the kids trying to get home, you know, following their school day and frankly i don't know what the update is on that. maybe we can get our desk check and see what's happening with montgomery county schools and are any schools in this area locked down as a result of all of this? >> all right. thank you very much. again, we're waiting on a news conference or a police update. it was supposed to start about five minutes ago so we're keeping and eye and ear, of course, and tom costello is on the ground as soon as they give us an update. let me send it over to thomas. what do you have? >> a great point that tom is making about schools as most of the kids are going back to school for their first day of classes this week. want to check in now with clint van sant, a former hostage negotiator. this suspect, james j. lee, a protester with serious intent, but that intent has shifted now in a dramatic fashion that's shifted to the violent or potentially violent, so what do we say if you were the person on the phone with him, and we know