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John berman hasn't stopped crying. he is not weeping, anymore, coy. this process isn't over. it sounds as though don yee, his agent, are fighting the process. >> it is seems like brady didn't want to go out on record before the punishment. he wanted to keep his hands clean. he is happy to have his agent do the dirty work. coy wire thanks so much. >> you're welcome. developing this morning, the fbi holding a conference call with local law enforcement today to define violent extremists in the u.s. extremists like elton simpson and nadir soofi. both shot dead by police as they tried to attack a...

Both men shot death by police as they attacked a texas contest to draw the prophet muhammad. the fbi director telling reporters there are perhaps thousands of extremists in the u.s. like simpson being fed what he called isis poison online. multiple officials said simpson was in private contact with overseas with jihadists. sources say simpson likely chose the target on his own. we are learning that the fbi did warn the police in garland about simpson's interests about the cartoon contest hours before he attacked it. pamela brown has more. >> reporter: john and christine, fbi director james com...

Admiration specifically for bin laden. he used the word hero which surprised me. but now that i understand his thinking, it's not that surprising. >> reporter: in simpson's case we have learned that the fbi shared a picture of him and a possible license plate. it's unclear whether that information made it to the officers on the street there in garland or played a role in the quick reaction from the garland police officer in killing the two suspects. jake? >> what more do we know about his communications with this isis recruiter? >> reporter: we're learning more about simpson's contact with hus...

Is it still possible to bridge the partisan divide now that democrats and republicans are having to line up behind their very different budget proposals? >> first of all, he said it may be that we can't cross the divide. he said "may." that's an iffy reference. yesterday in the luncheon, i was sitting two people away from the president when he was asked the question about the quote on stephanopoulos' program and he said i want to look at this as a problem we can't solve rather than a problem we can't solve. republicans don't want to raise tax rates but expenditure reform like simpson/bowles pr...