host: joining us from new york is jeffery ringel, a former fbi agent in the new york field office. we will start with the shooting in florida. if you look at the front pages of the newspapers -- fueling debate over law enforcement response. what is your reaction? apparently he said on youtube that i'm going to be a professional school shooter. the youtube user was nikolas cruz. the fbi was alerted. what is your reaction? not seen today's papers, but something like this, the fbi gets leads that come into the office from someone who see something they do not like and report it to the fbi. the fbi try to identify nikolas cruz on facebook or youtube. they could not. there are different steps and different levels of investigation. there are different investigative steps that can be taken at each level. in this case, someone reported ube, the fbi can do so much work but it is in the assessment phase. they could not use legal processes like grand jury topoenas or search warrants get further into identifying who cruz was. host: the washington post says after that tip 2 fbi agents interview

you are on the air with jeffery ringel, former fbi agent. caller: thank you for taking my call.ave a question and a comment. didn't someone from tennessee who had the same instagram account get in touch with the know they've is this individual who had been posts onorrendous instagram? to thei am not privy current investigation. i think that i read something similar, but i cannot say for sure. host: do you think that background checks work, the current process? guest: for weapons? host: yes. guest: i think it is one step of many that need to be done. at the very least background checks will stop people with convictions from getting a and possibly people who have had domestic abuse charges leveled against them and/or convicted. i think that is one step that needs to continue. yes. host: maryland. caller: good morning. i think that the missing pieces the mental health institution. everyone knew that cruz was a bomb.g time with a needed to do was involuntarily lock him up into a mental institution and evaluated him for months until he was deemed to be well enough to be on the street