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Scott & white, darnall, and the entire response of the emergency responders of ft. hood and the community at large. as you know, there's a lot more details beyond what i've given you in the last couple of days and much of those details are not releasable to the public at this time because we do have an ongoing investigation. however, i do want to clarify two points specific to specialist lopez's medical condition. first, we are digging into his combat experience in iraq. and so far, we have not discovered any specific traumatic event, wounds received in action, contact with the enemy or anythi...

Then realize that, you know, the gun is coming at you next. >> reporter: military officials say even though lopez was being treated for mental and behavioral issues and possibly ptsd they didn't see any signs of traumatic experiences during his time in iraq in 2011. >> his why are lying medical conditions is not a direct precipitating factor. we believe the immediate precipitating factor was an escalating argument. >> reporter: according to a statement from lopez's family his mother and grandfather passed away in recent months. the family said the army specialist was receiving medical treatmen...

Full of people. and 38-year-old carlos lozane from puerto rico who joined the army 20 years ago and was set to retire at the end of this year. lieutenant general milley also spoke about the suspected gunman, ivan lopez, saying his underlying medical conditions were not a direct precipitating factor. we will have more on that story as it develops. just ahead, a nation is preparing for historic elections but the biggest threat to democracy isn't money in politics, it is just making it out of the voting booth alive. i will speak with someone about afghanistan's vote this weekend. 

State, there was a primary on september 11th, on the day of the suicide hijackings and that election was suspended. but, in fact, it took the state a while to figure out how to do that because most states aren't accustomed to this. >> do you have any sense of what it would take, i mean would it have to be, for example, if this had happened one week from today then that might be a precipitating reason to do something this unprecedented? >> well, if it happened one week from today, in other words, if you knew that the hurricane was coming on monday, then presumably congress could scramble togeth...

In banghazi, sparked by the reaction to this video. the video was a precipitating cause to the unrest, specifically in libya. might take advantage of a situation that was brought about initially as a response to the video in question. >> natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video. >> you're totally correct, that you spent two weeks telling us this was about a tape, and that there was a -- you know, this riot outside the banghazi consulate, which there wasn't. >> natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the it? how powerful an ad? >> effectives. the best th...