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>> youre very familiar with these kind of disasters. what is the first thing they need to be doing down there and whats the most important thing they need to focus on. >> the things they are doing right now are absolutely the right things to be doing. were definitely in the response mode and search and rescue mode and thats very important. there are lots of people in need of rescue and lots of people who have been rescue in need of shelter. those are the right things to be doing right now and im...

Missiles. the japanese want to make sure they understand what we are going to do because if we were to make a decision to do something and there was a retaliation from the north koreans, the retaliation could also reach japan and the japanese are very aware of that. the prime minister pointed out the other day its possible the north koreans could put sarin gas warhead s on their missiles. they want to be in touch with us. >> one of the concerns is that all the countries on this map right here an...

Wolf that border patrol tactical unit was the one that shot and killed richard matt. the authorities flooded the scene in malone new york after there was an apparent carjacking earlier today. a member or members of the border patrol tactical unit shot and killed richard matt. in case were wondering who are they they are called in by new york state police from the very beginning. this is a unit that provides immediate response capability to emergent and high-risk incidents. so just because this i...

Containment trailer and set it off to make sure it doesnt cause any harm anywhere else. >> yeah. they would always deploy something like that at the scene and have it. we are looking at literally tens if not hundreds of tos of dollars of equipment that is not used very often and if it saves one law enforcement or civilians life, thats probably tax money well spent and for the last probably dozen years or so the federal government has been contributing across the board to help agencies beef up th...

American sit zens going over to these countries controlled by al qaeda and likewise, like minded groups and getting training. how do we know that is happening? >> what you would watch for, certainly what has been very much in the news recent weeks, nsa, their capabilities to not only look at communications but all of what we try to do with our travel watches, terrorist is a lerts on people leaving the country and going to regions of the world where you are concerned they might engage in this typ...

Messages, one that north korea cant and wont be accepted as a nuclear power. hes also got an olive branch offering direct talks with the north if they are in kerrys words really serious and not playing around a robin game. joining me now from washington, william cohen, former u.s. senator and former secretary of defense. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> how do you interpret this escalation if the north koreans dont seem interested in stopping? do you agree with the now secretary kerry to ...

School as the president takes his scaled-down gun control message to colorado. >> i noted and the president has noted that when it comes to background checks, the measure you mentioned, this is something supported by over 90% of the american people. >> not anymore, though. public support for a whole host of gun control ideas has been flipping since just january according to one fox news poll. but the president is hoping to leverage what backing remains and build pressure on lawmakers to take act...

Have an armed trained law enforcement person there, even in a gun-free zone. so, that does not necessarily be inconsistent. but in some parts of the country theres not enough resources for a sworn officer there, so the question is, are we going to have other trained school officials there that are trained, properly trained, but can have a response capability to an armed intruder? right now, that would violate many of the state laws on gun-free zones. and so, youre going to have to look at legal ...

Have an armed trained law enforcement person there, even in a gun-free zone. so, that does not necessarily be inconsistent. but in some parts of the country theres not enough resources for a sworn officer there, so the question is, are we going to have other trained school officials there that are trained, properly trained, but can have a response capability to an armed intruder? right now, that would violate many of the state laws on gun-free zones. and so, youre going to have to look at legal ...

Enforcement person there, even in a gun-free zone. so, that does not necessarily be inconsistent. but in some parts of the country theres not enough resources for a sworn officer there, so the question is, are we going to have other trained school officials there that are trained, properly trained, but can have a response capability to an armed intruder? right now, that would violate many of the state laws on gun-free zones. and so, youre going to have to look at legal changes to accomplish that...