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Good evening. Fort hood in texas is once again in mourning. Once again, one of their own has opened fire on fellow military. Three are dead, 16 wounded. All of them members of the military. The suspected gunman here was 34, a veteran himself. While theres still no known motive, were learning more about his Mental Health history. This is, of course, the second tragedy, the second mass shooting in five years at fort hood. Ironically, its longtime nickname is the great place. Fort hood is one of the engines that makes the u. S. Army go. So many of our recent vets have cycled through there. The base is loaded with combat veterans from iraq and afghanistan. From the threestar commanding general on down and now this. And there are so many questions remaining tonight. We want to begin our coverage with nbcs mark potter at the main gate. Mark, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Fort hood is once again reeling from its second shooting rampage in five years, as you said, and there are m
Right here. And it went down the whole side of my right body. It sounded like a sonic boom. It literally shook the building, shook us on the courts. The l. A. Coroners Office Reports most of those struck were in or near the water. Nine people were taken to hospitals where one person remains in Critical Condition. Lightning also struck a 57yearold man on a golf course on nearby catalina island. He is in stable condition. For the most part, all of them are doing very well. There was the initial person who had received somewhat we consider to be some serious injuries. Now, the National Weather service predicted a chance of thunderstorms hitting that area, but no one was expecting anything like this. Ainsley. Kelly wright live for us here in the studio this morning. Thank you, kelly. Well, now to extreme weather that is pounding millions in the south. Possible twisters ripping through tennessee. Speedwell one of the worsthit communities with as many as 30 houses totally destroyed. Entire n
The clock is ticking to the end of the 72hour ceasefire which is set for friday morning local time. Now a report out of lebanon says that egyptian officials are suggesting an extension until sunday morning to allow more time for talks. Theres still a question about whether or not the israelis have even arrived in cairo despite the fact that many in the media have reported that. Lets bring in reza sayah from cairo where the negotiations are set to take place. Reza, what are you hearing about whether or not the israelis are there, and have any talks actually started yet . Reporter the israelis are here, jake, but fullscale talks have not gotten under way. We just spoke to a palestinian delegate who is part of the negotiating team in cairo, and he tells us they have yet to make communications with egyptian officials today. He expects that to happen sometime within the next several hours. The israeli team did arrive here last night and the ceasefire seems to be holding so the stage is set
Here right next to the air force, navy and marines office. I dont even know how many shots he fired but it was a lot. He lifted up his arms like this with a big gun and it was one shot and then endless shots just unloading into the army. Incredibly no one was killed in that attack but it was a different story seven miles away on his final stop. A Navy Operational support center where he rammed into the front gate and then opened fire. Police say he had a seemingly endless amount of ammunition. All four murders happening here. A Police Officer also wounded. The gunman eventually killed in the gunfight. He was Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeez a Chattanooga University grad. You can see him here in the gray army shorts. We were told that he was a devout muslim. Joining me now is victor blackwell. Whats the latest on the investigation . Reporter i can tell you there are fbi agents here on the scene. More than 25 hours now after the rampage began. Two other things. I just had a conversation with