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00:00Hundreds of mysterious night-time flights of drones have been seen over parts of New
00:04York and New Jersey in recent weeks, raising multiple questions and fueling fears of a
00:09foreign threat.
00:10The U.S. Democrat Senator for New York Chuck Schumer is calling on the Department of Homeland
00:15Security to use technology that identifies and tracks drones back to their landing spots.
00:21He wants a coordinated police response.
00:24I am going to help pass and I'm going to co-sponsor legislation that will combat these
00:31drones in a better way by allowing local police departments and state police departments to
00:37help the feds in sighting these drones.
00:40Certain agencies have the power to incapacitate such devices.
00:44The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he needed
00:49those authorities expanded.
00:51He downplayed the possibility of a foreign threat.
00:54We know of no foreign involvement with respect to the sightings in the Northeast.
01:00And we are vigilant in investigating this matter.
01:03The Department of Homeland Security with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the lead.
01:09Speaking on the same show, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie criticized the federal
01:13government's communication with the public.
01:16I think this is what happens in our society now, George, because we're used to having
01:20things so rapidly.
01:22If you don't fill that vacuum, then all the conspiracy theories get filled in there.
01:28The U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said last week one option was to shoot the drones
01:32down.
01:33The mystery about the drones, meanwhile, continues.