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Sound is or youre not hearing the sound, the entire planning process sort of falls apart. its something we call situational awareness or in crises like this that help save lives. it can also be a challenge for police on the response side. because if you cant hear, in fact, what is happening or where the gun shots are coming from, itll be hard to identify what floor it is. this is really, really -- the uniqueness is also going to be a future challenge for both the people that might be impacted an...

My guess is theyve been taken a little bit by surprise. >> arent we all taken by surprise by this. peter goelz. thank you. i want to get more perspective. juliette, you say this situation is unacceptable. explain why? >> unacceptable across a number of areas. first of all, the communication is just completely lacking. i think people are guessing whats going on. we just got a press release from i think atlanta energy that its likely a fire. thats a couple hours later. so just on the response side...

Abbott talked about the resources bowing to the affected region and from your assessment they are off to a good start. >> theyre off to a great start. the state of texas has historically been a strong and emergency management so i think well see a good response there. femas a very agile agency and they have good programs on response and theyve upped their game since the days of hurricane katrina and i think this is well within everyones capabilities to manage so far on the response side. the rec...

Abbott talked about the resources bowing to the affected region and from your assessment they are off to a good start. >> theyre off to a great start. the state of texas has historically been a strong and emergency management so i think well see a good response there. femas a very agile agency and they have good programs on response and theyve upped their game since the days of hurricane katrina and i think this is well within everyones capabilities to manage so far on the response side. the rec...

September 11th rallied the country, but it also introduced to america, looks at neighbors differently. pay be attention to things they didnt pay attention to before and then you had the anthrax attack. >> a businessman in florida, in the hospital. anthrax confirmed by the centers for disease control. the hospital reports it will most likely kill him. >> we werent sure who had mailed that letter. and, again, on the response side, it didnt make a difference who mailed it. it was anthrax. >> the na...

Dont have the resources sort of available. the marathon we had the benefit of having the doctors and the police officers and everyone surging to the event. you just dont have what we call the surge capacity in a more sort of isolated area like what were seeing in texas. that is going to be a challenge on the response side as we see what unfolds. >> were getting ready to hear from the president. were getting ready to hear from religious leaders in boston, this interfaith service will begin at 11:...