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How tang againstly it may seem. >> yesterday they reported on a couple of false alarms. they called 911, said ive been shot. thats whats on peoples minds. we saw here in washington during the d.c. sniper case that people changed their daily routines. folks were absolutely terrified getting shot on the roads. the difference in arizona, nobody has died based on the attacks. the question is are team in phoenix changing their daily routines or driving faster down i-10? >> some are definitely changin...

And thats what i am trying to do in this campaign. people may disagree with my solutions and thats fine. but lets focus and have a real debate on the real issues that face the middle class and working families and lower income people. >> bernie sanders speaking today in south carolina. on to the next story. people who drive on interstate 10 in the phoenix area are still on edge over a rash of freeway shootings there. police have questioned a man but are now saying hes quote, not our prime susp...

If you can see still swollen. busted lip. >> now police say they plan to question this individual all day long, quote. and i am told this person will also be questioned in unrelated prior crimes as well and that police will likely attempt to develop some information today that will allow them to get the search warrant to take a look at his vehicle, as well as his house to see if they can find some firearms that might batch the laistics taken from some the vehicles that have been hit. 11 incident...

Try to backtrack there. im sure they are searching the vehicle, looking for any type of physical evidence. but you have to remember that -- they have to verify any of the phone calls, any of the leads coming in. i know that during the d.c. sniper case, we looked for a white van for 2 1/2 weeks. it turned out to be a blue chevy capri. >> the early leads can be wrong, misleading. certainly, early suspects can be wrong as well. we have to keep that in mind. what other things would they be looking f...

String of shootings along a major highway. brian todd is working the story. >> tonight law enforcement officials tell us that so far this have been 11 confirmed shootings which are part of this investigation. the head of public safety in arizona is not calling this a sniper case, but someone is shooting at vehicles in a heavily trafficked corridor in the phoenix area and its got local relevance dents terrified. shattered windows. bullet holes. police combing the highways. on the ground and in th...

Highway? >> i think they are doing everything they can. for those of us that lived here in d.c. and were involved in the d.c. sniper case or the general public, i think we all remember the fear that it put into the public around here. you know, this is a real case of domestic terrorism. they are right on with that particular nomenclature for this crime. >> no question. i remember living through those as well. thanks for joining us. "outfront" next, a tennis legend says police officers tackled ...

Received cuts from a shattered windshield. >> its just a matter of time. if this keeps going, whether he means to or not, the shooter im talking about, very likely is going to end up shooting somebody while theyre driving the vehicle. if a driver gets shot or veered the vehicle off, we could have a major not only shooting but a major car accident too. >> reporter: former u.s. martial art roderick was a top investigator in the 2002 d.c. sniper case when ten innocent people were killed. he says ba...

We do know your cell phone gives off pings and youre able to, even through location services, kind of get a gps tracking of an individual. do you know, jim, how quickly authorities could trace his location from his phone? do you know that? >> yes. they can do it pretty rapidly, and theyre going to have air assets up as well, fixed wing and helicopters in areas they think he might have been, where he lived, or if that was his vehicle that was spotted. thats still unsure, tamron. but they have air...

And wrong? the prosecutors put on a very strong case. over 200 witnesses to show that he planned this. he had elaborate notebooks and he even had the bobby trapped apartments so first when responders came to his home, they would be injured. he really thought it out in elaborate detail. and he did know right from wrong and therefore he was legally guilty. >> the idea of the not guilty by reason of insanity plea, it has been around for a while. i think it was john hinckley with the twinky defense....

>> i think there are people who are profoundly mentally ill where the juries will not apply it. and we saw the sniper case. that was a severely ill young man but the jury rejected that defense. amert somebody committed a horrific crime but well let hill go. it feels like an excuse. what a lot of people dont understand, he would have been locked up in a psychiatric facility for a very long time. however, this case surely both sides knew was all about the penalty phase. whether he will get death p...