planning to conduct a terror attack in the u.s. reporter: rather, that terrorist attack plan was supposed to happen overseas, in afghanistan, where a group of four individuals were planning to join the taliban and al qaeda to attack a u.s. military base. now, there is some indication that farook may have been in the same social circle as the taliban group leader, that leader who was trying to go join the taliban here in the u.s. that s what they re going to investigate this morning, if he had any ties to that terrorist cell. in 2012, that s when enrique martinez was telling authorities that he and farook were planning an attack here on u.s. soil. there s a lot of twists and turns as we continue to learn more about the investigation. that enrique marquez still talking to investigators. he has not been charged.
america s next president will keep the country safe. that is right here on cnn next tuesday night. this morning, divers resume searching the lake after the terror attack killed 14 people. now syed rizwan farook had ties to a local group of jihadists. four of those men arrested in 2012 for trying to join al qaeda in afghanistan. officials tell cnn that farook was in the social circle of one of men. the jihadist recruiter is now serving 25 years in prison. farook asked his neighbor marquez to buy the assault rifles because farook feared he would not pass the background check. the rifles were bought around the same time he and farook were considering a different terror attack. let s get more from cnn s kyung
for my frequent heartburnmorning because you can t beat zero heartburn! ahhh the sweet taste of victory! prilosec otc. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. welcome back to hardball. investigators out in san bernardino, california say that one of the shooters, syed farook, discussed staging a terrorist attack in the l.a. area with his friend and neighbor enrique marquez, a convert to islam, as early as 2012. that s three years ago. but farook got cold feet at that time. today the fbi had four dive
around with their hands to see if anything s in that water, chris. i can t see anything. what about enrique marquez? what s his explanation publicly for why he bought them the two rifles? semi-automatics. well, he purchased the two rifles, 2011 and 2012. he s being interviewed by the fbi. we re told he s been interviewed several times, is being cooperative. this is a childhood friend of farook. he checked himself into a mental hospital right after the shooting, was released sometime on sunday and has been cooperating with authorities since. now, the fbi today at that press conference, chris, would not answer any of our questions relating to him. just saying that he is being questioned. one interesting thing to come out of the press conference, though, is they said even though the two shooters are dead they re being very careful about evidence gathering and what information they share with the media because the potential that this could go to trial, that potentially charges could co
put together the couple s digital footprint. that hard drive a key piece of evidence officials have been looking for. we re also hearing anna that funerals are now taking place. is that right? yes. we do know the coroner turned over the bodies of those 14 victims back to their family members this week on wednesday. and the first funeral happened yesterday. there is another scheduled today. we re hearing ab memorials and vigils around town. it is still a community very much in the grieving and healing process here. and we know investigators have also met with victim s family members, as well as survivors of the attack this week to update them on the investigation at the site of the inland regional center where this attack occurred. thank you so much. and we re hearing for the first time from the mother of enrique marquez. the former neighbor of farook. he apparently bought weapons