unfolded on the police scanners during the shootout between the cops and two suspects yesterday. in 24 hours since that happened, we have learned that the suspects syed farook and tashfeen malik were husband and wife. they have a 6 of-month-old baby girl. when the police entered what was supposed to be the couple s happy home, they found what was a factory for explosive devices. live at that home tonight, adam? reporter: they were tipped off about that factory or facility tonight in redlands. when we first got back out here this morning, the first information is that this woman, this wife, was mysterious to investigators. they were learning a lot about the husband and his family but an lot about her. as the day transpired with be we learned more. they are working on the theory, that s the word to me, that this couple planned on a second hit. that their first hit was a soft target on purpose. as one terror investigators told me, this is an m.o. for a terrorist attack. go for the soft
unfolded on the police scanners during the shootout between the cops and two suspects yesterday. in 24 hours since that happened, we have learned that the suspects syed farook and tashfeen malik were husband and wife. they have a 6 of-month-old baby girl. when the police entered what was supposed to be the couple s happy home, they found what was a factory for explosive devices. live at that home tonight, adam? reporter: they were tipped off about that factory or facility tonight in redlands. when we first got back out here this morning, the first information is that this woman, this wife, was mysterious to investigators. they were learning a lot about the husband and his family but an lot about her. as the day transpired with be we learned more. they are working on the theory, that s the word to me, that this couple planned on a second hit. that their first hit was a soft target on purpose. as one terror investigators told me, this is an m.o. for a terrorist attack. go for the soft
i m not sure if we have the soundbite. but i want you to hear what he said at the top of the conference. i tell you, it something that, although we trained for it, it is something you re never actually prepared for. it was unspeakable. the carnage that we were seeing. the number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead, and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need and needing to be safe. and in every tragedy there is irony. there were 14 people killed, megyn. 6 of them were women. 8 were men. one of the men was the father of six. one of the women had escaped as a child islamic extremism in iran. and finally, we should note that police are very interested in this trip that syed farook took to saudi arabia in the early spring. megyn? we are learning a lot more about him today as well. trace, thank you. the trip to saudi arabia.
to say that we are all thinking about the current and ongoing tragedy in california today. and i would like to have a brief moment of silence now for those who are affected. please keep the victims and their families in your prayers right now. that was house speaker paul ryan at last night s christmas tree lighting on capitol hill. holding a moment of silence for the victims of the massacre in san bernardino, california. the scene of just the latest mass shooting in america. the death toll stands at 14 this morning. and terrorism has not been ruled out yet. we re learning more about the suspects syed farook who apparently worked for the county, and a woman, said to be his wife, tashfeen malik, a
were planning for a much bigger attack and they had the firepower to do so. we learned in the weeks before this attack, there was a confrontation between syed farook and one of his coworkers. the coworker was deeply devout christian and there was an argument between them that got very heated, said the coworkers wife, about islam and whether islam was a peaceful religion. that coworker was among the 14 who were shot and killed. i just want to, for viewers who missed that amazing press conference ats the top of of the hour, megyn, starting right before the kelly file went on the air and for those who didn t say lieutenant mike madden, who grew up here in san bernardino, he isn t even a beat cop any more. he was an administrative cop. and he summed it up saying, look, these people were celebrating christmas and the next thing they knew, they were dealing with death.