the death secret or celebrate him asa keep the death secret or celebrate him as a martyr so unclear where the operation took place although hamza bin laden was believed to be in either pakistan or afghanistan and yesterday president trump brushed aside questions about the operation. he was asked if he had intelligence the son have been killed and said he did not want to comment and he thanked reporters for asking the question and brushed off the rest of the questions. the raid

tom hanson is a cbs correspondent in new york. what more can you add to that? good morning.officials. other details remain completely unknown. hamza bin laden, the son of a bin laden, was killed in a military operation eight years after the death of his father. according to that same official, he was in line to head al-anda, was that the target of the operation and was not even known to be at the location of the operation. it wasn‘t until sometime later, officials say, us intelligence monitored conversations among al-qaeda members about whether they should try to keep is that a secret or acknowledge it and decide about him as a martyr. it is not clear when or where the operation took place. he is believed to have beenin took place. he is believed to have been in either pakistan or afghanistan. at the white house yesterday president trump brushed aside questions about the operation when he was asked if there was any intelligence that bin laden‘s son had been killed. he said he did not wa nt to had been killed. he said he did not want to comment and thanked the press for askin

hanson. he's accused of posting a threatening facebook message about a puerto rican festival there. they say he was not known to police beforehand. tonight officials across the country are taking every threat seriously. tom? >> will reed with the new threats tonight. all right, will, thank you. >>> we turn to politics now and the issue of gun violence taking center stage in downtown des moines. with the 2020 democratic candidates turning up the volume against president trump, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the nra in the aftermath of the dayton and el paso massacres. mary bruce is with the candidates in iowa tonight. >> reporter: in iowa today, the 2020 presidential hopefuls with a rallying cry for gun reform. >> we need reasonable gun safety laws in our country, including universal background checks and a renewal on the assault weapons ban. >> reporter: on the sidelines of the fair, the candidates pitching their plans at a gun safety forum for voters eager for change. >> i come to you, i know, at a time of sorrow in our country, but a time of real determination. we are going to make change. we are going to pass gun safety laws in this country. >> aks, ars -- they have no business in our neig