here pretty soon. they ve gone through the building. we do expect the scene to open up for investigators to come in and start processing the crime scene. the other things we learned is that the shooter here, during th uttered anti-jewish phrases. certainly why police were taken him into custody. clearly this is now developing into obviously some kind of hate crime. so we d likely see the fbi come in and take over the investigation. let s listen in right now. be speaking, making a statement at the farmers of america. future farmers that have the big conference. we ll be making a major statement. it s a terrible, terrible thing
resores certainly are an important issue for local law enforcement. i think in the mail bombing case, you saw a perfect example of a prioritization where they needed to find this individual. you saw the joint terrorism task force with all of its resources. the investigation goes upon which is requiring resources. those resources will be brought to bear to see this through to a final resolution. in this case here, evy brought up a good point about coordination with local authorities. local authorities are very well trained regarding what types of resources to respond with dependent on the situation. here, it cannot be stated enough that the training and preparation and early engagement by many jewish organizations with the department of homeland security, many, many years ago, being aware of this very real threat that they face at their
the police, it s their scene right now. the fbi will offer whatever type of response capabilities, investigative capabilities, for processing any type of evidence going forward. they re going to be working a collaborative effort right now until we determine what type of charges are going to be leveled against this gunman. you have multiple things going on. you have the investigation of the who, the what happened, the eagainst of events and of course anything that may have preceded what took place today. all at the same time. but what we heard from the former president of the tree of life synagogue who says just in recent years did they take action to have more exits, at the same time open doors, it s a place of worship. they want to welcome everyone to come in. only on special, you know, high religious holidays would they have security at the door. so today may have been a very porous day where everyone is
he made statements at the beginning this was far more devastating than he previously thought. we don t know exactly what he was briefed on. there is still people that have not been able to get in touch with their family members. there s still people waiting to hear if their relatives, if their children, if their parents may have been involved in this incident. saying it s more devastating than originally thought, i can t imagine how that must feel. this was his greatest hits. he went to everything he typically does in this situation. the death penalty. arming more people to prevent gun violence. going back to this notion this isn t the result of a narrative under way in america. this isn t the result of a hateful rhetoric increasing in this juncture. he s looking to point fingers. again, while this is an ongoing investigation and we don t have a whole lot of information yet. people are looking to the president to then address a causation of hate. this is a place of worship.
violent world, saying perhaps what needs to be intentertained stiffer laws on the death penalty. bring the death penalty into vogue he says. he also says, you know, it s a case where no one knows. however, he also said if perhaps there was an armed guard inside the synagogue, they would have been able to stop him. meaning the one gunman that we understand at least is in custody right now. all right, back with me now. with my panel here. josh, sam. and shimon. sam, your first reaction there right? the president focusing not just on the consequences and not necessarily drilling down on the causation. you know, he did start out talking about, you know, this being a display of hate. but then went to stiffer laws. your thoughts? i think it s irresponsible. this is a live investigation.