After still finding nothing, they extended the search nationwide and were receiving hundreds of tips. Then today somebody at a mcdonalds called 911 and said we think that we see this man, this person, steve stephens, whos wanted. And in fact the police came to that mcdonalds on buffalo road and they spotted him in his white ford fusion. They tried to stop him. When he didnt stop they pursued him. It only lasted about two miles. When they tried a pit maneuver where they slam into the car and try to turn it sideways. And after they did that, they say that stephens took a handgun to his head and shot himself. This comes after of course Easter Sunday that murder that was uploaded to facebook that shocked those who saw it, of course, and anybody whos heard about it. It has prompted a lot of questions for facebook itself. That of course was taken down after a couple of hours and this nationwide manhunt has prompted a very impressive public response. I mean hundreds of tips were talking about from fifphiladelp to texas to detroit. People calling in saying they think they saw the ford fusion or the man himself. Now the btom line is that since sunday now, them looking for this man, that he has been found and he killed himself right there near mcdonalds in erie, pennsylvania. Norman 400 tips. Jacob, do police have any idea what the motivation could have been . Have they learned anything new . I mean he himself took to facebook to say that it was his exgirlfriends fault for making him mad, this and that. And the exgirlfriend is cooperating with police. But, you know, they really dont know. They in fact are still wanting people to call in 1800callfbi if they have any tips or anything else that might have been going on. One other thing that ill mention. Just 20 minutes ago or so the New York Times reported that stephens was in fact going through a drivethrough ordering Chicken Nuggets and french fries and that an employee noticed who he might have been and tried to hold his french fries and called police at the same time. And then he took off. I called that mcdonalds right before live shot and said is this that mcdonalds where he got the french fries and he got the Chicken Nuggets and then took off . They said, yes, it is, were not supposed to answer questions. But, yes. Thats what happened right before he was spotted and right before he took his own life. Katy . Nbcs jacob rascon in cleveland. Clint van zandt is an msnbc contributeser and former fbi profiler. On the phone, jim cavanaugh, an nbc Law Enforcementnimal lialys former Hostage Negotiator for the atf. Clif when the police get a tip that they believe is one that they should pursue like they did in erie, pennsylvania, describe for me what sort of dragnet takes place . Well, they had a pretty good tip. Erie was about 100 miles away. It was easy driving distance from cleveland. You got a ping on a cell phone. You know thats his cell phone. Bottom line is, thats the best lead they had right then. So thats when you start to saturate the area. You put different Law Enforcement agencies, you put their cars in, you put helicopters up, you put planes up, you start checking the cheap hotels and motels. You start looking at inexpensive restaurants. Look, if this guy only got 100 miles in two days, he had no escape plan. He didnt know where he was going. Katy, this is one of these situations, we know the what. What happened. He killed somebody. And the why i think is starting to come out. Jim cavanaugh, myself, we look at guys like this over the years. And when someone is hopeless and helpless, theyve got financial problems, girlfriend problems, job problems, every issue in the world. This guy i think im not making excuses at all, but this is the type of person who gives up on life. Now many times when you give up, when youve got that hopeless, helpless feeling, you go find help somewhere, or, unfortunately, people commit suicide. In this particular case, it appears he sought out this victim, this just a man on street. Who did that represent . Did it represent himself, kind of metaphorically . Did he have t victim speak his girlfriends name so that was the last words on his ls as he shot him . He took the absolute why to his death. But these are the things we have to understand. When people psychologically are getting to the edge, we need to find a way they can reach out and get help before they commit two murders. In essence the murder of this innocent man, and then of course the murder of himself visavis suicide. Jim, he also said in that facebook video that he killed other people. I know police have been checking that out to try and find out if that is true. So far theyve not turned anything up to suggest that it is true. But where are Police Looking now to make sure that it is not true . Well, i think theyve done a pretty good sweep of abandoned buildings. You always worry about homele homelessness, when guys are prowling the streets like stephens was. Even the victim was just a pedestrian on the street in an industrial area. Im sure theyre checking those places if they havent already done that. I agree with everything clint said. I think the motives that surround this Violent Crime are power and revenge. Power because this guy, stephens, uploads this video on facebook. Not Facebook Live but he uploaded the murder video. Hes trying to show to grab a little power in this situation, a little power over cleveland. He also had the victim say the name of his girlfriend who hes extremely angry at as a sort of revenge on her. Shes the reason, he says. Shes the reason youre going to die. So thats the revenge on her. He wants her to know about this. He posted it. Thats the power over her. Thats the revenge on her. Not only her though. The Larger Community because of his financial losses, his gambling losses. So justuilding on what clint said. Clint was in that behavioral animal cy analyst unit. Those guys can really give you the help you need. But to boil it down to the essence why the Violent Crime occurred, in this case i think it will turn out to be power and revenge. Thats why he did it. Clint, youve said people dont just snap, that this doesnt just happen all of a sudden. How do people stop this from happening . How do police stop this from happening . How do loved ones stop this from happening . You know, one of the scary things in this is that mr. Stephens himself was a social worker. He worked with troubled young people. He worked with other individuals who needed perhaps job intervention or even psychological intervention. So we fall back to the old physician. And obviously hes not an m. D. Or psychologist. But he, love anybody, should have seen the challenges he has. But katy, like many of us, its kind of a gradual slope. This guy over stephens over the last two to four years hes lost money gambling, he got kicked out of a couple of apartments because he didnt pay his rent, he owed 35,000, 40,000 when he was only making 28,000 a year. Then when his girlfriend breaks up with him, all of these add up, katy. Lets say each of these incidents weighs two or three ounces. We say, well, gee, thats not much. But you put them on a scale and all of a sudden this guys got two wounds worth pounds wort problems. It took a gradual period of time. What others want to know is why now . We understand what he did. We understand maybe why he did it but why that particular day . What was the final straw that broke the camels back . If we can start to identify those, maybe, just maybe Law Enforcement can start intervening when they run into somebody like this and get them help. Clint van zandt and jim cavanaugh, appreciate your time. Facebook, as we know, is getting roundly criticized for allowing this video to get posted on to its site. Mark zuckerberg addressed it today. Well talk more about that a little bit later in the hour. But on the same subject, we are asking in todays microsoft pulse, should facebook increase its filtering of violent or graphic content. The pulse is now live. So far, 84 of you say yes, they should absolutely do that. Add your voice in at pulse. Msnbc. Com. Happening now in wisconsin, you are taking a live look at president arriving in kenosha, air force one touching down moments ago. Next the political odds of turning georgias sixth district blue. Voting under way right now. If a democrat wins todays special election, what message is it going to accepted to washington . Tech when your windshield needs to be fixed. Trust safelite autoglass. Our exclusive trueseal Technology Means a strong, reliable bond. At safelite, we stand behind our work. Because the ones you love, sit behind it. parents whisper jingle safelite repair, safelite replace. Back with politics and the big race down in georgia. Democrats are hoping to flip the sixth Congressional District. Voting is under way right now to fill tom prices congressional seat. A lone democrat holds the momentum in these final hours. John ossoff spoke to Msnbcs Ali Velshi earlier. The atmosphere, the energy is electric in georgia right now. The early reports are that turnout is high. Were doing everything we can to encourage folks to make their voices heard and to make history here in georgia by flipping the sixth district. With the gops edge waning, President Trump is trying to tip the scales recording robo calls against ossoff. The question is, if democrats win, can it be considered a referendum on trump and what does it say about the midterms, not to mention 2020 . Lets get right to nbcs kasie hunt who joins me from sandy springs, georgia. Is turnout high . It is all going to come down to turnout, katy. Havent you heard . Every time. Well, look. The reality is, there is more enthusiasm here it seems to me from many polling places. I know youve stood outside plenty of them as well. There are quite a few for a special election on an unexpected time in just a house race of people coming back and forth here. I talked to several voters who were coming in and out. The one thing that i think were looking for are those and they tend to be College Educated conservatives who have decided that because of President Trump, they dont want to vote republican anymore. You saw that a lot in the president ial year, President Trump only won by 1 1 2 Percentage Points here. Tom price hung on to the seat by about 20 points. The question is how permanent is that, and is there going to be an influx of new voters in to this special election. Ossof ossoff, i talked to him yesterday. He is a bit of a millennial. A bit of a wonk. He wouldnt answer my question whether hans solo shot first in star wars. But there is going to be a lot of democratic hearts broken if he doesnt pull it out here tonight. He needs of course 50 to avoid a runoff. Right now polls show him breaching 50 . If he doesnt, how hard does it get for him to win in a runoff as focus gets focused on one republican . Right. The thinking right now is that it would be much tougher for him to win in a headtohead race. Sense is the congress von ventional dynamics of the district would be more likely to take over. People would have a better idea of why or who they were focusing their vote around, and also republican money would be likely to be concentrated in one place. But on the other hand, if democrats i think they acknowledge there could be an x factor. The polls may not be picking up these people who were surprised that donald trump won the president ial election. If there is enough people like that who want to do something about President Trump, then i think you could see ossoff pull it out. Well find out if polling can be trusted again or whether polling isomething tts a reliable indicator of how an election is going to turn out. So much were going to learn today, kasie hunt down there sandy springs, georgia. Karen mckinney, ryan williams, and greg blustein. Greg, since it is your state, im going to start with you. Tell me a little bit about the sixth Congressional District and why it is changed for this election. After all, republicans have held that seat since the 1980s. Yeah, it is a very conservative establishment republicanfriendly suburban atlanta district. Very affluent, very highly educated but not your typical trump stronghold. Many voters there were very skeptical of donald trump. Marco rubio won the primary last year and trump only won by 2 of the votes. Democrats really hope the skepticism toward trump mixed with john ossoffs rise can help them flip the district. How did a 30yearold investigative filmmaker get here . Even people in democratic circles had never heard of him before when he announced in january he was running. Hes raised more than 8. 3 million and only 1 of 20 in his donors nationally came from the state of georgia. Heas sortf the face, embodiment of this antitrump wave. Hes used that money to flood the district with ads, with flyers. You cant turn on your tv, your computer at home, your car without hearing one of john ossoffs ads. Karen, if the democrats couldnt do it in cans, thkansa makes you say they can do it in georgia . You know, i think in farther because john also represents what people are saying they want in terms of antiestablishment. Right . As you pointed out, he kind of came out of nowhere. That is what our democracy is really supposed to be about, men and women who want to put themselves forward for public service. So heres this young man. Hes got a great background. Hes been working very hard and i think he represents, again, potentially an opportunity for an antitrump vote, but i think also an opportunity for an antiestablishment vote. I think one of the things the Democratic Party hasnt paid close enough attention to in the aftermath of the 2016 election was the strength of the Third Party Voting that we saw by millennials, and particularly millenials of color. To have a young person, a millennial, if you will, on the ballot, not an establishment guy, able to raise the money and take on the establishment and win, i think that would be a fantastic message for the party going forward. Guys, as you know, Everybody Loves a hot take. Mayor casim reed had a bit of his observe hot take earlier. The fact of the matter is this is a suit that sent Newt Gingrich to the house as speaker. This is the seat that sent senator isaacson to the United States senate, and this is the seat that sent secretary price to the president s administration. A typical republican should be winning in seat by 20, 24 points. And as we stand here right now, john ossoff is winning with 45 to 46 of the vote after President Trump won it by a point. It is so good to see his face because i usually only hear his voice at the atlanta airport. Anyone who goes down there quite a bit will back me up on that. But ryan, the fact that republicans are so worried about this district, the fact that it is so close, that it is a tossup, according to the cook report, whats that say about 2018, and is it fair to make a prediction about 2018 with something thats going on in what are we . In april of 2017 . I think were reading too much into whatever the results are in this election. It is a special election. It will be about turnout. Obviously dps are energized right now. Thats not unusual for the party out of power in a cycle. I wouldnt read too much into the results but i do think that ossoff has a small chance to win tonight but i dont think that he will do it. Hes someone that as the campaign has progressed more things have come out about him embellishing his resume. He cant even vote in the district. Hes supported by hollywood liberals like jane fonda who are wildly out of step with voters in the district. There isnt really a chance for him in the general given the makeup of the district and the republicans have a pretty bloody primary going on. Once we have one candidate, well be in a position to win. President trumps first tp to wisconsin since that state helped him win in november. Hell be touting his messages of jobs, jobs, jobs. How worried are republicans in general though about this president . There was a whole lot of discomfort about him going into the election. Obviously he won so that eased a lot of concerns. But its been a tumultuous 80 days. Is there a concern that at thes going to be able to stabilize things so that it doesnt become a blowout potentially for them and for the democrats in 2018 . I think there was some concerns and some early speed bumps given that he hadnt been a politician before and needed to get used to being in elected office. But he has a string of victories recently. Do you this believe hes really going to fundamentally change and suddenly become more president ial . I think were seeing it now. Hes someone who analyzed what was going on on the ground in syria with the use of chemical weapons. Made a change in course from what he said during the campaign. Launched a very good tactical strike. He did get a conservative justice named and approved which is what he promised to do during the campaign. I think there is a lot of optimism as he begins to learn the ropes and hopefully we can get some legislative accomplishments heading into the summer as we head into health care and tax reform. Guys, thank you very much for joining me today. The president , as we just said a moment ago, is wheels down in wisconsin. Trump just walked off air force one and will soon sign an executive order making it harder to recruit Foreign Workers in the u. S. Weve got a live report next. Take on the mainstream. Introducing nissans new midnight edition. President trump touched down in wisconsin just a few minutes ago. It is his first visit to the state since it helped put him in the white house. Hes heading to kenosha to tout his promise of jobs, jobs, jobs. The president will visit snapon tools and sign a buy american hire american executive order. The Washington Post says it wants to make it harder for Tech Companies to replace American Workers for cheaper Foreign Worker