Taing a moment taking a moment to reflect on the five men that lost their lives as a result of the shooting. Chattanooga, andy berk joining me now. Thanks so much for being with us. This is a very difficult time clearly for the people of chattanooga. How is your town doing . I think we are putting back the pieces of our broken hearts. Thats something that we can only do together. Last night, we had a vigil for the community. We had a huge turnout. Most everybody involved in public service, people from throughout our community. We came together and started the healing process. Then, i understand you did spend some time with the family members of the sailor, randall smith, who has since passed. What was that time like with the family at the hospital . Well when i went to the hospital there were numerous people there who were injured. Got to talk to some of them. I would really in deference to their privacy, i know nothing has been officially confirmed with that family. They are in our hearts and prayers today. What about and even the Behavioral Changes that some of those who know him seem to have observed after his trips overseas . Every one of our resources are being devoted to this investigation. Our police chief is spending a lot of time working on this as well as most everybody in our department. I feel confident having talked to the fbi, the atf, everyone else whos here they say they are going to leave no stone left unturned having looked at some soft thing of the things they are doing, i feel confident thats the case. They have to figure out what the next steps are, where they have to go, and exactly what all the pieces mean together. Lets focus on the heroism of the Police Officers in your town who took down this shooter. What would you like to share about . Their stories were incredible. In the hours after the incident i got to spend some time with the individuals who were involved in this and hearing the harrowing stories of bullets whizzing over their heads as they continued to advance toward the shooter, undeterred their training kicking in and literally the most incredible story is of people dragging officer pedigo to safety as they continued to engage the shooter. Thats really special behavior by our chattanooga Police Officers and the Hamilton County sheriffs department. Indeed. Thank you so much chattanooga mayor andy berke. Our hearts are with you and your town there as everyone tries to make sense of it all and move forward. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. Lets talk about whats happening out west. Parts of a scorched interstate are now reopening in california. The flames jump the interstate and sent terrified drivers running from their cars and up a hill to safety. 20 cars and two semitrucks were zrie destroyed as the flames seared the freeway there. Drones have been hamper it can firefighting efforts. Cnns dan simon stghmon is covering the fire for us in san francisco. What are firefighters up against as they try to contain it. Only 5 contained . Reporter the flames do seem to be dying down a bit, nod advancing the community quite as aggressively as it did yesterday. About five drones in that area as firefighters are trying to put out the blaze. Here you have these hobbyists flying these drones in that area. They are a real hindrance in a situation like this. You have these helicopters trying to drop water and save these people and cars and they cant get there because you risk having a helicopter collide with one of those drones. That could be a real tragic situation. I want to show you this picture that the Forest Service tweeted, its very simple. It said if you fly, we cant. They do not want people obviously to be flying these drones when you have an emergency situation going on. As for the fire itself you mentioned 20 cars destroyed. Were now told 64 cars impacted in some fashion. In terms of the highway, we know that traffic is basically reopened. This is a major thorough way between los angeles and las vegas. You have a lot of people going in both directions. That highway was absolutely clogged, happened at the absolute worst time. Fortunately, no injuries. Thats very good news there. What seems to be a very difficult situation. Thank you so much. Coming up danger in the sky, dozens of pilots blinded by mid flight lasers. And its happening in several areas. But mostly in the same night. The search for who might be responsible, next. I am totally blind. And sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. This is called non24. Learn more by calling 8448242424. Or visit your24info. Com. [ horn honks melody ] well, well. If it isnt the belle of the ball. Gentlemen. You look well. Whats new, flo . 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Between 9 00 and 10 30 wednesday night someone on the ground armed with a laser targeted multiple airlines including american jetblue, delta and united. A u. S. Coast guard aircraft also targeted. I didnt get it straight in the eye. I just saw it out of the corner of my eye. And a few more times it lit up the top of our cockpit. Reporter most of the laser strikes happened over new jersey. The light may look like a pin on the ground but as the light travels up the beam dieverges powerful enough to temporarily blind a pilot. Some have even been hospitalized with burned corneas. If your sole purpose is to disable the cockpit crew by shining that light and blinding them that really is in my book attempted homicide. Reporter in addition the faa says pilots reported 23 other incidents around the country that same night. The number of reported laser strikes on airplanes has soared in the past few years, increasing ten times overall according to faa data. Thousands of laser strikes are reported nationwide annually. Last year nearly 4,000. There are no known cases of a laser causing a plane to crash, but its a worst Case Scenario pilots say is possible. If this occurs, the pilots not going to be able to see all the instrumentation to be able to control and manage the airplane. Reporter besides the laser strikes over new jersey there were several more in multiple states including florida, pennsylvania ohio colorado utah new mexico arizona, texas and california. Clearly a widespread problem. As of this month, more than 2700 laser strikes have already been reported. And at that pace the number of incidents in 2015 is likely to top last years number. Now, part of the reason may be because these lasers are cheap and easy to buy. We do know there are companies outs there manufacturing goggles they claim will protect pilots eyes but its not something the faa has required pilots to wear. The agencies primary focus has been educating people about the danger. You could face up to five years behind bars if caught. Fred . Thank you so much. Lets bring in a cnn transparency analystd transportation analyst. Good to see you, mary. Thank you. This is very frightening and to hear this is so wide spread hearing renee explain just across the country how many incidents and there seems to be some sort of uptick. You heard that suggestion of goggles. Is that realistic that pilots would start to wear . Its realistic. Theyre available. And some airlines have tested them. The problem is by the time you know your aircraft is being hit by a laser its too late to put them on. They would have to put them on at night as they were entering the critical phase of the landing, which would be the phases close to the ground. How are investigators going to get to the bottom of this . Unfortunately and the pilots have to help and theyve been really good. They have to report exactly where theyre seeing the laser emanate from. In some cases, people have been foolish enough or criminal enough to put the lasers on Police Helicopters and they of course had night goggles, night vision goggles where they could see the perpetrators. It really sais a matter of everyone joining together to report. If you do harm a pilot or plane, the penalties can be up to five years in prison or more if harm results and a 250,000 fine. The fbi takes it seriously, but the key is reporting. People have to report on those who do this. And additionally do you have like theres going to have to be stepped patrols around airports around the fenced areas where many people come out to watch planes come in for landing and take off . Might those be areas where people are going to start to see Security Patrol . They already have it around the airport property. The problem comes in this congested areas where it makes easy for people to hide like new york and new jersey. Dallas had areas like this. But others occur in relatively more open spaces. People hide a around the buildings. Those who are intent on criminal activity i dont know if a prison sentence is going to deter them. Do you wonder if this is just coincidence and sflangtrange from thrill seekers . Or do you think its more concerted and coordinated . Given the number on one night it does seem coordinated and concerted. I used to be a federal proerkt prosecutor and theres an awful lot of monkey see monkey do. Some of these laser pointers are powerful enough to point out stars. Theyre intentionally powerful. By using the green light, those are the ones that really cause the flash blindness in the cockpit. Its not necessarily the power, its the color of the light. And it does seem that some sort of neighbormaybe nationwide coordination of wrongdoers had occurred. Its on the rise anyway even before that. Very strange and unsafe and scary. Friend and coaches describe the chattanooga shooter as kind polite and humble . Well those are not the descriptions that we typically hear about mass killers. What happened to Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeez . We dig deeper into his past, next. It takes a lot of work. To run this business. Im on the move all day long. And sometimes, i just dont eat the way i should. So i drink boost to get the nutrition that im missing. Boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and Minerals Including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. All with a great taste. I dont plan on slowing down any time soon. Stay strong. Stay active with boost. Now try new boost® compact and 100 calories. While youre watching this im hacking your company. Grabbing your data. Stealing your customers secrets. Theres an army of us. Relentlessly unpicking your patchwork of security. Think youll spot us . You havent so far. 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A close friend says that he changed and distance himself for the first few months after returning. That friend said after the trip he never got close to him like he did before and i am sure that he had something that happened to him over seas. Bryan todd with cnn washington. Continuing the discussion and remembering the fallen now. Four u. S. Marines and a logistics specialist all killed in that shooting. In with me now is retired u. S. Marine major williams. Good to see you. Thank you. So help us understand what the military family is going through right now as we learn more about all five of these men. They have done some extraordinary things. They have been on just you know deployments and then they came back to u. S. Soil probably thinking theyre very safe at home and then Something Like this happens. What does this do to the military family as a whole . Well, the military family is hurting. Most of the men were there because they wanted to serve the country. It is end of the day, you know, as i like to say the most word in english language is love. They did it for the love of faith, country and community and family and friends. Thats why they serve. You know when you look at these deaths certainly its a crime whether its terrorism. I understand thats the way that the fbi is looking at it. The familys are hurting. Thats not the expected outcome that they expected for the young men. At the end of the day they gave a great service, and thats what the lives were all about. The family will struggle. The young kids will never see their fathers. Yeah. Along the way hopefully the community and certainly the military community will embrace them and support them. It was a great action on the part of the Chattanooga Police to take this individual down you know certainly the governor and major got on top of them. Yeah we did talk with the major that also gave great praise to all of the men and woman that put the line on the line and bullets flying over head and trying to take down the gunman. What is your general feeling about the Recruitment Centers as a whole. In large part military men and woman are not armed to help promote a feeling of openness for the general public to come in and inquire about inlisting and now we understand in the state of florida the governor has launched an order that would allow for the six recruiting stations in that state to be move today the armory and also there was an urging personnel would be adequately armed. In large part, what is your feeling about whether the Recruitment Centers need to have armed personnel . Well, largely the recruit centers happen to be a Public Domain in terms of the space and its not a military organization or i should say that its not owned by the military. Ultimately theres a responsibility for the force protection. How do you protect the frost. One thing is put up a barrier plan around so that you do not have vehicles that crash through the door. There are a lot of things that you can do. One thing for the local police and this is the issue to be addressed in congress the law of the United States separates the military from doing Police Action in the United States. Thats the realm of the Law Enforcement and local police. The question is if you arm them in a place like an armed forces recruiting center. And many times theyre in a Shopping Center in cities across america. The question is do you create a new environment for that from a legal standpoint. Thats the debate on the military community and congress to adjust that or make an amendment to that law, and so you know i am sure that you can talk to the legal scholars and they can debate this but thats one aspect of it. In a secure protection and i am sure that the pentagon is going through discussions on how to do this. Theres a lot of National Guard centers and you name the state that do not have fences around it. Somebody could walk in the door and they would be considered soft targets. If youre a terrorist, thats something that youre looking for. You do not want to go up against the straightefkt of america, because you will get defeated. If you look at the soft targets and have targets of opportunity, you will pursue that. Thats something that we have to be concerned about. I know that you talked to secretary ridge, and he is exactly right. This is a new order thats out there and in the world with social media and isis and all of the other terrorist groups have a form that they can get to and communicate to very quickly, and they did not have that before it was available. Thank you very much for the expertise. Thank you. We will be right back. My advice . Look on the bright side. With aveeno® skin brightening scrub. It has moisture rich soy and gentle exfoliators for brighter more radiant skin. 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The other thing that we need is a verification system for employers. Mark is live for us right now out of aims iowa. Mark has been on stage and off. What happened while on stage . Reporter well you know as we just saw mark talking immigration and an issue that republicans want to see at the forefront. You you see donald trump walking off the stage here in iowa. However, he has seemed to take the message off mark. Lets hear what we had the say about senator john mccain that was at pow during the vietnam war. He is not a war hero. He is a war heroed that was captured. He is a war hero because he was captured. I believe perhaps he is a war hero. I have to tell you that this is the kind of thing that republicans are frustrated about. Trump heading in the polls and were ahead and theyre starting to heat up when theres an attack on republicans like this that are not running for president. This is not what they want to hear. You can hear the audio in the background and some people were out loud and maybe i dont know who was asking the question or challenging him on john mccain, but in general what was the reaction or what have people said there about his comments . Reporter well you have to give frank a little credit there for acknowledging that john mccain was a war hero. When he was shot down over vietnam, he was offered the opportunity by the captures to get out of prison. His father was a high ranking officer and he choice to stay in there. The last two that you heard was a side show. I dont think that he did himself any favors here. Theyre socialist conservatists and theyre important to the iowa vote. Donald trump was having difficulty talking about his own relationship with god. He was asked several times about that. He was not able to say so and asked point blank has he asked god for forgiveness. Thats not the answer that you want to delive er here in iowa. Were going bring in larry the center for politics at the university of virginia. Mark youre going hang in there. Were going to keep you in there. Larry, your thoughts and reactions to this latest example of trump stealing the show dochl dominating his own personal thoughts. What does this to do the campaign and overall race . Well fred its just more outrageousness from donald trump. Its the summer before the election year. People in iowa are not taking it seriously as they will with the caucus. This is the message acceptedsending season. We have seen this before in the process. Theres also a candidate thats going go to the vehicle for method extending. I am not sure what the message is. Immigration is at the forefront. Youre going to have a certain percentage that like a candidate thats blunt and straightforward and will say absolutely anything and goodness knows thats donald trump trump. So what does this i guess people are trying to understand his style. On one hand he is blunt, and you know he just say what is he thinks and feels at the moment. He is not necessarily thinking about what anybody else is thinking about him, but does there also seem to be some areas that he can go too far . This maybe one of the places. Mexico was one, and now you have john mccain and challenging if he is an american war hero or not. What does he accomplish by doing this . In Donald Trumps mind he has never made my nation. The long and short end is that he is feuding with just about everybody. He is feuding with senator mccain, and pretty much feuds with anybody. Its really impossible to take the notion seriously that he would be even a serious contend er for the nomination much less get the nomination. Were in the silly season fred. This is the silly season. All right. Larry sabato. Any final thoughts before we lose your signal. I think that larry is right. Were in the silly season but this is the beginning of it. People do start to stake claims. Donald trump, he is not in it for the long hall but does they think that he is so angry that so many of his people came after him and macys and nbc. Will he stay in to be the spoil er . That remains to be seen. Thats tough and crazy too. Thanks so much. Mark and larry, appreciate it. Sure. All right. A 28yearold dying while in Police Custody in texas. Authorities say that she committed suicide, but her family insists thats not the whole story. Now the fbi is stepping in. The latest on the death of sandra blane. Developing some of the highest quality, clinically proven nutrition isnt easy so at gnc, why do we do it . Why do we include key ingredients found in fruits and vegetables to create the worlds best multivitamin programs . Why do we do over 150 quality checks before putting them on the shelf . Well, heres why. Celebrating 80 years of quality life and quality products. And were just getting started. Gnc. The death of sandra bland while in Police Custody in texas has united a fire storm in social media. The anger is fuelled by the Youtube Video showing the 28yearold being arrested outside of houston. Ryan young has the video and why the blands family says theyre not buying the police story about her death. A traffic stop for an improper lane change leads to a tense struggle between sandra bland. You slammed my head to the ground. I cannot even hear. 28 yearyearold bland was arrested and sent to jail for asaultsing a public servant. The female jail er that was on duty at the time ran into the kitchen area and went back there to offer to see if she wanted to go outside for recreation and thats when the jail er found her. Texas sheriff official says that bland took her own life. Theres a growing concern by her family and friends that something about her death does not add up. It is unimaginable and difficult for us to wrap our mind around the sandy that we knew you. A video shows the young woman discussing her mental state a few months back. I am suffering from something that some of you all maybe dealing with right now. Its a little bit of depression as well as ptsd. She may have been suffering from a mental illness, and that selfdiagnosis is something that were going to look at and consider with the motive for a suicide. But for family members, the thought that sandra bland would commit suicide is something that there are not willing to accept. Based on the sandy that i knew thats unimaginable. They have flown from chicago to texas and plan to talk to investigators on what happened to sandra. Investigators say that they plan to have open communication so that all of the resume ers are close and the family can see what happened to their sister. Ryan young, cnn chicago. All right. Lets bring in the legal guys. Good to see you. Richard herman a new york criminal attorney joining us from las vegas. Good to see you as well. Can this Police Department investigate investigate investigate themselves or the outside. Well the Texas Rangers thats the state Highway Patrol is already in there. On friday they announce that had the fbi is involved and thats exactly right. You have two aspects and the accessive force wrapped up on video and the thing thats so compelling here is the inadequate monitoring in the jail cell. One of the arguments is that the reason that we did not show part of the cell is to respect the privacy of the prisoner. Really . How did the plastic bag get in there. There are a lot of questions that warrant serious attention here. How customary is that this monetarying of the cell to watch the well being of inmates at alltimes . Well they have an b ligation to make sure an on hourly basis that the inmate is safe. This is a jail. This is not a penitent ware. It was not like an el chapo situation and they have the prisoner there at alltimes. This facility has been site in the past for not properly monitoring but this is a very tragic case fred. It goes way back to the situation in every one of these cases if a Police Officer gives an order or a direction, you have to follow it whether you agree or not because nothing is going to come out of it. Now to be in a county that has alleged Racial Discrimination for years, i am sure that the family is upset. Are you going to believe that she killed herself. If you ask 100 people out there if theyre depressed, theyre going to say that theyre depressed. It needs a Major Investigation and without an eyewitness unfortunately theres no way that theyre going to be able to prove that the prison authorities killed her. There are a few points that you wanted to counter or agree with. Well i dont agree and its a substandard operation and secondly when they say the reason were not monitoring with video is to respect privacy of prisoners. I mean that does not make any sense sense. At the very last we have state and federal Law Enforcement in here. How did the plastic bag get in here. How did she rig it to hang herself . That does not make any sense. Thats why you need law phone remain silentment in there. And thats why in large part the family feels outraged and not happy with the explanations. Okay. Always good to see you guys. Thanks so much. Take care. To the british open is known for the weather. This year its really bad and worse than normal. Were in st. Andrews scotland wrp we have had only 30 minutes of action on the third day. Ten hours later were hoping for it to get under way at 6 00 in the evening local time. Join me in just a moment for the latest on the home of golf. While youre watching this im hacking your company. Grabbing your data. Stealing your customers secrets. Theres an army of us. Relentlessly unpicking your patchwork of security. Think youll spot us . You havent so far. The next wave of the internet requires the next wave of security. 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And then some of the players have not been doing so great. Were going to see a lot of peoples favorite ritds that are not going make the cut. Reporter well this started as a week that was all about the Young American golfing super star at 21 years of age trying to win the third major of the year. The third of the row. Thats not happened since the legend back in 1953. He and justins playing partner were some of those involved this morning, and after a hour an hour the balls were being blown off the green and organizers had to call it off. It should not got under way after all. Hopefully the winds die down a bit. Keep us posted. We have so much more news ahead. News room starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. All right. Hello again and thank you for joining me. Another life lost in the shooting rampage in chattanooga, tennessee. Randall smith died from his injuries this morning. His death was confirmed by his step grandmother. That brings the military fatality rate to five at that recruiting center. As we have told you recruit ers are not allowed to carry weapons at those recruiting stations. We understand now that Florida Governor rick scott has issued an executive order that moves all florida National Guard members at the states six store front centers to have National Guard armories. Lets check in in tennessee. Tell us about the latest development as people file in behind you and leaving notes and flowers and thoughts and prayers for the five military members that have died. Reporter not just being made in florida but louisiana, arkansas and oklahoma as well. Governors pushing for the men and woman to be armed. To be able to defend themselves incase an attack like this takes place. Supporters coming in from the hundreds to reflect on those killed as the investigation moves forward. As the community gathered to remember lives lost new details emerged on how the shooting unfolded. According to the police they followed Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeez down the highway after he shot up a Recruitment Center and persuade him to the navel facility where he crashed the gaitte and opened fire. It was just fire going off. Then i started to hear the bullets. Thats when i knew that something was going on. Paul works at the glass shot across