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The russians to hit hard behind ukrainian lines. >> the terror aspect of these weapons is a significant psychological factor on the battlefield. >> reporter: unlike massive military drones, which fly hundreds of miles an hour over vast distances, often to drop missiles and return home, loitering munition drones are small, slow, and disposable. the switch blade 300, for example, weighs less than 6 pounds, and can be carried in a backpack, launched quickly and easily, it will cruise at about 60 mi...

Regrettable that they didnt understand the russian decision making. ukraine is asking the u.s. for more reconnaissance and attack drones. tom foreman has the details. >> reporter: beneath the roar of artillery blasts, evidence of another strike appears. >> the terror aspect of these weapons is a significant psychological factor on the battlefield. >> reporter: unlike massive military drones which fly hundreds of miles an hour over vast distances often to drop missiles and return home, loiterin...

>> all right. chief, i cant hear you, and im not going to waste your time. lets take a quick break and try to get the communication right with the chief. this is the best analog we have is 9/11. forget about the terror aspect and the government interface. the community, the complexity of the search, that is the only other time ive seen this. this doesnt happen in america. buildings dont fall under their own weight. this wasnt just an accident. theres going to be a reason. we dont know what it is...

The whole terror aspect. you know, how could this happen? >> julia joins me now. thank you for being with me. >> sure. thanks for having me. >> tell us about this project. where did you find these women? >> one of the women -- the piece starts with a woman who is in calgary, and she was one of the first of all these mothers, the first, actually, to lose a son to isis. he ran away in november 2012. and it was so early on in the syria crisis that even though she was seeing classic signs of radical...

Report on parents whose kids have joined isis or have converted to radical islam, joint terror groups, al qaeda as well. i want to look at a video clip from your piece. >> ive got a -- wont say hi anymore, and the -- and i can see that shes -- well, thats the mother of a terrorist. >> family members cant -- it not only is losing the kid, but the whole terror aspect, you know, how could this happen? >> this is just one of the voices thats in your piece. tell us about what you found. >> i covered ...

Murdering americans whenever it gets an opportunity. >> jihad thats for sure. because i dont know why they do it. but, its absolutely a fact they do do it. they down play the terror aspect. donald trump just said we need better intelligence. you know, im saying to myself what more could the intel agencies do if you have a guy in little rock in 2009 that, you know, attacked the military installation, if you have the guy today in chattanooga. i mean, how do you know that unless the guy brags about...

Real enemy an enemy that is murdering americans whenever it gets an opportunity. >> jihad thats for sure. because i dont know why they do it. but, its absolutely a fact they do do it. they down play the terror aspect. donald trump just said we need better intelligence. you know, im saying to myself what more could the intel agencies do if you have a guy in little rock in 2009 that, you know, attacked the military installation, if you have the guy today in chattanooga. i mean, how do you know tha...

So every muslim probably uses that as their main muslim prayer so thats kind of common. but this isis, i dont think he was strongly affiliated with isis but he might have been inspired by what isis has been saying over the last few months. >> inspired. but thats clearly what isis wants. it doesnt care, right? >> i dont think they care whether this guy is mentally ill, whether hes on the frung of society or not. they love the terror aspect of what hes accomplished. some people called him a wannab...

Very confusing. without information, very hard to say what happens next. >> justin, you want to weigh in. >> i think thats right. like i said before, until we have the airplane, unless somebody comes back and finds something out that hasnt come out about the pilot or copilot or someone can come out with this was a terror attack, in every terror attack, we know. pan am, we knew right after. 9/11, obviously we knew that day. to go two weeks and not have a lead on terror aspect, that diminishes the...

Yes. the terrorism, 3,000 people died in 9/11. car deaths it is 3,000 a week. it is zero tolerance. other deaths especially auto accidents we have tolerance. but the mass killings kind of fit into the islamic terrorist box in that we do put such emphasis on it because of the terror aspect of it. 13 people might die in washington, d.c. in a bad weekend. 13 people die in this particular way we put more emphasis on it. the horror and terror is on a higher level. >> it is a horrible story. that is t...