>> not with me personally, but they have then in contact with george avella, and deutsche welle has madehis known to the u.s. embassy in germany as well as to authorities in the united states. there was a report with the detailed information of what happened and how this transpired from our perspective. i don't know if u.s. authorities have donone anythingn terms o of ththe local level. it is s one thihing to complaind make federal authorities aware, but it has to go down to minneapolis authorities, to minnesota authorities, and there is where it is getting tricky. there were state troopers involved an metropolitan police involved. this is going to probably take a while. brent: what about the officers you had contact with in minneapolis? did they ever explain to you why they shot at you or offer an apology? was there any communication? >> [laughter] no, there was no communication. the only communication we had was when they threatened to mace us. we did not hinder any police activity when we were there, so, no, there was no communication, no apology, but i have to say other colleagues, i