the doctor at smith & taylor memorial hospital is the same surgeon who worked on the 2009 victims of hassan. >> so our critical patients, specifically they have injuries to the neck, a potential spinal injury and abdominal injury. those are the three patients i would still consider in critical condition. >> yesterday's shooter was not allowed to bring that weapon onto post. the army has strict rules about registering any personal weapons on post. only the mps can carry weapons. gretchen. >> jennifer griffin, thanks for the updates. >>> even though ft. hood is located in texas, conceal carry laws governed by federal government, not the state. that means in essence, an untrained 16-year-old can carry a pistol across the street from the base but a trained military marksman can't carry a sidearm on his way to work at ft. hood. chief of staff of the army ray odierno was asked about the policy a short time ago on capitol hill. >> i believe we have our military police and others that are armed, and i believe that's appropriate. i think i believe that allows us the level of protection necess