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Into these mass murderers have broadcast their intentions many times on social media. many times their friends and other places. so we know there are warning signs. we know there are people with mental illnesses should not have firearms. if a good, thorough, meaningful background check, to use the presidents words, would capture some of these people and prevent them from getting firearms in the first place, thats what he wants to do. thats a conversation he wants to have. hes not concerned -- yo...

Held the man for police. a picture there with his face blurred. was a crisis averted? were going to learn more. cnn national correspondent omar -- joins us. tell us what were hearing about him, what his intentions were, do we know? >> reporter: yeah, jim, at this point that is something the springfield police department are investigating right now. what were his intentions when he walked in dawnionning some of t body armor and doing so just five days after that el paso shooting. now, one of the ...

Political vulnerability. he wants to get trump a victory and get something passed. >> i agree. well see something finally. i think certainly the red flag probably universal background check. i also think we may see something in the tech space with smart guns. i think for all sides thats something that is more palatable than taking away semi automatics. >> bill: does it look like background checks would have stopped a guy in el paso or dayton. >> it wont stop violent, crazy people. they can go fr...

And continue to receive funds from their supporters. thats not to say no one in that organization has that intentions that are good and pure in terms of public safety. we have to remember what we are talking about when we are having conferrings abo consideratio conversations of lobbying. the president views on guns are not as deeply held as some of his other convictions or at least conviction of many other people who sent him to the white house and hes opened to these conversations thats why he ...

Job because as i said, he can be a very charming guy but hes not a child who has to respond to everything right away in front of first responders in a hospital setting. it seems tawdry. >> i would agree with you i would not have done it that way. i think we all know the president well enough to know when he feels like hes being attacked and his good intentions are being misrepresented, hes going to try to counter that narrative. i agree. he could have waited but i would make the argue the that t...

Would not have done it that way. i think we all know the president well enough to know when he feels like hes being attacked and his good intentions are being misrepresented, hes going to try to counter that narrative. i agree. he could have waited but i would make the argument the people out there lobbying for something that she well knows the president is never going to support was also as inappropriate as what the president did. >> its inappropriate? >> yeah, i do. >> what is inappropriate ab...

But in addition to that el paso case, today in gilroy, california, the fbi announced that they are looking at potentially the same sort of framing for the gilroy shooting last weekend, which the shooter did not survive. >> we have uncovered evidence throughout the course of our investigation that the shooter was exploring violent ideologies. we are striving to find several things. what, if any, ideology he had actually settled on. who, if anyone, he may have been in contact with regarding these ...

What, if any, ideology he had actually settled on. who, if anyone, he may have been in contact with regarding these ideologies. who, if anyone, helped him or had advanced knowledge of his intentions and why he committed this specific act of violence. >> again, in this case, the gilroy case, the shooter is dead. he reportedly killed himself in the midst of all the carnage that he caused. with him dead there is nothing at all they can do to him through the criminal law, right? that will change the...

>> you know where i first learned that as a columnist was when ohio seemed so radically against same-sex marriage and gay rights and over time incrementally i could see change, and you had to create the space for it, to allow for it. and i believe congressman turner. i saw him the day after the shootings. i saw how emotional he was about it. i dont doubt his good intentions. i know that there are people who say, well, wouldnt it have been nice sooner? yes, all kinds of things would be nice if th...

>> i dont want anybody harassed or targeted. >> they will be because you put their names in public. >> look. that was not my intention. >> thats what will happen. >> these things are public. what i would like for them to do is think twice about supporting a guy who is fueling hate in this country. what im asking for is for people who are making contributions to that effort to think twice about it and im directly asking the president to stop spending money on campaign ads that target an entire co...