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Was getting more details and law enforcement agencies mobilized, nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk arrived in dannemora to cover the story. >> and your first thought is, how did anyone break out of z there? >> reporter: when law enforcement poured into the search area it became hard simply to move around. >> this wasnt just a couple of cops walking down the street knocking on doors, this was hundreds of law enforcement on the streets, holding positions with automatic weapons, helicopters ove...

Nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk arrived to cover the story. >> and your first thought is, how did anyone break out of there? >> reporter: when law enforcement poured into the search area it became hard simply to move around. >> this wasnt just a couple of cops walkin down the street, knocking on doors, this was hundreds of law enforcement on the streets, holding positions with automatic weapons, helicopters overhead. everything was extremely difficult. there were roadblocks every half a mi...

Happened, this he called to kabul and washington and it took over 30 minutes for it to stop. what we do know about this type of aircraft and the way it is used in combat with these rapid fire, heavy caliber, automatic weapons mounted on the side of this aircraft that will fly low over a battlefield? it will target troops, taliban out in the open. the damage that we see on the hospital, the fire coming out from the inside of it, could be symptomatic of strikes from that type of weapon. unlike if ...

Amount of mass shootings we see? >> well, i dont think anyone has all the answers, but i think some of the components are first of all guns should not be in the hands of people who should not have them. people who have criminal records, people who are mentally ill. and that means we need a very strong instant background check system. number two, we have a huge loophole right now in gun legislation in that unlicensed gun dealers can sell guns at these gun shows. thats the gun show loophole, which...

But republicans keep refusing to do anything to protect our communities. they put the nra ahead of american families. >> we need a very strong, instant, background check system. i dont think in this country we should be selling or distributing weapons of mass -- weapons that are designed just to kill people, automatic weapons, military-type weapons. >> well, you can hear some of the uniformity in the republican response. you heard hillary clinton calling out the nra by name, and of course that l...

>> well, i dont think anyone has all the answers, but i think some of the components are first of all guns should not be in the hands of people who should not have them. people who have criminal records, people who are mentally ill. and that means we need a very strong instant background check system. number two, we have a huge loophole right now in gun legislation in that unlicensed gun dealers can sell guns at these gun shows. thats the gun show loophole, which has to be eliminated. and in my ...

And i go back to my quds kurds thing with donald trump. you have to ask the candidate what they heard and if they believe it. now i have been in 500 stadium, audiences, where people say something and you just dont hear. im sure youve experienced this as well. >> i have. i remember responding to a question once about weapons, automatic weapons. and i could not hear. i was in a crowded -- there was a protest going on. i couldnt hear what the person was saying. and i got slammed for it. i understan...

Least two of them did. its certainly valuable in a situation like this. >> and their friend shship was the core too. anthony said i saw my two friends jump up and i didnt hesitate to jump up as well. he was the one who spotted it initially. so nic, lets talk a little about this suspect if we could. hes been identified as ayoub el khazzani. he was on a list in france that said he had engaged in some suspicious activity. what more do they hope to learn from him in terms of whether he was acting al...

Ron, new today a group called the oath keepers just arriving. how might that affect whats happening there? >> reporter: well, theyve been here before, to be true. they were here last year and theyve been here a couple of nights. its a group that says theyre here to help citizens protect themselves and defend their rights. the chief of police for st. louis county has called them unnecessary and inflammatory. we were interviewing a member of the -- a little while ago the chief of police in a small...

Does live next to me, i can worry about asking him to turn his music down, maybe share a 40 with me, have a barbecue but not whether or not hes hiding automatic weapons. >> weve also heard the warnings from inmates. >> i think the greatest fear that the public should have is that some of these people are going home. when they get out there, youre going to meet these guys in an alley one day. if he asks you for your wallet and you dont give him that, hes going to pull out a gun and shoot you dead...