seeing for the the first time the face of tashfeen malik, the female attacker in san bernardino. she and her husband syed farook lived among us, walking this very sidewalk, lived in this complex and they did the very thing many of us have voiced so often was inevitable, they attacked our country from the inside. the head of the fbi saying today the massacre here on wednesday was an act of terror. the tipping point, a facebook posting from tashfeen malik in which she pledged allegiance to the leader of isis. tonight we take you inside of the apartment where the husband and wife planned their deadly attack. we also sat down with the suspect's sister giving an insight into what the life of her sister and brother-in-law were like and what the people we turn to protect us say about what happens now in this country. we start with justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: just as wednesday's attack on farook's fellow county employees began, investigators say his wife tashfeen malik sent an endorsement of isis to her facebook timeline. officials say she pledged support for al baghdad

we know that for sure. >> tashfeen malik a 27-year-old. tashfeen malik. it is his wife. made her on line. came back from a trip in saudi arabia with him. police saying very little on name and age. we are not going to get anything scheduled at least from police until this morning. you can hear police helicopters still surveying the area. we are not going to get anything till 9:00 a.m. eastern time expect today hear from the chief of police. we will keep you posted. right now we will get back to you in the studio. >> nicole: i've been hearing reports from what they were wearing, roll out pipe bombs and they were prepared for sustain fight with military tactics, rifles, pistols, this was not just somebody who walked out of the water and was upset. these sounded more, what are you hearing? >> absolutely, that's what investigators are telling fox. a couple of miles is where the shootout occurred in the black suv and they found them at nearby redlins. they were investigating to see if there were explosives or not and continue to follow up and look through that home there through any possi

and opened fire. tashfeen malik's friends and relatives describe her as private and conservative, but that she never appeared extreme the father of syed farook says his son was obedient, a mama's boy, what was also deeply religious. he said his son supported isis ideology. tonight there are questions about those who knew the couple, particularly farook's mother, who lived with them. later this evening, the president will address the nation from the oval office to update americans on the investigation, but also to try and calm fears. we're following many developments tonight. we begin with national correspondent miguel almaguer once more in san bernardino. miguel? >> reporter: kate, good evening. the shooter's family home has been a focal point for investigators. federal agents have swept through every room in this property looking for every piece of information and detail they can find. they have interviewed neighbors. they have interviewed family members. tonight for the first time, we're hearing from the gunman's father. syed farook, the man whose shooting spree left 14 dead and 21

involved in the shootings. syed farook and tashfeen malik were both killed in a shoot-out with police after the deadly attack. attorneys for the farook family say it's too soon to say whether the couple was driven by political or religious motives. >> we are all wanting justice and we're all wanting to make sure we find out anyone who may be affiliated with it, so we'll be protected in the future. but at the same time, i guess we best -- we need to be protected and respectful of one another's religious freedoms and due process -- freedoms of due process. and so that's what i would say about that. the motive -- there's -- if the motive is very unclear. >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has more on this from washington. pete, good morning. >> alex, law enforcement officials say newly discovered information suggest that at least one of the attackers was strongly committed to isis. but the fbi says this does not mean that the shooting rampage was directed by isis. just as wednesday's attack on syed farook's fellow county employees began -- >> male in black clothing, still firin

wife of syed farook, tashfeen malik, posted a statement on facebook pledging her support for isis. msnbc's cal perry is here with me now as we get more information. but as i understand it, cal, this message was posted on the day of the attack. >> right. so, as we understand it, very shortly before the attack took place, she takes to facebook, she pledges her support for al baghdadi. he is the leader of the islamic state isis, daish, whatever you want to call it. that happened minutes before the attack. one of the things that's unclear, though, is the name that she used. it's not clear that she used her facebook page, but a different name, which makes it difficult to find out who's following her online. all of this fits with the isis m.o. of getting more people inspired by letting them know about an attack just before it happens. >> you're the technology expert here. we know the importance isis has placed on social media, whether it's facebook, twitter or the dark web, as it's referred to. but if she's placed her statement on an account that is not her actual name, tashfeen malik,

fbi also says syed farook and tashfeen malik practiced at shooting ranges once within days of the massacre. and we're learning more about the bomb lab discovered in the killers' home and the 19 pipes that could have been used as explosive devices that were removed by the fbi. we're covering that and much more this hour with our guests including president obama's deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. and our correspondents and our expert analysts they are also standing by. let's begin with cnn's kyung lah. she's in san bernardino for us. kyung, you were there at this latest fbi news conference. update our viewers. >> reporter: well, what the news conference really showed us is what investigators had suspected for some time, that there was extreme planning involved. that there was even dry runs at some of these gun ranges nearby, but most important, wolf, that the radicalization had been taking place for some time. all of it happening undetected. investigators now believe both syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik were both well down the path to supporting jihad when they w

-be, he applied for a fiance visa for tashfeen malik. in the document dated december 31 2013, farook, an american citizen, wrote that they had met through a matrimonial web site. when asked for more information farook wrote in a statement that after several weeks of e-mailing, he and malik decided to meet each other. that happened when they both attended the hajj pilgrimage in mech asaudi arabia, on october 3, 2013. and it is on this day he says, that we got engaged. he signed that statement january 20 2014. immigration officialed asked for and received proof. visa stamps that both were at the hajj. ultimately, the application was approved, clearing the way for the san bernardino killers to come into the country. in a statement the u.s. citizenship and immigration services says, "tashfeen malik was subjected to numerous background checks and those did not reveal any derogatory information about malik." what they didn't know about that the f.b.i. discovered after the shooting were malik's direct private messages jihad and evidence that both farook and malik had been showing signs of r

for terrorism. smashed stoves and a missing computer hard drive suggest he and his wife tashfeen malik tried to cover their tracks. they were both killed in a shoot-out with police. >> yeah, and the county coroner has released the names of the 14 people killed in the shooting. and john, as you well know, the majority being county officials. they work for the county, the majority of them as among the injured. and we're getting a firsthand account of what it was like inside that community center on wednesday. police say farook and malik fired between 65 and 75 rounds. most of those killed and wounded. health department employees. police officer mike madden was on his way to lunch when he got the call about the shooting. >> as we entered into the conference room, the situation was surreal. it was something that i don't think, again, we prepare for. and an active shooter, we talk about sensory overload. they just try to throw everything at you to prepare you for dealing with that, what you're seeing, what you're hearing, what you're smelling. and it was all of that and more. it was unspeak

photocopy of female attacker tashfeen malik's pakistani national identification card. this as an isis radio station claimed this morning that the two shooters were quote, supporters of isis. the fbi announced they are investigating the massacre as an act of terrorism. let's get to stephanie who is in redlands, california outside the unit where the two lived. what more information are you gathering about this id card. >> reporter: what's important about this id is the fact that it does give us an indication on when she was in pakistan before becoming -- moving to the united states under that visa. also just another picture we could find because there were not a lot of images that we were finding here of tashfeen malik before she came here to marry syed farook. these were supporters of isis. we also have learned that facebook saw there was a post of someone saying that they were pledging their allegiance to isis and the leader of isis and it turns out they believed that was tashfeen malik using a different name posting right about the time this attack started in san bernardino. that pos

and tashfeen malik may have discarded in the lake before they were killed in a shootout with police. investigators hope to search that hard drive for information on potential connections between the couple and foreign terror groups. law enforcement sources have confirmed to cbs news that malik made radical postings on facebook as far back as 2013 - the year before she moved to the united states and married farook. according to a report in the new york times, malik spoke openly on social media about her support for violent jihad, and said she wanted to be a part of it. but none of these postings were discovered when malik applied for a k-1 fiance visa. (james carafano, vp foreign & defense policy, heritage foundation /nat'l security expert) if you're going to start doing a deeper dive into somebody and looking at their social media postings or other things, you really wanna focus your effort on the high-risk traveler, the person that you're really worried about being a threat to the united states. the question is, how do you identify them? malik was not identified as a threat.despite

terrorist group. tashfeen malik and her husband, sayed rizwan farouk killed 14 people and wounded 21 others by opening fire at the regional center. they both died in a police shootout. an official close to the investigation telling cnn that the female attacker, posted on pace book pledging allegiance to abu ab dar al baghdadi. they are investigating as an act of terrorism. let's get to paul san ddoval. what more did we learn about the package addressed to the shooter's home? >> reporter: it did turn out to be a false alarm. it was enough to leave many on edge. three days since the shooting. this story is still heavy on the minds of people. it is all over the local headlines. the reminders were right there. >> san bernardino on edge. overnight, police evacuated a ups facility and called in the bomb squad to investigate a package. it was addressed to the home of syed farouk. it turned out to be safe posing no threat. >> this comes as the fbi announces the mass shooting is being investigating as an act of terrorism. >> we are spending a tremendous amount of time trying to understand the

employee. the other, his wife or girlfriend, is tashfeen malik. both were killed in a shoot-out with police. they led authorities on a chase in a black suv. the director of the islamic group in the area says the couple left their 6-month-old daughter with her grandmother on wednesday morning. now, the grandmother had not heard from the couple and was concerned when she saw the reports of the shooting on tv. earlier in the day, police say farook and malik opened fire at a holiday party. 14 people were killed and 17 others were wounded. >> cnn's randi kaye has details on how the shooting and the police chase unfolded. [ sirens ] >> reporter: active shooter. that was the warning just before lunchtime in san bernadino, california, about an hour east of los angeles. people inside and outside heard the shots. it all happened at a conference facility where a banquet for county officials was taking place. that facility is part of a large building complex that houses the inland regional center, which provides services to people with disabilities. within minutes, the san bernadino police they are loo

, authorities have identified the second suspect as tashfeen malik along with syed farook police say they were the two armored attackers who killed 14 eople in san bernardino, california. california.a third person was detained after they were seen running near a gun battle that killed the two suspects in the crime. crime.right now -- police aren't sure if that third person had anyththg to do with the crime.police say malik and farook-who were married to each other, opened fire on a holiday banquet hosted by the county's public health department.farook workrk as an environmental specialist for public health.a co-worker said farook was at the banquet and later disappeared. police say explosive devices were also found near the site where police and the suspects got into a shootout, which is about two miles away from the original shooting.farook and malik were both killed.the police chief said the bomb squad was working late into the night to disarm the devices. the f-b-i says they are motives -- including workplace violence or possibly terrorism -- but they say it's too eatly to tell. tell.police

syed rizwan farook and tashfeen malik were isis supporters but stopped short of calling them official members. stephanie elam is live for us in redlands, california, outside where the couple was living, plotting this, raising their 6-month-old daughter at the same time. why is this i.d. card, stephanie, of tashfeen malik, why is that important? >> well, poppy, we're learning a lot more about tashfeen malik and there weren't a lot of images about her once the news broke and we heard the identities of these two shooters, so now we're getting to know more about who she was and knowing she was residing in pakistan and also solidifying her age, according to this document. this is a state obtained government document that she would have here representing she was from pakistan and it shows she was there prior to 2013. it also shows us that she was -- would have been 30 next year, and there's a lot of questions surrounding malik, simply because of the issue farook grew up here, her husband, he worked here, went to college here. this is an environment where he had spent his life. so we know th

uncover potential evidence and reports tonight that tashfeen malik posted about violent jihad on social media before she arrived in the united states. >>> donald trump runs into new opposition to his controversial plan to ban muslims from entering the u.s. as a new poll in iowa reveals the lead that all important fate might be shifting. >>> hundreds of infants possibly exposed to tuberculosis from a >>> cocaine hunters. authorities try to reverse a big increase in cocaine smuggling. >>> and "star wars" tribute. "nightly news" begins now. >>> and good evening. new developments in the investigation of a killed 14 people in san bernardino, california, ten days ago. as they look for clues and physical evidence recovered, we're hearing about another potential blind spot. over this one, whether authorities were able to look at tashfeen malik malik malik's posts on social media before she was given a visa states. >> reporter: she wasn't shy about her quest for violent jihad on social media. american law enforcement officials told "the new york times" tashfeen malik supported it and said she wa

story, new revelations about tashfeen malik, including her family and schooling in pakistan. tonight, former classmates are painting a more detailed picture of the world's most notorious terrorist. was she radicalized long before isis was formed? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the breaking news in the san bernardino terror attacks. sources telling cnn that investigators believe the female terrorist tashfeen malik was radicalized at least two years ago. that's well before she came to the united states and before isis proclaimed its caliphate. and we're also learning new details of the final facebook post she made. a u.s. official telling cnn it started off with the word "we" indicating she was posting on behalf of her husband as well as herself when she pledged allegiance to the isis leader. but investigators are also said to be puzzled by the lack of a manifesto or a video. we're also following the breaking political news. a brand new cnn poll just released right now shows donald trump ahead of his closest rival in the primary state of new hamps

farook and his pakistani wife tashfeen malik. another focus is their 24-year-old neighbor, and carter evans has the latest on him. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell cbss news, enrique marquez is cooperating with the f.b.i., that he's told them of a 2012 terror plot he and syed rizwan farook allegedly hatated then scuttled. marquez could face charges of providing material support for terrorism after admitting he provided two of the assault weapons used in the san bernardino attack. but the more that's revealed about marquez the more puzzling >> he was really outgoing. he was never violent. >> reporter: viviana ramirez was a college classmate. >> just the fact that he is friends with him doesn't mean that he did it. >> reporter: marquez had converted to islam and visited this mosque a couple of times three or four years ago, according to a spokesman. a mosque member who met marquez says he seemed to be searching for direction, was exploring islam, and later said he wantedd convert to buddhism. another friend tells cbs news, "when he talked about islam, he talked about it

terrorism. shortly before sayed farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened fire, malic took to her facebook fiej pledge her allegiance to isis in syria. a federal law enforcement source tells cbs news this is a photo of malik, the photo they are working with. it is the first pwe have seen of her. the attack left 14 people dead. they were among about 80 san bernardino county health department workers who were holding a holiday celebration. homeland security security correspondent jeff pegues begins our coverage. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news, malik's facebook post pledged her allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. the post was in english and issued under a different name. f.b.i. director james comey: developed indications of radicalization by the killers and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations. >> reporter: investigators have recovered computers, thumb drives, and other electronic media from the home where malik and her husband, sayed farook, lived with their six-month-old daughter. perhaps the most important find-- two cell phones discovered in

syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik. malik was a county employee. both killed in a wild shoot-out after a high speed chase. a co-worker said he went to saudi arabia earlier this year and returned with a wife. they were reportedly parents of a 6-month-old baby. >> that barrage of gunshots from the final confrontation captured often camera by a man in the neighborhood. investigators had been searching a nearby home linked to the couple but there's no word on what they found. >> we have live team coverage. megan hughes is standing by with reaction from washington but begin with lauren lyster live in san bernardino. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. the two suspects now dead identified as fukushisyed faroo tashfeen malik. they are not ruling out terrorism. though the suspects are dead investigators remain on scene and on alert. it ended much as it began with a barrage of gunfire captured on this cell phone video. >> my house is getting shot at right now. >> reporter: four hours of terror in san bernardino after gunmen stormed an office building killing

should be done about future mass shootings. tashfeen malik, the 27-year-old pakistani citizen entered this country on a fiance visa before marrying syed farook. with wire services reporting that isis is saying it's followers carried out the attacks on that group's official radio station. investigators are searching for a motivmotive. lawyers for syed farook's family said that there were never any signs that malik had been radicalized. >> she was a very private person, she kept herself pretty well isolated and was very conservative. >> the brothers never interacted with her, they have never seen her face because she did wear a burqa. >> i spoke with syed farook's sister yesterday about the couple she knew. who were to the people you knew? >> i mean my brother, the guy that i grew up with, the shy, introvert, kept to himself, quiet. he grew up, got married, and his wife was just recently here. she was only here for two years, we didn't know her thattal well. >> reporte . >>> we'll have more on that in a bit. but the fbi is taking over the investigation from local law enforcement, it is

wednesday, this picture of tashfeen malik coming the same day that the couple was linked to known extremists and possibly a motive in the attack. steve: we are learning about the arsenal of weapons. and dan bowens joins us with more. reporter: that's right, a lot of new information. these killers had some 1400 rounds of ammunition before dying in a shootout with the police. a search of the couples hometown even more weapons and bombs. authorities working under the theory that they were inspired by foreign terrorist organizations. these horrific acts as an act of terrorism. reporter: a critical clue leaving investigators to that conclusion is a facebook post where tashfeen malik pledged allegiance to isis and its leader moments before the massacre. >> i am aware of the facebook post and i saw the same thing you did. we do not know what is there yet. we are continuing to look into that. reporter: authorities say that tashfeen malik and her husband syed farook tried to erase their digital footprint after the attack by damaging personal devices. >> we do hope that the digital fingerpr

tashfeen malik. >> reporter: they said they are not convinced 4:zajsyed farook to isis despite the facebook posts. to any affiliation, a facebook name that just visited a site, to the person who purchased two of the guns used x,,,jkin the a that person is not a suspect. àcxú/have we lear his other person or the guns. purchased ox.ncthe two rifles. the fbi is playing this close Õk to the vest. >> thank you. ó0yyand photographers were allowed to go inside the apartment of the two shooters in san bernardino. the attack. á÷tthe husband and wife syed farook and tashfeen malik lived at s ( fñthis !í%(gf-np6h not far from san bernardino. the landlord allowed reporters and photographers to 5.ppigo in and see for themselves what it looked like. what they saw included fbi receipts j58 mfrom evidence, d auditions in the sink -- dishes pink and a crib. >> we executed a search warrant >> we executed a search warrapa we turned that over 6a residents. called calle the apartment an ied factory because lkpmof all the pipe bo materials. >>> uc riverside is remembering the victims of the e

farook and tashfeen malik had been radicalized, but they have been for some time. reuters believe the couple was planning more attacks, but the fbi still doesn't think the attack was planned by a larger group overseas. >> we do not see any evidence so far of an o konous plot, outside of the u.s. continental plot. we may find some, we don't know, but right now we're looking at the two individuals and we're looking to build it out from there. >> we've learned that both farook and malik did some target practice in the san bernardino area including just days before the attack. there's also the question of how they got their weapons. the atf says farook legally bought three handguns himself and the assault rifles were purchased by a man named enrique marquez. searches say marquez who was a friend of farook's was in a psychiatric facility until sunday, but is now in custody and is being questioned. the fbi add they have now found 19 bombs that could have been used to create pipe bombs inside the couple's home. jim? >> tisha, thank you. we also have new details on where shooter tashfeen

>>> happening now in the newsroom, who is tashfeen malik. described as quiet and soft spoken, she is at the center of an fbi terror investigation for gunning down 14 people with her husband in a commando-style assault. >> we are spending a tremendous amount of time over the last 48 hours, trying to understand the motives of the killers and every detail of their lives. >>> plus, isis responding to the attack calling the shooters supporters of its terrorist operation. >> i don't understand. how can a woman just deliver their baby and google crap like this? >> newsroom starts now. >>> hello, everyone. thanks for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. police are closer to determining a possible motive. an isis radio station announcing the two shooters were supporters of the terrorist group. tashfeen malik and her husband syed farook opened fire at the inland regional center. they died in a shootout hours later. they are investigating the massacre as an act of terrorism and there was evidence in extreme planning. let's go to polo sandoval who is live in redlands, california. a worrisome

syed farook and tashfeen malik committed the attack, there's been questions whether they had outside help. tonight we may be closer to learning the truth. it comes as we obtain a rare image of the pair, believed to have been taken in july of last year, as they made their way through customs in chicago, telling authorities they simply wanted to marry and live in america. but the fbi today revealed that 18 months after that photo, this couple had lethal intentions, revealing details about their movements prior to the attack. watch. >> we have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time. now, how did that happen, the question we're trying to get at is how did that happen and by whom and where did that happen? i will tell you right now, we don't know those answers at this point. we do have evidence that both subjects did some target -- participated in target practice in some ranges within the metro area or within the los angeles area. that target practice on one occasion was done within days of this event. >> "the kelly file" traveled

wife, tashfeen malik. malik's father is speaking from saudi arabia. he lives there. he is telling the associated press, only god knows why did it happen. meantime, the head of the fbi said both shooters were radicalized before they met appareand married. >> was the woman shooter radicalized before she came to america? >> it looks like she was. so far, the data we collected, indicates she was before she connected with the other killer and came here. >> is there any evidence this marriage was arranged by a terrorist organization or terrorist operative or a meeting on the internet? >> i don't know the answer to that yet. >> do you agree with me if it was arranged by a terrorist operative or organization, that is a game changer. >> it would be a very, very important thing to know. >> there are also new questions troubling questions about the man who bought some of the assault rifles used in the massacre. enrique marquez. he tells the fbi he and farook planned and dropped an earlier attack. officials cautioning that marquez may be lying for some reason to cover up his role buying the weapo

girlfriend or wife, 27 cash phone -year-old tashfeen malik. the question is why. >> mr. farook is a county employee, environmental specialist in the public health department has. been employed there for five years. he was at the party. he did leave the party early under some circumstances that were described as angry. that's the information we were following up on when we encountered him back near this residence in redlands which led to the pursue and the officer-involved shooting. and it's now confirmed he is one of the deceased. >> he was at the party. he left the party. he came back and opened fire. the initial reports had three gunmen in the attack, a third person was held for questioning, but police are fairly certain there were just two shooters, both of whom are now dead. the bomb squad finally disposed of a few explosive devices found at the shooting scene. they finished that up just a few hours ago. want to bring in cnn's john vause live this morning in san bernardino. what's the latest? >> we had a lot of details overnight from authorities here, from law enforcement offici

potential blind spot. over this one, whether authorities were able to look at tashfeen malik malik malik's posts on social media before she was given a visa to come to the united states. >> reporter: she wasn't shy about her quest for violent jihad on social media. american law enforcement officials told "the new york times" tashfeen malik supported it and said she wanted to be a part of it. fbi investigators now believe malik and syed farook were independently radicalized as early as 2010. malik's public social media posts may have been overlooked when hervey visa was processed. today fbi divers in san bernardino are seching ing the third day for evidence that they might have tried to destroy. authorities said no important evidence has been found in the lake so far. investigators also keeping a close eye on farook's friend enrique marquez, who is not a suspect. he has been providing information on the guns he bought for farook, who discussed a possible plot for another planned attack scuttled in 2012. a new investigation and an arrest in a fire bombing of a mosque in what many fear is ano

community outside los angeles neighbors tell nbc news syed farook and tashfeen malik appeared to lead an ordinary life. but inside their redlands home, there were signs they were plotting and planning a terrorist attack. >> we have several down in a conference room. several down. >> reporter: today the militant group isis praised the attack, calling the couple mar terse and followers. but u.s. government sources say there is no evidence the attack was directed by a militant group. malik was born in pakistan, pledged allegiance to isis on facebook shortly before the massacre, reuter's news reporting she spent time in the poon john province in her early years and later went to university there, a hot bed for extremist recruiting. malik had would two brothers and two sisters and spent time in saudi arabia, but her family say there were no signs she was involved with laumic radical groups. but officials say some are right to ask if tashfeen malik radicalized her husband. >> often times withdy duos we have a primary actor. >> reporter: coming to the u.s. last year on a so-called fiancee visa

package was meant for syed farook and tashfeen malik. investigators found out the delivery came from a reputable vendor and was not a threat. police said only clothes were inside. >>> minutes into the attack at the inland regional center, tashfeen malik praised support for an isis leader on facebook. >> a facebook executive said she posted under an alias an cot around when the first 9/11 call was coming in. facebook found the account on thursday. they took it down and gave all the info to police. the fbi has officially declared the attack a terror investigation. investigators do not believe the two had any direct ties to isis or any other terrorist network. >>> malik was born in stack stan and lived in saudi arabia before moving back to pakistan for pharmacy school. she met syed farook online. got married in mecca. malik arrived in the u.s. last year. farook's sister says she hardly knew her sister-in-law. >> you met her, she's the girl next door, the sweet, innocent kind. the kind that's smiling, that's nice to you. you would never ever guess. >> others say malik was a soft spo