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Mclean, whos following the investigation. the shooter also had 50 pounds of explosives in his car. what do police believe his intentions were? >> yeah, that is not exactly clear at this point, fredricka, its one of the questions that continues to puzzle investigators. the suspect had some 1,600 rounds of ammunition in his vehicle, along with that 50 pounds of that explosive compound called tanarite. it is fully legal in the united states, its commonly used by target shooters to create exploding ...

Police. cnn learned by a law enforcement official that paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition at a gun show in phoenix in recent weeks. for so reason, paddock could not obtain the bullets. >> if he got tracer ammunition, who would be different? >> the first thing tracer ammunition does for a shooter is allows them to get on to target and low light conditions much more quickly than they might otherwise. in his particular case, he would have been able to see pretty much where the strike of his bul...

Or that material in his vehicle had intended to be used as an ied within that vehicle. the answer to your question is i dont know what he was going to do with it. its one of the mysteries of this actual attack. its one thing that my investigators as well as the fbi continue to try to figure out, and thats one of the main focuses of our investigation today. >> reporter: were also learning this suspect tried to buy tracer ammunition or bullets at a gun show in phoenix prior to this attack but he w...

Suspect in this case tried to buy a type of ammunition at a phoenix gun show prior to the shooting called tracer bullets, essentially theyre coated with a pyre tech nick charge that would have allowed the the suspect to see where his bullets were landing. the drawback of that is potentially police could have also seen where those bullets were landing and potentially located paddock much earlier. we are told by experts that you probably wouldnt use every bullet as a tracer bullet but perhaps ever...

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Bottom of the magazine so he would know when he was running out of ammunition to switch guns. kite mean he wanted to try to help his aim and follow the tracer rounds, although if he can see the rounds going to the target, it would make it easier for people on the ground to determine where those bullets were coming from. thats a double edged sword for him if he actually used them. but i think its very likely that he wanted to know when he was about to run out of ammunition so he could grab the ne...

So that tells you something. >> should congress regulate tracer ammunition? >> im looking at all the things that we should regulate. as you know, i have a bill to outlaw the bump stocks. im working with mr. fitzpatrick of pennsylvania to see about regulating them. thats just something i recently learned about is a glove you can wear, called an automatic glove that allows you to shoot like a machine gun. we dont want to leave any loopholes, tracer bullets should be part of that discussion, silenc...

Back to you. >> harris: claudia wrapping up the facts for us to talk about. thank you very much. as we come to the couch, charlie, theres a lot to chew on. we want to go back to those tracer weapons and the ability to be able to see things particularly at night. thats why you want those tracer bullets with tracer ammunition. >> charles: it is and of course, this will be something that we will be debating for a long time. but what i dont get here is there so many questions here. the biggest one i...

That was by design. he believes the killer stephen paddock knew that would be the case. they may not be able to take him out because of the positioning of his room. also all of this really speaks to the detailed nature of this killers planning. you talked about the tracer bullets he tried to purchase. this law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation told cnn in the weeks before the killing he tried to buy tracer bullets and for some reason he couldnt purchase those. he bought a ...

Its going to continue to go on in the weeks and months to come aswegen to heal. and thank god he didnt get the tracer bullets. >> congresswoman, i want to stand by. i have more questions to you. >> but joining us right now is the undersheriff of the las vegas metropolitan police department. thanks very much for joining us. and im hoping you can clarify some of these questions. lots of questions. and we certainly understand the frustration in this investigation. but you said today that the tanner...