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Through secret service data bases. if they are known, why were they known? did they make threats in the past? did they approach the white house? did they try to breach the white house grounds before? that will play out over the next couple hours. again, figure out what the intent was. >> as i've been listening to you, i think you've been following along. watching along west saw picture, i think it was our affiliate. what looked to be a white suv with smashed out windows. did you catch that? josh? >> reporter: this is john. >> i didn't know if josh -- he was following along. john. i don't know ...

It looks like a tax form. and once this is completed, you do that at the dealer. the dealer contacts nix, which is part of the fbi by phone or by internet. now they then reference three data bases. the nics and the ncic, the national criminal information center. if none of these data bases finds anything wrong, the gun sale can proceed. this takes a matter of minutes. it can take days. if they have something to follow up on, they could delay it. if any data base does find a problem, federal agents, this is interesting, have three business days to determine whether to deny the gun sale. if they...

With nbc news talking about the targeting of the 21 states and she am fassized th -- emphasize things have been done to bolster those 20 states. and some of the states say they were never interfered with. there is a discrepancy between dhs and the states that say, no, we're not -- we're not one of the 21. we haven't had any problems. can you clarify any of that for me? >> well, yes. we have to be careful here. first, there is an excellent report that just came out authored by the center for american progress on what states are doing to improve their election cybersecurity. and it grades all 50...

Have a connection somehow to the u.s. air force either through direct service, family members, something like that. so it's hit very hard with the air force. they are now along with the rest of the military reviewing all of their data bases on criminal convictions trying to make sure that they are being reported to federal authorities and if they are not, where all of that is breaking down. the air force says it's going to go all the way back to 1996 to make sure that those federal data bases are now up to date. >> barbara, thank you. as that review is under way, and that's just a piece of the...

That suite in the mandalay bay. he had scopes and tripods in his home near here, there were additional 19 guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, more rifles. still though no one knows why. >> reporter: when the swat team broke down the door on the 32nd floor, stephen paddock was already dead of a self-inflicted one shot wound. leaving investigators to piece together why a 64-year-old retired accountant would gun down a crowd attending the route music festival wenchts checked all the data bases and we had no knowledge of this individual. >> he checked in on the 28th but it wasn't until sunday...