it from the official us capitol police twitter account. it says they us epa, the us capitol police is responding to the north barricade vehicle access point along independence avenue for reports someone rammed a vehicle into to review acp offices. a suspect is in custody. both officers are injured, all three have been taken to hospital. this also is showing us capitol police critical incidents. i can tell you what we do know for sure is that the area surrounding the building and i can take you back to that type shot now. daily it. the area you can see more clearly. a little closer is not clearly that capitol building and surrounding areas. we know the whole area around their which is very busy teeming with officers, lawmakers, office workers, supreme court, the library of congress, lots of politicians working around there. it's been in knockdown now for the last 20 or so minutes. what we do know from the us capitol police and you can see lots of police cars at the bottom of the frame flashing blue lights on appropriate police cars. they say

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at a statement also posted on the twitter feed of the us capitol police. says we are devastated to share the sad news that one of our four officers involved in this afternoons incident passed away. the us ep, capitol police is working to notify the officers next of kin before it releases additional information. just after 1pm a man and a blue sedan rammed his vehicle into the north barricade at the us capitol striking two officers. the department immediately walked down the capital campus. which we understand has the capitol building and up to four other buildings around it. the man exited the vehicle with a knife and ran towards our officers. at least one officer drew their weapon and shot the suspect. one of was transported by a cruiser to the hospital. the second capitol police officer was transported by dc fire and ems. we understand that there was a helicopter involved in that transfer. the suspect was also transported by the dc fire and ems to the hospital where he succumbed to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 1:30pm local time.

the us capitol is now on lockdown. this is the scene live now near the us capitol.the car involved in the incident is being inspected by officers.

the us capitol was put on lockdown. the top homicide investigator for the us city of minneapolis gives evidence on day five of the george floyd murder trial. dozens of british mps call on the government to abandon any idea of vaccine passports to help reopen the economy. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a police officer has died and another has been hospitalised after an attack on the us capitol. the attacker, 25—year—old noah greene from the us state of indiana, rammed a car into a barricade and then emerged brandishing a knife. he was then shot dead by police. president biden said he was heartbroken over the death of the officer, william evans, who had served for 18 years. this is the second time the capitol has been targeted this year, after supporters of donald trump stormed the building injanuary. here's our north america editorjon sopel. sirens wail. we've been here before. lunchtime on a cold easter day, and another emergency at the capitol. a man in a blue car rams two us capit

police at the us capitol.as been attacked in the past. we even had someone fly a small plane, a 1—man operated plane to the west lawn of the capital. the two officers were killed in 1998 from a man who suffered from mental illness, and they have been other incidents that have taken place around the us capitol. it is a magnet for people with issues to show up there. and so this is something that security is going to have to really look into for the future. , future. indeed they will. thomas _ future. indeed they will. thomas o'connor, - future. indeed they will. j thomas o'connor, thank future. indeed they will. - thomas o'connor, thank you so much for your type of study element thank you very much for having me. == element thank you very much for having me-_ having me. -- thank you very much mattingly. _ a minneapolis homicide investigator has said police officer, derek chauvin, used "totally unnecessary" deadly force when kneeling on george floyd's neck during an arrest last may. he was giving evidence on day

i just ask that the public continue to keep us capitol police and their families in your prayers. e events that have occurred here today. so i ask that you keep our us capitol police family in your thoughts and prayers. at this time i'm going to turn it over to the metropolitan police chief, mr robert conti for the metropolitan police department's portion of this investigation. thank you. good afternoon. _ investigation. thank you. good afternoon, i'm _ investigation. thank you. good afternoon, i'm robert- investigation. thank you. good afternoon, i'm robert conti - investigation. thank you. good afternoon, i'm robert conti acting chief_ afternoon, i'm robert conti acting chief of— afternoon, i'm robert conti acting chief of the metropolitan police department. 0ur chief of the metropolitan police department. our members responded to the department. 0ur members responded to the us— department. our members responded to the us capital todayjust after 1:00pm — the us capital todayjust after 1:00pm to investigate and officer involved — 1:00pm to investigate and officer involved shooting

the us capitol, much like westminster in the uk, is a target, and the officers who work at the us capitoles on the line to protect their building and the people who are in it and they should be complemented for thejob they did. this was not a breach of security, this is what the security does. it stopped the vehicle from getting in, and those officers did theirjob and sadly one was killed and one was injured. you touched on the possible search now for motives which is clearly in the minds of so many people. what kind of areas will people be looking at, the investigating officers there? is it something like what we can all see, looking at social media feeds— what are the other avenues they will be exploring? it is, social media in this day and age really does shine a light into the mindset of the person that is being investigated, but along with that there'll be search warrants that are served at this person's residence, the vehicle is being searched, all of these things come together, and there may be some fringe ideology, there is being reported a follower of the nation of islam which is

capitol. barbara plett usher, our us state department correspondent is outside the us capitol.i think the city had begun to relax a bit more because since january 6, there'd been a massive security increase around the capitol building, as you know. there had been some warnings about possible attacks, but nothing had happened. and now something has, so people are on edge again and nervous about what to expect. now, this is nothing like on the scale, of course, of what happened onjanuary 6 — which was a mob storming the capitol building with arms, hunting down congresspeople, attacking police officers. this is — seems to be a one—man attack. at this point, it appears that he acted alone. it's also not at all clear that he might be, you know, connected to some kind of political or other cause. the officers who spoke to us earlier said that they were not calling it a terrorist attack and this man has not appeared on law enforcement radar before, he's not known to police, so it's not clear what his motivation was. that will obviously be a big part of the investigation but, yes, it h

the suspect did to start lunging towards us capitol police officers, at which time us capitol police cers fired upon the suspect. the us national guard has been deployed in the area — the us capitol was put on lockdown. this is the scene live now near the us capitol — we'll bring you the latest as we get it. hello and welcome if you're watching on pbs in the us or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. we start with some breaking news. the us capitol building and surrounding streets in washington dc are in lockdown after police warned of an "external security threat". this is the scene live for a lockdown has been put in place after police warned of an external security threat. the car you can see on screen there entered the area around the capital, rammed into two police officers before hitting the barricade. the suspect then seems to exit the vehicle wielding a knife. he longed at officers who had gathered and responded to the incident, refused to put down his knife and was then shot. i'm joined now by barbara plett usher

the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers, at which time us capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. the top homicide investigator for the us city of minneapolis gives evidence on day five of the trial into the alleged murder of george floyd. remaining calm under the pressure: the life—saving operation that took place while a fire was raging. and the show might go on: more than a year after closing their doors, the theatres of broadway partially re—open. hello and welcome to bbc news. a police officer has died and another is in hospital after an attack on the us capitol. a man carrying a knife rammed a car into a barricade before he was shot dead by police. president biden said he was heartbroken over the death of the officer. it's the second time the capitol has been targeted this year, after supporters of donald trump stormed the building in january. here's our north america editorjon sopel. sirens wail. we've been here before. lunchtime on a cold easter day and another emergency at the capitol. sirens wail. a man in a blue car rams two us capitol police off

the suspect did to start lunging towards us capitol police officers, at which time us capitol policefficers fired upon the suspect. in other news: dozens of british mps call on the government to abandon any idea of vaccine passports to help reopen the economy. and the top homicide investigator for the us city of minneapolis gives evidence on day five of the george floyd murder trial. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. a car has driven through a barricade outside the heavily guarded us capitol building in washington, hitting two police officers. the suspected emerged from the car with a knife and was fatally shot. one of the two officers has died and the other is being treated in hospital. last month, the authorities began to dismantle some of the security fencing and other measures put up after the storming of the capital by trump supporters injanuary. the us capitol police gave this update. it is with a very, very heavy heart that i_ it is with a very, very heavy heart

us capitol police identified the officer who died as an 18 year veteran of the force william billy evans at the u.s. capitol police chief yogananda pittman says this is devastating news just 3 months after that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. we know police shot and killed the suspect who was driving the car. pittman says that driver jumped out of the vehicle armed with a knife on the suspect did start lunging toward. >> us capitol police officers at which time a u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. >> at this point police have not identified the second officer who was hurt needs. obviously understand the motivation behind this senseless so much. bob the market will certainly be doing that. us capitol police say that second officer who was taken to the hospital is stable tonight and had non life threatening injuries earlier in the day. police also said that us capitol police did not know this suspect prior to this incident. >> they are still investigating, but they also didn't know about any previous threats made toward any members of congress in fact, this week lawmak

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neil: i don't want to interrupt you but we have more to best security issue outside the us capitol.pital on the senate side and a few minutes ago over the intercom here the police security intercom came on the air and said the capital is locked down due to an external security threat. i should note a couple of weeks ago they removed the outer delimiter of the offensive up around the capital since the january 6, riot. they push the perimeter in and there's still a pretty good sense that is immediately around the us capitol itself. people are allowed to move around inside the us capitol complex between the house and senate office buildings and also the capital itself, but the fact that they have some external security threat , keep in mind this is significant because they still have national guard's persons here. they reduce the footprint significantly in the middle of march, so this is the first time we have had something major going on a pure on capitol hill. the capital has mostly been abandoned so far over the past two weeks with the house out of session for two weeks and the sena

the suspect did start lunging towards us capitol police officers, at which time us capitol police officersthe officers to hospital. officials later identified the policeman who died as william "billy" evans, an 18—year veteran of the force. house speaker nancy pelosi called him a "martyr for democracy". president biden said in a statement that he and his wife were heartbroken by the attack. three months ago, another police officer died after supporters of the former president donald trump forced their way into the building as congress was certifying joe biden's election victory. this time, however, the capitol building was quiet. congress is on easter recess and most of its politicians are out of town. the suspect has been named as 25—year—old noah greene, an african—american who described himself on social media as a follower of the black nationalist group nation of islam. officials say they have yet to establish a motive for the attack. it came only days after officials started removing a fence put in place following the uprising in january. a week ago, the driver would not have been abl

the us capitol was put on lockdown.

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this is the second us capitol police officer to be killed in the line of duty this year. washington correspondent rashad hudson has the latest. >> capitol police say that this underscores that the capitol building and the officers charged with protecting remained potential threats for acts of violence. >> we're deeply saddened by this reaction from lawmakers is pouring in following friday's attack that killed us capitol police officer william billy evans and left another officer injured. someone who you showed up to work today to protect the capital. to protect the people working at the capitol. ohio congressman tim ryan chairs, the house subcommittee which oversees capitol police and building security. one perimeter fence was recently removed ryan says a full investigation is needed before more changes are made. just think we've got to be very careful as we move forward. that. >> you know, we can't get too far ahead of ourselves without knowing that we have the ability. to protect the capital to harden capital. >> police have identified 25 year-old noah green as the suspe

capitol police they're saying though please keep us in thoughts and prayers at extremely difficult time because when you think about it it is less than 3 months since the insurrection on the capitol when the police were so sorely tested on that day they have had to respond in numbers for a long time now and now another attack which has claimed one life. one or 2 pm is when all of this started it is now 2 51 pm at the north barricade of the capitol and alan fischer if you're with me and you have been with me throughout all of this why don't we go through the tick tock as they say the moment by moment of what we've learned about what happened today. that was the moment the took a breath away we had tears in the last 15 minutes that one of the officers who'd been injured was seriously injured and clearly they succumbed to the injuries as it was just after one of the 2 that this car approached the checkpoint on the senate side of the building on the capitol hill complex officers tried to get it to stop drove through the initial barricade impacting 2 officers who were there on jus t. run int

us capitol police identified the officer who died as an 18 year veteran of the force william billy evans at the u.s. capitol police chief yogananda pittman says this is devastating news just 3 months after that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. we know police shot and killed the suspect who was driving the car. pittman says that driver jumped out of the vehicle armed with a knife. >> the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers at which time a u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. >> at this point police have not identified the second officer who was hurt or the suspect who was killed by police does not appear that he is known to the capitol police on small to police department at this time. now that second police officer who was taken to the hospital, we're told is stable with non life threatening injuries. also earlier in the day today police said they don't think there's any kind of active or ongoing threat against the capitol or the surrounding areas. >> do we know what exactly killed this officer. we know that there is this this car ran into the ba

president biden says he's heartbroken at the death of a police officer — killed as he was guarding the us capitoling in washington dc. a court in taiwan has allowed bail for a construction site manager whose vehicle is suspected of causing a train accident that killed at least 50 people. italy and france enter new national lockdowns, as they struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. a british woman in her 80s has died, after being attacked in her garden by two escaped dogs in the west midlands. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's show: we are gonna go into freefall. i can do this. here we go. i can't believe this guy is actually trusting me to cut his hair. grab the tail, oh and we're away! this is one of the craziest things i've done in my entire life. hello and welcome to this week's travel show, very firmly not going anywhere right now, but hoping we will be back on the road again sometime soon. until then we are here to keep you inspired and hopefully entertained until we can all start making plans again and take those trips we have all been missin

us capitol police officer william billy evans is dead.ct fox has identified as 25-year-old no one green and another officer guarding the senate entrance to the capital with a blue nissan, the car crashing into a security barricade, green jumped out and lunged at the officers with a massive knife resuming a machete. police fired on green killing him. capital police and those who work on capitol hill reeling again. >> i ask that the public continue to keep us capitol police and their families in your prayers. this has been an extremely difficult time for us capitol police after the events of january 6th. >> reporter: prior to this year only two capital police officers ever died defending the capital during the 1998 shootout, then officer brian sickneck and i just after the riot. is remains laden honor at the capitol rotunda. >> today was another below for the capitol hill family and especially the capitol police family. >> green graduated two years ago with a degree in finance and played football. police a green lacks known ties to terroris

joining us from capitol hill so talk us through what we just heard from the senator kimberly. well it's no accident that tim scott the most prominent african-american currently in the u.s. congress in the senate was chosen to give this message given the fact that so much of what joe biden has talked about in his 1st 100 days has to deal with grace and so what we've heard now is from a black man who says that not everyone in the united states agrees with joe biden's policies essentially what he's saying is that at times he is accusing the democrats of using race to divide americans and to use it to advance policy so this is a pretty powerful accusation and it really is touching on a raw nerve that is percolating in american society what he's saying is that he believes that as a black man he has benefited greatly from all of the opportunities that america has

driver jumped out of the vehicle armed with a knife on the suspect did start lunging toward. >> us capitol police officers at which time a u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. >> at this point police have not identified the second officer who was hurt needs. obviously understand the motivation behind this senseless also, the metropolitan police department will certainly be doing that. >> us capitol police. also a short time ago released an update on that second officer who was hurt and taken to the hospital. they now say he is stable and has non life threatening injuries. police also say they don't believe there is an active ongoing threat to the capitol or the area around it. now this week lawmakers were actually not here in washington because they are on reporting live in washington. alexandra le mon, thank you so much, alex. and we'll have more reports later on and. >> representatives were working in the nation's capital today and they fear the worst as this violence unfolded kron 4 spoke with one of them today on kron on. she's joining us now live with more on what he s

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one police officer is killed and another is in hospital after an attack at the us capitol building in washington, dc. france and italy enter new national lockdowns as they struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. diagnosing epilepsy more quickly. we'll hear from the families using new technology to share videos of seizures as part of an nhs trial. the women's six nations gets underway today. it was delayed by the pandemic but is now taking centre stage. can england retain their title? they face scotland in the opening game this afternoon. good morning. a dry day ahead with some sunshine, particularly in the north and west. cooler and cloudier in eastern england. all the details coming up on breakfast. it's saturday 3rd april. our top story: care home residents in england will be allowed two regular visitors indoors from the 12th of april in a further relaxation visitors will also be able to bring babies and young children with them, meaning some residents could meet grandchildren for the first time. charlotte wright has this report. it has been an agonising year for those wit

. >> there's been an immensely difficult few months for members of the capitol police force. >> us capitol police officer william billy evans will lie in honor in the capitol rotunda tuesday. >> at the very center of the democracy. he gave his life to protect senate majority leader chuck schumer and illinois senator durbin called the 18 year capitol police veteran. >> a hero. >> they put their lives at risk to protect this building and those of us who work here and those who visit. they literally risk their lives for us. >> evans died after a man rammed his car into him and another officer at a barricade on the capitol complex. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said evans was one of the first faces many lawmakers saul on their way to the capital each day. >> we could not have had the condor. more likable at this junction or more faithful protector. >> in a statement house speaker nancy pelosi called evans a martyr of our democracy. president biden and vice president harris are expected to make the trip to capitol hill to pay their respects to officer evans. investigators are still wor

this is bbc news — the headlines: a police officer has been killed in an attack near the us capitol buildingn washington after a man drove his car into two officers — before getting out of the vehicle and lunging at them with a knife. the man was then shot by police. he later died. a minneapolis homicide investigator has said police officer, derek chauvin, used "totally unnecessary" deadly force when kneeling on george floyd's neck during an arrest last may. mr chauvin denies the charges against him. the netherlands is suspending the use of the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine for people under the age of 60 — as a precautionary measure. it follows five reports of cases of blood clots in women who'd been vaccinated — out of a total of 400,000 people who've been given the jab. now on bbc news, the sporting l word — clare balding looks at what it means to be a gay woman in sport. hi there, my name is clare balding, i'm a television and radio broadcaster, mainly in sport for the bbc and for other channels as well. it's really interesting looking at lgbt rights and indeed attitudes to lgbt people

in another attack at the capitol evans is the second us capitol police officer to be killed in the lineduty this year. >> our washington, dc correspondent rashad hudson has reaction from lawmakers and the latest on the investigation. >> capitol police say that this underscores that the capitol building and the officers charged with protecting remained potential threats for acts of violence. >> we're deeply saddened by this reaction from lawmakers is pouring in following friday's attack that killed us capitol police officer william billy evans and left another officer injured. someone who you showed up to work today to protect the capital. to protect the people working at the capitol. ohio congressman tim ryan chairs, the house subcommittee which oversees capitol police and building security. one perimeter fence was recently removed ryan says a full investigation is needed before more changes are made. just think we've got to be very careful as we move forward. that. >> you know, we can't get too far ahead of ourselves without knowing that we have the ability. to protect the capital to h

officers then engage he did not respond to verbal commands the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers. at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. at this time the suspect has been pronounced deceased the unnamed suspect rammed his car into 2 capitol police officers before hitting the steel barricade 2 u.s. capitol police officers were transported to 2 different hospitals. and it is what a very very heavy heart. that i announce one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries less than 3 months ago another member of the capitol police force died after trying to battle back a pro trump mob attempting to stop the election in that case reinforcements took hours but thousands of national guard troops have been here since just after the january 6th attack and they quickly surrounded the building alert for a follow up attack that didn't come congress is not in session police say they didn't have any intelligence on this suspect so now they look to find his motive most of the fences that have surrounded the capital since the attempted insurrection have

the riot and another committed suicide days later this is been an extremely difficult time for us capitol police after the events of january 6 and now the events that have occurred here today so i ask that you key all u.s. capitol police family in your thoughts and prayers president joe biden said in a statement he was heartbroken and ordered that flags at the white test be flown at tough stuff. as you can imagine d.c. police are trying to walk the fine line between keeping the capitol open and keeping the people inside safe i asked d.-w. reporter william glu croft if security will be tightened yet again after this latest incident. i think it's important to remember that the security measures did work yesterday that that car did ram into a barricade a police officer tragically lost his life but the person was not able to get any further than that barricade and thousands of national guard troops who are still stationed there since those january 6th riots that insurrection are still there even as some of the fencing some of the security measures have been taken down but that said both the c

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police guarding the us capitol building in washington have shot a man dead after he ran over two police officers, killing one of them. no motive for the man's actions has yet been given. the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, accused of killing george floyd, has been ongoing. senior police officers who attended the scene have been explaining the training they have received for arresting suspects. more than 50 people are thought to have died when a high speed passenger train came off the rails in taiwan. eyewitnesses have suggested it hit a construction vehicle which had slipped into its path. the indian cricket star sachin tendulkar has been admitted to hospital, after suffering from coronavirus for more than a week. he tweeted that he had been admitted as a matter of precaution. at ten o'clock reeta chakrabarti. will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, the media show. a handful of tech entrepreneurs in silicon valley have become the editor in chief of the internet. mark zuckerberg of facebook, jack dorsey of twitter, we talk about them and their

capitol rotunda. our washington correspondent rashad hudson joins us live this morning. good morning. were shot. >> good morning. today president biden vice president harris will make the trip up to capitol hill to pay their respects to officer evans as he lies in honor the capitol rotunda. it's being called a hero by those on capitol hill that he protected. >> there's been an immensely difficult few months for members of the capitol police force us capitol police officer william billy evans will lie in honor in the capitol rotunda tuesday. at the very center of the democracy. he gave his life to protect senate majority leader chuck schumer and illinois senator durbin call the 18 year capitol police veteran a hero. they put their lives at risk to protect this building and those of us who work here. >> and those who visit. they literally risk their lives for us. >> evans died after a man rammed his car into him and another officer at a barricade on the capitol complex. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said evans was one of the first faces many lawmakers saul on their way to the ca

us government is situated. it also contains other key sites around the capitol building, including the us supreme court, the libraryive shop of the capitol building. we haven't got a shot that takes a closer to what's happening, but we do know that reports are suggesting that the area around their is currently in lockdown. what we know so far from reports their is currently in lockdown. what we know so farfrom reports is their is currently in lockdown. what we know so far from reports is that a car has tried to crash a barrier into one of the security barriers around the capitol building, that is the latest we are getting on the situation. as i mentioned, there were protests on the 6th of january in that area which led to crowds of trump supporters breaking in and rioting throughout the us capitol. since that day, which of course is the country's most important building, there has been very much heightened security around the building. the latest we are getting now is that two police officers who were guarding the area at the time have been hit by a vehicle. that same vehicle which reportedly drove into security ba

engage that suspect he did not respond to verbal commands the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. at this time the suspect has been pronounced deceased to u.s. capitol police officers were transported to 2 different hospitals and it is with a very very heavy heart that i announce one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries. the u.s. capitol police giving a statement there and for more we went across now to our washington bureau chief in as all you know what else can you tell us about this incident. here are your oh i was there when the 1st conference took place and it was very obviously of what i want to publish obfuscate and also to the police you know they're still mourning the loss of colleagues gearing the storming of the capital generates express you know it's not only the police officer who is shot the whole washington is in shock because this is just good the beginning of a beautiful spring easter week and the flowers are out good people just wanted to get our church some relief from al

. >> more national news now to us capitol police officers who say they were injured during the riot in are suing former president trump officers james blessing game in sydney. hemby accused trump of inciting a crowd of his supporters before the insurrection started. trump has denied those claims. the officers say they suffered physical and emotional damage is because he encouraged and directed the violent mob that stormed the capitol. each of the officers is seeking at least $75,000 in damages. the u.s. national park service is a mechanical failure on a travel trailer caused the 2018 car fire. >> here in northern california. the report says the fire started as a result of a malfunctioning tire or wheel. investigators believed sparks super-heated greece or tie or fragments could have come into contact with dry grass while the trailer was being towed, the carr fire burned nearly 200, 30,000 acres up in shasta and trinity counties this weekend. enforcement of rules and regulations are returning to a popular lake in the east bay. yet conference. has made tells us what you can expect if you

capitol hill police. jacqui, you've been on this story throughout the afternoon and told us the sad news that the capitol hill police officer lost his life. what can you tell us now? >> the name of that officer is beginning to be shared among the other capitol police that are here. it's just a really somber feeling. you can tell this is someone that they work alongside, they put their lives on the line every day, feel tired of this. seemed to be very despondent. i was told that they were offered resources to help them cope with yet another event that is going to shake that community and also time off, if necessary. you can see there's been a lot of investigators milling about the scene. we had an announcement going out saying the lockdown has been lifted. we just saw a large contingent of national guard walking up to this area. didn't look like anything urgent. they were trying to maybe relieve some people that had been up here hours ago. you can see there's a number of officials inside the rope looking at the vehicle and the scene and trying to determine what the motive was behind this. you know, it was

, nbc news investigations correspondent and nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill for us. tom, i think the acting police chief said it so poignantly today when she said this has been an extremely difficult time for capitol police. what do we know? what are you learning about what happened here? >> well, chris, perfectly said. good afternoon. i think the issue here for law enforcement at this moment is confirming that the person that they believe drove this vehicle through a barricade, into this barricade, this blue car you're looking at on the left side of the screen exited that vehicle with a knife, was shot and succumbed to his injuries. who that person is they obviously know. we can't see it. they obviously know who that car is registered to, who the plate is. they probably have pulled a license off of the suspect at this point. now you need to try to match that information up and make sure in fact the person who that car is registered to is the person who tried to attack the capitol today. let's just call it what it is. we also know obviously very sadly that a police

capitol. >> usa! >> there are only a few hundred people here. but they're ready for a fight. >> you can't stop us! we're comin'! >> and they're about to test the perimeter's defenses. like in all battles, the terrain is critical. the peace monument, where the small crowd is gathered, is 205 yards from the capitol's western steps. the capitol building sits atop a small hill, symbolizing it as the pinnacle of democracy. it's situated 50 feet before the peace monument. six small sets of steps separate the two locations. >> 1776! >> 1776! >> at 12:53, a small group of protesters by the peace monument makes a first tentative move to breach the capitol perimeter. they remove the fencing. >> patriots! patriots! >> at first, only a few cross over. others urge them not to. >> they don't realize they'll be shot. >> but the police do not stop them, let alone shoot. emboldened, the trickle soon becomes a flood. >> fight for truth! >> seconds after crossing the outer fence without resistance, the protesters are blocked by police. in multiple videos from different angles, we counted fewer than 20 officers, up ag

capitol police and their families and in your prayers this is been an extremely difficult time for us capitol police less than 3 months ago another member of the capitol police force died after trying to battle back a pro trump mob attempting to stop the election in that case reinforcements took hours but thousands of national guard troops have been here since just after the january 6th attack and they quickly surrounded the building alert for a follow up attack that didn't come congress is not in session right now police say they had no intelligence on the south bank before this happened so now they start looking for a motive. most of the fences that have surrounded the capitol since the attempted insurrection have been taken down there were thousands fewer soldiers walking the grounds there was a sense that life here was going back to something and. protein normal not now not after another deadly day in front of the symbol of american democracy. al-jazeera washington. it's been a dramatic week of testimony in the trial of a former police officer charged with killing george foid a senior pol