after the double shooting at that gun lodge, police say the suspected shooter who's 25-year-old eddie ray ralph took off in kyle's pickup truck. then they said that he went to his sister's house and told her and his brother what had happened, and then left that house. that's when the sister called the police. police put out an all points bulletin and tracked ralph, the suspect to his own house. now, the home was ringed, according to what one police lieutenant told me, with at least a dozen police officers. they tried to talk the suspect

eddie ray ralph was arrested on two counts of capital murder. joe, this morning where do things stand with this investigation? >> john, behind me is where eddie ray ralph is being held on $3 million bond. it's still early in the investigation. authorities still trying to figure out what happened at that shooting range and why. >> former navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle who claimed a record 150 kills in iraq died at the hands of another vet, authorities say, allegedly using a semiautomatic handgun. what police don't know yet is why. >> i don't know that we'll ever know. he's the only one that knows that. but at this point he hasn't made any comments to law enforcement as to why he did it. >> they all drove together in a pickup truck, authorities say. less than two hours later, kyle and littlefield were dead. ralph had fled to his sister's house. he told her what happened. she called police. and ralph was eventually caught. ralph is an iraq war veteran. he left the marines in 2010. kyle, who wrote the best-selling auto biography "american sniper" talked ab

officers arrested this 25-year-old former marine, eddie ray ralph after a police chase. they say he turned the gun on kyle and a friend, murdering them both. he knew the stress of combat as well as anyone. he served four deployment, won seven med dallas of bravery and killed more than 150 people. he was the deadliest sniper in military history. >> i love the job, the guys, the camaraderie. >> reporter: on the home front, he became a best-selling author. in his auto biography, he writes of shooting so many iraqi insurgents they nicknamed him the devil and put a bountdty on his head. so survive all of that to be killed here at home. that young marine faces two counts of capital murder, one for each of the men trying to help him heal. >>> today, doctors plan to update the condition of the pakistani schoolgirl shot by the taliban after two big operations. malala yousafzai was shot of saying girls should be able to get educations. >>> a recovery from super bowl fever. scientists say fans may suffer from an imbalance of dopamine in the brain now that the season is over. some f

accused killer a veteran, eddie ray ralph. he told police he traded his soul for a new truck.hey found ralph driving kyle's truck shortly after the crime. guard say they had to restrain ralph last night when he got aggressive in jail. he is reportedly suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. >>> the spirit of a 15-year-old activist for women's educational rights remains strong. several months after the taliban tried to kill her. militants in pakistan shot youssef yin the head last fall. in a first video statement, she said she is alive thanks to good and all the people around the world who parade for her. >> the things they the my mission is the same to help people. and i will do that. >> she was air lifted to the united kingdom after the shooting. she is expected to stay there for some time while she recovers. doctors are hopeful she will be able to go back to school soon. >> i bet she will. that is one fierce 15-year-old girl. doug is here with more about our weather. nothing to get too excited about, huh? >> no. >> not yet. >> no. you know, all of the snow. we had a lot of

eddie ray ralph. >>> the nonprofit organization that chris kyle helped establish for veterans with ptsd said in a statement that their hearts are broken. we expect to learn more about the shooting when police hold a briefing this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. >>> now, to washington and a twist in the gun control debate. take a look at this picture. it's the president skeet shooting at camp david. it was taken in august on his 51st birthday. in an interview last week the president revealed for the first time that he is a skeet shooter but the press wanted proof and this is the white house's proof. but the photo was met with skepticism by the nra. one picture does not erase a picture of supporting every gun ban and every gun-control scheme imaginable. he heads to minneapolis tomorrow to promote his gun control plan. >>> in florida, more than 2,500 weapons were collected during an anonymous gun buyback program. two rocket launchers and 1 1 stolen firearms were among the weapons turned in. rocket launchers, can you believe it? hundreds of people lined up to sell their guns for $75 each, plus ticke

eddie ray ralph is accused of killing chris kyle and his friend on saturday. they used a stun gun on ralph on sunday when he was being unruly in his solitary confinement cell. >>> a bipartisan group of alabama lawmakers is moving to exonerate nine black men who became known as the scottsboro boys. they were convicted of raping two white women. today, lawmakers will introduce a resolution to exonerate them. a second bill would lead to posthumous pardons. only one of the men was pardoned when he was alive. >>> here, it was an all-star tribute to mayor ed koch. clinton said koch had a big brain but a bigger heart. michael bloomberg said koch would be loving all the atntion he was getting from so many political heavy-hitters. koch died last friday, at the age of 88. >> boisterous he was. >>> time for a look at the weather across the nation. rain from seattle to northern california. up to six inches of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. light snow around minneapolis, chicago, detroit and pittsburgh. also, snowing this morning from philly to boston. showers

eddie ray ralph told a relative he traded his soul for a new truck. last night he became aggressive in his jail cell and was shocked with a stun gun and restrained. he's currently on suicide watch. >>> president obama on a crusade now to curb gun violence. today he made his first trip outside the beltway pushing his new campaign. he was off to minneapolis, once nicknamed murder apolis because they had some shooting deaths. he praised the city's turn around achieved in part through tougher background checks and more men for at risk youth and offenders. that's what president obama hopes to see nationwide, but he will need the congress in his corner. >> i need everybody who's listening to keep the pressure on your member of congress to do the right thing. >> this is the first of several trips the president plans to make to hopefully put pressure on a sharply divided congress. >>> new tonight, a little breather for the nation, at least financially speaking. president obama has signed into law a bill that temporarily suspends the government's borrowing lim

man charged with killing a former navy seal and his friend at a reading range in texas say that eddie ray ralphin rack -- iraqi war veteran. police say he shot and killed former navy seal chris kyle and chad littlefield saturday evening in glen rose. $3 million held on bond. so far, no motive has been given. kyle was the author of the book ."merican sniper >> a hostage standoff entering its seventh day. an open line of communication with the man allegedly holding a five-year- old boy hostage. they are in an underground ogre. accused of abducting the tuesday after fatally shooting a school bus driver. attended 500 people the driver's funeral on sunday. >> 5:52 now. pretty cold out there. when does not much of a factor, it felt like biting cold. >> a bit of a windchill factor. our temperatures well below average today. avidly a good 10 degrees. we think it will play and a little bit. you want to dress for us, that is for sure. cynne and icket. both the sweater dresses. our temperatures will be warming up later. this conga line of clippers we had for about a week and a half is ongoing. .e have ano

the alleged killer, eddie ray ralph, former marine, arrived at the range with the victims.illing them with a semi automatic handgun at close range, he drove to his sister's house and confess ed to the murders before returning home. >> he was apprehended without any scuffle or fight. and then early this morning, he was arraigned and brought to our jail here where he is now. >> the sheriff says his understanding is that ralph may suffer from mental problems related to his military service, but offer nod specifics or possible motive. >> i don't think anybody knows why. they all went out there together. >> reporter: much of kyle's time in iraq was spent providing sniper cover for troops. insurgents nicknamed him the devil of ramadi. >> it gave me pride, knowing i was doing my job enough to get into the minds of the terrorists and make them fearful of me. >> reporter: back here in the states he started a company in his native texas and raised his public profile with projects like the nbc reality show "stars earn stripes" which paired celebrities with soldiers to carry out milita

accused shooter is believed to be a troubled former soldier kyle was trying to help. 25-year-old eddie ray ralph shot the men in the back around 3:30 in the afternoon fleeing in a pick-up truck. >> well, i don't think anybody knows why. they all went out there together in the same vehicle. it's my understanding the suspect may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself. he was a marine for four years and may have been suffering from some complications from that. i'm not sure. >> chris kyle left the navy in 2009. he dealt with his own post war struggles and established a charity to help other vets. ruth's mother may have been the one to reach out of the. two counts of capitol murder. chris kyle and chad littlefield leave behind young families. >> horrible story. >> thank you. and we have another horrific story. a bus crash in southern california leaves 8 people dead and more than 35 hurt. california highway police say a crowded mexican tour bus collided with two other cars and flipped over while coming down the mountains east of los angeles. the driver

littlefield had been dead for several hours before their bodies were discovered after 25-year-old eddy ray ralph reportedly shot the two men with a semiautomatic handgun. he hopped in crisp truck and fled the scene. he was arrested at his home 75 miles from the scene. there are reports ralph is being unruly in jail. he apparently had to be tasered after attacking staff members at the jail and he's being held in a separate population away from the rest of the inmates because he's posing a danger while he's behind bars. martha: chris kyle had a lot of friend. how are they reacting to all of this? >> reporter: former alaska governor sarah palin tweeted about this. a lot of people are in disbelief. he had the reputation for being one of the deadliest snipers. four tours of duty. he wrote a "new york times" best seller "american sniper" which was an autobiography. he was so feared by iraqi insurgents that a bounty was put on his head. here is one of chris kyle's comrades, a retired u.s. army ranger who was on fox and friends. >> a lot of people are asking why are you taking people who are drugging ou

sniper met with eddie ray ralph. it ended with kyle and littlefield shot mult ep iltimes at a remote area of a gun range near ft. worth texas. they were found nearly two hours later by a guide at the range. about 25 to 30 other weapons were found at the crime screen, including ak-47s and lawn guns. ralph drove off in kyle's pickup and headed to his sister's house. there he allegedly told her and his brother what happened. he left again and the two called police. ralph was found at his home, but managed to get away in a truck. police apprehended him a few miles down the road without incident. police found a semiautomatic handgun they believe to be the murder weapon at ralph's home. we don't know the motive, kyle is known to help veterans with posttraumatic stress. the three went to the shooting range together in one vehicle, according to police. >> there has been some mention of the suspect's mother was a schoolteacher for what we understand for a long time. she may have reached out to mr. kyle to try to help her son.

after the double shooting at that gun lodge, police say the suspected shooter who's 25-year-old eddie ray ralph took off in kyle's pickup truck. then they said that he went to his sister's house and told her and his brother what had happened, and then left that house. that's when the sister called the police. police put out an all points bulletin and tracked ralph, the suspect to his own house. now, the home was ringed, according to what one police lieutenant told me, with at least a dozen police officers. they tried to talk the suspect out of his house. and somehow he managed to get out and jump in a pickup truck and take off down the road. he got about six miles out, and they were able to catch him, pull him over, stopped him, they said he gave up without a struggle. they searched the house, and that is when police say they found what they believe is the murder weapon, a semiautomatic handgun. now, this appeared to be the first time, authorities say, that chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield met with the suspect at the shooting range. here's what they said. >> there has been some mentio

police say eddie ray ralph told them he was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. the victim, chris kyle, had reached out to ralph for taking him to a shooting range over the weekend. >>> pakistan is planning an amusement park in the town where osama bin laden spent his final hours. the $30 million park and outdoor recreation center in abadbad will take about five years to bill. >>> we'll talk about what michelle obama can do to make an impact in the next four years. that is coming up in less than ten minutes on "jansing and co." >>> a top rating agency is in the government's crosshairs for its role in the 2008 financial crisis. cnbc's mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. mandy, a lawsuit against standard & poor's has been filed. what's that about? >> they're suggesting that s&p ignored their own standards to raise mortgage bonds that imploded in the financial crisis. we know the story well. and at the end of the day, it really cost investors billions of dollars and wreaked a lot of havoc. the civil charges by the u.s. attorney general, eric holder, a

his name is eddie ray ralph. to help him. >> he was there as part of this therapy session and brian kilmeade who sat down with chris kyle a short time ago here on our set, brian, you and i were talking before the show just a horrible horrible story and unbelievable as this was unfolding. >> right. 25-year-old marine was actually trying to get away and they had a mini chase. they were able to get him, apprehend him and he he is in custody at this hour. we know that chris kyle was working on another book that was going to be released it was done. he wrote the doctrinal for snipers. special forces doctrine for snipers. that came through loud and clear. and he survived now: he has two kids and a wife. his career outside of the military was just kicking into gear. he wondered what he was going to do. i also remember chris saying that he tried to get into the military. and they turned him down because he has got pins in his elbow or his shoulder from a rodeo accident. then they called him back and said all right, we wi

accused of shooting and killing former navy seal chris kyle was an iraq war veteran. 25-year-old eddie ray ralphlph shot kyle and another man during a trip to a gun range saturday night. police have not offered motive but say the suspect may suffer from mental illness. best known for his book and career as expert marks man. but also helping veterans through post traumatic stress disorder. >> still ahead at 8:00, highlights from the half-time show from the live singing to the epic dancing to the destiny's child reunion. some of the most talked about moments. >> while most people's paychecks are shrinking, medical bills are not. it's 10 minutes after 8:00. we'll be right back.  a turkey-cheddar-bacon in the afternoon, or a tuna salad when the job is done, sandwich on your terms with any of dunkin's freshly made bakery sandwiches for just $2.99. america runs on dunkin'. [ male announcer ] once you've got verizon fios internet, you get it, the difference 100% fiber optics makes. but don't take our word for it, ask a real fios customer. ask me about the upload speeds. they'

police say this man, eddie ray ralph told them in september he was suffering post traumatic stress disorder and was hurting and that his family didn't understand what he was going through. he was then placed in protective custody for mental evaluation. today ralph is in a texas jail facing murder charges. >>> five baltimore firefighters recovering this morning, they narrowly escaped serious injury while battling a four-alarm fire at a lumber company. officials say the firefighters had been ordered to evacuate when two floors of the building collapsed. no word on what caused this fire. >>> officials at the boy scouts of america headquarters in dallas, texas, have a lot of reading to do today. group of scouts and leaders delivered more than 1 million petitions, hoping the organization will vote sometime this week to end its national policy banning gays. >>> nasa says an asteroid is hurdling toward earth but no need to worry. asteroid 2012da14 is not going to strike our beautiful planet february 15th. it will streak by it but it will be tugging on earth's gravitational field and that will caus

police arrested 25-year-old eddie ray ralph a many rear -- a marine forallegedly shooting a neighborge. they suspect ralph was suffering from some sort of mental illness. >>> approving mental health -- improving meant ath health services is one aspect of gun safety on the table. another is universal background checks. a proposition with tremendous support from everyone except the nra and at least not now because back in 1999, nra executive vice president wayne lapierrre was in favor of universal background checks and a clip of that was used in an ad that ran during the super bowl. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory in-state criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. no loopholes anywhere for anyone. >> america can do this. for us. >> that clip was part of an ad by mayors against illegal guns. again it ran just in washington during the super bowl yesterday. that was the nra in '99. we're back after the break. stay with us. and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the

police say he was gunned down on saturday by 25-year-old eddie ray ralph, a former iraq war veteran whoe suffering from mental illness. >>> and "the kansas city star," a secret legal review concludes president obama has broad powers to prevent a cyber attack against america. the obama administration is said to be many the midst of developing new guidelines for digital warfare including how the military can react with preemptive strikes. >>> "the wall street journal." iran's foreign minister told world leaders yesterday tehran is prepared to resume negotiations over its nuclear program. the u.s. and european officials, however, are skeptical such talks will happen. iran has delayed similar negotiations in the past and is yet to formally commit a delegation to a new round of talks scheduled for later this month. >>> and usa today," several school districts throughout the u.s. are considering a ban on energy drinks such as a-hour energy and red bull. a recent study found emergency room visits linked to such drinks doubled over the past four years. in 2011, the energy drink industry was val

eddie ray routh shot and killed him with a handgun. investigators say at this point there's no known motive, ralph being held on a $3 million bond rightsome of the other top stories making news this afternoon. at least 15 people have been detained for questioning in the death of a new york city woman who went missing on vacation in turkey. sierra's body was found in istanbul yesterday. turkish authorities say at this point it looks like she died from a blow to the head. the state department is working with the turkish government to figure out who killed the 33-year-old mother of two. 34 people, many of them high school students, are all being treated for injuries this afternoon. their bus hit an overpass in boston last night. the students and their chaperons had been visiting harvard university and were on their way back to pennsylvania when it happened. >>> and a bizarre story out of london today. police there tasered a knife-wielding man outside buckingham palace this morning. it happened in front of a large group of tourists during the changing of the guard ceremony there. that man is now in police custody. >>> two hours and counti