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Fighting these things off, it's terrifying. make sure to follow me on twitter, and also on our show page at cnn.com/thelead. or follow me on facebook. whatever you want i'm here. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper turning it over for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." \s. happening now, breaking news show of force, new york city police say they're launching one of the most complex security operations ever amid fierce of a lone terrorist attack in the coming days. heightened security in cities across the united states. how will it fact your july 4th holiday? u.s. base security con...

Then the last i think thing, we need to acknowledge that our military after 13 years of war, that's a stress. it's been repeated deployments. we in congress shouldn't stress them further. i think we stressed them further with things like sequester and budgetary moves that deprive them of the certainty they need. let me ask you that -- -- would you vote to raise the pendi pentagon budget, then? >> no blank checks. we shouldn't be doing blank checks. but when we require across-the-board cuts, we have to look at the effect of cuts on mental health services or the effect of those cuts on base se...

That there's one party in favor of fair pay and one party's been holding it up so the republicans in the senate have a choice this week. they can join us in moving forward with this legislation or they can block it as they did several times in the past. i hope they join us in this. >> pennsylvania senator bob casey, senator casey, always good to see you. thank you for being with me this sunday. >> great, thank you. also making headlines, the white house announced that president obama will be attending a te moirl service wednesday at ft. hood. last week's shooting rampage at the texas army ba...

Firearm. so i'm just a little bit shocked at how none of these warning signs triggered any red flags with anybody. >> in other words, the fact that he was seeking some level counselling, you're wondering why would that have triggered a process where he couldn't have access to the firearm. >> exactly. i think the base security should be commended. that policewoman who stood up to the gunman, that takes a lot of guts to draw down on somebody you know has taken the lives of several people. so i think she should be commended as well. >> brandon, have you noticed a change in the culture in the serv...

>> have you been involved in discussion since the last shooting at ft. hood about base security, particularly at ft. hood and exactly what the procedures should be at the gates? >> i've had briefings on it by the staff at ft. hood and the facilities at ft. hood. one of the things that makes what we call the great place the great place, because that's what they call ft. hood, the great place, is that it has a great community relation with the surrounding area. they want to continue having that strong relation with the community. so once they got through through all the security examinations, th...