conference, as we did. while we re getting limited information because they re trying very hard to investigate this situation, they re dealing with all of these victims and trying to figure out the motive here, but what did you learn? what stood out? i think it s been pointing in this direction since last night, that this was not an act of terrorism. this was not racially motivated. this had nothing to do with religion. this was basically a small community and a basically domestic violence kind of situation. we knew last night that devin kelley, the gunman, had relatives that lived in sutherland springs and attended that church. now we re told that he was in a dispute with his mother-in-law. he d been sending her threatening messages. that s certainly the direction in which this is going. he s 26, lived in comal county, ju where authorities are in the process of searching his house. he d been court marshalled, kicked out of the air force after he was convicted of
in sutherland springs armed for war. he was dressed in tactical gear. a ballistics vest and carried what s described as, quote, an assault-type rifle. joined now by msnbc contributor brett stevens. and mike pesca, host of the slate s daily podcast the gist. mike the president saying this isn t a gun issue and already we re learning more about the shooter. this guy was court-martialed in 2012 for domestic violence. he got a bad conduct church. can we say this isn t about guns? no. i mean, that s one of the talking points that are available. but they re all threadbare. like, we heard the attorney general there of texas saying well, how could there be a law, i mean, this guy wasn t following the laws so why have a law against it. isn t that an argument against every law, not just gun laws? can you say the same about embezzling. why illegalize that if criminals aren t going to follow the law? if there is no law, if he didn t break a law, we argue, like in las vegas as well, he didn t
is the u.s. military racist? that s the question we want to explore after this week. we learned that black troops are punished far more than white service members a new study by the advocacy group protect our defenders found strong discrimination in the military. black soldiers were more likely than white ones to be court marshalled. i m joined by don christianson and ber niece armor. he was the first american female combat pilot in the armed forces. she s now a motivational speaker who wrote a book called zero to breakthrough, the seven step battle tested method for accomplishing goals that matter. let me go, first, to you mr.
44s ago were crashing with police on the hungaryian-serbian border. who days later we see police herding them on to buses into hungarys. adults weighed down with exhaustion, children dazed and babies crying. they boarded for the next stop, final destination unknown. ben wedeman, cnn at the croatian-hungaryian border. well, the decision is now in the hands of the military a. lot of people wondering will they rule whether bergdahl should be court marshalled. live in texas. also, what diz phil jonesly the about the republican front-runner, who does she think is the best candidate for women? wleb talking to her in just a moment. this isn t the most efficient way for people .
military hospital in germany and is expected to at some point be transferred back here to the united states. but the accusations that he desserted and the new details of the deal that have now tainted his freedom may eventually only be answered if bergdahl is court marshalled as some now demand. more now with house armed services member. congressman, what do you think, why would the president go around congress and not discuss this in advance as the law stipulates? maria, it s more than just this time. this is a president that believes that the end justifies the means. we found out they were actually releasing individuals, some of them who could be members of violent criminal gangs across the country. we believe they were doing that against the law and they didn t even know which members they were releasing. so i think this is a bigger