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KPIX CBS This Morning December 7, 2015

There were no major policy proposals in the Oval Office Address. Reaction has been swift. Paul ryan tweeted the address was disappointing. There is no plan to destroy isil. Theres a plan to hand this mess to the next president. Fbi agents trying to determine a motive for wednesdays shooting. Police raided the home of syed farooks former next door neighbor. They believe he provided the assault rifles. A robbery at a mall in california close to San Bernardino sparked massive panic when shoppers thought it was somebody firing a gun. Grabbed my daughter and i screamed just run, run we need to have comprehensive background checks. Gun control and how to deal with extremists, hot topics for president ial candidates. In california they have no guns. Only the bad guys have the guns. The video shows the moment a London Police officer takes down a man accused of stabbing three people. The attack is being investigated as terrorism. Former president jimmy carter makes a remarkable recovery. When i went this week they didnt find any cancer at all. A group of thrill seekers were about to sky dive from a small plane when the engine failed. All that the Kennedy Center paid tribute to five people with a Lasting Impact on american culture. I stand here surrounded by some of the most influential people i am inspired to ask, can anyone get me tickets to hamilton . And all that matters. Thats life starstudded salute to frank sinatra, singers celebrated the man aaffection ately known as the voice. On cbs this morning. Look at him go touchdown well, that will draw a flag. How about the security guy behind the goalpost . Security woman, i guess. Going what the hell . This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. President obama said the terror attack in San Bernardino, california shows terrorism is in a new phase. In a prime time speech last night, he said america will overcome the threat. The president s address was his first from the oval office in five years. He laid out his plan to defeat isis, also known as isil. He also urged americans to remember the countrys vallues. We will destroy isil and any organization that tries to defeat us. It doesnt depend on talking tough or giving into fear. Thats what groups like isil are hoping for. We cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between america and islam. That too is what groups like isil want. Isil does not speak for islam. They are thugs and killers, part of a cult of death, and they account for a tiny fraction of a more than a billion muslims around the world, including millions of patriotic Muslim Americans who reject their hateful ideology. Major garrett is at the white house and has new insight on why the president spoke last night. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The reviews are in. They are lukewarm, to be charitable. The white house was bracing for precisely that, so why did the president give an Oval Office Address that had no new news, no new initiatives or ideas or military strategies against isis . Well, the genesis of this speech started saturday at the white house, after the president met with his National Security team, it was the consensus that this administration was losing control, losing grip on the entire National Conversation about isis and the president needed to get involved in that conversation to try to accomplish three things. First, to convey to the nation that the campaign against isis is more muscular and more aggressive. There are more u. S. Bombing runs, the british are now bombing in syria, there are troop commitments from germany and there is much greater intelligence sharing with the french. The president also wanted to address the gun control argument. Even though the Political Climate on capitol hill with republicans in control of the house and Senate Remains hostile, the president believes the fact pattern in San Bernardino strengthens gun control argument. Most importantly, when you talk to people here at the house, the president believes the country could turn on itself and this message of tolerance for Muslim Americans is not just about that, pure tolerance, but it is a Counter Terrorism strategy. The president believes it is crucial that this country maintain good solid working relationships with the Muslim Community in this country not just as a matter of tolerance but as a matter of Counter Terrorism success, being able to detect, infiltrate and potentially stop terrorist attacks before they start. There was a good deal of conversation about whether this president should give this address today or possibly tonight, but the president wanted the largest prime time audience he could find, sunday was it. He knows the reviews are tepid but this president has long relied on speeches and ignored shortterm analysis to play what we always talk about here at the white house as president obamas long game, whether its rhetoric or strategy to defeat isis. Major, thank you very much. Investigators have new information on the suspects in the San Bernardino case. Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people and wounded 21 others. Officials say they got their assault weapons from a former neighbor. Carter evans is outside the scene of the shootings in San Bernardino looking at how and why the couple carried out this attack. Carter, good morning. Reporter good morning. The Inland Regional Center where the massacre occurred will be closed at least through tuesday now. People were allowed to retrieve their cars yesterday. While the survivors are still trying to understand what drove this couple to open fire on them, we are learning more about their radicalization. Syed Rizwan Farook met his wife Tashfeen Malik in saudi arabia where she had moved from pakistan. She was educated and had trained as a pharmacist. Those who knew her described her as a modern girl who became deeply religious. Investigators conducted more than 300 interviews and still arent publicly discussing a motive for the terrorist attack. Over the weekend, we heard from farooks father. The italian newspaper quoted him saying, my son said he shared isis leader al baghdadis ideology and supported the creation of the islamic state. He was also obsessed with israel. Later on sunday, farooks father told cbs news he never said that, but he did confirm his son spoke about tensions with a colleague at the San Bernardino health department, nicholas thalasinos, a messianic jew, was among the 14 killed. They never had any kind of conflict but knowing my husband, if there was something said or if he came in being very radical im sure my husband had plenty to say to him. Reporter the assault rifles used in the attack have been traced to this man, henry k. Marquez. Farook usedtolive next door. A neighbor recalls the two were good friends who went to high school together. When he would work on the cars, he was happy. You could see them laughing. Reporter over the weekend, agents raided the home twice cutting through the garage door. A Law Enforcement source tells cbs news marquez checked himself into a Mental Health facility right after the massacre. A Law Enforcement source tells cbs news they are now analyzing Surveillance Video from gun shops that show farook and marquez together. The fbi will be holding another News Conference today with some new information. Thanks, carter. We have a new look at the San Bernardino shooters. A former coworker and College Classmate is sharing her perspective on syed farook. David, good morning. Reporter good morning. Farook lived in the apartment behind me with his wife and their 6 month old child. You see where the lights on up there in the second floor, where the computer monitor is . That was the babys room. Farooks mother also lived here in the home, were told. Not many people have come forward with details about farook. But the one person you are going to hear from this morning knew him perhaps better than anybody else and what he knew led him to the fbi. Syed was a talker. Lot of people think he was very quiet. I didnt get that impression. Reporter so this is new. Because we have heard he was very quiet. Humum. Reporter really. He was very confident when he talked. There was times when we walked out of work in the morning and i couldnt get him to stop talking. Reporter Chaz Harrison met farook in college back in 2008. They later worked together and he says he watched him change over time. He liked to talk about cars a lot, fixing things, building things. He liked to talk about religion a lot. He wanted to start a business. He wanted to just get a truck, put some tools in there, go around and fix peoples cars. So there was a point where he was definitely making longterm goals here in the u. S. Reporter how religious was he . Very. He had a good work relationship with everyone. Reporter with the people he shot . Yeah. And thats whats puzzling. Why . I was trying to call him as i called every Single Person that possibly could have been in that building to find out if they were okay and im over here calling this guy to find out if hes okay, and hes the shooter, you know. How do you reporter you felt it was on your heart to go and speak to the fbi. I let the fbi know that he didnt want to be in the United States. He told me him paying taxes was helping the United States support basically a war on islam, a war on muslims. Reporter what did you know about his wife . He was very secretive about his wife. He didnt want to reveal much about his wife. One of the first things i said hey, you got a picture . He didnt have any pictures. Said she was very uncomfortable, everyone looked at her and stared at her because of the way she dressed. Reporter he says farook wanted to leave the United States because he didnt feel like he could practice his religion here the way he wanted. We are told he prayed almost every day on his lunch break at a local mosque in San Bernardino. He wanted to move to dubai but changed his mind because he couldnt find a job. Very revealing. Thank you so much. Family, friends and strangers are honoring the 14 People Killed in wednesdays shooting. Mourners sang and prayed across the San Bernardino area sunday. At church of the woods in lake arrowhead, members remembered one of their own. Michael wetzel stood before the congregation just last week. He was among those killed. The victims were also remembered at an Islamic Community center in redlands. More than 100 people gathered at an Interfaith Service calling for peace and understanding. A new poll shows most americans want president obama to do more to fight isis. More than twothirds say the military response has not been aggressive enough. The poll finds more than half of americans support sending Ground Troops to iraq or syria. The San Bernardino attack is also shaking up the president ial campaign. Julianna goldman is in washington with how candidates are responding to the president s Oval Office Address last night. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Republican white house hopefuls were quick to blast the president s remarks last night, calling them cynical and partisan politics as usual. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton says the president needs to be doing more to defeat isis. Not only did the president not make things better tonight, i fear he may have made things worse. Reporter marco rubio responded to the president s remarks by calling for increased domestic surveillance and said victory against isis will require u. S. Boots on the ground. There will be the necessity to significantly increase the number of u. S. Special operators. Reporter on face the nation donald trump stood by his support for tracking muslims in the u. S. Well, i think there can be profiling. Reporter and called for tougher treatment of the families of suspected terrorists. I would certainly go after the wives who absolutely knew what was happening and i guess your definition of what i would do, im going to leave that to your imagination. Reporter trumps gop rival Chris Christie said the recent attacks highlighted the need to grant Greater Authority to u. S. Intelligence agencies. If you give these people the tools, they will act constitutionally and they will prevent many, many more attacks that well get through. Reporter rand paul, who has clashed with christie over the issue of surveillance, said the answer was restricting immigration. We have to be very careful about who comes herer from the middle east. Reporter Hillary Clinton distanced herself from the president s counterisis strategy. We are not winning but its too soon to say that we are doing everything we need to do. Reporter but supported his decision to link the threat of terrorism with the need for stricter gun laws. We should be able to approach both of these with some sense of, you know, unity about how we prevent terrorist attacks and how we prevent the wrong people from getting ahold of guns. Republican candidates including ted cruz said the California Shootings have nothing to do with gun control. After the speech, cruz also tweeted that if he were president , he would make america safe by shutting down the immigration system that lets in jihadists and he also stated simply that he would direct the pentagon to destroy isis. This morning, British Police are investigating a london stabbing attack as a terrorist incident. Video shows a scary scene saturday inside a subway station. A man with a knife hurt two people, one seriously. Witnesses say he shouted this is for syria. Police subdued the attacker with a taser and arrested him. He is charged with attempted murder. Last week, britain began air strikes against isis targets in syria. Moments ago, United States attorney general Loretta Lynch announced a federal investigation into Chicagos Police department. The wideranging probe comes amid allegations of a coverup in the shooting death of a black teenager. It forced the police chief to resign. Dean reynolds is outside Police Headquarters with new details of the investigation. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Even before the federal probe of the police here gets under way, the head of the local agency which is supposed to be Monitoring Police conduct, has resigned. That is the latest move in a spreading scandal that has shaken public trust in the police. Dashcam footage shows Laquan Mcdonald walking away from police before he is shot 16 times by officer jason van dyke. But at least four officers on the scene told investigators that mcdonald was moving towards van dyke. Van dyke says mcdonald continued to advance and swung a knife at him. Even after mcdonald was shot, at least two officers claimed he was attempting to get up while still armed with the knife. But at no time does the video show the 17yearold approaching the officers. Van dyke is facing murder charges. And hundreds of demonstrators who lined the streets of chicago sunday are accusing police of a coverup. A university of chicago study found that in more than 99 of the thousands of misconduct complaints against officers this year, no disciplinary action was ever taken. Now the Justice Department will try to determine if theres a pattern of abuse. A probe mayor rahm emanuel as recently as last week thought was unnecessary. What i first welcome is a conclusion of the existing investigation. I think an additional layer would be misguided. Reporter but he has since changed course. We welcome the engagement of the department of justice, a spokesperson for the Mayors Office said, as we work to restore trust in our police department. Mayor emanuel and acting Police Superintendent John Escalante will be holding a press conference later today and will be addressing questions of police accountability. Dean, thanks. This morning, former president jimmy carter says a brain scan shows his cancer has gone. When i went this week, they didnt find any cancer at all. So i have good news. He made the dramatic announcement sunday at church in his hometown of plains, georgia. In august the 91yearold revealed melanoma had spread to his brain and he put his faith in gods hands. The former president remained active during treatment. He continued to help build homes for habitat for humanity. He says he will continue to receive Specialized Drug treatment. For the second time in two weeks, the nfl will investigate whether rules

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