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Government. were talking about the prosecutor general. were talking about deputy vice prime ministers. these people associate themselves and are part of this party. that is what russia was talking about when it warned of these anti-semitic problems. >> general marks, what do you make of this? there is sentiment here that pro-russian militants are behind passing out these flyers. >> carol, i think the issue of anti-semitism is an extremely volatile, clearly its something that needs to be addresse...

Soldier incident. but again its still very preliminary. as weve been reporting, agents, fbi agents as well as local and state law enforcement there on the scene, still clearing out buildings, still going building to building. the area is still on lock down. so its a very fluid and active situation. >> do we know anything about the shooter, any political motivation? >> reporter: i can tell you that at this early stage they are still trying to learn everything they can about the shooter, wolf. sou...

That also with the general telling us it was a .45 caliber smith and wesson, that will tell us why there was so much murder and carnage. thats a powerful weapon and can do a lot of damage. >> general marks, he was assigned to the wtu, what is that? >> he was not assigned to the wtu. he was assigned to the 13th sustainment command that has all the responsibility for the logistic activities on the post and in a deployed environment. he conducted this heinous act in the vicinity and in the motor po...

Preparing to take those immediately to the operating room because they have some very, very severe injuries. so thats kind of where we are with this. >> [ inaudible ] conditions at this point? >> the conditions range everywhere from quite stable to critically injured. >> critically injured, he said. multiple fatalities at the same time and other casualties. were expecting to hear shortly from the base commander. well have live coverage. president obama spoke about the incident tonight. >> hello,...

Families of the fallen and also the families of the wounded. and right now is a perfect time for as a nation we need to embrace each other, to make sure that whats in all of our powers that we make sure this does not happen again. after the shooting in ft. hood in 2009, i had said that that was the first but it would not be the last unless we end up changing policies recognizing the threats that we have within our nation on u.s. soil within our military. now, its not a politically correct situat...

That this person is inside that buildin building? >> i cant tell you that. the area that im in right now there are a bunch of buildings. there are people running around from building to building. at this time it would be safe for me to assume -- this is an assumption -- that he hasnt been located at this point due to the fact that there is so much congestion in such a wide area. >> tyler, can you tell me this? we heard that this happened at about 4:30. does that sound about right to you? >> yes,...

Investigation, clearly, pamela, even though its soldier on soldier as its been described, theyre not necessarily ruling out terrorism, are they? >> reporter: no theyre not at this point. its still very early on, wolf. but at this point were hearing from sources they dont believe that terrorism was a factor here. but again theyre still trying to sort of investigate, identify who this person was. i was talking to sources, wolf, oftentimes in a situation like this when you have a shooting, the pers...

Information thats coming from the scene and people are waiting for the briefing by the general. so theres really no other information going out other than what local media in texas is reporting. and its already been put out there in public. but im not hearing anything new. >> lets bring in general marks. this is as we say the second mass shooting at fort hood within five years. second shooting at fort hood. its an awful, awful situation. general marks, i know you know general milley whos about t...

Lavandara is standing by, hes over at fort hood at the gate there. hes joining us by phone. this news conference expected to begin, were told, fairly soon, right? >> reporter: thats our understanding, several minutes away as you can imagine here tonight in fort hood and the surrounding area. a very tense situation. a lot of the victims at local hospitals are dealing with those victims and trying to save lives essentially at this point. we are told by one local hospital that theyve taken in six s...

Will be able to both physically and emotionally heal as will the families. the families are amazingly resilient. we tend to focus in on the soldiers and their sacrifices. nows the time as was stated earlier, to pay attention to the families, to embrace those families, so this community will absolutely coalesce much beyond what they already do as a matter of routine and will stay very very tight together. because you know, the strength of our army belongs exclusively with those families. if the f...