operatestions in history go off without a hitch. catherine herridge live in washington with more on this. more than 28,000 security officials are protecting 100 square blocks from the capitol to where you are at the white house and beyond. 5,000 national guard troops on duty. 3,000 police officers. this is what is called a national special security event or nfsc, the highest security designation. that picture is different this year in two significant ways, that s the use of vehicles and drones as weapons. we recently sat down with the head of the secret service, who is in the lead. what concerns you most? everything concerns me. it s a constant battle of making sure that we ve stayed in front of certainly the intelligence that we hear, but also any new emerging threats that may be out there. and then thale of the protes. that s sort of an overlay on this very dynamic threat environment. katdz rin, we understand there were catherine we
president george w. bush, not making plans to visit houston straight-away. instead he s heading to washington to take place in the inauguration. the elder bush sent a letter to president-elect trump apologizing for not being able to make it, even crack iing sitting outside in january, could put him six feet under. he and barbara are stuck in texas. mr. trump responded on twitter, thanking him for that letter, and also sending well wishes for a speedy recovery to the former first family. martha? martha: good that he has a sense of humor as he always has. and such a gracious note that he wrote to president-elect donald trump which i m sure he will treasure always. everybody wish these were here for this moment. but we are glad to hear that there s some emproochlt for barbara bush and we ll see how the former president is doing as well. casey, thank you.
vehicles. at the moment we don t know who is inside, who s frapd or who s still alive. martha: awful images. benjamin, thank you. still back here in washington, d.c. we are watching and waiting for the next moment in the inaugural process. president-elect trump and vice president-elect pence will arrive shortly at arlington national cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. we ll take you there live next. this is the goal post. the end zone. the goal of every team. we know you have goals. like getting exposure for your idea or business. with godaddy website builder, you can easily create an awesome mobile-friendly, get you more exposure website. we call that.a website builder touchdown. get your free trial of website builder now.
all of the festivities being set up there. as you can see, as we continue to keep a close eye on how all of this goes. very soon the national mall will be a sea of people. all hoping to get a glimpse of history in the making and the peaceful transfer of power, reagan called a miracle. way we do business here in the united states. john roberts has been on this journey throughout from the very beginning on the campaign. he joins us now live from the trump transition office in washington. good afternoon to you, john. march that, good afternoon. we spent all day at the transition office, much indeed because the incoming press secretary, sean spicer, held his first oncamera briefing. lamenting what they see as the democrats stalling tactics in terms of getting donald trump s nominee through the confirmation process. senator chuck schumer said earlier today in terms of confirmations maybe we ll get mattis confirmed and general john kelley for defense and homeland security. and maybe we ll
careers of proven accomplishments. i was in the senate armed services committee last week, interviewing and talking to general mattis. i had a chance to meet rex tillerson, dr. carson. these people are proven leaders. they know how to get results. that s what we re about in washington. we want to break through the gridlock and get things done. what the american people have given us, i think a probation period, not a mandate, and they expect us to get results. martha: how many do you think will be approved by tomorrow afternoon? well, we re hopeful, we re going back into session in the senate, we ll find out. i hope three to five, order of magnitude, will be confirmed a the president is sworn in tomorrow afternoon. martha: we will see. two is the number that has been floated. mattis and kelly at homeland. so we ll see. thank you, senator. great to have you with us today. thank you, martha. martha: you bet. new details about the u.s. fight against isis in libya now. u.s. defens