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Any he ordinary homicide or crime, but on the other hand the wording of terrorism statutes are clunky and it's -- this -- the shooting doesn't necessarily fit exactly into the wording of michigan state statute, an intent to intimidate or coerce a government unit. it will be interesting to see how the prosecution succeeded on that front and whether that might be replicated in other instances like this. >> andy, given that the prosecutor in this case was asked about something related to somebody under age, owning a firearm, even though it was the dad that purchased it, it was some kind of christ...

Domestic terrorism than in foreign-inspired terrorism. but here's the problem for the fbi and law enforcement. the terrorism statutes give the fbi jurisdiction to investigate people in foreign terrorism who are connected with specific groups: isis, al qaeda, hamas, al-shabab and so forth. here at home, there is no specific group and it's harder for the fbi to have dots to connect and that's why there's fewer resources. >> peter, i always appreciate your insight. we mentioned president trump was speaking to reporters as he departs from daytor dayton and . let's go to kelly o'donnell. kelly, wha...

Statute per se. a lot of our terrorism statutes are geared toward international terrorists. in this case, this guy seemed to have a cause but it was a political caused ad hoc. if they're able to, they'll add additional charges. >> all right. i appreciate that. next on ft. lauderdale where senior investigative correspondent drew griffin has been learning more about the suspect. and again, i should point out. we normally don't name people who are charged with things like this. the fbi asking for more information about this person. if anyone out there knows. what have you learned so far about thi...

Democratic donor in san francisco, in the san francisco area. and another one to senator kamala harris in sacramento. so they were finding new devices even as they were rolling to try arrest him in that van that you now see. so the concern throughout is that there might be others. he briefly spoke to the fbi before he lawyered up. so the great concern is that there might be others. >> so there are no terrorism charges? >> not at this point. one of the things here is that there is no domestic terrorism statute per se. a lot of our terrorism statutes are geared toward international terrorists. i...

Say that outsiders do not tell our story and also that charlottesville is not going to be remembered for an incident such as heinous as this. i want to bring back into our conversation jim cavanaugh, who is an msnbc analyst and law enforcement expert on this. so, jim, specifically when we talk about how the police chief characterized a criminal homicide investigation, what does that mean? does that mean that this is basically vehicular homicide? >> exactly. it's a criminal homicide. it's a vehicular homicide. it's probably a hate crime, and it could fall under the terrorism statutes as well. s...