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For a prayer vigil. Four marines murdered in a deadly attack in tennessee. Killed by officers. Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez sprayed bullets at a military rekrooting station. He drove several miles to a naval center. He exited his vehicle and engaged in gunfire. A monster tornado was seen swirling. There are reports of severe damage. James holmes convicted of firstdegree murder in the movie massacre. Jurors will decide if he gets the Death Penalty. Were very happy this monster will never see the light of day. A woman found hanging in her jail cell after a routine traffic stop. Former president george h. W. Is still in the hospital but doctors say he is expected to make a full recovery. How is your father doing . Stable. Doing okay i think. An airplane lit up by a laser as it was heading toward the seattletacoma airport. A home explosion in st. Louis results in fire that spread to two other homes. A colorado woman is seeking 500,000 in damages after she was thrown to the ground by a Police Officer. All that the helicopter crashed into a pub in ireland. The two people on board had just minor injuries. Nickelodeon kids choice sports award. Derek jeter honored with the legend award. And armstrong returns to the Tour De France. Some said his appearance was disrespectful. Here helping a great group of people and a great cause. Im going to do that forever. Hes a big fan of donald trump. If theres something that donald trump should try to avoid is big fans. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Investigators in chattanooga, tennessee, suspect terrorism after a rampage targeting American Service men. Four marines were murdered thursday. One of them is Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan of springfield, massachusetts. The local newspaper says he survived two tours in iraq and earned a purple heart. Three other people were wounded. The suspect, 24yearold mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez was shot dead. People gathered at a local church to pray for the shooting victims. It began at a military recruiting office and then shifted to a navy and marine train strategy. Dean reynolds is outside the Armed Forces Career center in chattanooga. Dean, tough morning there. Reporter good morning. This is the Armed Services Career Center behind me where the shooting began and where a memorial is now taking shape. No one was killed here but at the shooters next stop seven miles away it was a sadly different story. At roughly 10 45 a. M. Local time this Armed Services recruiting center was under siege. Gunman mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez pulled in to the Shopping Mall in a silver mustang and shot four rounds into the facility and then drove off. He didnt get out of the car. He just stayed in the car. He shot ten times and then backed up and then backed up and put ten more in the building. Furniture shot up tvs, walls and bullet holes in them. Abdulazeez drove seven miles to a naval and reserve center where he launched a Second Attack and shot four marines. The shouter plowed through an unmanned pair cade driving close to 100 yards on the property where he gunned down his victims. He was shot by local Law Enforcement at the scene. It is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who have served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion. Reporter during the 30minute rampage, the health department, a local college and other facilities went on lockdown, as well as the Governors Office in nashville. We have four families four people who died who wont be seeing their families. Reporter mourners started arriving just hours after the shooting to pay their respects. I just had to see it. Why would you hurt your own protectors . Reporter out of an abundance of caution, the department of Homeland Security has increased security at several federal facilities across the country this morning. Dean thank you. Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez lived in the chattanooga area most of his life. He came to this cannot as a child in 1996. Authorities are still searching for a motive. Jericka duncan is outside his home in hixson tennessee, with more on his background. Reporter behind me is the home where mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez lived. Its about six miles from where the shootings hand. Theres still a Police Presence here at this hour. Abdulazeez was not on the u. S. Terrorist list and the fbi did not find any links to isis or extreme muslims. At this time people here say they are in disbelief by what happened. They tell us the abdulazeez family moved to this community about 15 years ago. 24yearold mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez was born in kuwait and became a naturalized american citizen. The mug shot was taken after he was booked for dui in april. In 2012 he graduated from the university of tennessee at chattanooga with an Electrical Engineering degree. Ed ryanhold is fbi special agent in charge. Were checking every possible place he could reside or could have resided, visited, where he shopd, went to school, who his friends were if he worked out at a gym. Every possible lead. Reporter nashville newspaper, the tennessean says abdulazeez worked at this manufacturing plant in franklin tennessee. Were working with the law. We have no comment. Thirs video shows him competing in a mixed martial arts bout in 2009. The Red Bank High School Yearbook shows his senior photo with the quote, my name causes National Security alerts. Whats does yours do . I almost knew when i heard it. Reporter kevin was his High School Wrestling coach and thought of himself as a father figure to the teens on his team. He spent much of thursday fielding phone calls from former students. They are like coach, can you believe it . Can you believe mohamed did it . I dont have any bad words to say. So were all in shock and were all hurt. Reporter as investigators sealed off the abdulazeez home in hixson this opensided squad truck carrying armed men rolled into the neighborhood. While abdulazeez was never on the raisar of Law Enforcement, officials confirm to cbs news that his father was under investigation several years ago for possible ties to a Foreign Terrorist Organization. However, nothing ever became of that, and no connections were ever found. Thanks jericka. Michael morrell is with us from san francisco. Hes a former cia deputy director. Good morning. What is the implication of this attack, and is it the worrisome threat of the future . Charlie, we still dont know what motivated this young man. I would not be surprised if we found out he was motivated by isis or another extremist islamic organization. I think thats where were going to end up here. That would make it the most significant isisinspired attack weve had on on soil so far. The hatchet attack in new york city and the attack in texas. The attempted attack in texas. This would be the third, by far, the worst. This is the wave of the future. This is not surprising to me. People have been warning about this for months. Michael, youve been here on this show warning of this very type of attack including at military facilities. How is it that he was not on any terrorism watch list and that his father was at some point but this is the most worrisome part of this kind of threat. You can have a young man who may not be in any contact with foreign intelligence a Foreign Terrorist Organization norah, but who is in his own home in his bedroom, in his basement watching videos going to websites who is completely selfradicalized without any contact, with foreigners or with anybody in the United States. That is the most dangerous because they can go out and do something and nobody knows anything about it except them. Chattanooga is not necessarily a hard target like we think of new york or washington, d. C. What can you do to prevent these soft target attacks from happening . There have been about 50 to 60 arrests of individuals who are in some way inspired by isis in the United States. Since isis became a phenomenon. Those arrests cut across 20 different states. It really is across the United States. So i think this can happen anywhere. And i think this is a reflection of that. Michael morell good to see you. You can follow our coverage on cbsn. You can watch at cbsnews. Com live or on the cbs news app. This morning, james holmes wakes up as a convicted murderer. He opened up fire in a crowded colorado Movie Theater three years popping 12 ago. 13 people were kills there. Reporter good morning. The jury reached its decision very quickly after just a day and a day and a half of deliberations. Then for an hour in a courtroom jammed with victims and their families, the judge read the verdicts one by one. We the jury find the defendant James Egan Holmes guilty of murder in the first degree. Some cried. Some did fist pumps. Some just bowed their heads. Janssen young survived the attack but her boyfriend was killed while using his body to shield her. I looked at him when the verdict came out because i wanted to know whats his response . Theres just nothing. Thats how i feel toward him is nothing. Reporter even a juror was overcome with emotion, cried as the proceedings got under way. The only one passive, james holmes. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His attorneys said he was in the grips of a sipsychotic episode during the attack suggesting he didnt know right from wrong. The jury and the families didnt know. This thing that indiscriminately kills and would do it again if he was let out. Were very happy that this animal, this monster will never see the light of day. Reporter the next step the penalty phase. Does holmes get life in prison or death . Marcus weaver was wounded. His friend rebecca was killed. A religious man, he once opposed the Death Penalty but that night and the trial altered not just his life but his feelings about punishing the man who did it. Its the consequences of his actions. So in your minoredd you can accept the Death Penalty . I could never accept anybody killing anybody but theres no other consequence i can see that can fit. Reporter this same jury goes back to work next wednesday for the policy phase. That involves things like hearing stories from the victims families about how this all affected them. It could take as much as a month. The fbi is investigating the death of a black woman in a texas jail cell. The family of sandra bland believes her reported hanging is suspicious. Cell phone video allegedly shows her arrest last week after a routine traffic stop. She was found dead monday. Sheriff williams of cbs affiliate khou is in houston with the victims revealing social media post. Reporter good morning. Sandra blanton was alone in her cell before she was found dead this past monday but her parents cannot believe what they say happened. This video shot by an unknown bystander shows Police Officers subduing 28yearold sandra bland. You just slammed my head into the ground. Do you not even care about that . I cant 00even hear. Reporter a officer stopped her for not signaling a lane change. The chicago area native was in texas to start a new job. She was arrested for assaulting the officer. Three days later, she was found hanging in her jail cell. The medical examiner ruled it a suicide. But blands family said she never would have taken her own life. It is unimaginable and difficult for us to wrap our minds around the sandy that we knew for this to be characteristic of her. Reporter the Texas Rangers will lead an investigation. Ill be taking this matter to the grand jury so that the public can have the final say on this issue. At the moment black lives matter. Reporter blands friends describe her as a civil rights activist. She posted these images on facebook. You can stand there, surrender to the cops and still be killed. Reporter she was not diagnosed with clinical depression but did talk about emotional issues in a march po am suffering from something that some of you all may be dealing with right now. Its a little bit of depression and ptsd. Reporter blands parents plan to travel here to speak with investigators. There will be a prayer vigil on sunday and a protest today outside the Waller County jail where her body was found. Thousands in Central Illinois are without power after multiple tornadoes tore through the region. The twisters touched down about 200 miles southwest of chicago. They damaged homes and sparked explosions. The storm system toppled power lines and trees in cameron. There are no significant injuries. Today markss exactly one year since the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down by a missile over ukraine. New video of the aftermath was released by newscorp australia. Russianbacked rebels are sifting through the rubble and appear to be shocked to find a civilian airliner and not a military aircraft. All 298 people on board were killed. There were calls for the creation of an international tribunal. President obama will meet with saudi arabias Prime Minister. Vice President Joe Biden met with members of the Senate Foreign rlgsss committee. Congress has two months to review the agreement. This weekend ash carter will travel to israel to lobby support and will also stop in saudi arabia. President obama will come to new york city. Hell not spend the night at the famous waldorf astoria hotel. President s have stayed there for more than 80 years but the white house is worried about spying. It was sold last year to a chinese company. The president will stay at the Millennium Hotel near the united nations. The president spent part of the day inside a federal prison. He was lobbying for changes inside the justice system. He said but for the grace of god, he could have ended up like them. These are young people that made mistakes that arent that much different than the mistakes i made and the miss takes a lot of you guys make. The difference is they did not have the support structures the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. The president admits to using marijuana and cocaine in his younger years. They took at least 18 minutes to realize Joaquin El Chapo guzman had escaped. Lawmakers made that announcement after taking a tour of the prison. 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