Center city are beginning to wave around as the wind pick up. We have the first round of rain clearing if philadelphia and pushing to the north. We have thunderstorms to the west by harrisburg they will lift to the north, they are not severe thunderstorms not yet anyway, there is steadier rain pushing through north jersey, some of the roads are extra wet, you have to slow down right now. As you take a look at the wide view theres rain on the doorstep. We have precipitation to the west and southwest of us of that will swing in later this morning. Theres a chance of heavy rain and strong thunderstorms. Lets cover the rain. A flood watch is kicking in this morning and goes into friday afternoon and all the counties you see across the area were looking at anywhere from one to two inches of rain, it wont come at once, there could pockets of heavy rain this morning and more this afternoon. Seeing how the ground is saturated and creeks and streams are running high. Flooding possible. We have
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And each instance is unique. Each and every one is totally unique with a unique set of circumstances. But in this one, given the timing given the lack of information about any credible threat, given all of the ramifications that may have taken place had shots been fired, i believe they acted quickly, bravely and heroically. Before the gentlemen yields back. I got to ask you a question. Ive asked you directly in closed doors and in here whether or not you had somebody with a gun trained on these people that could take them out of the air and yet when mr. Cummings asked the same question in a different way you said no. You told me yes. What is it . We clearly have officers out there with weaponry. In this instance with the gyro copter coming at the capitol did you . And it may have been brief. I you said understand you didnt get much advanced warning. Right. But did you or did you not have guns trained on this gyro copter. Did they have guns on him in this instance. As he was landing. So
Classified information tell me this. Did this incident this incident that were talking about today has that caused you all to change anything about your policies with regard to shoot downs lethal force . We have not changed anything yet. But it has caused us like those other seminal moments you referenced to reexamine how we do business. Object twoin 2013 there was another incident. A woman drove on Capitol Grounds fleeing Law Enforcement and capitol place shot and killed her. We learned later she was mentally ill and not armed and that she had a oneyearold baby in the backseat of a car. Is that right chief dine . Yes, sir. Now, while some praised the response of the Capitol Police, others criticize. And chief dine, what impact, if any, did this incident that i just talked about have on your policies for using lethal force . Ranking member, cummings as you know that matter is under litigation. But i can tell you every time we face one of these situations it causes us to examine how we