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>> a fox news alert. a u.s. national guardsman and his cousin arrested for trying to join isis. the 22 national guard specialist was arrested in chicagos midway airport. and reportedly attempting to fly to egypt while his cousin was arrested at his home. the fbi apparently becoming aware of hasans plan to join isis in late 2014. and his cousin was attacked and planned in the united states. both men will appear in federal court this afternoon. >> another headline today yemen spiralling in chaos. ...

Terrorists. it talks about bomb-making. it highlights possible targets, gives tips on how to bypass security. how do you stop this? is there any way to curb something like this? >> well, "inspire" has been around since july of 2010. and its actually given some tips to aspiring jihadists, both single source ones and the ones who theyve asked to act on their own. and weve seen results with major hasan as the congressman pointed out, with the boston bomber -- that was a direct result of a magazine ...

>> look, we saw major hasan who killed many of his fellow soldiers. we saw what happened in bostonen. there is no policy -- i know its unpopular. but theres no policy that will assure americans that theres no chance of an attack on american soil. that being said, we cant put all attacks in the same category. we lost well over 3,000 people on 9/11. that kind of attack, i think we can prevent. but the idea of one or two lone wolfs, one or two operatives killing several americans, that may happen. ...

Though. the perception of momentum, the perception of a movement in iraq and syria motivates through great propaganda. >> i think it was andrea who mentioned hasan and what happened in fort hood, texas. i think a lot of people -- look how long it took us to get to the point where the government might even think terrorism. they still are calling it workplace violence. >> both were acts of someone that saw themselves as a muslim. whether or not the rest of the world wants to see it that way -- >> ...

An example of where the system worked. he self-declared he had a problem. he was in the system. he was being evaluated. he was in the process. the protocol was wrapped around him. sadly, we couldnt accelerate the diagnosis so that it was post-traumatic something. its important what we label things. >> were going to talk to a forensic expert, a psychologist expert who worked on the hasan case about whether he thinks the period of review are adequate with whats going on in the military. this shoot...

>> where were you shot? >> i was shot once in the head and six times to the body. >> how do you feel about the issue of gun-free zones on military installations, considering a lot of these guys, we give them guns, send them off to war, they come back here and they are not allowed to carry a gun. is that the right policy? >> negative. thats the wrong policy. and i will share with you the reason why. the war on terror started on u.s. soil so every u.s. base and military personnel are not targets. ...

Members as well, and said our focus should stay on the people. >> you still see until the eyes of the people you meet in the handshake they give you, the strength of these people. they will recover. theyll recover from this latest tragedy. theyll heal their wounds and well go forward and learn lessons about what has occurred here to minimize the chances of this happening again. >> and heres an example of the resilience of the victims. one of the wounded penned a note to the staff at the medical ...

There was some of the force protection policies that focused on internal threats. sean, as this all plays out, as we learn about what happened here, it will be interesting to see if some of these recommendations were followed and what happened here. >> lea, i think you raise a lot of good points here. it appears that the gun type policy was traced back -- i found the department of defense and directive that they had literally signed in effect back in 1992 by donald atwood deputy secretary of def...

To who can carry weaponry. but here we have another situation where those without arms were left vulnerable in meeting their death. we spoke with staff sergeant alonzo lunsford earlier from 2009. he retired from the military as a result of being shot at by hasan in 2009 and he said there is one deterrent. its a gun. >> right now in the military, we are over 150,000 mental health care professionals behind the power care where we need to be for the current fighting force. thats all components. and...

Were told that under military regulations, had he been considered a threat, that psychiatrist would have been required to warn and protect by revealing that condition but since the psychiatrist didnt see any potential threat that was not passed along to anybody else, any of the military commanders. >> colonel jack, we know from the general last night who gave i thought a brilliant briefing in real time as this thing just evolved and were dealing with the victims. he was very, very direct and ver...