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Ar-15s. they were converting these weapons from semiautomatic to automatic weapons. >> fully automatic rifle is, of course, illegal to possess. >> is it not against the law to buy firearms. its not against the law to buy anything that they sell at a gun show. >> people dont even realize they have turned from a commune into an armed camp, and the weapons become very much a part of their life. they have engaged in now paramilitary training. >> i was outraged, and i was able to go out and get enoug...

Hold emergency talks with nato in the coming hours as they fight back against soigs and kurdish rebels. meanwhile. turkey and the u.s. are working on a plan to create an isis-free safe zone along the syria/turkish border. and the north korean ambassador to china held a rare press conference and says his country has no interest in opening up talks with the u.s. about their nuclear program. president obama is expected to speak before the african union before he leaves for home. hostilities a...

Situation like this of automatic weapons fire, but automatic weapon fire means essentially a machine gun. you hold the trigger down and while you hold it down bullets are flying faster than you could fire the bullets yourself. it is basically a steady stream of bullet. semiautomatic is a common thing in the united states. there are millions in civilian hands in the united states. automatic weapons on the other hand, almost unheard of in the u.s. because they were all but banned by congress in th...

There are millions in civilian hands in the united states. automatic weapons on the other hand, almost unheard of in the u.s. because they were all but banned by congress in the 1930s. while there are these reports and you will hear people talking about automatic weapons fired today, it may turn out the shooter had an automatic weapon, but that is true that will be a big deal in this investigation. if it turns out he really did have an automatic weapon, as is so widely reported today that will b...

Not going to go in to that. >> all semi auto. >> im not going to discuss what he had on him at the time. >> interesting point that. is fbi special agent in charge in tennessee being asked about the type of weapons used in this attack today in chattanooga that murdered four u.s. marines. the fbi said numerous weapons were used but wouldnt say what type exactly. as you heard one reporter narrow it down asking if they were semiautomatic weapons but so far official s are not saying and it maybe an i...

>> all semi auto. >> im not going to discuss what he had on him at the time. >> interesting point that. the fbi special agent in charge in tennessee being asked about the type of weapons used in this attack today in chattanooga that murdered four u.s. marines. the fbi said numerous weapons were used but wouldnt say what type exactly. as you heard one reporter narrow it down asking if they were semiautomatic weapons but so far official s are not saying and it maybe an interesting point here. ther...

The fbi said numerous weapons were used but wouldnt say what type exactly. as you heard one reporter narrow it down asking if they were semiautomatic weapons but so far official s are not saying and it maybe an interesting point here. there were a bunch of news reports that describe the weapons used in this attack as automatic weapons. one defense official said the gunman used an automatic weapon as did one of the witnesses to this attack whose witness report was widely reported. there were nume...

And his computer like it is for all of us will be a picture into his mind and into how hes thinking and planning, regardless of the motive. if its revenge on the marines because hes kicked out, mad because he wasnt let in or some kind of terrorist motive. >> when you read the details out of local media it seems like a bit of a wild west scene. it was a drive-by. reporting 25 to 30 shots fired from an automatic. in the second location, the gunmans able to kill four marines. surely that takes a lo...

Rene? >> reporter: in the nations capital alone, 600,000 people expected to take subways while 2 million flyers per day are also traveling to fourth of july celebrations. but as americans move from point a to point b, law enforcement remains on high alert for terrorists on u.s. soil. >> we prepare for worst-case scenarios and we have contingencies if place, should they occur. >> reporter: those reassurances echoed ahead of celebrations across the country. >> philadelphia is already part of an en...

Scenarios, and we have contingencies in place should they occur. >> reporter: those reassurances being echoed in celebrations across. >> philadelphia is part of an enhanced network. >> reporter: theres only so much authorities can do to assure so-called soft targets. >> what i fear the most is what we saw in tunisia last weekend, which is one or two people with automatic weapons, and they simply go into a place where its really crowded, or they go to a bridge where traffic is stopped or a tunnel...