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Good evening. Fort hood in texas is once again in mourning. Once again, one of their own has opened fire on fellow military. Three are dead, 16 wounded. All of them members of the military. The suspected gunman here was 34, a veteran himself. While theres still no known motive, were learning more about his Mental Health history. This is, of course, the second tragedy, the second mass shooting in five years at fort hood. Ironically, its longtime nickname is the great place. Fort hood is one of th...

Late today, we learned the identity of one of the soldiers shot dead at fort hood, texas Sergeant Timothy owens of effingham, illinois. His mother says owens was a counselor and was shot five times at close range as he tried to calm the shooter down. The gunman was identified today as specialist ivan lopez, an iraq veteran and the married father of a twoyearold girl. Lopez killed three soldiers before committing suicide. 16 other soldiers were wounded. Three are in Critical Condition tonight, bu...

370 now delayed. It is a very difficult search. The most difficult in human history. Special edition of newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me for the second time in almost five years, the community at ft. Hood in texas must come to grips with why a soldier opened fire inside the armys largest base. Three Army Personnel were shot and killed. 16 other Army Personnel were injured when Army Specialist ivan lopez armed with a handgun entered two buildi...

Army specialist ivan lopezs life inside out looking for what brought him on post with his own private mission to kill. Were learning too about how the shootings unfolded moment by moment and how the aftermath is being so very deeply felt in the fort hood extended family. Lets go first to justice correspondent pamela brown with the latest on the investigation. Pamela, the big question tonight is one of motive. What are we learning about the why . Why ivan lopez went on this rampage . Reporter tha...

Including remembrance sunday, to remember those falling in world war i and ii. And that is an event attended by the royal family. But no details whether those arrests are in connection with those events at this time. Any idea that the queen still plans to attend those events . We asked the palace about that. And they said they are not going to comment on any security matters. That is up to the police. But the queen will continue to go ahead with her plans to attend remembrance sunday and visit t...

Suspect a murder, much less of murdering an entire family. Maybe you saw it all coming. In a moment, youll have a chance to look in his eyes and decide for yourself. The man in question is named chase merit. You might already know him. He spoke with randi kaye earlier this year, just a few months after a pair of shallow graves were found in californias mojave desert. In those graves the remains of four people that he was very close to. Joseph mcstay, his wife, and their two sons. By then, the mc...

Why arent you actually firing these people instead of preparing to fire these people . Heres what he said. As the new secretary of the v. A. , why would i want to take a long period of time to get this done . Its not in my interest, its not in the veterans interest, and its not in the interest of the members of congress. The secretary said hes hamstrung by the rules of the federal government and labor laws that surround it, randi, still a lot of criticism coming to this new secretary because hes...

Thank you very much for joining us. One year after cnn broke the story of long waiting lists for veterans seeking care, there is a massive shakeup at the department. Robert mcdonald took over in july after congressional hearings and the resignation of retired general eric shinseki. Mcdonald said that the v. A. Needs to hire 28,000 doctors and nurses to clear the backlog of patients, including 2500 Mental Health professionals. He said the scandal could cost up to 1,000 v. A. Workers losing their ...

I will not commit our troops. In an interview broadcast today, the president called his decision to deploy more trips a new phase in the american led strategy saying the air strikes are working and now the Mission Needs s iraqi Ground Troops to push back further. What has not changed is our troops are not engaged in combat. Should we expect that more troops should be needed before this is over . As commander in chief, im never going to say never. Never going to say never. Joining me from dallas,...

Everybody else to obey his orders. One image shows the scene near the registers there where the first victims died, their bodies left on the floor as the gunman took the survivors into the storage room. Items knocked off the shelves and shattered over the floor. Another body crumbled in the background. An empty stroller. It could belong to a father who left the store later clutching his young son. The gunman reportedly ordered them to destroy the surveillance cameras. Heres a hostage looking rig...