>>
>> WE'RE
>> WE'RE JOINED BY GOVERNOR KEMP FOR THE SECOND TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE IT AT THIS HOUR.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE AS
YOU WATCHED EVENTS UNFOLD IN
ATLANTA AND ATLANTA METRO?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THANKS, JEFF, SO FAR SO GOOD
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. I THINK WE'VE SHOWN THAT WE HAD
A GREAT CAMP WORKING WITH MAYOR
BOTTOMS, CHIEF SHIELDS AND ALL
OF THE STATE RESOURCES AND
OTHER LOCALS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
VERY PLEASED TO SEE HOW WELL
AFTER BODY IS COORDINATED AND
COMMUNICATED TOGETHER ON THE
RESPONSE FOR THE MOST PART.
IT'S BEEN VERY QUIET AND
PEACEFUL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S
OBVIOUSLY BEEN A LOT OF
ACTIVITY, BUT SO FAR SO GOOD
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. BUT THE NIGHT IS NOT OVER.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR
FOOT ON THE GAS.
I'M STILL IN THE STATE
OPERATION CENTER WITH OUR WHOLE
TEAM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR SITUATIONS NOT ONLY
HERE IN ATHENS BUT TRACKING
OTHER THINGS AROUND THE STATE.
>> IT REALLY WAS A DIFFERENT
TACT TODAY FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN
FROM GOVERNMENT, FROM THE
MAYOR, FROM THE ATLANTA POLICE
CHIEF, FROM YOU AS WELL WHEN
YOU RATCHETED UP 500 NATIONAL
GUARD TO 1500.
IT WAS A CONSORTED EFFORT TO
TRY TO SHOW A VERY STRONG ARM
HERE AGAINST ANARCHY CL THE
MAYOR DESCRIBED AS POLITICAL
INTERFERENCE, THAT ANARCHISTS
HAD TAKEN OVER AND HIJACKED
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WAS A PEACEFUL
MARCH AND PEACEFUL PROTEST.
THIS HAS BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT
FACE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THAN
WHAT WE SAW 30 HOURS AGO.
>> WELL, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH
THE MAYOR'S SENTIMENTS ON
ANARCHY AND UNFORTUNATE AMOUNT
OF INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREETS
LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT THAT
HAVE A DIFFERENT AGENDA THAN
JUSTICE, THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY
DEMANDING RIGHT NOW AND FOR
GOOD REASON.
GOOD REASON. AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND
SUPPORTIVE OF PEACEFUL
NONVIOLENT PROTESTS.
NONVIOLENT PROTESTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S THOSE
THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT AGENDA
AND LIVING FOR DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY AND LIVES AND OTHER
THINGS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE'VE HAD
TONIGHT SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH
THAT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AT
OUR DISPOSAL.
OUR DISPOSAL. AND I WAS WILLING TO USE EVERY
SINGLE BIT OF THEM TONIGHT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. AND
CASE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING.
BEEN DOING. AND I WILL SAY, JEFF, WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE'RE TRACKING THINGS IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE STATE THAT WILL BE
GOING ON TOMORROW.
SO I JUST EXTENDED THE PUBLIC
STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THIS
RESPONSE STATE-WIDE AND HAVE
GIVEN NEPHELABILITY THROUGH
THAT EXECUTIVE ORD TO CALL UP
THE REST OF THE GEORGIA
NATIONAL GUARD UP TO 3,000
TROOPS IF NEEDED, AND THAT WILL
RUN THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND,
REALLY SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT
NO MATTER WHERE THESE AGITATORS
GO, WE WILL BE THERE, AND WE
WILL BE READY TO RESPOND AND
SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AND PROTECT THE LIVELIHOODS OF
THOSE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
>> GOVERNOR KEMP, WILL YOU LOOK
ANY FURTHER INTO IF THIS WAS
SOME SORT OF ORCHESTRATED OR
SETUP PROTEST TO INVADE CITIES
WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT RESIDENTS
OF?
OF?
OF? ARE
OF? ARE WE GOING TO ROOK INTO THAT?
WE'VE HEARD OF OTHER MAYORS AND
GOVERNORS ECHOING THAT
SENTIMENT THAT THESE PEOPLE
WERE NOT FROM THEIR AREAS, BUT
IT IS THEM LEFT WITH SUCH
DEVASTATION AND VERY COSTLY
DESTRUCTION.
DESTRUCTION. ARE WE GOING TO LOOK ANY
FURTHER TO SEE IF THAT WAS
INDEED THE CASE THAT HAPPENED
HERE IN ATLANTA?
>> WELL, WE HAVE BEEN IN
COORDINATION THROUGH THE STATE
OPERATION CENTER AND GEORGIA
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
ABOUT FEDERAL PROSECUTION FOR
SOME OF THOSE THAT WERE A HERE,
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THAT SITUATION AND ANYTHING
ELSE THAT WE HAVE FROM A
PROSECUTION STANDPOINT FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE A
CAUSING THIS DISRUPTION.
>> HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT ALL
TODAY?
TODAY?
TODAY? HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE ABOUT THE SITUATION HERE
IN ATLANTA?
IN ATLANTA? >> YEAH, I DID THE TALK TO ONE
OF OUR
OF OUR
OF OUR WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. AND CERTAINLY LET THEM KNOW WE
HAD THE RESOURCES THAT WE
NEEDED AND WORKING IN SUCH WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I
ACTUALLY PASSED ALONG THE
CHIEF'S NUMBER TO THEM.
I THINK THEY WERE GOING TO
REACH OUT AND SO WE HAVE THAT
COMMUNICATION.
COMMUNICATION. >> GOVERNOR KEMP, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO OUR
VIEWERS RIGHT NOW AS THEY
CONTINUE TO WATCH ATLANTA
POLICE AND CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC
PARK ARREST THOSE WHO ARE STILL
MILLING ABOUT EVEN THOUGH THE
CURFEW HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR
TWO AND A HALF HOURS?
ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO
SHARE ABOUT THOSE CONCERNED
ABOUT SAFETY?
ABOUT SAFETY? >> WELL, I WOULD JUST TELL
THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THING THAT ARE
AT HOME AND FOLLOWING THE ORDER
OF THE CURFEW ORDER OF THE
MAYOR AND STAYED OUT OF ARM'S
WAY TODAY, THAT WE APPRECIATE
THAT NO.
THAT NO.
THAT NO. 1, AND NO.
2, THEY CAN KNOW AS THEY GO TO
BED, WE'LL STILL BE UP
MONITORING THIS AS LONG AS WE
NEED TO TO KEEP THEM AND THEIR
COMMUNITIES SAFE.
COMMUNITIES SAFE. >> AND AGAIN, SAY ONE MORE TIME
HOW LONG THE STATE OF MEMBER OF
THE JURY WILL LAST?
>> IT WILL RUN THROUGH THE END
OF NEXT WEEKEND.
OBVIOUSLY, I CAN EXTEND THAT
AGAIN IF WE SEE THE NEED FOR
IT.
IT.
IT. I
IT. I DON'T BELIEVE I WILL, BUT WE
HAVE THAT TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL.
WE WILL STAY UP ON ACTIVE
OPERATIONS HERE