whole. >> reporter: the police commissioner says the city spends nearly $140,000 a day to keep trump's wife and son safe. the cost mrore than doubles to over $300,000 when president trump is in town. like today, as melania's motorcade left trump tower to meet her husband, protesters stood their ground. >> in a city where he was born and raised and he can't even face his own people. >> reporter: the protesters say they'll keep coming out. they're going to keep the pressure on. they want to make sure their concerns are heard and their issues are addressed. they say this is the resistance. deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >> deborah feyerick, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn presidential historian, timothy natale. good evening, sir. it's unusual for a president to be so disliked in his hometown, don't you think? >> yet again, something else that's unusual about the trump presidency. jimmy carter a few weeks after becoming president went back to planes. it was a big deal for him and he writes in his diary how much it