Brown University. Great school. Great. Great. Really one of the greatest schools anywhere in the world. Things can happen. So, to the nine injured. Get well fast. And to the families of those two that are no longer with us. [00:00:16] I pay my deepest regards and respects from the United States of America. Yeah. Tragic shooting in Brown. Saying it happens is not a great way of putting it. Kash Patel with yet another significant blunder in this particular case. [00:00:34] But, for me, as soon as a little bit personal, because one of my best friend's son was in the building about in a class about 200m, 200ft away. Had to run out of the building for his life. I'm going to tell you all about that and the perspective that it gives you [00:00:50] as a parent in the middle of this. It is, as you might expect, harrowing. But Michael's got the facts of the case first. And you would think that because of kids and parents, this sort of thing wouldn't be happening as regularly as it does. As a matter of fact, it's been 13 years since the Sandy hook massacre, [00:01:10] and now we have another day in America and another mass shooting in our country. On Saturday, an unknown assailant, an unknown gunman, opened fire inside a Brown University lecture hall. As you heard, filled with about 60 students. Two students were killed. Another nine were injured. [00:01:27] Of those nine, six are in critical but stable condition, while another is in critical condition. The two students killed were sophomore Ella Cook and freshman Muhammad Aziz MERS-CoV. And they you can see their pictures there. It's it's just heartbreaking. [00:01:43] Young people in in school studying on a Saturday. And this happens according to the instructor who was wrapping up a study lesson for his Principles of Economics class. A man wearing a face mask entered the classroom with a rifle [00:01:59] and started shooting while screaming something imperceptible. According to his retelling of the situation with The New York Times. And you might have noticed we said Unknown Gunman. Well, that's due to institutional incompetence at the hands of the FBI. [00:02:15] Similarly to what we experienced during the Charlie Cook situation early yesterday morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and their director, Kash Patel, ran to XE to tout the FBI's efforts in tracking down an alleged person of interest. [00:02:30] Here he is. This is the director, Kash Patel. An update on the FBI response at Brown University. FBI Boston established a command post to intake, develop and analyze leads and run them to ground. I mean, people don't speak English that way. We activated the FBI's cellular analysis. [00:02:47] Survey team to provide critical geolocation capabilities. As a result, early this morning, FBI's Boston Safe Streets Task Force, with assistance from the US marshals And the Coventry, Rhode Island Police Department detained a person of interest in a hotel room [00:03:03] in Coventry, Rhode Island, based off of a lead by the Providence Police Department. So you see there what he said. However, that person was released from custody only hours later, meaning the actual shooter is still at large and authorities are unsure, unsure [00:03:21] if the shooter has already left the state. According to Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, there is no basis to consider him a person of interest. There just weren't a lot of cameras in that Brown building. We're not holding back video that we think would be useful, and I don't think I should even have to say it. [00:03:39] In a press conference yesterday, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez also explained what led them to the person of interest and what actually happened. Our director specifically said in his tweet that it was a tip from Providence police that led you all to Hampton Inn. [00:03:54] Can you confirm if that's true? And what exactly was the evidence that led you to this person of interest? Yes, it was a there was a tip that came in just like we were taking any other tips. And that one came in specifically identifying a person of interest, which was this individual. And so we our detectives got on just like they got on another this specific one. [00:04:14] It was actually picked up by the, by the FBI and they followed through with it. And they ended up coming and locating this individual of interest. And at that point, we did a thorough investigation, examined and ended up drafting some search warrants, came up with some evidence, [00:04:29] but that evidence was examined and we didn't have enough, obviously, to be able to, to to prosecute anybody. - And so that person was released. - Yeah. So then you have this from, The New York Times, Neronha, who is the attorney general of Rhode Island, declined to describe what happened while [00:04:48] the person of interest was in custody. He also would not say what led investigators to believe they did not have enough evidence to move forward. But today, Donald Trump defended Kash Patel. Shock of shocks and pointed the finger at Brown University for not identifying the shooter. [00:05:04] As Kash Patel. Told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is? Well, it's always difficult. So far, we've done a very good job of doing it with Charlie, with, you know, the various times this has happened, they've done it in pretty much record time. [00:05:20] But, you really have to ask the school a little bit more about that because, you know, this was a school problem. They had their own guards, they had their own police, they had their own everything. But you'd have to ask that question really to the school, not to the FBI. [00:05:36] We came in after the fact, and the FBI will do a good job, but they came in after the fact. Perfect response from the president there. But as the manhunt for the suspect continues today, Providence police announced on Facebook the city will have an enhanced presence [00:05:53] and will be requesting camera footage from businesses and residences in the area. Police there have released a few videos from different CCTV cameras showing a person of interest. [00:06:09] This is that person walking yesterday on Hope Street in Providence, said to be a male wearing all black. But again, an ID has yet to be made. Neronha declined to share details about the investigations. Next steps simply telling reporters last night obviously we have a murderer [00:06:26] out there, frankly, and so we're not going to give away the game plan. Don't forget Noble mobile saving you a ton of money. So a lot of people are signing up now and beginning to realize, what the hell, why am I paying so much to Verizon and AT&T? So your bills only $50 a month, but it can actually be less because they give [00:06:44] you money back if you don't use your data. So if you're paying more than $50, there's no reason to not switch. It's crazy not to switch because same phone, same number, same contacts, literally nothing changes to Dot com. Dot com. All right. We'll be right back. [00:06:59] For now, authorities don't believe the gunman poses an ongoing threat to the city itself. And, you know, I think this is one of those situations where, how can you say he doesn't pose a threat? He's a gunman. [00:07:15] We don't know what motivated him to go into Brown. We don't know if he's still there. Chances are he's not. Because if he got away with it, he's going to get out of Dodge. But it's it seems to be a lot of bumbling stumbling. Yeah. So, this is what I know from the parents. [00:07:32] So like, again, one of my best friends, his son is going to Brown. He's in the engineering building. The shootings in the engineering building. They hear the shots. He's about 200ft away. And and eventually they decide that they're going to make a run for it. [00:07:47] They run out of the back of the building, and and thank God he's okay. Two people are shot and killed in that building as we showed you. So what happens next? So the authorities are super worried because they didn't catch the guy. So first they take them down to the basement and they keep them there [00:08:03] for a long, long time to make sure that the coast is clear. Then they bring them out. Now, the whole time, my friends, know that there's been a shooting at Brown. And imagine being in there where you've got a son in this school and the shootings [00:08:19] in the engineering building, and your son is in that building. Okay. And so they're worried to death, but they can't get him out. The area is closed. And so part of the reason why they can't get him out because they didn't catch the guy. So the cops are worried if we bring out the students. [00:08:36] What if the guy is right around here and he starts shooting again? Right. So they spend an enormous amount of time where they won't let the kids out, and they won't let the parents in. I'm not blaming the local authorities, I get it. I understand why they did it. It was a normal act of caution. [00:08:52] And the what Michael Read from the attorney general. I get it that as well, because they're in the middle of an active investigation where they're trying to still find the guy. So they're saying, look, we don't want to share information we have for good reason. Okay. I can take that at face value. Right. [00:09:09] And so but for them to say no, we're sure that the other guy, that the guy, the shooter won't harm anyone else. That doesn't make any sense. How could you possibly be sure of that? Unless you know who it is and why they did it. But it doesn't seem like you don't. You know that stuff. [00:09:26] So I know what they can't say is. Hey, everybody in Rhode Island freak out and be super worried and don't come outside because the shooter is still out there. What if they don't catch him for two weeks, two months or ever? Right. So they're in a tough spot. [00:09:43] But but at the same time, don't tell us that things are safe when there's no way in the world we can think that they're safe right now with the shooter still out there. Now to their other reactions. Trump blaming Brown. I mean, classic Trump. Just have some decency, man. [00:10:00] But no, no, not us, not us. Not my fault. Their fault, their fault. Okay. That's his natural instinct. And he does it every time. And it's a liberal arts school. So it's even more to his motivation is to criticize any institution of higher [00:10:15] learning that may teach liberal arts. Yeah. So, Kash Patel. Oh, my surveillance state tech is awesome. So that's why we caught the guy. Oops. Not the right guy. So your surveillance state, couldn't prevent a shooting, caught the wrong guy, [00:10:33] and hasn't caught the right guy. Doesn't sound like your surveillance state is very good at preventing crime or catching criminals. But we're told we always have to give up our rights so that you could have this great tech that works so fantastically. [00:10:48] Doesn't look like it. Okay, now, in terms of the politics of this situation. What is the main issue here? The main issue? We don't know in terms of what the motivation of the shooter, but it looks random, right? And I would be very surprised if it wasn't random random, meaning some [00:11:06] guy who's lost his mind or had broke up with a girlfriend or hated a professor or something along those lines, right? One of the girl who was killed was in the Young Republicans. The guy who was killed. Sounds like he's got a muslim name. I don't see any connection. Right. [00:11:23] And that doesn't mean anything. The authorities might know things we don't know, right? But what's the connective tissue between this and all the other mass shootings? Guns, obviously. Right. And, And so here again, good news, bad news. Good news is almost the whole country agrees on at least two things. [00:11:41] They wouldn't be panaceas. They wouldn't cure everything. But at least it's a little bit better. One is universal background checks. 86% of Americans want them, including the great majority of gun owners. Other is red flag laws. 80% of Americans want them, and I think a slight majority [00:11:56] of gun owners want them as well. But that other 20% is super powerful. So the gun lobby buys our politicians. It used to be both, but now they're Democrats. This is one of the places where there is a difference between the parties. [00:12:12] Democrats don't take money from the gun lobby anymore. So they actually want to stop this. And they try from time to time to pass real gun control laws. The Republicans still take money from the gun lobby, are 100% against any gun control, even the most basic one that the overwhelming majority [00:12:29] of the country agrees with. But they also do have a 20% of the country that is their base that is super animated about this and they will not, you know, move on this. No matter what happens, you can kill half the people in the country with, [00:12:45] on semiautomatic weapons, assault rifles, whatever it might be. Right? And they'll be like, nope, nope, nope, freedom. Second amendment. And you know, I've been talking to the right wing a lot these days. And you guys know that. And I bring you back news of how they view Epstein files, [00:13:01] how do they view drug prices, etc. On this one. They are an immovable object. And when I talk about gun control, they loathe it, loathe it. So given that there's a lot of money on one side plus an immovable 20% of the country, you know me. [00:13:19] I'm filled with hope. But this is not what I have a lot of hope on. I think that winning on this is going to be extraordinarily difficult, and since we're not going to win on it for a long, long time, maybe decades, we just have to accept [00:13:34] that we're all playing Russian roulette with our lives and our kids lives. I told you now, years ago, maybe a decade ago, I said, there's going to be a local shooting, shooting coming to your neck of the woods. There's no question about it. Don't be surprised. There will be a mass shooting where you live and people have written [00:13:51] in hundreds of comments since then saying, yep, yep, that's. And now it happened to one of my best friend's kid, right? In terms of being in the middle of it. And now there's a couple of people that went to Brown that were part of parkland shooting and maybe one other shooting. - Yeah. - Yeah, yeah. So now it's happening twice the people, because mass shootings, [00:14:10] 391 of them already this year alone, 75 school shootings already this year alone. So what we've accepted here in America is stunning. And other countries are amazed by it. We've accepted that there's going to be random acts of terror all the time. [00:14:28] It's almost like an apocalyptic scene where, oh yeah, every once in a while zombies will attack, but there's nothing we can do about it, and yet they'll kill a bunch of people and they'll they'll be more than one attack per day. They'll be slaughter after slaughter after slaughter. And we just have to sit there and take it. And yes, that is the current state of affairs. [00:14:45] You know, and you'd think that it's one of the great curiosities of American politics to me is are guns because there is this popularity, not an activist popularity, but there's a popularity to what you're talking about. The the smallest number of or the smallest amount of restrictions on guns, [00:15:05] which isn't restricting guns or ending the Second Amendment. It's something the conservatives have done very well that they say the Democrats want to repeal the Second Amendment. Never is that part of the conversation, but they're very good at making other people think that that's what the Democrats want to do. And people don't check their facts. And it's made this very, very strong. [00:15:22] But, you know, the gun measures that most of the NRA and most gun owners support are really mild gum measures. They're background checks. You'd think that would help anyone when a gunman goes into a school, if it's in Mississippi or Alabama or Texas or in Providence, Rhode Island, they're not. [00:15:40] They're generally speaking, these random acts to kill somebody who disagrees with them or from the other party that, you know, there are times when there's terrorism in that way. But this is just mass violence. And look, each time is the first time. So you say, oh, they didn't have guards in there. [00:15:57] Well, you know that people are prepared for this sort of thing, but each one is different from the other and how they happen. And now that we're reaching critical mass where people there was someone in the Las Vegas shooting, you know, when the guy opened fire on a concert, who who was killed after having had [00:16:13] survived another shooting recently? There was someone who was killed who had been in another sort of notable, I don't recall where it was notable shooting. And then we had somebody who two kids who had already been in school shootings, who were in this. It's just amazing to me that this continues to happen. [00:16:31] And like I said, it's a great curiosity of American politics that you cannot, for some reason, step in and do something about this. It is it is ineffective governance, and it's people being afraid to go after these kinds of issues. Last thing is, remember guys, the gun lobby is ecstatic about shootings [00:16:51] like this because it makes everyone panic. They know that we can't pass any laws on gun control. After every shooting, gun sales go up, not down. So it's a huge win win for them. And I say I think they're very evil people in the gun manufacturers. [00:17:07] Why do I say that? They don't even let you take the most clear things that would prevent cop killings. For example, help you to identify who the killer is, like technology, where you would need a certain fingerprint or DNA to be able to use a gun. [00:17:25] That way we know who actually did the killing. And if you're defending yourself, no problem at all. That's for law abiding gun owners, right? They're like, no, why do they say no to common sense measures like that? Because they think, well, we want the bad guys using the guns. [00:17:40] I want to sell more. And if I maximize profit. And so I'm going to sell the good guys, I'm going to sell the bad guys. And once the bad guys kill the good guys, beautiful, I'm going to have way more business because the good guys are going to buy even more guns. And when I say about the cop, they're against cop killer [00:17:57] banning cop killer bullets, bullets that can go through bulletproof vests. There's literally no reason for those other than to kill cops. And even with the cop lobby being as strong as it is, we can't pass that law. No. They go. We demand to have cop killer bullets. [00:18:13] That's insane. It's absolutely insane. You remember when a gunman opened fire on the baseball practice that the Republicans, they played this game in Congress. It's annually for charity. The Democrats versus the Republican, the congressional baseball game. And and the guy opened fire on, a practice. [00:18:33] Steve Scalise was crippled for life from that. And all those Republicans came out afterwards, including Steve Scalise, who could barely walk and wasn't expected at one point to survive. No pro gun doubling down on guns, guns, guns, guns, guns. [00:18:48] You can't if you can't make Newtown and Sandy hook work and you can't make Republicans in Congress having a gunman opened fire on them, a random shooting, you're not going to get anywhere. The dollar is too powerful. And this goes back again to to campaign finance reform. [00:19:05] - Get the dollars out. - Yes. Super duper last thing. Because if you don't live in America, you're going to be stunned by the if you aren't already stunned by everything we've said here, but the very last one in America, if there is a terrorism watch list, I don't know how good that list is in terms of actually being terrorists on that list. [00:19:21] But if you're on that list, you're in a world of trouble. You can't fly. There's a thousand restrictions you have, but the one restriction they don't allow is banning those people from buying weapons. Oh, you're on the terrorism watch list. You're so dangerous you can't take a train. But here, here's an assault rifle. Go kill anyone you like. [00:19:40] We've lost our minds. And that's why shootings like this happen literally every day in America.