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Choppers to the central prosecutors office. the german government says for them, this is state terrorism, and theyre going to fight it as hard as they can. >> appreciate it. perspective from analyst phil mudd, former fbi intelligence officer. phil, this is bizarre. kwouf are got this group inspired by qanon and the former president and attack on january 6th. i mean, why do you think -- does this strike you as just really strange? >> no, actually i would disagree with you. it doesnt look bizarre ...

Conflating the two. the notion that most people are thinking about these issues in a far too broad umbrella for the very reasons that youre speaking about, phil. the idea here that theres only one discussion that is had, and were talking about suppressing information on social media. and inevitably it faollows back to a road where it ought to be compartmentalized in a more productive way. >> this becomes -- one of the problems here is, you know the old saying, a righteous person does what is rig...

Positions that they think will protect them in some way. people may do that. that may be what history does. when it turns into a wildfire is when you allow great big public names and other public names back them in opening that door and saying, yeah, this is okay. this is fine. this is just free speech. i dont think people in america are against free speech. >> mm-hmm. >> but the idea of unfettered, destructive speech, there have always been limits on what we do. we have not yet figured out how ...

Platforms, i do think there needs to be some reckoning about were they tilting the scale in 2020 or in any other election? >> let me bring phil back into the conversation because part of this and the development of whats been happening, there have been posts that undercut the claim that even tonight elon musk was tweeting out about, phil, that says that twitter had acted under orders from the government essentially to suppress the hunter biden laptop stories. now, theres been a series of tweets ...

Phil, youre going to yell at me in my ear for different reasons. ill give you the last word. ill defer to you because i know youre going to gf me a lot of hell if i dont. go, phil. theyre screaming at me. talk to me. >> are you comfortable going into an election campaign with the department of justice and the fbi investigating people that is right-wing extremists who are comfortable with anti-semitism investigating people who are supporting presidential campaigns? yes or no? >> thats how were go...

Mean the courts recognize there are certain penalties attached. its not like its entirely blameless. but the way that people talk about the first amendment and free speech now, they assume that it relates to any and everything without consequences, and there are real-life consequences to it proliferating. the numbers are out there. speak to me about, phil, what impact the rise of it has on the safety of our nation. >> boy, this is going to make you squirm. so if you go back 15 years ago, people ...

Way whatsoever. he wants a conviction that can withstand any appeal. now of course, federal authorities are also involved here. the department of justice is looking at this as well. but a real determination to see justice done in this community and the d.a. said they will be filing if they have the evidence. that is indeed what drove this gunman that that is seen to be avenged, i suppose, but they are very, very keen to try this suspect here in colorado springs. wolf? >> stay with us. i want to ...

Course, why this person wasnt on a list that would have disallowed him from acquiring those two weapons. thats the biggest question i want to hear answered. >> lets see if they answer that question. walk us through, phil, what investigators are going right now behind the scenes. what are they looking for and what are their next steps? >> theres a few pieces of this you have to think about. the broadest pieces are the human piece and digital piece. youre talking about interviews with family but t...

That, we cant solve through the law enforcement lens. that is something much bigger about what this country that as become. >> right, and phil, a lot of anti-lgbtq rhetoric was in the public discourse, leading up to the midterms. i mean, it was out there. it was just hanging out there, over this country. and less than a week or a little bit more than a week after the midterms, something like this happens. again, as julia was saying, as you were both saying, we dont exactly know the motive at thi...

I have personally spoken to the owners of it, today, earlier. met them. they seem like people who have cared deeply about this business and their role in the lbgtq community here. and as i say, all indications are, it was an extremely well-managed business. >> all right. mayor john suthers, we appreciate your time very much. we know youre very busy after everything that has happened there in your community and our hearts go out to you, our thoughts go out to you during this very difficult time. ...