Im wolf blitzer, and youre in the situation room. Information is coming in from across the south on the troubling and very violent history of the gunman who opened fire on an audience inside a lafayette, louisiana Movie Theater. And wounded nine other people than shot and killed himself as Police Rushed to stop him. Their Quick Response apparently foiled his elaborate getaway plan. Now the unfolding investigation is revealing housers moves from georgia to alabama, ultimately to louisiana. His treatment for Mental Health problems his antigovernment ranting, and Domestic Abuse allegations. As we await a news briefs by police well be joined by u. S. Senator joe manchin. He helped spearhead an aefrt to reform and expand background checks. Our reporters and analysts are working their sources, but lets begin with our National Correspondent ryan nobel ryan . Reporter wolf this theater behind me remains a crime scene. Investigators have been in and out all day long as they try to figure out what happened here last night. A gunman opens fires in a Movie Theater. Standing up went straight down and like the light from the end of his gun, almost like a flash. Reporter it was 20 minutes into the showing of the comedy train wreck at the grand 16 theater. An alarm was quickly triggered, chaos ensued. There was blood everywhere. Thats when we realized what was going on. So we ran. Reporter 21 mayci breaux and 33yearold Jillian Johnson were shot dead nine others injured, one critically. The shooter, 59yearold John Russel Houser fired off at least 15 rounds before killing himself. Authorities believe that was not his plan. He intended to escape. Within 60 seconds or less we had four officers who made entry into the theater to engage. We feel that when he spotted those officers he retreated back into the theater. Thats when he selfinflicted. Reporter Officials Say one 40caliber handgun was recovered and they found wigs and other disguises in his hotel room. A profile is developing. As best we can tell mr. Houser lived he was denied a concealed carry permit in 2006 after. He was treated for Mental Health issues more than once. Were in the middle of a neighborhood in a Movie Theater. Why did he come here . We dont know. Reporter as state and federal officials gather evident, friends and family of statistic victims pray for the slain and injured. Most of them were extremity wounds. One patient had a torso wound. Reporter all this bloodshed and sorrow as james holmes sell the penalty for the ramp an which left 12 people dead and 70 wounded. Mower now on the attempted getaway, he actually left the keys on the tire of the vehicle, as he left the theater, he spotted police. Thats when he stop reloaded went back inside and shot and killed himself. Wolf . Ryan thanks very much. Ryan ryan nobles reporting, theyre uncovers his very troubled past. Miguel marquez has more on this part of the story. What else are you learning . Reporter terribly 2rub8d wolf. 2008 may be the best we have into his mental state. His own family took out a protective order and ask the judge to involuntary commit him because of mental instability, saying he suffered from anything from manic depression to possibly bepolar disorder. The judge granted that request by the family. This is a man who clearly grew apart from his family over the years. His brother spoke to cnn just a short time ago. Heres what he had to say. We havent been close for years. Im not sure we were just separated from the family and just different emotional depression issues psychological problems, that type of thing. Probably about a month ago. Reporter and what was that contact . He just needed money to keep living surviving, and so we gave him some and that was the last we heard of him. He hadnt heard from him ten years prior to that and havent heard from him since. We didnt know where he was or know anything about him. We didnt have any contact except that. Reporter he was evicted from his home last year. He was living in a motel 6. In 2006 he applied for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. That was denied because of an arrest on arson they found on his report and also a report of domestic violence. Wolf . When did his problems begin . We know that one of the charges of arson goes all the way back to 199, but really it was 2009 20002001s 2001. Convicted several times of selling alcohol to minors. Remist muslims, because they stand up for their religion in his mind also expressing great hatred for liberals on his facebook one of the few things he liked on his Facebook Page was i hate liberals a group on that social media site. He also just had a great distrust and hatred of not only the government, but of gays expressing great concern that White America was falling apart. One thing you see is the concern that the country is falling apart, and he believed that it was going to become what he called a mad max situation very soon. Yeah we also know from a neighbor in a he had a Confederate Flag on his lawn while living in georgia. Thanks very much, Miguel Marquez reporting. The shootings happened only hours after president obama called his inable to reform gun laws his greatest frustration. He was briefed on the shootings, as he traveled to nairobi, kenya. He arrived there just a few hours ago. Jim acosta is joining us live. Jim, the president almost eerily was speaking out about gun in that interview just before what occurred in louisiana. Reporter thats right, wolf the president admitting this will likely we one of those items of Unfinished Business when he leaves office in 2017. As you said president obama has referred to kenya, designed in part an opportunity to get in touch with his rites, but the president will almost certainly face questions about gun violence in the u. S. Once again as this Movie Theater mass shooting in louisiana has forced this issue back into the president s lap even before he touched down in kenya, as you said the president was briefed on the situation in louisiana b. His adviser lisa monaco. The president to be honest has abandoned gun control, he abandoned the issue after efforts failed in congress but as you said just before this latest rampage happened the third mass shooting in less than two months the president talked about this as being his greatest frustration in an interview with the bbc. Heres what he had to say. The run area where i feel that ive been most frustrated and most stymied, it is the fact that the United States of america is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common sense, gun safety laws even in the face of repeated mass killings and you know, if you look at the number of americans killed since 9 11 by terrorism, its less than 100. If you look at the number that have been killed by gun violence its in the tens of thousands. But the white house has all but determined new gun control measures will not happen during his remaining time in office. One official said they understand the accomplice cal realities. That means the votes are simply not there. Jim acosta thanks very much. Joining us in the situation room, joe manchin in West Virginia. He cosponsored a proposal to try to tighten up the requirements but was blocked by a filibuster. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. You agree with the president . The thing that i have said. I know and i hunt and shoot with an awful lot of my friends. Theyre lawabiding gun owner. Theres not a gun owner that wishes that a mentally impaired person or mentally sick person would be able to get a gun. Thats all we try to do. We just try to say that person if they went to someone who didnt know them at a gun show or on the interknecht they wouldnt be able to do it. Theres a loophole. So whats the problem . The problem is we cant get enough votes from our friends and colleagues on the republican side because people are believing its invading on your Second Amendment rights. No one defense the Second Amendment rights more than i do but the bottom line is you have ton a responsible gun owner. I dont want someone who is mentally impaired who had a record or is a criminal to be able to go to a gun show and go to somebody on the table and say i want to buy that gun, nobody asks questions, or on the internet nobody asks questions. Thats all we were trying to do. Until we get our friends on the other side of the aisle to help us we dont have the votes to do it. So lets say between now and the time the president leaves office i think Mental Illness is one we could, most of these people are mentally ill. But we have to make sures the records are turned over. We have hipaa rules, a lot of things stand in our way we have to get past these barriers for the sake of this society. Whats the main art from the other side for example, the nra supporters who didnt like what you were trying to do . I went all over the state of West Virginia. I talked to my friends and they said this is a good by joe. I said i know it is. Why wouldnt you support it . They just dont trust government. They dont think they would stop they they would take more of their rights and liberties. This treated a lawabiding gun owner with the respect they should be treated. Weve got a lot of rules overturned but on the other hand we had to be responsible. All the lawabiden gun owners i know are response but they dont trust government. Will you make another push . If we can get our friends on the republican side. I need 13 14 15 votes on that side. To break the filibuster . Yeah if every democrat you know, and we have a few of our friends off democrat side who had difficulties. Were trying to find the most reasonable responsible approach that doesnt infringe and makes all the sense in the world and show we can govern will. Did it hurt you politically . Most certainly the question was asked of me are you sorry you did it . No. I have knowledge the against. If im not going to do it who is . For me saying o. I wish i hadnt why would they send me here we did not infringe on anybodys rights. We gave them more of their rights that had been taken away over time. Well more liberal democrats who would never support any type of gun support or gun reform supporting this. Would it ever happen again . I dont node. 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Were back with joe manchin of West Virginia a member of the Senate Armed Services committee. This is a pretty big deal isnt it . A nato ally finally from your perspective of the u. S. Doing what the u. S. Has long wanted. Its the only way to defeat terrorism. We cant do it by putting our boots on the ground and fighting their fight for them. Ive said that from day one. If military might or money would change that part of the world, we would have done it after 12 13 years. Not until they decide they want to defend their homeland their families and thankfully turkey is now engaging the saudis have to engage. If we can get the sunnis fighting maybe we have a chance. We can support, but we cant take the lead. The Iraqi Military i should say, are they doing a better job right now . A year ago when mosul, the second largest city in iraq a few isis guys come in the iraqis run away leave a lot of equipment behind. Same thing happens in Fallujah Ramadi places like that are the Iraqi Military getting ready to do the right thing . I continue to ask this question basically are we able to put one iraq back together with them living together under one government . Or is it time we rethink that position . To rethink the position you will have three did i separate with a common cause, but basically the sunnis is having a reason to fight. The shiites we know will fight and we know the kurds will. Theyre thinking if im going to fight and turn it back over to a shiitecontrolled baghdad, im just in as bad a shape as i was. What else should the u. S. Be doing . The bottom line is they know we can and will support. We could lead this fight, and they cant wait for us to take the fight on for them. Now with the whole thing on syria, ive always had concerns about syria, trying to find the people that we could train up spending 500 million. I think we found a total of 54. They were looking for thousands. I dont believe thats going to work. Ive talked to the different people from those regions, and theyve all said when american troops come and theyre on the ground they use that as recruiting tools against us al qaeda and isis and all them. The fbi director james comey told me this week from his perspective, the fbi director the greatest Terror Threat to the u. S. Homeland right now is isis and no longer al qaeda. You agree with him on that . I would agree that isis has more threat to us at this point in time because of their determination to bring their type of war fare to america through the different people they radicalize as were seeing it happening. Weve got to be on guard about that. We have to make sure or borders are tight. I trust the work were doing right now and trust the people basically that we can shut this down but we have to be very careful and isis is what are you doing to make sure that u. S. Recruiting offices in West Virginia are safe. I ask the question because of what happened in shatt nothinga five military personnel were brutally killed . Im concerned about that. Just to give you an example. Our senate offices, our congressional offices, we have certain protocol. We have to have shatterproof windows in, they could just walk directly into the office area we have to do ive asked should we not at least be arming the people that are working there and recruiting . Theyre looking into that. They want to make sure they do the proper procedure, but i dont want copycats to continue and then we say we should have done this a long time ago. Different branches of the military have different protocol. To me its a nobrainer. They should have the arms there for their protection and we know theyre at a threat. Thank for coming in. Thanks for having me. I notice youll have hearings on this. Yes, we will. A bombshell announcement. 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