(MURFREESBORO) This is Police Week, a tribute proclaimed in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy to honor fallen peace officers. Rutherford County Sheriffs Office's Detective Jacob "Jake" Arthur Beu was on his last watch Sunday morning. The 31 year old Christiana deputy was enroute to Franklin Road Baptist Church to help with security and traffic. Tragically, a crash took his life Sunday morning, May 7, 2023.
Since the loss of his life occurred during Police Week, the pu .
are leads that the law enforcement folks have amassed over the days. they are executing on those and on evidence that is being derived from the movements of the suspects, and conversations, just any number of things. that is what is driving them to the locations. and so, you know it s an organized effort, and they are just moving to try to find this guy. jenna: because of your experience in bomb prevention, i have to ask you a question that is on everybody s mind. just how safe are 0 we right now in the city of boston our fellow americans and around the country? there are some questions being raised, are these the only two? how concerned should we be? charlie, what do you think about that. that is a question folks have asked for many years, and what you have to do is you have to realize that citizen awareness, officer awareness, and understanding that the threat is real, but we have to go on with our daily lives, because you can t predict if there are cells
they are using to attack the marathon and using it to protect themselves and may have had other devices designed intended for other attacks. you don t want to suppose those things, because there is an ongoing investigation and we need to let the law enforcement folks and ausa work through that. you realize that explosive devices and their manufacture was a primary tactic and they had that knowledge from somewhere. jenna: thank you so much. appreciate the experience. part of dhs, bomb prevention, great to have you on the program. jon: we are awaiting that news conference from the mas mass state police massachusetts state police. it has been delayed. we will take you there live and get the latest information when it does take place. what an incredible 18 and a half hours it has been since 5:00pm last night when the fbi released the photos of two white males. later they had the dent flyings, 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev identification, 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev, and his 26-year-o
because one of the things that we have done over the years is we have created a system where everything starts with the state and local law enforcement and i can promise you, it works. i ve seen it myself. so are we prepared as we should be? the answer to that is probably never yes. do we need to take a step back as a nation, take a step back as the federal agencies that are responsible to the president and to the people for protecting it to say, have we done enough? are we doing the right thing and can we do more? those are questions that need to be asked in the coming days and we should all hope that today, though unfortunate, doesn t lead to tomorrow and the next day. charles payne, former chief of the office of bomb prevention at the department of homeland security, charles, we really appreciate your time and expertise tonight and all nights, thank you. thank you. if you know someone who was running in the marathon today, you can go to raceday.daa.