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Transcripts For FBC Lou Dobbs Tonight 20151204

A possible terrorism case. Heres something of an inventory of what the police and other agencies now know. At the scene, investigators found three connected pipe bombs set to be detonated by a contraption linked to a Remote Control car. That type of device is featured in the al qaeda online magazine inspire that teaches radical islamist terrorists how to build bombs. My understanding there was three pipe bombs attached together, attached to the Remote Control car, and it was designed that the Remote Control device would somehow trigger or set the device off. We dont know if they attempted to do that and it failed or what the story was. Lou at the couples home, officials found more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition and 12 pipe bombtype devices and materials with which to produce explosives. Law enforcement sources describe the redlands home of the couple as an ied factory. The 28yearold syed farook who carried out the assault with his wife Tashfeen Malik was radicalized and in touch with people who were under investigation by the fbi for terrorism. At this hour, we dont know whether the two were radicalized or by whom. Farook was born in illinois, raised in Southern California but family is originally from pakistan. Last summer he traveled to pakistan and saudi arabia for a period of nine days. Then returned to the United States with the woman who would be his bride, who entered the country on an ak1 visa, socalled fiancee visa that allowed her to enter the country and marry within 90 days. Apparently they were married in that time. Investigators are building a timeline for the couples lives and relationship as they figure out who was prominent in the radicalization and where each was radicalized and, of course, whether they had help in carrying out their massacre. The fbi has seized electronics belonging to the couple including thumb drives, computers and cell phones. Fox news Senior Correspondent adam housley is in San Bernardino and has this report on the search for a motive. We still dont have the motive. [ sirens ] reporter more than 24 hours after wednesdays shooting rampage that left 14 dead and 21 injured, there are still more questions than answers. This is not your average investigation. We have multiple scenes. We have many victims, and it will take time. Reporter witnesses say syed farook abruptly left a Holiday Party for the county Health Employees at the inland regional center. When he returned the 28yearold and his wife Tashfeen Malik were dressed and prepared for battle with legally purchased weapons. The suspects, when they entered, fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles. However, on their person, on their body and in the vehicle, they had over 1400. 223 caliber rounds and 200 nine millimeter rounds as well. Nobody goes a party and puts together that elaborate scheme or plan to do that. Reporter some of the planning at a home in redlands that the two had been renting for the past six months. The search that took place revealed 12 pipe bomb devices in the house or in the garage to the house, there were also hundreds of tools, many of which could be used to construct ieds or pipe bombs. If you look at the amount of obvious preplanning that went in. The amount of armaments that he had, the weapons and the ammunition, there was obviously a mission here. Reporter the fbi also analyzing Digital Media taken from the home along with how the two met and where they traveled. Malik who came to the u. S. From pakistan in 2014 was here on a k1 visa, that requires marriage within 90 days of arriving. We know there was international travel, they came to the u. S. In july of 2014. Since had baby together. Reporter the fbi has yet to rule whether or not this is terrorism. It would be irresponsible and premature to call this terrorism. The fbi defines terrorism very specifically. That is the big question for us, what is the motivation for this . Lou that was adam housley reporting from San Bernardino, thank you, adam. Police have not yet located and have not yet chased down the two killers in San Bernardino before president obama was calling for gun control. We have a pattern now of Mass Shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world, and theres some steps we could take, not to eliminate every one of these Mass Shootings, but to improve the odds that they dont happen as frequently. Commonsense gun safety laws, stronger background checks. Lou and the president today, as hes often want to do when stepping in it, doubled down on his remarks. Were going to have to i think search ourselves as a society to make sure that we can take basic steps that would make it harder, not impossible, but harder for individuals to get access to weapons. Lou what the president doesnt realize apparently is that california has one of, if not the toughest sets of gun control laws in the nation. So tough that californias antigun laws are exactly what the Obama Administration wants to enact at the federal level, or perhaps mr. Obama will simply resort to his rule by fiat, not trouble congress and instead issue a gun control executive order. Well see. San bernardinos police officers, fbi investigators and others tonight searching for the shooters motive or motives in this tragedy. Our first guest tonight says all material evident from the shootings indicates clearly an act of terrorism. Joining us tonight one of the leading experts on radical islamist terrorism. Welcome to the broadcast please dr. Walid phares and author of the book future jihad, terror strategies against america. Walid, good to have you here. You heard the fbi assistant director in the Los Angeles Office say hes going to be very careful and responsible. Do you, as you assess this, see terrorism. Not only terrorism. The government, fbi agencies are almost there. They build their case bottom up, they want to take every piece of evidence. That means they and the community of experts, lou, knows very well, this is executed operation military style, there was training, there were uniforms, synchronization, there were weapons of war used in this case, and a withdrawal potentially later on to use other bigger weapons as the president has said. But beyond that on the intellectual level, if you look at the twitter account of the perpetrator, you would see he has been following islamist websites. It does not mean hes jihadi, but have you violent actions and following those twitter accounts, you can begin to think that this most likely is a jihadi operation. Lou and the fact that a number of, obviously, a number of questions to be answered, large once, but among them certainly is what drove this event, at this moment, by these two, married with a young baby, to carry out this horrific act . And we hear accounts that six men who were of a suspicious nature noticed by neighbors coming and going to their home. What do you make of this . Lou, so many questions. First of all, are they alone or not . For two to be trained. You dont conduct this operation if you are not trained. Where were they trained . Overseas . Most likely in saudi arabia. Maybe in the United States where they train alone. Can they do the exercise alone . Do they need validation from a Higher Authority . I remember the discussion about major hasan and many were saying hes a lone wolf, and we discover he has email with alawlaki and two others. We are in the beginning of the investigation, there is speed for government and much higher speed in the assessment of the counterterrorism community. Let me say one thing that is really troubling. The fact that his wife, a mother, would leave her baby and go to an operation that could be suicidal, it was not designed as such, she knew she would die, very much like the jihadist females in the middle east who have done the same thing. Lou and also within all of this is the environment, the context, the mosque in Southern California. We know that across the country there are somewhere between 80 and 100 socalled radical mosques led by imams, principally wanahabi, sunni muslims who are very much radicalized and seeking to radicalize some of their, if you will, congregants. What are we to do . France has said four mosques in the french government, you have a pattern of radicalization and youre through for right now. Your thoughts . Lou, you have the big issue that we have been dealing with over the past nine, ten, maybe 12 years, between religious freedom. You have to be free in your religious narrative on the one hand and the indoctrination and radicalization which could happen online, offline, in a mosque, elsewhere. Doesnt always have to be in a mosque. What is important to discover the link, the one link, we are close to discovering he and his wife were connected to a radical circle. What circle, yet to be known. Lou dr. Walid phares, good to have you here, thanks. Thank you. Lou a National Security concern driving the state of texas to sue the federal government. Texas filing a lawsuit in federal court to block the Obama White House from resettling Syrian Refugees in the state of texas. The move after the nonprofit International Rescue Committee Said it would place Syrian Refugees in texas despite the objections of governor greg abbott. More than two dozen governors have vowed to block the refugees expressing concerns that radical islamist terrorists could be among the refugees, and, in fact, likely are. Governor abbott now on point in the states efforts to stop the obama syrian refugee resettlements in this country, and were coming right back with much more, stay with us. Authorities probing deeper into the mass shooting in San Bernardino, that left 14 dead and more than 20 people wounded. Well have the latest here next. And the number of mosques in this country has soared since september 11th and the number of muslims immigrating to the United States soaring as well. What does it all mean . And do we know where they are . Tom ruskin and rod wheeler join us next with some of the answers. Stay with us, were coming ri. Lou the San Bernardino killers had enough bullets and bombs to easily carry out more than one attack. They had two assault rifles, socalled ar15s or m16 rifles. 223calibers. Two. 9 millimeter handguns. 1400 rounds of ammunition for rifle and 200 9millimeters at the center. Police found 2500 more 223 rounds. 12 pipe bombtype devices. Joining us former washington, d. C. Detective Fox News Contributor rod wheeler in San Bernardino. Rod, good to see you. And former nypd detective tom ruskin. And tom, its good to have you here. Start, rod, with you. The sense there that this investigation is moving and that were going to see something in a reasonably quick order from the investigating authorities . Thats exactly what the sense is. Ive been here all day long today in San Bernardino speaking with Law Enforcement officers, investigators, as well as some of the neighbors of the suspects, and i can tell that you the investigators, lou, theyre aggressively pursuing multiple leads, just because the two suspects were killed yesterday, that doesnt mean that the investigation is over. As a matter of fact, lou, so you and the viewers know, i was just up at the residence of the suspects. You know what i saw . The fbi, crime scene search technicians brought a new crew of individuals to continue to do a grid search outside the home. That clearly goes to show you theyra aggressively pursuing more leads. Lou is the police chief, there i think has done a remarkable job in San Bernardino, as he pointed out, this is going to be, a number of crime scenes in point of fact, theyve got a lot to work with and assess and to go through. The fbi with, all of the investigative resources it harks we should get some results. They should get some results. My question now is, the fbi itself is within a highly politicized Justice Department. It has not got a great record of sharing what it learns with the american public. What can we expect . We can expect the fbi to do the investigation to at least bring to conclusion or to some kind of results what the investigation reveals. Not only to the Justice Department and the ausa who is handling this case, but also to local Law Enforcement, so local Law Enforcement and fbi can work in tandem. The fbi has to go overseas to foreign countries. These people traveled to foreign countries. What they learn there or what their agents on the ground in the continents are determining is important to this investigation as well. Lou and were likely to learn, are we not, rod, something more about San Bernardino, redlands, the environment and the context for this, because there is a significant number of muslims who live there, and theres going to have to be an investigation that goes well beyond the Services Center where the massacre occurred . Absolutely. That massacre, lou, occurred beyond the trees there. Thats where it started yesterday morning. In reference to the other individuals, im glad you brought up that point. I do suspect, and i believe from my investigation today out here talking to people, i believe that these two individuals, lou, had some assistance from someone else. When i went over by the house. This is so important when. I went by the house owned by the suspects and looked at the garage and looked at the setup of the residence. Someone else had to assist these people set the booby traps, and this garage and maybe you have a picture of it, but the garage is a detached garage from the home, which is actually a benefit to the bad guys, because they have plenty of time to work, they can shield themselves with the door. I believe this is based on information they got, that the fbi is interviewing other individuals who may have played a role in creating and staging this event. Lou tom ruskin was nodding when you were saying that. Your thoughts . Rod is absolutely right. This is going to be a very intense investigation. Youre going to have to determine who else they dealt with . What other contacts they had . How they had the contacts . Financial records . Youre going to look into all these things. From reports today, they said they were getting a lot of packages, how were they paid for . What she did . Was she working . We dont know any of this yet, but hopefully investigators are following these leads and determine how these things came about. Lou all right, tom ruskin, thank you so much. Rod wheeler in San Bernardino, thank you. Thank you, lou. Lou vote in our poll tonight, the question is we asked the question in part because neighbors chose to say nothing when questions arose about some of the people visiting that home of the perpetrators in redlands, california. Follow me on twitter at. An act of heroism in yesterdays shooting as one officer pledged to protect a group of workers he was trying to evacuate. Try to relax, everyone, try to relax. Ill take a bullet before you do, thats for damn sure, be cool, okay . Lou you had the feeling he meant exactly what he said and plenty of heroes in San Bernardino yesterday. The still unidentified officer kept his composure throughout as he guided the group which included at least one child to safety. Up next, democratic president ial candidates rush to judgment at the San Bernardino massacres unfolding, calling for gun control, and republicans on the other hand, offer prayers, and, well, part of the leftwing Mainstream Media blasted them for it, and one surprising republican entry as well, in inappropriate comments for you, and ill have a few thoughts on the i built my business with passion. But i keep it growing by making every dollar count. Thats why i have the spark cash card from capital one. I earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy for my studio. And that unlimited 2 cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business. Thats huge for my bottom line. Whats in your wallet . Youre down with crestor. Yes when diet and exercise arent enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55 . Crestor is not for people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. Tell your doctor all medicines you take. Call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine, or yellowing of skin or eyes. These could be signs of serious side effects. Im down with crestor make your move. Ask your doctor about crestor. Lou a few thoughts now on this countrys debilitating Political Correctness, and its suffocation of Free Expression and sometimes the death of truth itself. The headline of todays New York Daily News front page read, quote the cover singles out speaker ryan, senators cruz, graham, paul, others for offering prayers for the victims in the San Bernardino shootings in their tweets. The liberal daily news is a monstrous failure, all the more spectacular a failure because its failing in the biggest liberal city in the usa to which it panders and panders shamelessly. The left and the d

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