Own firsthand experience even something as basic as emergency radios working can still be a problem in a terror attack. I can tell you as a former commander of the s. W. A. T. Team and we would do operations in and around the hilly areas of the city which are most of the city, you have problems. Its tough to communicate. That is the achilles heel for any kind of operations. But not all challenges are technical. Theres also the issue of how to control the soft targets like a crowd leaving a big events. When youre in a situation where youre dealing with a large group of people, its more difficult. Reporter beefing up security after manchester events . We do threat assessments an outline events. Reporter there are challenges. For example, shortly after donald trump became president , San Francisco police opted out of the Fbi Joint Terrorism Task force. There were some concerns from various members in the community on our policies and our participation. Reporter what was the concern . Firs
A crisp fall day. D this weather is down right chilly and you needed a jacket c the past couple days to be outdoors because temperatures have been stuck in the 50sst anduc 60s. Storm track radar not slowinglo any rain just low clouds andudsa fog. G. With that youll see someeeom drizzle. Iz but the steady rain is stills sl far off towards our west sot so dont count on any sunshine ssh today or this weekend for thatt matter. Temperatures outside right out now, its a cool 51 inl 51 i washington, 52 manassas, 48sas, gaithersburg and 49 in and 4 baltimore. Hey, if youre a fan of this cooler weather then yourehe you liking it and this rain thatn t has been coming through has at least been helping diminishimish the pollen counter. Allergy sufferers may bemay b getting a break. Re across the northeast were we seeing cool readings, 45 boston, 47 in pittsburgh and 52 in richmond. Ricon not a big storm system thatsha overhead of us right now butut that persistent easterly flow its bringing the cl
Using a short, synthetic chain of chemically modified nucleotides engineered in the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Chan Medical School, Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, Jonathan Watts, PhD, and colleagues have shown the ability to suppress mutant forms of an ALS gene known as C9ORF72 in a single-patient pilot study.