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>> well, good morning. the military is going to have to figure out how it is that these types of weapons and attacks have happened aboard these military bases. two in one week. pearl harbor a couple of days ago and this morning, pensacola. the military has struggled for years now to try to figure out how to control weapons on bases. obviously bringing weapon, an illegal weapon on a base is not supposed to happen. military bases are some of the most secure facilities in this country, but in pensa...

Contractors. people who perform services on board the base. thousands of family members perhaps. this is part of the problem for the u.s. military. thousands of people have legitimate access to military bases around the country. they have very strong security measures, but they are simply not able to search every vehicle, every person coming in and out. it can be tens of thousands at one base alone and search them for illegal weapons or contraband. the military has struggled with this problem fo...

But we know again the shooter is dead. at least five injured have been taken to baptist health. were still waiting to get the extent of those injuries and if there are more who were injured. jim, poppy? >> this is, of course, the second shooting at a military installation just in the last two days. on wednesday, a fatal shooting at pearl harbor in hawaii. we heard barbara starr. tell us what youre hearing and also what are the rules? what are the regulations for bringing a firearm onto a militar...

Exactly what you want to do to assist your efforts. especially when it was a live situation. the base security apparatus is sizable because of the geography of the base. its a very big base. it stretches for miles. and theres more than 20,000 people that live and work there. not to mention families. lots of families live on base. we did when i was stationed there. so its a sizable population which warrants a sizable security apparatus, yet you still want that local assistance as well. >> these b...

Wrapped its arms around the navy and that base in particular. so its just devastating news. and i just -- my thoughts and prayers go out. everybody says that, but i really do mean that for everybody there in pensacola who i know is suffering right now. >> john, admiral kirby, second shooting, fatal shooting on a military installation just in 72 hours. we had the one on wednesday at pearl harbor. tell me, and, of course, barbara mentioned past shootings, the most deadly being that at ft. hood a n...

Have had to focus a fair bit of training and preparation for. so bases like pensacola would normally have lockdown drills at some measure of frequency. whatever measure they believe was appropriate. theyd view this on a routine basis so they could do it efficiently when the time came. i have no doubt that nas pensacola has been keeping up their protocol and they did the right thing. lock it down and then make sure people know its locked down. people on the base and cant leave and various ways to...

Naval base in which we all have a great deal of respect and love for. so it is very touching, very sad for us today. and i can tell you, for the residents that are here in northwest florida, we are all very hurt and disturbed by this. and were all on alert. were all paying attention. and our hearts and prayers go out to those who lost their lives and were injured. so this is very painful to watch when it occurs right here in your own backyard. and i know the wonderful residents here throughout t...

How the navy operates. you now have two shootings, two fatal shootings on two naval stations, naval bases in a matter of days, pearl harbor on wednesday. if you were a current admiral in the navy and looking at this, would you be asking yourself, is there a trend snehere? what do we need to look at? >> i think i would be. i wouldnt be surprised if navy officials are as well. im not suggesting theres a connection between these two incidents. theyll each be investigated separately as they should b...

To follow and this -- its critical right now, brooke. we said it a couple moments ago. because if it is an act of terror and this person is on a base, is this something that will happen at other bases right now? the fbi has to look at it quickly to get out the warning, are we under attack? a phase one attack? more to follow. timing is critical. >> and i imagine running down the handgun? right? because youre not supposed to have weapons on this particular naval base, and the fact this person had ...

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