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See the bullet holes in that video there. he killed at least four people and injured 17 others and all of them in their 20s. so a very young crowd. take a look at how this eyewitness described the terrifying moment. >> i'm just seeing a truck that went on the sidewalk -- sidewalk and hitting the soldiers and some soldiers started shooting on the chauffeur. it took them some time to kill them and we had time to make a reverse just to go back with his truck. >> that was one of the tour guides that was supposed to take the soldiers on the tour. we saw prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the scen...

Offering any evidence that the driver was a supporter of isis. he said the attack was inspired by similar assaults in europe most recently berlin and nice over the summer and they've certainly carried out vehicle attacks in israel in the past. we don't know if this was a planned incident or simply someone seizing an opportunity, but we did hear from hamas, the islamic militant group that rules gaza, praising this assault although they stopped short, pardon me, of taking responsibility for this incident. >> that video was horrible, lucy. i understand we have to see it to understand what those g...

Now? >> reporter: anyone in times square on a normal day and new year's eve, this area goes under incredible transformation. you can see there's some guys here working on some stages. there are barricades set up. a lot of that crowd control at the moment but there will be unprecedented police presence here and that for people will be familiar as well. what will be different about that is really a product of this terrible year that we've seen for attacks around the world and here in this country. from nice to berlin to paris to orlando but specifically those vehicle attacks in nice and berlin. ...

Attacks, what are we seeing that's different from the nypd and other officials this year? >> reporter: hi, chris. well, they will have more officers on the ground here than they have ever had before. 7,000 here in times square. you can see a little bit of what's being done already, if you look around, you see some of the barricades, but one thing you're seeing on the streets behind me that you will not see on new year's eve is traffic. they will block off the roads, as they always do, the big difference this year, they're going to have 65 of those massive sand trucks blocking off the cross str...

They are about that particular threat. of course, they have a number of other things they are concerned about as well. if you look right behind me, you'll see this is a trash can. it says it's closed for events and there's a trash can right next to it that made it plastic. that's in response to fears of bombs in trash cans. the nypd as well as law enforcement agencies around the world have to consider all types of different threats but after a year like this with the kinds of attacks that we've seen, everyone is on high alert. >> stephanie, it's not just new york city as we understand it that'...