nicholas thalasinos was a jew and is being remembered as a passionate debater of religion. he was a restaurant inspector a friend of thalasinos said the two had a heated discussion about islam while on the job just a few weeks ago. she tells the associated press that thalasinos called her during that argument and doesn't agree that islam is not a peaceful religion. jennifer thalasinos says her husband was defined by his religion. >> i knew my husband would go down fighting, so i figured for him, he would have gone down fighting and he just had, like, the biggest faith and i feel he was martyred. >> it's not clear if the religious debate was a factor in the attacks. nicholas thalasinos was one of 14 victims identified in california by county officials on thursday. danielle nottingham is with a look at some of lives lost. >> reporter: they range from age from 20 to 60 years old. they included a woman planning her wedding. a woman who escaped oppression in her native country. their common bond, they all worked in the same office at syed farook. >>> a christian, she escaped >> b

nicholas thalasinos did not survive. tonight he leaves behind a widow, jennifer. a schoolteacher. >> he was so kind to everybody. just my whole life has been basically turned upside down. he just had an enormous heart. >> reporter: nicholas thalasinos occasionally posted views on social media critical of islam, but his wife says she had no idea syed farook ever saw those postings. >> john, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. with three simple words. my name is chris noth from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it's easy to start an action team at your school so you, toto can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the '60s, you need to know. it's the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that's cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable.

nicholas thalasinos nicholas thalasinos, a devout messianic jew. and another person trained at the building's coffee shop. >> i believe that the world is going to be a much darker place with one person like daniel less. >> the youngest victim was 26-year-old aurora godoy. the oldest, who celebrated his 60th birthday this year. >> he should have came home at 4:00 and he should have sat down on the couch. that is what he does every day. he comes home from work. >> 14 families forever altered, left to share the legacies of the victims. an enormous loss not only to the community but to our country. still ahead, tracking the digital trail of terror. can law enforcement catch up with the way so many terror suspects use to communicate? >>> we're back now with more on that final chilling message posted by the female attacker on facebook, pledging allegiance to the head of isis. there are well over a billion facebook users and social media networks that as they increasingly spread vile messages on social media, it is making the job of monitoring alarming me

nicholas thalasinos is one of the 14 who did not survive. tonight he leaves behind a widow, jennifer, an elementary schoolteacher. >> he was so kind to everybody. he was very chivalrous. >> reporter: how will life change for you now? >> just my whole life has been basically turned upside down. he just had an enormous heart. >> reporter: now nicholas thalasinos occasionally posted views on social media that were critical of islam, but tonight, scott, his wife tells us she has saw those postings. >> pelley: john blackstone reporting for us tonight. john, thank you. coming next, norah o'donnell with a survivor. >> by the 12th body i stopped counting. >> reporter: and later elaine quijano on what to say to our children when the "cbs evening news" continues. to the nation's capital to support an important cause that can change the way you live for years to come. how can you help? by giving a little more, to yourself. i am running for my future. people sometimes forget to help themselves. the cause is retirement, and today thousands of people came

authorities are in the process of identifying those who lost their lives including nicholas thalasinos. the families of those who survived... speaking out... (kathy hotetz - victim's sister) i am happy that my sister's still here. i'm just thankful to god that she made it through ok... we still have her.". that was paul vercammen reporting from san bernardino. hillary clinton has issued a fresh plea for stricter gun control after the california shooting. the democratic presidential candidate says instead of being intimidated by the gun lobby, congress should at least make sure people on the nation's terrorist watch list can't buy weapons. clinton will return to sioux city, on friday, december 4th, to talk about rebuilding america's infrastructure. the former secretary of state will speak at 11:30am, on friday, at the carpenters training center, at 2200 west 19th street. doors for the event open at 10:00am. billionaire businessman donald trump plans to bring his campaign back to siouxland this weekend. the republican presidential hopeful will hold a rally in spencer, iowa on saturday at

nicholas thalasinos, he was a health inspector working along side farook, the shooter.tyr for that faith. a second grade teacher and knew her husband was dead when she heard of the attacks and was texting him and got no response. and daniel kaufman. he ran the coffee shop at that regional center. his boyfriend said he was initially told kaufman was shot in the arm and was in surgery. he learned that was misinformation and his boyfriend was in fact dead. >> a workplace anger issue to finding out it was international in nature and had to do with jihadism. how did the community react to the shift if you will? >> there is a lot of confusion over how the shift happened. we spoke with the director of the mosque. he said it was a deeply religious man. somebody that came to prayer as much as twice a day and sometimes on his lunch break but no signs he was radicalized. the only sign the director of the mosque said there was is that he stopped coming to prayer at some point the past few weeks. >> thanks, blake. last night's shooting follows two attacks in this country that has ra

nicholas thalasinos, a man people remember as a wonderful and compassionate person. 14 were killed, 21 two remain in critical condition. today the ceo of the medical system where several of the injured are being treated spoke about not just the physical trauma of the shootings but the emotional impact. >> there is nothing you can do to prepare for an event like yesterday. you don't know what is coming next. you don't know what the next event will be. it is the uncertainty of trying to react to that. >> what can you tell us, charles? >> five patients remain here at the medical center. of those three are in fair condition and two in critical condition. we are learning more now about those that did not mike it including michael wetzel. he was a supervisor for the environmental health division of the county. his wife said he was an amazing man and her best friend. he was a member of the church of the woods. the church already raised over $90,000 on their way to a goal of $100,000. and nicholas thalasinos, 52, a health inspector for the county, a jewish man who was always willing to help ot

and nicholas thalasinos worked in the health department. he also lived in jackson, new jersey, for many years. asat we hear from the relatives of the wounded, one woman's dged in her body she was asked about her sense of securian. >> it's just crazy. things are just kind of out of control. and i don't have any sense of, you know, what to do. i got to tell you, i just keep focusing on the fact that my daughter -- i didn't get that phone call that those other families got. >> and as we mentioned, one of the people killed, nicholas thalasinos, lived in new jersey, worked for cape may county. you'll hear from is widow in the next half hour. he was 52 years old. pat, the victims killed range in age from 26 to 60. each one of them has a story to tell. the youngest victim killed had a baby boy just last year. she was married to her high school sweetheart. back to you, pat. >> reading their stories online, it's just heartbreaking. one youngifoman scheduled to be married next year. she and her boyfriend planning to buy a house. just awful. live for

nicholas thalasinos did not survive. tonight he leaves behind a widow, jennifer. a schoolteacher. >> he was so kind to everybody. just my whole life has been basically turned upside down. he just had an enormous heart. >> reporter: nicholas thalasinos occasionally posted views on socialal media critical of islam, but his wife says she had no idea syed farook [ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ] [ wind howling ] >>> farook's wife came into the united states on a visa specifically for fiances. norah o'donnell, co-host of "cbs this morning," spoke to the lead investigators in san bernardino. norah? >> reporter: scott, she was the most unlikely accomplice, a 27- year-old mother with an infant at home, and now involved in one of the deadliest mass shootings. authorities say tashfeen malik was clad entirely in black tactical gear. her face was obscured by a ski mask. along with her husband, syed farook, they fired 65 to 75 rounds in the inland regional center before fleeing in a black suv. once the car was surrounded, police chief jarrod burguan says she fired out of the back, ta

nicholas thalasinos, he's 52, a health inspector, he's a jewish plan, his friends say he was willingny time. he had two adult sons, sierra claiborne is among the dead. daniel kaufmann, 42, ran the coffee shot in building three at the inland regional center. a lot of people knew him, getting their morning coffee there. and dammian mins worked at county for 28 years. off time p.e. instructor at st. katharine's catholic school and liked to dress up as santa claus during there is tile to entertain the children. a look at some of the people this community lost this week. >> as we learn more about the victims we want to share their stories with everybody when the time is appropriate. thanks very much. >> still ahead -- more reaction to the tragedy with california state senator who represents that area and bill cohen on a search for a motive on the connection between potential homegrown terrorism and fight overseas. >>> first, before break, here's courtney reagan with the cnbc market wrap. >> losing day for stocks ahead of tomorrow's jobs report. the dow slides 252 points. the s s&p falls 2

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nicholas thalasinos was one of 14 victims identified in danielle nottingham is with a look at those who lost theirs lives. >> reporter: they included a woman planning her wedding. a father of six. a woman who escaped owe pregs in owner native country. their common bond, they all worked in the same office at syed farook. >>> a christian, she escaped spers persecution and leaves behind three children, herr husband. 31-year-old nowin is known as the glue for her family. relatives say she was supposed to get married in 2017. amazing grace how sweet the sound >> reporter: students at notre dame high school in riverside, california, prayed for a member of their community. school in 1975 but well known to current students and staff. >> this part of the chain gang, him and some other alum would come to every football game. they were so proud of our boys, especially this year, we were undefeated and so proud of what they were doing and being a part of our community. so proud of being an alum of notre dame high school. >> reporter: yvette velasco's relatives frantically searched for her after the

. >> reporter: among them, nicholas thalasinos, employee of the county of public health. >> i got a hug and kiss from him yesterday, that's what i'm holding on to. >> reporter: aurora godoy, shannon janson. >> right now we're just great to feel god that she's alive, going to pull through, makes it a big sense of relief. >> reporter: for those who lost their loved ones there is no relief, only unrelenting heartache. >> i have no idea how i'm going to handle this. the world will is ufr from having one less person like him in it. that's what bothers me. is, you know, he is a ray of light to so many people. >>> when we come back, we hear from the survivor who worked with, even shared a cubicle, with one of the alleged killers. and the moment he knew something was horribly wrong. >> i'm ready to leave. and there's like a bomb went off. what about my family? my li'l buddy? and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital but i wondered if this was the right treatment for me. then my doctor told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots not only does eliquis

now, the first i victim here is nicholas thalasinos. he was an employee of the san bernardino department of him health. he was -- the second victim michael wetzel is a father of six. they are infants to teenagers. he worked as a specialist and was in a meeting when the shooters came in. we saw this crowdfunding page set up for the family and there his wife wrote please pray. my husband was in a meeting and a shooter came in. there were multiple people dead and shots. i can't get a told of him -- ahold of him. eight hours later she learned he was killed. she is a stay-at-home mom and this site has raids nearly $100,000 in one day. now, another victim is 42-year- old daniel kaufman. he ran the coffee shop and trained the clients there. lastly, damian meins was an ployy. he was remembered for playing santa for elementary school kids in riverside. he was a teacher. at least 21 people also injured. one of them in fact was a health inspector who was supposed to receive an employee of the year award at that christmas banquet. we are gathering

nicholas thalasinos, a loving husband. >> i'm sure he went down fighting and protecting people. >> 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: thalasinos often wore traditional tassels. his wife thinks he may have been targeted. >> he believed in the jewish tradition. i feel my husband was martyred. maybe they did get into an argument because my husband is outspoken. >> reporter: robert adams leaves behind a wife and 22-year-old daughter. another recognized as great human being. another engaged to be married next year, and another, 26. harry bowman. 46. shannon johnson, 45. 14 innocent victims taken too soon. families now asking for support and answers. >> reporter: the community is stitching itself together piece by piece. tonight a vigil is expected in san bernardino. >>> as the country mourns victims, it faces a political fire storm over the mass shooting, reigniting a polarized, angry debate over guns, religion, and terrorism. andrea mitchell tells us the argument started almost immediately.

this morning, the widow of nicholas thalasinos says her husband and syed farook were before the incident. >>> farook's former neighbor and friend is accused of purchasing the murder weapons. >> reporter: the investigation turning to a raid of the family home of enrique marquez. he's farook's one-time friend and neighbor, suspected of sup plying him with the two high-powered rifles used in the massacre. >> did he provide the guns to farook? >> reporter: authorities say there is no information that marquez played any role in the shooting that left 14 people dead. he's reportedly checked himself into a mental health facility. this neighbor says she noticed a change about a year ago. what is the biggest difference? >> his dress. his beard. he was more withdrawn. growing more beard. started wearing his white things. the long drape outfit, whatever sit. farook as baby with his family. his sister and brother-in-law now saying they, too, are angry. angry for not knowing farook and his wife were living a double life. do you feel like you didn't know your brother? >> no, at this time, i feel like

nicholas thalasinos was among the 14 killed in the massacre. his wife jennifer says her husband, a messianic jew was vocal about his support for israel. >> he did know the shooter. he worked with him in the same department. inspectors. knowing my husband, if there was something said or if he came in being very radical, i'm sure my husband had plenty to say to him. >> reporter: investigators still have no clear motive for the attack other than to say it was terrorism. farook met his wife in saudi arabia where she had moved from pakistan. those who knew her called tashfeen malik a modern girl who became deeply religious, never an extremist. today tashfeen's uncle in pakistan was padlocked and abandoned and authorities are telling everyone to stay away. the fbi is now trying to piece together what turned them to terror, to massacre 14 and wound 121 others before dying in a hail of gunfire. have now been traced to the home of enrique marquez, next door to where farook once lived. agents were at the house this afternoon carting away a cardboard box

eva what have you learned about nicholas thalasinos. he worked at the county health department for more than a decade before he moved out west and his ex-wife and youngest son still live in the delaware valley. >> i came home from work yesterday and saw it on the news and i figured he would just be fine. >> it was not until early this morning that my oldest son that lives in new jersey, called and let me know that he heard from nick's current wife, jennifer, she called to let him know that he hadn't survived. >> annette talked to us this afternoon about finding out that her ex-husband nicholas was killed in the attack and her younger son, jacob was killed in the attack. >> i loved my father he was a good person. >> he worked at the cape may county health department until 1992 and went to california to be with his current wife, jennifer. they found out this morning he was one of the victims. >> they got a facebook message, a message from his wife. and that is how i got informd this morning, and he was also an inspector in california and

. >> reporter: anticipating a lifetime together, the waive of new jersey native nicholas thalasinos is now holding on to a hug and kiss good-bye she never thought would be their last. >> i actually got an extra hug and a kiss before he left. so i'm just holding on to that >> reporter: a san bernardino county health inspector, he was one of 14 victims gunned down at the inland regional center. >> he was good person. i loved my father. i always will. >> reporter: it's a gut wrenching void now felt by the loved ones of 37-year-old michael wetzel, a father of six. >> they are very overwhelmed. there's six kids that have lost their father, and renee is a stay-at-home mom so they've also lost all of their financial support. >> reporter: similar sentiments were shared by those who knew daniel coughman. >> everybody knew and loved him. the world will suffer from having one less person like him. >> reporter: 21 other victims were also injured in this tragedy. sources say five of the most fighting for their laves right now. >>> we're hearing the harrowing story of survival tonight from a co work

among the people were nicholas thalasinos, he grew up in south jersey and had a position for helping others. our coverage continues at 6abc.com you find dozens of photos and videos and all aspects of this story. >>> back here two men are in police custody when they were spotted with a b.b. gun near a philadelphia school this morning. it prompted a brief lock down of lincoln high school in the northeast. police received a report of a person with a weapon. police were able to recover the b.b. gun and the lock down is now lifted. >>> in montgomery county several people are recovering from a serious accident, four vehicles collided before k this morning on camp pike, at least five people were injured and one had to be air-lifted to the hospital, police have not said yet what caused the collision, a family dog is credited with saving their owners' lives win flames broke out. it happened at 2:00 a.m. on south avenue in runnemede, new jersey. their dog began barking and woke them up and allowed them to get out safely. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> well, accuweather

nicholas thalasinos, was one of the 14 people killed during the holiday luncheon massacre for county health department employees. he helped train farook. >> as far as i know, he got along with everybody. that's what's so shocking that he would turn around and do this. danielle: chris nwadike had been sitting at a table five feet away from farook and stepped out of the room to use the bathroom. him and think he's attached to this until it happened and it was him. danielle: witnesses say the precision assault lasted nearly five minutes. the couple also left behind three pipe bombs connected to a remote control car that failed to go off. >> there was obviously a mission here. we know that. we do not know why. danielle: law enforcement sources tell cbs news farook had been in contact with people in the u.s. and overseas with suspected links to terrorism. evidence markers littered the street where nearly two dozen officers got into a gun battle with the suspects, killing them. police recovered an arsenal of weapons from inside the black expedition. tonight, a vigil will be held for the vi

one of the victims, 52 year old nicholas thalasinos, had worked for the san bernardino county health department for 12 years. his family says he was an inspector in the environmental division, and worked alongside farook. "i came home yesterday and watched the news, i thought he would just be fine. he was a good person, i loved my father. i always will. " ammunition with them and another 45-hundred rounds in their apartment. officers also found a dozen pipe bomb-style devices and bomb making tools. police say the guns were purchased legally. a u-s intelligence officer says syed farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who are under f-b-i scrutiny. friends say he was a devout muslim, and now the f-b-i is trying to determine if farook had been radicalized. legislation to demolish the affordable care act and block planned parenthood's federal money has made its way through the senate. the house is expected to approve it in the coming days. but the president has already promised he will veto it. and republicans are o-k with that veto. they want to use it as a message to v

nicholas thalasinos, a loving husband. >> i'm sure he went down fighting and protecting people. >> jennifer says he knew the begunman syed farook. >> he knew syed. he worked with him. he never had anything bad to say about him. >> reporter: thalasinos often wore traditional tassels. his wife thinks he may have been targeted. >> i feel my husband was martyred. maybe they did get into an argument because my husband is outspoken. >> reporter: tense moments unfolding with each passing minute. >> we'll leave it for the patients to tell their own stories. >> reporter: families of survivors speaking out. kathy's sister denise was shot, the bullet >> the bullet is still somewhere in her abdomen. we are waiting. >> reporter: waiting and praying. >> you never think it's going to hit that close to home until it happens. >> reporter: but it did families asking for support and answers. lester, m e victims are expected to be positively identified in the coming hours, but in the meantime, there iou a vigil scheduled to honor those lives already lost. >> morgan radford, thank you. >> even as the country mo

in this morning's "usa today" the widow of nicholas thalasinos says her husband and farook were right before the shooting. >> fbi agents around the globe are scrambling to find out just how the terror plot originated. >> over the weekend, investigators made two trips to neighbor and friend, accused of purchasing two o of the muer weapons. here's more from cecilia vega. >> reporter: the investigation turning to a raid of the family home of enrique marquez. he's farook's one-time friend and neighbor, suspected of supplying him with those two high-powered rifles used in the massacre. the fbi raiding the home. farook? there is no information that shooting thahat left 1people dead. himself into a mental health facility. change in farook about a year ago. before he stararted to cnge, what was he like? what's the biggest differences? his beard. he was more withdrawn. he started growing more a beard. he started wearing his white things. you know, the long drape outfit, whatever it is. >> reporter: this new photo of farook as a baby, with his family. his sister and brother-in-law now saying th

nicholas thalasinos was a person of faith, a deeply devoted messianic jew. >> he was so kind to >> he was a good person. i loved my father. >> reporter: now as the mourning begins and more details emerge, a chill thought remains a possibility that the worst may not be over. >> are there others and are they based in the u.s.? are they outside the u.s.? we don't know. >> the killer's baby is now in the custody of child protective services. now, allowing the media into the killers' home this afternoon, this morning, rather, california time, was unusual if not entirely unprecedented. roughly 100 reporters and their camera crews were let inside the townhouse apartment. many even reported live from the home. tonight on cbs 2 news at 5:00 we asked security expert manny gomez what he thought of that decision. >> to go back that is a contaminated crime scene. and so, um, i'm a little surprised. but i have every confidence that they went through every piece of evidence that they >> gomez notes that the fbi and police at several levels must have already completed their searches of the apartment.

then 52-year-old nicholas thalasinos, a jewish man who condemned radical islam and defended israel.on saturday, his pastor said farook threatened him just weeks before the shooting. his wife calling him a martyr. also michael wetzel, a loving husband and father of six was laid to rest. >> he loved that family. he loved those kids. he just was the epitome of a family man, a good man, a supportive human. oh, his faith was strong. their faith is strong. just good. good man. >> while the community was mourning, syed farook's family including his mother moved possessions out of his apartment in redlands, california. that's the home where authorities say that farook and his wife tashfeen malik plotted and put together more than a dozen pipe bombs, also where they were 6-month-old baby who's now in state custody. looking ahead, the only person charged in connection with the terror attack enrique marquez is set to appear in federal court tomorrow where a judge will decide on bail. you may remember that marquez is the one who authorities say bought the ar-15s used in the shootings. fe's conv

and nicholas thalasinos, a devout messianic jew. >> he knew syed. he worked with him. and he never had anything bad to say about him. but i'm wondering if maybe they did get into an argument because my husband was very outspoken. obvious he believed in the jewish tradition and i feel that my husband was basically martyred. and i'm sure that he went down fighting and protecting people. >> here is nbc's morgan radford with more on the other lives lost in wednesday's attack. >> reporter: this was the moment ryan reyes found out that 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 a office holiday party became a target. other victims, bennetta bet-badal, fled iran at 18, to escape extremism. robert adams leaves behind a wife and 20-month-old daughter. isaac aminos remembered as a great husband. tin nguyen to be married next year. and harry bowman, 46. yvette velasco, 14 n