ron hopper is the best fbi agent i know. when he goes out there, that's going to scare people. nobody is going to know who he is, whether to trust him or not. if opd leads out, that sends a whole different tone than if your elected mayor comes out we got them to agree with that. we were fortunate in that regard. the fbi's federal spokes people weren't there yet till the next day. we might not have been able to convince them, but we were able to convince the local agent in charge that's the way it ought to be. >> note to any fbi headquarters officials listening, it's really good to have your local official who is known by the community in charge of setting the tone in the communications. >> we were able to, i don't want to say dictate, but lead throughout the course of the first day in setting the tone. heather and i had a substantial discussion about what do we want to do when we go out to that first press conference? we delayed a couple of hours until 7:15, 7:30 in that range because there was still the possibility there were explosives in either the building or the vehicle. >

ron hopper is the best fbi agent i know. when he goes out there, that's going to scare people. nobody is going to know who he is, whether to trust him or not. if opd leads out, that sends a whole different tone than if your elected mayor comes out we got them to agree with that. we were fortunate in that regard. the fbi's federal spokes people weren't there yet till the next day. we might not have been able to convince them, but we were able to convince the local agent in charge that's the way it ought to be. >> note to any fbi headquarters officials listening, it's really good to have your local official who is known by the community in xharnlg of setting the tone in the communications. >> we were able to, i don't want to say dictate, but lead throughout the course of the first day in setting the tone. heather and i had a substantial discussion about what do we want to do when we go out to that first press conference? we delayed a couple of hours until 7:15, 7:30 in that range because there was still the possibility there were explosives in either the building or the vehicle.

ron hopper is the best fbi agent i know. but when he goes out there, that's going to scare people. nobody is going to know who he is, whether to trust him or not. if opd leads out, that sends a whole different tone than if your elected mayor comes out. we got them to agree to that. i'm going to tell you quite honestly we were fortunate in that regard because the fbi's federal spokespeople weren't there until the next day. and we might not have been able to convince them, but we were able to convince the local agent in charge. >> note to fbi agents listening, it is good to have your local official known by the community in charge of setting the tone in the communications. >> so we were able to i don't want to say dictate, but kind of lead throughout the course of the first day in setting the tone. heather and i had a substantial discussion about what do we want to do when we go out to that first press conference. let me divert just for a second. we delayed a couple of hours until 7:15, 7:30 in that range because there was still the possibility that there was some explosives in eithe

ron hopper is the best fbi agent i know. but when he goes out there, that's going to scare people. nobody is going to know who he is, whether to trust him or not. if opd leads out, that sends a whole different tone than if your elected mayor comes out. we got them to agree to that. i'm going to tell you quite honestly we were fortunate in that regard because the fbi's federal spokespeople weren't there yet until the next day. and we might not have been able to convince them, but we were able to convince the local agent in charge. that that's the way it ought to be. >> so note to any fbi headquarters officials that are listening, it's really good to have your local official be known by the community in charge of setting the tone in the communications. >> so we were able to i don't want to say dictate, but kind of lead throughout the course of the first day in setting the tone. heather and i had a substantial discussion about what do we want to do when we go out to that first press conference. let me divert just for a second. we delayed a couple of hours until 7:15, 7:30 in that rang