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MORNING.
MORNING. ANGELA PAPA FOX 61 NEWS.
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>> RIGHT, ANGELA?
RIGHT, ANGELA? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND GETTING BACK TO THE TOP
STORY OF THE MORNING ACROSS
THE NATION.
THE NATION. IT IS INAUGURATE TODAY HERE IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. AND IN JUST A FEW HOURS WE WILL
HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
AND AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR WEEKS NOW, UNPRECEDENTED
SECURI MEASURES ARE BEING
TAKEN IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.
TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY
OF THE INAUGURAL IS OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY EXPER L
NASSCOM.
NASSCOM.
NASSCOM. JOINING ONCE AGAIN.
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>> THANKS
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S START WITH
THE FBI.
THE FBI.
THE FBI. WE'VE HEARD THAT THEY'VE TAKEN
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
GUARD OFF DUTY.
ABOUT A DOZEN IS WHAT WE'RE
HEARING AT THIS POINT.
HAVE WE EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE,
ESPECIALLY ONE DAY BEFORE
THE INAUGURATION?
THE INAUGURATION? WELL, WE AS YOU'VE MENTIONED
THAT PRESIDENT THAT'S FOR SURE.
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>> AND SO
>> AND SO I SUSPECT THAT THE FBI
HAS ADDED THAT EXTRA LAYER OF
PROTECTION.
PROTECTION. RIGHT OF VETTING PEOPLE AFTER
THEY'VE BEEN VETTED THROUGH
MILITARY CHANNELS TO BE PLACED
IN WASHINGTON.
IN WASHINGTON. AND WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I SUSPECT IT MIGHT HAVE
INVOLVED SOME POSTINGS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA SIMPLY
THE CLICKING OR LIKING OF A
PAGE THE SHARING OF A MESSAGE
MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A GUARDSMAN
FLAGGED SO OUT OF AS EVERYBODY
HAS BEEN SAYING AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION.
CAUTION.
CAUTION. THE FBI AND MILITARY COMMAND
FELT IT NECESSARY TO REMOVE
THESE 12 INDIVIDUALS, THESE
FELLOW GUARDSMEN.
FELLOW GUARDSMEN. BUT YET IT CERTAINLY EVERYTHING
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS
MORNIG IS UNPRECEDENTED.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON THIS
MORNING IS JUST THINKING AND
LISTENING TO YOUR COVERAGE.
WE NOW HAVE TWENTY THOUSAND
GUARD TROOPS, NATIONAL GUARD
TROOPS ON THE GROUND WITH THEIR
PRESENCE.
PRESENCE.
PRESENCE. IT'S AKIN TO A POLICE OFFICER
OR A COP ON EVERY CORNER.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND THIS IS NECESSARY SINCE
THE ATTEMPTED COUP ON JANUARY
6TH BY DOMESTIC TERRORISTS AND
INSURRECTIONISTS WHO BREACH OUR
CAPITAL TO DISRUPT THE WORK OF
OUR DEMOCRACY.
OUR DEMOCRACY. MAKE NO MISTAKE.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL
FEELINGS, OUR GOVERNMENT WAS
ATTACKED BY OUR OWN PEOPLE.
NOW THIS THREAT WILL REMAIN IN
FORCE CERTAINLY TODAY IN
THE CITY NOT JUST HIGH VENUE,
THE HIGHEST VENUES THAT WE HAVE
THE CAPITAL, THE WHITE HOUSE
AND SUPREME COURT.
BUT ALL FEDERAL BUILDINGS,
TRANSIT HUBS, PUBLIC PARKS AND
SPACES, NATIONAL MUSEUMS,
NATIONAL MONUMENTS, COMME
VEN SUCH AS HOTELS.
THIS IS A THREAT THAT'S LIKELY
TO REMAIN VIABLE IN MY VIEW
WELL BEYOND THE DAY AND NOT
JUST IN WASHINGTON.
I MEAN I THINK PEOPLE HERE IN
THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT WOULD
BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT WE
HAVE OVER A HALF DOZEN
REGISTERE HATE GROUPS IN THIS
STATE INCLUDING THE WASTE.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. BUT LOOK, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER ONE THING THAT IN LESS
THAN FOUR AND A HALF HOURS FROM
NOW WE WILL HAVE A TRANSFER OF
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. IT
POWER. IT WILL BE THE MOST SECURE
TRANSFER OF POWER.
BUT SADLY IT WOULD NOT BEEN
THE MOST PEACEFUL LOU.
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>> NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION
SAYS THIS HAS TO TAKE PLACE AT
A CERTAIN PLACE THAT OATH OF
OFFICE COULD BE ADMINISTERED
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE. SO THE FACT THAT THAT SECRET
SERVICE IS NOT MOVING THIS
INSIDE IS THAT AT LEAST SOME
DEGREE OF COMFORT THAT THEY
FEEL THESE THREATS ARE NOT AS
SEVERE AS THEY COULD BE.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN THE FIRST LINE OF
DEFENSE FOR PROTECTING
THE PRESS THE UNITED STATES HAS
BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL FOR
THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BE
THE UNITED STATES SECRET
SERVICE.
SERVICE.
SERVICE. THEY MAKE THE CALL AND IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN THEIR CALL.
SO UNLESS THEY FELT COMFORTABLE
THAT ALL AIR, SEA AND LAND
ENTRY THAT WOULD POSE A THREAT
COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED, THEY
WOULD NOT HAVE HELD IT OUTSIDE.
SO I FEEL ABSOLUTELY
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
MY CONCERN FROM A NATIONAL
SECURITY POINT OF VIEW RUNS
MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT, JIM.
I MEAN IT.
IT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
EVEN BEYOND THE D.C. METRO
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. I
AREA. I MEAN KEEP IN MIND WE HAD AN
ATTEMPTED BREACH BY AN
INDIVIDUAL I THINK LAST WEEK
FROM ZINNIA IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN
OR MARYLAND WHO TRIED TO ENTER
A SECURITY CORDON, A NATIONAL
GUARD CHECKPOINT.
GUARD CHECKPOINT. CHUCKLES I MEAN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT NATIONAL GUARD
CHECKPOINTS IN WASHINGTON,
RIGHT, WITH FAKE INAUGURATION
CREDENTIALS.
CREDENTIALS. YOU HAD I THINK A GLOCK PISTOL
AND HAD SOME UNREGISTERED
AMMUNITION IN HIS VEHICLE AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. SO
WELL. SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF I
THINK FORCED THE SECRET SERVICE
IN THEIR PARTNERS TO INCREASE
THE SECURITY FOOTPRINT AND PUSH
THE PERIMETER OUT FOR TODAY'S
EVENTS.
EVENTS.
EVENTS. >>
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>> RIGHT
>> RIGHT LOU.
RIGHT LOU.