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Deploying a battalion of retired cops and fbi agents. that plan is unusual for a few reasons. first, federal law and secret service protocol don't even allow private security to bring guns into the white house or near the president, so those paid guards can't do much for the president himself. second, security experts say unleashing a whole separate group of armed guards alongside the service does risk havoc. quote, you never want to co-mingle a police function with a private security function, is what one agent told politico, it creates greater confusion and creates greater risk. so why go to...

Of terrorism concerns. security was tight but spirits remain high. nbc's sarah dallof has a look at how the world welcomed 2016. >> reporter: new zealand, one of the first countries to ring in the new year, setting the stage with fireworks from the sky tower. a similar display but different backdrop in australia, this one set on sydney's harbor, where thousands gathered along the shore to watch. color filled the sky above hong kong, and in taiwan where a show lasted more than five minutes taking revelers well into 2016. singing and dancing brought a fresh twist to the forbidden city in beijing...

2016 with celebrations and grand displays but still under a cloud of terrorism concerns. security was tight but spirits remain high. we have a look at how the world welcomed 2016. >> reporter: new zealand, one of the first countries to ring in the new year, setting the stage with fireworks from the sky tower. similar display, another backdrop in australia on sydney's harbor, where thousands gathered along the shore to watch. color filled the sky above hong kong, and in taiwan where a show lasted more than five minutes taking revelers well into 2016. singing and dancing brought a fresh twist to...

Elaborate further on the exact nature of those threats. it is a very popular neighborhood with westerners and it's a shopping district and entertainment district and usually very safe. the chinese government also issued what's called a yellow alert, that would be the second lowest level on the chinese government security alert system. the specific alerts were referring to large and medium sized shopping malls here in the city. the government said there would be added security patrols ahead of the christmas shopping days here in beijing. now, we did see armed guards outside of the mall, the mal...

Westerners. american, british, french, australian embassies sent out notification online and via e-mail to their citizens, urging them to be aware of specific threats to westerners in the neighborhood of sanlitun. no embassies would elaborate further on the exact nature of those threats. it's a very popular neighborhood here with westerners, as i mentioned. it is a shopping district, an entertainment district and usually very safe. now, the chinese government also issued what's called a yellow alert. that would be the second lowest level on the chinese government's security alert system. the s...