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Ayman mohyeldin. And i am ali velshi. We are continuing our coverage of the reported gunfire and your president donald trump today in florida. We are learning details about what the fbi is now calling an apparent attempted assassination of the former president's golf course in west palm beach. Florida police can now identify the man who shot. The individual's name, ryan wesley routh, born february 18th, 1966, according to three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter. The suspect is in custody. A short while ago, the west palm beach sheriff's office describe the scene where they...

That in contrast to what they've said tonight. >> so here's what's probably going on now. they're trying to decide how to advise plar advise police departments around the country on how to help on halloween night. i would not be surprised if they suggested increased vigilance and patrols. the copycat factor, absence any other factor, just that alone is cause for concern. >> we've been mostly focused on the who, what, where, and when, and what we can glean from this event in new york city. i want to broaden our lens and bring in hallie jackson. pouring into the newsroom right now is something t...

For one of the three suspects in this mass shooting, one of many mass shootings we have suffered through in this country most recently with the planned parenthood facility in colorado. and of course in oregon more recently than that. just before that when it's been a horrific season for us, five months, mark glaser. >> that's right. >> five mass shootings, major mass shootings. >> that's right. >> in just six months. >> that's right. and again, 21 this year. i think something like 150 something since the newtown mass shooting when there was hope in the country we might do something about this....

At least in what i'm seen in my reporting, looking into this for months and talking to many people who are doing it. again, what they're trying to do is really get people off what they call this pathway to violence, where if someone is creating concern that they might carry out an attack like this. and often it is the kind of young males that we see carrying out these crimes. what can be done to try to steer them in a different direction. that's the imperative of it. >> there's also this broader question, right? when you zoom out past mass shootings, something you've been reporting on. it just...

Creating concern that they might carry out an attack like this. and often it is the kind of young males that we see carrying out these crimes. what can be done to try to steer them in a different direction. that's the imperative of it. >> there's also this broader question, right? when you zoom out past mass shootings, something you've been reporting on. it just is the case that more guns mean more gun fatalities. and that's true as a sort of correlation across states, particularly when you look at suicides and homicides, and that's a sort of iron law that i think people are pretty reticent, p...