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>> first of all, the fbi said we weren't consulted then the school superintendent said, oh, we talked to the fbi. there's a disconnect there. do you have anything concrete? >> i don't know what the fbi was told. this -- the threat came -- ramone cortinas, superintendent of l.a. schools got the threat before 5:00 a.m. this morning and he's the one who made the decision i guess right away to shut down the schools then the robo calls started going out shortly thereafter. >> you mention eed the man in charge. just so that our viewers have some background, context on this, his last -- he'd been inv...

>> not only that, this is not his first stint. he served previously as superintendent. he came back to help out and clear some things up and i think he was ready to go. when he showed up at the press conferences today, was wearing a sweatshirt and baseball hat. he did look ready for retirement. >> stay with me. stay, please. there is breaking news now on fox news channel. this into us in the last five seconds. house intelligence committee member now says that the los angeles school threat is now believed to be a hoax. brad, it's how it has been shaking up for a while now. he was our guest in...

And decided it was not credible. long before l.a.'s decision to cancel classes. and school officials in new york city have classes going on as planned. school letting out in new york about now because it's 3:00. the nypd commissioner bill bratton used to be the police chief in los angeles. he says closing the schools is giving in to fear. >> it appears as of this time that the school system out there acted on their own without consultation with local law enforcement authorities and my understanding is they may have shut down their schools for the day. we see no need whatsoever to take that act...

Who wrote the e-mail made so many errors it was clear the person was a prankster at least in the new york case, shep. >> the police commissioner in new york says that the e-mails' writer sounded to him like a than of the tv show "homeland." >> yeah, he said there were a lot of similarities between the threat and some of the last few shows starring actress claire dans. listen. >> in reviewing it, i think the initiator, the instigator of the threat may be a "homeland" fan basically watching "homeland" episodes. it mirrors a lot of recent episodes on "homeland." >> also nypd intelligence sources ...

1,000 l.a. unified campuses. shep? >> trace, for clarity, was this a committee decision or a decision of one and, further, if there's one decider, did that decider consult with authorities, with the fbi, maybe with any other school districts? >> well, l.a. unified is a very big and very autonomous school district. it is the second largest employer in los angeles county. the district has its own police force and the school board and the superintendent make all of the decisions. now, former l.a. mayor antoifouo bring the school board under the control of the mayor's office. for a short time he d...