this is garland, texas.and it's a small area about 20 miles northeast of dallas. a small town. people like to have fun and family days they never expected anything like this to happen bill, we're talking to casy reporting on the scene. he's explaining the fbi is on the scene looking for information, looking in terms of what they can learn from this situation. what do you think the fbi is looking for? and what will they try to look for when it becomes revealed who these two are? >> well, first, kelly right now they're working with police to try to identify where these individuals came from and understand better if the vehicle there poses a risk. and they suggest that may give them more credence to the fact they have to be more concerned about the vehicle. what they're going to be looking for is to see if there are other people that may have known and may have been planning and perhaps behind them. they want to know quickly who else may be involved. so as we know from past investigations, the investigation wil

garland, texas, a suburb just outside of dallas. and ed, this venue we understand was specifically chosen by the afdi, the american freedom defense initiative, the people behind this, because there had, in fact, been a pro-islam event just a few weeks ago at the same venue, is that correct? >> reporter: it was. it was back in january. it was an event that was held here. obviously nothing like this happened at that event, but it was definitely, you know, the same scene. you saw confrontations between people who felt threatened by islam, this particular -- the motive of what you saw here tonight in garland, texas. so, yeah, there was that tension, there was, again, a high presence of security back in january and a great deal of concern about just how volatile that situation might have become. and here now, this is exactly why this particular location, this civic center in garland, texas, was chosen for this event by pamela geller and the other folks who organized this event here tonight. >> ed, please stay with us. you're on the scene

cnn's ed lavandera is in garland, texas with the latest. ed. >> reporter: john officials here in the dallas suburb of garland garland, texas say the shooting erupted ten minutes before the prophet muhammad art contest was supposed to be wrapping up. it is not known if the organizers were targeted but that is the suspicion law enforcement is operating under. this event had been in the works for some time and gotten a great deal of publicity and great deal

there were two men who drove up to the civic center in garland, texas, in a dark sedan, jumped out and started shooting. they wounded a garland independent school district officer. that officer was treated and released from the hospital. he will be okay. the two suspects were quickly gunned down in the parking lot of the civic center in garland, texas. law enforcement do not know the identities of the suspects. fbi investigators are on the scene trying to figure out what the motive here was. this was an event highly controversial. the organizers of the event describe it as a free speech event. those critics of the organizers which included a keynote speech by a right wing dutch politician who has been on the target list of islamic groups around the world say this was nothing more than an anti-islam event. a great deal of controversial surrounding this. john, back to you. >> ed lavandera. ed said there were concerns that the gunman's car may have explosive devices inside. law enforcement had disabled the device. those attending the contest that was held to draw cartoons of the prophet m

he said the mayor of garland, texas says most people were from out of state. garland were unhappy of the event going to their hometown. cnn's ben ferguson has more. >> reporter: people did not want this close to their homes. this area i'm right now probably 12 miles away from it you have a walmart, a sam's club you have grocery stores you have houses. it's close to a school. this is a convention center for the community on a smaller scale than major city convention center. this is a mom and dads come together for art shows and basketball games. people in the community are concerned. they did not want this. >> now this attack comes on the heels of similar attacks in france and copenhagen. we do not know exactly who did the shooting here in texas, but we know the attacks in europe did have terror connections. we are joined by cnn's nic robertson. put us in the international context, nic. >> reporter: attending the event in texas, he is on the hit list. a cartoonist was on the al qaeda hit list he was killed in paris at the "charlie hebdo" magazine where two broth

so it will be a long night there in garland, texas.hank you very much. >> and this event was very controversial in garland, texas. >> earlier we spoke with u.s. justice correspondent evan perez who says law enforcement is trying to figure out if they could have stopped this attack. >> at this point, there is a very big concern that this is more like the attack in copenhagen where you had a free speech event, you had people motivated again by the -- by people who felt that this was going to be a threat to islam and wanted to take action to try to strike back against it. and again, this is something that the fbi federal law enforcement was aware of. this event was something that was as ed pointed out, very controversial locally. so there was a lot of already heavy police presence. now what they're doing is first of all trying to make sure that everything's safe, that there's no explosives, that there's no danger to the public. but now they're also trying to figure out who these suspects are, whether or not there was anything that they mi

listen to what he had to say before last night's gathering. >> it is no coincidence that we're in garland, texas, tonight. it's here that three months ago shortly after the "charlie hebdo" massacre islamic activists convened to demand that free speech be curtailed. our answer is don't mess with texas. [ applause ] >> and this morning we also heard from the organizer of the event. she said islamic jihadists tries to repress freedom of speech in paris and copenhagen and have turned their sights on u.s. soil. >> the fact is we need to have this discussion. there's a problem in islam. the problem is we can't talk about the problem. we are seeing the wholesale slaughter of christians in iraq and in syria. in nigeria, in the congo, central african republic jihad is raging and all we can talk about is backlash phobia. we have to be able to discuss -- when you say it's anti-muslim, excuse me. i'm anti-jihad. anyone that says that i'm anti-muslim is implying that all muslims support jihad. that soundsislamicphobic to me. >> they supported your right to freedom of speech. this was a new york city muslim c

that's garland, texas. that happened this afternoon. 's what the garland police have confirmed to our affiliate there. they are saying that two men, again, pulling up in a vehicle, shooting a garland police officer outside that building. those men, who then shot that police officer, were shot and killed by other garland police. now, the officer who was shot remains at this moment in a local hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. business near that area, according to kxas, were evacuated, including a nearby wall mat. in these pictures you can see at the moment, one, two, three ambulances at the bottom of your screen. it appears they have a hook and ladder above the street, and a little bit higher on your screen here on the left side some more fire vehicles as well as police vehicles there in garland, texas. again, at this art exhibit that featured illustrations of the prophet mu homeland that some islams may find offensive. at the moment, as we look at these chopper cam pictures live from -- i believe it's our affiliate who are givin

. >> two gunmen are dead in garland, texas. the heavily armed men drove up to the front of the building in a car where a muhammad art exhibit was taking place and opened fire on a security officer. the security officer's injuries are not life threatening. garland police officers exchanged gun fire with the gunman killing both of them at the scene. through out the night a police bomb squad has been using a robot to check for a possible incendiary device. they are concerned the two gunmen could have rigged their car with positive explosives. they evacuated people from wal-mart and sam's club and other businesses. they are not heuer if it is in response to an anti free speech event dating back to january 17th. the event was designed to say you cannot squash free speech from america. today's event was a cartoon contest frof muhammad. our way of life is under attack. she described a scene that a swat team member told the crowd inside the venue they were in an active shooter situation. a security officer was down. the crowd she said

earlier, i did speak with the mayor of garland, texas. he had more details on how the shooting unfolded. >> they were people leaving, two gunmen in a car tried to drive into the parking lot. jumped out with automatic rifles. started firing at an unarmed school security officer. he was hit in the leg. he was transported to the hospital and has been released. but this first suspect was shot immediately. the second suspect was shot and wounded and reached for his backpack and of course officers not knowing any idea who was in the backpack, shot him again. and he was killed. both suspects are actually still lying at the scene. the bomb squads are trying to check the vehicle to see if there's any bombs or whatever. we don't have any confirmation that there's any bombs. just to be safe, we've evacuated the area to make sure that no one gets hurt. police have done an excellent job. we've had a lot of help from our neighboring police department. >> at this point, you believe the two dead gunmen are in fact the only people involved in this attack?

a new normal what happened in garland, texas, as casey has reported throughout the evening. two gunmen pulling up to a muhammad art exhibit outside the caldwell center. shot a security officer. the security officer wounded only in the ankle. the garland police department ready on the scene in case something happened because of the controversial nature in defense of free speech was unfolding tonight. they were there at the ready and took out those two gunmen. their bodies still lay at the vehicle they were driving, as police moved in to try to determine if an incendiary device was in that car. as bill daley, the former fbi investigator pam geller the organizer tonight of the event, as well as a terror expert have determined this is the new normal. this is what we are experiencing in america. but we still have the right to defend our freedom of speech. and as we saw this evening, or heard this evening, inside that venue, when they learned that an officer was down what those people did was waved the american flag singing "god bless america" and began to pray. we end that tonight

in a report on their official radio channel has now claimed responsibility for that attack in garland, texas. the announcer on the radio station says two of their soldiers attacked the event in garland. that is how isis often refers to its followers around the world. the broadcast on the radio station says these men opened fire at the direction of the exhibit. one security guard was injured. he was in the isis radio report which says the two brothers as they say, died in an exchange of gunfire. the significance here isis claiming responsibility for the attack in garland, texas, that took place sunday night. now it is possible isis is claiming responsibility although they had no direct knowledge before or during. nevertheless the terror group is trying to draw connections with what happened here in the united states. more on that claim in moments. >>> members of the phoenix mosque that both gunmen attended claim they are in shock this morning. the mosque president says that elton simpson was a remember until five years ago, around the time the fbi arrested simpson on a false statement charge.

the community as you were describing and, you know, when i look at -- around 230,000 people in garland, texas. it is about, oh, what, 20, 30 minutes northeast of dallas, texas. >> right. >> fairly diverse community. about 40%, 43% minority. how would you describe this area as a community? >> well, this is really on the very northern end of garland. it's -- it's really where garland and richardson come together. not far from plano, as well. all communities just on the north end of the dallas suburbs. you know, i think it's a typical working class community. there are pockets of this area that are certainly upper middle class. and just a bustling area. a lot of activity. still a lot of construction here. not far from where we are, maybe three, four miles state farm has just moved its corporate headquarters into the area. toyota has a major part of its operations in the area so it's an area that's bust too long say the least, richard. >> jay, one last question before i move over to jim quickly here. did you see -- you were saying some federal, potentially, some federal government presence arrivi

this is goor land texas -- garland, texas.dfw said there's been a shooting outside of the curtis caldwell center. after one person was shot at a mohammed art exhibit and contest. there have been protests and complaints about arts putting in place at the mohammed art exhibit. no you i can report to you a shooting at the caldwell certainty. there's a lock down in place as you might image. a perimeter is being set up. this this is what we are having in to our newsroonewsroom. we have to confirm the reports of the news on the ground. we have our own correspondents headed to the scene right now. they said they have evacuated a nearby wal-mart as a precaution in case there are explosives while they search a suspect's car. school buses are being driven to attendees of the art exhibit away safely. two suspects shot and killed. this is according to the garland tv. we need to confirm this one on -- let me read this. two suspects shot and killed. we understand there was an exchange of gun fire with potentially one officer taken to the ho

breaking overnight in garland, texas. serious questions and concerns.led up outside a venue holding a contest drawing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. the men jumped out of the car

breaking news this hour, police in garland, texas, have? shot and killed two men who opened fire outside an art exhibit featuring cartoons muha. checking the suspect's car for possible explosives. the american freedom defense initiative organized the event, the mohamed art exhibit and cartoon contest. i want to show you what happened inside the building just moments after officers shot and killed the gunman outside. >> outside, a police officer has been shot, two suspects have been shot. possibly have explosives on them. that's what we are worried about right now. we are going to move y'all into the auditorium. i need everybody to remain calm. we'll take you into the auditorium. a little further away from the front of this building. >> were the suspects muslim? >> i have no idea right now. >> i don't know anything other than that. i know, to be aware. we are going to move y'all soon to get you away from the front of the building. >> the keynote speaker was right-wing dutch politician, a photo, picture taken just before #garland shooting, th

lou: i want to turn to garland texas. radicalized somali americans apparently were killed because they were attacking a free speech event. i want to get your thoughts, and your view about how it was handled. the outcome. and what we can expect going forward. >> to me, obviously facts remain to be uncovered. it's a terrorist event from everything we can tell. it wasn't a demonstration that got out of control. it wasn't muslims offended by cartoon images of the prophet muhammad. it was a terrorist attack against a free speech event. i think we better get ready for more attacks like that. suicide bombers and all the rest. from isis in syria and iraq, across north africa thousands of people, our own fbi has said have come from the united states and europe with valid passports to get trained in terrorism. and they'll be coming back to this country. the notion that the war on terror is over is just flatly wrong. lou: and one only has to look across north africa, the middle east and garland texas, to realize the truth of that st

of more attacks like the one in garland, texas. it's the first time the group has claimed responsibility for an attack on american soil. the radio addressed the 34-year- old and 30-year-old as heroes. but it's not clear if they had any direct connection to isis or just inspired by the organization. police say the two men arrived at this dallas area conference cent where an art contest depicting the prophet mohammed was being held. they were armed with assault rifles and opened fire, wounding a security guard. both men were shot dead by police. >> i can't imagine what went through his mind. or -- >> reporter: she says her son was a devote muslim but she never thought he would hurt anyone. >> i mean, to be convinced to do something like this is beyond, just beyond me. >> reporter: the men drove a thousand miles from arizona to this event space in garland, texas. the building re-opened today. the fbi started investigating him nine years ago. as investigators searched the suspect's apartment in phoenix for more evidence on monday, law

as we see in garland texas it did in fact happen. the important thing now to realize is that the police are not sure if the shooting is specifically related to the event and that's exactly what they are trying to figure out now. they are interviewing all 48 of those people they just took away on a bus. the other individuals will be interviewing them seeing if any of those individuals could have had a relationship with the two shooters. >> that is interesting. if there had been complaints they would have wanted to know if any one had been reached out to directly and maybe triangulate around and figure out if there was a causation between what was going on inside the building and the shooting that went ott inside the building. quickly shths you quickly, you talk about the police being at the ready. i guess you could say they had what they needed. they took these guys out. >> we anticipate this. that's why we see the robots there so quickly. we know that in situations like this it's not unusual for these types of attackers to plant bomb

i guess the bottom line question if an event like this was organized in garland, texas work you allow it to take place? >> we would have to look at that. too early to start speculating on those things. this is something that actually had absolutely nothing to do with garland it was organized by a group not from garland, had little garland or texas participation. it just -- it's not a part of our community. it was something that was brought to our community and happened here. >> douglas athas is the mayor. thank you very much for joining us. that police officer who shot and killed these two gunmen obviously you consider -- a lot of people in your community consider him a hero right? >> he was doing his job and we -- all of our police officers are heros and he stepped forward and proved why they are. >> certainly did. all right. thanks very much mayor douglas ath as of garland, texas. >> the discussion of the blurred line in the united states between hate speech and free speech. even the white house is weighing in. our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin is standing by. own? try new ave

from garland texas.it's a big part of that metropl metroplex. those people are going nowhere fast. hard to tell if the water is receding or still flooding in. it's going up slowly, i'm being told that actual levels are going up still. they're probably going to try to get those people out of there in some way but the helicopter shots we were seeing before, i apologize folks, this is ktvt, we're not in control of this helicopter camera, but when they pan back, and they took a nice wide sweep of how bad that traffic problem is, it goes for miles. everybody parked on those freehs for miles. i want to go to dan simon standing by in highlands, texas, all the way south. i still can't believe i'mp hopscotching between dallas and where you are in highlands, texas, in the houston area. you're northeast of houston and the pictures look virtually the same. there is literally water everywhere in texas. >> and ashleigh, we saw almost the identical situation play out in houston in terms of what we saw in dallas this mo

happening now in garland, texas. police are still working to identify the two men who police shot and killed after those men opened fire outside an event showcasing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. nbc's jay gray is live. what's the scene in garland. >> investigators are still investigating this situation. still a very tense scene although both suspects were shot by police. it all unfolded yesterday around 7:00 in the evening just as the event was about to end. two men pulled up jumped out and opened fire. one garland security guard was hit in the ankle. he was okay. there was stepped up security at this event already. garland police officers including s.w.a.t. members were on scene and returned fire and killed both suspects. at least three loud blasts have the area around the center overnight. we know that bomb teams using robots were investigating them in the car and the area around that car. we haven't been told yet what those blasts are. we can only assume it was part of that work. we do know that along with the

as you know he's part of a shoot-out at this event in garland, texas.ontest featuring the prophet mohammed. elton simpson was shot dead by police on the scene after he and another man allegedly opened fire on a security guard. we'll be back with much more in the "newsroom." lilly baker is preparing for college. she'll use that education to get a job. she'll use that job to buy a home. this is lilly baker. her mom just refinanced their home and is putting an extra $312 a month toward lilly's tuition. lilly is about to take over the world. who's with her? meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. he cou

that went on for some time unfolding in garland texas. we say good morning. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: one security officer was shot. the two suspects are dead. a s.w.a.t. team descended on that building immediately. they asked people inside to remain calm. >> two officers have been shots and two suspects have been shot. that's what we are worried about. we are going to take you into the auditorium further away from the front of this building. bill: they moved to another building and started singing "god bless america." ♪ from the mountains to the prairies ♪ bill: our coverage begins with casey stegall. the story seems to be moving further west to arizona. >> reporter: there are local news reports right now out of phoenix that the two suspected voft in the shooting here in texas are roommates and live in arizona. search warrants are being executed at a condominium complex in central phoenix. we are working to get independent confirmation on that. but eerily a tweet went out that used the hashtag texas attack. and police are reporting this is linke

ed lavandera live in garland, texas, thank you for that. coming up next, isis inspired or simply randomly home grown terror. or was the texas attack something in between. how worried should we be about more of these and should we expect the next one to be much worse? >>> it's fair to say we can be thankful the terror attack on sunday in a dallas suburb was stopped before it got started. the gunmen will never pose a threat to anyone but today there are still a lot of questions out there. were elton simpson and nadir soofi acting on any orders from isis or were they simply trying to impress isis leaders they kind of read about? joining me with insight former cia official it phil mudd and also michael weis is a fellow at the institute of modern russia and the co-author of "isis inside the army of terror." so first to you, michael, if i could, why would a group of isis want to jump out in front of this and say it was us, it's our stupid bad bungled dumb cannon fodder plan? what does that gain them? >> take it in the other direction. the keystone

we have details on the attack on the contest in garland, texas. there is new information about the two men killed by police as they apparently tried to shoot their way into the event. police say that even though the gunmen wore body armor and carried assault rifles. a local police officer was able to bring them down with his service business service pistol. they drove from phoenix, arizona. before the attack, one gunmen posted a tweet linking himself to isis. cnn's kyung lah has more. >> reporter: nadir soofi is a pakistani source. he has a pakistani father and a mother as a white american. when they divorced he and his brother moved to pakistan. he went to a school in islamabad. he and his brother decided to leave the country. we know that soofi had a pizza shop here and a son. we know more about elton simpson. the other gunmen. he has a criminal record. in 2011, he was convicted of lying to authorities. at the time, they tried to stick him with an international terrorism charge. that did not come to fruition. his family is not muslim. we hear fr

in garland, texas, a news conference. let's listen in. >> hi. thank you for coming. my name is joe harn, garland police department. i'm a police officer. starting with the event that happened yesterday actually started several months ago when garland contacted us about this event being booked there. there were security concerns with them and so from that we began to work with the school district officials, garland officials and police department officials to set up a security plan for this event. the security concerns they had was because of the type of event and speaker they were having and issues that have been with those folks before. a plan was formalized. we added our officers and i will explain that garland police officers work at the event center all the time as an off-duty job. that's what the case was last night for everybody that was seen and some s.w.a.t. personnel in the back. they paid an additional $10,000 for that security last night. the plan included security officers, uniformed police officers, bomb personnel, s.w.a.t. personnel, along with fbi and

two gunmen are dead and a community center outside garland texas. nter was holding a controversial draw muhammed contest. heidi zhou-castro is life there. good news concerning the security guard. >> reporter: that's right del, we heard from the garland independent school district which onus this building but i must say was not hosting this event, just rented the venue. the security officer has been released from the hospital. he was wounded on his ankle. now what we know with the shooting is that a few hours ago, two men pulled into the parking lot of the community center. within it there was a trorvel cartooncontroversial cartoon contest asking forking cartoon tee picks of the prove the he muhammed. opened fire on the garland police officer hitting him on the ankle. then other officers returned fire and killed those two men. it was also believed the vehicle they came in had a bomb in it and that's why a bomb squad was also deployed to the scene. we're expecting an update from a police officer from the garland police department just moments from now.

-- two gunmen opened fire at the site of a muhammad cartoon drawing contest on sunday night in garland texas. the event was organized by the american freedom defense initiative, a new york-based group that uses the name “stop islamization of america.” the assailants, elton simpson, and nadir soofi, wounded an unarmed security guard before being killed by a traffic officer. the incident has stirred comparisons to the deadly charlie hebdo attack earlier this year. two armed brothers forced their way in to the satirical magazine's office and opened fire in response to muhummad cartoons. 12 people were killed, including the editor and several cartoonists. the pen america center will honor charlie hebdo with its freedom of expression courage award as part of its annual celebration of authors from around the world. this has ignited a controversy and several high-profile writers have withdrawn in protest. two charlie hebdo staffers join

we start with casey seigel he's on the ground in garland, texas. good morning, casey. >> good morning to you. it was sponsored by an event called the american freedom defense initiative. it was a draw muhammad cartoon contest. the organizers were advertising a 10,000 dollar top reward for whoever has the best cartoon. this is controversial because such drawings are deemed insulting to many followers of islam. there were 200 people at the kurt he is caldwell center in garland texas. at the time of the event it was near the end when they drove up in an unarmed school security officer. bruce joiner was hit in the ankle and treated and released at a local hospital. he was lucky. police shot back at the two armed suspects killing both of them their names nor motive being released at this hour. word of it spread. look at the video of the attendees? they held a flag and sang god bless america. they eventually moved out of safety. no other injuries reported. bomb squad technicians worked through the night sweeping suspect's vehicles and personal effects fo

former cia operative had friends inside when the shots went off down in garland texas. he joins us live with the eerie similarities between what happened in texas last night and the attack on "charlie hebdo" magazine offices in france. we'll be right back. across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently than pills and comes in a pen. victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. and the needle is thin. victoza is not for weight loss but it may help you lose some weight. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. victoza has not been studied with mealtime insulin. victoza is not insulin. do not take

garland, texas. breaking news, what has happened, what we believe to have happened in the last four hours is during an exhibit and a cartoon and illustration contest in, garland, texas, of deprixs of the prophet muhammad, that two suspects approached the center where this group was holding the event. shot at a security officer. then, in response, police, garland police, shoot at the two alleged suspects and then they die. that is what we understand right now. kxas has been our affiliate in the air providing us information. let's go to what they're broadcasting now live for a moment. take a moment. >> just released from the hospital. >> police shot and killed the two men who opened fire. we have live team coverage starting with jocelyn lockwood. you were literally next to officers as they secured the scene. tell us about that. >> i was, and to be honest i'm here with officers. this is a very active police scene. it's been all day as extra security was called in just for this event. but right now, i wo

soil, what happened in garland, texas. god for an off duty traffic cop with a glok took down two people. we're stripping elderly groerths electronically naked in the tsa process, and this guy is tweeting he's about to attack somebody and we don't catch that. something is incredibly unbalanced about our approach to security. >> if you wind up with the nomination, you would presumably square off against hillary clinton whose husband you went to the same gikindergarten teacr as bill clinton. >> when will that be revealed? >> that's ms. mary. she was probably in her 70's when i was in kindergarten. bill clinton is nine years older. he was class mates with vince foster. it was a private kindergarten. it was old school, discipline, corporal punishment, but we learned a lot. >> he colored outside the lines i understand. >> i'm sure he did. even then. >> congratulations. we know it was a huge decision for you to leave here. your show was soaring. it's going to be a big sprint. we wish you the luck in the world. >> thank you so muc

stay with fox news for more developments from garland, texas. take you back now to regular programming already in progress. endorsed by police and endorsed by community leader and i'll be traveling, i'm going to cleveland tomorrow to present that in this community and traveling around the state. it is vital -- america's strongest chris when we're united not what we are divided, plain and simple. >> i'll ask you a question i asked congresswoman edwards looking at the decline of baltimore over the last 60 years. in 1960 it was the sixth largest city more than a million people now it has 600,000 and out of the top 25. there hasn't been a republican mayor in 50 years. do you think liberal policies have failed baltimore and other inner cities around the country? >> well let me tell you what we've done. we've reformed the cleveland schools. i worked with the african-american democrat mayor, we had almost unanimous approval in our legislature to support the most dramatic school reform in the north in america. i've been involved in creating mentorship p

joining me now is garland, texas, may. good to have you here.d for this event, even asking the group that sponsored the event to pay $10,000 for the 40 extra security guards that they had there. so, did you anticipate something like this happening? did your office or police department have any information that something was going to go down like this? >> well several questions there, but we didn't have any information from homeland security, dps, fbi, that there was any imminent danger. we went ahead and weren't the ones that asked for the $10,000 a school property facility and they were the ones that asked for the $10,000 security. most of the costs the city bore will be paid by taxpayers, not by the people that were here. [ overlapping speakers ] >> ask for that extra security? what was their trepidation do you think? >> i think if you look around other events around the world, there was always a possibility, if you're going to take into those instances into account and be prepared then you have to and if you're going to have extra -- provide

on sunday night down in garland, texas. you know in the crazy upside down world that we live in there are some who are actually blaming the victims for this. clearly, it was a provocative event, but it was a freedom of speech event. keep in mind that the way it works in a democracy, is if there's somebody you don't agree with and you don't like what they're saying you don't try to kill them. >> never. >> you draw another cartoon. >> you know -- >> use your own free speech rights. >> the penalty for being offensive shouldn't be death in this country. that's not what we're about. we have rights and we're protected by them. the winner of the contest spoke out. it was interesting, when -- former muslim himself. >> this is what he had to say. >> i've been drawing for muhammad for years. i took it upon myself to take part in it. it's an important thing. it's about the freedom of speech which is important right now. it's under siege by the enemy, by the islamic enemy, by the left, by some on the right. it is on constant attack. we

ed lavandera reporting live from garland, texas. thanks so much. >>> joining me now, a man who thinks isis may be just seizing an opportunity to claim this attack. paul cruickshank is the co-author of "agent storm." he joins me now from london. good morning, paul. >> hi carol. >> so i know that elton simpson tweeted support of isis. is there any evidence that he ever contacted isis or vice versa? >> well just before the attack he pledged allegiance to isis' leader abu bakr al baghdadi. he certainly wanted to facilitate isis taking credit taking responsibility for this. he also urged his followers on twitter and he had about 1,000 followers on twitter, to follow a british isis propaganda in syria just before the attack and that same british isis propagandist in the hours after the attack started taking credit for the attack tweeting congratulations. very excited that this attack had taken place. so what we've seen here is an american isis inspired attack facilitating isis taking credit but neither of these gunmen are believed to have

heidi zhou castro is live outside of the center in garland garland, texas. they are just about to address the media what is the headline. >> this is still a very active crime scene. you can see the vehicle that the suspects drove to the entrance. the police actually detonated their own devices as a precaution in case the vehicle itself contained bombs and in the end they did not find any bombs. and they did not find any evidence of bombs. the two bodies of the suspects were removed from the scene a half hour ago. we're learning more about how this shooting occurred. police say 10 minutes last night before this event would have finished these two men pulled up to the parking lot entrance in their vehicle. it was blocked by a police car and inside that police car was an officer and also an unarmed security guard. the police say that both parties exited their vehicles, and the men, the two suspects, were armed with rifles and began shooting at the officers, striking the security officer in his ankle. the other officer who was armed returned fired with his pisto

when isis sends out an internet intaish tweet wanting to launch a terror attack like we saw in garland texas. they said attack these cartoonists in garland and we had two individuals who were isis-motivated show up to kill people. and i think the director is absolutely right. this threat is like finding a needle in a haystack sometimes and it's going to get worse, not better. >> when you say worse, not better. as chairman of homeland security, how would you compare the threat to the u.s. homeland right now to what it's been since 9/11? >> i think the threat environment today is one of the highest we've ever seen it. primarily because there are so many failed states out there many of which we visited. we've had to pull out of so many countries in northern africa. we have a failed state in syria. baghdad is very dangerous situation right now. we just visited with the prime minister there. and so with that comes the breeding grounds of terrorism and the ability of terrorists to spread globally if their global jihad effort. both from a foreign fighter standpoint to travel but also to radicalize

this in the wake of the shooting this week in garland, texas. one of the gunman in the attack elton simpson, was known to the fbi but not monitored. the american military ramps up security at insulations around the nation in response to the growing threats of terrorism. >>> a new york judge declaring a mistrial in the murder case of patz. he was 6 years old when he disappeared. voting to acquit the suspect. the jurors saying he found the video tape confession bizarre and felt mental health was a huge part of the case. prosecutors say they'll re-trial hernandez. now back to "bulls and bears." see you at 2:00 p.m. >>> isis threats prompting security increases here as the terrorists ramp up their pricey propaganda machine everywhere. they're producing flick, hollywood quality videos and pumping them out there to millions around the globe. reason why? gary says if we want to defeat isis once and for all, we need to cut off all their cash right now. >> brenda we've seen it time and time again. terrorists countries, terrorist organizations, organized

"cbs news," garland, texas. >>> for the second day, baltimore wakes up after a quiet night. on monday, police arrested a man near the scene of last week's rioting. it true a crowd. police say no officers fired their weapons. police did recover a handgun. >>> president obama is calling for a nationwide effort to reverse inecall, it fuels a sense of unfairness and powerlessness in places like baltimore. the president made the remarks at an event to launch his non-profit group my brother's keeper alliance. >> in every community in america, there are young people with incredible drive and talent. they just don't have the same kind of chances that somebody like me has. >> in a new "cbs news"-"new york times" poll just 34% of americans say race reels in this country are good. 61% say they're bad. only 17% say relations between the races are getting better. twila 44% say they're getting worse among african-american respondents say 79% use force against blacks former arkansas governor and tv host mike huckabee is expected to announce his campaign for the nomination. on monday, the f

it's clear organizers of the event in garland, texas, knew violence was a possibility. that's why they hired armed security. caricatures of the prophet muhammad are considered insulting by muslims and sparked violence before. in the attack on the paris offices of the magazine "charlie hebdo." >> we condemn in the strongest terms possible the violent actions of gunmen last night. >> reporter: jim of the heritage foundation a conservative think tank will host a forum on the topic islamicst terrorism. >> we keep track. if this turns out to be a legitimate terrorist attack it is number 68. >> reporter: he feels questions of the organizers incited violence fall squarely into the realm of the constitutional rights. >> it's a clear first amendment issue here. >> reporter: experts say it's extremely unlikely they'll charge the organizers with deliberately inciting violence. jackie benson news 4. >>> a false report of a police involved shooting raised tensions in baltimore today. nbc news is reporting that police i rememberly said they had shot a suspect. officials later said th

this follows the attack in garland, texas, earlier this month. one of the two attackers, elton simpson was already under investigation by the fbi, but he managed to elude surveillance as he travelled from his home in phoenix, arizona, to texas before he and the others were killed in the foiled attack. phoenix lsh the scene of a rally similar to the one in texas, anti-muslim activists plans to hold a draw mohamed cartoon contest at the gathering, built as a freedom of speech rally. the president where the protests will be held says his group will hold friday prayers as planned, adding quote, everybody has the right to be a bigot. in georgia, guilty from a man who tried to join isis. leon davis iii was arrested as he attempted to check in to a flight for turkey. this is the first american citizen to be arrested in georgia for trying to join isis. so what is it going to take for the united states to get rid of home grown isis terror threats? joining us here now is tom fuentes, former fbi assistant director we just heard how the fbi's asking police lo

>> thank you. >>> douglas is the mayor of garland, texas, and he joins me by phone. welcome, mayor. >> good morning. how are you? >> i am good. thank you for being with me this morning. i appreciate it. i want to talk about the hero cop that shot the two suspects. you have talked with him? >> i have not yet. >> do you plan to soon? >> i know him and know his family and hope to talk to him sometime soon. >> i think he deserves a key to the city. do you have anything planned? >> not yet. obviously in his mind i am sure he thinks he was doing his job and his training came through, and there were a number of officers near him that would have done exactly the same thing. >> i know that you put a lot of thought into whether this cartoon contest should have been held in garland, and hindsight is 20/20. >> the owner of the building we leased the space, and we provided the security and the school district and the city worked together to make sure we had adequate security and in hindsight, we had adequate security. >> most of the people attending that came from out of side. wh

today the two gunmen who attacked an anti-islamic event on sunday drove 16 hours from phoenix to garland texas before opening fire on police. the gunmen also left a terror trail on the internet and here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: since sunday, the isis propaganda machine has been working overtime praising the failed attack in garland texas. online a suspected american isis member proclaimed, "there are more attacks to come. with ston so-called trained soldiers in 15 states." another isis member from britain wrote, "you ain't seen nothing yet." elton simpson, one of the gunmen killed sunday, had exchanged messages with that man and also mujahid miski an american from minnesota who is now believed to be a member of the terrorist group al-shabaab in somalia. just last month miski applauded the january attack on a french magazine in paris tweeting, "it's time for brothers in the u.s. to do their part." simpson tweeted back, "when will they ever learn? they are planning on the best picture drawn of rasulallah in texas," a reference to the contest of cartoons depicting the prophet muhammad. elliot

>>> isis claims a connection to the attack in garland, texas. a baltimore teen is jailed for rioting but his bail is set higher than the officers charged in freddie gray's death. >> in exactly 24 hours from now the election polls open in the u.k. errol barnett is on assignment in london. errol. >> rosemary as big ben chimes behind me, the leading candidates are crisscrossing the country making that final pitch. we'll speak to some voters though who say their mind cannot be changed. >> all right. we will talk to you very soon, errol. many thanks. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i'm rosemary church, thank you for joining us, this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ ♪ >> we begin with new details about the two gunmen who opened fire outside a texas exhibit featuring cartoons of the prophet muhammad. u.s. law enforcement officials believe the men drove from their home in phoenix, arizona, across state lines to garland, texas. but it is unclear when the trip was made. another law enforcement source says six guns were found in t

said the bureau was on to one of the men who attacked an anti-islamic event in garland, texas osunday and sent a warning to the police there. jeff pegues is following this. >> reporter: just before the attack on sunday, elton simpson tweeted his allegiance to isis with the hashtag texas attack. that same daat about 4:00 p.m., the f.b.i. says it sent a photograph of simpson to garland, texas where a contest on drawings of the frofet muhammad was held. they believed he might be interested in the controversial event but the f.b.i. did not know simpson and his accomplice, nadir soofi were en route from phoenix armed with aconclude-47s. at around 7:00 p.m., two meb opened fire on police before being killed by a traffic officer. simpson had apparently received guidance and inspiration online from his american jihadist fighting in somalia. today in an off-camera session with reporters f.b.i. director james comey described isis' siren song. he said the terrorist group reaches out through twitter identifies followers and sends them to encrypted web sites that are difficult track. comey says th