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after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we're in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania's governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let's begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china's president xi jinping. that included the secretary's crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling rela...

In an online way? can we look at this as a stream of ideologically based terrorism. white nationalists inspired terrorism. that would be a significant move. it may suggest behind the scenes in the government they're going much more broadly at this. >> barbara, you work as a terrorism prosecutor. i have a two-part question for you. what are prosecutors looking at when they're trying to prove a domestic terrorism case, for example, in this case, what we're seeing in gilroy and in el paso and why wasn't it something brought up against the shooter in the ame church who left a similar manifesto tha...

Saying the only way i can defend myself is to take up arms. you'll see extremists in one of these positions take up violence. that's what i'm worrying about over time. you're in a downward spiral. if you don't go with what your fbi director is saying, don't confront it head on, put the necessary resources there, what's the message? i only represent some americans. those americans that aren't be represented will think i have to undertake this on my own. this is a cycle throughout history we've seen with extremism. >> barbara, speaking to that point that clint brought up in terms of the internat...

A similar scare inside a crowded mall in utah after a loud noise led shoppers to think shots were being fired. it was actually caused by a sign that fell to the ground. in california the fbi has officially opened a domestic terror investigation into the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival that left three people dead and 13 others injured. joining me is barbara mckwaed, msnbc contributor and clint watts, former fbi special agent, now an msnbc national security analyst. clint, let me begin with you, first of all. how significant is it now that the fbi is opening this investigation or pursuing...