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Their areas where they felt most at ease, most comfortable. a lot of attention have focused on the aryan brotherhood prison gang. state police issued a warning four months ago that the white supremacist group was actively planning to retaliate against officials who had targeted the prison gang's leadership. but before he was lead, district attorney mike mcclelland downplayed the angle in the murder investigation of his fellow prosecutor mark hasse. in an e-mail to wfaa-tv, mcclelland said hasse had received no threats from a prison gang and his work on aryan brotherhood cases was minimal. >> e...

I think the important factor here is that, especially the last part of the last piece, kaufman county district attorney's office, both mcclelland and hasse, did have minimal involvement in the most recent task force that investigated the aryan brotherhood of texas. that case was led by the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms, the indictments returned last november of 35 people in houston, texas. and really that was a federal task force, state and local task force with atf, fbi, marshals, dea, department of homeland security, texas department of public safety, a number of county sheriffs off...

Listen to this. >> i it talk with mike several times over the last few weeks and what you saw on television with mike was very much his persona. that was not a put-on, halves his every day lifestyle. he was a very outgoing person and very dedicated to finding the killer of mark hasse. >> i understand when he would walk his dog, he would carry his gun, even taking have a care because of what happened to the assistant district attorney in your neck of the woods two months ago, that he took caution. he was also tough talking man. and well liked it seemed temperature did you know him? what was he ...

He and his wife gunned down this weekend in their home, southeast of dallas. now this is the same county where less than two months ago, assistant district attorney mark hasse was shot and killed as he walked to work. this morning, as you might imagine, there is heightened security at the courthouse. that community very much on edge. our george howell is there, live from kaufman, texas, this morning with the developing story. george, authorities right now, are they linking officially these murders? >> john, they're not at this point. but look, it's a mysterious murder case. no new leads in the...

Don't know how the north koreans may view it. but at this time, this is really the u.s. side of the rhetoric and the maneuvering and the messaging. put things into place, show everybody you're ready to go if it comes to that. >> all right, flexing the muscle so to speak. all right, barbara starr, appreciate that from the pentagon. all right, other matters, the chief prosecutor in houston, texas, is under 24-hour protection and law enforcement officials across the state of texas are now treading with caution today after the second recent murder of one of their own. tough talking prosecutor mi...