i ve covered a lot of these news conferences, jessica. normally a sheriff comes out and gives us the nuts and bolts. this was extraordinary what we heard from the sheriff in pima county. he singled out some of the rhetoric that you pointed out in creating the environment that allowed this kind of instance to happen. even though as you point out the suspect is not cooperating with investigators. we don t know the motive. president obama also delivered that message, saying it s partly the political rhetoric that led to this. so that s why we want to bring up one of the themes that s burning up on the social media right now. on twitter and facebook, there is a lot of talk in particular about sarah palin. and as you might recall, back in march, of last year, when the health care vote was coming to the floor of the house, and when this was all heating up, palin tweeted out a message on twitter saying, common sense conservatives don t retreat, instead, reload. and she referred folks to her
22-year civil war between the north and the south and sudan set the stage for this referendum. people in the south are largely christian. the north is mostly muslim. and now as we continue the investigation into what took place in tucson, the pima county sheriff, clarence dupnik, had some straight talk about the role he thinks politics may have played in that shooting. he had some issues that he wanted to discuss with the counsel which willwoman. she was nearby where he lives. he took the opportunity to go discuss some business with her. this person of interest, you were with him last night, do you now know who he is or who he might be? we do not. we are still actively searching and we re reasonably certain we ll find out. what is your accepts of mr. loughner? i m not in a position to address that issue right now.
international triserrorist. another refers going to a military entrance processing station in phoenix. it says he got a mini bible. i didn t write a belief on my army application and the recruiter wrote on the application, none. we have received via our colleague barbara starr which says, indeed, he did attempt to enlist in the army. but he was rejected for privacy act reasons they are not telling us why. wolf? a lot to learn about this individual, suspected shooter, jared lee loughner. thank you, jeanne. police have not given a possible motive for these mass killings. but the pima county sheriff, clarence dupnik, did place some blame. he suggested in his word, and i m quoting him now, vitriol, a direct quote, in politics and the media, inflaming the american public to dangerous levels. let s bring in our senior political analyst gloria borger and jessica yellin.
through most minds was that someone had had a heart attack and veered out of the parking lot into the restaurant. and people were getting up to rush to the aid of the driver. one of those people was the first to die. ron, thank you very much. we appreciate you joining us this evening on cnn. thank you, don. i m don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. a second person is being sought right now in today s mass shooting at an arizona supermarket. six people were killed including a federal judge. democratic congresswoman gabrielle giffords was among the dozens of people who were wounded. she was meeting with constituents about noon eastern time, 10:00 a.m. local time, when a gunman stepped uand began firing at very close range. despite a bullet passing through giffords brain, doctors believe that she will survive. six others, however, were not so lucky. among them, federal judge john m. roll, who was about to mark his 20th year on bench. sheriff clarence dupnik says
we have received via our colleague barbara starr which says, indeed, he did attempt to enlist in the army. but he was rejected for privacy act reasons they are not telling us why. wolf? a lot to learn about this individual, suspected shooter, jared lee loughner. thank you, jeanne. police have not given a possible motive for these mass killings. but the pima county sheriff, clarence dupnik, did place some blame. he suggested in his word, and i m quoting him now, vitriol, a direct quote, in politics and the media, inflaming the american public to dangerous levels. let s bring in our senior political analyst gloria borger and jessica yellin. i ve covered a lot of these news conferences, jessica. normally a sheriff comes out and gives us the nuts and bolts. this was extraordinary what we heard from the sheriff in pima county. he singled out some of the rhetoric that you pointed out in creating the environment that