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New york and new jersey launching a massive security effort to protect the tens of thousands converging on the metro area. nbcs katie tur is following the preparations, while dominic choo is following the money and economic impact of the super bowl. katie, lets start with the fun stuff and serious stuff where you are. times square, where its super bowl boulevard. >> times square. >> that area, what kind of security operations are we talking about? some really interesting technology. >> a lot of ...

Will be staffed by federal agencies, including homeland security along with local police. seat cushions, food, drinks, merchandise, will all be x-rayed. and evan perez joining us now with more on this massive security effort. so evan, what is homeland security saying about all of these stepped-up measures? >> reporter: well, brianna, theyre telling me theyre adding hundreds of people up in new jersey and new york to specifically target the train stations for people going from new york and statio...

Merchandise, all of that will be x-rayed. cnns evan perez joins us with more on this massive security effort. good morning. >> good morning, carol. this is going to be a big undertaking. the homeland security is sending hundreds of employees up to new jersey. the fbi will have more people on the ground. they are all preparing for the eventuality. in case something goes wrong. they need to be able to deal with any situation that comes up. now, the location of the stadium, which is in new jersey, ...

State news agency. these anti-terrorism operations comes as the search intensifies for this woman, a terrorist known as the black widow. police are handing out fliers searching for her because they think she may be planning an attack. this he expect there are two more black widows threatening terror attacks in and around sochi, says the state department and the u.s. military send two u.s. warships to the black sea along with helicopters and c-17 aircraft in case american athletes need to be evac...

>> what is happening here is the greatest security effort ever implemented in the olympics. theres 100,000 estimated law enforcement agents here. 40,000 police officers, 30,000 active military people. there are 6 different systems for military missiles patrolling the seaside and theres what president putin calls his areas of concentration making access without proper credentials and background checks nearly impossible. so with that kind of difficulty in terms of security, we still live in a worl...

Going 110 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone. in an opening statement, an attorney claimed brent was not drunk behind the wheel. he faces 20 years if convicted. officials working on security for the upcoming super bowl will be prepared for any problem were something to arise. the big game as you likely know by now is taking place on february 2nd at metlife stadium in east rutherford, new jersey. nearly 4,000 local police and private officers will be on duty. at least 100 government agen...

Regardless, young and old, marines around the world, to just pause and pay tribute to all those that have gone before us. not only that, its an opportunity for us to reaffirm our commitment to the marine corps and for the marine corps to reaffirm the commitment to this great nation and being part of our security effort. >> part of that is having the oldest marine and the youngest marine, part of the celebration. >> absolutely. >> so why dont you go ahead and cut the cake and well have captain ti...

They get in compliance. >> i will follow up on that report. there are two things. the contractor who does the security effort for the marketplace, this incident in south carolina, we actually were made aware of it yesterday and implemented a software fix yesterday to fix that, that will be treated as a personal identification issue and we will do a complete follow-up on that to make sure. >> is that in your testimony this would be ongoing because we know cyber security is an ongoing challenge bu...

The event taking place six months after the bombings that killed three people, injuring more than 200 others at the boston marathon. now that story. >> reporter: amid the cheering and celebration in the new york city marathon parade of nations opening ceremony, a massive security effort is already underway. while there is no specific threat, the marathon is being treated as a potential terrorist target after what happened in boston earlier this year. at the nypd joint operations center, commissi...

A separate incident that theyre dealing with in pakistan, it is certainly when you take a step back and look at it parallel in many ways. over the weekend in islamabad the capital city of pakistan was shut down. we are told this was prompted by an intelligence intercept of communications, possibly between two taliban leaders, talking about a potential target attack in islamabad. maybe on a pakistani target though. not necessarily on american or international target. were told that could have bee...