talk about education. he will make a statement. then we're told by white house officials that he will quickly depart for washington. >> we shouention, david, that new york city airport or new york area airports have all been closed. the lincoln tunnel has been closed here in new york. while we're getting ready to listen to the president, let's go back to jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. jim, you talk about counterterrorist measures that are in place. can you shed any light for us on what kind of things are in place in the event of an attack of this nature? >> reporter: well, katie, it's very difficult to -- for the u.s. military to respond to this kind of thing right now. it's unclear exactly who is behind it. or if there are any potential attacks or incidents like this. this has not officially been declared a terrorist attack but all the experts looking at these pictures say there's no doubt about it, this was a coordinated