beyond the base. i think tabc interview was. most of the time he s speaking to his supporters that are already there. it s notable that reporters are being more aggressive, calling out lying and deception. i think that s been a change this week, certainly there s been a lot of fact checking all along. i m not trying to down play that but you heard reporters yesterday saying, you re lying. that s not true. that is interesting and i think it s because these issues are so black and white. when he says it s the democrats fault that they re breaking up families at the border, that s verifiably untrue so reporters are able to state the facts. quick question about scott pruitt, the epa administrator, drenched in controversy, a lot of questions about his ethics and his spending. fox news host laura ingraham actually came out against pruitt this week, saying he s got to go. what s your take on that? that s significant, isn t it. that s a big deal. ingraham, also national review,
a press conference. we re working with many partners in law enforcement here. one of those partners is our tabc which is our texas alcoholic beverage commission. those officers are here and assisting and running in a parallel investigation, a separate investigation. they have confirmed with me this morning that they are doing a shutdown of twin peaks for seven days. this is a very important part of being able to keep our community safe. we were receiving information that individuals may be on the way here to try to back up their motorcycle gang brothers. we have been made aware of that. we certainly think that s credible information and we re on the lookout for that as well. reporter: now to limit that threat carol they established a pretty secure perimeter around this strip mall only allowing law enforcement and media inside. there s no threat to the public they are concerned about the threat against police officers. you heard the sergeant say the
investigation involving numerous agencies and organizations. we re going to get it right. the mcclinny county district attorney office was here early on yesterday. those individuals have been instrumental in helping us obtain warrants and arrests 170 individuals. that is the count that i had as of coming up here to brief you. that number is going to be flexible. you have to understand that we had a large amount of people being processed and involved. some of those names were the same. same last names. that will give and take a minute amount. tabc informed us they have developed and had the process implemented here where there s a seven day shut down of twin peaks for liquor sales. somebody asked me earlier if they would be open to the general public.
police are saying that that number is slowing, and they haven t had any other major incidents, but that s really what they re focusing on right now i think. so the restaurant in question here, is it going to be allowed to reopen because there s been quite a bit of consternation about the fact that they were pre-warned, they were asked to be a bit more vigorous than they were. it seems that those concerns were ignored by the restaurant. yeah. i think local management is really what police are focusing on right now. the corporate revoked their franchise agreement, so i think that s going to be a pretty big hurdle for them to overcome if they would like to reopen. the tabc put a seven-day suspension on their alcohol and liquor license, so if they are open for the next seven days they will not the able to serve alcohol. but i also think that in general, it seems like people in