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now in custody. police called the attack random and intentional. it is difficult, but important to hear the moment that gunfire erupted to begin to understand the terror that people faced. i'll warn you, the video we're about to see is disturbing. >> lord help us. personally i witnessed bursts of gunfire like that before, but only from u.s. military firing positions, while embedded with u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. that was on an american street. >> yeah. and those bullets left a number injured as we mentioned, and dead. the injured ranging in age from 8 to 85 years old. dr. ...

Bloody scenes, so this type of material online obviously very questionable and raises that question whether this was one of the same type of shootings we have seen around the country where there were those warning flags and warning signs that someone should have picked up on in advance. there is also the question about the weapon itself. as you mentioned, the mayor says this weapon was obtained legally, and that interview with our colleague adrienne broaddus, the mayor talked about that and the potential origins of this weapon that the father may have had a role in this, the mayor said, we're ...

You heard the doctor say earlier the victims here were blown up by the gunshot wounds because of the force of the weapon used. >> there is two important things that we have to agree upon to address. one is that let's do things that make a difference. and here, again, if you had passed the strictest laws possible, likely would not have made a difference to this instance. as you point out, the criminals are always going to have access to that. secondly, we have -- we just came together on a bipartisan bill, because we came together and reached common ground, that has to be the approach as well. ...

Weapon that fires that many rounds with that power and velocity and that short period of time? >> well, jim, it is very difficult, but they continue to train to do that. so you have to be ready for the worst, but in this type of situation, where a sniper goes to a roof, notwithstanding how many law enforcement officers in the area, it is very, very difficult. i think it goes back to the very problem we have all been talking about, the availability of that type of weapon on our streets today. so the action of the congress last week, and to try to do some things, is a small start, but it is not ...

>> as you hear that, governor, you heard senator duckworth describe how she heard that kind of thing before but in war zones, should a weapon which fires that many rounds with that force and that velocity in that period of time be legal in this country? >> we need to get more facts in terms of what type of gun it was, i understand that it was a high powered rifle. but let's get the facts on that. listening to it, if it is a semi-automatic, it means each one has to pull the trigger. and there is not an automatic fire. let's make sure that the facts are there and that's the ocase. i don't think ...