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Guns issue. i would argue it's a mental health issue and a guns issue. even if you think it's just the one, we should try to do something on the one, right? to your point, alisyn. this is clearly a person who should not have been able to buy -- >> we know what the remedy is for that. >> we do. >> the air force dropped the ball. this is not donald trump's fault or people who advocate gun rights. there was an existing measure in place. had it been followed he wouldn't have had a gun. >> fair enough. in february president trump did make it easier for mentally unstable people to get their hands on...

Texas massacre by saying that this was not a guns issue. he said, "i think that mental health is your problem here." the president does not appear to be speaking from anything issuing that layman's diagnosis. but if he believed that the mental health of the killer was the real issue here, someone should ask the president why the very first things he signed as president, the first meaningful thing that moved through congress was a change in regulations specifically and only to make it easier for people who have been adjudicated mentally ill to obtain firearms. if the president believes that the...

Amendment. 26 states -- texas is not one of those states. it's not clear if they were connected that this man would have still been able to buy a gun. we have video of a church service in this very church just a week ago. so might this shooting be on videotape and how might this video you see here help in the investigation? >> well, videos always helpful. on any homicide case, if you can find video, it goes a long way towards showing you exactly what took place during that period of time. when he entered the church, did it look as if he was targeting a particular individual in was he just spra...

City as well. so the president is becoming accustomed to talking in these moments, but you can be sure there will be a new round of discussion here about gun control laws. will they be addressed or not? we've seen so many shootings, but the president said it's too soon to talk about that but he's not changing his schedule. the white house tells us he's staying on focus but this of course is dominating at least the domestic side of the conversation here as he continues his swing through asia. >> absolutely. interesting that he said that this is a mental health issue, not a guns issue, as you we...

You know, the vehicle was in guadalupe county, our neighboring county, so that's where the vehicle is at this point. >> do we know why he left the church? did he finish shooting or because the neighbor chased him? >> i guess he must have finished shooting because he was coming out. he may have -- i mean, i don't know that he still had any rounds in, it you know, because there were so many rounds fired. anyway, we do have the weapon. >> the president said a few hours ago in japan that this is not a guns issue, this say mental health issue. do you agree with that assessment? >> i believe it is. ...