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Called himself a poker player of the world. these are the killers own words as he testified in 2013 in his lawsuit in las vegas where he slipped in the walk way. he says he moved from las vegas from casino to casino, at one point stays up wards of three weeks out of the month. -- thats ranked from 100 to 1,350 each time i push the button. he says on a given night hell bet $3 million. when a attorney replied thats a lot of money. no its not. he called video poker a game of discipline. he explains...

When it comes to machine. slot machine, mindless. pull handles and push buttons. video poker, it takes a lot to do well for it. first, you need to know how to read pay tables and know which ones are the best and you know how to play the hands once theyre given to you and this is something that a calculating person wants to do or potentially flip the odds in their favor. >> a lawyer who was talking to him a couple of years ago apparently asked him, all right, how much money do you make on a given...

Slipping and falling in a walkway. it was obtained exclusively by cnn. he testifies about that fall and gives us fresh insight into his mind four years before the shooting. he moved from las vegas casino to casino at one point staying upwards of three weeks out of a month he said. a high roller, his hotel stays were comped 90% of the time. bets ranged from $100 to $1,350 each time i pushed the button. speaking on of a peak year, how many hours are we talk something. >> 14 hours a day. over 200 m...

Testified in 2013 in his lawsuit against the hotel in las vegas. the suit stems from this moment. security cameras catching him slipping and falling in a casino walkway. and in the 97-page deposition abstained by cnn. he testified about that fall and gives us fresh insight into his mind four years before the shooting. paddock moves from casino to casino, at one point staying upwards of three weeks out of a month. a high roller, his hotel stays were comped 95% of the time. that is ranged from 100...

Something that is unprecedented in american history. and joining us now is jonathan oconnell, the "washington post" reporter responsible for this story. tell us what you found. who is hanging out at the trump d.c. hotel? >> its really a mix of all sorts of different groups but the thing i want to get across is the hotel has really become the center of republican politics in washington. any given night you go down there you could see a member of trumps inner circle, a member of his family, a repu...

Politics in washington. any given night you go down there, if you go down there tonight, you could see a member of trumps inner circle, a member of his family, a republican congressman holding a fundraiser for election. you could see a protest. he saw protests a number of nights that we were down there because those folks resisting the president are using the hotel as a target. and the other thing you see down there is you see fans. its a little bit like trump tower in new york where there are f...

Folks. >> they put it this way, jimmy kimmel may have struck the final blow against the gop health care plan. >> maybe. this is pretty close to a final blow already before jimmy kimmel eve. talked. sometimes we over estimate the reach of people like jimmy kimmel. we live in a very partisan and divided country and people have made up their minds in terms of health care. were way past the era of johnny carson when people tuned in to see what johnny carson was talking about on a given night. its so...

Government assistance is decided on income. its a numbers scam. as for deserving, i think the folks working hard and low paying jobs are that. oh, come on. those polls are clearly entertainment. you dont use them to use political points. they are a reflection of what our audience thinks any given night. its not used on "the factor" because the results are not random. they are not scientific. they are targeted to people who use certain sites. come on. well, thank you for the compliment. when the ...

Its a numbers scam. as for deserving, i think the folks working hard and low paying jobs are that. oh, come on. those polls are clearly entertainment. you dont use them to use political points. they are a reflection of what our audience thinks any given night. its not used on "the factor" because the results are not random. they are not scientific. they are targeted to people who use certain sites. come on. well, thank you for the well, thank you for the compliment. when the time is right, we wi...

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