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Was a glock, automatic weapon that was used. >> with that in consideration, does that meet the standard? >> yes, it does. there was sufficient supporting evidence as to cruelty with respect to the homicide. what that means, of course, ultimately is hes facing life without parole because thats murder in the first degree under massachusetts law. >> hes getting life without parole? >> thats right. its mandatory. this judge has no discretion on this. >> what we are going to be awaiting here to see a...

Seven others wounded by the gunman who was wearing an afghan military uniform. with more heres abcs martha raddatz. >> reporter: since the official end of its combat role in afghanistan, u.s. troops rarely travel outside of the security of american bases but these u.s. soldiers were in the rest of town of jalalabad protecting an american diplomate, meeting with a local governor. it was after the diplomate departed the meeting by helicopter when his security detail traveling in a military convoy ...

And in french "i am charlie." a phrase thats been tweeted more than 650,000 times. president hollande has declared thursday to be a national day of mourning. flags will fly at half staff, and at noon there will be a minute of silence to remember the dead. t.j., reena? >> thank you, alex. unlike the recent lone wolf attacks in australia and canada, this latest massacre was carefully planned. the gunmen are believed to have been born in paris which would make them homegrown terrorists. abcs bria...

A phrase thats been tweeted more than 650,000 times. president hollande has declared thursday to be a national day of mourning. flags will fly at half staff, and at noon there will be a minute of silence to remember the dead. t.j., reena? >> thank you, alex. unlike the recent lone wolf attacks in australia and canada, this latest massacre was carefully planned. the gunmen are believed to have been born in paris which would make them homegrown terrorists. abcs brian ross has more. >> reporter: ...

Is? al-baghdadi just today, the satirical newspaper magazine put out a cartoon of al-baghdadi. they make fun of leaders, regardless if theyre christians or jews or muslims and they often have to take the brunt of these retaliatory attacks. >> or possibly its a hybrid you had someone with some training its suggested they had some military training here. they were operating on their own initiative. but they had gotten more training. the idea of lone wolf attacks, theyre very hard to stop. but the ...

[ speaking foreign language ] >> theyre going to recue that one more time so you can see it again. what is it? its obviously the assault in action. it seems to have been taken by somebody who is obviously living nearby. i dont speak french, i dont know what they were saying. you saw one of the gunmen moving along. lets watch it one more time and well discuss. [ gunshots ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ gunshots ] >> i dont speak french but obviously theyre talking about someone is using an auto...

Country getting an ak 47 isnt as easy as going to the neighborhood u hardware store and picking one up. they have two. they have extra clips of ammunition. it seems to be an automatic weapon. how do they get these in? they had some dexterity in using them. >> theres no way given the amount of people who are able to traverse frances borders. as a member of the european union, you can make it with an ak 47 to an island in greece. if empoweryoure able to get across the border of greece and smuggle ...

There was a shot heard from inside the building, which triggered a very, very quick police response. in that response, most of the hostages were going t to safety. two remained. the store manager, tori johnson and then the lawyer, katrina dawson. suggestions that tori grappled with the gunman. it was a shotgun. not an automatic weapon. he tried to get that weapon from the gunman. he died or he was shot in the process and he later died. we dont know yet the circumstances surrounding kate dawsons ...

Frenchman. >> bob, some u.s. law enforcement authorities have said to me theyre really worried about what they call copycat attacks, someone inspired, if you will, by what just happened in sydney, getting all that publicity for 16, 17 hours, you can imagine what would happen if in the united states to happen near times square, something along those lines. how worried should u.s. law enforcement be about a copycat? >> terrified of it. im in touch with the fbi and police and theyre worried about t...

Good morning. im reena ninan. >> im devin dwyer. great to have you with us on this wednesday. hump day. >> we were talking about craig ferguson and this new guy from britain. >> big shake-up. in late night in the past year, six months or so. >> i was disappointed they didnt pick me. >> you would be excellent for it. if i do say so myself. >> thanks. a lot of serious news this morning, not a laughing matter what is going on in afghanistan. we begin with the latest on the death of a top u.s. mil...