here, and federal troops regular army have been put on alert. city officials want a massive show of force to que t rioting, looting and burning that has rocked this city for the last two days. the bringing in of the national guard added to the existing officers who didn t have enough officers to be where they needed to be to try and hold more territory. what have they been asked to do. we re re-enforcing law enforcement and clearing areas that have yet to be cleared or securing areas that have already been damaged. it had a very low income neighborhoods among some people that they were an occupied territory that i think was welcomed by some people and rejected by others. while authorities in southern california are bringing order to the streets, spectators in akron, ohio are lining up to catch a glimpse of notorious
rioting, looting and burning that has rocked this city for the last two days. the bringing in of the national guard added to the existing officers who didn t have enough officers to be where they needed to be to try a hold more territory. what have they been asked to do. we re re-enforcing law enforcement and clearing areas that have yet to be cleared or securing areas that have already been damaged. it had a very low income neighborhoods among some people that they were an occupied territory that i think was welcomed by some people and rejected by others. while authorities in southern california are bringing order to the streets, spectators in akron, ohio are lining up to catch a glimpse of notorious serial killer jeffrey dahmer arriving to stand trial for the
confirmed, something we were hearing earlier that they had explosives and dynamite. police are being very, very careful. let s go back to mark fuhrman. mark, you were talking about the fact in a situation like this, the suspect just has nothing to lose. of course, as an officer, you want to make sure that you stay safe, as well as you know, everyone around you. what is the biggest challenge for them right now? caller: well, the biggest challenge is to set the perimeter up large enough that you contain the suspect within that perimeter. then you establish a tighter perimeter to make sure the suspect can t get out. everybody s on guard, and you try to control all the officers from actually probing until you get s.w.a.t. teams, k-9 units and specialized units that are equipped, not only with more body armor, but they are equipped with weapons and they can work as a unit to start clearing areas, section by
down streets, checking areas, clearing areas. just ten minutes ago we saw a huge contingent of officers. those same kind of military dressed police officers exiting here on a city bus. so we presume their duty or their quadrant or their area has been cleared. but otherwise, we ve been getting no real official news. just massive amounts of police going in, massive amounts of police going out. and we can t really read what that means, other than they don t have this guy yet. wolf? drew, all right. stand by. we ll get back to you as well. we re also awaiting a news conference in cambridge and watertown. i should say in watertown coming up later this hour as well we ll have live coverage of that. lots going on in this massive, massive manhunt. this dragnet that is under way, this manhunt that is under way right now. the search for dzhokhar tsarnaev, this 19-year-old on the loose and accused of these
similar to lebanon s hezbollah. he is saying, well, we want to make sure that the americans leave on time, otherwise, we re going to create havoc. all indications are that the americans are going to leave on time anyway and that he can claim to his followers the threats that forced them out. i think it s a bit of domestic politics on this game. but a lot of iraqis, frankly, are concerned when u.s. troops leave. they think that people like muqtada al sadr will rise to the forefront and al qaeda in iraq, which was never completely eliminated, will come back, that the army could have a coup against the civilian government, which is one of maliki s concerns. there are real dangers that could fall apart again once this safety net of the united states being in place is pulled away. finally, afghanistan. lots of talk about petraeus about clearing areas successfully, more successfully than we thought. but the long-term question, once you clear an area, what gives us the confidence i don t