call for action [inaudible] first, from the response side, at the state level we have a sense of urgency to arrive at solutions working together with the legislature, working together with our law enforcement officers and federal partners, and we are working quickly to hammer out some solutions, to put some solutions on the table. second, importantly, is the way that our law enforcement responds. they work 24/7 to make sure that their communities are safe as possible, and you can see the dedication that they have, and they will be doing the same to replicate that effort in every community across the entire state of texas. thanks, guys. gotta run. [inaudible] the press conference in odessa, texas, you learned a little bit more information about the shooting that left
sound is or you re not hearing the sound, the entire planning process sort of falls apart. it s something we call situational awareness or in crises like this that help save lives. it can also be a challenge for police on the response side. because if you can t hear, in fact, what is happening or where the gun shots are coming from, it ll be hard to identify what floor it is. this is really, really the uniqueness is also going to be a future challenge for both the people that might be impacted and their ability to respond. then of course law enforcement s ability to respond. for people who don t know the terminology, the jargon here about gun add-ons and accesso accessori accessories, often a suppresser is called a silencer incorrectly. because gunshots are not silent. but that s what we re talking about with a suppresser. james galliano, juliette kayyem,
my guess is they ve been taken a little bit by surprise. aren t we all taken by surprise by this. peter goelz. thank you. i want to get more perspective. juliette, you say this situation is unacceptable. explain why? unacceptable across a number of areas. first of all, the communication is just completely lacking. i think people are guessing what s going on. we just got a press release from i think atlanta energy that it s likely a fire. that s a couple hours later. so just on the response side, protocols do not appear to be being followed. look. systems break down. people understand that. what s not forgivable and what s
abbott talked about the resources bowing to the affected region and from your assessment they are off to a good start. they re off to a great start. the state of texas has historically been a strong and emergency management so i think we ll see a good response there. fema s a very agile agency and they have good programs on response and they ve upped their game since the days of hurricane katrina and i think this is well within everyone s capabilities to manage so far on the response side. the recovery becomes completed. mike: as a former fema coordinating officer what troubles you about hearing the forecast in terms of rain through the middle of next week. these type of systems where the hurricane is now a tropical storm and ultimately becomes tropical depression when they stall and sit there and rain and rain those are not typical and we get all the worst of everything. we ve had category for winds,
abbott talked about the resources bowing to the affected region and from your assessment they are off to a good start. they re off to a great start. the state of texas has historically been a strong and emergency management so i think we ll see a good response there. fema s a very agile agency and they have good programs on response and they ve upped their game since the days of hurricane katrina and i think this is well within everyone s capabilities to manage so far on the response side. the recovery becomes completed. mike: as a former fema coordinating officer what troubles you about hearing the forecast in terms of rain through the middle of next week. these type of systems where the hurricane is now a tropical storm and ultimately becomes tropical depression when they stall and sit there and rain and rain those are not typical and we get all the worst of