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Said this was one of about a dozen synagogues in the area . I would say roughly in the Squirrel Hill area, i dont know the exact number today but i would say it is close to that. Okay. Im sure the Pittsburgh Police and the Allegheny County police are on that part of the case. Howard feynman thank you for that. For awful you, welcome i am alex witt live at msnbc headquarters in new york. It is high noon on the east coast. If you are just joining us we want to bring you up to date on the breaking news we are follow. At least eight to ten people are dead in a shooting in a pittsburgh synagogues. ...

The sentiments are fermenting for quite some time. speak to that and how you look at that in the investigation. >> well, we have said for years, both for our school shootings, violence in the workplace and others, that a shooter or individual doesn't just snap. he or she has a period that builds up. again, shawn is absolutely right. we have seen these individuals anywhere from just a matter of weeks to a year and a half or longer. the columbine shooters, the two teenagers from columbine in 1999, planned a year and a half before they carried that off. and we see others take that long, too. but ...

Right from wrong. they know what they were doing. >> certainly he was functional in that he had jobs, the people at the restaurant where he was working for awhile and people he lived with, they had in indications from them about that, either. >> none. in fact some people were saying that just was not part of who he was. but i've heard a lot of people say when he just snapped. he did not just snap. this was planning that went on for a long time. >> these things don't -- somebody doesn't just snap. >> no, no. they have to plan it, get the weapons. they may even surveil the area where they're goi...

The nature of their actions and the consequences? again to be able to put together a complicated plan sustain it and have it be very strategized and be very cool, calm and collected means that they're in touch with reality despite their mental issues and they know right from wrong. they know what they were doing. >> certainly he was functional in that he had jobs, the people at the restaurant where he was working for awhile and people he lived with, they had in indications from them about that, either. >> none. in fact some people were saying that just was not part of who he was. but i've hear...

It's a gruesome tactic to use in there. they say from the surveillance video they're putting a computer model together have a pretty good idea how it all played out and say it's horrible. >> john king, appreciate the update. a new perspective a voice we haven't yet heard from someone who met the shooter at a hotel in washington just last week. her name is vanita bell. she ran into the gunman in a lobby twice and gave him her phone number in case he had trouble getting around the city. here's what she told joe johns about the shooter's demeanor. >> well, we talked about 15 minutes. we talked ...