mike madden does.. "the smell of fresh gunpowder was in first officers on scene the morning of the attack.. s/ officer mike madden - first responder:26 - :39 "it was unspeakable the carnage injured or already dead and the pure panic on the faces of individuals." those images frame the investigation that continues right now.. police and federal agents redlands home of syed farook.. and tashfeen malik.. including computers and cell phones that according to officials indicate farook "was talking with people in the us and overseas during the past year who showed an interest in radical jihad." s/ mary ellen o'toole / former "this took days, weeks, if not months to plan out. there's nothing impulsive about this shooting at all." a military style assault... carried out by a couple that had as many as ten pipe bombs and 45- hundred rounds of ammunition inside their home.. leading some to wonder if follow-up attacks may have been a part of the couples plans.. s/ president obama 1:20 - 1:28 "we don't know at this

what we just heard from policeman mike madden, was nothing short of heart breaking. and first responders deserve medals. survivors of this as strosity deserve all of the condolences and respect. but we could never predict this. we have the evidence to indicate exactly from past terrorist attacks what exactly happens here. if you look at 9/11 attackers, many of their passports were found in strip clubs and bars. if you look at the problems in the boston marathon bombers, you find that it was very difficult to predict that these were becoming islamist fear cries and terrorists. and if you look at just even to this month, if you look to the paris attacks, evidence indicates that some of the attackers were fully integrated in french society -- >> we heard reports from one neighbor, she saw suspicious behavior. she didn't want to report them because she didn't want to seem like a racial profilers. >> yeah. and actually, the evidence points to the fact that those who join terrorist organizations would try to conceal any sign of religious devotion. precisely so they are not

. >>> the chief of police at san bernardino, and commander mike madden with a powerful statement about what happened. we might go back here. they have photographs that they brought along to that press conference. we may have a look at those in a second. just to go back over what commander madden said. he works behind the desk, but he was going to lunch and he heard the call and said it was out of pure louk he pulled -- pure luck he pulled into the right location. he had a group together, four police officers, they went inside. he saw unspeakable carnage. he saw many victims dead outside the conference room, he saw victims inside alive and talked about the panic on their faces. he talked about how proud he was of the work that the police department and the sheriff department did in a difficult situation. obviously this had an impact on him and the people of san bernadino. michael is a retired fbi agent. it brings back home the tragedy and pain. can you talk about how they deal with the issues that are occurring. >> 10 years ago i was an agent with the fbi when there was a high school ma

very, very real for mike madden and the many other responders who came to the scene. again, the suspects were found to have about 5,000, maybe more, rounds of ammunition either on them or in the home they were renting. a dozen pipe bombs and the means for making many more explosives. investigators say everything indicates a premedicated, well planned attack, and the possibility that other attacks were in the pipeline as well. so many more questions to co, del, including what were they doing -- what were those two doing in the three or so hours between the attack when they went in and killed 14 and injured many more, left, and then were found self-miles away in their car later in the afternoon. >> allen schauffler live for us in san bernardino. thank you very much. >>> again, a reminder that news conference begins at 12:00 nn eastern time. these are the names -- the coroner releasing the names of the victims a father of six, a woman who fled iran trying to escape persecution, and the youngest victim, 26. the oldest was 60. earlier today, melissa chan talked to the boyf

with 24 years on the force, lieutenant mike madden knew it was the real deal. >> and i could hear it in our dispatcher's voice. that this was actually happening. this was a real event. >> reporter: he was less than a mile away and first to get there. columbine in 1999 thought them what to do. engage the active shooter. >> we wanted to get in there and stop any further innocent people from being injured and possibly killed. >> reporter: but what they found, mike calls surreal. >> an active shooter, we call it sensory overload. they try to throw everything at you to prepare you for dealing with that. what you are seeing, what you are hearing. what you are smelling. and it is all of that and more. >> reporter: they got as many as 50 people out as quickly as they could. >> it was unspeakable. the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people who were injured and unfortunately, already dead. and, the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need. >> reporter: he could smell fresh gun powder, knew the urgency, but was trained to show calm in this situation. but st

mike madden does.. "the smell of fresh gunpowder was in the air." madden was one of the first officers on scene the morning of the attack.. s/ officer mike madden - first responder:26 - :39 "it was unspeakable the carnage that we already dead and the pure panic on the faces of individuals." those images frame the investigation that continues right now.. police and federal agents pouring over evidence pulled from the redlands home of syed farook.. and tashfeen malik.. including computers and cell phones that according to officials indicate farook "was talking with people in the us and overseas during the past year who showed an interest in radical jihad." s/ mary ellen o'toole / former fbi profiler :58 - 1:06 "this took days, weeks, if not months to plan out. there's nothing impulsive about this shooting at all." a military style assault... carried out by a couple that had as many as ten pipe bombs and 45- hundred rounds of ammunition inside their home.. leading some to wonder if follow-up attacks may have been a part of the couples plans.. s/ presid

this is lieutenant mike madden. 24-year veteran from san bernardino. this is his hometown. he was simply off on his lunch break when he heard this call of mass casualties. of course, they were all fearful that there were multiple gunmen still active inside. and he described at first what struck him. and it was the smell. let's listen. >> when we entered, there was fresh gunpowder and the smell of gun powder in the air, leading me to believe that there was in fact -- there were in fact shooters still. >> and then scary moments for madden. he describes that sprinklers, fire sprinklers were going off, fire alarms were going off. he could hear the wailing, the crying out of the injured. people inside were so fearful, many of them in a hallway, that when madden first approached them, they were doubtful that he was indeed a law enforcement officer. maybe he was dressed portray himself as one of the attackers. but he says once he convinced the first of these terribly frightened people that he was indeed a police officer, they then followed him out in a flood to safety, john. just

but for whatever reason, as this officer described, again, lieutenant mike madden who was first on the scene, he said those fire alarms were going off and the sprinklers were going off, and people were screaming in pain who had been hurt. we now know 21 people had been hurt. that was -- it didn't necessarily add to the bullet points of factual information that we had about exactly what happened here and why it may have happened but that was the most remarkable first-person account we've heard from any law enforcement officer who's been involved in this at all. in terms of the new information we've just been given, and again, we don't expect a further briefing from law enforcement tonight, the san bernardino police chief who's done so much of this briefing, police chief jarrod burguan from san bernardino, he gave some very specific new information tonight. first they did release some new pictures, pictures that were recovered from the scene of the shootout we believe with officers. as you can see there, some of the images they're releasing to the public right now as we speak are of weap

we heard from mike madden who was one of the first inside at the regional center. he said the carnage was sewer real and a sense of training nobody was prepared for. >> it was unspeakable, the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead. the pure panic on the face of those individuals who were still in need and needed to be saved. >> while the community is celebrating the 14 lives at the same time everybody asking why, what was the motivation behind all of this carnage. lea? had>> will car in san bern den no this -- will carr in san bernardino. thank you, will. >>> gop presidential candidates says this means we are at war with islamic extremists. president obama is refusing to call the massacre an act of terror. >> it is possible that this was terrorist related, but we don't know. it's also possible that this was workplace related. >> the president continues to raise his hands and say, we will see. but those folks dressed in tactical gear with semi automatic weapons came there to do something. we need to come to

. >> reporter: mike madden was one of the police officers on the scene of the mass shooting in county building syed farouk, u.s.-born citizen of pakistani descent and his wife entered the building firing at everyone in their path. the sheriff department released pictures of the weapons the couple used in the massacre, the san bernardino police chief said there were thousands of rounds of ammunition. >> three played bombs attached is remote-control car and it was designed that remote control >> reporter: both died four hours later, in the county building, you can hear the gunshots as caught surrounded, fox news reporting federal investigators believe there's a possibility that the 20 radicalized husband. police confiscated computer is another things from their home to find out what motivated them to commit mass murder. >> it is possible this was terrorist related. we don't know. it is possible this was workplace related. >> reporter: new jersey governor and gop candidate chris christie says he believes it was terrorism. >> you don't go home and grab year and semi-automatic weapons to s

mike madden, san bernardino police department: it was extremely loud. the fire alarms there were people injured, obviously in great amounts of in the moans and wails that we were hearing nats vigil -- meanwhile the the 14 victims killed released. their loved ones speaking out. ryan reyes it was hard to watch the family members that were getting knowing anything about what happened to daniel. kaufman was hopeful boyfriend at first thought he survived, after seeing facebook post saying he'd been injured but was alive. federal agents are couple's international travel and contacts. authorities tell abc news the fbi is looking for connections between two specific individuals and farook to see if they were involved in his radicalization or in helping plan the attacks. lauren lyster, abc news san bernardino. " jessica rae: accrding to the yankton daily press, school officials from yankton school district and law enforcement held a press conference this morning regarding two unauthorized persons found at the high school there yesterday. currently, law enforceme

madden and many people said -- for anyone, he is so el kweoquent in the way he s. this guy is a hero and the police officers are heroes who went into this building and into this scene. >> absolutely correct. when you heard him speak he was speaking from his heart. he was eloquent and i could not take my eyes away from the screen watching that press conference. it choked me up listening to him and what he went through. that was a horrendous thing he had to go through. but the victims are looking to the police officer to keep them safe to get them out of that particular situation. and just stepping one point back here to what bernie said, i agree with what bernie said. there was an interview done by one of the neighbors that lived next door and she talked about how they were quiet and were a nice family. they could hear the baby playing in the yard next door and laughter. that is exactly correct. they are going to hide under the radar so they don't gain any attention outside of the neighborhood, law enforcement isn't looking at them. that's exactly what it appears he

he is lieutenant in the san bernardino police department named mike madden. he spoke to the reporters of what he called unspeakable carnage. >> i'll tell you, it was something all they we train for it, something that you're never actually prepared for. it was unspeakable. the carnage that we were seeing. number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead. and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need, needing to be safe. reporter: lieutenant madden telling us also that the at first when the police entered, the victims were reticent to even come to the police. took them a while to convince them, okay, we're on your side. it is okay to come out. eventually they did. as we said mounting evidence this morning that this was a planned terror attack. we should make mention though there was initial report that the perpetrators were wearing gopro cameras. according to police authorities there was no evidence they were wearing gopros but certainly evidence of a lot of other tactical gear they possessed and were wearing. the i

police lieutenant mike madden was the first officer on the scene of wednesday's mass shooting. a 24oo year veteran who normally has a desk job and was on his way to lunch when it broke out. take a listen. >> i'll tell you that something that although we train for it, you're never actually prepared for it. my goal was to assemble an entry team and engage the active shooter. this mindset and type of training became indoctrinated in us after the columbine incident and t tt was the goal. as we made our way to the east side, evident that the rererts we were getting were 100% true. there were victims that were obviously deceased outside of the conference room and i relaid responding officers and again requested assistance. it was unspeakable the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people injured and unfortunately already dead. and the pure panic on the face of thosee individuals that were still in need and needing to be safe. d when wee entered, there was fresh gunas powder and the smell of gun powder in the air leading me to believe that there was in fact --n there were in fa

the first officer on the scene, lieutenant mike madden made the point. he gave a chilling point of what he found. we had every belief at that time that people had actively been shot in the building. my goal was to assemble an entry team and enter into the building. the mind-set and training became indoctrinated in us after the columbine incident. that was the goal. we were on it, we wanted to stop further innocent people from being injured and possibly killed. there's three officers arrived. there's an approximate 2 minutes time laps from the time i got there. of the four initial responding officers. and the four of his went around the south side of the building. as we made our way around to the east side, it was immediately evident that the reports that we were getting were 100% true. they were victims who were clearly obviously deceased outside of the conference room. and i relaid that information to the other responding officers. and again requested assistance. as we entered into the conference room, the situation was surreal. it was something that i

mike madden was one of the first officers on the scene and he says the carnage was unspeakable. >> i tell you, it was something, although we train for it, it's something you're never actually prepared for. it was immediately evident that the reports that we were getting were 100% true. as we entered into the conference room, the situation was surreal. it was something that i don't think, again, we prepare for and they try to -- an active shooter, we talk about sensory overload, they 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 unspeakable the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people who were injured and, and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need and needing to be safe. the initial 50 people did not want to come to us. they were fearful and they were in the back hallway area and that actually heightened my concern that -- and my fear that potentially the suspects were in that hallway holding them hostage and waiting u

. >> san bernardino police lieutenant mike madden was the first officer on the scene. a 24 year vet whoern normally has a desk job. and he was on his way to lunch when the call went out. and last night he spoke about the horrific scene he encount encountered. >> it was something although we train for it, it is something you are never actually prepared for. my goal was to assemble an entry team and enter into the building to engage the active shooter. this mind set and this type of training became indrinted in us after the columbine incident and that was the goal. as we made i our way around to the east side it was immediately evident that the reports we were getting were 100% true. there were victims who were clearly obviously deceased outside of the conference room. and i relayed that information totally other responding everies. and again requested assistance. it was unspeakable the carnage we were seeing. and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need and needing to be safe. and when we entered there was fresh gun powder. and the smell o

mike madden talked about what he saw when he arrived. >> we had every belief at that time that we had people still actively being shot inside of the building. my goal was to assemble an entry team and enter into the building to engage the active shooter. this mindset and this type of training became indoctrinated in us after the columbine incident and that was the goal. we wanted to get in there and we wanted to stop any further innocent people from being injured and possibly killed. as three officers arrived, there was an approximate two minute time lapse from the time i got there until we had a team assembled that our four initial responding officers and the four of us then went around the south side of the building. as we made our way to the east side, it was immediately evident that the reports that we were getting were 100% true. there were victims who were clearly obviously deceased outside of the conference room, and i relayed that information to the other responding officers, and again requested assistance. as we entered into the conference room, the situation was surreal. it

lieutenant mike madden was mile away when the calm came in, shots fired. he was the first one on scene and ran into the building. clearly obviously deceased outside of the conference room. and i relayed that information to the other responding officers. i was unspeakable. the carnage we were seeing and number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead. and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need, and needing to be safe. >> reporter: lieutenant madden said he will never forget what people who were obviously injured and in great amounts of pain. and that was evident in the moans and wails that we heard in the room. and it was very loud. and we also have fire sprinklers going off, so that was adding to further chaos. swroo he and other officers worked to get everyone out and kept going deep sbeert building. >> our goal had to be trying to locate the shooters, and deal with them. before we could get furth assistance in for the people in need of medical attention. >> reporter: and now all that the lieutenant can th

(sot / officer mike madden - carnage that we were seeing, the peopope injured or alleady dead and the pure panic on the faces of individuals survivors also recounted their stories. (sot / patrick baccari / rvivor :xx - :xx) "i laid on my floor and put my feet against the door and i had community here wants to know why - and how a quiet,hard-working man who recently became a father - could be capable of such hate. in san bernardino - jinah kim -- kwwl news. president obama ordering for flags to be flown at half staff in the nation's capitol following yesterday's tragedy. he also spoke on guncontrol today -- and what needs to be done to "we're going to have to search would make it harder, not impossible, harder for individuals to get access to weapons." in the shooting says he knew one of the alleged shooters personally. she believes her husband died trying to protect others... jennifer thalasinos / victim' wife "he knew syed, he'd worked with him, and he never had anything bad to say about him. our faith being messianic --- that's kind of... not instantly get along, but my husband neve

. >> lieutenant mike madden was among the first to arrive. >> it was unspeakable. the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead. and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need to be safe. >> reporter: the 26-year veteran will never forget what he witnessed here. >> you can't let your emotions override your judgment. and you need to do the job that we're supposed to do. >> reporter: after arriving at the crime scene, the lieutenant said he waited for three other officers. then as a team they penetrated the building, looking for a possible shooter. lester, they say they trained for situations like this for years but nothing prepared them for what they saw. >> miguel, thanks very much. >>> and we're continuing as we get information on the attacks, those that were killed in the attack, the names have been released. we're also learning so much more about them and all that they leave behind. >> 14 people were killed at the inland regional center, leaving at least 22 children, young and g

. >> lieu tenpt mike madden was on way to lun when the first call came in. it was he closest to the sceeb and therefore he was first officer to respond. and even before he entererd the inland regional center an saw what was happening he knew it was bad. >> i could hear it in r dispatcher's voice that this was actually happening. this was real he excellent once through the doors where police say saad farook and tash even mallic fired rounds killing 14 and injuring 21 the sure real reality snet and training. it was extremely loud. [ sirens ]. >> there were people who were obviously injured and obviously in great amounts of pain. and that was evident in the moans and wails we werhearing in the room. >> thinking the keen scene was still active he made the painful choice to move past the dead and injured toy find the shoot erin even then it was too late. farook and malik was gone having cared out their precise mission in i amatter of minutes. as we now know they were not gone for long. hours later this scene on nearby higay 375 bullets fired and two suspects dead

mike madden, one of the first to get on site described the fear on people's faces that he saw. as he walked in and confirmed that this was a mass shooting, he described how he could smell the gun powder in the air, fire alarms and convincing people to get down the hallway toward low enforcement and fear and confusion. they didn't know if they could trust the law enforcement officers there because they had guns with them. >> when that first victim walked out, all of a sudden the flood gates opened. >> we are getting more insight into who sayed farook was >> how could that be? he was married, had a daughter, had a good job. what would make such a person do such a thing. >> he was a very respectful person. >> you didn't talk about politics or international affairs? >> they do say that farook took his muslim faith very seriously and even memorized the entire koran. the men who prayed with farook here at this mosque say they are as shocked and baffled at anyone else about why he would have done what he did. >> we've known him for a few years now and we just meet him in the mosque. o

. >> reporter: lieutenant mike madden was a 23--year veteran of the san bernardino police department. >> we went further into the difficult choice to have to make as well. passing people that we knew were injured and in need of assistance, but our goal at that time had to be trying to locate the shooters. >> one down outside the car... >> reporter: the shooting is 28-year-old saeed farook and his wife tashfeen malique. farook is described as a mild mannered health inspector but appears he was hiding a dark secret. today the saudi arabia records conclude that farook visited in the summer of 2014 and returned home to the u.s. with a new wife and possibly new ideology. authorities are trying to determine if the mild mannered county health department inspector became radicalized during the nine-day trip to mecca. >> he was not on the screen of our agency prior to yesterday. not on any u.s. government watch list but authorities say some of the people he is associated with are. according to the associated press, farook communicated by phone and social media with at least two people currentl

the carnage we were seeing. >> lieutenant mike madden, one of the first officers to arrive at the inland regional center. he went in with three other cops, and despite all of their active shooter training, says nothing adequately prepared him for what he saw. >> as we entered, into the conference room, the situation was surreal. >> he had to put his emotions out of the building, to safety. >> the initial 50 people did not want to come to us. they were fearful. >> that fear evident in cell phone video recorded by a survivor, being led by an officer. >> i will take the bullet before you do, that's for dam sure. be cool, okay? >> not everyone could be saved. 14 people were murdered. including 52-year-old nicholas balasinos. who used to live in south jersey but moved to california. he worked with the gunman syed department. he leaves behind a devastated wife. >> he was so kind to everybody. very civil rous chivalrous. >> the two regularly discussed politics and religion. >> he got along with everybody as far as i know. what is what is shocking. obviously he became radicalized. >> this woman

. >> san bernardino police lieutenant mike madden was one of the first responding officers on the scene wednesday. he says despite active shooter training, during his 24 years on the force, nothing, nothing prepared him for the, quote, unspeakable carnage he and his team encountered while trying to clear that conference room. >> as we entered, into the conference room, that the situation was surreal. it was something that i don't think, again, we prepare for and they try to -- active shooter we talk about sensory overload, they 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 unspeakable, the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead. and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need, and needing to be safe. we asked -- we got as many people out as quickly as we could. we went further into the building and that was a difficult choice to have to make as well, passing people that we knew

. >>> reporter: when survivors were rushing away from danger, mike madden was rushing toward it. >> it was immediately evident that the reports that we were getting were 100% true. >> reporter: the san bernardino police lieutenant was one of the first on the scene. >> it was unspeakable the carnage that we were seeing. >> reporter: quickly it became clear not even training could have prepared him for what was next. >> an active shooter we talk about overload, they try to throw everything at to you prepare you for dealing with that. what you're seeing, what you're hearing, what you're smelling, um, and it was all of that and more. >> try to relax everyone, try to relax. >> reporter: inside the building, madden was among officers who guided people to safety. >> the initial 50 people did not want to come to us. they were fearful. >> reporter: that fear evident in cell phone video recorded by a survivor. >> i'll take the bullet before you do, that's for damn sure, so be cool, okay? >>> that heightened my concern and my fear that potentially the suspects were in that hallway holding them ho

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san bernardino police lieutenant mike madden was the first officer on the scene of wednesday's mass shooting. a 24-year veteran who normally has a desk job and was on his way to lunch when that call went out. and last night he spoke about that horrific scene he encountered. take a listen. >> i'll tell you, it was something that although we train for it, it is something you're never actually prepared for. my goal was to assemble an entry team and enter into the building to engage the active shooter. this mind set and this type of training became indoctrinated in us after the columbine incident and that was the goal. as we made our way around to the east side, it was immediately evident that the reports that we were getting were 100% true. there were victims who were clearly obviously deceased outside of the conference room, and i relayed that information to the other responding officers and again requested assistance. it was unspeakable the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead, and the pure panic on the face of those individuals tha

madden, a 24-year police veteran and the first responder on the scene yesterday of that mass shooting in san bernardino. you can hear the emotion in his voice. he described it as being the first one to get there with a couple fellow officers as just surreal. something we train for and we train for but you could never be fully prepared to handle something like that. going through the building and walking through, so hard to see the panic in the people's faces, to walk past people deceased to get to the ones injured and in need of treatment. >> it was interesting too, they still thought the shooters were in the building. so he was talking about walking past these people who were seriously injured and in need of help but there was nothing they could do at that moment because they needed to try to find the gunman who they still thought was inside. it was a very powerful interview. he also said this is what you train for, but then when it actually happens to you, it's hard to believe that it's really going on. he said there are so many families right now. it's the holiday season. so many f