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Team member. derrick, i wanted to talk to you because the person that thomas just interviewed, melissa, we noticed how calm she was and you referred to the adrenaline rush, that the people who want to get out of there and even the gunman may have had initially and now we have been in this for three hours, and that adrenaline rush is gone and how can the s.w.a.t. members focus and engage and hopefully get them out of there? >> well, its just a matter of what the s.w.a.t. members, its a matter of ...

They described him as being estranged from the family, not close to the family and saying perhaps it was even a turning point when his parent passed away. is it likely that they are trying to reach out to any loved ones, girlfriend, friends, anyone, to calm this down and end this? >> usually as a rule of thumb its not a good idea to bring family members into a situation like this because you dont always know what the relationship this person would have with his family? sometimes youre doing more...

Mission on track and moving forward. >> now is there a worry in something like this that the individual might become agitated if he believes that hes being rushed to come to some conclusion here? >> theres always that danger, and, again, the negotiators are trained and have experience in dealing with people and dealing with their emotions and the roller coaster ride will go on and they will push just enough to keep the conversation going but not so much as to agitate the subject and make him ang...

Where it is. dont let anybody get overly excited. dont let anyone panic in any kind of way and certainly dont let this turn violent. hopefully as he continues to talk, he gets off what he wants to be heard and said, and hell recognize that this has to end in a peaceful fashion and he reheses the hostages and sundayers to police. >> all right, derrick, thank you very much for your insight. again, were watching this breaking story in silver spring, maryland, where a number of employees, we dont kn...

Jim, thank you very much. jim cavanagh, a former atf agent and tamron, were hearing from him and the other guests that weve had on, the honesty needs to stay there with whats taking place on the outside as investigators and the rescue crews that have been called in are now in communication with this man, and he needs to be honest with them, too, about exactly what he needs. >> absolutely. >> and then let the hostages go. >> lets bring in darkt bartlet, a former s.w.a.t. team member and former sn...

Melissa and a lot of her colleagues, they have had the time to step away and maybe process whats going on to calm down, but thats got to be very scary. >> i cant imagine, but i do want to make the point that melissa was talking about some of the protests that they received after it was announced that sarah palin would receive a show on that network. theres no mention in any of the information and literature written by james jae lee referring to sarah palin or that show. his issues are directed t...