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Deangelo was an officer. in 1979, he was fired from law enforcement for shoplifting a hammer and never contested his termination. apparently to avoid a deeper investigation. in 1976, the suspect was initially dubbed the east area rapist. in some cases, he later taunted them by calling him on the phon phone. in 1979, he left northern california, a string of rapes and murders started happening in southern california. police called that suspect and mike stocker. in 1971 with advances in forensic te...

And there werent many clues either, at least not in plain sight. but that wasnt necessarily because the killer covered his tracks. >> the home was cluttered. there was filth, clothes all over the floor. dishes in the sink. food on the counter tops. >> and the crime scene itself, what did that look like? >> finding evidence is like, you know, finding a needle in a haystack. the house was in such disarray. >> the cops picked their way carefully through the clutter but found no fingerprints, footpr...

>> reporter: yeah. >> big time. >> reporter: was she clearly upset? >> oh, yeah. i started asking her, her name. her age. where shes from where she was flying to. where shed come from. just mainly trying to check nor head injury. make sure everything was okay. >> reporter: what were the chances? in all of that empty space, so rarely visited by humans, it was almost beyond mathematical calculation. like two needles finding each other in a very big haystack. >> i asked him where i was. he said, we...

Of it that, you know, its like finding a needle in a haystack in there. >> reporter: by 8:00 p.m., mckenzie was five hours over due. the rescue pilots were tired and running out of fuel and daylight. and then -- the authorities call. >> we have passed long the search and rescue process to the air force at this time. >> reporter: the military would take over. the man said, wed send out a team in the morning and in 30 minutes, bobbi and her friends would be ordered out of the air. bobbi had one la...

It actually could have prevented things like this. we know the police had contacted this woman after the parent called and said she might be a threat. the needle was placed back in the haystack. you can have a conversation about actual solutions but youve got to be rational about it. thats how they got to the civil tags for domestic abusers. >> jesse: this was a pretty irrational. by this actor. hes not even taking into consideration any of the facts. he is saying i dont even care what the facts...

Ness. what would be the reason knowing a terrorist attack was going to take place and allowing it to happen anyway? >> what is interesting about is it the f.b.i. in their court filings said this wasnt a rogue agent. this wasnt someone that went off of the policies. he acted exactly according to their directions from the top down. this is troubling because from the top down we have seen problems with this story. jim comey after the attack said they were like needles in a haystack and they were no...

Reason for the fbi knowing a terrorist attack was going to take place and allowing it to happen anyway? >> what is interesting about it is, the f.b.i. in their court filings, have said this wasnt a rogue agent. this wasnt someone that went off of policies. he acted exactly according to their directions from the top down. this is troubling because from the top down, we have seen problems with this story. jim comey, shortly after the attack, said they were like needles in a haystack and they were ...

Meaning this is something that you have got to practice or does he have military training or some sort of eod training. to me thats going to be interesting. the devil is going to be in the details here. i guarantee you, steve, this case is going to be looked at for a long, long time as to how do you hunt for a bomber. every law enforcement tool that has been developed since 9/11 has been put into place to find this guy. steve: it does look as if the fatal mistake in revealing himself was the fac...

Look at anyone who might have gone off the rails and have this kind of expertise? >> well, it is a quintessential needle in the hay stacks approach, but we got to sift through the entire haystack. and the good news is we have all the resources available to make sure we get that done and, in fact, i talked to the secretary of homeland security today, kirsten nielsen who was adamant that the federal government and homeland security will share with us whatever resources are needed to make sure we s...

It is simply on think about. >> the u.k. foreign secretary who is meeting in brussels to discuss the incident with european partners said putins reaction was straight out of moscows playbook. >> i think people can see that this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle of proof in a haystack of lies and obfuscation. >> this, as reports emerged the poison may have come out through the ventilation system of skripals car. notable that putins first appearance election night was a...