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For the thanksgiving day parade. if you are attending the macy's thanksgiving day parade, count on a massive show of force from the nypd. sharp shshooters willing be on rooftops and helicopters hovering overhead. police dogs will be out and about. 200 members of the department's new anti-terror critical response command will be on the streets. >> taking every measure to keep people on the streets. when we came in this morning, they were on the streets. the concussion issue at front and center for the nfl, including the failure for player safety. coy wire has the bleacher report next.

The new york city police department stepping up security as manhattan prepares for the massive thanksgiving day parade tomorrow. nbc's craig melvin is live in new york's times square. craig, what's the scene like there this morning? >> reporter: well, you know what, jose? you see a lot more folks here than you did just a couple hours ago. we've been here since 7:00 a.m. you mentioned the thanksgiving day parade tomorrow. 3 million people expected for that. next week of course you've got the lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree. then believe it or not, just a few weeks after that t...

Commissioner, what extra steps are you taking? >> well, we're fortunate that over the past year mayor de blasio here in new york has funded us to the extent that we now have about a thousand more officers that will be focused on counterterrorism and crowd management. we have a new response group, 800 officers. we have a new critical response command, over 500 officers. they will be out at that parade. for a change we'll have great weather, low wind, the balloons will be up. we're expecting about three million people to be in new york city for that event. it's going to be a great event and it w...

Commissioner, what extra steps are you taking? >> well, we're fortunate that over the past year mayor de blasio here in new york has funded us to the extent that we now have about a thousand more officers that will be focused on counterterrorism and crowd management. we have a new response group, 800 officers. we have a new critical response command, over 500 officers. they will be out at that parade. for a change we'll have great weather, low wind, the balloons will be up. we're expecting about three million people to be in new york city for that event. it's going to be a great event and it w...

>> one of the most prominent events taking place in the next weeks is the macy's thanksgiving day parade. commissioner, what extra steps are you taking? >> well, we're very fortunate that over the past year mayor de blasio here in new york has funded us to the extent that we now have about a thousand more officers that will be focused on counterterrorism and crowd management. we have a new response group, 800 officers. we have a new critical response command, over 500 officers. they will be out at that parade. for a change we'll have great weather, low wind, the balloons will be up. we're expe...