sheriff dupnik: there are a whole lot of people in this country that are very angry at the politics of people like gabrielle, there were a lot of vitriolic statements made nite and day on radio and tv about her support of health care, about her support of the other things, and some of the vitriol got very, very, a lot of people agitated
megyn kelly: i just want to ask you whether there's anything you uncovered in your investigation so far that suggests this suspected killer was listening to radio or watching television and in any way inspired by what he heard or saw
dupnik: well, i know that there has been some contact with gabby giffords in the past, we have, as a matter of fact, a letter that was dated in 2007, i don't know what prompted that particular letter but she had agreed and invited him to some event back in 2007, so there is some history
kelly: do you have reason to believe that this suspected killer was taking in information or was in any way influenced by the vitriol or the rhetoric that you're referring to
dupnik: if your question is specific i have to be specific and say i don't have that information yet, this investigation is in its very initial phases, but my belief, and i've been watching what's been going on in this country for the last 75 years, and i've been a police officer for over 50 years, there's no doubt in my mind that when a number of people nite and day try to inflame the public that there's going to be some consequences from doing that, and i think it's irresponsible to do that
kelly: is that, sheriff, it sounds like you're being very honest that that's just your speculation and it's not anything that's fact based at this point
dupnik: that, that, that's my opinion, period
kelly: some people question whether that is something you should be sharing now because tempers are already inflamed, people are upset about what's happening, the grieving families are still mourning, the bodies have yet to be buried, is it the time really to be injecting speculative opinion like that into this case by somebody like yourself, the sheriff
dupnik: well, i think difference of opinion is what makes the world go round and round, there's no doubt in my mind that there are consequences to this kind of behavior, when people, allegedly credible people, who get up in front of cameras and microphones and say things that are not true and try to inflame the public, when millions of dollars are filtered into this country to buy very vitriolic ads and they don't have to be identified, the countries that they're coming from or the people who are donating them...