consulate. and so, that is why she was able to come to the u.s. without being questioned about jihadist leanings and, again, without having her social media account looked at because it just wasn t part of the process for this fiancee visa. but according to the new york times now in retrospect as investigators are going back and trying to get more information about these killers and who they may have been communitying with with, the new york times reporting american law enforcement officials have found out in the open social media postings in which she says she supports jihad and that she wants to participate in it. in fact, according to new york times, she made no effort to hide these views. again, everything is 20/20 looking back in hindsight. law enforcement officials have told cnn that in the past few months they have started to look at soesh media part of the screening process for people applying to get visas from particular countries and just wasn t happening at the time
how tashfeen malik, the wife, was able to enter the united states undetected. she applied for a fiancee visa in pakistan. a senior state department official is telling cnn malik was not questioned about her jihadist leanings. she had been radicalized, but was able to enter the united states without raising red flags. let s see what is coming up on new day. we have michaela pereira with the latest. we will talk about the latest that kyung lah was talking about. one of the attackers was not asked about her terror links before she evntered the u.s. we will put that question to the u.s. security analysts and what can be done. also, donald trump sitting down with cnn. our don lemon. he is defending his position on muslims and talks about a potential third party run once
in pakistan. malik was not questioned about her jihadist leanings. she was already radicalized. alison, christine. thank you for that. the house will vote friday on the stop-gap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. it will give lawmakers a few days to hammer out the deal. the negotiations are stalled because both parties are fighting over riders to the bill. president obama is threatening not to sign the bill tomorrow unless there is hard and fast agreement with procedure matters to clean up. time for an early start on your money. stock markets down. yesterday, the dow extending the losing streak. the s&p 500 fell 1%. what s weighing down markets?
visa, and then there was communication online before they were engaged, before she came oem, talking about jihad, talking about martydom. is that surprising that wasn t picked up? i find it quite surprising violent jihadist weren t on the radar at all. if you look at the big attacks, the ft. hood shooter was known to the fbi because he was communicating with one of the leaders of al qaeda in yemen. car loss bledsoe who killed a soldier in arkansas in 2009 was known. what s quite unusual, when we see these kind of attacks, they re in the system. they had no profile at all. that s very unusual. it s so unusual. the one thing i don t find unusual is the fact that even if she wasn t asked about her jihadist leanings, its not like
hatched a 2012 terror plot. they abandoned it because they got spooked. the fbi at that time had made another terror arrest. they gave up on the plan. marquez telling u.s. officials that he and farook had been radicalized as far as 2011. and there are new questions about the visa application process. how tashfeen malik, the wife, was able to enter the united states undetected. she applied for a fiancee visa in pakistan. now a senior state department official is telling cnn that malik was not questioned about her jihadist leanings. she had been radicalized, but able to enter the united states without raising any red flags. alison, christine. thank you for that. here we go again. the house votes friday on a stop-gap spending bill to avoid government shutdown. it will give lawmakers a few days to hammer out the deal. the budget plans are stalled