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Type of circumstance. crisis, you know, foreign or domestic. how is he going to respond. so with that, there is a very comprehensive security plan. very comprehensive structure. its a mon mental task that the military and secret service are all engaged in. however, its not uncommon. weve done this before in the past. just look back to -- >> to this level, is this kind of an unprecedented level of coordination and the challenges up against him? when you tape that interview, youre standing just so...

It may be new in the sense of a sky creper on fifth avenue but its happened with presidents past. >> its unique were talking about it. we didnt see it with the obamas because they stayed within washington, they took smaller trips here and there, they didnt have a centralized location they went back to except for periodic trips to chicago but in presidents past, president bush, crawford, texas, we had a large command center set up on the ranch and the ranch next to it the military had assets that...

Foreign policy wont cnge. joining me now is former u.s. ambassador marc ginsberg. its good to have you with me. we know the president is going to come face-to-face with a lot of american allies. he just told these folks three weeks ago that he did not think there would be a trump presidency, rest assured. so, how does he gain their confidence about nato allies specifically remaining intact when we dont know what a donald trump presidency will do? >> well, its going to be a tall order, thomas, be...

Thats required, the demands of the job, the resources that exist only in the white house and the old executive office building next door, the idea that president trump would not live in the white house to me seems completely off base. that does not mean melania could not choose to spend time and have barron schooled in new york. thats a separate issue. she is not an official officer but high valued protectee from now on. interesting conversations and typically some deference to the protectee and...

More officers and hand swabbing, and looking for residue, and in many cases, these measures are truly intended to deter people and that is why they go with so many random measure, and so nobody knows exactly what to ebs pebt when th-- what to expect a the airports. again, wolf, we are hearinging in from the homeland security department and one of the key items at thech to the list, they are expanding the screening of items and assessing the security structure at foreign airports with overseas fl...

Parts of the world. theyre most likely talking to those individuals to find out whats the security structure at those airports overseas to try and determine are there any soft points. >> rene marsh, thank you so much. lets go on the ground now to egypt, cnns ian lee is live from sharm el sheikh. a number of airlines are banning flights to and from the airport where you are. what is security there like now? >> reporter: well, jake, security is really tight here. and coming in here earlier this mo...

There is little oversight to make sure the rules are followed. >> the tsa will be driven by intelligence that comes out of the investigation. how if it is an explosive device, how was it put on board the aircraft? it smuggled? it an insider threat? it a passenger? >> reporter: if this was a bomb on board how and when it happened will inform tsas decision how to enhance security if need be. conversations are on going behind the scenes with tsa at this point. so what else is happening behind the s...

Sure people stay safe and make sure that you dont overlook the kinds of things that might otherwise be overlooked in a more secure environment. >> what has changed, if you could, sir, on these military bases in the wake of some of these horrific attacks, as we saw at ft. hood as we saw here in 2013. what has changed just internally in terms of the security structure, who can be armed, who cant be armed, what youre walking through, what kind of detectors going into the buildings? >> well its sad,...

Any hacks that happen in retaliation. >> andrew, could you categorize how vulnerable the u.s. is and are government networks as vulnerable as private networks to hacking? >> the first answer here, i think this is the first private sector hack remotely on the scale of the snowden theft of u.s. information. that was done by an insider threat leaking information but i think it opens this up. the private sector concerns that the u.s. government has been looking at for a number of years now. in terms...

Governments? >> we need each other but if youre the yemeni government, what will you say? you will save face, of course we can keep the americans safe. they dont have to leave. theyre almost in a position they have to say that. >> is there a contrast to whats going on? >> the safety of the diplomats and u.s. citizens within the country is absolutely paramount. i think sensitivities are heightened because of what happened in benghazi, the first point. the second point, yemens security structure i...