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Ayman mohyeldin. And i am ali velshi. We are continuing our coverage of the reported gunfire and your president donald trump today in florida. We are learning details about what the fbi is now calling an apparent attempted assassination of the former presidents golf course in west palm beach. Florida police can now identify the man who shot. The individuals name, ryan wesley routh, born february 18th, 1966, according to three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter. The suspect is...

That in contrast to what theyve said tonight. >> so heres whats probably going on now. theyre trying to decide how to advise plar advise police departments around the country on how to help on halloween night. i would not be surprised if they suggested increased vigilance and patrols. the copycat factor, absence any other factor, just that alone is cause for concern. >> weve been mostly focused on the who, what, where, and when, and what we can glean from this event in new york city. i want to b...

For one of the three suspects in this mass shooting, one of many mass shootings we have suffered through in this country most recently with the planned parenthood facility in colorado. and of course in oregon more recently than that. just before that when its been a horrific season for us, five months, mark glaser. >> thats right. >> five mass shootings, major mass shootings. >> thats right. >> in just six months. >> thats right. and again, 21 this year. i think something like 150 something sinc...

At least in what im seen in my reporting, looking into this for months and talking to many people who are doing it. again, what theyre trying to do is really get people off what they call this pathway to violence, where if someone is creating concern that they might carry out an attack like this. and often it is the kind of young males that we see carrying out these crimes. what can be done to try to steer them in a different direction. thats the imperative of it. >> theres also this broader que...

Creating concern that they might carry out an attack like this. and often it is the kind of young males that we see carrying out these crimes. what can be done to try to steer them in a different direction. thats the imperative of it. >> theres also this broader question, right? when you zoom out past mass shootings, something youve been reporting on. it just is the case that more guns mean more gun fatalities. and thats true as a sort of correlation across states, particularly when you look at ...