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Warnings to the faith-based communities, they say that -- law enforcement says foreign actors have promoted narratives online intending to sow discord in u.s. and foreign terrorist groups continue to encourage followers to conduct attacks and use social media to incite violence. and that is the concern. a lot of what law enforcement is seeing on social media certainly concerns, so they're just reminding the faith-based community to stem up security. you know, we heard from the hostages yesterday talk about these courses that they took to learn how to protect themselves and run and defend thems...

Of combat and conflict that you see at a lot of these local places go viral very quickly so it gives a lot of people who are maybe considering conducting those sorts of acts more ammunition or more belief that they should do it too. it is the copycat phenomenon that we see in social media today. so, it's one part the way our rhetoric has changed in this country and what our elected leaders will say and the other part being aware of a nationwide push around every single issue that ultimately falls under the trump banner. >> yeah, 15 years ago, if you did something like that, people gossiped abo...

Actually down dramatically. people have had guns in the united states for hundreds of years, since our founding. what is going on in the culture. instead you are worried about getting extra votes in the iowa caucus coming up? this is sick stuff and disturbing. steve: speaking of disturbing. so you were at a walmart down there in florida, simultaneously across the state, about 10 miles from tampa, they got a call at another walmart where a guy said i'm on my way over, i'm armed, i'm intrigued by these shootings over the weekend. cops acted quickly, were able to bust him, unclear if he had a wea...

Perimeter check. points of entry must be monitored, and i.d. system, metal detectors, every floor of every school, two concealed carry armed retired military or police. that will stop at way that's not political, geraldo. >> it isn't, sean. i agree with you, brother, on how we have to solve this problem. what is very, very clear, harshly clear, is that thoughts and prayers don't cut it anymore. we are facing an epidemic. this is the 16th school related shooting thisth year. if there is a perverse copycat phenomenon going on. if we can protect our money and banks, we've said this before, if we ...

Way to reach them. rob: i don't know what a good answer would be but we are just getting sicker mentally. do you see that? people in this country are becoming -- do we have more of a problem with mental health and we did? >> it seems to be a normalized phenomenon. what we see in cases when we look at mass shooters it is a copycat phenomenon. a copycat phenomenon and this desire for empowerment, power over people they feel weak against. there is a normalized behavior but a copycat phenomenon and that is why we are seeing more. >> yes or no, parents should feel comfortable talking about this? sp...