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Enter that originally into the database but there were probably other opportunities for somebody to have checked that, like, for instance, not only when he was convicted but when he entered the brig, the jail, when he left the jail, and then when he was processed again for final separation under this bad conduct discharge. all of those were opportunities for somebody to take a look and see if that had been done. while the original sin was osis failure its likely there were other opportunities th...

>> if you have undertaken domestic violence, if you are a terrorist, if you are somebody who shouldnt be qualified and isnt in a position to have a gun, should you have a gun? thats pretty common sense. >> agreed. >> "the new york times" and the upshot blog did an article a couple weeks back where they interviewed both people and experts about what people want to see. what stood out was it wasnt gun restrictions on number of rounds in a magazine or the types of guns. what is it that people are m...

The gunman sustained three gunshot wounds, including a self-inflicted shot through the head. lets begin with the latest from sutherland springs, texas. youre getting new information tonight about the shooters past. tell us about it. >> reporter: we are, don. specifically one episode in his past that might have prevented him from collecting such a huge arsenal of which to carry out this attack. this dark chapter happening back in 2012 back when the attacker was in the air force. he was married to...

Can we not have these things linked together, mental health issues, as well as whether or not somebody got a bad conduct discharge for assaulting his wife and child and spent a year in the brig. chris, its insane. >> well, look, its at a minimum inefficient. the system donesnt always work the way it needs to. thats something that has to be addressed. we get it. politically people will say dont talk about it right now but what do you say to these families and this community? yes, its a problem th...

Received a court-martial and received a bad conduct, which is slightly less onerous from a dishonorable discharge. he served one year in the brig and miss charged from the military with that bad conduct discharge. he was able to purchase a weapon because, again, it didnt fit the exact parameters of the restrictions. now, whether or not he was able to get a concealed carry permit, as the governor points out, he was not allowed to do that. which is a good thing. thats the first firewall. and in te...

We are here in sutherland springs, texas. its a small town and right now it is all about pain. this is the site of the latest mass shooting in america. weve never seen death in a church like this before from a gunman. 26 people lost their lives, as young as 5 years of age. 20 more people at least injured. another military-style rifle used to create as much death as possible. the man, somewhat of a mystery. we know he was a veteran of the u.s. air force. he had been court martialed, spent time in...

Don, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. thanks for having me. >> all right. what can you tell us about the case? it occurred back in 2012 when he was sentenced and he spent, what, a year in the u.s. air force military prison, a brig? >> right. so these offenses occurred somewhere between 2010 and 2011 and involved multiple occasions of domestic abuse against both his wife and his stepson. his stepson was born about july of 2010, so was basically a baby when these offenses start...

Was essentially court-martialed, spent a year in the brig for laying his hand on his wife and his children -- or his child. but now we know that the church, actually members of his congregation, hit the in-laws families. what was the triggering event here? what caused him to wait this long, essentially three years after separation from service and five years from his court-martial? thats the perplexing piece right now. >> james, quick follow. why do we care what his motive was? >> chris, people ...

Tr mason: traffic on the las vegas strip was stopped today for a funeral procession for officer charleston hartfield. his casket was loaded into a police vehicle. hartfield was one of 58 killed in the october 1 massacre, shot while helping others escape, though he was off duty. hartfield, an army veteran who served in iraq, was 34. it was quite a sight in boston today. the worlds oldest navy ship, the u.s.s. "constitution," celebrated her 220th birthday with a cruise around the inner harbor. she...

Terms of the result but do you anticipate a surprise of the magnitude that we saw in the trump election or the brigs it for i dont see the value of i dont think its conceivable in that sense because you know if hes not going to win the election by a by any stretch but they could come in a strong third a much stronger third i think than many people anticipate and it does feel as we have entered this final stretch that they have gathered some momentum which is particularly surprising when you look...