Here on the left, who is also an offduty department, shot and wounded nolan. Sounds like he is running around out here. And that that is a gunshot. Horror in oklahoma. Police say a knifewielding man stormed the offices of vaughan foods in moore, stabbing his coworker, colleen, and cut off her head. He did kill colleen and did sever her head. According to police, the suspect then began to attack a second woman when he was shot and stopped by an armed Company Executive. Mark vaughan, son of the companys founder, is also a reserve sheriffs deputy. Officials say his actions could have prevented more deaths. It definitely got a lot worse, this man did not stop until he was shot. Initially the attack was described as a work place dispute. 33yearold alton nolan, had red flags that some wonder could have been more related to the attack. Police say that he converted to islam, and tried to get others to join him. After talking with coworkers, information was obtained that he started to try to convert some of his coworkers to the muslim religion. It had Law Enforcement agencies across the countries on alert looking for lone wolf threats. The fbi is now investigating the oklahoma social media footprint, trying to determine if this vicious deadly rage was inspired by islamic extremism. Meanwhile, in moore, residents would rather focus on mark vaughan, the Company Executive who has put his life on the line for employee. He has been given an employee name of hero. So the suspect was shot, and survived. Correct . He did survive and in fact is undergoing treatment at a hospital. We asked authorities if they had a chance to talk to him. He could answer questions immediately. Authorities say he is sedated. Only now or tomorrow will they be able to ask the questions of what motivated him. All right, marvin savidge. Philip, i mean, you have looked at a lot of these kind of incidents with these kind of guys. What was your First Impression on it . Does it sound like a pattern of a lone wolf or does it simply seem like somebody who was deranged . It sounds like somebody who was deranged. What i think in the department is not relevant. You have to be able to look at his social media, email, friends, who he called. What he was saying around the work place in the last week or two or month or two. You have to before you make an assumption determine what went on and prove it was just an emotionally deranged person or not somebody who had an ideological connection. Even though he had no connection with any group, obviously he was a convert, apparently, according to others who worked with him and had been trying to convert people. It is very possible that he just watched videos or had seen videos. I mean, this is certainly in the news. The idea of beheadings. Because it is a pretty bizarre way to end up killing somebody. Well, it is very bizarre. And with crimes of violence there can be multiple motivation. So this could end up being a work place violence incident, but it is worked up with the recent news he has seen on the beheadings. But he was fired right before this happened. I think that is a very important point. The other important point is he has a history of violence. Because he spent time in prison, which is where he converted to islam. So with all that said it could still be a crime of Workplace Violence but influenced by what he has seen recently on the news and his own maybe interests or yeah, interests with the beheadings. Philip, to your earlier point, given all that has been in the news, given the reality of the war that is happening right now one cannot discount some sort of connection, some sort of whether it is ideological motivation or simply copycat incidents. I would virtually guarantee there has to be a connection to what weve seen overseas. I mean, this is such unique experience, that if there was not a connection between what he did and witnessed in the past few weeks in syria, would be to me, a surprise. If he was a member of a group or inspire inspired by a group or was he just a victim of a workplace incident and was inspired by what he saw. I agree with what i heard earlier, and that is, i saw a lot of terrorists who you would think were ideologically inspired but instead what you saw was emotion. They would see an image, for example, a child killed in palestine or iraq and that would set them off very quickly to an act of violence, just an image they saw on the internet. But mary ellen, there has to be something, whether it is this person or anybody who commits a crime like this. There has to be something. It is not just ideology. There has to be something pushing them towards doing this to where in their mind, they find it is an appropriate thing to do or an okay thing to do. No, i would agree with you. We know that there are people who really have these ideas and these thoughts of violence. In fact, violence is more of a coping behavior. But that kind of thinking in terms of ill use violence when i get fired. Ill use violence if i have a breakup in a relation, that type of ideology starts very early in life and evolves over time. This may appear that this individual snapped. But when you go back in his history i believe you will see overreactions of things that happened to him in his life. So it is not going to be a simple a equals b, it will be evolutionary, and this is how he handles his anger. He did not really snap. This is a man who has been thank the past and has overreacted in this incident. Phil, the more it is talked about in a way the more it becomes part of the language and perhaps other people will act out in this way. Other people sorry, philip, go ahead. Im sorry, this is what i would worry about in this case. I remember sitting at the white house and being evacuated 15 years ago in the anthrax attacks. And you know, you sit there, that was such a unique experience i was in the executive office of the white house and we had anthrax letters coming in. Youre saying what is going on here . That was weeks after al qaeda that attacked the offices during 9 11. I am an officer, detailed sitting on the morning of threat briefings, 2005, 2006, 2007. You know what we were getting regularly in the threat briefings . Hoax anthrax, i worry about the uniqueness of beheadings in a country where we have a lot of emotionally damaged people. And over the course of years people saying hey, in the course of work place dismissal, the appropriate response is beheadings, i worry about copycats. Thank you both, more on the back drop of the air campaign in syria. New updates to tell you about, what do we know about the latest airstrikes . Reporter well, anderson, i can tell you talking to a defense official in the last moments the strikes right now are happening in syria and iraq and are ongoing. Theyre not described as any major offensive. Theyre talking about targets of opportunity. They are racking up numbers, the defense secretary chuck hagel told the reporters now there are over 200 airstrikes as part of the u. S. Led coalition in iraq and 43 in syria. And yet the numbers were seeing yet tonight, the toll is getting higher. The white house today, they were pressed on the earlier claims that core al qaeda has been decimated whether it was in fact true given the most recent threats. Did they stand by the earlier threats that the core al qaeda has been decimated . They do, and they are splitting hairs. Theyre talking about Al Qaeda Leaders who are basically stationed in afghanistan and pakistan, people like osama bin laden. They say that core of al qaeda has been decimated. They continue to say that but they do recognize, anderson, that offshoots and remnants of al qaeda do remain. Keep in mind this Khorasan Group is an off shoot of al qaeda, they have relocated over to syria where they have found a safe haven. And as we know hearing from officials earlier today that group, the leaders of that group, it is not believed all of them were killed and airstrikes that targeted them earlier this week it seems some of them have survived. That is a worrying sign. Because you heard the fbi director saying earlier this week this is at the top of his list of concerns right now. And they believed that that group was really on the verge of carrying out a major attack against the United States when the airstrikes were hit earlier this week. So theyre going to be keeping an eye on this group. All right, jim acosta, appreciate the update. Coming up necessary, the close look at the only vital ally in this invite. Can the government of iraq be counted on . Can iraq even hold together . Were keeping them honest with dexter philkins and analyst bob baier. Isis fighters in action, we just saw a trace of fire move across the skyline there. All around the world the dedicated people of United Airlines are there to support you. Thats got your back friendly. Oohh, you got it i love the looks of it. [garage door closing] nobody touches my dodge dart, jake johnson. Not even your best friend slash neighbor . No one. I can still get in craig. Id like to see you try. All id have to do is roll in, dude. Lets see it. I choose not to right now. Come on indiana. 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We are also encouraged about his willingness to reach out and work with other countries in the region. Were delighted and looking very, very closely together. Were grateful for your willingness to take on this leadership mantle at such a critical time. He is off to a pretty shaky start. He projected his choices to head the defense and ministries, interior ministers in iraq run the police and intelligence agencies, crucial, obviously. So the top two important administrations, there is currently a vacuum and it certainly shows. Soldiers who survived the recent isis attack outside fallujah told the commanders they were either unwilling or able to help answer their pleas for help. Remember, all of this happened about a half hours drive from baghdad. As for the Prime Minister, he spent a week in new york, meeting with president obama and setting off on the global stage. Hes spoke about terror issues. He said his country received credible intelligence sources about isis attacks, quoting, they plan to have attacks on the metros of paris and the u. S. American officials first said they had no evidence to substantiate what he said, then spent the rest of the day doing damage control, including on this program. I think what the Prime Minister was discussing today information streams who are always out there and then we have to work very closely to assess the veracity, but he was quite clear with me and the president that there was no credible threat based upon the information. Just to be clear, though, that is not what the Prime Minister of iraq said publicly. He said he received accurate reports from baghdad of arrests of french and americans who were plotting attacks on metros in paris and the United States. Just to be accurate, youre just saying what he was saying was absolutely not true . What he told us was that the veracity of the information has to be as assessed. And i think the iraqis put out a statement in that regard. Were actively working with them as we do daily. What i think the Prime Minister was getting at is, of course, he will speak for himself but in the very detailed conversation we had, is here we are in new york and the entire world is uniting against isis. That gained credence when denmark and belgium joined the coalition. Even russia joined in the fight. The big question is how committed is iraq committed to saving iraq . I spoke to admiral kirby a short while ago. Admiral, a base close to baghdad has fallen to isis. More than 100 iraqi troops were killed perhaps at least as many as 300. And the iraqis who survived said their calls to their generalship, their leadership were basically not answered. That help was not there. Basically yet abandoned. We heard this time and time again. At what point does something begin to change within the Iraqi Military, replacing these corrupt generals or these generals who for example frankl battlefield experience . One of the things we have been working on is getting up and going with the iraqi forces. No question since 2011 when we left, the iraqi army was not properly led, resourced, given supplies and trained. And we know that. Prime minister nouri maliki squandered the opportunity he was given then. So getting more competence will take time, and Good Government in baghdad is needed. Prime minister Haider Alabadi is aware of that challenge, but this is basically their army. If they fail to do that short of u. S. Ground forces in or some Coalition Ground forces in, or some other force unless the Iraqi Military itself is able to reform, is able to stand up and fight it is a lost cause. Well, youre absolutely right. They have got to do this. They have got to make this their fight. It is their campaign. They have to step up to this real challenge theyre facing. The commanderinchief has to be clear there is not going to be a return on the ground of the u. S. Forces. The Ground Forces that matter are the iraqi Ground Forces and in syria, the moderate Syrian Opposition that can fight. They have to take on that responsibility. Were willing to help them and advise them and try to rebuild some of the competence and ability that they lost, but they have to take responsibility. Do you really have confidence in the new government . I know the Prime Minister said the right things publicly, and even disciplined one or two generals. But he is from the same party as nouri maliki. Some say he is cut from the same cloth or same party. Sure, we understand that but he has to be given the benefit of the doubt. Everything he has done so far and said so far leads us to believe he is on the right path and wants an inclusive government that is representative of all iraqis. But look, he is just getting started. Getting up and going. Were willing to help, we made it clear, we need to give it some time. Admiral kirby, appreciate your time. I want to talk to dexter philkins, who just wrote a very powerful piece on iraq. And bob baier. So dexter, the people you talked to iraq, do they expect, i mean, the kurds you talked to, do they actually expect this Prime Minister to be able to accomplish what nouri maliki did not, or undo what nouri maliki did . Well, that is a really big question. I think people hope he is not as sectarian as nouri maliki. But when you look at what he faces. I mean, he lost a third of the country. And the iraqi army is in no shape to go in there. They just lost a base 25 miles from baghdad that they could not resupply. Right, and you have tens of thousands of iraqis just disappearing. And they have not come back. The other thing they have to do is keep the kurds in the country and they want to leave. So just to kind of hold it together, like what he has inherited, that is going to be hard enough. Bob, what about you . The people you have been talking to, this is the guy from the same party as nouri maliki. It is not as no he came from some other place. A lot of people say he is cut from the same cloth. Anderson, i talk a lot to the sunnis, the tribes in anbar and a variety of provinces. The four major tribes there told me explicitly, they think that Haider Alabadi is just as difficult as nouri maliki. They complain about the army, the civilian targets. And these are people you say youre talking to are the critical ones in order to get them to stop working with isis to really support the Central Government. I mean, if anything is going to change it is critical to get the sunnis on board. Well, anderson, exactly. But these people led isis into anbar province, or at least set it out. But they say theyre not going back. It is partition or nothing. They say isis will be gone in a year or two. It will collapse under its own weight. But they will not work with the government in baghdad. And dexter, i just read your article, it is fascinating. It is essential reading, you spent a lot of time in the kurdish north. And when we look at this from the west we think oh, everybody is on the same page. It is all about defeating isis. But when you talk toed kurds, actually, they want to defeat them but break away. They want their own country. They see themselves now in a prime position to do that. Theyre not about rescuing the Central Government in baghdad, a government which has basically cheated them out of billions of dollars of oil revenues. Look, they will fight isis insofar as it is necessary to keep them out of the kurdish areas, but theyre not going to push them into the other areas. Look, this is one of the great ironies of the war. You have this area, right in the middle is this island that is prowestern, reasonably democratic and reasonably prosperous. Right, the kurds have done everything that has been asked of and more including doing a lot of fighting for americans and helping out. You read your article and it is very hard to see how iraq stays together. Bobs point, iraq being finished