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Jim, youre with us still, right? >> yeah, im here. >> yjim, we have with us michae kay who would like to ask you a question. >> im on the set here with ayman. you and i know from our backgrounds of military and law enforcement from the four cs, clear, cordon and control. the last hour theres been a sort of penning in of people around the address hotel which seems quite ironic for me. given our background, you want to clear it and cordon it, then you want to control the situation. but it seems a ...

The whole day. they were starting street closures at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. local time. they were locking down the area. ive been here a few days. gates have been up they havent had the crosswalks closed off until today. they have let people know there will be street closures and things. it was very much, i wouldnt say lockdown situation but very tight security. you felt a security presence everywhere. >> give us a sense, if you will, now in terms of the fire from where youre seeing, you said the fi...

Point that chief dunn was talking about, striking a balance between image the government under tremendous pressure, millions of people, if not hundreds of thousands, there to celebrate, have a good time. theyve got to show the situation is under control, if it is under control. where, as public officials do you draw the line between public safety and need to show that the government is still very much in control of situations no matter how catastrophic they may appear to be? >> thats right. i th...

Too turbulent and then it could have made it worse. because people know that the more air you cause to a fire the more it will increase. >> bobby halton, if youre still with us, youve been talking about how this is going to be a situation that is going to be with the officials here for the next several days. talk to us as we go forward what we can expect from the united arab emirates civil defense forces the emergency response teams, particularly the firefighters, where does the investigation be...

In a while dubai security officials on broadcasting in arabic telling people to clear the area, clear the area. >> well monitor that as well to get any update from the official channels within the united arab emirates. im curious because this discussion has been going on both online as well as here in studio with some of our guests about the balance between public safety, as well as the need for the festivities to go on for the rest of the country and certainly the world thats been watching this...

Who told us there was a sense of panic among some folks around the area and the vicinity of the building but we heard from another eyewitness who witnessed fireworks display saying it was a festive atmosphere, people were out with families, and it is what we have seen throughout the course of the night, si surreal image, balance of chaotic situation, dangerous situation, as debris continued to fall and the fire continued to burn. but at the same time, fe festivities and celebration of the worlds...

In atlantis, we had a large screen viewing of it and now everybody is leaving. the residents of the burj common area, is empty, everybody has left back to their apartments. >> and youre seeing the address building itself. is the situation there still under control or not? >> no, its definitely not. actually, one of the residents right next to me earlier was telling me that he had a friend -- because youre speaking to your colleagues. they said they could not have checked every floor. and that he...

And was someone else involved, either on the ground or from afar helping them out? these are all the many, many, many questions that are out there right now, and there arent so far many answers. >> thanks to tom foreman for that. and of course, isha, amid all of the chaos and the carnage here, because this attack was at a county function and involved county workers at a government facility, many of the government buildings around san bernardino were put on lockdown. and that included the hospita...

Credit to these officers out here because they got a lot of people out here but sadly, some people didnt make it out. we, of course, will stay out here and show you these pictures and get you more information as soon as we can. well send it back to you in universal city. >> tony, we are hearing, of course, stale very active situation as you know, as you are surrounded by s.w.a.t. officers and see youre being told to move from this location. but as you can see on the screen here, san bernardino p...

National conversation and action, because its his feeling that we are in this pattern, where we have the same reaction this has become something that the united states -- where its become normal and theres not enough of a reaction in terms of aggressive things happening. whether its on the mental health front or gun control front. im sure hes watching this very closely. >> but he might choose to wait until the situation is resolved, right, ron? >> im sure, yes. im sure the president doesnt