driving for. they are now cooperating of course with federal and local officials. anderson. i mean, you d think they might want to look at their security protocols if this person again had multiple traffic citations and been arrested, gets to drive, i don t get that. i think that s going to be a no-brainer and tag alone story. he was driving for uber, he had a very terrible driving record. thank you. back now with james clapper. director clapper, in terms of what we ve all learned today from the investigation, i m wondering if there s anything of particular that stands out of interest to you? one aspect of this, anderson, that i think is unique to this case is that the perpetrator, the terrorist is still alive.
fate of a lot of people. a lot to discuss here. we have a new wrinkle in the prosecution. cnn counterterrorism expert phil mudd is here, errol louis and gregory is here as well. david, there s no question that this man will likely be eligible for the death penalty. i think he checks the first two categories of the 94 federal death penalty act. it being homicide and t. what does it mean here of concern? well, it means a couple of things. primarily for a prosecution, it tends to taint the case that the prosecutors would bring and any defense lawyer would stand up and talk about a president being presidential to the process of a trial. that s why presidents stay out of making comments like this because they don t want to
conveniences to his feeding of feeling. this is the demagogue s trick of being the angriest guy in the world. ex kraeuclamation points and al this tweeting. there are hundreds of prosecutions that we have seen is already in general you have a 93% conviction rate in any federal prosecution system. and the rate is even higher when talking about the terrorism cases. you think what he is talking about is he is upset about the investigation on him. that s why it is a joke and a laughingstock. i m not so sure. who cares about these courts. let s just kill them. in this case if the police had, in fact, been tough and cruel and killed this guy on the spot, there is a whole lot of information that wouldn t have
idea of purpose. you are making, not intentionally, i m sure, you are making a constructive case for why xenophobia is on the rise. this muslim guy has 19 million followers. more proof that is no faith of peace. islam is out to get us, and you just proved it with those numbers. what s the response? well, my argument is opposite that. that to me is a counter insurgency approach to immigration. and that s failed us. billions of dollars we have spent on isis, billions of dollars, american lives, many other lives lost. we need i think a public health approach. if you think of isis like not every brown person is a potential extremist. we have muslim american heroes. we want to make this country safe. we have to think it more akin to an std or herpes. it is spread through intimate
they should think very seriously whether they really want a case of a lawful resident being sent to guantanamo bay to be the next case before the supreme court. that s not the case that i would bet on if i were on their side. is the record brt here than guantanamo. yes, it s much better because they get tried. most people at guantanamo bay were not tried. ed idea that they re kolgdsed or they play fast and loose with the system is simply not true. the conviction rate among terrorism cases is one of the highest among any in the united states. it s very rare to have people acquitted in terrorism cases. but what they do get is a fair trial. and then when we impose the punishment, we impose it on our terms, want theirs. and they get a fair trial the type they deny other people. appreciate it. thank you. coming up, we keep learning more about the suspect in yesterday s