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Last night the Police Released names of three. 22yearold catherine cooper, 19yearold Veronica Weis and 20yearold Christopher Michael martinez all students at ucsb. We begin our coverage with cbs news correspondent who is in Santa Barbara this morning. Good morning. This is a Small College community, they are in shock and they are grieving. Hundreds showed up to a candlelight vigil last night to pay their respects. The sheriff says the calls came in at 9 30 friday night for the next ten minutes i will rot rodger went on a shooting spree leaving a crime spree in locations. He post add video on youtube of the chilling message that he wanted to kill people at sorority for not getting dates and never being kissed. Force me to suffer all my life and now ill make you all suffer. He fired shots outside of a Sorority House killing two people there. Then he drove around town shooting at random, by the end of this shooting spree six people were dead, 1 others wounded. And police say as they closed in on rodger, they believe he took his own life. Now rodger had three semi automatic handguns, they were all in his own name and they were purchased legally. Police also found 400 rounds of ammunition. Looking through social media and emails, they are also examining a 141 page man tess toe to there were any warning signs. Danielle, thank you. Joining us now, Santa Barbara county sheriff bill brown. We understand is a traumatic time. Wish you the best of luck in this investigation. What can you tell us about what your department learned april 30 made this visit to Elliot Rodger prompted by the warnings or at least concern expressed by one of his relatives . Well, major, on that day we were asked by the Mental Health department to conduct a welfare check with Elliot Rodger to determine if he was a danger to himself or anyone else. This was prompt by call by third party, Mental Health department contacted one of his relatives who expressed concern about his well being. Our deputies went to check on mr. Elliot, contacted him outside his residence, they found him to be at that time rather quiet and timid. He was polite and courteous, he was able to convince the deputies that this was all a misunderstanding that although he was having some social problems, he was probably not going to be staying in school and going to be returning home. He was able to make very convincing story that there was no problem that he wasnt going to hurt himself or anyone else. And he just didnt meet the criteria for any further intervention at that point. Obviously looking back on this its a very tragic situation and we certainly wish that we could turn the clock back maybe change some things. He was able to convince them that he was okay and when you read his autobiography and manifesto that he wrote its very apparent that he was able to convince many people for many years that he didnt have this deep, underlying obvious Mental Illness that ultimately manifested itself in this terrible tragedy. Sheriff, are you satisfied your deputies followed procedures as was there anything that would have normally overlaid their visit with any check of recent or even not so recent weapons purchases . We are still looking in to all of the details, everything that weve had at this point has been pretty hastily put together. Were going to take a look at the detail as the investigation continues. As far as weapons checks go, normally under case like this weapons i think they actually probably spoke to him about the weapons im not sure that they had actual weapons check conducted, i dont have that information right now. Theres been a lot of discussion about whether or not he was how he was able to obtain weapons. He purchased three of these handguns over preceding year before the incident and during the course of his interaction with medical Health Professional he had never been either institutionalized or committed for an involuntary hold of any kind. Those are the two triggers that actually would have made him prohibited person in terms of firearms purchase. He was able sadly to obtain those three firearms. Sheriff brown, what can you tell us about the victims who were wounded i believe the number is 13, what is their status . I dont have the exact numbers. Number of them have been treated and released from hospitals already. There are two i believe that are still in serious condition. The remainder are in good or fair condition and at this point it doesnt appear there is any more that have life threatening medical situations. Were very pleased about that obviously. Sheriff, three people were murdered in his apartment by knife wounds. What can you tell us about how that happened, was there anybody nearby who heard anything . What about that particular part of this crime stands out to you . We didnt receive any reports of anything, those victims were discovered during the course of a search of the suspects apartment that was secondary to the actual incident as part of our investigation. It was then fairly quickly after the shooting rampage that occurred on friday night when we discovered those bodies. No one heard anything or contacted us as though anything was amiss. When our deputies went in to residence they found three male victims who were deceased, who all of whom appeared to have suffered multiple stab wounds. One last question for you. Did you come across anything that would indicate even in a tangential way in that who was close to Elliot Rodger had any inkling this might happen . We havent discovered that at this point at all. In reading his manifesto i think that he was able to fly under the radar, so toe speak, in terms of his likelihood or propensity to hurt anyone else. We havent seen any of that. Santa barbara county sheriff, bill brown, thank you very much for your time. Richard martinez the father of one of the students killed had this to say to reporters yesterday. You dont think it will happen to your child until it does. Chris was a really great kid. Ask anyone who knew him. His death has left our family lost and broken. Why did chris die . Chris died because of irresponsible politicians and nra. They talk about gun rights, what about chris right to live . When will this insanity stop . When will enough people say, stop this madness, we dont have to live like this. Too many have died. We should say to ourselves, not one more. Thank you. Thats it. We want to go now to republican senator john thun, in minneapolis and democratic sector who joins us from stanford, connecticut. Senator, im sure those words and those sentiments and emotions ring in your ears as a dark and grim reminder of the situation in connecticut, elementary school, everything about that, what is your reaction, sir . First of all, my heart and prayers go out to Richard Martinez and loved ones of all of those victims in Santa Barbara. That gutwrenching, heartbreaking statement is a reminder of how we felt in wake of sandy hook on december 14 a year and half ago when it seemed like we were on the verge of the legislation that would stop the madness and end the insanity that has killed too many young people, thousands, tens of thousands since sandy hook including Erica Robinson and javier whose lives we commemorated. I hope, i hope that this tragedy, this unimaginable tragedy will bring back measures that would keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people who are severely troubled or deranged like this young man was. And provide resources, we need Mental Health resources and that initiative i hope will provide a common ground, a point ever consensus that will bring us together in a congress enable majority, 90 of the American People want background checks to be heard. To be responded to and to end the madness and insanity. Let me follow up, the sheriff told us that there were no flags that would have prompted a check on the legally purchased weapons that Elliot Rodger had he didnt seem to have large or larger than normal size magazines for his weapons. Do you believe legislation the senate did not pass would have made any difference in this case . The legislation that failed to pass it got support from 55 senators. Would have provided a Mental Health initiative with more resources, greater ability for the Santa Barbara police to intervene, to use the sheriffs word. To have professionals trained in diagnosing and detecting this kind of derangement. Obviously not every kind of gun violence is going to be prevented by laws out of washington but at least we can make a start and i am going to urge that we bring back those bills, maybe reconfigure them to center on Mental Health which is a point where we can agree that we need more resources to make the country healthier and to make sure that these kinds of horrific insane, mad occurrences are stopped and the congress will be complicit if we fail to act. Your thoughts, senator . Well, major, let me say that our thoughts and prayers go out to Richard Martinez and his family all those that were impacted, this was a her riff can act of violence. That not only shootings but stabbings when we get the specifics of the case we do need to focus on, assure that we have policies in place that allow people with Mental Health issues like these to be diagnosed and to be treated. I think that some something on which there is agreement that is where we ought to be focusing our efforts. Lets go to the question of the veterans addv, its conduct of the Health Care System itself, broadly and allegations of either fraud or mismanagement or possible criminal conduct. Former u. S. Attorney, former attorney general, you have said that the Justice Department must get involved. How hasnt it honed yet to put department of justice investigators on this case . I believe that the department of justice has to be involved. Ive urged secretary shinseki privately and publicly to request and involve the department of justice, were talking now about evidence, credible and specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing across the country in more than 30 places. The Inspector General of the vet answer administration has only 165 investigators, more resources are needed, only the department of justice and fbi have the resources, the expertise and the authority to do a prompt and effective criminal investigation ever the secret waiting lists, potential destruction of documents, falsification of records, in effect the cooking of books and covering up that may have occurred. These are allegations but theres evidence to support them. Were thought rushing to justice, but the department of justin can convene a grand jury, the ig cannot. We flex and present outside independent authority that can offer accountability and perception of accountability of restored trust and confidence. That has to be our focus. Accountability is a means to the end of assuring Better Health care, better delivery of health care. The end to delays and rigid bureaucracy that have impeded access and blocked many veterans from receiving timely care. Senator thune your thats right about the president s press conference earlier this week also like to get your thoughts on dust up by one of your colleagues who criticized for not being forceful enough in calling for secretary shinseki to resign. They have accused him of outrageous conduct, id like your thoughts on both subjects, sir. First off i think the president just waited way too long to get in to this, that was the issue that many of us were raising that you have reports of up to 40 people who died on waiting lists, you had these reports of secret falsifying records. It took three weeks for the president to act. Im glad that hes engaging, the things that were set r said yesterday about giving veterans access to nonv. A. Facilitiesf they cant get in to v. A. Facilities is a welcome change. I think what senator burrs letter the vfws response suggests that theres a high level of frustration. I think gets at broader issue of what do we do reform institutions. We have failure of the institutions, that hasnt been associate with funding, funding has been increased by 60 over last five years to the v. A. We need top to bottom review by Inspector General, systemwide that points out and gives us an idea how to proceed. I think one of the things is, weve got to have more accountability, more transparency not only waiting lists but outcomes. Have to come up with a better model of delivering care to our veterans so they dont have these waits. This is a real tragedy, these are people with whom we have say credit trust that has been betrayed. We need to make sure that its fixed. The vfw called senator burrs comments monumental cheap shot. There are those who have expressed some nervousness of this become hyper politicized in a mid term election year, is that what is going on . Look, theres going to be basic disagreements of different veteran Service Organizations came to different conclusions whether the secretary ought to step aside. Basically this ought to transcend politics, this really is an issue that needs to be involved. Were talking about men and women who put their lives on the line who risk everything for us and we need to have a system of health care that gives them the highest possible quality care in a timely way and do it in the most Cost Effective way. That ought to be what were focused on. Youre seeing high level of frustration, only way that were going to get to the bot. Of this have that full blown investigation and then look at better ways of delivering Health Care Services to americas veterans. Real quickly about 15 seconds, have you called the attorney general, eric holder about this what has been his response of putting the doj on the case . Ive spoken to the director of the fbi about it. Obviously they are considering what the options are learn can more about it. But here is the really important point. Looming right away are more than a million americans who are going to be leaving military becoming veterans placing unforeseen demands on this system. The system under stress, there needs to be reforms and accountability. And we owe our veterans. Im impatient. So are veterans. Very good. Thank you very much. Well be back. In one minute. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. [ birds squawking ] my mom makes airplane engines that can talk. [ birds squawking ] my mom makes hospitals you can hold in your hand. My mom can print Amazing Things right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] my mom makes trains that are friends with trees. [ train whistle blows ] my mom works at ge. Another member of congress who has been outspoken in the v. A. Scandal is representative Adam Kinsinger served in iraq. Congressman thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Your sense of where this v. A. Scandal is and where its going and what is your reaction to the announcement just made offer the weekend that veterans who cant get care can seek it from nonv. A. Facilities. Well, you know, look, everything i hear from this administration, from politicians talking about it, im acutely aware that im also a politics talking about indepth studies, see what results are, we need to figure out what is going on here. Look at this, look at that. Meanwhile while were waiting for the results of studies you have veterans waiting for care from the Veterans Administration general shinseki has been there for six years, has not been able to get his grip on this. The press conference sounded like he talked about in 2007 it is time for a shake up and for some real issues. In terms of what was done this weekend what was announced in terms of veterans being able to go to private doctors and hospitals i think its great. Weve been calling on this for a very long time. Im going to celebrate this move by the v. A. But im also going to say, what took so long. This is not a new issue in terms of the backlog, and its not a new issue in terms of the fact that now secret waiting lists created which is whole other level of incompetency to the level of criminals. Is that something that you are certain of or suspicious about . Im not a lawyer. Im proud of that. But at the same time, if you have somebody that created a fake waiting list in order to make their numbers look better, more interested in protecting their bonuses and job than in protecting those that have protected us, frankly i think that is criminal negligence. For me i think its gone from incompetent. We were talking year or two year backlog that was incompetence, that of bureaucracy, something that we had to take a real strong approach on. But when it came to people have created fake wai