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Terrorists. were covering all angles with our guests including ben rhodes along with our correspondents and experts. lets begin with our justice reporter evan perez. evan what are you finding out about these extraordinary counter-terror precautions under way in new york city. >> well wolf this fourth of july weekend, police are promising tighter security and more surveillance. new york city is expecting big crowds to watch the fireworks and the independence day celebrations but police there say ...

Scene so youre ready. it appears, but must emphasize this is a fast-moving story. it appears at this point only one person was hurt and that person is david sweat. >> want to bring in matthew into the conversation former atf agent. when you see what has taken place here you have one dead you have one who is now being treated in this hospital shot how important is it as somebody who is in law enforcement to keep this man alive? >> well, i think, you know any time we shoot someone our first respon...

>> our ed lavandera following the events in garland texas outside dallas and rose sa flores watching whats going on. did the police say whether there was a specific threat made against the event? >> they didnt mention -- havent mentioned anything about a specific threat and we asked about one of the suspects whos been named, a man by the name of elton simpson, a nimame or picture put on the radar. authorities in garland saying not that they were aware of but say the security plan had been put in...

Theres activity in texas right now. in garland, texas, a news conference. lets listen in. >> hi. thank you for coming. my name is joe harn, garland police department. im a police officer. starting with the event that happened yesterday actually started several months ago when garland contacted us about this event being booked there. there were security concerns with them and so from that we began to work with the school district officials, garland officials and police department officials to set...

Garland authorities say that the -- without naming any names, garland authorities say that there were no specific names or people that they were made aware of as they were preparing the security plan for this event which they say had been put in place several months ago. so that there was no direct intelligence as any specific names or these specific names they were made aware of, which i thought was worth pointing out. they also said as you mentioned no explosives. the bodies of the two suspect...

All that for three applications. >> i know. its like 100 things for applications. i feel like im missing something. >> youre up until 2:00 a.m. im sure you checked it. >> i havent eaten all day. >> do you mind if we bring a pizza in the board room. >> this is our chance to make our first impression. if everything is perfect were being graded here. if everything is perfect the first time, it shows how professional we are. >> i have $15,000 in here. >> well protect you, sally. >> thank you. or and...

>> reporter: well it is -- it is so complex in iraq right now. i remember how the u.s. government and the u.s. military were struggling to deal with a very aggressive insurgency in iraq in the years of 2006-2007. and at the time there was tens of thousands of american troops on the ground. there was a white house that was completely dedicated to the project. there was a single strategy that was being carried out. and even with all of that effort, the challenge of fighting back an insurgency was ...

Actions that people are going to take of revenge things like this -- >> some of this is gathered for example, through intelligence or hear things or however were able to glean that information out. but obviously some of the threats are very overt. somebody standing a foot away from the officer expressing to them they would like to do bad things to that police officer. were certainly well aware of that. again i think it is incumbent upon us to try to do the best we can to craft something to where...

Forward? >> were going to have to take a look at the security plan up there again, similar to what we did last fall. i think thats part of it. i think community engagement is part of it. i also think this has really been in the news cycle a whole lot lately. i understand why. we start off with clark, then it went to two police officers that went to the city manager. now were dealing with the chief who has stepped down. it just kind of seems like that its always in the public -- always in somebod...

Table? >> yeah. well have to take a look at a security plan up there again, similar to last fall. i think thats part of it. i think community engagement is part of it but i also think, you know this has really been in the news cycle a whole lot lately. i understand why, but, you know it started off with a court clerk and then it went to you know, two police officers. that went to the city manager and now were dealing with the chief who has stepped down and it just kind of seems like its always i...