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People who she worked with. >> huge security undertaking. >> the biggest ever, some officials from the metropolitan police say. and you can understand why, with that many of the worlds most powerful influential real people in a tiny little space in the center of london. thats why the metropolitan police are hoping to draw in all these additional resources, over 10,000 police in london every day, counterterrorism experts working overtime on this as you can imagine, to make sure that not only are ...

Reviewed and reviewed and rehearsed at all levels to make sure that it would happen. >> when i got here last night, they were practicing. >> and theyre practicing for london later in the week and will do runs at it. this was a detailed, and of course, the same plan exists, god forbid we have to talk about it, the plan exists for charles and william, theres a plan in place for all the major members of the royal family. >> this is also an enormous security undertaking, as well. >> which is nothing...

The entire town council had to step down when its ties to the mafia came to light. up. you can see here that. they are travelling to sicily is always a major security undertaking. i recently received another death threat. that they referred to a car bomb and even mentioned the place where its supposed to happen in the future . but i know that i have to keep doing my job. and thats what im doing. but its an extreme fear. because it sends shivers down my spine but it means im always looking over m...

Tonight, cities across the country taking extraordinary measures for new years eve, after deadly attacks in new york city and las vegas this year. in vegas, snipers will be on roof tops. national guard set to be out protecting crowds. athena jones is live for us in times square with more. athena, new york is always on high alert. but just to be clear, this is not because of a specific threat, right? this is about an abundance of caution? >> reporter: absolutely. hi, poppy. authorities here say t...

One other thing, the fire department is setting up for a press conference at the top of the hour so we might get more clarity on some of those violations and what, if anything, they found so far that might be the cause of the fire. >> its heartbreaking. scott, appreciate the reporting this morning. our thoughts are with all of those families. also, cities across the country increasing security ahead of new years eves celebration. las vegas is adding snipers to rooftops and bringing in the nati...

World. he spoke to us very clearly about the moral responsibility that we have on that particular issue. >> congressman, we appreciate your time. its been an extraordinary day in washington. now the focus turns to here in new york. as our viewers can see the door of what is being called shepherd one will open shortly. pope francis will make his first visit here to new york city. im joined by wolf blitzer. also joining us father beck and vatican correspondent delia gallagher. this is a city which...

Israels were targeted by islamist extremists. the entire world has been leveled now as we have seen after 9/11. so israel obviously is not alone in this type of terror that affects the western world, christians and jews and they have been targeted before. they are a target at this point. a lot has been taken from the security from what we have seen with the mew -- munich massacre but the security undertaking is such a colossal deal there has to be all the quality work done in the preparation pha...

Obviously, celebrating and they know the world is on them. want to make it a good show. >> they did. that was just -- blows you away at this early hour of the morning. >> closer to home, of course, you may be one of the two million people expected to fill times square tonight for the big countdown. >> and the new york police department, of course, is increasing its security. along with all the celebration, there are fears of potential acts of violence. cnn correspondent jessica snyder joins us l...

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