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Miguel almaguer has more on that. hi miguel. reporter: alex good morning. the attack that began here and ended seven miles away was over in roughly 30 minutes. four innocent lives lost. the gunman also killed. now investigators are poring over every inch of his life. he is the 24-year-old cold-blooded killer. mohammad youssuf abdulazeez, armed with three powerful guns. when the fbi says he killed four marines and shot two others. because the investigation is still in its early stages it would be premature to speculate on exactly why the shooter did what he did. reporter: he went to high school and college in chattanooga. was on the wrestling team a mixed martial arts fighter. the all-american neighbor, say friends. when we talked he said that his faith wasn t a big part of his life. reporter: many lost touch with abdulazeez as he spent much of last year in the middle east. the naturalized u.s. citizen carried two passports. ....
Nation conference. topics ranging from student loans to wall street. today they ll hear from two democratic presidential candidates, bernie sanders and martin o malley. hillary clinton is skipping the event. when she last attended in 2007 she was booed. jane, good morning to you. does hillary clinton risk anything by skipping the net roots event? reporter: good morning, alex. the net roots nation crowd is the progressive part of the democratic party. it s the part that hillary struggles with a little bit because she doesn t have the progressive credentials that someone like barack obama did in 2008. this is the part of the party that carried him over hillary. she needs to prove her credentials to them. everyone here was saying this was an opportunity to do just that. without seeing her, they re still a little skeptical. i don t doubt that. bernie sanders, will he be the rock star there? ....
A rising star chasing history and a falling star who is about to become history at one golf s major tournaments. so it goes at st. andrews in scotland. good morning to you, kelly. reporter: hello to you, alex. a good look at what a scottish summer can be. beautiful sunshine but 40-mile-an-hour gusts as well. play has been suspended for most of the morning because of that wind. you can see the 18th green over my shoulder not much going on. the wind was moving the balls around off the course. now when play resumes an american has a real shot at the record books. once upon a time it was tiger woods. ....
Survived deployments overseas. gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan, staff sergeant david wyatt and sergeant carson holmquist were sons fathers and husbands. lance corporal squire wells was just 21, texting his girlfriend during the rampage, active shooter. he is probably the best kid you could ever meet. reporter: wells always dreamed of being in the military. now with his fellow marines they ll always be remembered for their service and sacrifice. it appears the gunman was killed by law enforcement officers during a hail of gunfire. after this tragedy many looking at whether law enforcement officers including the military should be armed at facilities like this one. the defense secretary says all security procedures at facilities like the one here are being reviewed. alex. all right, miguel thank you. to politics. progressive democrats descending on phoenix for the net roots ....
joining me from columbia south carolina is adam reese. i have to say it was stunning when you see someone in the garb talking like that. what do you expect. will chance they be there. it has been a long time. we haven t seen the klan in 27 years since 1988 they are here to protest the removal of the confederate flag. they say the government is trying to remove their confederate history, their white heritage, even their culture. it s 27 years, 1988 the last time they were here. the southern poverty law center estimates 4 million back in 1925 today only 4,000 across america. we expect another group, the black educators, for justice, around noon today. we expect about an hour in between the two groups. hopefully no confrontation. alex. so adam governor haley ....