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And north korea laughs that off. what is your take on the state of play? >> chris, of all the issues the president is dealing with, this is the most dangerous. this could, if mishandled, result in a war, a war in which millions on of people would die. and perhaps even people in the united states. certainly americans in korea. we have to be very, very careful how we handle this. for the president to say im not going to talk unless you completely capitulate before the talks even begin is a very da...

>> i think we are. what they really after this with united states to acknowledge them as a nuclear power.we have seen the tests, weve monitor that and we looked at it with our intelligence community. we do have nuclear weapons -- they do have nuclear weapons. on our side it has been the denuclearization of the peninsula. which means that north korea would have to start the process whereby they would dismantle their program a nuclear weapons program and up to this point, they have adamantly refus...

Governor both said, earlier this morning, we received an alert of the explosion that happened in the tunnel. and immediately, the mta and the transit authority shut down the lines on the eighth avenue line, the a, the c, the e. many of them were re-routed. i will tell you right now, they are all back. the only disruption we have right now is that on both the 7th avenue line, as well as the 8th avenue line, were bypassing the times square 42nd street corridor. and also, the shuttle between grand ...

Said and the mayor and governor we received the alert of the explosion that happened in the tunnel and immediately the mta and transit authority shut down the lines on the 8th avenue line, the c, d, e. many rerouted. i will tell you right now they are all back. the only disruption we have right now is that on both the 7th avenue line as well as the 8th avenue line were by passing the time square and 42nd street corridor and the shuttle between grand central and time square is shut down. we expec...

>> as it is commissioners both said, earlier this morning, we received an alert of the explosion that happened in the tunnel and immediately the mta and transit authority shut down the lines on the 8th avenue line, the a, the b. many of them were rerouted. i will tell you right now they are all back. the only disruption we have right now is both the 7th avenue line as well as the 8th avenue line, were bypassing the times square 42nd street corridor and also the shuttle between grand central and ...

Time, but she thanked them. one of the other students who came in was brought in by one of the people who had a laceration. they didnt know each other but she wanted to bring him to the hospital and be with him to support him. our community comes together nicely. as we mentioned, every year we do an extensive tabletop exercise and we orient students on what to do if there is a situation like this. its good to see that people responded to us. i wish they would. i wish this has never happened, but...

Earlier this week there was a big tabletop exercise at nypd fbi. and close to 50 agencies figuring out how theyll cant with each other should there be a preparation. >> when it cops the faithful who are there to support him and maybe go off of the loon and how do you prepare for those moments? >> the best way to prepare is to gather intelligence and figure out what your threats are ahead of time. so there will be a lot of work, in addition to the police officers that will be present ands havible...

Obviously no metal detectors as you say would be a factor here but you know, there are a lot of people who just dont want metal detectors everywhere in american life. it is bad enough you have to go through them at the airports. >> well, youre exactly right. that will be up for debate, jon. we talk about this all the time. do we need metal detectors at our high schools? the other thing very significant with this case, that the viewers need to know, at this particular school the middle school and...

To questions. >> can you tell us about the -- [inaudible] >> that information will come out at a future time. this, the actual principal that tackled the individual is still being questioned by law enforcement and that information will come out later on. >> [inaudible] >> i cant release that at this point. >> was there any kind of safety exercise here at the school? >> it was probably, you know that is one thing were very fortunate here. we work very closely, the department of public safety work...

Preparedness with the rnc. theyve been great partners for the last year and a half, that isnt going to change. well all be making the same decisions based on the same data together. i dont think this storm is going to warrant that at all. i think at best as the weather person indicated we will get some wind and perhaps some rain. i dont think its going to require an evacuation. i dont think storm surge will be an issue. i think this convention is going toff as planned, and its going to be a grea...