interview, if i i can stop someone else from being burned, maybe stop them from doing it, that's what i'm doing this for. >> and thank you to anna. thank you to all our veterans and service members on this memorial day. brianna keilar takes it from here. right now, we're learning more about the 22-year-old who went on a murder spree friday night in california. elliott rodger left behind youtube videos, a manifesto and long history of contact with mental health professionals. also right now, pope francis is about to leave israel after getting palestinian and israeli leaders to agree to come to the vatican to pray for peace. can this pope also play the role of peace maker? and right now, thousands of people are gathered at the vietnam veterans memorial in washington to mark memorial day. earlier, president obama laid a wreath at arlington national

cemetery. and for the second time in two days, underscored his commitment to america's troops and to its veterans. hi there, i'm brianna keilar in washington. wolf blitzer is off today. we are learning more now about the victims of that deadly rampage in southern california. authorities say elliott rodger's killing spree started in his own apartment, that he stabbed his two roommates and a third person to death. the two women rodgers shot and killed next were members of the delta delta delta sorority. veronica wise is being remembered for her vibrant personality and ennews yas sell and catherine cooper was described as having a generous spirit and warm heart. the sixth victim, christopher martinez, was shot and killed at a deli. all six were students at the university of california at santa barbara. alison kosic is joining us now from santa barbara.

give us a sense of the scene there today, alison. >> brianna, this is a community, understandably, that is still stunned, still in shock about this massacre that unfolded in a matter of minutes. now, on tuesday, tomorrow, it's been declared a day of mourning. and that means that there's going to be a memorial service. also classes at university of california at santa barbara are going to be closed. also, the university saying that it is going to have, and continues to have grief counselors available on campus for anybody who needs those services. later today, about an hour or so, there's also going to be a march. it's going to start at the sorority house where those two female victims were among the first who were killed. it's going to go ahead and march along the path where each victim was killed. the idea with this march is to place flowers and remembrances at each of these spots and honor each of these victims. brianna. >> and alison, we also heard a gut-wrenching interview with the father of one of these victims,

christopher martinez. can you tell us more about this? >> i mean, really, it is only one word to describe this interview, heartbreaking. chris martinez was his only child. he was killed at 20 years old. richard martinez, the father of chris, he's blaming these killings on politicians who haven't tightened gun laws. he gives the example of the sandy hook killings that happened in connecticut where 26 people were killed, most of them little kids, and richard martinez is saying that these kinds of rampages, they're going to continue, if lawmakers don't take any action. listen to this. >> i can't tell you how angry i am. it's just awful. and no parent should have to go through this. no parent. to have a kid die because in this kind of a situation, what has changed? have we learned nothing? these things are going to continue until somebody does

something. so where the hell is the leadership? >> and in this interview, richard also says, quote, he is our only child, and he died friday. i'm 61 years old now. i'll never have another child. he's gone. heartbreaking. brianna. >> and giving us all a sense of his pain. alison kosik, thank you so much. we're also learning more about the person responsible for the carnage. elliott rodger apparently killed himself after the wave of terror he unleashed on the community. he left behind a 137-page manifesto describing his anger over being rejected by women. he also posted a youtube video the day before the killing spree. >> tomorrow is the day of retribution. the day in which i will have my revenge against humanity. >> and justice correspondent pamela brown joining us now from los angeles. give us the latest on this, pamela.

>> well, brianna, i've been speaking to a family friend of the rodger family. and of course the parents of elliott rodger are still very shaken. indescribable grief. coping with the fact they've lost their son. trying to come to grips with what he did. we've learned he has a history of mental health issues. in fact, he had been seeing a therapist on and off since he was 8 years old. in high school, he apparently saw a psychiatrist just about either day. at the time of the rampage, he was seeing two therapists. a deeply disturbed individual. from talking to his family friend, elliott didn't really show any outward signs of violence, aggression. the friend said he was reserved, to a daunting degree, but that he never seemed violent or didn't show any fascination with guns. that really wasn't part of the dialogue. but his parents were acutely aware to the fact that he did have some mental health issues and he was being treated for them. back in april, brianna, the

mother couldn't reach elliott and she instinctively looked at his youtube page and saw these videos where he talked about being lonely and his frustrations with being rejected by girls. she called his therapist. the therapist apparently called the mental health help line and that's when police were called to check on him. but police say there was nothing alarming, that obviously elliott was able to mask the reality that he was planning to go on this rampage. the parents look the at this as a missed opportunity. you have to remember, he's 22 years old, he's an adult. you have to meet a certain criteria to bring an adult in for an involuntary mental health exam. also, we know the family is asking themselves, what more could they have done. thought he was in good hands and they never expected anything like this. >> he writes, pamela, in his manifesto about that incident, of police coming to his house and how he managed to kind of -- certainly from his point view,

defuse the situation. he talks about, right what they would have found if they'd gone looking, right? >> yeah. he did. i mean, he talked about, it was a close call, that he was worried police were on to his plan, and that they were going to fail his plans. because inside his bedroom was the guns, the ammunition, the manifesto, sort of a layout of the plans for this rampage, according to police, he had been plotting this for a year. but you have to remember, police are called on these, to do these welfare checks quite often, and in order to go into someone's house and check their home, you have to have probable cause for a search warrant or of course you can ask permission to go in and search the home. of course, given what was inside elliott rodger's home, it's doubtful he would have given police permission. >> generally, the welfare checks yield nothing or they're not a big deal. not in this case, though. pamela brown, thank you so much. people around the country and here in the nation's capital are pausing today to honor america's

fallen service members. a ceremony, and this is live pictures coming to you from washington. this is getting under way at the vietnam veterans memorial. each year, thousands gather at the wall to remember those who died while serving in the armed forces. president obama marked this memorial day at arlington national cemetery. during this speech, the president talked about the need to honor the sacred obligations to soips membervice members and families. he alluded to that ongoing va scandal. >> we must do more to keep faith with our veterans and families and ensure they get benefits and opportunities they've earned and they deserve. these americans have done their duty. they ask nothing more than that our country do ours, now and for decades to come. >> the man at the center of the

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a big surprise for u.s. troops in afghanistan over the memorial day weekend. the commander in chief showed up on an unannounced trip. speaking to troops at bagram air base yesterday. he thanked them for their service as the u.s. hands over responsibility to of afghan for. country music star brad paisley also made the trip, performing for some 22,000 americans serving there. the top cia officer in afghanistan has his cover blown after his nape was accidentally included in an e-mail that listed the officials attending a briefing with president obama at bagram airfield. cnn correspondent jim acosta. this is so unusual. how did this happen? >> really. it was a really big screw up, brianna, just to be very honest about this, and we should point out that the white house and the cia are not commenting at this point about the release of the identity of what they call the station chief's name or the top intelligence operative in

afghanistan. and we should also note that cnn and other news outlets are not reporting the individual's name either. but the way this happened is basically white house press officials provided the name of this station chief to the pool reporter who was traveling with the president on that trip to afghanistan yesterday. the print pool reporter serves as sort of a go between, between the white house and other journalists around the country. this print pool reporter included the station chief's name in his pool report. sent it back to the white house before the white house then distributed that pool report out to some 6,000 journalists. brianna, as you know from working at the white house, the reason why that person's name was inadvertently included is a list of participanted is provided to a pool reporter who will then share with their colleagues through the pool system, they just didn't mean to put the station's chief name in it. you never put intelligence

operative's names who are perhaps at a presidential event when the president is abroad. it basically is an omg moment for the white house, for the press pool. the person acting as the print pool reporter noticed the mistake, alerted the white house, and the white house went back and put out a new list of participants that did not include that station chief's name. so really big screwup all around. >> yeah, without -- without even commenting even on what had happened. so these kinds names are not normally given to the press at all. let alone given to the press and then distributed. so it makes you wonder. this is the top intelligence official, u.s. intelligence official there. what does it mean for u.s. intelligence efforts in afghanistan. what does it mean for the cia officer's career? is it essentially over? >> i think that's a very good question to ask. i think we can say that privately officials at the white house, and i think in the intelligence community, are very concerned about this.

i mean, it sounds like, you know, one of those government mixups that occasionally occur. this is actually a very dangerous situation and you don't want the name of a station chief released publicly for obvious reasons. and perhaps more than anybody out in the field for the cia, the station chief in afghanistan. where the taliban are still operating. where al qaeda operatives may be operating across the border in pakistan. if that name were to ever be out there, it would obviously be a very big problem for the cia, it would compromise the safety of that operative, and perhaps his new and other colleagues in the field. so there's really no way to underscore how serious a massive screw up this was for the white house, and everybody involved. it really is just an unfortunate situation, brianna. >> unbelievable. jim acosta at the white house, thank you so much. pope francis is rawrapping

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he is has left israel and is expected back in rome any time now. but in a trip that wasn't supposed to be politically, the biggest takeaway might be the renewed commitment to the peace process. after meeting with political leaders from both israel and the palestinian authority, pope francis even offered to hold a peace summit for both sides at the vatican. the coeditor of cnn.com's belief blog. this wasn't supposed to be a political trip, but when you look at what happened here, is there really any other way to view it? >> the vatican said right away this was going to be a trip that was one of pilgrimagpilgrimage, prayer, of penance. everyone knew, we knew there was going to be big political actions with whatever he did. touching that separation wall, that picture lit up the world. both sides, some were happy, some were upset about it. you can see, it led to, right after that, at that mass, at

manger square in bethlehem, the pope extends this invitation from leaders to come to the vatican. he said come to my home for a prayer of peace. so we'll see what happens it may have been caught a little flat footed by this as well when asked when this meeting was going to take place. this is a pope who loves to go off the script. it certainly came at a big time. makes a big political statement in addition. >> do we know if this will definitely happen? >> the palestinians and the israelis have both said they want to come. abbas had been to the vatican not too long ago. it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for them to come individually. coming together, whole different story. >> completely different. so the main reason for this trip was really to meet the head of

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made the first historic trip to the holy land. >> almost short of a public service trip to mend a fence. i don't know what else the pope could have done to send the message he did, right? >> yeah, absolutely. it's been a great trip to watch. the pope has said there will be a press conference on the plane on the way back to the vaet can. more to come from this trip. >> all right, we'll watch for that. still ahead, even as the president spent the morn honoring the nation's heroes, a scandal surrounding american's veterans continues to follow him. our political commentators weigh in on what the president should be doing. and after weeks of pleading from families of the missing, the satellite data for flight 370 is finally about to be released.

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welcome back. i'm brianna keilar in washington. wolf blitzer is off today. counselors are on hand today in the aftermath of a killing spree. we're learning more about the killer and his victims. authorities say elliott rodger's killing spree started in his own apartment, that he stabbed his two roommates and a third person to death. he shot and killed two young women in front of a sorority house. the third victim shot and killed at a deli. authorities say rodger left behind a 137-page manifesto. he talked about his trouble with women and his resentment of the wealthy. he also posted a youtube video about his, quote, day of retribution as he called it. cnn will continue to follow this story throughout the day. as we honor the nation's fallen this memorial day, the nation's veterans are also in the spotlight. the man responsible for veterans well being remains embroiled in controversy. with more and more calls for va secretary eric shinseki to

resign or be fired, the defense secretary is making it clear it's not time for that action yet. >> are you appalled when you see these stories? >> it makes me sick to my stomach. because it is clear responsibility we have as a country, as a people, to take care of these men and women and their families who sacrificed so much. i know systems are imperfect. i get that. but when you've got what we do know, and you're right, we need to get the facts, let's see exactly what happened, why it happened, how it happened, then we've got to fix it, then we have to fix it. >> you can watch more of jake's interview with defense secretary hag el today on "the lead" at 4:00 p.m. eastern. let's talk more about the scandal at the veterans administration. i'm joined now by cnn political contributor maria cadona and

republican strategist kevin madden. i want to talk to you a little about the fix here. you heard secretary hagel saying we need to figure out what's going on and then fix it. there's not a lot of time to figure this out, right, this needs to be done soon. >> i think that's one of the things frustrating, the idea there's going to be an investigate upon another investigation. i think people want -- they want action. they want to see a level of accountability and responsibility from the white house, and they want to see the problem fixed versus another investigation or, you know, looking into it more. >>cy think that's absolutely right. i also think that people -- what they don't want and our veterans don't deserve are knee-jerk political reactions. we do need to get to the bottom of it. i'm glad the president and general shinseki have said this is going to be their highest priority. they need to be done to make sure that we find the people accountable, hold them accountable and make sure whatever happens ensures this never happens again.

we owe that to our veterans. >> so the president pops up in afghanistan over the weekend. in a trip like this, where he goes to an active combat zone, it's a logistical feat unlike really anything. he really needed to go, didn't he, do you think? >> oh, of course. you won't find any partisan analysis from me on this. the fact the president went there is a really good sign. it's also a good reminder for any americans celebrating memorial day this weekend, just the reminder that men and women right now are engaged in active service in defense of liberty and service around the globe. >> i think that's exactly right. it had been a couple of years. the last time he went was in 2012 to celebrate the one year of having got obama. it was time to go back again. these veterans are coming back and so i think even in light of what's going on with the va, it was good for him to go there, to make sure that everybody understood, the american people understood, this is not something he's running away from, that, in fact, he's putting more of the focus on our

duty to make sure the veterans, the ones that are here, and the ones that are coming back, as we draw down in afghanistan, we need to make sure whatever is going on at the va gets fixed. >> something that -- the sort of controversy over the rollout of the obamacare website had me thinking and now this is how the idea of faith in government plays into the midterm elections. obviously, republicans in general are sort of selling an idea of smaller government, more limited government. i mean, maria, how do democrats -- we you're looking at kind of these back to back situations, how do democrats fare against that in what's a pivotal election year? >> i think they have to look at it and run the campaign they need to run. for xaem, we're already seeing red state democrats run away from this president on the va issue and others as well. they need to do what they need to do in order to win. i also think we need to peel back the political nature of all this. there will be democrats who will

be touting obamacare, who will be touting the more than 8 million people who have signed up, who have been able to get medical care, and the millions more, of children, of folks who are able to get the care, that would not have gotten, if not for bnlz care. we also need to be careful. when you talk about smaller government, you're also talking about slashing government programs that our vets depend on. republicans need to be very careful. they slash foot stamps, they slash employment benefits. they slash from medical care. >> you've seen the va budget increase during the obama administration. what's important to remember is the problem that obama has here is it's a confidence issue. this isn't about a smaller government. this is about having the government work that we have right now, work better, work efficiently. it's not even meeting some minimum standards. i think that's the real danger for this president as he heads into the midterm. it fights in it the narrative, fits into the common criticism,

obama, irs scandal, now this. all of it fits neatly into the criticism we've had of the president. you are seeing bipartisan criticism of this president. and his lack of accountability right now on this issue. so i don't see it as partisan. i see it as people who are very frustrated with the detached president and an incompetent administration and a lot of voters are feeding back that same criticism. >> i think a lot of people would see it as partisan because i agree with you, the president -- >> these are democrats that are criticizing the president's -- >> democrats that are running in red states, which again -- >> i think that has -- >> i think this has everything to do with it. going into the midterms. democrats and the president need to put forth a rational that government actually can be helpful. and everything that's been going on with the administration doesn't help. i do think there's a narrative there they can put forth and the republicans need to be careful with overreach because while kevin is right, not all

republicans are saying that, you know, government is horrible, a lot of the tea partiers and republican party has moved to the right on this -- >> whenever you hear democrats saying republicans need to worry about overreach, that means they don't have a good answer. >> no, i think it's overreach -- >> we'll see in november. >> you see in a way companies are the ones playing defense here, it sounds like democrats are playing defense and republicans need to worry about losing the ball or fumbling the ball. >> yeah, i mean, i think that's right. because going into these midterms, there is a narrative that the president can put out there and democrats can put out there about how government can help people, and in fact what's going on with the va can help shape that narrative. you take a look at -- yes, the va budget has grown, but it has also been in places where this administration has not wanted it splashed. >> you see time and time again, they have diminishing level of confidence that this level, this

president and the democrats can effectively manage the government. >> that's the narrative obama and the democrats need to fight against. they need to put together a narrative going into these midterm elections and they should embrace obamacare and embrace everything the president has been trying to get in and, frankly they need to go back to the fact that not just republicans are overreaching but republicans were willing to shut down the government and not let it work at all and that, i think, is a message that will be helpful for the democrats. >> a lot has happened -- >> you know, everybody in washington paid a price for that, but i think the president paid a bigger price, long term, because he hasn't been able to bring people together the way he said he did when he was elected. >> kevin, maria, thank you. up next, post election violence flaring up in ukraine. as ukrainian troops fight to take back a major eastern airport that was overrun by separatist gunmen. we'll be taking you there live.

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one day after the presidential election in ukraine, there's a major battle in the eastern region of the country. u krinian troops are fighting pro-russian separatists who stormed a donetsk airport. our nick patton walsh is in donetsk. what's happening there now? >> we're told the fighting is still going on for this key international airport. pretty substantial sized city, one of the largest population centers. being fought between these pro-russian separatists and ukrainian military. we understand this morning militants burst in, took the airport, told the ukrainian forces around it to leave. that didn't happen. flights were suspended. ten hours later, a deadline passed and ukrainian forces moved in. two strikes from a jet began this intense gunfire we saw. heavy weapons too.

we're not sure about the casual casualties. we know some civilian houses were hit by large caliber stray rounds. and a lot of pro-russian separatists militants moving in, reinforcements. 200 we saw turn up in buses. not stopped by local police from piling in towards that airport. now the mayor of this town is wa warning people to stay off this main street that heads up towards the airport. a essential really of a new phase in this operation by the ukrainian military. pretty unsuccessful so far against the separatists. what we saw at the airport is the heaviest fighting i've seen so far of the ukraine crisis. a lot of gunfire. a lot of heavy weaponry. civilians seen running away. the sense of perhaps pro-russian militants being large in numbers although ukrainian forces do claim they're in control, as do the separatists. this came after the president-elect, petro poroshenko talked about peace,

about amnesty for separatists who didn't have blood on their hands. a decisive move against the airport, one that seems to have fallen slightly flat, given now as dark falls they claim to be fighting and both claim to be in control of it. for the city, quite terrifying to hear, around the city skies, explosions. brianna. >> nick, adding some intrigue to this, the winner that you referenced, the so-called chocolate king here, the billionaire candy tycoon who captured more than 50% of the vote, what's the reaction from russia on this? >> they've said they're willing to talk to him. he has in the past had passable relations between moscow and mr. poroshenko. he too has said he wants to go to moscow in early june. that's what makes all this so surprising. washington and kiev have held out the idea that all the militants here fighting are

effectively russian proxies. the man at the end the day calling the shots is vladimir putin. now a new kiev leader with a pretty impressive mandate. he's now in power with that mandate. he wants to talk to moscow. moscow wants to talk to him. strangely, rather than an atmosphere of peace, there are real fears here because you've seen this unprecedented violence, jets, helicopters, heavy weapons, a lot gunfire, a lot of people fearing for their lives here, and that's nothing like what people hoped it would be like after this election. >> nick patton walsh, in donetsk for us. there are also major political news in other parts of the world. in egypt, it is election day. the expected front-runner is former army chief adele fata el sisi. he was the force behind ousting president morsi and cracking down on the muslim brotherhood. the winner of the election will become egypt's fourth president

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on this memorial day, we want you to meet a true inspiration. a wounded vet who could have so easily given up, but instead, he's moving forward, and now he wants to bring other vets a long for the ride. our barbara starr introduces us to travis mills in today's american journey. >> come on. yeah, you're about -- let's go. >> reporter: travis mills is determined today to shave time off his run on the treadmill. and he's doing it with no arms or legs. >> up. nice. >> how i survived, i have no idea. i thought i was done, you know. i wasn't freaking out or nothing. just accepted -- accepted the fact this could be it. >> reporter: far from it, even though he lost all his limbs

when an ied exploded under him in afghanistan, and he spent months at walter reid hospital, he quickly started living his motto, to never give up. to never quit. he'd even bring his then infant daughter chloe to his workouts. there was never any sitting around. >> oh, it's just too boring. can't do it. sit around, stew about it. i mean, i'm 26, you know. i got stuff to do. so i might as well just go ahead and do it. can i get a kiss bye? love you. >> reporter: now he says it's all for chloe and his wife kelsey. >> look at this technology. how neat is it, you can use both arms and legs and you can still walk, i'm running a 40 later today, i snow board, i go downhill biking. it's wild. >> reporter: travis also recently jumped out of an airplane with the army golden knights parachute team.

he insists, despite three tours full of firefights and his injuries, he does not have post traumatic stress, but he has a rare determination. >> where the rubber meets the road. i put personal friends in body bags. they're not here. i am. you >> head down. head down. >> travis is doing more than just living life. he's trying to buy a camp in maine for wounded troops and he knows public support for the war itself is in decline but he won't talk politics. >> i know what i did over there meant something. my buddies didn't die in vain. the first time you go, you go for excitement, the third time you go, you go for your buddies. i went for the third time because i had a great group of guys and i did not want to leave

them stranded. there was no way. >> and no way does travis want you to worry about him. >> the wounded warrior? i was wounded, but now i'm not. you know? i'm not wounded any more. look at you, you're wounded. wounded means i'm still hurt. i'm not hurt. i'm fine. once upon a time i was a wounded warrior but now i'm heeled. i'm just a guy living life. >> cnn, dallas. >> what an inspiration and in a lighter memorial day moment today, vice president joe biden snapped a selfie. more than 200 cyclists met at the naval observe tory which is the vice president's home before they set off. they will be pedalling for six

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>> it's the information that we have been waiting months to see. the raw satellite data for flight 370 is about to be released to the public.

malaysian officials will release the data of the plane's flight information and this could happen at any time. family members have been asking to see that data for weeks. let's bring in mary, a cnn aviation analyst and also an aviation attorney who represents the families of air crash victims. you have been waiting for this and we have been talking about this for a while. what do you think the biggest revelation is going to be from this data? >> i think the data will point out that it's more likely in the indian ocean but people will be surprised that it took a lot of computing and a lot of mathematical equations and interpretation to get these calculations. i suspect that what we will have is not just the raw literally numbers from the handshakes, if you will, for each handshake there will be a couple of

numbers and then will be the computer programs and the trig nom tri algorithms they used to plot out. show your work? that's what it is. >> you're talking about a moving plane and moving satellies. so let me ask you this, do you think that any of this may change how and where the search is being conducted. >> well, i do. >> they are now putting in the australians and malaysians. they want two private companies to bid. one they're going to map the ocean floor. they are in talks with an ocean mapping company right now and two they will ask for private

companies to bid on a search. they are estimating a budget for both jobs but companies bidding on those jobs will certainly want to see the data for themselves because they're going to submit a bid to see if they can actually find the plane and without a doubt there will be a success component in the contract. you find the plane there will be more reward. >> do you think the private companies might do a better job? >> i do. just because they have had so much experience. i think the private companies will do a better job. >> and real quick before we go, it just makes you think that there is still this accountability issue here. we have been waiting for this

data for so long. families have been so upset. should we have any confidence at all in malaysia's authorities at this point? >> no. and i think the authorities are signalling that they just cannot do this kind of a job themselves that's why they're hiring private companies. i think the reluctance to release the data is they were unsure of themselves. i really don't think there is a hidden thing that will be revealed. i just think they were in over their heads and now it's very sensible. governments can't be all things to all people. it's time to get those who can. >> it's not an issue of hiding, perhaps it's more an issue of confidence. thanks for breaking that down for us, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and before we go, we have a programming note for you, coming to cnn, a new series from tom hanks and gary getsman. the sixties. the decade that shaped

americans' lives. set your dvr this thursday at 9:00 and 6:00 pacific on cnn. i will be back with wolf blitzer in the situation room. newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> thank you so much. it's wonderful being with all of you on this memorial day. >> this honors the american war dead. as we look at the skies, here we