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Operations updating us now on a shooting that happened in a movie theater 8:30 eastern time. two people will dead. >> live pictures now from that theater sin e sin? laugh yet, lae la. as you look at these first, i want to speak to another witness of the shooting. >> anyone e age? dear, was in the theater next door. page, what did you see? >> people running out.

>> theyre talking about it more now that i was successful in using them politically. and everybody has got to acknowledge that fact. >> joining me now is phillip bunk, political reporter for the washington post. its kind of amazing to go back into that period in american politics. where this very racialized language about welfare and dependency, at one point, david duke is saying that people on welfare should be given birth control, right? that, through a sort of different rhetorical approach, i...

That, through a sort of different rhetorical approach, it funnels pretty squarely into a lot of republican politics. >> its absolutely true. i think its important to remember what was happening in lae la at that moment. it was gist starting to transition from heavily democratic to a heavily republican state. it was trying to figure out what itsds political identity was was a reaction to the changing race in the united states. david duke was an opportunist. he was also someone who was a member of...

>> its absolutely true. i think its important to remember what was happening in lae la at that moment. it was gist starting to transition from heavily democratic to a heavily republican state. it was trying to figure out what itsds political identity was was a reaction to the changing race in the united states. david duke was an opportunist. he was also someone who was a member of the klu klux klan. and he takes a moment to say hey, what i believe in is our state taking care of itself. >> as for...

>> right after that, congressman skalise acknowledged he made a mistake. i know that he does not share the believes of that organization. meanwhile, it is e as that was happening, skalise himself stepped up his own defense today. he spoke to many different louisiana groups back in those days trying to sell his tax and spending plan. and then he condemns the views of the neonazi group. he is among that groups targets. skalise also noeted that he was just a state legislature in lae la. lae la. lou...

Great. so this is definitely a series e serious cry sisz for him right now. >> so i imagine, at first he said he didnt know. and now i imagine the story is going to be look we had no idea we were talking to anybody. you throw a conference, were there talking about our tax plan. how plausible is it that he just rolled up to the -- i think, the best western, with no idea what the heck he was addressing? in general, it isnt unheard of. but in this case theres a reaction of disbelief from a lot of p...

In is the group thats bringing their revival show to lae la. when the local press started pressing them, really? you want to blame hurricane katrina on what now? they took it off the event. they replaced it for a letter with another american association guy who blames 9/11 on homosexuality. maybe they think that will go better in louisiana than blaming the hurricane on the existence of gay people, theyll blame 9/11 on the existence of gay people. maybe 9/11 is further away? since the event at lo...