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Saturday while stripping paint from the floor. the first responders wore hazmat suits when they did the autopsy and cause of death was methylene chloride inhalation. >> this is the death certificate. >> it is. >> it says on here. it says it. >> yes. thats it. cause of death methylene chloride inhalation. >> you know, you dont typically see it that clear-cut. >> it was really remarkable, you know, to draw this cause and effect, a chemical that was scheduled to be banned but was still being sold l...

You have people who are saying, like tucker carlson has, that the whole point of this migration is to replace american citizens. by that he means mostly white american citizens. and that i think was the most striking example of how the real fringe white nationalist right thinking has crept into main stream conservative thought. this idea that this conspiracy theory really of white genocide, that there is going to be this great replacement as its called of migrants from other countries replacing ...

Theres -- its difficult to draw a cause and effect, but i think you look at the language, the parallels, its pretty striking. >> you know, whats also striking, katty, is -- i mean, there are so many things that just dont make sense. just factually when you talk about this issue and the rhetoric. look for instance at the fact that illegal crossings were at a 50-year low when donald trump -- like before donald trump became president of the united states. a half century low. and yet, he talks about...

Are all laws that could potentially make the difference. in addition, the laws as you mentioned such as the red flag laws that say hey, there is an individual that is suggesting they want to harm someone orwhi an important part of the equation. >> there are three state laws associated with lower mortality rates. universal background checks. ammunition background checks. identification requirements for firearms. you say you cant be sure theres a direct cause and effect, but how do you explain t...

Distraction? >> absolutely. theres some mass killers that have had a deep passion for violent video games. but someone who is inclined to be violent enjoys violence as their entertainment. its not a cause and effect. take someone like adam lanza from sandy hook. he spent long hours playing violent video games. also nonviolent games like dance revolution because of his social isolation and awkwardness. he spent so much time in his basement with his games. didnt make him into a killer. its a defle...

You start to ask questions about the political climate of the day, or political comments of different political actors actually contribute to this climate. i dont want to get too far down the road in cause and effect. were seeing an increase in hate speech, violent acts, and it is tied to a much more toxic political environment that were living in. >> so this could, lets stay away from deciding whether the political climate encourages these things, but this could be a turning point in which the ...

Right or white supremacy or anti-semitism or other forms of hate based ideologies. if you look at the frequency, tempo and numbers, that is what is most threatening to american communities right now. when you see the department of homeland security testifying, thats what they are emphasizing as the most concerning threat. thats what they are under pressure from members of congress to address. so youre right. this is not something that were used to talking about publicly. it is even more complica...

Those are the numbers we know the president focuses on. the apprehensions at the border month to month, those statistics, one month for the administration. good news, risky to bet on one month, but well see, right? >> well see. its like looking at the monthly jobs numbers and trying to make a conclusion about the economy. i think the trend the is what to look like, not any single month. is and this has happened before where the trump administration got excited about lower numbers and then the ot...

Economy, rutting regulations, working and cutting the taxes. weve seen it in unemployment numbers and gdp. for her to insinuate that donald trump doesnt know what hes doing, i think its a cheap shot. >> rashad, whats your take? do you think the comments are a reference to president trump? >> well, sure theyre a reference to president trump. they should be a reference to him. heres the thing, president trump creates policy, many times, by way of tweeting. his staff and his cabinet, theyre running...