Jay Nixon: “While I listen to folks, make no mistake those were decisions that I am responsible for and while I will listen to…”

We're dealing with families here and the lives of people. And I'm going to continue to move a process that focuses on the personal rights and liberties of those individuals and get that information out as quickly as we possibly can.

While none of us know what that will be, our shared hope and expectation is that regardless of the decision, people on all sides show tolerance, mutual respect and restraint.

These measures are not being taken because we're convinced that violence will occur, but because we have a responsibility to prepare for any contingency. The public demands and I demand that. This is America. People have a right to express…

Of course families need to see their loved ones. Of course they need to go beyond what's -- what's a rumor to figure out whether their 12-year-old is alive or dead. Of course they need that capacity. And we're going to press forward to…