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In the atmosphere, it has wings, it can use aerodynamic forces to manoeuvre, it can glide, it can dive, and that makes it harder to predict where it is going to go, harder to detect and harder to stop. how powerful is it? how much damage can it do, depending on what you load it with? it depends. it is a whole class of things, it can be very large, relatively small, it depends on the warhead. that fast, you can produce effects from the energy of the weapon itself, you can use the kinetic energy o...

>> yeah. that kind of weaponry in a civilian environment unregulated. our justice correspondent pete, pete, he also talked about his ability to modify the gun that he bought legally online. what more do we know about that? >> so the weapon itself, ill ask grif to show this again. the weapon itself is fundamentally a handgun. but by adding a stock to it and a longer barrel he in essence creates a rifle out of the handgun. and, of course, that -- that gives a person holding a firearm the ability t...

Artifact there. we dont have a ton of specifics, but this is the policy point he continues to hit on, he wants to see in his words gun adept teachers armed. >> i think just the term tells you off the bat its probably the worst idea in human history, but whats interesting is these last two shootings have presented a problem to the nra and the republican party, particularly parkland, because usually they get to say the killer circumvented gun control laws, so, there are, theres no point in having ...

Dzhokhar tsarnaevs place of refuge remains the focus. they left the courthouse to see the hideout both. tsarnaev was there, no handcuffs or shackles. police described the chaotic gun battle in heart stopping details recounting the moment a stolen suv became a weapon itself. we were wrestling with tamerlan and i could hear an engine revving said one police officer. rosa flores is in boston following the trial for us. good morning, rosa. >> reporter: good morning, randi. you know lots of riveting ...

Again, i stress that the president learned about this, or at least vladimir putin expressed, about the plane crash during that call about sanctions. >> yeah. well, its not going to help the relationship, which is already on the outs. weve instituted new and stronger sanctions. it will be interesting to see, by the way, whether or not the europeans come along now, that there were europeans, shot down by a russian-made missile. theyve been reluctant to go along with us, putting sanctions on russia...

Now had more experience with firearms than i have because he went out shooting with me, and then he went out with a bachelor party and shot multiple handguns and multiple -- an ak and a bunch of things that had recoil modifications. hes just as pro-gun control as he ever was, which is much more than i am, but the fabric of hissening completely changed about what the difference was from firing my shotgun, which he fired and was comfortable firing, to an ak. >> one of the things you say -- one of ...

A surprise move from the pentagon in response to a new threat this week from north korea. defense secretary chuck hagel says the american military is adding 14 interceptor missiles in alaska, and a second radar in japan. he hinted north koreas missile program appears further along than previously thought. joining me now is congresswoman loretta sanchez, member of the armed services homeland security and joint economic committees. and were so glad to have you here in studio. >> thank you. its gre...