park downtown for the show. of course to new york preps are under way for the biggest fireworks show in the country, the 38th annual macy s fourth of july celebration, two years of planning, 50 technicians make it happen tonight. big party. hurricane arthur forcing many fireworks and parade cancelations. so be sure to check your town for the latest. to some other news now. iraqi pilots dropping bombs on dozens of isis strong holds. this is defense secretary chuck hagel announced the pentagon set up a second joint operations center in northern iraqy troops. isis gaining more control over villages in syria along with its biggest oil field. saudi arabia sending 30,000 troops to defend its border with iraq. the pentagon said the u.s. is staying out of the fight for now. president obama has been very clear that american combat
boston pops celebration. of course, to new york. preps underway for the biggest fireworks show, 38th annual macy s celebration, two years of planning, 50 technicians going to make it happen. that will be amazing. hurricane arthur forcing many fireworks and parades to be cancelled. check with your town and find out the latest. new orleans ramping up security this holiday weekend after the mass shooting on bourbon street. 50 state troopers being deployed to the city today. they have been assigned to work with the new orleans police department in whatever capacity is needed throughout the labor day weekend. with the crisis at our border growing worse by the day texas lawmakers are trying to get the president to take some meaningful action at a heated hearing in texas, governor rick perry urging president obama to deport the children to send to
prep is underway for the biggest fireworks show in america. the 38th annual macy s fourth of july. hurricane arthur forcing many firework and parade cancellations. be sure to check with your town. thousands of illegal immigrant children flooding the boarders. and texas residents now calling for the government to do something about the crisis. texas lawmakers met thursday to deal with the issue head on. we are live with more on a heated homeland security field hearing. reporter: good morning. we re going to hear from president obama today on immigration as the border crisis continues to play out for the 50,000 kids that come here over the course of the past nine months or so. by bus and plane, they keep arriving. in murietta, california they successfully blocked buses.
downed power lines and trees, those are mostly cleaned up. the focus is getting all the roads reopened. highway 12 is a key road. there was buckling of that. a bridge still the needs to be inspected. that can t be done until the water and winds die down so they can get a dive team down. there is still a lot of work to be done and it s going to take a couple weeks well, the show must go on. and it certainly did in new york city. the 38th annual macy s fourth of july fireworks display. spectators treated annan incredible 40,000 fireworks. will display is usually near the brooklyn bridge. it was moved south because a barge needed to be repositioned due to a high rip current. thousands flocked to the national mall.