men and women of this department will be out there, a the finish line making sure it s secure as can possibly be, and i think it i will was great day. the weather couldn t be better for runners. bill: that is true. i like your tie too. it says, boston strong, to our viewers at home. i like to wear it to remember the victims. we styles forget the terrible tragedy and what they will have to go through day in, day out long after this marathon is gone. i think the city pulled together and we ll never forget victims of april 15th. bill: we ll never forget them. thanks so much for your time, sir. keep it safe and see you at 7:00 tonight. thank you very much. bill: from boston, i want to get back to martha in new york. martha: thank you, bill. there is severe weather hitting the southwest today, coming up dramatic video of the mess left behind after a tornado touched down in texas, we ll show you that. a 16-year-old taken away on a stretcher after hitching a
these websites and traveled to dag stan and how concerned had you as we look back on the anniversary of the running of the marathon since then? i think we have done a better job. my committee came out with report and recommendation and inspector general came out with a report faulting the investigation saying it could have been done better when the fbi had the bomber under their sites. but i think the greatest mistake was when he travelled overseas it was flagged but nothing was done. that was the biggest problem. and looking back the inspector general said that should have warranted further investigation and his supervisors said had they know about that that would have changed everything.
sir, good morning to you. good morning. bill: seven months in planning, it has been exhaustive. how do you file. we feel good. we have a good plan. i have all confidence today will go off without any issues. we have no intelligence out there, any threats to this race. it s a great day. the weather is great. we have got 36,000 runners starting in hopkinton. i think the marathon will come back the way it always best marathon in the world. bill: the governor is talking about making sure it remains a family-friendly fun event. right. bill: how do you do that? we, again, you know, you bring in a lot of tactical assets but you hide them the best you can. you don t want people coming to the race and being intimidated by, you know, officers out there with rifles or with their tactical gear on. so, there s a fine balance. you want to secure the race but you don t want people to feel
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massachusetts authorities and boston police have put that into the equation. you need resources to respond to locations away from the marathon if something untoward happens. bill: until it s done, they will not rest easy. how do you secure 26 miles? with 38,000 runners and up to a million spectators? bill gavin, former assistant director of the fbi. he was with us about a week solid around this time last year. nice to see you again in person. my pleasure, bill. bill: there are p.a. systems set up throughout the route just in case there is an emergency. the runners will be notified right away. there are video monitors that have been established. how now does all this come together do you think. it comes together at one universal spot where everybody is monitoring everything there is to monitor. from the cameras through the deployment of the police department. i think what is very important here, is the presence of the police.