evaluated at ft. hood for possible post-traumatic stress. he was undergoing treatment for anxiety and depression. and he had recently purchased the handgun. the army says this soldier was also undergoing treatment for a variety of other psychological and psychiatric issues. so certainly, this is going to bring up multiple questions now in the investigation. did ft. hood security meet standards after the 2009 surgery and what was going on with this soldier and how come nobody noticed. good question. barbara star, thank you so much for that. and obviously on the military side, they did notice, they were treating him. the pictures cloudy. trying to pick our way through it. joining me from washington, mr.
specialist ivan lopez the shooter? we learned he may have been battling post tra stress disorder. and that he and his family just arrived in february at ft. hood. they were with lopez s wife when she found out her husband was the shooter. take a listen. the news when they repeated the name, everybody just broke down in tears. it seems like it was disbelief and, you know, it was a lot of hurt at the same time. let s bring in pentagon correspondent barbara star. give us an indication of what else we re finding out. specialist ivan lopez, we have some facts, but of course investigators still now digging into everything they can find out about him. he did serve a four-month tour of duty in iraq back in 2011. that, of course, as the war was winding down. in addition, yes, he was being
kiev indicated until this is resolved some way, crimea is part of ukraine. population in crimea has no legitimacy on a referendum. however, what the united states and all partners needs to do at this point is realize that putin has stated clearly stated sevastopol and crimea is important to him. he s not going to roll forces back or give back. he wants to make sure he has firm control, access through sevastopol through the black sea fleet that s not at risk. the next step is see what happens in kiev. this referendum is movement towards a compromise that i think is going to complicate it greatly as you indicated. yeah. so good to have you on, barbara star as well. a lot to come. an american based russian news
patrol the air space to make small baltic nations feel better perhaps about the russian aggression. no direct threat against them from russia. countries are getting nervous. finally there are now discussions with poland about putting more u.s. air force presence into poland. the same thing, the countries on russian s flanks u.s. believes are anxious about the aggression. steps are being taken to reassure them. anderson? general marks, in regard to hagel s comments you said the beefing up of military presence isn t necessarily directed at russia. what do you mean? as barbara indicated, these deployments are primarily directed at friends and allies to make sure they understand we re with them, paying attention, watching activities individual lently and want to do what we can to settle them down. the key objective is deescalation. you can do that through the use of military force, through the
about it, the pentagon correspondent barbara star and former army commanding general james spider. officials are saying this u.s. destroyer was scheduled to head to the black sea before everything unfolded. is that correct? it is. this was a long standing commitment they had. the uss is headed on its way to the black sea. even though it was scheduled, a bit of message sending perhaps the u.s. navy is not turning around regular schedule because things are sensitive in the area. it will be an international waters, make port visits, do its regular business whether the russians are happy about it or not. we also know of course now secretary hagel saying just a few moments ago the first u.s. fighter jets have arrived in the baltics after announcing more u.s. planes would go to help