Demanding Answers

" A battle -- report that shooting that is playing out today and Capitol Hill several committees are planning to hold hearings. With an eye toward a full investigation of what was known about this suspect majoring in office on before the shooting. And whether this attack was preventable. Over the weekend the president called on lawmakers to hold off until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their investigations. Today the Senate Armed Services Committee will be holding a hearing behind closed doors. -- secretary of the army and the chief of staff of the army as well let's get to Steve Centanni that the Pentagon for us Steve what are the concerns in congress."

" Well these concerns in congress running alone a couple of different lines one is was there something that people learned during the investigation and has -- several months ago. That there would should've rang an alarm bells should they have noticed something was there something they could -- latched onto that could've prevented this tragedy down at Fort Hood. And it did the army know about any connections between -- son and for instance this cleric over in Yemen. That type of thing the other concern is. Well was he acting along with anybody else or on his own ideology on his own inspiration as a terrorist and was this in fact a terrorist -- We have this closed door session this afternoon on the Senate Armed Services Committee and then later in the week we have Joe Lieberman. Holding a hearing before the -- his hearing which is the Senate Homeland Security. Committee. And that -- there are other experts too who believe this could be -- have some terrorism nexus and here's one of them let's listen to what he thinks."

" He's a terrorist and and he is say an a in Muslim terrorists those what we know we're very reluctant to say -- word in this country. And the fact of the matter is that he fits the definition of someone who. Carries out violence against innocent people form political purposes. And so when he is. Only goes to trial. He should go to trial as a terrorist not not simply a portrait is. Deranged individual or -- criminal. And so congress -- take a look they're gonna start doing that today Jane."

" also and other developments out of -- on this story that are very interest. Right as you know the clerk who used to work in Falls Church, Virginia at a -- the arrow has gone to Yemen and there were some email communications between his son as -- and this cleric Anwar Al lucky. Now we don't know the contents of those emails. But apparently a Yemeni journalist -- mentioned in the Washington Post today did talk to a lucky over in Yemen got a look at some of those emails. And the bottom line there is a -- says he never encouraged her son to hurt any military people or any Americans whatsoever. Didn't encourage it but by the same token he found. That this was a permissible active a Jihad so we don't know what exactly are in these emails about this cleric this would did this. I Yemeni reporter did talk to a lucky -- season ties depending -- forests thanks."