More suggestions that precious days were wasted in the early days, due in part on the malaysian end. Randi kaye has more on that later, and the malaysian Officials Say they tracked them on the radar after it turned west from the peninsula but then delayed sharing it with the government authorities. Reuters saying they didnt saying everything they knew about the westward flight path until days later and it took an order from the Prime Minister to make it happen. As you will recall it took days to stop the search in the china sea, wasting time. And australias Prime Minister said the pinger batteries are either dying or dead. As we report the conflicting information, the allegations have now apparently sparked an official investigation even as the government comes out with yet another statement. More on that from justice correspondent pamela brown. Reporter the defense Prime Minister making it clear once again that quote, everyone on board remains under suspicion as it stands. But just la
Fire killing three, wounding 16 others before killing himself. Authorities are down playing terrorism although they have not ruled anything out until the investigation is complete. Here is what we have con if i wered. 34yearold Army Specialist ivan lopez went from one building at the Texas Army Post to a second firing a semiautomatic pistol. It took about 15 minutes for officers to respond to the gunfire. A female Police Officer confronted lopez in a parking lot. He reached under the jacket, grabbed a pistol, put it to his head and ended his life. Lopez served in iraq in 2011. As far as we know he served no combat. He was evaluated for posttraumatic stress but had not been diagnosed. We just got more details from Army Secretary john mchugh. He was undergoing a variety of treatment and diagnoses for Mental Health conditions ranging from depression to anxiety to some sleep disturbance. He was prescribed a number of drugs to address those including ambien. He was seen just last month by a
And flood watchers are up for millions of people in the central and southern United States. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Take a look at a massive cloud wall closing in on kansas city. Part of a very Severe Weather system. Its one of three major stories that were following this hour. Theres breaks news in the deadly shooting rampage in ft. Hood, texas, and a major turn, potentially in the search for flight 370. As Officials Say they are about to hold and im quoting them now a big News Conference. Thats coming up. Our reporters are standing by with the kind of special coverage that only cnn can deliver. Lets begin in ft. Hood, texas, where pamela brown is on the scene for us with the very latest. Pamela . Wolf, at this hour, were learning that sources from the fbi and Army Investigators are being looking at lopezs cell phone and computer and interviewing witnesses. Investigators are still trying to figure out the why, why did lopez open fire on his fellow soldiers . He t
370 now delayed. It is a very difficult search. The most difficult in human history. Special edition of newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me for the second time in almost five years, the community at ft. Hood in texas must come to grips with why a soldier opened fire inside the armys largest base. Three Army Personnel were shot and killed. 16 other Army Personnel were injured when Army Specialist ivan lopez armed with a handgun entered two buildings on the base and just started shooting. The 15minute shooting spree only ended when the shooter committed suicide. Wednesdays shooting took place not far from the spot where an army major gunned down 13 people back in 2009. And this morning, three victims remain in critical condition. We dont know yet if the shooter knew his victims but he did open fire in battalions command buildings. We know ivan lopez was new to ft. Hood, moving there several weeks ago with his wife and daughter. A neighbo
Few hours ago. She is now one of two nurses from dallas who contracted ebola while taking care of Thomas Eric Duncan who later died from the disease. Now the nih is one of four specially equipped biocontainment hospitals in the u. S. , and pham will be treated first, really, shell be the first ebola patient treated at this location. Her doctor recorded some video of her just before she left dallas. Take a look at this. Thanks for thanks for being part to take care of our first patient. It means a lot. This has been a huge effort by all of you guys. Were really proud of you. All right. Okay. Okay. Nina pham looking in high spirits there. She did walk off of the plane when she went to the hospital in maryland. Its eerie to watch that, the doctors sound seemed to be muffled through his protective suit. You see the other doctor in the full kit there. But we are hearing now new details about how ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was cared for when he was there in dallas. One nurse described