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His job that morning. >> saturday morning our suspect went to work in journey oil field service. he was there for a short time and was terminated by his employer. right after that firing, he called 9-1-1 odessa police department's 9-1-1 and so did his employer. and basically they were complaining on each other because they had a disagreement over the firing. a short time before he makes contact with the dps trooper, he actually caused the fbi national tip line -- called the fbi national tip line but makes no threats of any type of violence. >> however, he was pulled over for what officials say...

The shooting including this video that we're about to play. and i warn you, this is really hard to watch. h. who's shooting? >> it's okay. it's okay. hey, are you okay? i got you. >> that video my goodness, the suspect used an ar-type assault rifle. but officials say he failed a background check and shouldn't have been able to own a gun in the first place. this comes as a series of new gun laws went into effect yesterday loosening gun restrictions in the state of texas. nbc's garrett haake has the latest. all right, garrett, let's start with what have we learned today about the gunman? >> repo...

Fire on the trooper who pulled him over. the gunman drove off. he police confirm today that the shooter used an ar type of rifle. democratic congressman rho khanna is urging nancy pelosi to call congress back early. congressman, thank you for taking a few minutes. we keep hearing this refrain in the last 24r hours. do something. those two words -- do something. what specifically do you want congress to do about this? >> well, steve, first let me just say that people are shaken and scared around this country. let's recounseled the facts. yesterday a mass shooting, seven

Seven people dead and more than a dozen injured yesterday. that was a gunbattle throughout odessa in midland. there was up to 15 crime scenes and there was an ar type weapon used in the big question that police do not know or not saying, is why. the suspect had a criminal record but no active warrant. so something happened when a traffic stop begin, they said it was a routine traffic stop by law enforcement. police were not tracking this individual, they noticed he did not use his left hand turn single into state troopers decided to pull him over, before they pulled him over he began opening f...

How many titles do you have? i remember in one of the many briefings that cram so much information before the election, i remember hearing that if they get 35, 37, the democrats should be overjoyed. they're at 39. they could get 40. how is that not a whooping, brother? >> chris, as you know, let's look at history, right? historically, every president, every president in the midterms has lost big seats, big numbers. look -- >> not everyone. >> every president but two in modern history. >> and trump could have been like them. go ahead. >> they were two war-type presidents. that's an otherwise pr...