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stadium, many who say they knew victims and victims' families. the largest mosque in san bernardino county held a prayer vigil honoring the victims and urging people not to link islam or the islamic community with the attacks. and we're learning more about the shooters, syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik. farook appears to have been radicalized and in contact with people with extremist views and the four guns purchased were done so legally. jay, as you've been following the story over the last 24 hours, we have been getting a lot of information, it is the first 24 hours of forensic data coming in about the suspects. >> it appears they were leading a double life, richard, here. a lot of the neighbors, co-workers say, hey, we didn't see this at all. they were quiet, they were calm, never any problems, while they were stockpiling ammunition, explosives, building homemade bombs, a lot going on in that house that no one knew anything

about. >> what everybody is asking, even asked 100 times, the motive. >> yeah, and that's the key. that's what police, that's what federal agents are trying to determine right now. and they're using computer correspondents as well as plans to build these explosives as a key to maybe finding out what they were thinking about, what the motive may have been here, was this planned long before or did something happen at that party that sparked this, that brought it to the front before they had planned to attack, use these weapons, use these explosives. still no real answers yet. going to take some time according to investigators. >> what do we see in the next 24 hours? >> we see them continue to interview a lot of people inside the room at the time of the attack, a lot of the family members of the suspects in this case who are cooperating, by the way. they want to get to the bottom of who these people were, and only then according to the agents i've talked to can they begin to explore how connected they were with others maybe

overseas, maybe online. >> jay, as you follow so many of these stories in the past here, we have the names of the victims. that's so important for this somewhat small town of san bernardino city, 200,000 people. >> i think it is key. and like you talked about coming into this, there are a lot of people here who if they didn't know someone inside, they know a friend of someone inside. it really affects everyone in this community. and it is key to begin the healing process. a lot of people talk about that. it is going to be a tough process in this town, a lot of people close to those who were inside, those who were wounded, and now they begin that difficult process as they go through the holidays. >> as we start the first weekend, nbc's jay gray. thank you so much. the names of all 14 people killed in this massacre have been released. morgan radford has more on what we learned about these men and women. >> reporter: this was the moment ryan reyes found out his partner had died. until now, ryan still had hope

that daniel kaufman made it out of work alive. >> i immediately freaked out, tried to call him, text him. >> reporter: kaufman was listed among the 14 people killed at the inland regional center when an office holiday party became a target. among them, michael wetzel, a father of six, coached youth soccer. damien meins, a health worker, played santa for children. sierra clayborn, a sister, loved protecting people as a health inspector. and nicholas thalasinos, a loving husband. >> i'm sure he went down fighting and protecting people. >> reporter: his wife jennifer says he knew the gunman syed farook. >> he knew syed. he worked with him. he never had anything bad to say about him. >> reporter: he wore traditional tassels. his wife thinks he may have been targeted. >> he believed in the jewish tradition and i feel my husband was basically martyred. i'm wondering if maybe they did get into an argument because my husband was very outspoken.

>> reporter: tense moments unfolding with each passing minute. 21 were wounded, several critical. >> i will leave it for the patients themselves to tell their own stories. >> reporter: families of the survivors speaking out. >> doors opened, gunman started shooting, everyone, you know, hit the floor. >> reporter: kathie's sister was shot, the bullet still in her body. >> the bullet currently is still somewhere in her abdomen and we're just waiting. >> reporter: waiting and praying. >> you never think it is going to hit that close to home until it happens. >> reporter: but it did. families now asking for support and answers. >> nbc's morgan radford with that. san bernardino police lieutenant mike madden was the first officer on the scene of wednesday's mass shooting. a 24-year veteran who normally has a desk job and was on his way to lunch when that call went out. and last night he spoke about that horrific scene he encountered. take a listen. >> i'll tell you, it was something that although we train

for it, it is something you're never actually prepared for. my goal was to assemble an entry team and enter into the building to engage the active shooter. this mind set and this type of training became indoctrinated in us after the columbine incident and that was the goal. as we made our way around to the east side, it was immediately evident that the reports that we were getting were 100% true. there were victims who were clearly obviously deceased outside of the conference room, and i relayed that information to the other responding officers and again requested assistance. 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. and when we entered, there was fresh gunpowder and the smell of gunpowder in the air leading me to believe there was, in fact, there were, in fact, shooters still. it is extremely loud. the fire alarms were going off. there were -- there were people who were obviously injured and obviously in great amounts of pain. and that was evident in the momemon and wails we heard in the room, we had fire sprinklers going off in the room, so that added to further chaos. i noticed upon entry there is a christmas tree in there, all the tables were decorated for a christmas party, and it just -- it just seemed so senseless that, you know, here is people going into their holiday festivities and now we were dealing with death. there were many officers who did extraordinary jobs yesterday for our department and also for all of the agencies who responded so

quickly. it was just -- it was -- it was true ly overwhelming to see all of the agencies that got here and got here in a hurry, to provide us assistance. nobody hesitated. people knew what their job was, their job was to try to bring some calm to chaos. >> now to shiba russell, my colleague there in new york city. and shiba, you can see from the lieutenant that ark of trying to move forward and part of that, we're now closer and more forward than we have ever been here, closest to the crime scene right behind us. >> there are still more details that we are sure to learn about today. richard lui reporting for us live from california. we are going to turn to political reaction now, to the shooting in california. and it was a big part of a busy thursday on capitol hill. senate republicans overwhelmingly rejected new gun control legislation. twice yesterday democrats tried to attach new provisions on to a budget bill, including the ability to bar suspected

terrorists from buying guns. the bill itself was a major it now heads back to the house where it is expected to clear. the white house said president obama will veto the bill. the other big move by the senate, they passed a $305 billion, five-year transportation infrastructure bill. it is the largest of its kind in a decade. and not a moment too soon. current funding in the federal highway trust fund expires today. there is a big omission. the zdraga act is reportedly not included. bill karins with your weekend weather is straight ahead. and the second amendment under fire as president obama and the candidates weigh in. "first look" is back in three minutes. constipated?

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through your weekend. that's one story. how about the warmth? we have snow on the ground still in areas in the northern plains. not for long. this weekend will be toasty by december standards. today, high of 52 in omaha. temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees above average for this time of year. it continues all weekend long, even into next week, no sign of any big cold air coming anywhere throughout this region. detroit on saturday, 49. indianapolis, 51. even boston, 51. remember how bad your winter was last year? taking advantage of this, i hope, this weekend. even into sunday, staying very warm throughout much of the country. even duluth, whose average high in the upper 20s, is going to be in the 40s this weekend. for today, south florida has the downpours. rest of the country looks great. how is that in dallas. 61 and sunny. travel trouble spots south florida and the pacific northwest this upcoming weekend. numerous areas of rain, seattle to portland. this is -- this is a december treat so far across the can country. >> many cities deserve a

reprieve. >> my grass is still green. >> amazing. thank you. . gun control is taking center stage in washington with lawmakers on each side digging in. andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: the guns had barely fallen silent before both sides went to their corners. republicans tweeting their prayers for the victims and denouncing islamic terrorism. democrats focusing on guns. >> right now, it is just too easy. we can take basic steps that would make it harder, not impossible, but harder for individuals to get access to weapons. >> reporter: donald trump slammed the president with innuendo. >> radical islamic terrorism and i'll tell you what, we have a president that refuses to use the term. he refuses to say it. there is something going on with him that we don't know about. >> reporter: it is a political

divide graphically illustrated in new york tabloids. muslim killers versus god isn't fixing this. liberal blogger igor volsky set off a tweet storm calling out lawmakers who offer prayers but opposing new gun laws, talking about how much money they would receive from the nra. >> after all the shootings, the lawmakers have been thinking and praying and doing nothing at all. >> if you are too dangerous to fly in america, you are too dangerous to buy a gun in america. >> reporter: donald trump bragged all this is helping him. >> every single time there is a tragedy, my poll number goes up. >> andrea mitchell reporting there. dick cheney gets busted. and lindsey graham's hail mary moment. scramble politics is up next.

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and on abortion, he said, they will not win. >> it will be about the nominee of the republican party, telling a woman who has been raped you got to carry the child of the rapist. good luck with that. not the speech you thought you were going to hear, right? not the speech i thought i was going to give. >> meanwhile, a different strategy from donald trump. >> you're not going to support me, even though you know i'm the best thing that could ever happen to israel. i'll be that. and i know why you're not going to support me. you're not going to support me because i don't want your money. isn't it crazy. no, it's true. >> trump is also hearing it from the council on american islamic relations over his comments about new jersey muslims

cheering on 9/11. >> trump is not only a bigot, but a liar, a dangerous one at that. we cannot entrust our nation's safety and security to someone who lies, who insists on lying, when corrected by national media. >> from the hill, clinton aligned group claims to have mole in koch machine. a team providing information from the inner workings of the conservative billionaire brothers. as is tradition for former vice presidents, dick cheney's marbled bust was unveiled outside the senate chamber yesterday. and perhaps not to be outdone, 150 pounds of chocolate, yes, chocolate, formed this life sized sculpture of russian president vladimir putin. the statue will debut at a fair in st. petersburg. chocolate. in case you missed it, a lighter moment in a tough time from our

friends at "morning joe," house speaker paul ryan drops the mike, literally. >> how are the efforts to unify the -- >> oh, crap. >> what you got there? >> hang on. the whole thing fell down on us here. can you hear me? >> we can totally hear you. >> we can hear everything, actually, paul. we can hear everything. this is -- this is going to make some clips. >> yes, the mike is still on. he played it off like a champ. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. let's bring in msnbc political reporter jane tim now to talk about the rest of today's news. let's start with congress and guns. why the lack of urgency to pass any form of gun control legislation here one day after the shooting in california? >> you know, there is a lot of urgency but we reached a political stalemate. democrats on the left want to pass comprehensive gun control reform, want to have things changed. republicans are so opposed to any kind of legislation that

they say would infringe on their second amendment rights and there is no middle ground here, that even the reforms that maybe people could agree on, there is so little trust on either side and so much frustration that in two years since newtown, so little has gotten done that no one is going to find any common ground here, even things like the bill we saw yesterday trying to get people on the terror watch list, not to be able to buy guns. >> the vote was closed around tightening the background check system. is this something we could see grow legs in the future here over the next couple of weeks? especially with president obama? >> i think we really thought we could have background check loopholes close after newtown. there was so much opposition, they got close but couldn't get there. >> another big story coming out of the senate today, huge voting to defund planned parenthood and repeal large portions of obama care. this is one week after the shooting in colorado, what do you make about the timing of this particular vote? >> there is so much opposition to any kind of funding for planned parenthood, even when it is funding, they're not funding abortions the republicans

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and welcome back. we want to go back to our coverage in san bernardino. and the story of one fortunate survivor, his name is patrick bacari, he was at the massacre at the inland regional center and he remembers seeing syed farook at the christmas party he

was attending with his co-workers. and a trip to the bathroom may have saved his life. the horror unfolding on the other side of the door. >> somebody asked where is syed? i didn't realize he wasn't there at the moment. i left to use the restroom, i hear explosions, the walls pummeling, i look back at the mirror, i see i'm bloody on my face. we just secured the restroom so no one could enter. >> how? >> i laid on the floor and put my feet against the door. and i had the other gentleman beside me do the same. >> did the gunman come into the restroom? >> he wasn't going to be able to get in. i guess if he did, it would be over our dead bodies. when the s.w.a.t. team finally came, basically tried to run as fast as we could away from the building. i told them i was a medic and one of my good friends was shot. i tried to render her aid with what minimal equipment we had. she got shot multiple times and we could see the bullets lodged under the skin on her wrists, and that wasn't where the entries were. >> where do you go from here in.

>> just take each day as cherished as can be. >> horrible moments for everyone involved in that mass shooting scene. i'm shiba russell. this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now.

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