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hello, everyone. thank you for joining us. sadly, the people of tulsa, oklaho oklahoma, are spending the holiday weekend in fear of a man driving around and gunning down innocent people. since friday morning, five people were shot, left laying on the ground, bleeding. three of them died. two others are in the hospital. they should be okay. the tulsa mayor said police haven't found a common link between the shootings. within the last hour, police told reporters how bad it is. >> this is something we have never seen in tulsa, oklahoma, at least since i have been a police officer, and t...

I still have with me clint van zandt. now we know there are still some individuals who are with this gunman. we don't know if he's fired any shots. we know he's armed according to that newser. and a small number of employees are still with this man, james jay lee, as identified by federal authorities there. what happened at this point? you've got some employees who are on dampbt floor. the number of people still in there not confirmed. but it is a hostage situation, ongoing hostage situation. >> well, it appears to be right now. for historical references, i think most of your listeners need to...

The phone very fast. i mean, montgomery county police are very efficient. their s.w.a.t. team is some of the best in the country. they have a great negotiating time. i worked with him on the d.c. sniper case. they are very good and got him on the phone very quickly. that's good for james who is in there as the hostage taker but very good for the people being held, that there's an open line of communication where they can, you know, bring down the emotional level here and get to, you know, the meat of the matter, in other words, what are his demands? what does he want, and how can they work tog...

Potential terrorists understand that this unites a community. it unitses a city. it doesn't divide america. boston became stronger. america stood taller. that's what happens when terrorists try to inflict their hatred on people like the people of boston and the united states. >> to the next phase, as we were talking with john henry brown, he mentioned john lee mohammed in the sniper case. how much does precedent matter in something like this given the heinous act that was committed in the city of boston? but how much do other cases of mass murder come into play in the sentencing phase? >> i do...

They identified in the complaint that will be used in federal court. clearly the video surveillance footage will be key to this. there is also plenty of other evidence. some of it was found at the university of dartmouth, university of massachusetts dartmouth dorm room. and all of that will be brought together. what you see is a pretty complete picture of how these guys went about the bombing on monday and then the narrative of what led up to tsarnaev's capture on friday. >> as we are getting the details, do you see any indication that the younger tsarnaev was brainwashed by the older one? any...