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Billion, more than double what it laid out for mitt romney and the nra money started flowing much earlier in the cycle for trump. we dont have a definitive accounting whereheir nations come from, correct? >> no, we dont. a lot of money is so-called dark money. it doesnt have to be identified. it goes to a c-4 organization, non-profit. and you know, a large part of that $30 million does not have to be disclosed publicly. we dont really know. were relying on the nras word as their scrutinizing the...

You about a person who would put out these sort of decoy devices, to use your term? >> there definitely appears to be some copycat similarities here. looks like he took pieces from recent shootings, even going as far back as columbine, which was 19 years ago, hard to believe, last month. four components to a bomb. you need a power supply, like a battery, which he didnt. you had to have explosive, pten or c-4, which are much more difficult to get. he did not have those either. then you have to ha...

It acceptable for this pro trump girl to turn around and hire him? >> well, erin, i have to call balls and strikes here saying im disturbed and concerned that someone who said these comments, these hateful type comments was then hired by the c-4. i think if im a donor to the c-4 and pretty ticked off someone like this was hired. especially this is not how the president talks. this is not how anywhere near the president talks. and this is exactly the story that the left wants to go and paint of t...

Reach out to them a couple months later as he has been recently. it wouldnt be that shocking if at some point especially if this chaos continues, that trump might decide i need a new perspective, im going to reach out to steve bannon again. >> that would really be something if he went back to bannon. does bannon have a next trick up his sleeve? hes got a new movement, new initiative, new money. >> its not clear that he does. hes working on a c-4. i know hes been out fund-raising. he had quite a ...

Robert mercer? >> well, steve has -- is independently wealthy in his own right through his work at goldman -- >> while he rails against ho hollywood and wall street that is where he made all his money. >> yes. but he is raising money for a c-4 umbrella group that will fund these insurgent candidates that he wants to primary against mcconnell and establishment candidates in the 2018 midterm. so hes got basically a lot of juggling going on between trying to promote himself, while also trying to le...

>> misguided. >> because theyre radicalized in prison or lost souls who somehow just turn evil here. i want to talk about the mode here, a van on a bridge, three guys with fake suicide belts or suicide vests, depending on what you hear from the witnesses, foot-long hunting knives. it looks like the barrier of entry here pretty low. what do you make of how this attack was conducted? >> sure. and i think when we describe it as a van, its almost too benign a term. you know, you look at the physics ...

The officials have gone there and they are officially calling this terrorist incidents. what does that tell you that they may have information but cant share yet. >> they do have some pieces of evidence, some forensic evidence or possibly somebody in custody. and they have to believe now that this is a terrorist attack. there were too many things that would have been coincidence. it seems to have the proto typical ear mark of an isis inspired attack. since 1991 when the isis cook book was put ou...

Could happen here. so in the u.s., what are the concerns, and are we seeing stepped-up security as we are in the holidays? >> yeah. of course, youre going to see stepped up security. i think, you know, its tragic. yes, that can happen here. i think the key in all of this is too understand that, when it comes to a terrorist attack like this, driving a truck -- were not talking about necessarily a ton of bombs or a ton of c-4 or anything like that. driving a truck. its really hard to screen agains...

On that search. they discussed their feelings about bergdahl, some of which are they thought he was in many ways gutless. there was concern after his rescue there would be retaliation against bergdahl. an interesting look into a story that in many ways we thought we understood because timed, as you say, jose, with this court-martial. so in many ways listeners getting a sense of what this trial is going to be all about. >> yeah, and richard, you covered the search for bergdahl as it unfolded. i w...

As far as demeanor, william porter was down to earth. he was talking natural. cross-examination didnt really change at all. the question is, how did he get the horrific injuries, freddie gray? because the c-4 vertebra was locked up and over c-5. the ligaments were ripped and torn. the nerves could not do blood flow. the arteries couldnt take oxygen to the brain so he couldnt breathe. chris, that is the perplexing thing, theres no evidence that the van went at high speed or stopped quickly. the i...