software development company; and phillip carter, a senior fellow with the center for a new american security-- he served nine years as an army military police and civil affairs officer, including one year in iraq. he also served at fort hood. we thank you both for being here. doctor xenakis, let me start with you. we're talking about a 34-year-old soldier who did spend four months it in iraq after the end of combat operations. he was being treated, we are told, for a variety of mental health and behavioral issues. he was taking some medication. he was being evaluated for ptsd. there may have been an argument. what does all this is a to you? >> well, i mean, it's a tragic event. it's sad for everyone, and really sad to see another one of these incidents happen at ft. hood. it just goes to show that these people who come in and soldiers or veterans, need to be really looked at carefully. and i know people are trying

phillip carter, i want to ask you about the gun.e had in his possession a concealed weapon, a .45 calibre handgun which he bought off base. what are the rules? i'm reading reports today that the rules are kind of an honor system at ft. hood. >> that's right, most soldiers don't carry weapons. the only soldiers that would have weapons on them in ft. hood are the military police, soldiers lock their weapons up and use them to fight. because when they are doing their jobs they don't carry them. that said the access control points at a massive base like ft. hood simply wave traffic through if you have got an i.d. card or a base decal. there is no tsa like check that pats you down or checks for weapons. we trust soldiers, or contractors or government employees to and follow the rules, which mean no carrying weapons. an in this case, we had a bad actor who appears to have done that. >> woodruff: but this is even after what happened it in 2009 with major hasan? >> it is even after the military's experience there at the navy yard and more r

. >> reporter: phillip carter was responsible for base. she had gone through 18 weeks of training, carter says including on a range involving a scenario called shoot/no shoot. >> they're designed to create that split second impulse. >> reporter: in 2009 it was two civilian officers that stopped nidal hasan. >> it's an honor that i can't even explain. >> reporter: philip carter says that the mp thatst stopped lope is problemly inexperienced. >> imagine that you're making the right call in a matter of seconds. it's incredible she did what she did. >> reporter: she will likely be slated for promotion. kimberly munly ended up losing her job as a police officer at ft. hood. she was a siecivilian officer a her contract was not renewed. >>> america's top diplomat is urging israelis and palestinians to avert a break down in their latest negotiations. we'll tell you what's posing the latest threat to the peace talks. >>> also the ukrainian president and sniper attacks in kiev. >>> welcome back to cnn newsroom. there is new concern about the state o

. >> phillip carter says that mp will receive an award for valor and may have promotion. she was a civilian officer and the contract that she and her colleagues had with the army was not renewed. erin? >> that's a shocking ending. all right, brian todd, thank you very much. >>> "outfront" next the question you're asking at home and asking here, how could this have happened again at ft. hood? the texas attorney general is "outfront" next. >>> standing by for a news conference about malaysian airlines flight 370. the husband of a passenger on the missing jet tells me why he thinks investigators are hiding something. >>> and live pictures in denton, texas. want to show you this as you can see in the distance the clouds against clouds. they have a tornado warning in effect. tonight, possibly going to be a night for tornados and we're watching that story, as well. we'll be right back. (dad) well, we've been thinking about it and we're just not sure. (agent) i understand. (dad) we've never sold a house before. (agent) i'll walk you guys through every step. (dad) so if we sell,

phillips. >>> domestic spending grows faster under reagan than under jimmy carter. well, he had a democratic congress. well, he didn't use the veto. neither did george w. bush do the veto. george w. bush resided over a $5 trillion to $10 trillion deficit. we have to admit our failings, because we're not going to get new people unless we become believable as a party again. >> back when he was not yet a senator, rand paul could say that kind of thing about ronald reagan. he could challenge the republican fairy tale about ronald reagan, but now he is an elected official with national ambitions, he has to start taking that kind of thing back. which he did today rather intrepidly after david corn posted a bunch of old tape about rand paul talking smack about reagan's time as president. have republicans taught themselves to love ronald reagan so much that they basically have ronald reagan derangement syndrome in reverse? can they not see straight because they have told themselves that reagan was such a saint? and if the real orientation of the republican party has settled