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Said this was one of about a dozen synagogues in the area . I would say roughly in the Squirrel Hill area, i dont know the exact number today but i would say it is close to that. Okay. Im sure the Pittsburgh Police and the Allegheny County police are on that part of the case. Howard feynman thank you for that. For awful you, welcome i am alex witt live at msnbc headquarters in new york. It is high noon on the east coast. If you are just joining us we want to bring you up to date on the breaking ...

The sentiments are fermenting for quite some time. speak to that and how you look at that in the investigation. >> well, we have said for years, both for our school shootings, violence in the workplace and others, that a shooter or individual doesnt just snap. he or she has a period that builds up. again, shawn is absolutely right. we have seen these individuals anywhere from just a matter of weeks to a year and a half or longer. the columbine shooters, the two teenagers from columbine in 1999, ...

Right from wrong. they know what they were doing. >> certainly he was functional in that he had jobs, the people at the restaurant where he was working for awhile and people he lived with, they had in indications from them about that, either. >> none. in fact some people were saying that just was not part of who he was. but ive heard a lot of people say when he just snapped. he did not just snap. this was planning that went on for a long time. >> these things dont -- somebody doesnt just snap. >...

The nature of their actions and the consequences? again to be able to put together a complicated plan sustain it and have it be very strategized and be very cool, calm and collected means that theyre in touch with reality despite their mental issues and they know right from wrong. they know what they were doing. >> certainly he was functional in that he had jobs, the people at the restaurant where he was working for awhile and people he lived with, they had in indications from them about that, e...

Its a gruesome tactic to use in there. they say from the surveillance video theyre putting a computer model together have a pretty good idea how it all played out and say its horrible. >> john king, appreciate the update. a new perspective a voice we havent yet heard from someone who met the shooter at a hotel in washington just last week. her name is vanita bell. she ran into the gunman in a lobby twice and gave him her phone number in case he had trouble getting around the city. heres what s...

>> it disperses wide and its meant for hunting deer and large animals. gruesome tactic to use in there. they say from the surveillance video theyre putting a computer model together have a pretty good idea how it all played out and say its horrible. >> john king, appreciate the update. a new perspective a voice we havent yet heard from someone who met the shooter at a hotel in washington last week. her name is vanita bell. she ran into the gunman in a lobby twice and gave him her phone number ...

A new perspective a voice we havent yet heard from someone who met the shooter at a hotel in washington last week. her name is vanita bell. she ran into the gunman in a lobby twice and gave him her phone number in case he had trouble getting around the city. >> we talked for about 15 minutes. we talked about southern culture. we talked about the fact that we were both there. he asked me how long i would be there. i said overnight. an he said that he would be there for awhile. >> did he tell you ...