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In the murder of his wife. monis was best known for sending offensive letters to families of troops killed in afghanistan. he was condemned by mainstream muslims as a fake cleric. >> hes really a jihoodlum. a thug who wants to do it in the name of jihad. >> this was a person with a mental problem who tried to gain attention and succeeded. >> officials still dont know what motivated monis, but he was infatuated with extremism. >> interesting comments there. a lone wolf that ive never heard that t...

50-year-old man monis was out on bail awaiting trial for alleged sexual assaults and as an accessory with his mistress in the murder of his wife. the iranian refugee was best known for writing offensive letters to the families of australian soldiers killed in afghanistan. >> this pen is my gun. and these words are my bullets. >> reporter: long before he took to violence, mainstream muslims had condemned him as a phony, a fake cleric. >> basically thugs that do it in the name of jihad. >> reporte...

Neurologist who diagnosed him with signs of alzheimers and dementia he got personal. >> how dare you? what a horrible woman you are. all you did was go to the beverly hills hotel and drink liquor. ive got two declarations from people in my house that all did you was cry and drink at complain about your life and you lie with me saying im incompetent. >> reporter: shellys lawyer in court even complained mr. sterling called him and yelled youre an a-hole and then he said im going to take you out, o...

No such thing and the confrontations caught on tape might not be enough for shelly to win the fight. >> being rude isnt enough, being a jerk isnt enough, having bad judgment isnt enough. it has to be a true mental problem. >> well, how about that? two perfect guests. miguel marquez, the reporter on that piece, and hln legal analyst joey jackson, a very, very clever attorney, and a teacher of the law. theyre both here to talk about the legal repercussions. i dont even know where to start. i know ...

They say he wasnt threatening the doctors, just frustrated that his medical records were released to the public. could this hurt sterlings case next month? could it prompt the judge to find hes mentally incompetent? >> being rude isnt enough. being a jerk isnt enough. having bad judgment isnt enough. it has to be a true mental problem. >> attorney chris lieg said if donald sterlings lawyers can convince the judge that he was frustrated, and you lot of stress, frustrate because his medical inform...

>> its a reflection of his love for flying. >> reporter: but there is also this -- >> the other thing that could be important in the simulator is whether the pilot trained anyone else on the simulator. >> reporter: investigating the pilots requires a deep dive into their health and personal history, bank accounts, recent life insurance purchases, divorces, separations. >> there could be a number of things that cause personal stress and under severe stress, a person can do bad things. >> reporter...

Last 20 years or the last two years, last five years. you know what i think im going to kill people. thats not how it happens. what happens is the pathology is i have a serious mental problem, i decide im now going to decide im going kill a whole bunch of people. so let me get the material i need to do that. they go in the market and buy that. they dont go to charlie or go to tina and say tina i know you have a whole lot of high capacity magazines. let me borrow one. thats not how it works. that...

High capacity magazine for the last 20 years or the last two years, last five years. you know what i think im going to kill people. thats not how it happens. what happens is the pathology is i have a serious mental problem, i decide im now going decide im going kill a whole bunch of people. so let me get the material i need to do that. they go in the market and buy that. they dont go to charlie or go tina and say tina i know you have a whole lot of high capacity magazines. let me borrow one. tha...

Flags that came up before aaron alexis went on his rampage at washingtons navy yard. >> why they didnt get picked up, why they didnt get incorporated into the clearance process, what he was doing, those are all legitimate questions well be dealing with. >> questions over y alexis got and kept a secret security clearance after he had run ins with the law. last month he told police someone he was in an argument with sent three people to follow him and keep him away by sending vibrations into his b...

Almost all of these people is that they all have mental problems. if you look at it, which one of these people -- who would do this if he didnt have a mental problem, right? almost by definition anybody that goes and shoots a bunch of people has a mental problem. >> lets talk about the victims a little bit. we mentioned that the age range was ages 50 to 73. these are all people who had chosen their career to work for the government. they were entrusted with all of our information -- this is wher...