00:00More drones in the sky. Rockaway, New Jersey.
00:06Pausing around, looking around.
00:11We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat, or have a foreign nexus.
00:21The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are investigating these sightings,
00:25and they're working closely with state and local law enforcement to provide resources using numerous detection methods to better understand their origin.
00:33Using very sophisticated electronic detection technologies provided by federal authorities,
00:40we have not been able to, and neither have state or local law enforcement authorities, corroborate any of the reported visual sightings.
00:49To the contrary, upon review of available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully.
00:58The United States Coast Guard is providing support to the state of New Jersey and has confirmed that there is no evidence of any foreign-based involvement from coastal vessels.
01:07And importantly, there are no reported or confirmed drone sightings in any restricted airspace.
01:14The analysis thus far, in an investigation that is ongoing, has not revealed any national security or malicious intent or criminal activity.
01:23But, Jackie, I would remind you, we're at the beginning here, not the end.
01:27There's a lot more work to be done, and we're working closely with state and local authorities to gain more information.
01:33I would argue that we're moving pretty well here with a sense of energy to try to figure out what we can do to learn more about this.
01:44We're still in the middle of an ongoing investigation, and I'm up here explaining to you and letting you know what we know so far, what we believe so far.
01:52If information comes to light that changes that characterization, then, my goodness, we'll be the first ones to let you know.
01:59But right now, there's just no indication that this is some sort of foreign malign activity or, in fact, even criminal.
02:06I want to disabuse you of any notion that we're not taking this seriously, because we are.
02:11I can also tell you that if the President, as Commander-in-Chief, believed, based on the information that he'd been given,
02:18that there was a national security threat at play here, or even a public safety threat at play here,
02:24he would issue the appropriate directives to not only law enforcement, but perhaps even the military, if that was needed.
02:31Because I think people in New York and New Jersey see drones the size of an SUV over their house every night and think that that doesn't make any sense.
02:38I certainly understand why people would be looking at this and being concerned about it.
02:42We're concerned about it, too, which is why we have the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, my goodness, looking at this.
02:48And we're taking it seriously, and we understand that people are concerned.
02:52We understand that they got questions. We got questions, too.
02:55And we're working hard to get the answers to that.
02:57What I can tell you as we sit here today, at 2.16 in the afternoon on the 12th,
03:02is we haven't seen any indication thus far that there's a public safety risk.
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