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For the president. she's joining us exclusively now. senator, thank you for being with us here. >> well, thank you. welcome to bangor, maine. >> i have to start with the news of the day, which is what is happening in afghanistan. you watched this war play out for 16 years. are you confident that the president can execute some kind of a successful strategy, if it means increasing the number of troops on the ground? >> well, we need to hear the strategy that the president is going to present tonight. i will say two things. and that is that in the past 16 years, our efforts in ga afghanistan whic...

Monday morning aaron alexis opened fire at a d.c. navy yard killing 12 people and injuring countless others. the big question, why? the quandary. is it guns or violence? joining me now, harvard university professor of psychology dr. john sharp and the author of "war play: video games and the future of armed conflict" corey mead. doctor, you do believe there's a connection between the games and violent behavior. why? >> well, you can look at the journals and see that it's clear. there are new meta analys studies taking in to account the studies over the years. there was one about ten years ago ...

Are overwhelming >> what do you mean? >> when you play a game you're dealing with text, visuals, sound, whatever else and coming rapid fire. the same way if you are on the bottle field you're getting communication in the helmet -- >> the problem is though -- >> go ahead. >> if i could say, well, people in the military are selected and trained and ready for this kind of exposure. astronauts and simulators, same thing. these are vulnerable, isolated people and maybe disturbed thoughts thoughts and people on the drink and full-fledged mental illness. you put them in and they're in a wishful proje...

Channels of data? you're dealing with texts, visuals and sounds and coming at you rapid fire and on the battlefield, communications in to the helmet and figure out -- >> well -- >> right? >> the problem is -- >> go ahead, doctor. >> people in the military selected and trained and ready for this kind of exposure. astronauts in simulators, same thing. but these are vulnerable, isolated people, may be disturbed thoughts, on the brink or full pledged mental illness. you put them in a simulator and they're in a wishful projection around the first-degree shooter and they believe they're that guy and...

>> what do you mean incoming channels of data? you're dealing with texts, visuals and sounds and coming at you rapid fire and on the battlefield, communications in to the helmet and figure out -- >> well -- >> right? >> the problem is -- >> go ahead, doctor. >> people in the military selected and trained and ready for this kind of exposure. astronauts in simulators, same thing. but these are vulnerable, isolated people, may be disturbed thoughts, on the brink or full pledged mental illness. you put them in a simulator and they're in a wishful projection around the first-degree shooter and they...