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What had one would conventionally call an act of terrorism. secondly, i think we can now dispense with the question about the security of private aviation. that doesn't really enter into this, because it wasn't a stolen plane. he, in essence, got in his own plane. so those questions, i think, we can set aside for now as well. >> okay, pete. also, we're getting some information that white house spokesman robert gibbs says the president has been briefed about this. al be it, we now know it was a domestic issue, but gibbs feeling the need to say the president was briefed on this. as all indicatio...

Time this morning, that local police in austin were called to the home of joseph stack for a domestic disturbance. they said he set his house on fire and took off for the georgetown municipal airport 30 miles north of austin, texas, jumped into his plane, a small piper cherokee, drove it to austin where it crashed into this building. the question is, was the crash intentional? did joseph stack intend to kill himself? ntsb is heading here to sort through the wreckage to determine if there was a problem with the plane. we've already seen people in fbi jackets, local police, local fire department...

Reasons why you're seeing such a quick action by law enforcement to say this is not an act of terrorism. for example, the police chief in austin at a briefing just a few minutes ago said, the word he used was, i can tell you categorically that this is not an act of terrorism. now, of course, a couple of reasons to say that. one is he's an american citizen. but that doesn't rule out an act of terrorism. timothy mcveigh, of course, was an american citizen as well, and that was the biggest act of terrorism in the u.s. before 9/11. but it does appear that there are certainly circumstantial reasons...

His friends, go to the airport and find out what people at that georgetown municipal airport saw in terms of his behavior, whether he talked to them, that's just an unknown at this point. and there on the right-hand side of your screen, you're seeing kxan's video of joseph stack's home burning, the smoke heading into the sky there. and again, the word is that there was a domestic dispute that he had started that fire and then fled before police could catch up with him. and we continue to follow the new details as they're coming in now. tamron hall? >> thanks, contessa. let's go' williams here....

Homeland security adviser here at the white house. not appear to be terrorism. does not appear to be terrorism. that is the news from john brennan to the president and therefore passed onto us by robert gibbs sometime after the fact. the president winging his way aboard air force one for a western swing, denver, colorado, and las vegas and henderson, nevada where he's got political as well as town hall meetings scheduled. he'll be gone two days and back to the white house. contessa. >> mike viqueira, thank you very much for that. it's pivotal that the president says people on the ground are kn...