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Also a majority of people, 54%, oppose he use executive action to do this. tell me if im hearing you wrong, tom, but it sounds to me like you do want the president to do something, you just wanted something different. is that right? >> i want the president to enforce existing laws that are in place today. there are mechanisms in place today with mandatory sentencing guidelines for people who commit crimes with firearms, there are laws in place for people who conduct straw purchases, and prosecut...

Enforcement at all. it seems as though there could be a day of action here, though. we had a conversation jim cavanaugh, a former atf agent in charge. he said the textbook play here is to cut power to the building, forcing people to go on to generators and using fuel and when the fuel is out, you can make a move. he also said the terminology that the governor would use is in fact domestic terrorism. thats been a controversial point here online. people saying is it a militia. that terminology may...

Coates, thank you for joining us live from washington, d.c. whats the next move for law enforcement after a federal building in oregon is swarmed by armed protesters? well hear from a former atf agent at the top of the hour. plus this -- >> 22 witnesses at least. and there was one of them right there. and every one of us were called fabricators. liars. >> the real-life crime drama that has a lot of people binge watching. hear why so many are finding th "making a murderer" so compelling.. i a...

And earlier this morning, the bodies of the three victims were removed from the crime scene. during that time, the officers lined the streets and saluted as the vehicles drove by. its a very difficult time for this entire community. theyll have a chance to mourn together later today during two separate vigils. one this morning at a local church and another at a nearby university this evening. >> all right, thank you so much. lets get some perspective on the attack. from nbc news law enforcemen...

Dominates all others. who shot first? >> when we drove up, the davidians opened fire and im sickened by any other assertion. >> but in a cnn phone interview after the shootout, david koresh says otherwise. >> they started firing at me, and so then what happened was that some of the young men started firing on them. they fired on us first. >> we didnt shoot first. we didnt. they shot first. if i thought that an atf agent would drive up in a front of a structure and shoot, id throw my badge in the...

>> wolf i dont think anything is wrong with it. i know every atf agent that i know would hope there would be stronger and stricter measures. but we have to enforce the laws that congress enacts. and we have to deal with states rights as well. its a very complicated issue for us. >> final thought from you, joey jackson. >> sure. something has to give. its time obviously, not only to have the discussion but to match action with the discussion. i know its just not the issue of gun control. absolute...

Murder money, that $40,000. wolf? >> pamela, thank you. lets bring back our law enforcement analyst tom fuentes. also matthew horace, a former atf agent in charge. we heard about this one witness according to this indictment lying about the nature of this $40,000 delivery if you will. what does all of this say to you? >> its very suspicious, wolf. if he laid on something that really should be pretty easy to know or remember in terms of the facts of this case its one thing when witnesses in the h...

Sickened by any other assertion. >> but in a cnn phone interview after the shootout, david koresh says otherwise. >> they started firing at me, and so then what happened was some of the young men started firing on them. they fired on us first. >> we didnt shoot first. we didnt. they shot first. if i thought that an atf agent would drive up in front of a structure and shoot, i would throw my badge in the garbage. it didnt happen. >> probably the only person who will ever know who actually shot fi...

From the start one question dominates all others. who shot first? >> when we drove up, the davidians opened fire and im sickened by any other assertion. >> but in a cnn phone interview after the shootout, david koresh says otherwise. >> they started firing at me, and so then what happened was that some of the young men started firing on them. they fired on us first. >> we didnt shoot first. we didnt. they shot first. if i thought that an atf agent would drive up in a front of a structure and sho...

>> but in a cnn phone interview after the shootout, david koresh says otherwise. >> they started firing at me, and so then what happened was that some of the young men started firing on them. they fired on us first. >> we didnt shoot first. we didnt. they shot first. if i thought that an atf agent would drive up in a front of a structure and shoot, id throw my badge in the garbage. didnt happen. >> probably the only person who will ever know who shot first is the person who shot first. >> no one...