other than the metropolitan police, and the u.s. rk police, and the metro transit police to a certain extent, everybody else is very narrowly confined. park police really polices the park areas. we are the only in the city -- i put it this way, if you dial 911, it will be my phone that rings. >> what happens if something happens to a public official and they must go to the hospital? you have had many cases of that over the years. who is in charge the? >> it depends on who it is. if it is a protectee of the secret service, they would have support. if it is a state department -- the metropolitan police is the only agency that can investigate. walking a foot beat, you learn how to develop sources, how to use information. you learn how to leverage relationships. that is the key. if people in the community trust you, they will tell you when there are things that are happening that are not yet crime so you can intervene. they will tell you about how to do it. >> why did you a couple years ago give a commencement address at a high school in

as they ratcheted up the punishment for narcotics powerful some forces change the metropolitan police department from an agency which largely ignored poor black neighborhoods to an agency which largely defined its policing mission through narcotics enforcement's in those very same places. i argue that this transformation enabled police to retain vestiges of traditional law-enforcement via discretion, use of force or even corruption while in the midst of profound changes wrought by the professional is asian movement within law enforcement and civil rights outside of it. as police redefined their presence in the ghetto drug enforcement became both their preoccupation and their methodology, not just something to police but a way to police. initially the fact that law-enforcement did not bother services in poor black neighborhoods was something that was both widely known and widely ignored. in 1947 the washington post reported results of an investigation that showed police pocketing crime to be president in the police department. pocketing meant failure to report a crime in an official me

the question is does the metropolitan police department have a problem? that depends who you ask. >> we need to understand what the metropolitan police department is doing to address criminal behavior and integrity issues. >> reporter: the headlines don't lie. 90 plus d.c. police officers arrested in the past five years, 47 of those convicted. in the last month three high profile arrests, one for snapping semi nude photos of a teen run-away, a second for running a teen prostitution ring and in this quiet neighborhood of accokeek, a third for trying to kill his wife. today mpd chief cathy lanier was in the hot seat explaining what she said is the stories behind those headlines. >> the vast majority of the cases are alcohol-related traffic offenses, dui probably the single largest represented case. >> reporter: council member tommy wells hammered the chief with questions. lanier insists the force does a lot to police itself and that it's tougher than ever to become an officer here. >> we have a very, very strong screening process that's been in place now. w

i'm getting on that as a metropolitan police spokesman expressed sympathy with the twenty nine year old's family outside the mountain course supporters of the depth and family drowned him out counting that as the inquest jury said it came as a shock to many. ma. they want to tell you the about the density of the body. oman i wanted the day. no it's a question that the team since the jury concluded up and was on home when he would show up to ten self doubt then he was a suspected gangland figure sparked a wave of rioting across england. some expats claim his confrontation with police tapped into an undercurrent of rage as unemployment and legs in the city says while others say it was just an excuse to mayhem and his team. techies deputy police chief has been sacked the highest rank yet to fall victim to the clergy instigated by the government that claims the police and judicial you're trying to undermine it. in another twist is to go prosecutors sector i l's was leading cause of the ongoing corruption investigation. a stranger is sent by the prime minister threatened him richard todd benja

used by the ukrainian rock police with simon for he's a retired senior officer from london's metropolitan police side now what do you make of the methods used by the riot police there in kiev well it's always a very difficult scenes and obviously that situation is very quickly got out of control and what i thought was interesting was the way that it was described as being relatively peaceful one minute and then probably violent it was ordered to it and never. i guess really this is where the police somehow are standing between the tension between letting people have longer protests which i think everybody wants to do but the minute it starts becoming violent where the old texts are then they have no option and to react sometimes in the way they did but we of course all those rights in longer and the mess it's employed there by you the police there in london any different to the way that you would have approached it in kiev yes i you know the british police are fundamentally different in that our tactics are he attended the that wherever possible we will get out as close to demonstrators in the s

a >> the metropolitan police department tell us they have arrested someone in connection with this case. he is facing to drug-related charges. >> 7 on your side with a consumer alert from toyota. several popular models are off the market. a flammability concern. they have stop sale orders immediately. repairst clear when the will be complete. >> changes may be on the way for amazon prime service. it is now looking at increasing ae subscription fee to $120 year. right now it is $79. amazon says they do not expect to lose subscribers. costs for thel increase. especially by the weekend, it is temporary. we are in better conditions. let's take a look at our numbers. the top camera, a little bit of the ice broke up. 34 is the official high. 44 and 29 are the averages for today. at reagan national airport, 21 right now. lexington park, they have a good smoke -- no pack. you notice it is not dramatically cold like it has been. there is a surge of cold air coming across the border again. east, it isushes going to survive the airmass spreading eastward. we have a few days of temperatures heading

metropolitan police department came here with an order from the d.c. chief of police, ordering the club closed for 96 hours. happens when there are incidents involving violence. it was about 3:30 this morning, a witness told police a fight started between a man and a woman in the club. the woman wielding a knife, and she apparently stabbed four people inside the club and then outside the club, a man stabbed another man. five people left here in ambulances in what was apparently not a happy new year. this afternoon, 18th street in adams morgan was full of folks enjoying a chilly but pleasant new year's day. however, this same strip 10 hours earlier was a crime scene, with bloody marks following stabbings in and out of the district nightclub. according to police, four people were stabbed inside the club, and victims were found all over the neighborhood. road, another on champlain street, including a fifth victim that was stabbed in the head from behind as he walked from the club, according to police reports. --gtime residents of added adams morgan says th

. >> al jazeera has again speak to the metropolitan police. >> the killing of mark duncan in 2011 washe spark for a complex and compossible tinderbox of social and economic tensions there was rioting that started in the aftermath in north london which spread throughout the country. so clearly, issues of race and policing are very sensitive. that's why london's police chief sat down with community leaders and local politicians here at scotland yard earlier today. one notable absence was the family of mark duncan himself, they are still too angry at wednesday's verdict to be able to talk face to face with police. but we did hear from mark who is the assistant commissioner for london's metropolitan police service. >> ten ordinary men and women that's what a jury is. spent three months they looked at all the evidence, and they concluded that mark was lawfully killed. he had picked up a weapon, he had it in the car with him, and the split seconds he threw it. and the us aers fired. >> in april police are to start trailing video cameras on armed response units which may help with evidence i

. >> the metropolitan police department of the district of columbia is violating the constitutional rights of citizens in the district. it's violating the constitution al rights of those persons who come to visit in the district and in many instances it's violating the constitutional rights of young african american men and even outright engaging in racial profiling. >> the lawsuits center on the police shooting death of 34- year-old clement sweatson and the search and detainment of a young black student claimed to be racially profiled. >>> super bowl days a we and a battle brewing between new jersey and new york. >> and vacation ruined for hundreds of people on a cruise ship, those stories and more in your world in 90 seconds. >> officials from the centers for disease control boarded the royal caribbean explorer of the seas to send the ship back to new jersey. a stomach bug left more than 600 passengers and crew members sick. it's suspected the fast spreading norovirus by health officials. >> i'm on cloud nine now, just won a grammy. >> music icon, writing stars and grammy winners hit the

the metropolitan police department is asking for your help finding the thieve who took a set of elephant tusks from the wilson building. police believe they were taken some time in august. gave the an emperor sks to the city as a gift in 1954. >> another court appearance for chris brown today y brown said no to a plea deal today. >> we will tell you how they're marking the third an is versery gabby giffords that nearly took marking the third an is versery i can only send one of you took to cover the game in new york. who's got what it takes? game on. [ male announcer ] the more devices you have, the more you need fios quantum. america's fastest, most reliable internet. still got slow internet, terry? no. yes. [ male announcer ] for incredible uploading, streaming, and chatting... show 'em what you got, ella. thanks, erin. [ male announcer ] ...in and around your home... hey, dad! you got it. you're going to new york. this is definitely the place to be! you know, shshe is pretty good. [ male announcer ] technology that raises your game to a quantum level. call the verizon center for custo

but he said the intelligence was probably the five metropolitan police department person now. and he held the superintendent general responsible for failing to properly manage it japanese lead is an approved and ten year business plan for the operator of the damage nuclear plant in squishy map. it is said to be like a parent company are facing a costly de commissioning process at the facility and accounting are we starting reactors elsewhere to proust about daniel in the same institution it's unlikely he officially told ted conference in downing hearsay and the business plans approval. again that has controlled the company since two thousand files. officials want in these diary entries and it cost us a cake i knew of plans in me that the prefecture as early as july. the asa plan to rebuild aging thermal power plants and find cheaper imported feel for thermal power generation. they're forecasting an annual profit of more than nine hundred and fifty million dollars that would allow them to gradually lower electricity rates. that guy is looking at creating a new division to deal

police with a man who's been at the front line himself simon for he was a senior officer for the metropolitan police and he told me that sometimes an officer is left with no choice about how to react. i guess really this is you the police somehow are standing between the tension between netting people have normal protest which i think again he wants to do but the minute it starts becoming violent the way the protests meant they have no option than to react sometimes in the way they did because once that situation does get out of control like that well then those two criteria and the first they can restore peace quick quickly thing whatever way you can get the demonstrators moved on for a while. and then primarily that the second part of means is to do so as safely as possible for the public but then for the office a second so i think you know in some ways when you get back to grip of ahmed's be used against police officers who in many ways it's not surprising that they had reacted as diggler silly as they had when it's not very nice it doesn't look very good and indeed a lot of the basically to give

necessary in the effort to prevent terrorism but he said the intelligence was probably leaked by metropolitan police department personnel. and he held the superintendent general responsible for failing to properly manage it south korean officials to monitor numbers say visitors from japan have lost their number one ranking to train a chinese travelers overtook their japanese counterparts last year for the first time in more than four decades the south korean justice ministry says about ten point seven million foreigners visited the country in two thousand and thirteen. that's a five and a half percent increase from the previous year. more than three point nine million of the visitors were from china up about forty four percent the number of travelers from japan declined by about twenty two percent in just over two point seven million. japan has traditionally been the main source of tourists to south korea since overtaking the united states in nineteen seventy one ministry officials attribute the decline to a stronger a south korean currency the won rose against the yen last year by nearly twenty per

right when we were all placed in jail for that now i was talking to a metropolitan police officers saying they agree that the blessing is the policeman to be individually. a presence in that situation that they must stick together now as a as a professional yourself what you make of the tactics not the way the ukrainian police but would he be without him and and equipment never having the way they were dealing with a little. sure understand the question. well what about the tactics ecu day in ukraine compared to pass to see the tactics used by police forces around the world is at the same sort of approach. now on. well one thing is there a lot for her collection reading. i would prefer to have some type of non lethal capability for standoff. population control cos your injuring more than about fifty meters the standoff distance between her her authority in law the more you can reduce the interest without having to use force. it's very difficult to accept some type of non lethal option the interruption. most of the places around the world the united states will along with the employee opti

during the existence of that set of measures. , i listened very carefully to the head of the metropolitan police service and the security service who were involved in drawing up these measures to keep our country safe. >> last year, we benefited from the high number of business startups in our town. to claimant count is down 2.5%. will the prime minister join me with his entrepreneurial spirit to redouble government efforts to help more firms export question mark -- export? >> my honorable friend is exactly right. we are seeing an enterprise revolution in our country again. the point he makes about small businesses and exports is important. one in five of them export. if we can turn that into one in four, we would wipe out our trade deficit. i support the excellent work he dos and encourage them to everything he can to back britain's entrepreneurs. >> mr. speaker, there are sites all over the country with planning commissions and the capacity for 250,000 houses, nothing is happening. some of them being hoarded by developers. of use it or lose it. the prime minister says the policy was not. does

simon fully he was a senior officer from london's metropolitan police he told me that sometimes an officer is left with no choice about how to react. i guess maybe this is a deeply somehow standing between the tension between eighteen people killed in protests that something in me wants to date. then it stops becoming violent. it's all i've made many had no option into the act. sometimes a new eighty eight. that situation does get out of control like that. well they do this to me and say he's useful. he's quick and quickly went away you can get that demonstrates the growing threat to the rest of our drive. prior to the second part means is to do so as to say. antonio says. in some ways when you get back to britain from the musical was the substance indeed many ways it's not surprising that i had reacted and the goodness that is happening. not only pitched at indy. he's coming to get into a number of fortune the contingent as well as human beings in a good idea to announce problems. however when cooked they are our beloved and i know he needs to cease his arm in managing its conduct in the

i say cheeks was killed in august for the consumer can buy london's metropolitan police. the state to keep the gang leader who was armed to the jury found that although he did not have that done when he was shot. i think the discarded it moments before his death protests following the shooting and type in north london. massive riots that rocked the british capital and other major cities for five days. and its chops with two different buildings and vehicles set on fire. in countries for civil unrest in decades. my left five people dead near the two hundred police officers injured and costs an estimated two hundred forty million years for it. google has been slapped with a one hundred and fifty thousand euro fine for france's data protection watchdog. after ruling said the internet giant's privacy policy does not comply with french law who is accused of failing to sufficiently inform users of power and wind at first the data are collected nothing comes less than a month after spain find coupon nine hundred thousand heroes from violating privacy law germany the netherlands i

and all of the time i listen very carefully to the head of the metropolitan police service and to the heads of the security service were involved in drug of these measures and who advises on how best to keep our country safe. >> in the first six months of last year, we benefited from the highest number of business startups in our history. the unemployed claimant count is down to 2.5%. will the prime minister join me in praising the entrepreneurial spirit and also redouble governments efforts through ukip to have more grocery firms to export? >> my honorable friend is right. we are seeing an enterprise revolution in our country again, 400,000 more businesses in existence today compared to 2010. i think the point he makes about small businesses and export is particularly important are currently one in five is an export. if we can turn it into one in four we would wipe out our trade deficit so i support excellent work he does to call to account encourage them to do everything they can to back britain's entrepreneurs. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, there are five all over the

i was talking to a metropolitan police officer who was saying that really that the worst thing is for policemen to be individually. present in a situation like that they must stick together now as a as a professional yourself what do you make of the tactics the way the ukrainian police were dealing with that and the equipment they were having the way they were dealing with all i'm not sure i understand the question well what about the tactics you see there in ukraine compared to perhaps we see the tactics used by police forces around the world is it the same sort of approach. no. well one thing is there are a lot closer in proximity i would prefer to have some type of non-lethal capability first and our most of three percent of the population can throw an object large enough to cost serious injury more than a volcano fifty meters if you can get a stand off distance between your your authorities and your mob of fifty meters or more you can reduce the injuries without having to use force that's very difficult to do except with some type of non-lethal option some type of intermediate opt

between the paper, the photograph, and the family, the metropolitan police were able to track him down his family have since been reunited. >>> and urban outfitters underfire for a woman's t-shirt with the word depression scrawled all over it. a retailer pulled the shirt and in a tweet said we're sorry to those offended by the tee we brought from @depression.com brand. another memorable fashion don't came in 2010 when they released and yanked a shirt with the words "eat less" on it. >>> now to a historic and life threatening deep freeze. a cold front is thrusting two thirds of the u.s. into an icebox. temperatures for tens of millions of americans are plunging into the single digits. in new york the thermometer is expected to dip to as low as 5 degrees. but that is balmy compared to other places in the united states. fargo, north dakota expected to hit a negative 24 degrees. minneapolis and indianapolis, 15 below. and the frigid air forcing schools and government offices in several states to close. delays at the nation's airports as well. and it is illegal to drive except for emergenci

working for metropolitan police and the d.o.d. research component. it is called terra hertz technology. what it does, in essence everybody emits tera hertz , radiation. and what it does is enables you to see someone carrying a weapon. the problem is so far that the device developed is too big. it does not have the range. we know what cell phones were like in 1986. and what they are like now. we believe that the technology will only get better. that would be a major breakthrough as far as finding weapons on the street. >> can you imagine, 10 years from now, that technology being deployed around the city, just like you have cameras recording where people go, you could notice that somebody with the gun is moving in a certain neighborhood? >> not without a major fight. the legal -- i think our lawyers are looking at the issues of -- fourth amendment issues are involved there. but this is -- this is something that you do in increments. and i don't know if ten years from now you see them, you know, positioned all over. you have to develop the technology an

lord paddock, a former metropolitan police deputy assistant commissioner.ady jones, a green party politician in london. lord finkelstein, a former associate editor of "the times." a former first sea lord had a noble suggestion to make. >> i wonder if the royal navy could maybe come to the nation's assistance again. having been scrapped earlier this year. i wonder if the house authorities would like to buy it to berth alongside the palace of westminster to accommodate the huge number of new peers being created? [laughter] >> in fact, the worship can accommodate up to 700 people and has a bank, laundry, and shop. the death of nelson mandela was a moment that parliament could not ignore. the first black president of south africa and father figure for his nation came to parliament back in 1996 and spoke in westminster hall. he was fully aware of the anti- apartheid campaigns that ran in britain throughout his long time in captivity. when his death was announced, tributes were many and moving. >> when nelson mandela took his first steps to freedom, he made no ca

and all of the time i listen very carefully to the head of the metropolitan police service and to the heads of the security service were involved in drug of these measures and who advises on how best to keep our country safe. >> in the first six months of last year, we benefited from the highest number of business startups in our history. the unemployed claimant count is down to 2.5%. will the prime minister join me in praising the entrepreneurial spirit and also redouble governments efforts through ukip to have more grocery firms to export? >> my honorable friend is right. we are seeing an enterprise revolution in our country again, 400,000 more businesses in existence today compared to 2010. i think the point he makes about small businesses and export is particularly important are currently one in five is an export. if we can turn it into one in four we would wipe out our trade deficit so i support excellent work he does to call to account encourage them to do everything they can to back britain's entrepreneurs. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, there are five all over the

if necessary, the head of the metropolitan police dealing with counterterrorism and you have the experts in the room as well as the politicians. the format of the meetings is often a presentation rather than just a massive paperwork and the presentation would be given by mr. kim or a leading foreign officer official to set out in front of the committee the choices we have to make. and sometimes it's very operational. we might have a -- on afghanistan, for instance, we want a proper look at the drawdown plans that the ministry of defense have. as a committee, we want to figure out, is that the right operational plan for britain? i think it is right that the government collected. sometimes it can be very strategic. we might have a discussion about our relations with the emerging powers, and it will be about how we best go about, who should we be seeking relations with and how do we improve them? sometimes it can be a meeting where it really helps to have a collective discussion. for instance, we have brought -- we have the conflict pool, ringing together money from defense and foreign affa

we are working with the metropolitan police and the dod research component. it's called terror hurts technology. what it does is essence everybody emits radiation and what it does do is enable you to see someone carrying a weapon. the problem so far it is too big and doesn't have the range. we know what cell phones are like in 1986, you know. and what they are like now. you know, we believe the technology will only get better. that would be a major breakthrough as far as finding weapons on the street. >> can you imagine ten years from now that technology being deployed around the city. just like you have cameras recording where people go you notice that somebody with a gun is moving in a certain neighborhood. >> not without a nature fight. [laughter] i think the legal -- you know we're talking -- our lawyers are looking at. it the issues of obviously fourth amendment issues are involved. but, you know, this is something you coin increment. i don't know if ten years from now you see them positioned all over. we have to develop a new technology. i think it woul

you know that area, given that you once worked in the metropolitan police in that area.about what this means? >> there's not too many details right now. the mall apparently is on complete lockdown right now. employees are sheltering in place in their stores as they have probably practiced in the past. and the howard county police and fire, they are both on the scene. howard county police all so on their twitter account, en route. they don't have many facts right now. they're telling me there's a possibility of numerous people shot. trying to confirm that right now. still, a very, very tense situation. it's about 45 minutes north of d.c. and just outside baltimore, maryland. as you know from living in that area, a very popular mall in that area. everything is on lockdown. don't know how many active shooters there are. we don't know yet. >> straight up the columbia pike as you put it. when we would go to that mall, it was one that you would go on the weekends to ice skate. i don't know if it's still a part of the mall there. it is one that has four very large department st

laura paddock, a former metropolitan police deputy assistant commissioner. lady jones, a green party politician in london. lowered finkelstein, a former associate editor of the times. to put all the new peers in october, a former first sea lord had a noble suggestion to make. >> and i wonder if the role of baby could maybe come to the nation's assistance again. i've been asking people -- [inaudible] i wonder if the house authorities would like to buy it to work alongside th those of te westminster to accommodate the new numbers appears being created? >> the war should cannot come up to somehow people and has a bank, laundry and shop. >> the death of nelson mandela was a moment that parliament couldn't ignore. the first black president of south africa and father figure for his nation came to parliament back in 1996, and spoke in westminster hall. he was fully aware of the anti-apartheid campaign that ran in britain throughout his long time in captivity. when his death was announced the tributes were many and moving. >> when nelson mandela took his first steps

if germany prevailed, worse would follow, as it already had, or had started to, in metropolitan france. the police in cooperation with adolf eichmann's men had recently begun deportations of jews in france to the east. in september, there was a diplomatic effort in paris to get the premier of france to exempt 4,000 french jewish children from the deportations. he refused. the diplomat told washington the only way to save these children was perhaps to give them a visas to the united states. the state department proposed 1,000 visas. the president raised the number to 5,000. but undersecretary wells asked jewish organizations, please do not publicize this decision. nonetheless, at a press conference wells was asked directly about this rumored step. he equivocated. he said the children were of no particular race or nationality and all of this was being done under regular immigration laws and procedures. nonetheless there were articles published and the publicity enraged the premier decided that he would only permit bonafide orphans to leave france. these children, their parents, had been deported to

offered and the people and the entire safety compliment that works directly with metropolitan and as well as our police department. only on a day to day basis but they've been there with our officers to supplement all that the muni needs to do. we've invested in the improvement of our public safety. this summer as you heard chief and i and others in the technology world in the city likewise our officers to save time and allowing them to use smart phones that are connected no to the system that our attorney general has. we also invested in the community ambassador program to get them trained. those are residents of people that live in the tenderloin south of market in the bay view or vigilance valley they're walking the streets they can be the additional eyes and areas working with our police department having phones that are freely provide bit at&t and he greeting passengers on the muni stops we've had some trouble with. you looked at the data and they've improved drastically so thank you to the ambassadors program. overall our cities crime data is showing we're in the right direction homicides are dow

if germany prevailed, worse would follow as it already had or had started to in metropolitan france. the policeand cooperation with his men had recently began the deportations of jews in france to the east. in september, the america of shares in paris had a kind of diplomatic effort to get the premier of france to exempt 4,000 french jewish children from the deportations. he refused. the diplomat told washington the only way to save was to haps to be to perhaps give them a visa to the united states. the state department proposed 1,000. the president raised the number to 5,000. but the secretary wells asked the jewish organizations please, do not publicize this decision. .. these children, their parents had been deported to the east. the law in effect was saying their parents are still alive. what happens to the children? about 500 were later smuggled out through spain and portugal against the efforts of the french and then german authorities. and some of them along with some other children in north africa ultimately made it to the united states on those authorized thesis but it was nothing like

metropolitan areas around the country. today crime is way down in new york. perhaps in part due to a tough and controversial policing policy called stop and frisk. many minority residents see it as discriminatory, but murders are down 65%, and shootings have been cut in half. the city's face has been changing. 40,000 new buildings have been built over bloomberg's tenure and a third has been rezoned making it easier for developers. but long term areas of rapid gentrification complain that the city is becoming a place of the super rich and the super poor with the wealth gap continue to go grow. cities are now the place 80% of americans call home, and cities contribute 75% of the national economic output. but there are many challenges. ailing infrastructures, and municipal employee pensions to be paid. >> as optimistic as i am about the look ahead and change the world for the better, and you'll find no stronger believer in that idea than me, we cannot align ourselves to the obstacles that stand in the way. right now our country appears to be in the early stages of a growing fiscal crisis that if nothing is done will ex

super bowl fever taking over the metropolitan area, one of the teams went by on sixth avenue, had a huge polices. the nfl transforming times square into super bowl boulevard with $10 long, millions of fans flocking to the city to partaken. the ceo of modell sporting goods says even though it doesn't feature local teams, up joins us now. thank you for being here. so the giants and jets are not in it but it is still big business. >> we don't look in terms of the financial aspect, we look in terms of is great for the brand, the fact the we don't have local teams would have been really phenomenal but it just brings tremendous excitement, they expect 400,000 people to be in the city and four major stories in manhattan that feature major super bowl -- tracy: not necessarily the team dear, there's a limitation on how many of these jerseys show up? >> a product that is generic, superbowl, and obviously seattle and denver broncos but what people are buying, thermals and hats and gloves, supposed to be in the mid 30s but anything can happen. ashley: is it better sales? more items, people are buying these

metropolitan area is amazing. i was a cop for 26 years. the response here, within a short amount of time you had heard county, maryland state police. right after that you had baltimore county police, prince georges, montgomery county, u.s. marshals, atf and fbi. i was listening to the audio while they were clearing it and it was an extremely coordinated response, going from store to store. each team was able to say exactly where the other team was. as a former s.w.a.t. operator i can tell you, it was done the right way. and also the ems response. i was listening that units were clearing from the hospital, going back to staging. you had a number of different counties that were also involved in that. on police, fire, ems, unbelievable response and command and control, outstanding. >> before even the law enforcement, ems show up, mall employees and mall management. >> yes. absolutely. one of the person we had on by phone yesterday, i was on the same line, she says s.w.a.t.'s here. she said i want to tell you, they train us here at the mall if something happens, go inside a store, lock the door, put your phone on silent and wait for po

police with scarlett and rhett impersonators. here's how he described it a short time later. >> we have been confronted with an unexpected storm that has hit the metropolitan atlanta area. >> unexpected not quite. all the governor had to really do was turn on the tv starting on monday. our own chad myers predicteded itted day before. so did the weather channel actually located in atlanta. the two dozen meteorologists at delta airlines flight operations center also headquartered in atlanta saw it coming. they were cancelling hundreds of flights. today the governor was no longer saying he had no warning but he was still pointing fingers. >> i did not mean to imply that we didn't know something was coming. what i was referring to was that the national weather service had continually had their modelling showing that the city of atlanta would not be the primary area where the storm would hit. >> keeping them honest, that isn't true, either. listen. >> this is what's going on with the winter weather advisory and the winter storm warnings. it goes until tomorrow morning. temperatures are not going to rebound really at all today. it's going to stay cold. could see