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>> let me ask you this. there is an imminent threat for them to fire these shots. is the bar any lower when it comes to something happening around the capitol and given this time and area of heightened security, what would need to have happened for them to fire these shots since we are told capitol police do not fire, quote, unquote, warning shots? >> they dont. so you have to look at the environment. theres a heightened sense of a security posture that is maintained throughout washington, d.c.,...

That whatsoever. so police at the minute working on his phone records, his computer records, trying to trace his car, where he went, who he met, trying to find out did this man truly act alone or did he have associates. andrea. >> bill, is there any change in the security posture there around westminster? >> reporter: well, there are more police on the streets here, but weve been told that is very much to reassure people. genuinely, the pice believe this was a one-off incident. of course we know...

The situation. essentially what happened here was that an individual attempted to jump over what they call the expanded bike rack, which is basically another barrier between the general public and then the fence that wraps around the white house. this was an additional security measure put in place in the past few more years. this individual jumped over that bike rack and as soon as he jumps over that bike rack, the secret service goes into an elevated security posture so the threat level raised...

Period of time where they made sure the remaining part of the white house property was put under control, the threat level was put down. this official that i talked to described the situation as a slam-dunk. he said this is how the security process is supposed to work. the second the person was found to be past that expanded bike rack, they immediately jumped into that security posture and he was apprehended. the person is currently being questioned. the official that i talked to described hip a...

Portico. however, whats really important to understand is that there is a security structure on the outside, but on the inside theres also a very comprehensive security posture when the residence -- when the white house is at a condition orange. so this internal layers of security that are very comprehensive, especially when the president is there. ryan reported it was only a few hundred yards away from where the president would be. i would say the president was very safe. they have a comprehens...

Council, the national security council, the department of justice office of legal counsel, key people at departments and and agencies were realize into the executive -- chris: you agree it hasnt gone smoothly. >> well, heres where youre wrong, chris, and i hate to say this, because i think youre fabulous. [laughter] but we issued three executive orders on immigration that have profoundly improved the security posture of this country. on border security, interior security and national security. m...

Blocked in several courts. do you and bannon take responsibility for all the problems with this rollout? >> first of all -- [laughter] people are giving way too much credit to me and steve bannon. steve bannon has no role whatsoever in drafting executive orders. this executive order was drafted by congressional experts and lawyers, career experts on immigration. it was approved and vetted through the homeland security council, the national security council, the department of justice office of le...

Council, the department of justice office of legal counsel, key people at departments and and agencies were realize into the executive -- chris: you agree it hasnt gone smoothly. >> well, heres where youre wrong, chris, and i hate to say this, because i think youre fabulous. [laughter] but we issued three executive orders on immigration that have profoundly improved the security posture of this country. on border security, interior security and national security. most of those provisions remain ...

They have been ebbing and flowing, running out, coming back out, running back out to the ramp. its been a very, very difficult security posture to ensure that that airport perimeter is secure and that the people out on the ramp are, in fact, all screened and secure. its going to take some time before everybody out there on the ramp and rescreened, that their confident theyve got everything under control and that the perimeter is secure. this could take through the evening, i would guess. but at ...

Foreign object degree. then it gets ingested, that can be catastrophic for an engine. theyve got a major issue here where theyve got to make sure that the entire airport apparatus is secure in terms of a law enforcement perspective, but also that the runways are clean. literally clean so that planes can come and go and take off. so theyve got a very big job. i would be surprised if they reopened this airport into the evening hours. they may even decide to wait until tomorrow. well see how that g...