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A tremendous amount of fear. fear thats still being felt. in my world, the security world, a significant number of clients calling in, asking for information. the nypd does a great job. they have 19,000 subscribers to their shield program set up by my predecessor, commissioner kelly after the 9/11 events, to alert and keep informed with as much intimacy as possible information about threats. and today was a clear example of the benefit of that. 19,000 security directors getting information inclu...

Back in 2001. commissioner, as you well know, because weve been through anthrax, our building here is very well equipped for this kind of thing with machinery and detection. i need your assessment of what you witnessed today and what are you looking for? >> well, i think certainly the response was exceptional here in new york city. that seeing that firsthand on the part of the federal government agencies, fbi, et cetera very quickly identifying these devices, theyre now all down at the fbi lab i...

A tremendous amount of fear. fear thats still being felt. in my world, the security world, a significant number of clients calling in, asking for information. the nypd does a great job. they have 19,000 subscribers to their shield program set up by my predecessor, commissioner kelly after the 9/11 events, to alert and keep informed with as much intimacy as possible information about threats. and today was a clear example of the benefit of that. 19,000 security directors getting information inclu...

Our ability to know what the russians are up to? >> just because you have a back channel, if indeed thats what jared was after, it doesnt mean that he then keeps everything secret. i mean, he shares that. but the back channels, as i understand it and of course every administration has had it forever. back channel communications with people are ways to communicate with people, again, not in front of the press as an example, but that information is not necessarily kept secret from the rest of the ...

Of the, you know, press as an example, but that information is, you know, not necessarily kept secret from the are rest of the government. >> does jared kushner have the same level of security clearance that you do? >> i dont know. >> on intelligence front? is that something you should know? >> not necessarily. everything we do in the security world, classification world, of course, before i would start talking to anyone, i would make sure they had the requisite security clearances. im cleared f...

Protect and safeguard each others information. now that this story is out there and if president trump did what he is alleged to have done, our partners, our allies and adversaries will look at us and question if were able to protect their information. they could make the calculation that its not worth taking the risk to share information with us. >> let me ask you this, ned. the president does have broad authority when it comes to handling classify information. why is that not a credible defens...

Other topic, if i saw an intelligence report that looked significant and if its being provided to me, it is significant. i dont solicit reports, i receive what the intelligence committee thinks we need to see. they are giving it to me. if i read it and i think in order for me to understand is this significant or not, i need to understand who the u.s. person is. i can make that request. the intelligence community processes that through the normal procedures and if they feel they can give the answ...

And then we got the all clear that you had mentioned. >> ive got to tell you, that wall street english is a little too close for comfort that space in terms of where your vantage point is. im glad you are safe, despite having everybody come your way pretty quickly and you werent able to get out of the way in time. thanks for that. well come back with you. i want to bring in michael balboni, the former director for new york. people on edge. is this a worst case scenario it will be one thing after...

>> i dont want to talk about anything thats inappropriate so you use your judgment. but the pope mobile, obviously its open on the sides. >> yes. >> in the real security world, he would be completely encased. >> well, think about it, anderson. in the real security world, he wouldnt be doing this, right? so there is again the o optimumization, you cover the front and you leave open the side and put people on the side. most of what we did and what we do is to protect him with our bodies. thats the...

>> and andres, the tobviously, dont want to talk about anything inappropriate so use your judgment. the pope mobile is open on the sides. in the ideal security world, he would be completely encased. >> think about it, anderson. in the security world he wouldnt be doing this. there is again the optimization. you cover the front which is the strongest danger and leave open the side and put people on the side. most of what we did and do is to protect him with our bodies and i think thats the close,...