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"THE TODAY SHOW" THIS MORNING.
THEIR COVERAGE STARTS AT 7 AM.
YOU ARE NOW ALL CAUGHT UP ON
YOUR NEWS.
YOUR NEWS. >>> IN FOCUS IS MORNING, I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN
I THINK ABOUT FBI SPECIAL
AGENT, I THINK ABOUT A TOUGH
GUY KICKING INDOORS WITH A GUN
DRAWN.
DRAWN.
DRAWN. WHAT IS IT REALLY LIKE TO
BECOME ONE OF THEM?
>> I KNOW WHO HAS AN ANSWER TO
THAT QUESTION.
THAT QUESTION. HER NAME IS CHRISTINE
PITAWANICH.
PITAWANICH. >> IT WAS EXCITING STUFF.
I HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE
PORTLAND FIELD OFFICE BEFORE.
THE WHOLE IDEA GAVE US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE WHAT
BEING A SPECIAL AGENT MIGHT
FEEL LIKE.
FEEL LIKE. I DID A FIT TEST WITH A SPECIAL
AGENT IN CHARGE.
HE IS THE BIG BOSS THERE.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING
SIMULATION.
SIMULATION. I GOT TO GATHER EVIDENCE.
IT WAS ALL PART OF A NATIONAL
FBI PUSH TO HIRE MORE WOMEN AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BECOME
SPECIAL AGENTS.
SPECIAL AGENTS. >> Reporter: WHAT DOES IT
BECOME TO BECOME AN FBI AGENT?
WE ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. ARE
OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO START OFF WITH
STRETCHING?
STRETCHING? BACK TO THE SIDE.
>> Reporter: YOU ARE THE
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR.
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT TODAY?
>> SITUPS AND THEN WE GO INTO A
300 M SPRINT.
THEN WE WILL DO PUSH-UPS
UNLIMITED UNTIL EXHAUSTION AND
THAT WE DO A MILE AND A HALF
RUN.
RUN.
RUN. >>
RUN. >> Reporter: LET'S GET THIS
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. I WANT TO GO AS FAST AS I CAN,
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU.
>> GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
>> YOU HAVE TO GO INTO YOU
CAN'T GO ANYMORE.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> I THINK YOU PAST THE EVENT.
THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
>> I AM BASICALLY AN FBI AGENT.
THIS IS HEAVY.
>> WHEN WE COME INTO THIS ROOM,
WE ARE EXERCISING SHOOT OR NOT
SHOOT.
SHOOT.
SHOOT. DEADLY FORCE CAN BE USED
WHENEVER DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY
INJURY IS IMMINENT TO SOMEONE.
>> Reporter: JUST THIS TALK IS
GIVING ME ANXIETY.
>> YOU HAVE TO DECIDE TO TAKE
ACTION AND NOT TAKE ACTION AND
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CHOICE
YOU MAKE.
YOU MAKE.
YOU MAKE. >> Reporter: OKAY.
AN ALARM AT A BUSINESS.
DROP THE WEAPON!
IS THAT A GUN?
>> WHAT WERE YOU EXPERIENCING?
>> Reporter: I HEARD MY OWN
FOOTSTEPS, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE
ELSE'S FOOTSTEPS, SO I FIGURED
I WAS ALONE.
HE HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
BATON, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GUN.
>> IN REALITY, THAT IS EXACTLY
THE POINT.
THE POINT. YOU COULD NOT DECIDE IF IT WAS
A BATON, A GUN, A BAT, A STICK
AND YOU FIRED RIGHT ABOUT THE
SAME TIME HE FIRED IT YOU.
>> Reporter: IT IS SO NERVE-
RACKING.
RACKING.
RACKING. >> I WILL HAVE YOU PUT THIS ON.
>> Reporter: I AM GETTING
SUITED UP.
SUITED UP. THESE ARE WHERE THESE ARE?
THESE ARE WAY MORE THAN I SAW
WITH THE NAKED EYE.
I AM TOTALLY FOGGING UP RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. THIS
NOW. THIS PLACE TO THE FACT IT IS
HARD TO BE AN AGENT.
IT IS HOT.
I AM BREAKING A SWEAT.
WE JUST TOOK YOU INTO THE
F.B.I.'S PORTLAND FIELD OFFICE
AND GAVE YOU A GRAMS OF WHAT
YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW TO
BECOME AN FBI AGENT.
BY NO MEANS, IS THAT EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO KNOW.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN
LEARN THE ROPES YOURSELF.
THAT'S A WRAP.
>> I WAS NERVOUS FOR THAT.
TO CLARIFY, SHE EXPLAINED ALL
OF IT.
OF IT.
OF IT. THE RUNNING PORTION, WE DIDN'T
DO THE RUNNING PORTION BECAUSE
OF TIME PURPOSES, BUT I DID 30
SITUPS.
SITUPS.
SITUPS. I
SITUPS. I DID 30 SITUPS IN:25 AND 33
PUSH-UPS.
PUSH-UPS.
PUSH-UPS. >> 23 PUSH-UPS IN 33 SECONDS.
>> AT THE END I WAS STRUGGLING.
>> YOU ARE LIKE THE PERFECT
PERSON THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
THERE LOOKING FOR WOMEN, PEOPLE
OF COLOR TO APPLY MORE.
IT IS REALLY WHITE MAN AND WHO
WERE FBI AGENTS.
>> THAT IS WHAT YOU THINK OF
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS
PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIES.
THIS IS PART OF A NATIONAL PUSH
BY THE FBI.
THEY WANT TO HIRE MORE WOMEN
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THEY WANT TO DIVERSIFY THEIR
RANKS.
RANKS.
RANKS. THERE FBI POPULATION SHOULD
LOOK LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN AND
MINORITIES ARE UNDERREPRESENTED
RIGHT NOW IN THE RANKS.
>> YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR.
I WANT TO HAVE YOU BACK TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL WORK OUT.
I WANT WHATEVER YOU HAVE.
>> SHE HAS A LOT OF PRESSURE.
>> IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED,
THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY, HERE
IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
THEY ARE CALLING IT THE
DIVERSITY AGENT RECRUITING
EVENT.
EVENT.
EVENT. IT
EVENT. IT IS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23 FROM
6 PM UNTIL 9 PM.
THE EXACT LOCATION IN PORTLAND
IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
THEY DON'T