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Route. we're also talking about security. we had a bit of historical context talking about how abraham lincoln was the first president to get ramped up security as he was walking down the inauguration route. what are they doing this year? since it is such a divided country, since there is so many protests plan, are they taking any extra precautions than they might not have in the past? >> i think there's going to be about 5,000 national guard that haven't been in the past. this is pennsylvania avenue. you can see they put in risers on either side of the street. if i swing you around this way, ...

Although in the past i've consulted, for example, on the rose parade in pasadena. we were quite concerned about the type of attack we saw on the 14th of july in nice, where an individual took a truck and drove it through a crowd and killed 87 people. you know, when you have an inauguration route that is going to be used when the president is sworn in, you have got to do more to protect the side streets approaching. i mean, physical barriers. this is going to be something, and dwoent have to worry about just one person. you have to worry about perhaps a cell of people, who after all, on 9/11, w...

People handing him a drink to take a drink of. that's got it be a nightmare for secret service and the nypd. >> absolutely. the secret service grades its protectees. simply, low, medium, and high threat level. i would rate the pope as critical, a level above high. when you combine that with what he said, his randomness, his unpredictability, what you have to do -- let me give you a quick example. president obama got out and waved on the inauguration route in 2009 when it happened, we knew that was going to happen. we put all of our bodies, all of our eyes right there because we knew that was t...

The secret service grades its protectees. simply, low, medium, and high threat level. i would rate the pope as critical, a level above high. when you combine that with what he said, his randomness, his unpredictability, what you have to do -- let me give you a quick example. president obama got out and waved on the inauguration route in 2009 when it happened, we knew that was going to happen. we put all of our bodies, all of our eyes right there because we knew that was the moment. we had beam other places but that was where it was going to happen. you don't know that with this pope. you don't...

Also account for the massive amount of agencies all involved here in protect the pope from the fbi to the secret service to the coast guard to the local and state police? >> the deconfliction exercises. it is taking up a large portion of the pre-planning many now. they are planning in other cities. this pope lacks predictability. on the inauguration route when president obama was inaugurated in 2008, i was there and responsible for the zone where the president was to get out and wave. we knew that was where he would get out despite reports otherwise. you don't know that with this pope. with th...