uma: we are back. and right now a 13-year-old boy is dead and an 8-year-old boy in critical condition after authorities say their parents car drove off the road, crashing into the los angeles harbor. divers pulling the boys out of the water after finding them trapped inside the car some 30 feet below the surface. the parents managing to swim to safety. authorities say the crash is being investigated as an accident. eric: and we have a fox news alert, we have been reporting about the victims of the fort hood shooting rampage. they re finally getting the recognition and honor they so richly deserve. the purple heart ceremony took place at the same military post this morning where major nidal hasan, remember him? opened fire back this 2009 killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others in that rampage. until just two months ago this past february, the obama administration called that
quote, negligence, and quite possibly an accident. we are awaiting the start of a memorial service for the victims of last week s fort hood shooting rampage. president obama set to speak to the friends and family gathering to pay their respects. a gunman opened fire a week ago today killing three people, injuring more than two dozen others. one military mom whose son actually works at that base says it is unacceptable that soldiers cannot defend themselves in these types of situations. so thankful to god that my son was cleared. but i m so sad for the families. it was so unnecessary. he didn t have a weapon to defend himself with. it s hard to talk about. that mother will join us live exclusively to talk about her appeal to congress. now to the irs political profiling scandal. new action today on capitol hill surrounding the woman at the center of the controversy, lois
against the status quo. that wasn t his word. it s mine. lynda konecny, we thank you for your thoughts today. please keep us up to date if anything does change and you hear anything back from members of congress. i definitely will. thank you. thank you. it s time now to turn it over to shepard smith reporting live from the fox news desk. he s going to cover this memorial service for fox at fort hood, texas. thank you, gretchen. the president and first lady are walking to the side of the memorial service which is scheduled to begin within the next couple of moments at fort hood army post. a ceremony to honor the men who died not in combat but at the hands of a fellow soldier. a gunman killed three people as you ve been reporting. wounded 16 others at last week s shooting rampage. the president being seated. the national anthem is to follow. this is going to be a tough service for everyone there. but just as it was some 4 1/2
night of some heavy drinking. fox news alert now because just about a half hour from now or a little sooner, aemorial service will be held at fort hood for victims of last week s shooting rampage. this is a live look happening right now at the base. president obama and the first lady are among those attending. three soldiers fatally shot in that attack, 16 others hurt, the shooter then turning the gun on himself. so it s just the latest tragedy in recent years at that texas military base. rick leventhal, live for us now from fort hood with more. rick, set the scene for us there. reporter: we ve been told now that this memorial service may start early, which is rather unusual. but the president could be walking out the front doors of the headquarters building in just a matter of a few minutes now. he s inside with the first lady. they were there meeting with family members of some of the victims and some of those family members have already filed out the front doors and into some of
with the army, that he was only given 24 hours to grief for her in puerto rico. the base commander could not address that particular issue but did say yesterday there is very strong evidence that lopez s unstable psychiatric condition was the fundamental underlying cause for his rampage. and the general trigger event was likely that confrontation here on post wednesday afternoon. it was mentioned yesterday that there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers. there is a strong possibility that that in fact immediately preceded the shooting. reporter: another key question here, jon, if this was not premeditated why was he carrying a hand gun in the first place. he was not authorized to have it on post and why did he buy it and bring it with him to fort hood? jon: some of the answers i suppose could be on social media. he was active on social media, right? reporter: yeah he was. he posted some pretty chilling