later, i met with him and now with him in madrid and reported back to them and by the lengthy conversations, i spoke to the ambassador s son four times, i spoke to the volker eight times they basically knew everything i was doing so it was being done with the authorization end at the request and then i have a final one in which there is a big thank you about how my honest and straightforward discussion led to solving a problem in the relationship. i should actually get some kind of a award. well, they say laura: we re putting them on. we are putting it up on the screen. this is the one we have. we really enjoyed breakfast this morning as discussed all right, well, these are the ones you get. well, these are the ones i have.t tyou can t put them up oe screen if you send send them to me.
of ed cox. services will take place on the upper east side. he was 88. we will have much more on the mayor coming up in a few minutes as well. texas governor rick perry doesn t want the boy scouts to reverse its policy on lgbt members and leaders. perry, a former eagle scout himself, says the organization should not bend to the whims of popular culture. the problems between the nra and white house continue today with wayne lapierre slamming the president. well, the same thing during the campaign when he said i will not take away your rifles, shotgun, handgun. they leafletted the country with fliers like this, obama is not going to take your gun, obama will protect gun rights. and now he s trying to take away all three. the white house disputes that assertion, and it comes just as the president is about to head to minnesota to talk gun control tomorrow. joining me now with more on all of this, nbc news white house
latest developments. we know that police have been communicating with the suspect. have we heard any more about a possible motive behind all of this? well, craig, the short answer to that is no. this thing has been going on for more than 118 hours and police are still very reluctant to discuss my type of motive. we can tell you that the suspect is 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes. he has had a few brushes with the law, including one in december where he was supposed to appear in court last wednesday for a scheduled court appearance. but the day before, in that court appearance he was facing a misdemeanor charge of menacing a neighbor. neighbors around here describe him as a loner with a deep distrust in the government. but police won t confirm whether that had any role to play in the motive. on tuesday, that s when the
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