united states capitol. the officer made a request to the park police dispatch center to contact the united states capitol police. the patrol supervisor confirmed the observation and requested the park police dispatch center notify the park police aviation unit which in turn contacted the national capitol region coordination center to report an aircraft in restricted airspace. another park police officer observed and followed the aircraft eastbound in his patrol vehicle until the aircraft planned on the west grounds of the united states capitol. the park police officer arrived at the capitol grounds and observed the u.s. capitol police arresting mr. hughes. at that point the park police became an assisting agency to the u.s. capitol police on the scene and at their command post. mr. chairman this concludes my statement. i will be pleased to respond to any questions you and other members may have. >> thank you, chief. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman ranking member cummings, members of the committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to discuss the event that occurred on wedne

united states capitol. the officer made a request to the park police dispatch center to contact the united states capitol police. a patrol supervisor confirmed the observation and requested the park police dispatch center notify the park police aviation union which in turn contacted the national capitol region coordination center to report an aircraft in restricted airspace. another park police officer observed and followed the aircraft eastbound in his patrol vehicle. to where the aircraft landed on the west grounds of the united states capitol. the park police officer arrived at the capitol grounds and observed the u.s. capitol police arresting mr. hughes. at that point the park police became an assisting agency to the united states capitol police on the scene and at their command post. mr. chairman, this concludes my statement. i will be pleased to respond to any questions you and other members may have. >> thank you, chief dine. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman ranking member couple i think so am members of the committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to squus the ev

. >> reporter: sirens and police shouting as emergency crews put the u.s. capitol on lockdown. >> the united states capitol police officers quickly secured the scene and locked down the capitol. the disturbing scene captured on tourist cell phones. on the west terrace, police say the man shot himself and they investigated the man's luggage, a backpack and a suitcase nearby. witnesses say he was carrying a sign. >> he had a sign and the sign said something about taxes. >> reporter: when the shot rang out, tourists outside quickly moved away. all of those inside the capitol and visitor center were told to shelter in place. >> it was scary, but, you know, there was no panic. >> reporter: the frightening scene at the u.s. capitol building on the busiest day of in washington. the final weekend of the annual cherry blossom festival. this sunny celebration, suddenly disrupted for hundreds of startled tourists. >> a lot of people running around, a lot of not knowing what is going on. >> reporter: police are still investigating the shooting but says there's no connection to terrorism and they've reopened th

the united states capitol police investigating a, quote powdery white substance that fell out of an envelope democrat mike doyle. all staff and offices have been ordered to remain where they are and not go into the corridor. they are treating the substance with a lot of suspicion, a hazmat team has been called in. we'll bring you more details as we get them. >>> let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange with what investors are watching for nicole? >> reporter: facebook is looking good, up 87 cents at $84.49. looking like a winner here today. it's a winner year to date. the comps between twitter and facebook. the options market is betting that you will see a 5% move either way. up or down on this latest quarter, which actually is less than what we normally see. the average is about 9%. and the summer of 2013 had a 30% move to the upside. can be volatile. the estimates the street are looking for earnings per share of 40 cents and a revenue of 3.56 billion. talking a lot of course about mobile ad revenue that ayou continue thes for about two-thirds of total reven

the officer made a request to contact the united states capitol police. a patrol supervisor confirmed the observation and requested the park police dispatch center notify the park police aviation unit which contacted the coordination center to ront an aircraft in restricted air space. another park police officer observed and followed the aircraft eastbound until it landed on the west grounds of the capitol. the police officer arrived and observed the police arresting mr. hughes. at that time the park police became an assist ping agency to the park police on the scene and at their command post. this concludes my statement. i will be pleased to respond to any questions you and any other members may now have. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, ranking member cummings, members of the committee, good morning. and thank you for the opportunity to discuss the event that occurred on wednesday, april 15 and the action taken by the united states capitol police. i will begin by providing the time line and will gladly answer any questions. it is important to note that thi

united states department of defense. the honorable michael huerta, administration of the f.a.a. the honorable joseph clancey, mr. robert mcclain chief of the united states park police, and many kim dine chief of the united states capitol police. we welcome you all. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. mr. blodgeet you are included as well. we would ask that all the panel please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. you may be seated. let the record reflect that all the witnesses answered in the affirmative. all of your written statements will be entered into the record. we would ask that you limit your verbal comments to 5 minutes. we will recognize administrator -- mr. irving first. we will then excuse him to eesscort the prime minister into the house of representatives. >> thank you. good morning, mr. chairman, mr. cummings, and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. as sergeant at arms and chief law enforcement officer of the house of representatives i am fully dedicated to ensuring the safet

highly restricted area 56 and landing on the west lawn of the united states capitol norad the f.a.a., the secret service, the capitol policell have jurisdiction. who do you hold responsible for the security breach sir? >> one of the problems you have a 32 federal agencies or 32 law enforcement agencies that say in washington with some degree of jurisdiction, so you worry about coordination and the communication but, certainly the capitol hill police the united states secret service which were ever departmentally notified well in advance this person had for shadowed they were going to come in and do this and you need to have visibility. you look at norad and just the bake flight control coming out of reagan of whether you can see what is coming toward the airport and toward the national mall. >> your staff is drafting a letter to the secret service which as you point out had interviewed? fellow twice because he put on the internet the fact he was thing of doing this as far back as 2013. >> the committee will give a briefing to myself and elijah cummings and we needed a few days to this sell sort out the story. but the tampa

united states capitol. the capitol was locked down police racing through the halls in fear for the lives of hundreds of lawmakers. it was a one-man piloted copter and it landed near the spot where the christmas tree every year stands. the pilot had been reportedly flying for about 45 miles an hour. he was quickly arrested. but here's the thing. he had flown through restricted air space for hours undetected and unchallenged. and the big question tonight is how could this happen? how could a man fly into the teeth of the most heavily protected air space in the world and get away with it? the pilot, doug hughes is a florida postal worker. his mission he said was a peaceful protest, something he reportedly had been planning for years. >> i don't believe that the authorities are going to shoot down a 60-year-old mailman in a flying bicycle. >> well despite jokes from lawmakers they were under attack from a flying lawn chair, the security breach is not a joke. a it's a major failure by several government agencies a wakeup call on how easily a terrorist or drone could have done the same thing, causing untold damage. to

commandant says no one could have shot down a gyrocopter that landed outside the united states capitol. but the capitol police chief says officers could have opened fire and did not because of the risk to tourists. a florida mailman flew the aircraft over the national mall two weeks ago without being stopped. members of the house oversight committee were unhappy with the answers they got at a hearing on wednesday. wednesday. >> it starts with a simple question of who's in charge. you've got a dude in a gyrocopter 100 feet in the air crossing 30 plus miles of restricted airspace. >> the head of the faa said radar could not distinguish the gyrocopter from other objects like a bird or kite. >>> senator bernie sanders is hillary clinton's first challenger for the democratic presidential nomination. the vermont independent calls himself a democratic socialist. he says both parties are dominated by big money interests. but sanders tells nancy cordes a third-party campaign was never an option. >> the reality is that if you want to engage in debates and mobilize people, it's hard to do it outside the two-party system

united states from a long stand are partner of the united states within the region. >> saudi police spokesman said a gunman in a car has killed two policemen in the capitol wee idea. as soon as we get more, we'll bring it to you. >> we're going to bring you breaking news out of afghanistan. we are hearing a firefight has broken out between afghan and nato security forces in jalalabad. let's go live to jennifer glass in kabul. what more do we know about this? >> that firefight happened within the provincial governor's compound while a meeting was going on between the senior u.s. official and the governor hips. one afghan national army soldier was killed and one injured. we have no word on whether any of the international forces were injured. the police chief says they were american forces, nato won't confirm that now. they'll only confirm that an incident did happen in jalalabad, a firefight between international forces and afghan army personnel. one afghan army soldier killed in that fight. >> this is obviously i suppose another indication of just how unstable the situation is in afghanistan and around kabul, as well. >> that's right. i mean, inside the governor's

united states capitol. the aircraft landing on the west front lawn immediately swarmed by police the area on lockdown. >> the guy gave thumb's up. >> he is 61-year-old doug hughes a postal worker from florida who posted this video showing the train for the stunt he began a year ago, planning to deliver letters to lawmakers demanding campaign finance reform. he did notify secret service about his plan. >> how does an individual get that close in the airspace? >> it was now detected entering the restricted airspace and norad is working to find out how the system missed it. >>> the warriors first playoff became is saturday right here on abc7. the winning season is not just good for the team but it is making a big difference for young people. the warriors are donating $440,000 to eight organizations that serve youngsters through hoops for kids. the teal pledged $500 for each regular season three-pointer and the warriors scored 870 three pointers. there was a pre-game reception last night for the have excited sipcies -- recipients. >> we can put a coach in all low income schools and they are there all day every d

but certainly the capitol hill police, the united states secret service which were notified well in advance, this person foreshadowed they were going to come in and do this, and then you need to have visibility. you look at norad and just the basic flight control coming out of reagan about whether or not you can see what's coming towards the airport and towards the national mall. >> your staff is drafting a letter to the secret service, which as you point out had interviewed this fellow twice because he had put out on the internet the fact that he was thinking about doing this as far back as 2013. what else is your committee considering doing to rectify this situation? >> well they're going to be giving us a briefing to myself and elijah cummings oversight committee and other committees. that's going to happen. we needed a few days for them to sort out their story. the tampa bay times reported, and evidently at least in their reporting, said they had called the capitol hill police, called the secret service 30 minutes prior. as members of congress, we usually get an alert something is going

united states capitol. >> reporter: the man appeared to be here on his own. >> based on the facts i just provided to you, there seems to be no connection to terrorism. >> reporter: policeay what kind of gun was used. >> it's something you think about at the high-risked places that something like this will happen, but i just wasn't really scared, i didn't know it was gunshots in the first place. >> reporter: the police do know who the man is, they have not yet identified him. we can also tell you this -- there frontally weren't -- probably weren't any congressmen in the building. >>> our team coverage continues now with stephanie ramirez. >> caught up with the tourists near the capitol when the shooting happened. and she spoke to a man who tells us the shooting happened right behind him. >> it didn't sound like gunshots, but a balloon pop, and i started to see the girl and the mother that was standing there, both started crying and holding face. >> reporter: he didn't realize the suspected gunman's suitcase you can see in this photo, was still on scene. >> off duty police officer, and had his badge up, and said everybody calm down, and set god of here -- get out of here

united states -- host: it was on the capitol grounds. caller: well, anyway, i think what he was trying to say is you can do that, but now a kid can make eye contact with a policefficer and run and he can be killed. but the guy who did this is doing home detention. that is what i believe he was trying to say. host: ok. the, roberts though, missouri, independent c. caller: i think a lot of this is due to the drug wars and police training. i grew up in the 70's and they would let you join the military back then. they won't do that no more. i don't know where these people are saying join the military. they won't even take the high school graduates with the cleanest place there is. and they said the jobs overseas. their income no chances for young people anymore -- there ain't no chances for young people no more. you put them in jail, become up, all that stuff, and that is the whole problem. we need to vote the people out of office that are in there, democrats and republicans, they are all in the same boat. that is the whole problem and that is my comment. thank you. host: all right, steve. we are taking your comments about the baltimore protests and the calling fo