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Topld to the mainstream medias group think where they repeat and retweet each others stories. its quite another when our u.s. national security leaders get distracted so easily. north korea is clearly a problem. but iran is the immediate threat. and its kind of like u know, if your house is on fire and you call 911 you want the firemen to come to your house and surround it not go to nare neighbors house and wait for it to burn down. rick: the attention that secretary kerry is paying to the north...

Back on at his house. suspect is armed and we are in the room with him. >> reporter: very calm description of what was a very tense situation for those firemen. eventually one of them was let go to move the fire engine from in front of the mans house. but the four remained inside until the s.w.a.t. team came a short time ago. all four firemen are in good condition. they had some minor injuries from some of the explosive devices used in this operation. the man holding the gun on them was killed i...

Happening? is this something thats always happened? i think a lot of people would say its very strange and very frightening that the people that you trust for law enforcement, or you trust to help you, the policemen, the firemen could be called to a scene on purpose to be taken hostage and tried to be attacked. >> normally, erin this is true of law enforcement if the house for closure has something to do with it. that they would be worried about the sheriff coming to evict them. normally firefig...

Firefighters was saying to his people back at the station. listen. >> we are in a situation where we have an armed person. and he is requesting certain -- certain utilities to be turned back on at his house. suspect is armed and we are in the room with him. >> reporter: very calm description of what was a very tense situation for those firemen. eventually one of them was let go to move the fire engine from in front of the mans house. but the four remained inside until the s.w.a.t. team came a sh...

Explosive devices that were being used in this operation. but they are going to be okay. as a precaution, theyre going to be taken to the hospital as well. but at this point, anderson, the investigation really just beginning. no one here ready to say exactly why or who this man was and what he was trying to do here. >> and, again, we dont know if he killed himself or if he was killed by the s.w.a.t. team. it sounds like the s.w.a.t. team, again, they have not given out that information. david, i...

Bit on edge. the fire teams here that the ambulances they have have reved up like theyre ready to move into action. but right it appears the s.w.a.t. team have moved on that house to rescue those four firemen that are still being held in that house. >> david, sounds like what youre saying this is all coming from the police and law enforcement side, the explosion thats youre talking about. theyre not from the gunman or it is impossible to be sure? >> reporter: they did not sound like gun shots. t...

Community with kids running out, playing outside every day. thank god there were no kids. thank god i didnt stop. this guy -- who knows, i dont know if he was singling out firemen or neighbors or what he was doing. but his german shepard, thank god he came out, because he scared me off. >> there were reports this guy was having financial problems. that he had had some of his utilities turned off. did you -- i know you didnt know him. could you -- were you aware of that at all, in the neighborhoo...

30 seconds. so i imagine its not a large house. >> caller: its a 32, yeah. its a 3.2. its probably one of the smaller houses in the neighborhood. its -- we live in a safe community with kids running out, playing outside every day. thank god there were no kids. thank god i didnt stop. this guy -- who knows, i dont know if he was singling out firemen or neighbors or what he was doing. but his german shepard, thank god he came out, because he scared me off. >> there were reports this guy was having...

David mattingly joins us with late details and audio from one of the firefighters before this came to a deadly conclusion. david, whats the latest? >> reporter: anderson, this all started out as a routine medical call. the firemen arrived on the scene, everything looked and seemed like they expected it to be. they took a gurney and their medical equipment inside the house, presumably to treat someone in medical distress. but that is not what they encountered. and just a few minutes later, this w...

Were talking about firemen here. these are guys in great shape, theyre strong, theyre big. are they going to try to overpower the hostage terror are they trained for this? im trying to figure out what they would try to do in this situation? yes from our understanding its 4 to 1. >> they have to create a rapport with the person inside there. theyre not going to do that. again, they -- they put their lives on the line every day. there is something theyre not used to confronting. yes, they do train...