because i think that will be more telling of whether or not he has actually changed his mind when if comes to north korea and whether or not he's going to be lashing out on north korea. >> well, my thanks to all of you. that wraps of you. that wraps up our coverage. the news continues now. good morning. it's tuesday, november 7th. it's been a long night. we have a lot of coverage for you. we've been following president trump's trip in south korea as he continues on his 12-day asian trip. we'll get back to the trip in a moment. we're learning more about sunday's massacre that killed 26 people, injuring 20 more. the gunman may have been targeting his mother-in-law but wasn't at the service when he opened fire sunday morning. we're hearing from an eyewitness who saw the attack unfold from her store across the street. here she is speaking with lester

holt. >> she was shooting toward the church, and he ran around the church, shooting until he came to this other side and we were trying to get the people to safety, trying to get them down, the customers and get them in the store, and letting the people that were pulling up that there was a shooter, and the gentleman came around and then there was silence. we didn't hear anymore shots for a couple of seconds, and then we heard a massive load of shots. i believe that's when he was in the church. and we couldn't do anything, because we didn't know if there was more of them, and all of a sudden we see one of the victims running out, and he came across the street toward the store, and he was bloody on his arms and part of his face, and we let him in the store.

we had him on the ground, and then we see he's telling us that his family's in there, and that somebody had gone in and they had shot up everybody. >> meanwhile the military is now investigating how the air force failed to enter the gunman's domestic violence court marshal into a database that would prevented him from owning a gun. we're learning more about the extent of the violence. while stationed in new mexico in 2012 he tracktufractured his st skull and repeatedly hit, kicked, and choked his ex-wife. he pled guilty to cruelty of animals. he still was able to purchase guns since leaving the military. joining us now, steve patterson. good to have you with us this morning. what are you hearing on the

ground in terms of the investigation and a lot of unanswered that questions that police have been addressing in their news conferences over the last 24 hours. >> police are looking into the connection of kelley and the church, believe his stepmother was a member of the church. they're looking at that as pointing with the motivation as to why he went in and killed 26 people. most of the people came in families. half of that number, at least 12 to 14 of the people who were killed inside that church for children. we talked to some people who lost three generations of family members inside the church. and then what was incredible was what happened after as the suspect was leaving the church. we were talking to people, good samaritans who wanted to stop the suspect. one of them, was living next door, heard the gunfire and started loading his weapon with

clips, ran out barefoot, and then started exchanging gunfire with the suspect. struck him at least one time. he then saw another guy who was driving to his girlfriend's home, saw this gun battle was ensuing and stopped. those two guys met eyes and chased the suspect some 95 miles until he wipes out on the highway, side of the road, and police were able to get there and find him with a self-inflicted gunshot gun. our craig melvin spoke to johnny about why he put himself in a dangerous situation. listen to the sound we got. >> i didn't have time to react before the gentleman with the rifle got in the truck with me, and he told me that he just shot at the other man just shot at the church and we had to go get him, so i said okay. >> and you went and got him? >> yes, sir. >> you chased him? >> yes, sir.

>> reporter: however? >> about 12 miles up the road. >> reporter: when what happened. >> i'm trying to keep the gentleman with me calm and talking to dispatch. i'm doing about 95 miles per hour down the road, he lost control on his own and hit the bar ditch, and at that time i parked the truck as close as i felt comfortable. me and the other gentleman got behind it, and the other gentleman drew his rifle on him, told the shoot tore get out. he never got out. about then traffic was coming so i went from behind the truck to go and stop traffic just in case there was any exchange of gunfire. so no one else would get hurt, and police arrived very quickly. >> reporter: police announced last night a full autopsy has been conducted on the shooter, and, again, they found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound they believe to the head. >> all right.

steve patterson live for us in texas. we're learning more about the victims. officials say about half of the 26 people killed inside the first baptist church were children, the youngest just 18 months old. eight members of one extended was gunned down as they prayed, husband and wife. brian and carla holcom, one of their sons, a wife who was pregnant, the pastor and wife lost their 14-year-old daughter, an anna belle. >> we lost more than belle yesterday. one thing that gives me encouragement is the fact that belle was surrounded by her church family that she loved fiercely. >> there were at least 20 people injured in the shooting. officials said at least half of them were in critical condition.

one woman shot in the shoulder said the congregation was singing when they heard gunshots. she said she hid under a church view. >> everybody die mother [ bleep ]. that's what he said, everybody die, when he came inside. he came through the front door. everybody thought he was gone. people were whispering he's in here. everybody is crying. and i could see. it looked like i could see him, but i could see him. i was hiding under the benches. and i could see him, diz feet, walking back and forth through the aisles. >> last night the community came together for a vigil to pray for the victims of the shooting. mike pence announcing he will be traveling to sutherland springs tomorrow to meet with families of the fallen. joining us now is a yamiche. allie batali asked the president

about the issue of guns. she said basically you said you want extreme vetting of people coming into the united states after the attack in new york. would you want the same for people buying guns. take us through exactly what the president said. >> essentially the president, i think, was taken aback by the question because of the setting. he said that if there had been extreme vetting the two men that chased the shooter would probably have been deterred. he basically had the idea and his answer was essentially that the more guns in that situation, helped save lives because the shooter was able to get away, and he didn't actually get into whether or not actual gun legislation would solve this issue. essentially he didn't want to engage in the question. as allie prezzed him, he -- i think he got the idea -- you got the idea listening to him you didn't think any kind of legislation would stop this

shooting or subsequent shooting. >> you felt as if he shut it down when the question was asked. but the air force is looking into the fact that certain things weren't listed for him that would have prevented him from buying that gun. the domestic violence charges he has against him y. yamiche, thank you for joining us. president addressed the major problem in the area, north korea. >> we cannot allow north korea to threaten all we have built, and we've built it very much together. we call on every responsible nation, including china and russia to demand that the north korean regime and its nuclear weapons and its missile programs, and live in peace as the south korean people know so well, it's time to act with urgency and with great determination. as we work together to resolve

this problem, using all available tools short of military action, the united states stands prepared to defend itself and its allies using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities if need be. >> let's go live to seoul, south korea with kelly o'donnell joining us now. obviously, kelly, south korea on the front lines of the conflict with north korea. a tense place at that. i'm curious as to the reception so far the president has received. >> reporter: well, good morning. from president moon and his wife, there has been a very generous reception in the diplomatic realm. by that i mean president moon extended himself going to visit president trump not waiting for the president to come to him as small as that might seem, it does carry considerable weight. some of the gestures of sharing

tea together, inviting president trump to the blue house. those sorts of gestures are an important show of president moon trying to build a relationship with president trump. president moon also praising the president's first year in office and remarking about his upcoming anniversary of his election victory. things that speak to donald trump in trying to forge this relationship. also, there is the issue of trade where south korea has agreed to renegotiate and reopen its one on one agreement with the united states. something that president trump has made a very strong point about saying that you need both economic and national security partnership to be on good footing together. here's president trump talking about trade. >> i feel confident that we'll be able to reach a free, fair, and reciprocal trade deal waez renegotiate our current five-year-old trade document. we're looking at ways of improving our economic relationship. i would like to thank president

moon for instructing his trade negotiators to work closely with us to quickly pursue a much better deal. a deal that, frankly, has been quite unsuccessful and not very good for the united states. >> president trump has been willing to say some of those critical comments both here and previously in japan when it comes to trade. as in many ways a negotiating point where he is trying to work with south korea, and also encouraging them to buy billions of dollars worth of u.s. military-made equipment, and so by forging this connection between the economy and national security, president trump is trying to represent the united states and push the home-based economic interests of the united states while also building this relationship with president moon. >> we'll have to see how the strategy plays out. thank you. for more on the president's remarks, let's bring in editor

at large for the atlantic, my good friend steve clemmons. let's talk a little bit about the president's comments in south korea and separate really substance from the cosmetics and the tone of it. if you look at what president trump said when he was running as a candidate, then candidate trump, he had some very harsh words for countries like south korea and japan when it came to their issue of national security, but now it seems he's striking a different tone. he also said diplomacy wasn't working. it seems the only option available right now for the president at least publicly is diplomatic talk with north korea. >> well, look, this is a toned down message the president provided today. i think one of the objectives that both the americans and the south koreans had was to show they were consultanting, talking together in the press conference they both committed to more consultations. he said during the campaign that

north korea -- south korea and japan should both consider getting their own nuclear weapons and questioned whether or not the united states should really be out in these countries at all. his tone as moved and changed and shifted quite a bit. that aside, and even though donald trump, i think, was quite gracious toward the moons and in accepting -- saying nice things about the welcome ceremony and being there, he said a very interesting comment that i think was subtle that's going to make some of the south koreans a bit worried. and with the comments about camp humphries which was just built there, and saying that humphries, if he had been doing it, he would have done it cheaper. he said it was there to defend south korea, not the united states. i think that is at least the source of a lot of south korean insecurity about the nature of the relationship. is are south korea and the united states joined at the hip? is subtlety of that comment is in donald trump's mind, answer the is no, that we're doing this for them. the south koreans will

renegotiate a trade deal with us and we're selling billions of dollars of equipment. it's sort of like the american presence is there for a price, not because we look at the core national interest of the united states. >> talk about the president's choice not to visit the demilitarized zone that many have visited in the past. his administration saying he doesn't going to make that visit there. whether or not that will change we'll see. looks like he's not headed in that direction. >> i think that sends a message to some degree. i know it's controversial. many presidents do that. it's a sign of commitment that we're going to stand with the south koreans at that line and t toe that line with the south koreans very closely. i think at the same time, the president's rhetoric has been so bombastic and so -- considered so reckless that his presence there could cause a provocation that led to north korean actions. it's been interesting thus far at least in the first day there that there have been no missile tests, no provocations from

north korea. that's probably a good thing. had the president gone there, i think his military adviser says, that alone may have precipitated a response from north korea and disintegration. that the united states is not going to precipitate itself, actions that may destabilize it. i actually support the notion that president trump not going to the dmz because that could have been a destabilizing moment. >> and we know the north korean government has been putting out signals they are watching this trip very closely and prepared to respond to anything they could deem offensive. steve, thank you. still ahead, voters across the country will head to voting booths today. we're looking at some of the key contests in this off year election. >> house republicans a making changes to their long awaited tax plan. we'll look inside the legislation this morning. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. i had some severe fatigue, some funny rashes.

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welcome back, everybody. house republicans are making changes to their tax bill. the house ways and means committee chair making a change to what's known as the carried interest loophole. they use the loophole to have investment gains tax of capital gains rate of 23.8%. the amendment requires investors to keep assets for three years to qualify for the lower capital gains rate while still encouraging long-term

investments. >> the exchange between susan dell bennie and thomas bar troll just illustrated how the plan cracks down on deductions by workers while leaving business expenses untouched. >> well, a teacher in my district who buys pens, pencils, paper for their students be able to deduct the expense from his plans. >> they would have teacher expens expenses. >> will a corporation that buys the same for it workers be able to deduct those costs from its tax returns under this plan? >> the general deduction for ordinary necessary business expenses by any business entity is not changed. >> so they would? >> yes. >> will a firefighter in my district be able to deduct the state and local sales taxes she

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welcome back everybody. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top story. we're learning new information about sunday's massacre in the small town church that killed 20 people and injured 20 more. the shooter may have been targeting his mother who wasn't at service when he opened fire. >> the fbi is investigating how they failed to enter him into a federal database that would have prevented him from owning a gun. joining us, steve patterson. steve, are we getting any glichlss as to why the air force neglected to somewhere enter this critical piece of information that would have

banned him from buying the gun which he did legally over the course of four years? >> reporter: we don't know specifically why. just there was a failure somewhere in place there that allowed him to buy that weaponry. what we know is more about kelly's back ground. devin kelly was a member of the air force. lived in the base in new mexico with his life and infant stepson from 2010 until 2014. in 2012 court marshalled for a violent incident. the reporting is he assaulted his wife and fractured his infant stepson's skull during this violent incident. that led to a court marshal and military prison time for a year stemming from that incident. the question as you mentioned all day was how in the world was this guy able to buy several guns from 2014 to 2017 believed to use the piece of weaponry in the shooting that officials

walked into when they walked into the church in front of the 26 people. how in the world was that allowed to happen? but we then found out there was that error from the air force that led to him being able to purchase that weaponry. that led to a larger discussion about guns in this country during a stop in seoul, south korea during a joint press conference, the president responding to our white house reporter about should there be extreme vetting for background checks. listen to his response. >> you've talked about wanting to put extreme vetting on people trying to come into the united states, but i wonder if you'd consider extreme vetting for people trying to buy a gun. >> trying to what? >> buy a gun. >> well, you're bringing up a situation that probably shouldn't be discussed too much right now. we could let a little time go by, but if you feel that's appropriate even though we're in the heart of south korea, i will answer your question.

if you did what you're suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago, and you might not have had that very brave person who happened to have a gun or a rifle in his truck go out and shoot him and hit him and neutralize him. and i can only say this. if he didn't have a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead, so that's the way i feel about it. >> and are you considering -- >> not going to help. >> are you considering any type of gun control policy going forward? >> when you look at the city with the strongest dwun laws in chicago, in chicago it's a disaster. it's a total disaster. just remember, if this man didn't have a gun or rifle, you'd be talking about a much worse situation in the great state of texas. >> reporter: you hear the president's response on gun

laws, a larger discussion being had now across the country including plays just like this where frankly so many people do own firearms. back to you. >> the extreme vetting question will be a central part of the investigation for the department of defense. the inspect general launching an investigation into or at least a review into how this did not get flagged and put into the system. >> that's an important thing to be investigating right about now. what's leading steve, investigators to believe he was targeting his mother-in-law, and was there any indication he was heading there in the earlier hours whether it was his social media or somewhere else? >> investigators were looking to a series of threatening text messages sent to the mother-in-law leading right up until the shooting almost as early as sunday morning they were looking at the texts that were being sent. so they were looking at that as a motivation for him to enter the church. although, those 26 people including families and small

children had obviously nothing to do with that interfamily feud that officials say was going on, but in ruling out that this was a random racially motivated religiously motivated crime, they're looking into the family aspect here. >> steve patterson live for us in texas this morning. in the wake of the latest mass shooting to hit the country, members of congress are looking to begin to take some sort of action to try and curb this sort of violence. a spokesman for chuck grassley of iowa revealed yesterday the panel plans to hold a hearing on pump stocks, the device used by the las vegas shooter that can simulate automatic gunfire. in the wake of the mass shootings, it continues to divide many in the republican party. >> the bump stock issue, the judiciary committee is working on that issue alone. but do we believe in the

constitution and the second amendment rights? of course we do. if you're trying to exploit a tragedy to try to enfringe on a law-abiding citizen's second amendment rights, we don't want to do that, but if there's a problem where someone got a gun that shouldn't have, that's where you have to make sure the authorities to their job. >> we've arrived at a consensus that background checks, for example, are appropriate for people suffering from mental illness, people who have committed previous felonies. those people are banned from possessing or purchasing firearms, and there is a consensus that they should be. >> it is an unfortunate thing that the immediate place the media goes after any tragedy, after any murder is politicizing it. we don't need politics right now. i would note in new york we saw a terror attack just this week with a truck.

evil is evil is evil. >> we have a lot of mental health problems in our country as do other countries. but this isn't a guns situation. this is a mental health problem at the highest level. it's a very, very sad event. these are great people and a very, very sad event. but that's the way i view it. >> as you heard president trump there say this is a mental health problem, the source of this mass shooting in texas, he said, was a mental health problem. not a gun problem. but the president actually quietly signed the bill last february that rolled back an obama era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun. in fact, president obama recommended the rule back in 2013 after the sandy hook shooting, and had it fully taken in effect. it would have added about 75,000 names to the national background check database. it's now expired and people with

those problems could possibly buy guns. >> president trump is in south korea on the second leg of his asia trip. during that trip, trump was asked if he has seen confirmation that his strategy toward north korea is working. here's what he said. >> yes, i think we're making a lot of progress. i think we're showing great strength. i think they understand we have unparallel strength. there has never been strength like it. you know we sent three of the largest aircraft carriers in the world, and they're right now positioned. we have a nuclear submarine also positioned. we have many things happening that we hope, we hope, in fact, i'll go a step further. we hope to god we never have to use. with that being said, i really believe that it makes sense for north korea to come to the cable and to make a deal that's good

for the people of north korea and the people of the world. i do see certain movement, yes. let's see what happens. >> joining us again from south korea, kelly o'donnell. kelly, the president obviously talking about some of the capabilities of that we possess but saying he wants to hold his strategies close to the vest there. talk to us about the president's plan for the rest of his visit while he's in south korea. >> good to be with you again. of course, it's evening in seoul, and the president has a little down time before tonight's state dinner. when it comes to his strategy, he has over time not wanted to forecast specific moves. that is something that we have seen him explain before. but the question was prompted by something the president said with president moon earlier in the visit talking about it will work out. of course it will work out. things always do.

which might have been sort of a trump yan phrase. the question came from our colleague margaret brennan who was saying what is it that you see that suggests that there is progress. you heard the president's answer which is a combination of a military deterrent showing the assets of the united states and its partners and then also some of the unity we're seeing with some of the neighs here in asia and the president urging a figure like vladimir putin to play a larger role with his ability to show some leverage on north korea. so the president is unclear, though, on whether he would encourage any direct talks between the united states and north korea, i'm sorry, and the president has at times been critical of his own secretary of state well in advance of this trip saying that he was wasting his time suggesting that there should be talk. and so that is notable that the president is encouraging north korea to do the right thing as he says, and to try to put both pressure economically as well as

the show of military force and perhaps unity of nations to try to change the course of their actions in north korea. >> kelly, let me ask you about the south korean's position on this, if you can. certa certainly the white house is walking a fine line on talking tough with trade by also reaffirming the support for the country. what are the south koreans saying on the issue of trade? are they happy with the tone being struck out of the white house? >> reporter: well, president trump has been willing to be critical of south korea while standing next to the south korean president. president moon, to say the existing deal simply has not been good enough and not good for the united states. there's risk in that, in perhaps offending his host. at the same time, south korea has willingly said it will renegotiate and reopen the terms of an economic partnership between the countries. so there's a willingness from president moon to keep president trump sort of on the same page,

wanting to work together. in part that has to do with the obvious security relationship. so president trump is making sort of a connection between these economic deals, trade deals as he so often likes to talk about and the willingness of the united states to be a security partner, putting those things in one package makes it complex and it can be difficult, and it might not be exactly what south korea wants, but they appear at least in what they're showing us publicly to be working together. >> it's a diplomatic tight rope the president has to walk. john kerry is weighing in on the trump administration's approach between the escalating tensions between the u.s. and north korea. kerry said the trump's rhetoric has stepped over the line. >> i think what the president needs to do is make sure that he's not feeding in to north

korea's fear of regime change or of a unilateral attack or otherwise. and i think the rhetoric to date is frankly stepped over the line with respect to the messages that are being sent. it's given north korea a reason to say we need to bomb. if we don't have a bomb, we're going to not be able to protect ourselves and they'll come after us. >> president trump is responding to the rapidly moving developments in saudi arabia. he enforced the crowned prince new corruption crackdown tweeting, i have great confidence in the crowned prince of saudi arabia. they know exactly what they're doing. some of those they've been harshly treating have been milking their country for years. trump's tweets come as the situation between saudi arabia and neighboring countries has rapidly deteriorating. >> saudi arabia is accusing iran

of act of war over the weekend. the missile was intercepted and destroyed. the saudi foreign minister says the missile was struggled and launched by hezbollah. a spokesman said the missile could not have been fired without iranian support adding saudi arabia will directly respond to iran in the appropriate time and manner. iran has denied the accusation. saudi arabia is also accusing lebanon of declaring war over the missile launch over hezbollah's role. how rare is it for the president of the united states to be tweeting out and supporting to vehemently a crackdown like this in a country such as saudi arabia? i mean, it's pretty unprecedented. something we've never seen before. >> president trump seems to be a guy a guy to speaks his mind

about a lot of issues in other countries. sometimes people would say this is the united states interfering in the dmesiomestic affairs. there's no doubt there's a close working relationship on some issues that some have speculated the u.s. knew about this in advance so they're providing some kind of diplomat cover, at least encouragement and a wink and nod to proceed. some of the people that the crowned prince and others have gone after in the anti-corruption campaign are very prowestern businessmen, very pro businessmen. people who invest billions of dollars in american companies. if you reconcile that with the pro business approach here for american companies, that could be seen -- >> it's not a democracy in saudi arabia. that's the point you make, which is why it is so surprising. >> but the young crowned prince in the way they're selling this is it's an anti-corruption

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welcome back. new questions are emerging about connections between the trump administration and russia with commerce secretary wilbur ross coming under increased scrutiny. >> lawmakers on capitol hill are demanding answers on those ties. kristen welker has more on this. >> reporter: commerce secretary wilbur ross fighting back after accusations he failed to disclose ties to a firm linked with top russian oligarchs including russian president

vladimir putin. >> i think it's just an example of the press trying to find anything they can however remote or silly to attack the president and somehow link him to russia. this is nonsense. >> reporter: the leaked documents reviewed by the international consortium of investigative show he has ties with associates of putins and two other oligarchs targets of u.s. sanctions. ross said he disclosed the business ties. >> it was disclosed on the form 278 which is the financial disclosure form in my case, three times. >> reporter: while ross indicated he intended to keep his partnership with navigator, he didn't disclose the connection to russia. >> i've asked for an inspector general investigation.

>> reporter: paul manafort whose request to get out of home confinement was denied and increased scrutiny of michael flynn. multiple sources familiar with the investigation tell us federal investigators have gathered enough evidence to bring charges in their investigation of flynn and his son. >> thank you so kristen welker for that report. bob mueller could be crossing the red line, president trump warned against in a story about those in the president's orbit who had contacts with russia, the post reporting that mueller's interest in russian contacts may extend to trump's business. with the office recently asking for records related to a failed 2015 proeposal for a moscow trup tower. michael cohen told "the washington post" earlier this year that president trump signed a letter of intent for the project on october 28th, 2015, months into his presidential campaign. in an interview in july

president trump said that mueller would be going beyond his mandate if he looked into the president's businesses. president trump's approval rating has fallen to a new low. it's fallen to 36% among americans. his approval is down among all voters since inauguration. four points among republicans at 86%. down nine points along independents at 32%. and five points among democrats with his approval polling at 5%. one year after the election, a new wall street journal poll examines the feeling in the places that helped propel donald trump to the white house looking at 438 counties in 15 states across the nation that either flipped from obama to trump or saw a surge for trump compared to mitt romney's performance back in 2012. plurality, 41% say the country is worse off than it was when

trump initially became president while only 32% say the nation is better. 26% say it's about the same. trump's overall job approval is higher in these counties than the rest of the nation. 48% giving hill credit for improving the economy and keeping america safe. but he receives low marks from the same voters on several issues. 60% dissatisfied with his job at helping to unite the country. 59% dissatisfied with improving race relations. 59% dissatisfied with the health care system. and 57% dissatisfied with his improving the image abroad. his lead in the polls has varied between two points and nine points. with other polls showing just a few points separating him and

republican ed gillespie. all within the margin of error. gillespie has been aimed at the republican base attempting to link his opponent to immigration and slamming northam on statutes. gillespie backing up president trump. president trump tweeted from asia, the state of virginia economy under democratic rule has been terrible. if you vote ed gillespie tomorrow, it will come roaring pa back. virginia's unemployment rate is below the national average. rand paul's attack was not politically mote vatded. an unnamed source says friday's attack may have stemmed from a disagreement over a property line. his attorney said both paul and boucher worked together when they were practicing physicians and that the incident between the two had nothing to do with politics but was over a, quote,

trivial matter. the source tells nbc, paul and boucher have not spoken for several years and the animosity between the two may be the result of the distaste for the politics. paul is still recovering from his injuries. it's unclear when he'll return to congress. the extent of the injuries, the charges may be upgraded to a felony. the police are investigating the incident. assaulting a member of congress is a federal crime. still ahead, much more on that mass shooting at a church in texas as new details emerge about the gunman and a possible motive. why he carried out that attack. plus the latest on president trump's stop in south korea as he addresses the heightened tensions with neighboring north korea. we'll go overseas with the latest on the president's remarks. we'll be right back. building a website in under an hour is easy with gocentral...

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good morning. everyone. it's tuesday, november 7. i'm ayman mohyeldin along size louis burgdorf. we are learning more about the massacre in texas that killed 26 people and injured 26 more. may have been targets mother-in-law who attended the church, but wasn't at the service when opened fire. also