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7.1. >> well, we're definitely used to earthquakes here. and you experienced the first one it was a lot smaller one and you saw everybody kind of, you know, kind of ride it out because we -- we don't, you know, we don't really get too freaked out with an earthquake that hits here. but the 7.1 which started and it started off low and then at soon as that bouncing started, then i think that it set a whole new different level of panic for everybody. and it was -- it was different than the other one that we had before. >> this was real. this was very real. you were talking a little bit about the fact that we felt an aftershock in here. that got everyone's attention, but it was a few minutes later that really that big one hit. somehow you got your heading to the and you snapped into action. tell everyone what you were doing in that moment looking around at your restaurant. >> the first initial thought was to get out of the building because i wasn't near -- i wasn't near the tables to get under.
i know you believe the president and yourself and all of you should have told the public more about the extent of this? >> we told the public a lot on friday october 7. in blunt terms. >> something else that happened that day. i hate to say it, but there was a big story that day. >> when i issued that statement, intel was not in blunt terms. i thought to myself, we accused a super power of trying to interfere with our election. it was below the news that day because it was the same day as the "access hollywood" video. that got everyone's attention. >> you take exception with the criticism at you guys didn't tell us enough. >> i take issue with the criticism. we were very anxious to tell the public what we saw.