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We want to bring in shawn henry, a national security analyst from msnbc. he's on the phone bus. shawn, thank you for joining us. what happened here? how are you digesting this breaking new right now? >> obviously, this is still developing and a lot of information will be coming out, you know? when we look at things like this, certainly going back to el paso you have the manifesto and law enforcement officers trying to seek what is the objective and the motivation of the shooter. in this particular case, it's still unclear. we don't have any information about what may have caused the shooter. w...

Hospitals after an amtrak train with nearly 150 people on board crashed into a csx freight train in south carolina. it's a suburb of columbia, south carolina. the amtrak engine derailed with several passenger cars and right now we don't know how many passenger cars but we did speak with one of the passengers who was on the rear of the train in a sleeper car saying his with juan of them. >> we know a lot of people who were not injured have been taken to a middle school, pine ridge middle school there. the red cross is supporting them to keep them warm and fed until they figure out what happens ...

For talks with south korea this week. their top goal? to get into next month's winter olympics which is held in south korea. that kromptprompted a tweet froh carolina's senator. quote. that suggestion of another u.s. olympic boycott likely triggered a certain reaction from fencing olympian greg who is on the phone bus and we also have historian julian zeleny. i want to start with you, julian. how is this you wiultimatum fro senator graham? >> it's not like north korea is hosting the olympics which

Happened in 1980 in moscow was hosting the olympics. i imagine if somehow momentum built for this, there would be a lot of blowback not just from athletes who want to participate but also from the public who don't necessarily see the clarity of doing this right now. >> greg, to you. on the phone bus. you were at the peak physical shape in '80 for the moscow games. president carter announced the u.s. would boycott the games. you, obviously, do not participate. help us understand what a boycott this time around would mean for those members of the u.s. olympic team. >> well, it's a tragic situati...

Alabama is getting hit hard by hurricane nate. mayor of dolphin island in alabama jeff collier is on the phone bus. thanks for your time, mr. mayor. i understand you have problems with the 4 to 6 feet of water there. describe what is happening there on the island. >> yes, sir. we are -- first of all, we are a barrier island so we are susceptible to these type of things. we had the western most portion of the island was under 3 to 4 water before nightfall yesterday. an then overnight, as the storm came ashore, probably around 1:00 our time we have experienced even further significant flooding t...