The terror group to strike in the west. I dont think theyre capable of a largescale attack but certainly an tae tack which could kill maim or wound hundreds of people. Police departments in los angeles, philadelphia boston and atlanta tightening up security measures. Were constantly seeking to be creative to be proactive. Name of the game is to be prepared. At the Washington Mall theyre preparing for all possibilities. New york city taking the greatest security measures in years. The city swept for explosives even out at sea where hundreds of boaters will be watching the fireworks. Snipers will be strategically placed, spotters will be inside the crowds and a hundred mobile cameras will capture the activities on land and in the air. Theres no credible threat to this event but our operating premise is that we are the target in new york city all the time. On thursday within minutes of the first report of shots fired inside washingtons naval yard the entire complex was locked down as hundreds of Police Swat Teams and federal investigators swarmed the scene, blocking streets as helicopters hovered overhead. The threat a false alarm, but it reveals that Law Enforcement is at the ready this Holiday Weekend. Bring your family have a great time. Youre going to be at the most wellsecured event in the city. Boris sanchez joining me now from new yorks penn station, also rene marsh here in washington on the National Mall where more than 700,000 people are expected to crowd in for the wonderful Fireworks Show there. Boris, you were touching on preparations going on where you are. Is this response greater than what weve seen for other holidays like last july fourth or new years . Reporter brianna, this is certainly the bigger a much bigger effort than usual. Officers tell us its not because of any credible or specific threat but rather in light of recent events around the world, bombings in the middle east the attacks last week in france and tunisia as well as several isisrelated arrests here in the u. S. Including one in queens last month. Officers are asking new yorkers to be vigilant, to keep an eye out for anything that may seem out of place and to alert them right away. Brianna . Rene washington standing ready, we saw that with the navy yard incident. Youre on the mall can you see the security measures . I can tell you, brianna, just by being out here it is clear were in a period of high alert just within the last hour we witnessed Law Enforcement essentially tighten their control around this area surrounding the capitol. They have now extended the perimeter about three blocks from the capitol. Before earlier, we saw people Milling Around this area but thats no longer the case again, extending that perimeter out for about three blocks. Weve seen canines out here we know Capitol Hill Police saying they have strategically positioned their officers throughout the grounds here you can see theres fencing up concrete barriers metal barriers. We also know that federal agents who are usually off for this holiday, they are on call. So we clearly feel that this is a sense or time of high alert. Tomorrow in this very section of the capital we know that there will be hundreds of thousands of people weather permitting gathering here for that fourth of july concert and those are the sort of huge celebrations that Law Enforcement are going to be paying a close eye to. Of course brianna, we know the major concern leading up to this holiday is that lone wolf attack and its so difficult to detect them because theyre not operating within a network. Brianna . What about travel . Hows the tsa handling this . We know theyre on alert as well. They are seeing a high volume of travelers here during this holiday season. I spoke with a Government Official today and he tells me at the airports alone theyre seeing two million passengers per day. Thats more than usual. Usually theyll see about 1. 8 million. So the Traffic Volume is high. As far as what theyll be doing, you can expect random spot checks. They may randomly pull passengers out of line to check them. So thats what theyre going to be doing so of course they dont reveal everything but thats one of the measures flyers may notice. Rene boris, thank you, guys. The state department ordered a security review at embassies and consulates ahead of this july 4 weekend. Global Affairs Correspondent elise lab bit joining me to talk about this. Elise, the question is what is the threat . Theres been chatter but it doesnt seem theres a clear threat that the state department is responding to. Brianna, you always get these threats in the leadup to a Holiday Weekend but officials tell me there has been something specific nothing credible that caused them to cancel any event. Usually before a Holiday Weekend the state department does order their embassies and consulates to review assess their Security Posture and this is no different. They call it Emergency Action committee, they look at the security and threats and whether new measures need to be put in place. Theres a standing operating procedure and it looks like all the embassies are ready to go. In the last year or so a lot of embassies in the middle east have been on high alert. So the state department thinks they here in a good position going into this weekend. Theyve gotten used to some of this. Its also worth noting elise, that a number of these overseas installations have already celebrated the holiday, right . Thats right. Because of the muslim holy month of ramadan that started early this year, a lot of muslims are fasting. A also in these countries very hot during the month of july so a lot of folks had their celebrations last month and some of them did the u. S. National celebrations on president s day so while july fourth is certainly a big weekend for everyone here in the United States a lot of embassies and consulates around the world try to bring in their people around other weekends not necessarily the july fourth because they want to be off as well. Elise labott thank you for the update. Just ahead on this fourth of july are security measures in place appropriate or are they just scaring the public unnecessarily . Well have our panel of experts weighing in on that days after president ial candidate Donald Trumps explosiveonve comments about kmex can immigrants many of his competitors are now his critics. I dont think Donald Trumps remarks reflect the Republican Party. The comments were inappropriate and have no place in the race. I dont agree with them. When you label a group of people as rapists and drug dealers, thats more about you than it is them. Has the controversy hurt trumps chances or other republicans chances at winning the white house . Well talk about that just ahead. To president ial politics now, republicans are concerned about the fallout over Donald Trumps comments about mexican immigrants calling them rapists and drug dealers. And while the party worries about the political impact trump is paying a financial price for his remarks. These words have cost donald trump a lot of money. When mexico sends its people theyre not sending their best. Theyre sending people that have lots of problems and theyre bringing those problems with us. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists and some i assume, are good people. The billionaire entrepreneur is now out of business with major companies. Youre fired. Nbc taking him off the apprentice and along with univision declining to air trumps miss usa and Miss Universe pageant. Macys pulling out trumps suit line and mattress maker serta which selling a line of trumpbranded beds not renewing his contract. Now the big apple, his hometown also looking to dump trump. New york city mayor bill de blasio writing in a statement we are reviewing trump contracts with the city. Donald trumps remarks were disgusting and offensive and this hateful language has no place in our city. Not only is the city reviewing a skating rink and carousel in central park with trumps name on them, theyre also looking to break a very lucrative contract at this public golf course here in the bronx named after the president ial candidate. Nycs Parks Committee chair telling cnn their contracts have a terminate at will clause that he believes the department should use to sever ties with trump immediately. None of the criticism has stopped trump from doubling down. You dont have any regrets . Some are rapist some are killers, we dont know what were getting. Theres no apology because what i said is 100 right. Talking has made him a great businessman however talking doesnt necessarily make you a great politician. Marketing expert Peter Shankman says fiery soundbites likely wont help trump down the road. He continues down this path where he says whatever pops into his brain without a filter hes going to anger people in much higher positions of power, people who can get him into office theyll start distancing themselves if they havent already. Another republican candidate is speaking out against Donald Trumps remarks. Former Texas Governor rick perry says republicans have plenty to offer latino voters and trump doesnt speak for the party. I dont think Donald Trumps remarks reflect the Republican Party. I think we have a great message for the hispanic community, for individuals who want to live free who want to be able to take care of their phamly who want to live in a secure world. The Republican Party is where they need to be looking. Joining us to talk more about donald trump in the twisz president 2016 race, David Chalian and senior away correspondent joe johns. David, you have hispanic organizations who are complaining not just about trumps remarks but how republicans are responding to them saying that they need to really respond more forcefully here. How do you see republican candidates having to balance how they respond to this . Well it is a tricky balance. First of all, no republican candidate wants their campaign to be dictated by what donald trump says. So and yet they understand the brand problem that the party has and none of them want this to just go sort of hanging out there so that the negative reaction to the remarks sort of hang on them. So thats the balance. Plus remember donald trump is representing a slice of the Republican Party of the activist conservative base. Theres a big chunk of republican primary voters who are very antiimmigration reform and so the republican candidates want to be careful offending them as well. Now, i just will say, though jeb bush for example, has had tons of practice at this because of where his position is on the issue. Hes not where the base of the party is and obviously his wife is of mexican descent. He right away came out last week and said this is wrong. Now i dont think hes going to make smacking down donald trump a rallying cry of his First Campaign but he quickly got out to say this was wrong. The backlash is coming though. You can see in the the online petition from pataki, you can see it from some of the candidates. Part of that has got to be the fact that hes doing so well in some of the early voting states in the polls. So there are some penal whoople who suggest the farther you get into this the more pushback youll see from republican candidates. Hes doing well in the polls but i also would imagine maybe some close to him are concerned about the backlash especially when youre talking about the businesses pulling the plug on so much trump stuff. Are they respond . Is the Trump Organization responding to this . They wont talk about it on the record but you can feel theres real heartburn there that were talking more about u. S. Miss usa than we are talking about the president ial campaign. There are concerns about it obviously, and you call they get mad. But the fact of the matter is its out there, what are you going to do about it . One of the things that they do talk about going to your point at the top about the amount of money donald trump has lost the implication from them is they really dont care. I have a statement i got from the Trump Organization. I dont want to take him out of context but he said donald trump is an enormously wealthy person with a net worth in excess of 9 billion. His goal is to make America Great again and if that means compromising several Small Business ventures he has shown he is prepared to do that. Small business macys serta. Theres a number of these Business Ventures at this point. The thing about his talking about hispanics is that after mitt romney lost in 2012 the Republican Party did a postmortar tum and one of the hallmarks of it was they needed to be more inclusive. They needed to reach out to hispanic americans and this is completely counter to that. Exactly. If reince priebus, the chairman of the Republican Party, could have sort of made an entire game plan of how he wanted the nomination season to, go this was not part of it. This is antithetical to what they were hoping to do in terms of looking art the party and saying where do we need to improve to win back the white house. Mitt romney himself has said and repeated again recently unless we do better with latino voters were not going to win the white house here and this is going against the grain there. So i do think thats why youre going to start seeing i mean George Pataki is trying to get attention, hes at the bottom of the polls using this issue to get his name in the mix. But youll see some of the top tear tier candidates step away a bit more from donald trump. You have donald trump coming in our cnn orc National Poll as well as New Hampshire and iowa those being the big ones. What is it about what hes saying . Well people think he talks straight. They want someone genuine. Straight talk. Another thing you see all the negative articles about donald trump right now, he hasnt apologized he hasnt backed down. Theres a segment of the population that likes that likes a guy who will go and say what he thinks doesnt care how he says it and then doesnt back down. So theres an element of that too, and you know its one thing trying to run for the nomination for the Republican Party. Its another thing to run in the gin. General. So right now were talking about conservative voters who make some big choices very early on. And theres a segment out there that listens to donald trump. Part of that Straight Talk that they love is that its not typical politician talk. One of his highest marks in our New Hampshire poll was that hes the least likely to actlike a politician. And you know what . Politician is a dirty word in america these days so thats a refreshing thing for a lot of voters. I will note Bernie Sanders whos gaining steam on Hillary Clinton opened one of his events yesterday saying im going to tell you something that a politician wouldnt tell you and then he was very frank with them and it does resonate with voters on the left as well. Joe johns, David Challian thanks so much guys. Coming up new information on a letter escaped killer richard matt sent to his daughter before he escaped from prison. Plus counties in several states have not granted couples marriage licenses. Why the legal battle may be far from over. I like your place. Oh, thank you, make yourself at home ill be right back. Hm. Shes got x1. Alright. Huh, hm, ohh. Monster . She seemed so nice at dinner. Im back ahh uhh. Whatcha doing . Ohh, just. Watchin law order. Awww, youre nervous. Thats so cute. Call and upgrade to get x1 today. A prison riot could have exposed richard matt and david sweats escape plans a week before their breakout at new yorks Clinton Correctional Facility but their honor block was not included in the resulting lockdown. And shortly before the escape matt wrote a letter to his daughter saying that hed see her on the outside. Cnns Deborah Feyerick joining us live from new york with more on these new revelations. This is fascinating stuff, deb. It really is. So lets start with the letter first. This is a letter that richard matt is believed to have written his adult daughter and the buffalo news received information from unnamed law enfortsment sources that he had received this letter about three days after richard matt broke out of prison. And the letter apparently said i also promised you i would see you on the outside, im a man of my word. Now, theres no indication according to reports, that the daughter knew about this prison breakout and clearly she was very concerned that in fact her father might seek her out. Matt also has a half brother and interestingly, enough he also lives in the buffalo area and the two other times that matt one of which he had broken out of prison he found his half brother the second time before he fled to mexico he also made contact with his half brother. So clearly authorities were very concerned that that might be one of the ways or one of the some of the people who he made contact with. The thing we can tell you about the prison riot is this happened just a week before richard matt a