it and know that your job is dealing in reality but it seemed a little surreal but yet, i did the job that i was supposed to do. my job is to go in there and, you know, people don't call the police because they are having a great day, they call because there is tragedy going on and this was tragedy that i've never experienced in my career and that i don't think most officers do. and so we had to deal with it and we had to help bring them to safety and try to bring some kind of calm to the chaos that was going on. so, you know, it just knowing, though, that yeah, we resolved that situation quickly but there is so much tragedy that's left behind. there are so many families as we go into the holiday seasons that are now going to have to deal with the tragedy that was left behind by this senseless act of violence. that's a little tough to deal with. >> you talked about the panic that you saw in people's faces, how do you deal with that?

do you say to them? how do you calm them down when you yourself are going through this chaotic situation? >> you have to be clear in your orders. the initial 50 people did not want to come to us. they were fearful in the back hallway area and that actually heightened my concern that -- and my fear that potentially the suspects were in that hallway holding them hostage and waiting for us to enter into the hallway. we had to tell them several times come to us, come to us and ultimately, they did and once that first person took the motions forward, it opened the flood gates and everybody wanted to come and get away from that as quickly as possible. so, you know, we can't panic in those situations. these people have already dealt with enough. the last thing they need to see is police officers panicking. >> was it silent in there or screams?

can you tell us what you're taking in? >> it was extremely loud. fire alarms were going off. there were people who were obviously injured and obviously in great amounts of pain and that was evident in the moans and the wales we were hearing in the room. it was evident and fire sprinklers going off inside the room so that was adding to the chaos. >> were they immediately trying to offer information about the shooters or did you get a sense they didn't realize what had just happened? >> we were -- my primary goal was to find out how many and where they were. and i was asking individuals but again panic was obvious and apparent and so we weren't getting a lot of further information in regards to that. >> did you find the bomb, your team find the bomb? >> no, your team did not find any of the explosive devices. >> there was a holiday party

where the decorations, food tables, chairs. >> that sums it up, yes, it was. it was a fairly large meeting room and i noticed upon entry that there is a christmas tree in there. all of the tables were decorated for a christmas party and it just seemed so senseless, here is people going into their holiday festivities and now we were dealing with that. >> going in there and think about it, do you feel the adrenaline going through your system? >> yeah, i'm sure i did. but you can't let your emotions over ride your judgment and you need to do the job that we're supposed to do. you know, that's just what we're trained to do. >> you were the last day and a

half seems like the drama from the victims and you yourself and other responding officers? >> you know, i have tried to make a point of those officers that i knew were some of the initial guys in with us, which there were many officers who did an extraordinary job yesterday for our department and also for all of the agencies who responded so quickly. it was just, it was truly overwhelming to see all of the agencies that got here and got here in a hurry to provide us assistance because just like i said, i was sensing this was a true event and they had the same sense and they got here and nobody hesitated. people knew what their job was and their job was to try to bring some calm to chaos and so it's one of those things, you know, i've gone around and tried to contact our officers. i've tried to assess how they are doing, talk a little bit about it and, you know, in doing that maybe that's helping me a

little bit, as well. i think we'll all work through it together. >> is there a video showing some of the incredible courage from an officer helping the people at the scene, i'll take a bullet before you do, i'm sure of it. is that you? if not, who was that? >> no, i would like to think i was that cool, no. unfortunately that wasn't me. i don't know that officer has been officially identified as of yet but i'm told he is one of sheriff mcman's folks but again, i haven't had that confirmed. >> what was your reaction when you saw that? >> i'm sorry? >> what was your reaction when you saw that video? >> i saw that everywhere yesterday. that was happening everywhere during this event. >> can you address the pride that you felt with the men and women in the manner in which they acted at that scene yesterday and can you just

address how you felt about those men and women that were under your command? >> you know, we've taken a lot of hits lately. some justified, much of it not justified, and it takes a toll. it takes a toll on all cops because it's hard being -- it's hard being labeled and hard being branded as being rogue or -- and i guarantee you that no cop comes into this job with the mind set that oh, great, now i have ultimate power to be corrupt and to violate people's rights. there are cops who go astray but overwhelmingly, the vast majority of officers and when i say vast majority, 99.5 of the officers go out and do the job to protect the public and yesterday just reminded me of that and it just solidified that again in my heart and in my mind set and forat i'm, for that i'm thankful. >> we'll take two more

questions. >> obviously you were on patrol that day, what have you heard from the residents? >> obviously this is sinking in with the community. what have they told you? >> not just myself but every officer i'm encountering now is getting the same positive courage and support. again, i think this -- we can never -- we can never under lie the tragedy that was felt in the city and so many families yesterday but there is support for law enforcement. >> how do you personally take away from this -- >> the threat you're facing had some level of sophistication and training and to follow up, did they leave anything behind manifesto of any note? >> it was pretty clear when we knew we had an active shooter and severity and amount of carnage upon our initial entry

that this was, that there -- this wasn't just a rogue individual, this was -- there was something more. so as far as us finding any kind of manifesto, no, sir. i don't have any information regards to that. okay? thank you. >> so real quickly, mike made reference early on that this was hard to believe this was happening in his town. mike was raised in this town. went to high school in this town and spent the majority of his law enforcement career in this town. it's genuine when he says he felt this was his town being attacked. so with that, thank you for being here, folks. we will be back in the morning for another press conference and i believe somebody from the sheriff's department might stand by to talk about the photos. >> if you're just joining us, it is shortly after 6:00 p.m. here in san bernardino, california. a lot happening now. a lot happening within the last few minutes in the stadium behind me, a candle light vigil underway honoring the victims of

yesterday's shooting. moments ago officials including california's governor jerry brown spoke to reporters about the young couple with a 6 month old baby with parents that were mass killers, a dozen pipe bombs found out their home. new photos found of a bag of them, a picture, as well of the bomb rigged to the toy core that the killers tried to detonate. police releasing photos of the scene of the shootout that brought this nightmare to the end and we heard from a first responder to reach the scene at the conference room where it began. >> 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.

we asked -- we got as many people out as quickly as we could. we had approximately, i estimated in talking with the other officers with me probably 50 people respond past us and out the doors and then we went further into the building and that was a difficult choice to have to make, as well passing people we knew were injured and needing assistance but our goal at that time had to be trying to locate the shooters and deal with them before we could get further assistance and for those people in need of medical attention. i was very glad to see that in a very short period of time we had a number of other responders that came in and were able to form la form late tack tackle teams and continue on with the search. >> there is a lot to discuss. evan, you heard reporting just before this press conference

began and since people are just joining us now over the top of the hour, if you can repeat the latest information you learned. >> anderson, indications that investigators have found that these two attackers were trying to cover up their tracks, trying to make it difficult for law enforcement to figure out what they were doing in the runup to the rampage. they found two smashed cell phones in a garbage can and near one of the scenes, one of the three different crime scenes that we have there in san bernardino, we know they also recovered a hard drive that showed signs of tampering. what is important about this is because authorities believe or investigators believe what these shooters were trying to do was to try to make sure they investigators could not find their communications in recent days, at least in the case of the cell phones relatively new cell phones and so the big clue here that could be recovered here would be who were they

talking to? who were they communicating with in the days leading up to the mass shooting. we also know that investigators have been talking to the family members of these two shooters, the family has been corporative including the mother of farook, mr. farook and we are told that those interviews are on going and investigators hope they can gleam more understanding of what is going on in the state of mind that might explain what happened here and we know from the arsenal they found at the scene there, the home of the mother where this couple apparently were living, investigators believe that everything they found there indicated there is something bigger being planned. they don't know what but hope the electronics will provide clues. >> evan, what have you learned about potential links to terrorism, to any international groups, to radical islamist and

what are the theories that police are working on that you're hearing from your sources? >> well, one of the things that they have noted was that there was some communications with people on the fbi radar, people subjects under investigation. these were low level people, these were not high level subjects of investigations so this is not something where they think that they perhaps missed something. these people were clean and had relatively clean backgrounds and looking at travel, travel to saudi arabia. we know that this immigrant family so there was travel to pakistan in the past. again, nothing yet is jumping out that indicates that this was, that this explains what happens here. they do believe indications are that these people were radicalized but this may not fully explain what happened here. there may still be some aspect of this that comes from some workplace beef that triggered what happened here. again, this my end up being a hybrid situation where something happened at work and there was also radicalization that helped

drive what happened here, anderson. >> evan, stick around with us. again, we're here also with bob bear, paul cruickshank. in terms of the cell phones that evan was reporting on and also the hard drive, those could be crucial in sort of picking out the trail? >> absolutely. what were they trying to destroy them for? was on the hard drive and cell phone? it will take time to reconstruct the hard drive but i think that can be done fairly quickly. this is a high priority case. they will get that stuff back to the cyber lab. they will look at it, pull the information off that's needed and disseminate it. i think it's a key bit of information that's been found again a couple days later. >> right. paul cruickshank in terms of trying to piece together the pieces of the puzzle, this could be a major development. >> it could be a major development but even if they have the phones, they may not be able to retrieve all the

communications from these phones. i've been told by people in law enforcement that that isn't necessarily the case with these extraditions, you can't get into the information even if you have the phone itself. so having the phones is one thing, getting the information that may have been transmitted on them at some point in time is a different thing all together but the fact that they have tampered with the hard drive as evan was reporting appeared to have tried to sort of tamper with the phones, as well, suggests yeah, maybe they are trying to protect somebody. maybe there is a wider group of people they have connections with they are trying to protect. that's of ybviously concerning. >> bob baer, the fact this is man and wife, they don't need to be communicating over devices or phones. i mean, they can just -- they are living with each other, they can be talking to each other day after day about the plans on

this and there could be no record of that. >> well, anderson, that's exactly what is disturbing about the phones. i mean, were they making calls to a wider network? one would think and you probably cannot recover this stuff if you take a cell phone and properly smash it, you cannot recover the meta data from it and if they are burner phones, you certainly can't. we may never know. the reason they would be using them or using a hard drive is there is a wider network overseas or in the united states i can't tell you but i find this particularly disturbing if this report is true. and there is another thing we have to consider that maybe they call in a bomb maker. i mean, in boston, there is still a dispute whether someone helped the two chechens there build pressure cookers because the wiring was changed. we haven't got the answer but a lot of law enforcement officials wonder whether they didn't get help and maybe these people did, too, which should disturb the police in california.

>> yeah, everyone we got to take a quick break. coming up, the family of one of the people that lost their lives telling her story as you know in these horrible situations, we try as much as possible to focus on those who lost their lives and we think it's important you learn their names and their stories, who these people were. it's very late in the day and those names were released very late in the day so we haven't been able to do a lot of that tonight but one family is here and they want to tell you about the loved one they have lost. we'll be right back. with t-mobile and the incredible iphone 6s you can reach more people in more places than before. whether you're at home in the basement on the open road or pulling the late shift at work. you're more connected now because t-mobile doubled its lte coverage in the past year. and our extended range lte goes two times farther than before and is four times better in buildings. get iphone 6s for zero upfront and just five bucks a month. (dramatic music)

centrum brings us the biggest news in multivitamin history. ( ♪ ) a moment when something so familiar becomes something so new. (impact on metal) introducing new centrum vitamints. a multivitamin that contains a full spectrum of essential nutrients you enjoy like a mint. new centrum vitamints. go to centrum.com for a $4 coupon. new centrum vitamints. ♪ just look at those two. happy. in love. and saving so much money on their car insurance by switching to geico... well, just look at this setting. do you have the ring? oh, helzberg diamonds.

another beautiful setting. i'm not crying. i've just got a bit of sand in my eyes, that's all. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. just download the free app; simple to sell anything! snap a picture of your item and it's instantly listed locally, free! wallapop users have profiles so you'll always know just who you are dealing with. start selling with wallapop.

there is a vigil taking place in the stadium behind me. the victims being honored and stories being told. with me is the family of one of the 14, thank you for being with us and so sorry for your loss. i know you wanted to talk about your mom. what do you want people to know about your mom? >> overall, she was like an amazing person like she was so nice and supporting me in everything i did. she was nice honestly to everyone and it's sad for all the families really. >> how are you holding up? >> she used to tell me like that

if i do go, i want you to like -- i want everybody like stay strong. i don't want you guys grieving or crying. that's what i've taken into place and just going off that and i have all my friends that are like contacting me, supporting me and so just -- >> and that helps? >> yeah. so, yeah. >> you've been a family friend for how long? >> for 25 years. lifelong friend and god parent to the children. >> what do you want people to know about bennetta because she fled iran. >> that's right, she was an 18-year-old girl and fled, christian woman that fled because of the religious persecution. she came to the united states to start a new life. eventually moved to california where she met her husband arland. had their three children that you see here. she graduated from college with a degree in chemistry and hired

by the san bernardino county as an inspector and myself and the family, we just find it sadly ironic and horrible that a woman that came to the country under these circumstances would find herself gunned down by religious extremists. >> someone who fled islamic extremism. >> only to lose their life all these years later in america at the hands of religious extremism. >> arland, do you feel -- do you want to say anything about bennetta? >> wonderful wife, beautiful mother, everything she touched bloomed. doing what she did with the county -- >> she was making a presentation yesterday? >> correct. also she's a plant checker anybody that needs to open a new restaurant businesses, she went above and beyond on her own time to help these new clients to the

county. >> how did you two meet? >> well, as syrians, syrians christian once a year we meet at the convention center where young people meet and adults meet and for three days, saturday, sunday and mondays there is activity for the friends and the people and back in 1995 i met her through that as a friend and became good friends, best friends and two years later, asked her for marriage. >> what an incredible family you guys created together. >> thank you very much. >> is there anything else you want people to know? is your school, your friends, everybody must be really gathering around you now? >> they are all shocked. all of them are sending me tweets, condolences and asking me how i'm holding up. i tell them i'm doing good, i'm

doing okay. what else can i do? i have to stay strong. >> i know you set up a go fund me page. we'll put the link up on our website. it's a memorial in honor of bennetta. >> we appreciate that. all the funds collected will be used to support 100% to the children and college and life without their mother. >> again, just so sorry for your loss and i just wish you nothing but strength and peace in the days ahead. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. we're going to be right back. there's a lot more new information to tell you about and what we're learning more about other whose lost their lives. we'll be right back. just $30 bucks a line and no sharing. plus get the samsung galaxy s6 for $0 upfront and $10 bucks a month at t-mobile.

same eyes. same laugh. and since she's had moderate alzheimer's disease, i've discovered we have the same fighting spirit, too. that's why i asked her doctor about new once-a-day namzaric™. vo: new namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimer's disease in patients who are currently taking, and can continue to take certain doses of both namenda and donepezil. new namzaric is the first and only treatment to combine 2 proven alzheimer's medicines into a single once-a-day capsule that works 2 ways to fight the symptoms of moderate to severe alzheimer's disease. once-a-day namzaric may improve cognition and overall function and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. namzaric does not change how the disease progresses. it shouldn't be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, donepezil, piperidine or any of the ingredients in namzaric. before starting treatment, tell the doctor about any medical conditions they have... including heart or lung problems, seizures, stomach ulcers, bladder, kidney, or liver problems. tell the doctor if the patient will have any procedures involving anesthesia, which may cause muscle problems.

other serious side effects may occur, including slow heartbeat and fainting; increased stomach acid, which may raise the chance of ulcers and bleeding; nausea and vomiting; difficulty passing urine, seizures, and worsening of lung problems. the most common side effects associated with namzaric are headache, diarrhea, dizziness, loss of appetite, and bruising. woman: mom and i share a lot of moments. and we're making the most of each one. vo: ask your doctor if new namzaric is right for your loved one. it's a housewife who's in control of the finances. actually, any wife, husband, or human person can use progressive's name your price tool to take control of their budget. and while the men do the hard work of making money, she can get all the car insurance options her little heart desires. or the women might do the hard work of making money. [ chuckling ] women don't have jobs. is this guy for real? modernizing car insurance with -- that's enough out of you! the name your price tool, only from progressive. where is your husband?

for all we're learning about how it unfolded, the question of the motivation remains open. investigators will not say what they believe identifying it, figures out what turned a couple into killers has already taken investigators into two different directions, global and local where those who knew them are speaking out. more on that aspect from kyung lah. >> just minutes before the killers opened fire on the holiday party, patrick left to

use the bathroom when the attack started. >> i thought somebody booby trapped the towel dispensers because i was being pummeled while pulling towels out so i looked back in the mirror and i could see i was bleeding in my temple and nose. >> he hid in the bathroom where syed farook and his wife fired off 76 rounds. farook and he shared a cubical for three years. that i have talked about cars, farook's 6 month old daughter, regular chat between co-workers. why do you think he did this? >> i think his believes were contrary to our american dreams. you think somebody working to the capacity and educated to the level that you are as similar respect and values. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell cnn farook was apparently radicalized and in touch with people being investigated by the fbi talking by phone and on social media

with more than one person being investigated for terrorism but a law enforcement says the talks were infrequent, the last one a few months ago not raising alarms. no red flags say officials when farook went to saudi arabarabia. the 28-year-old traveled to pakistan. the couple's landlord who rented the apartment they would later fill with weapons and bomb making materials saw no sign this was coming. >> it's beyond my comprehension and because it seems like such a gentle, mild person. can't tell a book but its cover. >> reporter: farook's brother-in-law didn't know. >> i have no idea why would he do that, why would he do something like this? i have absolutely no idea. i am in shock myself. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by patrick bacari. >> who wants to call their 16-year-old kid that you just survived the attack?

isn't many people that didn't that we love so. >> reporter: bacari says the multiple bullet fragments in his body will stay, too risky to remove and remains, confusion, the man he so closely knew did this turning to anger and fear. >> i believe every citizen here should be armed to defend themselves in the case of this happening. but that's not everybody else's belief. i couldn't have defended anybody from the position i was in even if i was armed but at least if they tried to come in and get us in the restroom, i would have had someway of maybe protecting the rest of us. >> kyung lah joins us now. incredible interview to hear. to imagine to have been sitting next to this person for so long and to have no idea and they had a 6 month old child this couple. >> that's really what is perp x perplexi perplexing, this is one of the offices where you check in in

the morning and spend about 30 minutes together and chat about the field operation that day and restaurant ratings and pools making sure the public is safe but every single morning he talked to him and talk about cars and had enough of a friendship the office threw a baby shower for him and this is perplexing, you have a newborn and do this. >> appreciate the reporting. thank you. incredible interview. helping us now to fit the pieces into as clear a picture as he can, we're joined by criminal profiler mary ellen o'toole and executive director for resource development and education and works to raise awareness for radicalization of muslims with us as well is cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona who joins me here. shooters male and female, is this type of violent act unusual it was perpetrated by a married

couple and we talked -- people have said there may be a workplace violence component to this. it's very rare in workplace violence you have two individuals involved, right? >> it is. and the fact that you have a female involved in this crime makes it even that more unusual but it's not just the act itself, it's the behavior that's contained within the act and what you have here in this crime scene is you have very callous behavior. behavior that's cold-blooded. behavior predatory and behavior that's sadistic. those are unique components to a crime scene and violence. those are almost always associated with males, never females. this sets this case apart. people were crying and yelling and pleading for their life and these two individuals continued with what they were doing and at this point in the absence of

some new information they were cool, calm and collected. and again, that's the type of behavior we see consistent with people that have traits of psycho and that's unusual to fit in the frame work with the female. >> they are saying the male shooter may have been radicalized and he may have been in touch with people being investigated for ties with international terrorism. does that surprise you? >> unfortunately, it doesn't. unfortunately these things seem to be popping up quite a bit. the director said there is over 9 oc00 open investigating. i'm afraid to say we'll see more of this. >> how big of a problem do you think is self-radicalization in the united states? because even if these people didn't have direct ties to an islamist group overseas, you know, anybody today can get stuff off the internet and

radicalize themselves. >> i mean, that's really the real problem is that the world has come to individuals in their living room and so if it's 300, 400, 500, that's enough that's a low volume high impact threat that could tear apart the fabric of our country by making people fear muslims and not eloquembra muslims as part of the solution. we need to work together and communities need to work together to get ahead of this. we need to prevent radicalization instead of responding to it. >> colonel francona, this family had a 6 month old child handing off to the mother saying they were going to a doctors appointment and went in and committed mass killings. >> this is the part many of we analysts can't get our heads around because this fits no pattern whatsoever. as she was saying, this is totally out of the what we see

in these instances. to leave a 6 month old child behind knowing you are probably going to die in the operation and the first operation may have been just that, the first operation come back, do a second operation, but i don't think they had any intent of going back for that child. unheard of. >> you talked about, you know, getting ahead of this. how do you do that? how do you get ahead of people that may not be on the radar and self-radicalizing or blown to it? >> for example, montgomery we developed a collaboration between the community, all of community as the gw study reported over 40% of the cases are converts so that means they grew up in a home that did not practice islam. you need the community and law enforcement being able to intervene before an act of violence. it's really, really important that we start working together.

>> is there something about a new convert that is more prone to this? we've seen this not just with radical islamist. if memory serves me, you know, there had been other shooters of world leaders by people overseas who have been recent converts to other relig gions over the year >> i think there has been a number of studies about the zeal in which somebody comes into a new faith and that may not be relevant in this particular case but of course, that is an issue in a lot of cases and i think in the isis recruitment patterns, they are looking for vulnerable individuals. and so whether it's the risk factors they are offering from a a ail nation, they offer them a path that involves some form of religion and people gravitate to that for a sense of belonging and social network.

>> mary ellen you talked about this being a workplace violence, how does it fit into the religiously motivated terrorist act? >> well, it -- both features of this crime could fit together but the one thing that's really compelling is just the enormous amount of planning and effort and that went into the crime. the excessive firepower, the very defined escape route. so now backtrack on that and look at an incident that people are talking about in which the male offender appears to have been, gotten angry or something happened. he gets up and leaves and then the shooting occurs about 30 minutes later. it makes no sense start. there is way too much planning. planning is done for a reason to have control and the most important thing to control is

the venue. so in my experience and with my understanding of behavior, this was a specific choice in a venue and the planning went to be able to control what happened inside the room. >> mary ellen o'toole and francona, thank you. still ahead the vigil in the stadium behind me. we'll bring you a live look inside as hundreds have gathered to pay respects and the rush to save lives. an exclusive interview with a doctor on the front lines treating the wounded as they arrived at the e.r. you need real relief. alka-seltzer plus day cold & flu has three cold symptom fighters to relieve your tough symptoms. (truck horn) alka-seltzer plus.

during red lobster's ultimate seafood celebration. with jazzed up new dishes like the decadent grand seafood feast and the ultimate wood-grilled feast why wait to celebrate? so hurry in, it ends soon. 4 new flavors from vuse. vibrant berry, cool mint, smooth crema, and aromatic chai. vuse. unrivalled taste satisfaction. you get used to sweaty odors you think it smells fine, but your passengers smell this... eliminate odors you've gone noseblind to for up to 30 days with the febreze car vent clip

break out the febreze, and [inhale/exhale mnemonic] breathe happy.

want to tell you where we are, at a stadium in san bern t -- san bernardino where inside thousands are paying respect to those who lost their lives in the attack. the event is underway. we're learning more about the incredible medical response to the shooting here in san bernardino while we were reporting on the manhunt yesterday, following it in realtime with live coverage was playing out away from the

cameras in hospital trama bays across the city. 14 people were killed. 21 were wounded in the shooting. the injured were triaged on site and rushed to nearby hospitals. six patients were taken to arrowhead regional medical center. this photo shows teams at the hospital waiting for the injured to arrive bracing for the worst. huge nufmbers of people on hand. dr. sanjay gupta to talked to what they faced. here is the exclusive report. >> reporter: you're looking inside one of the emergency rooms were patients were brought after the mass shooting that rocked southern california. >> we have ten operating rooms ready to go and radiology was ready. everyone was ready. >> reporter: so here is where things took place. we're in the emergency room, the arrowhead medical center. here is where the calls came in. they had about 30 minutes before patients arrived. behind the doors are trama bays. look what it looks like now and compare it to what it looked like yesterday. for every patient brought in, there were four or five doctors

prepared to treat the wounded. >> if you're looking at one of these bays, what does it look like as you're waiting for patients to come in. >> essentially, we had a senior e.r. resident at the head with an attending anesthesiologist and attending trama surgeon at the foot running the show and we had a junior e.r. resident doing primary survey, disrobing patients and checking for injuries. >> reporter: he was the e.r. doctor in charge. how much information do you have before the patients come through the doors? >> very little to be honest. essentially i was given reports of patient injuries as far as location, where they were shot and mental status. that was basically all we had. as they hit our doors. we had to prepare for a larger influx of patients. so things you wouldn't normally think of, calling the blood bank for blood, enough blankets, enough i.v. fluids.

>> reporter: this is the chief of surgery along with dr. sing spoke exclusive to cnn describing how they had to manage the worst mass shooting these doctors have seen. >> we made a decision to send one patient to the operating room, two to c.t. scan. >> reporter: the waiting, not knowing is the toughest part for any medical team. what do you worry about the most in these situations? >> that you your resources get stressed so much that you might not be able to provide care to all the people who come, and you have to decide who goes first, who goes second, who goes third. sometimes you have to decide who is, whose care is fragile so don't waste a lot of time on resources and that will be the most difficult thing to decide in mass casualties. >> reporter: that's something you probably think about over and over again.

>> absolutely because in my mind, god should be the one that decides that. >> reporter: whoever made the decision, all six patients treated here are expected to survive and do well. >> incredible medical response. sanjay gupta joins us now. are there particular injuries that they have to try to prepare for in something like this? >> they do a lot of training and drills and train for these type of scenarios. what is different is the types of weapons being used. when you think about handguns, you think about certain size bullets and velocity. everybody talking about assault rifles, the velocity of the bullets here, about three times faster than a handgun. >> really? >> yeah, a completely different type of injury. it causes a cavity within the body and that's a blast that occurs that can affect organs far away from the actual entry site. so it's remarkable. these patients in the hospital, things may look good, part of the reason they will stay in the hospital for several days is

they have to be monitored to make sure some other organ away from the injury wasn't affected. >> incredible to see. thank you so much. up next, more breaking news, new intelligent tonight about where isis could be planning to strike next and the follow up attack to the paris carnage and an update on the search for the paris attacker, the eighth terrorist that got away. details ahead. the holidays bring many challenges to the feet. by day, they must stay warm. but by night, beautiful, smoother and ready to impress the other party animals. dr. scholl's dreamwalk express pedi ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi, and streaming entertainment.

that's... seize the journey friendly. ♪ frequent heartburn brand in america. i hope you like it spicy! get complete protection with the purple pill. the new leader in frequent heartburn. that's nexium level protection. ...of fixodent plus adhesives. they help your denture hold strong more like natural teeth. and you can eat even tough food. fixodent. strong more like natural teeth. fixodent and forget it.

more breaking news about the eighth paris attacker. there is indications that isis plans to carry out an attack in the united kingdom. paul cruickshank joins me now with the latest.

what is this intelligence about isis targeting the uk? >> this comes from a senior european counterterrorism official. intelligence indicates that isis is aiming to hit uk next. and all of this coming a day after that vote in the house of commons, yesterday, authorizing british air strikes in syria. that has compounded concerns about this potential plotting from isis. and all this coming a month after a british operative linked to jihadi john was arrested in istanbul. and he was on the way back to europe with attack marching orders from isis.

there is significant concern now about the threat to the uk with over 700 british extremists having gone to syria and iraq to fight and half that number coming back. >> any idea of a time line, how imminent these may be or specific locations? >> there is -- not a sense of clarity on the degree to which this is imminent or the location in the united kingdom. but clearly a lot of concern about this threat stream tonight, anderson. >> i want to ask you about the manhunt for salah abdeslam. >> a senior official saying that the trail for salah abdeslam, the eighth attacker in paris went cold the saturday after the attacks. the last known location they have for him is a district of brussels.

no information about his whereabouts. and they are telling me that he chickened out from becoming a suicide bomber the night of the attacks and called friends in brussels in a panicked state wanting to be given a lift back to brussels. and the european intelligence services think he might be persona non grata with isis. >> interesting, paul. i appreciate the update. just ahead we have more from here, some of the most important information, the names of the 14 people whose lives were cut short in that conference center. we remember them next. in more places than before.e whether you're at home in the basement on the open road or pulling the late shift at work. you're more connected now because t-mobile doubled its lte coverage in the past year. and our extended range lte goes two times farther than before

and is four times better in buildings. get iphone 6s for zero upfront and just five bucks a month. is that coffee? yea, it's nespresso. i want in. ♪ you're ready. ♪ get ready to experience a cup above. is that coffee? nespresso. what else?

welcome back. we're standing right now in the broken heart of a community in mourning and the stadium behind me a vigil is underway to remember the victims of the attacks yesterday. poppy harlow is inside. what is going on? >> the message is clear in the opening lines, the words "we are charged but we are not hopeless"

speaking about this entire city and community. i want to take you into the lives of some of the people here. christine behind he told me three of her friends were shot, two of them died one shot in the head. they survived. she came here to find some sort of answer even though that is difficult. next to her, gustava told me he is here because he is angry. he doesn't know if there are answers. he is looking for some. you heard the most beautiful music. you have thousands of people with candles lit. when i walked in the song playing over and over was "may you find some comfort here" that says a lot. there are no answers as to why or motive but there is some comfort in this community tonight, anderson. >> i saw a lot of kids going in with their parents as well. >> i think that struck me the most. i was just with the mother of

five down here. she brought her 4-year-old. i said how do you explain this to a 4-year-old and she said you can't but i let him watch the news and let them see what is going on. they have a lot of questions. and she said we want the be together as a family and she said i take them to church a lot. there is only so much you can protect them from in this world and that helps us find faith and hope and comfort. she is one of hundreds of parents who have brought their tinie tiniest children here tonight. i think they want to see the best of their community because they saw the worst play out yesterday, anderson. >> yeah, poppy, i'm glad you're there. thank you. we talked a lot about what investigators are learning about the shooters themselves but we never want to lose sight of the most important people in what happened here, the 14 souls they killed being remembered in that

vigil. we now know their names. i want to read them. shannon johnson. bennetta bet-badal aurora godoy, larry kaufman, harry bowman, sierra clayborn, robert adams, nicholas -- tin nguyen, juan espinoza, damien meins and michael wetzel. i hope we will have photos to show you in the days ahead. all but two were san bernardino employees. we'll be telling you more about them in the days and weeks ahead. that's it for us. thanks very much for watching. now "cnn tonight" with don lemon. you were speaking of the victims i'm going to talk about them in a