majority for the first time in over a decade. this is why we re going back to the polls now. but the fact remains that this is a country that is unfortunately, for getting its history set by the person who transformed turkey in the post world war i period. made it a modern country, brought east and west together. unfortunately, some people are forgetting the history and the positiveness that was created and that hurts the country overall. we ve been talking about the storied and rich history of turkey, how it s playing o into what we re seeing today. john, thank you for your insights as we see the live i am angs at this hour as people mourn the dead. an israeli police officer was wounded in an explosion near the west bank at a checkpoint leading in jerusalem.
of murdering margaret anderson, park ranger on new year s day. the victim a mother of two. shot at a checkpoint leading into the park. the gunman who allegedly wounded four people at a house party then fled into the woods. now barnes served on the front lines in iraq and may have suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, some are saying given what happened. although of course there is no definitive link at this point. the big question is what is the motive? what happened? why would a 24-year-old man go on a shooting spree like this? a mystery that a lot of people want to solve especially as we have so many people who sacrifice so much coming home from the iraq war. joining us now forensic psychologist, michael brannah. good to have you with us. is this something that would indicate by any of the behavior of what you saw that they could be linked to ptsd? well it certainly could be. with post-traumatic stress disorder, combat related
he was suspected of murdering park ranger margaret anderson on new year s day. she was a victim of two, shot at a checkpoint leading into the park. the gunman who allegedly wounded four people at a house party then fled into the woods. barnes served on front lines in iraq and may have served post-traumatic stress disorder. at least that s what some are saying given what happened. although there is no definitive link at this time. the big question is, what is the motive? what happened? why would a 24-year-old man go on a horrific shooting spree like this? it s a mystery that a lot of people want to solve, especially as we have so many people who sacrifice so much coming home from the iraq war. joining us forensic psychologist michael brannen. good to have you with us. we appreciate it so, in your thank you. in your expert opinion s this something that would indicate by any of the behavior or what you saw that it could be linked to ptsd? well, it certainly could be. with post-tra
a checkpoint leading into the park. the gunman who allegedly wounded four people at a house party then fled into the woods. barnes served on front lines in iraq and may have served post-traumatic stress disorder. at least that s what some are saying given what happened. although there is no definitive link at this time. the big question is, what is the motive? what happened? why would a 24-year-old man go on a horrific shooting spree like this? it s a mystery that a lot of people want to solve, especially as we have so many people who sacrifice so much coming home from the iraq war. joining us forensic psychologist michael brannen. good to have you with us. we appreciate it so, in your thank you. in your expert opinion s this something that would indicate by any of the behavior or what you saw that it could be linked to ptsd? well, it certainly could be. with post-traumatic stress disorder, especially combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder, oftentimes what you find is pe
front. well, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. out front tonight from cnn s election center. an episode of survivor how republican presidential candidate, rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa, no offense, iowa, you are really important. you are also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 republicans. if the 2008 caucuses were an in caution of what is a head for tomorrow, only about 100 tough those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. and those who do, only a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in the presidential race. maybe small, but it packs one big punch. listen to candidates today. they know what is really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer for this country. we re looking for a commander-in-chief. w