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The american version of the ar-15, m-16, would use the 223 frequently. it is just a high velocity round, a rifle round. it comes out of the barrel 3,000 feet per second. that is why it causes such devastating wounds and kills many because it is a high velocity weapon. and of course the magazines can be routinely 30 rounds. they could be more. they can be taped upside down, flipped easily to be 60. there could be 100. so a lot of firepower if it is a semi automatic. but it can be a magazine withbe matter of seconds. so they are devastating weapons in a crowd like that. and think when you talk a...

Investigating. israel shooting down an iranian drone over israeli territory as leaders in jerusalem vow to press ahead with military operations against iranian backed forces in syria. israel confirms losing an advance fighter jet to enemy fire for the first time in 36 years. david lee miller is live in our middle east bureau. david lee? >> reporter: dana, as you point out, not since the first lebanon war has an israeli war craft been shot down. the m-16 was on an air raid over syria on saturday when it was struck by debris from anti-aircraft fire. the aircraft on the israel side of the borde...

He knew what he was doing. he understands how to survey a case and how to go in and cause as much carnage as quickly as he possibly could. >> it's chilling, and you said earlier, the unthinkable, and here we are again and again and again really just in recent weeks reliving the unthinkable. clearly this is someone who has had military training, training with m-16 and ar style weapon which so many in the military still carried today. if you've ever shot one or you've ever been in the space where one is being shot, you realize it's an impressive weapon that creates a lot of noise and a lot of th...

Translated into this investigation so they can gain a credible outcome on this. >> we now know 26 people are dead. two found dead outside of church and one died after being transported to the hospital. they range in age from 5 to 72 years old. we also learned from officials that the shooter was armed with a ruger assault rifle and was dressed in black tactical gear and a ballistic vest. that seems to indicate, sir, that this was premeditated. what will investigators do to try to figure out the source of the firearm and the material used? >> just to go back to the weapon, an ar-15 assault rifle...

So it's going to be interesting right now, and chris jansing was getting at this earlier in her report from tokyo, to see whether the president is going to address the gun laws at all. he may get a question about that today and at some point during his trip. >> there's another wrinkle to that. trump feels very warmly at a time when every group abandoned him in the campaign, they piled more money in and just really doubled down on him. he has a very close relationship with their top lobbyist. so there is that element. i think sometimes the nra influence gets overplayed. actually, it's a powerfu...