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Target against the lgbtq community. we can say there might be other motives, but this is my, you know, we would have to sort of put on blinders not to think that this particular bar was targeted because of the community. and what now is part of the investigation is in that gap between what was maybe personal issues with his mother and a more public attack against the lgbtq community. what was happening in terms of his mental state, in terms of radicalization. thats what i would be focused on at ...

Before a criminal act that they are capable of an act of violence, will you take their weapon or not? is this a mental health question? i think it is. is it a second amendment question? i think it isnt. this is for the politicians to decide. they need to give cover to law enforcement to take away weapons from people before they commit an act of violence, regardless of whether that person is charged. >> all right. juliette kayyem, phil mudd, thanks. excellent discussion, as always. and you know, ...

Wait for justice as well as answers unfortunately continues. wolf? >> its a horrible situation. lucy, thank you very, very much. lucy kafanov reporting. lets bring in cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd to learn more about the law enforcement response. phil, so far the facts we know about this case just dont seem to add up. what do you suspect is happening behind the scenes in this investigation? >> boy, we saw one bit of data just a minute ago, thats the video from the early morning of the m...

Mike pence shoring up republican governor brian kemp in georgia, outgoing republican congresswoman liz cheney stumping for a democrat in michigan. senator cory booker is in wisconsin, and former president barack obama holding a rally this evening with democrats in nevada. our cnn teams are on the ground across the country following every critical race like no one else can. first to phil mattingly, hes live in miami gardens, florida, where president biden just spoke and, phil, the president again...

Phil said. what you see is, it is another individual that is living on the fringes of society. mr. depape was a loaner by all accounts, by everyone coming out, witnesses and his former stepdaughter and friends and girlfriends, he was a loaner and recluse and he lived in a trailer or a camper in somebodys driveway. stayed away from really engaging with people. he didnt have a bank account because he was afraid to talk to tellers. these are key to the motive to what is behind it. so again, definit...

Contaminating it further. >> joining me for nor more is counter-terrorism analyst phil mudd and peter la kata. and on the new details of what the suspect had with him that police are reporting about. multiple zip ties and duct tape. how much worse could this have been. >> im looking at prospect that maybe mr. pelosi would have been there and if you have the duct tape and ties youre looking at a situation where the person walking into the resident was thinking about a potential hostage situation....

Not right in his minds eye, that is one thing. but it doesnt really matter and shouldnt play into the outcome of what happened which is a disgusting violent act on any u.s. citizen, let alone the speaker of the houses husband. >> peter, thank you so much. phil, thank you as always. survived a crowd surge in seoul are recounting what they saw and how they got out alive. >> and i turned around and i told the crowd, you cant come this way. people are guying. >> the latest details on this tragedy....

There was more to it. there was a potential kidnapping or potential hostage situation here. all very serious. >> very serious. phil, police have not auns noed a motive behind the attack but they say depape intentionally went to the pelosi home. much more to come on this. but the head of the rnc, the republican national committee pushed back against the idea that violent rhetoric against pelosi over years coming from republicans could have led to this attack. let me play this. >> i think that is ...

The police chief spoke about that very topic. threats against elected officials. take a listen. >> our elected officials are here to do the business of their cities, their cuts, their states and this nation. their families dont sign up for this, to be harmed. and it is wrong. and everybody should be disgusted about what happened this morning. >> reporter: finally, jim, the suspect facing multiple charges, including attempted homicide, threatening the family member of a public official, assault, ...

Attack on republicans. but the people who are believing they did the wrong thing on vaccines, stole the election a few years ago, in the numbers game, if youre talking about 330, 340 million americans and you put out information, invalid information that tells even one tenth of 1% of people theyre right to distrust the government and they should go attack somebody, you cant control that, jim. you need politicians who say that information is not correct, the conspiracy theories are not correct, a...