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Those dots and people know that theyre in danger just because of the color of their skin. >> were being attacked and our government doesnt step in. >> they will have to wait until september. while lawmakers are on vacation, i expect we will keep seeing scenes like this. tuesday night here in -- here in new york in times square, a motorcycle backfired but that is not what people first thought. >> it was a crazy moment. i thought somebody was shooting -- shooting. >> if i didnt see the motorcycle,...

5-year-old boy who last saw his father at that airport and then mentions that hes flying his father home on that plane, it was just silence that fell over the terminal. >> what were people doing around you? >> some people burst into tears. how could you not have a lump in your throat at hearing a story like that, about hearing about the pilot waiting to pull up to the gate. immediately everybody in the gate area stood at attention. there were hundreds of us there because the flight waiting to bo...

School because they thought they would be targeted. >> its really more of an intimidation here according to people i spoke to. and this fear and intimidation is actually going to be quite serious enough that the mexican government is now turning to the u.s. government asking for any and all information on the el paso shooting. they want to know if any mexican citizens living on this side of the border are in danger and we found that fear is quite palpable. particularly at make the road new york,...

Latinos a decade ago. >> reporter: what has changed in the last few days? is there more fear? >> translator: for me theres an increased fear, adding we may not talk about it, but its definitely palpable in and around our countries. we deserve dignity, respect and peace. >> reporter: her feelings were shared by many we spoke to, including her co-worker. >> he was trying to kill immigrants. thats why he went all the way down to the border, so thats scary. >> reporter: this concern has been heavy o...

In mississippi. and the other thing just to end is that people here are making these connections, so theyre saying, wait, the people who are in mexico who are trying to get here who are now forced to sleep on the streets in mexico because of the policies of this president who doesnt want refugees is connected to babies being put into cages. its connected to toddlers dying in immigrant detention. its connected to the border walls being placed here. its connected to what just happened here. theyre...

This administration decides to have one of the biggest sweeps in american history and were supposed to believe it wasnt a one-two punch, give me a break. how stupid does he think we are not to be able to connect the dots of what this administration is trying to do. >> we picked our words carefully on that, eleanor in what i reported and folks sk draw reasonable interferences. were not as a news organization able to report the inner workings of a few hours ago of the white house yet. were not rep...

Theyre making this big 360 and theyre saying were putting these dots together in just horror. its an absolute horror. but it is not lost on them and may this man, 45, understand that the people here know exactly whats going on. they know exactly whats going on, no matter what anyone says they know it and they feel it. right here in their hearts. >> richard parker and maria, thank you both very much for joining us on this important night. we really appreciate it. thank you. when we come back jo...

Her feelings were shared by a lot of people we talked to, including her co-worker. >> he was trying to kill impe a immigran immigrants. >> reporter: he says this concern has been heavy on the mind of the families he helps. >> weve seen a lot of fear in the community because of that and because its real now. its not like -- we can connect those dots and people know theyre in danger just because of the color of their skin. >> reporter: its also personal for latinos on the west coast. [ speaking fo...

Violence. we have this question on -- when we talk about terrorists from al qaeda or what not. and we like law enforcement to be able to examine public data. we like them to be able to see what information can be used to connect dots. it is possible again with constitutional protections that there might be more of a role for data in finding shooters before they strike in this context and my colleague has a nice piece in the "wall street journal" today if you want to learn more. >> bill: james fr...

Domestic terrorism than in foreign-inspired terrorism. but heres the problem for the fbi and law enforcement. the terrorism statutes give the fbi jurisdiction to investigate people in foreign terrorism who are connected with specific groups: isis, al qaeda, hamas, al-shabab and so forth. here at home, there is no specific group and its harder for the fbi to have dots to connect and thats why theres fewer resources. >> peter, i always appreciate your insight. we mentioned president trump was spea...