police opened fire on miriam carey, because she was using her car as a weapon. valerie carey, a former new york city police officer questions washington, d.c. police protocol. >> there was no need for a gun to be used when there was no gunfire coming from the vehicle. >> reporter: the sisters are saying they are seeking custody of may's young daughter who is in proactive custody. >> my niece has lost her mother. we need to know why. >> investigators want to know, too. in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> police searched miriam carey's apartment for 12 hours. first using a robot to make sure that it was not boobie- trapped and then took items. >>> a man is in critical condition this morning after police are saying he lit himself on fire at the national mall. it happened yesterday afternoon around the 7th street area. you cusee smoke from the picture. a woman said that she found the unidentified man dump gas on his head, struck a match and lit himself or fire. medevac flew him to the hospital. >>> school bus filled with children ends up on i

after miriam was murdered. they had it all worked out in that little timetable. >> well, that's ridiculous. they're acting as if you were guilty. >> oh, everything will be all right, anne. the police were just being thorough. weren't they, daddy? >> i certainly hope so. what's your next move? >> whatever it is, the police will know about it. oh. oh, they gave me a present. take a look. my guardian angel. babs: you're being tailed. >> that's, uh, leslie hennessy. he works 16 hours a day. somebody else takes over for the next 8. as a matter of fact, hennessy's a very nice fellow. >> i'll have him called off immediately. >> obstructing the wheels of justice, daddy? >> i'm afraid where i go, hennessy goes, even to the senate. >> is he likely to picket my office? >> very likely. >> uh, i would suggest, guy, for your own peace of mind, of course, that you work here at the house for a few days. it would be less embarrassing for you. >> but then what about practicing and-- oh, perhaps i better forget about forest hills

one of the major questions this morning, who was miriam carey? >> the f.b.i. searched her home in connecticut, as well as the home of her sister. it may be words from her mother that helps investigators the most. brianne carter is in the investigative center with more. >> police will try to answer those questions as they continue to investigate and look into the live of miriam carey. she dove that car from the white house to the capital. her mother says her daughter suffered from post partum depression after having her daughter and was reportedly hospitalized because of this as one point. but, she says she has no idea why her daughter was in d.c., adding she had no history of violence. police and firefighters thursday night swarmed the apartment reportedly belonging to carey. hazmat team resist -- teams were seen outside the complex. people who knew her say none of this made sense. >> she had a small child. >> very smart. >> she had her own place in connecticut. she had a wonderful life. it doesn't make any sense at all. >> she reportedly worked as dental hygi

., and miriam carey died. >> she had postpartum depreciation with dissoc us. >> reporter: nine months before miriam carey rammed her car into a white house barricade, she told connecticut police, president barack obama had put her home under electronic surveillance and she was communicating with them. her sister, valerie, disagreed. >> to my knowledge, she did not believe that the president or a government official was going to do her harm. >> reporter: miriam carey was not armed when she led police on a high-speed chase, her 1- year-old daughter was in the backseat. police opened fire on miriam carey, because she was user her car as a weapon, valerie carey questions washington, d.c. police protocol. >> there was no gunfire. >> reporter: they are seeking her niece. >> my niece has lost her mother, we want to know why. >> reporter: investigators want to know, too. danielle nottingham. >> now, police searched miriam carey's apartment for 12 hours first using a robot, and then they took several items as possible evidence. >>> a man in critical condition this morning after police are sayi

before all that, something motivated miriam kerry to do what she did. tonight we're learning she had been grappling with mental illness. in a moment i'll ask her sisters about this. first i want to bring in deborah feyerick. you're learning more about miriam kerry's possible motivation to go to washington. >> reporter: this is a 300-mile trip she took from stamford, connecticut to washington, d.c. she drove down there on thursday. now, according to her boyfriend, back in december he called police. he said that she was suffering from postpartum depression, she was delusional. one of the things he told police according to one of our sources is that he told police that she believed that president obama was monitoring her home through electronics surveillance, also that somehow he had put her city of stamford on lockdown. so all of this behavior that actually wound up getting her into a mental evaluation back in december. and papers were found relating to that evaluation, anderson. >> and i talked to her sisters about that. they actually dispute some of wha

but just who was miriam carey? what motivated her to lead police on this dramatic chase that ended in her death? we have this covered from every angle. we begin with deb "outfront." >> reporter: something was bothering miriam carey. something it appears having to do with president obama. the source says her boyfriend allegedly told police back in december that carey believed the president was using electronic surveillance to monitor her home and keep her city of stamford, connecticut, in lockdown. on thursday morning 34-year-old dental hygienist packed a bag of clothing, stramd her 13-month-old daughter into the black seat of their black infinity, and drove almost 300 miles to washington, d.c. according to toll records and cell towers. carey appeared eager to get to the white house. pulling up to a check point, and harsh words and clipping a security office we are her car as she peeled away. she had worked for dentist brian evans before being let go will. >> we hired her. we thought she was a great employee while s

who was miriam carey? we have the latests as investigators try to figure out what caused her to lead this chaotic chase. >> 4:35 now, and we're going to turn to the government shutdown. as we head into day four, president obama canceled his trip to asia. now the attention turns to the debt ceiling. main say the two issues are now linked. "the new york times" reports speaker john boehner reported he will not let the u.s. default on october 17. lawmakers say boehner promised to raise the debt ceiling, even if most of the votes come from democrats. >> and another effect from the shutdown, the september jobs report. officials say they're too short handed to get the information out. there is no word on when or if the report will be released. the last team it was delayed was in 1996, during the last shutdown. >> a check on this morning's business headlines. a data breech for millions of users of adobe programs and this involved stolen personal data of customers. >> let's get to bloomberg's linda bell with that a

we're learning more about miriam carey, a dental hygienist who lived in stamford, connecticut. there's evidence to suggest she might have suffered a traumatic brain injury several months back. according to cbs news, carey fell down some stairs, hit her head and was never the same. nine months ago she did tell police she was a prophet and that president obama had her and her apartment placed under electronic surveillance. police did search that apartment and found several medications and according to cnn, investigators found drugs used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. carey's family said miriam did suffer from postpartum depression and psychosis. >>> perhaps the most disturbing thing about the capitol hill shooting incident may be that the whole thing went down with carey's little 1-year-old daughter in the back seat. who could forget the video of that officer carrying that baby to safety, a baby who had just seen her mama shot in the head and killed? you're probably thinking at least she wouldn't remember it, but child trauma specialist dr. abby washingt

>> what was miriam carey's motive here on capitol hill yesterday afternoon? that's what police are still trying to figure out this morning. we know with a toddler in the car with her she tried to reportedly ram a dar barricade at the white house with that black sports car and then a high-speed chase ensued. a secret service member and capitol officer were injured. she was killed trying to breech security at the capitol. >> the search of her stamford apartment is on going and investors continue to look into the life of 34-year-old miriam carey. carey was a mother and reportedly worked as a dental hygienist living there in stall ford connecticut. not clear -- stamford, could be con. not clear what the police are looking for or what they may have recovered from that apartment. carey's mother telling abc news he suffered from post partum depression and didn't have a history of violence. jacqui in. >> we have patchy fog in outlying areas, so be aware of that for the morning commute. 83 by the noon hour. 86 and partly cloudy skies for the high. another beautiful da

the driver is 35-year-old miriam carey. she was shot and killed by police after living them on a high-speed chase. her one-year-old child was in the car the time but is ok. several streets around the capital remained closed right now. open before the commute. >> president obama has canceled district to asia because of the shutdown. attention has turned to the debt ceiling. both issues and are linked. they urged congress to pass a clean funding bill. >> put it on the floor and let every individual member of congress make up their own mind. >> the president's refusal to work in a bipartisan way has led us to the shutdown. new york times reports speaker john boehner told republican colleagues he will not let the u.s. default on october 17. he promised to raise the debt ceiling even if most of the votes come from democrats. another big story that we're following. hundreds of people are feared dead after a ship filled with african migrants sank off the coast of italy. 100 people are dead and another 200 are missing. as the boat

miriam carry's sister talks about the miriam they knew and the mental illness she was fighting. >>> from blizzards to a massive tropical storm to a tornado, ugly weather coming our way or here. >>> later, the man in that picture standing between a badly beaten driver of an suv and a pack of angry bikers attacking him. one guy that made a difference and joins us on 360 and his story will inspire you and an undercover police officer was part of the ride that day allegedly saw the attack and did nothing to intervene. we have new reporting on that. we begin with the latest on the woman in the car in washington. her story. >>> before authorities fired the fatal shots, before she rammed the white house barrier and raced with her baby daughter in the car to capitol hill. before all that, something motivated miriam carry to do what she did. tonight, we're learning she had been grape ling with mental illness and in a moment i'll ask her sisters about that. first i'll bring in debra ferrick. what do you know? >> it's a 300-mile trip from connecticut to washington d.c. she went and drove down there

miriam carey is her name. her boyfriend called police in december saying he was concerned for the safety of their child. carey's family came to d.c. they spoke briefly. news 4 is looking into communication problems between law enforcement agencies during the chase. pat collins starts the coverage now. he's on capitol hill. pat? >> reporter: jim, why did miriam carey do what she did? tonight we have clues to a possible motive. this, as her family comes to washington to get the autopsy result. relatives of miriam carey, at the medical examiner's office today to identify and claim her body. miriam carey, a 34-year-old dental hygienist from connecticut. shot and killed by police yesterday after a wild car chase from the white house to the u.s. capitol. she was unarmed. her 1-year-old daughter in the backseat of that car. so, why did miriam carey do what she did? sources tell nbc that miriam carey was suffering from post partum depression, believed the government had her under surveillance and thought president oba

. >> blanca rosa vilches viajÓ para conocer mÁs de miriam kerry. >> en stanford una apacible ciudad en connecticut los vecinos de miriam kerry tienen tantas preguntas como el resto de la naciÓn sobre razones que llevaron a la mujer de 34 aÑos a embestir con su auto una valla de seguridad en la casa blanca y darse a la fuga a alta velocidad con su pequeÑa hija dentro, para minutos despuÉs exponerse a que la policÍa la matara a tiros. >> (disparos). >> no debieron hacer tantos disparos porque ha podido tambiÉn morir una criatura que no es culpable de nada. >> para este trabajador se trataba de un incidente frente a la misma casa blanca y la policÍa no tenia tiempo para considerar alternativas. >> en tan solo unos segundos hay que tomar una decisiÓn. >> luego se conociÓ que estaba acompaÑado de un bebÉ. pero en ese momento la reacciÓn tiene que ser inmediata. >> anoche agentes del fbi encontraron dentro de su apartamento medicinas para la esquizofrenia una carta de despedida dirigida al padre de la niÑa y unos gramos de un polvo blanco que se analizÓ mientras autoridades cer

miriam carey may have been targeting a political figure police chased carey. an officer is out of the hospital this morning. carey had crashed her car into a white house gate. she was shot and killed. >>> we are also keeping our eyes on the meeting ahead to work on the government shutdown. discussing their strategy but now let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein and get an update on the forecast. >>> reports are coming in of denser fog that continues to form. near the blue ridge there the visibilities are down to near zero in l sosome locations. watch out for dooefrmt this is deer collision season. temperatures in the upper 50s. it's near 60 in montgomery county. much of fairfax county now in the upper 50s to near 60 and closer to washington, alex alexandria, arlington, falls church and the district are right into the low 60s. a little more humidity when you step out the door. temperatures by 8:00 should be near 70 and the fog should be gone by mid morning and by 10:00 the mid-70s ought to reach low 80s for your lunch hour. short sleeved wea

. >> miriam carey hit a barricade after 2:00 p.m. she sped off towards the capitol weaving in and out of traffic. police almost had her cornered but then she backed up into a car and sped away. that is when the shots rang out. because of the chase and shooting the entire capitol building was on lock down. tourists were told to go inside. the chase ended when miriam carey ran a curb. she was shot and died. it was after the pursuit police discovered her daughter was in the car the entire time. >> the wild is a year old and in good condition. >> fbi showed up at miriam carey's connecticut apartment after the shooting. family and friends telling police she was a person unlikely to be involved in violence and they didn't know why she would be in washington, d.c. 4-1/2 hours away from home. police did not find weapons in her car. miriam carey's daughter is in protective custody tonight and the correct service agents aren't getting paid -- secret service agents aren't getting paid, they are on hold because of the government shut down. >> th

it all started when the woman identified as miriam carey rammed security barriers at the white house with her car. cbs news learned that cari was fired from her job at a dentist offices last year over a parking spot. >> miriam, good -- sorry. anne-marie, good morning. police are going spend today trying to figure out why miriam came here from stamford, connecticut, tried to break the perimeter at the white house, then came to the capitol before she was shot by the police, shot dead, and leaving two officers injured. investigators wearing hazmat suits searched the stamford, connecticut, home after police were involved in a car chase through washington, d.c. >> police were there to go through that and try to find out what was this. could they learn from her computer or notes or anything else, something that could give them a window as to the motive behind her nature. >> cbs news learned that the driver was 34-year-old miriam carey. police shot and killed her outside the capitol yesterday afternoon but it started at the white house where she struck a barricade with her black infinity se

what was in the find of miriam carey? a pop up security barrier damaged during the high speed chase still in the up position this morning. the only physical sign of thursday's chaos. it was chaotic. a high speed chase from the white house to the u.s. capitol. behind the wheel of the black infiniti, 34-year-old miriam carey of connecticut. also in the car, carey's 1-year-old daughter. police say carey hit a security barrier at a check point and struck a service service officer and then took off. they captured police with guns drawn. they surrounded the car on the westside of the capitol, but carey hit the gas and escaped as police opened fire. around the block on maryland avenue, another round of gunfire. carey crash and later died. her daughter was not hurt. for people who work in the area, there mixed feelings about going to the office today. >> i do feel safe. i'm here for now. i feel safe. i walk these steps every day and i'm fine with it. >> people are not prepared and something like that happens, it could be a life.

se llamaba miriam carey. tenia 34 anos.... esta higienista dental oriunda de connecticut fue la responsable del caos en el capitolio.... este video demuestra la persecusion policial que acabo quitandole la vida... este turista la vio pasar antes de que fuera baleada... steven price/turista " estaba caminando hacia el capitolio cuando de pronto 3 o 4 vehiculos pasaron velozmente por mi lado, despues de 30 segundos escuche pop, pop, pop... luego vi un lexus negro a toda velocidad que era perseguido por otros carros aqui por la avenida constitucion..." la criatura de carey -quien se encontraba en el vehiculo- no sufrio heridas, aqui se puede apreciar como las autoridades la sacaron del auto...segun fuentes miriam carey padecia de problemas mentales. la policia de washington asegura que las acciones de carrey fueron provocadas. cathy lenier/jefa de la policia de washington "hasta este momento podemos decir que no fue un accidente, esto fue una persecusion muy larga. " el congresita republicano michael mccaul de texas dijo que fuen

the suspect is identified as miriam carey. a dental hygienist who lived in stamford, connecticut. >> a family member in brooklyn, new york, revealing carey suffered from postpartum depression so severe it required hospitalization. our coverage on the shooting begins on capitol hill with abc's jim avila. >> reporter: the unmistakable sound of gun fire as an unarmed woman, sources say had a history of mental illness and a toddler in her backseat eludes police. taking secret service and capitol hill officers on a wild mile and a half ride around d.c. monuments and up america's most important street, pennsylvania avenue. >> i heard gunshots. >> reporter: it started here at 2:12, the southeast corner of the white house compound. the black car rams in to barricades that do their job. eyewitnesses say uniformed secret service agents are watching it all. secret service begins the chase up pennsylvania avenue to the foot of capitol hill. by 2:30, she stopped at the botanical gardens. look again as she is surrounded by police, guns draw

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it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six years old. i signed up because of them i'm not afraid anymore because i've stopped worrying where in a state of war. but every day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians killed the people who lived in these homes were her friends and family all of them have fled most of them will never return i . am most afraid when the letter bombs fall in our posts and there is shrapnel if you days ago the terrorists launched rockets at our checkpoint their rockets are not accurate sadly they had a civilian building and many people died were rescued a few and carried them to hospital this used to be a school playground but children's laughter has long been drowned out by the whistling of bullets. and i was kidnapped twice the last time for two months they arrested me when i was in civilian clothes this is back to doug was cooperating with the army i denied it and luckily they eventually let me go but the risks facing a woman

capitol and all and about three kilometers away from the white house when miriam was shot dead brian becker director of the answer coalition against war and racism says there was no reason for the police to act the way they did. there's five or six police officers just inches away from her head with guns drawn and that's when she starts to flee she runs from them she's running away and they start opening fire and they keep shooting and finally when she's when her car is immobilized she's riddled with bullets by the police now terry gainer who is the sergeant of arms of the u.s. senate formally the chief of capitol police he said there was no possibility at all that she could have gotten access to the capitol grounds because there are so many barricades so if her car is disabled and the police chief or the sergeant at arms says there's no possible way for her car to pose a danger to congress why then did they open fire i mean it's because they shoot first ask questions later the police in washington and around the country have a license to kill they know there's never a prosecution an

it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six years old. i signed up because of them i'm not afraid any move because i've stopped worrying we're in a state of war but every day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians killed the people who lived in these homes will have friends and family all of them have fled most of them will never return. there i'm most afraid when most of bombs fall in our posts and there is shrapnel if you days ago the terrorists launched rockets a town checkpoint the rockets are not accurate sadly they had a civilian building and many people died were rescued a few and carried them to hospital this used to be a school playground but children's laughter has long been drowned out by the whistling of bullets. i was kidnapped twice the last time for two months they arrested me when i was in civilian clothes this is back to doug was cooperating with the army i denied it and luckily they eventually let me go but the risks facing a woman in u

. >> barbara, we are learning new details about miriam carey's history of mental health problems. law enforcement tells nbc news she was diagnosed with psychosis and post partum depression. she was off her medicine and wasn't aware of where she was. sources also say carey may have thought president obama was stalking her. for more on what police found in her connecticut apartment today, we go to nbcs abbi. >> reporter: police just wrapped up their search in miriam's apartment. they did take out evidence, including a computer. they are hoping somewhere in all of that there are answers as to what led this connecticut mother to go on a dangerous rampage. authorities swarmed the apartment yesterday afternoon after the connecticut plates traced back to the address. the hazmat crews were here and bomb squad was here. the search spanning 16 hours. all residents had to be forced out. the street turning into a crime scene, a lockdown situation. the people who lived here were allowed back on scene this morning, back inside, including some of her neighbors who are in shock she could be capab

the people we talked to said miriam carey it can kept to herself. they didn't think she was capable of doing something so dangerous. >>> 6:50 now. a momt for laws against hate crimes. the film called "matthew shepard is a friend of mine." the national cathedral will host the premiere sunday, marks 15 years since shepard was abducted and beaten in a remote part of wyoming. his family believes the attack was because he was gay. tonight's screening is part of the series it at the cathedral to honor lbgt victims of d discripple nation and bullying. >>> a teacher is a free man after posting his $125,000 bond. he was arrested after being accused of sexual abuse of a minor. according to police he exchanged sexually explicit e-mails with a female student. he was arrested when the girl's parents found the e-mails and reported them to schools and authorities. he has ties to rockville high school. >>> two men caught on surveillance camera robbing a nail salon in prince journal's county. you see the video here. these two men were armed when they stormed in and

so, who is miriam carey and why did she try to breech the barricade? kristin fisher has been following this angle and she joins us live with more. kristen, what have you learned? >> what many of us had already guessed, that miriam carey was dilutional. her exact condition is unknown. her family says she suffered from post pardem depression. its symptoms are similar to what you would see in somebody who suffers from skitsophrania. >> nine months before she led police through this chase, she allegedly made disturbing statements to police in stanford, connecticut. according to cbs news, carey told police that she was a profit and president obama put her and her apartment under electronic surveillance. a search turned up several medications, investigators found medications used to treat bipolar disorder and depression. back in december, carey's boyfriend told police he feared for the safety of their child. the same child that was pulled from the car right after her mother was shot and killed. but a family friend told cbs this morning that carey seemed fine

it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six years old. and i signed up because of them i'm not afraid any move because i've stopped worrying we're in a state of. but every day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians killed the people who lived in these homes will have friends and family all of them have fled most of them will never return. there i'm most afraid when the letter bombs fall in our posts and there is shrapnel if you days ago the terrorists launched rockets at our checkpoint their rockets are not accurate sadly they had a civilian building and many people died were rescued a few and carried them to hospital this used to be a school playground but children's laughter has long been drowned out by the whistling of bullets. and i was kidnapped twice the last time for two months they arrested me when i was in civilian clothes this is back to doug was cooperating with the army i did i did and luckily they eventually let me go but the risks facing a

miriam was not firing any shots. there were no weapons. so we're still very confused as to why she's not alive. >> valerie, miriam carey's sister, is a retired police officer. she said police should not have used deadly force. miriam's 19-month-old daughter was in the car at the time of the chase and shooting. >>> breast cancer researchers release positive new findings. they say simply exercising an hour a day could drastically reduce the risk of getting cancer. mary bubala has more on this study. >> reporter: friends mary and merlin go walking every day. it could help lower their risk of breast cancer. >> it's such a healing, stress- reducing thing to do. >> reporter: a new study from the american cancer society finds postmenopausal women whose only exercise is walking an hour a day still reduces their chance of getting breast cancer by 14%. >> they're walking at a moderate pace, about three miles an hour. >> reporter: women who engage in more vigorous exercise lower the risk even more, 25%. >> we know that physical activity is associated

. >> blanca rosa vilches viajÓ para conocer mÁs de miriam kerry. >> en stanford una apacible ciudad en connecticut los vecinos de miriam kerry tienen tantas preguntas como el resto de la naciÓn sobre razones que llevaron a la mujer de 34 aÑos a embestir con su auto una valla de seguridad en la casa blanca y darse a la fuga a alta velocidad con su pequeÑa hija dentro, para minutos despuÉs exponerse a que la policÍa la matara a tiros. >> (disparos). >> no debieron hacer tantos disparos porque ha podido tambiÉn morir una criatura que no es culpable de nada. >> para este trabajador se trataba de un incidente frente a la misma casa blanca y la policÍa no tenia tiempo para considerar alternativas. >> en tan solo unos segundos hay que tomar una decisiÓn. >> luego se conociÓ que estaba acompaÑado de un bebÉ. pero en ese momento la reacciÓn tiene que ser inmediata. >> anoche agentes del fbi encontraron dentro de su apartamento medicinas para la esquizofrenia una carta de despedida dirigida al padre de la niÑa y unos gramos de un polvo blanco que se analizÓ mientras autoridades cer

>>miriam: tell us about some of the stuff you're doing today. >>shelly: well my partner and i are putting together these window frames that they just pop right on around the window. another couple of our people are screwing down the decking and other people are helping

to the office but miriam's job is a little different to most the twenty three year old is heading to the syrian frontline it gives me great satisfaction being able to defend my country against terrorists who want to destroy it it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six years old i signed up because of them i'm not afraid any move because i've stopped worrying we are in a state of war but every day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians killed the people who lived in these homes where her friends and family all of them have fled most of them will never return i'm most afraid when mortar bombs fall in our posts and there is shrapnel if you days ago the terrorists launched rockets at our checkpoint their rockets are not accurate sadly they had a civilian building and many people died were rescued a few and carried them to hospital this used to be a school paid ground but children's laughter has long been drowned out by the whistling of bullets i was kidnap

anderson will have an exclusive interview with miriam carey's sisters. he will join us, by the way, with a preview of that exclusive interview coming up at the top of the next hour. stay with us for that. >>> just ahead, my interview with leon panetta. he's held so many top positions in washington over the years, played a key role in the last government shutdown. i'll ask him how to fix the current crisis. >>> and we're following the breaking news. we're going to hear from witnesses to that horrible scene, a man here in washington on fire on the national mall. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to h

but every day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians killed the people who lived in these homes will have friends and family all of them have fled most of them will never return i. am most afraid when the water bombs fall in our posts and there is shrapnel if you days ago the terrorists launched rockets at our checkpoint their rockets are not accurate sadly they had a civilian building and many people died were rescued a few and carried them to hospital this used to be a school playground but children's laughter has long been drowned out by the whistling of bullets. and i was kidnapped twice the last time for two months they arrested me when i was in civilian clothes this is back to doug was cooperating with the army i did i did and luckily they eventually let me go but the risks facing a woman in uniform are often far greater than for her male counterparts several of miriam's female colleagues have been killed while held hostage often it's nothing more than luck that separates the living from the did my family worries a lot but nothing

. >> we don't know why miriam carey went to dc. we don't know at the time if her depression contributed to her going to taking that ride. we don't know what was in hor mind at that time. i felt law enforcement could have handled the situation differently. you know what was in the - how do you know what was in the mind of the individual in the car. only after did they understood that she was a person undergoing depression at one point with psychosis. give us the answers as to why they did what they did. they felt that there was some particular threat - miriam was not firing shots, there was no weapons. we are confused as a family as to why she is not alived. >> why was my sister shot and killed with my one-year-old daughter in the car, and she was unarmed? why. my mother deserves to know why? we deserve to know why. we deserve a proper notization. the carey sisters calls for it. my mother demands it. my sister could vice-president anyone person travelling in the capital. deadly physical force was not the ultimate recourse, it didn't

but here is what we do know about miriam carey. she is 34 years old. she's from stamford, connecticut. she's a dental resident

to the office but miriam's job is a little different to most the twenty three year old is heading to the syrian frontline it gives me great satisfaction being able to defend my country against terrorists who want to destroy it it's strange to find women here in the line of fire even more so because miriam is a mother her sons are just four and six years old i signed up because of them i'm not afraid any move because i've stopped worrying we are in a state of war but if we day miriam sees the reality of war more than one hundred thousand people most of them civilians killed the people who lived in these homes were her friends and family all of them have fled most of them will never return i'm most afraid when mortar bombs fall in our posts and there is shrapnel if you days ago the terrorists launched rockets at our checkpoint their rockets are not accurate sadly they had a civilian building and many people died were rescued a few and carried them to hospital this used to be a school playground but children's laughter has long been drowned out by the whistling of bullets i was kidnappe

overnight the sisters of miriam carey telling us that she was a loving mother who had dreams of being a teacher and dentist. not a criminal. was she a violent person? >> no she wasn't. >> reporter: but police said they were forced to shoot and kill the 34-year-old in the nation's capital on thursday. police said that carey's black infiniti was weapon enough. her 2-year-old daughter in the car with her. >> she didn't have a political agenda. she wasn't a terrorist. she had a diagnosis of postpartum depression psychosis. >> reporter: the sisters are speaking from unique backgrounds. >> officers had enough time to assess the occupants of the vehicle. not only did they took someone out of harm's way, they took someone's life. >> reporter: one in ten women will experience postpartum depression. >> mental illness really should have more attention. >> reporter: sources say that last year, the father of carey's daughter called police reportedly out of concern over the claims that president obama had placed her house under electronic surveillance, something that her sisters never heard her tal

. >>> familiares de miriam, la mujer que protagonizÓ una persecuciÓn y murio en washington la semana pasada, dijeron que no tienen un informe de la autopsia, que tienen mÁs preguntas que respuestas, y vilma tiene sus declaraciones. >>> busca respuesta la familia de miriam la mujer que embistiÓ las barreras de la casa blan, y muriÓ al recibir disparos al estrellarse cerca del capitolio. >>> todo es irreal para nosotros todavÍa, hasta que no veamos el cuerpo de nuestra hermana, no sabemos quÉ pasÓ. conducÍa su vehiculo con una hija de un aÑo adentro, no tenÍa ningÚn arma, algunos expertos dicen que utilizÓ el automovil como arma, lo embistiÓ contra policÍas y agentes del servicio secreto y dejÓ a dos uniformados heridos.>>> mi hermana no tenÍa un arma, no no disparaba desde su vehÍculo, la fuerza mortal, no era necesaria. >>> tenÍa 34 aÑos, era higienista dental, y vivÍa en connectic connecticut, sufrÍa de esquizofrenia y bipolaridad, y depresiÓn posparto, el dÍa de tragicos hechos, manejÓ 300 millas hasta washington d c, su familia desconoce la razÓn, la pregun

we're told 34-year-old miriam carey had a history of mental health issues. we're also hearing from one of her former employers. news 4's molette green has more on that. >>> eun, happening today a deeper look inside the woman behind the capitol chase. reports say miriam carey suffered from postpartum depression after she had her baby daughter. that's the one thing investigators will look into among many others as they pinpoint exactly what set off this event that put the capitol on lockdown. the 34-year-old stamford, connecticut, mother was college educated with a degree. she worked as a former dental hygienist. >> nothing would have led us to think this would have happened. >> there are reports carey suffered head trauma after falling down some stairs. she began to suffer mental health issues after that. according to interviews with her family members. carey was eventually fired from her job in 2012. that is the latest from the live desk. the back to you. >> a report of gunfire on capitol hill. >> that is the alarm that rang out inside the u.s. capitol momen

>>miriam: then we topped it all off with a layer of roof sheathing to keep things dry inside. so now the main outlines of mike sharratt's architecture are taking shape and we'll soon start addressing the finish elements like the natural stone that we're going to be using. >>dean: well stone is going to play a big part in this house. we have it along the front porch. it wraps around the back porch and then of course completely covers our masonry fireplaces. now if you're wondering why all these pallets of stone are sitting out in the middle of nowhere that's because in the springtime we have this thing called road restrictions. when everything starts to thaw what happens is for about a period of 2 months you can' bring any heavy equipment on the roads. so what we did is before road restrictions went on we brought all this stuff in so we wouldn't be locked out of working with it. now we'll be working with 3 different types of stone. actually it's the same stone. they just sort it differently. this is retaining wall stone right here, 8" wide, different thicknesses. and this is wh