107th and 16th street. you re told to take the 16th street entrance. it s been designated as the family reunification center. a lot of concern among folks worrying about anybody that was in the area. that s where people are being told to head to reunite with loved ones. shepard: craig stephens speaking there, the local anchor of the main evening news cast on the news station there. a university professor as well for university and students at fiu particularly. what an unbelievable thing. on this day, this reunifying bridge could cause such an absolute horrifying scene. they re all coming together now, the local authorities. they re doing introductions now. i want to let you know how this work. in south florida, they do news conferences in english and then
you see the 1 with the circle, that is the 1 subway line. that s about where this was. lower left, then sixth avenue goes past bleecker street, the iconic greenwich village and up to west fourth street. washington square park on the right. eighth street and the new jersey path station. fourth street, that is union square, that s where it ends at 16th street. a million people along the area, all barricaded in. authorities tell us there will be large sand trucks and lots of cops with long guns. something new york city residents have become somewhat accustomed to in the years after 9/11. to have this level of security tonight at a high profile event, it is astounding to know that new york s finest and bravest could pull such a thing off tonight with a massive and expansive terror investigation
from 1 world trade and the ground zero site. there is already a have a heavy police presence there. they are continue with plans for the halloween parade tonight in lower manhattan but there will be trucks blocking many cross streets. there will be heavy weapons teams and other additional security on scene because of any concerns about a follow-up attack. the mood at the parade can be what it might have been considering what s happened in lower manhattan. the most important thing from the news conference was that there is no evidence to suggest there is anyone else involved or any other plots currently against the people of new york city but they are obviously investigating and we don t know yet what they will find a couple hours after the incident. shepard: rick leventhal, thanks so much. the parade from spring street to 16th street. from lower manhattan through greenwich village and up to the border of the chelsea neighborhood just north of union square for those of you familiar
got the attention of d.c. police who were here maintaining security. they brought the gentleman down to the ground quite quickly. it was somewhat of a gruesome scene because there was a moment where we thought perhaps it was real blood but it quickly became someone making a political statement. that s what s going on outside the embassy right now. you have a lot of people saying, this is a great day, but we need to rescind the trade embargo. that s the next step in formalizing the relationship between the united states and cuba. you have others saying this is a very bad day. this is a day where a dictator is celebrating and it should not be a joyous occasion. all that being said at 10:16 a.m., a historic moment the cuban flag raised here on 16th street in washington d.c. for the first time in 54 years. a lot of this is being broadcast out in the street with dignitaries there. he s meeting with john kerry as well. in a fascinating moment tamron
more negotiations are ahead for the country. it is sparking political fall out into the united states. brit hume is live. good morning. what a morning: watching things change with iran and cuba obviously an issue for the campaign in 2016. you a few blocks from what is now an embassy in washington, d.c. feel different? no the building that is housing what is now called the embassy has been in place all along just called the cuban interest session. diplomatic activity was connected there even with no ties. upper 16th street. there it is. today is symbolic. at some point the flag is hoisted in cuba by our building there and one will be go up here. but the real business of a new