steve screamed, jeff shot him and i just turned and ran. >> johnson fled with a .45 caliber handgun in a black bag he had under his arm. a construction worker who had followed johnson from west 33rd street alerted two uniformed police officers. >> reporter: chaos erupted. bystanders ran for cover. and police pursued johnson. >> as the two officers approached johnson, he pulled his .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol from his bag and fired on the officers who returned fire. >> reporter: police fired 14 rounds, some of which are believed to have hit eight innocent bystanders. >> i heard the gun shots and we looked towards the left and saw three or four people fall. the whole entire crosswalk emptied and people were running. >> reporter: johnson went down immediately. >> i pulled him over, cuffed him, kicked the gun away. >> reporter: after one man was killed, eight people wounded and hundreds of people ran for their lives, jeffrey johnson died in the shadow of the empire state building. joining us now is a former police officer. is now director of elite group limited. a private security pho

latourettte and others, tim johnson, another moderate republican from illinois, he's leaving congress. they're sick and tired of it. they're more in touch with their constituents than the radical tea party republicans who are so out of tune. >> did the house just become easier for the democrats to take in the next election then? >> every time the republicans say to the american people it's millionaires over medicare, billionaires over the middle class, we do better. look, frankly, i wish it was different. i wish the republicans would join us in focusing and emphasizing our priorities to expand and support the middle class. they have chosen the wrong policy and the wrong politics, and that's why i'm confident we're going to win the 25 seats we need to take the house and reinvest in the middle class and working families in this country. >> congressman steve israel, thank you so very much. >> thanks, michael. >> there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour in "the ed show." stay tuned. >> my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. >> harry reid's rumor turns into a huffi

rose, i'm curious about the relationship between the suspect jeffrey johnson and the victim steve erclino. what do you know about that? >> let me give you the visual of these two men. jeffrey johnson, 58. he's a slight guy. his neighbors say he's very quiet, lived with his cat. a fashion designer, fastidious. a small guy. he was known to wear the same suit to work every day, very much into routine. he begun working at a place that sells women accessories. then you have steven ecclino, strapping, muscular, social kind of guy. he is the vice president. these two men worked there together until about two years ago. police said erclino laid off johnson supposedly because he wasn't selling enough. you can imagine how that went. "the new york times" quotes a co-worker of both of them, irene tinman, on the linkedin page talked about how the dispute between the two men was not a small one. there was really bad blood there. police confirmed yesterday the two men had filed harassment complaints against each other in april of 2011. all of this comes to a boil yesterday morning when witnesses told me

a co-worker was walking next to him when they saw johnson lurking. she says i saw him pull a gun from his jacket and i thought oh my god, he's going to shoot him. steve screamed, jeff shot him and i ran. >> he flet with a .45 caliber handgun secreted in a black bag under his arm. a construction worker followed johnson from west 33rd street alerted two police officers. >> reporter: bystanders ran for cover and police pursued johnson. >> as the two officers approached johnson, he pulled the .45 caliber from his bag and fired on the officers who returned fire. >> reporter: police fired 14 rounds. some of which hit eight innocent bystanders. >> we looked to the left and saw three or four people. the crosswalk emptied and people were running. >> reporter: johnson went down immediately. >> they rolled him over on his stomach and cuffed him. >> eight people wounded and hundreds of people ran for their lives. jeffrey johnson died at the empire state building. >> rose was first on the scene yesterday. rose, what more do we know about the relationship of the s

his victim, steve ercolino, was a vice president there. both men had filed prior complaints against one another. a co-worker of ercolino's was walking right next to him when they saw johnson lurking. she said, i thought, oh, my god, he's going to shoot him. i turned and ran. >> johnson fled with a .45 caliber handgun in a black bag he had under his arm. a construction worker who had followed johnson from west 33rd street alerted two uniformed police officers. >> reporter: chaos erupted. bystanders ran for cover. >> as the two officers approached johnson, he pulled his .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol from his bag and fired on the officers who returned fire. >> reporter: police fired 14 rounds, some of which are believed to have hit eight innocent bystanders. >> we looked towards the left and saw three or four people fall. the whole entire crosswalk emptied and people were running. >> reporter: johnson went down immediately. >> i pulled him over, cuffed him, kicked the gun away. >> reporter: after one man was killed, eight people wounded an

. >> steve, it's been a great pleasure. and congratulations on the amazing. it was a remarkable night. >>> tomorrow greg louganis and carl lewis and michael johnson will be here. back in new york, anderson cooper starts now. >>> we begin keeping them honest. with the people who are supposed to be keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, the atf. tonight, we're getting our first look at a report that says several people from top to bottom at atf failed to do their jobs in connection with the operation called fast and furious. that's the bottom line of a report by house and senate republicans and it contains new allegations as well that we're going to talk about. we obtained a copy of it. the bottom line, from the outset, the case was marred by missteps, poor judgment and an inherent ly reckless strategy. that strategy was to go beyond simply seizing firearms purchased from mexican drug cartels by so-called straw buyers throughout the southwest. instead, says the report, fast and furious was part of a plan to

>> steve, it's been a great pleasure. and congratulations on the amazing. it was a remarkable night. >>> tomorrow greg louganis and carl lewis and michael johnson will be here. back in new york, anderson cooper starts now. >>> it is 10:00 here on the east coast. >>> we begin keeping them honest. with the people who are supposed to be keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, the atf. tonight, we're getting our first look at a report that says several people from top to bottom at atf failed to do their jobs in connection with the operation called fast and furious. that's the bottom line of a report by house and senate republicans and it contains new allegations as well that we're going to talk about. we obtained a copy of it. the bottom line, from the outset, the case was marred by missteps, poor judgment and an inherent ly reckless strategy. that strategy was to go beyond simply seizing firearms purchased from mexican drug cartels by so-called straw buyers throughout the southwest. instead, says the report,

gary johnson? the green party? and from ivan, akin's not sorry. he's sorry he got called out on it. more of your spoons in the neren the next hour of newsroom. >>> joining us in the next hour of newsroom, the nevada secretary of state. [ male announcer ] drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> stories we're watching in the newsroom is stupid bizarre, deeply offensive, that's what people are saying about congressman todd akin's statement. he's put out an ad asking for forgiveness but is it too late? >>> diana nyad had to give up her swim from cuba to florida. >>> and a powerhouse pitcher caught up in a steroid controversy. roger clemens is back and he's playing in a far different league. newsroom starts right now. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. we begin with the congressman again begging for forgiveness. todd ak