another busy day ahead for the president. he has another breakfast and listening session this time with auto industry leaders. he will be signing some more executive orders and then later meeting with senate leaders. alisyn, chris. lots to discuss. let s bring in our panel. cnn political analyst and washington post reporter abby phillips and author of how is your faith, david gregory and correspondent for washington examiner, david drucker. abby, is there any question about the reporting of the president saying in this meeting the illegal immigrants voting, that s what cost me my election? no, both republican and democratic sources confirm that the president seemed preoccupied. he spent about ten minutes at the top of the meeting going over the details of the election which he s known to do at his rallies and other public settings, and then he talked about the popular vote and he talked about how he believed that he had actually won it, had
this is going to be a very, very safe place. times square on new year s eve is going to be one of the safest place in the country because of the huge concentration of police security. and a lot of measures you ll see and a lot of measures you won t see to help keep people safe. reporter: now, they are relying on dogs. bomb sniffing dajes, chemical dedeshgts, radiation detectors and cameras. thousands of cameras here, not only here, times square, but across the city. all those venues around new york and the country as well that used to be a celebration or a party now considered soft targets after paris and san bernardino. alisyn. meanwhile, officials in the belgium capital of brussels cancelling new year s fireworks. they arrested two people on suspicion of plotting emblematic sites over the holiday. we just learned there are more
and vowed that he will, quote, be exonerated by a court of law, and the constand lawyer tells me that constand was notified before the charges were filed. and she s extremely grateful that this district attorney is placing their trust and confidence in her. the preliminary hearing, alisyn, is set for january 13th. joining us now is criminal defense attorney midwin charles and joey jackson. good to have you both. joey, how unusual was what we saw yesterday? not only was it bill cosby, but after more than 50 women have made these accusations since the 1960s, the prosecutor decides to move forward with one case from a 2005 deposition in a civil lawsuit. is there anything typical about this case? very atypical. but then again, there s something very atypical about
searches underway. let s get to cnn information diplomatic editor nic robertson live in brussels with more. give us the latest, nic. reporter: yeah, alisyn, the prime minister here has said that the terror threat is changing hour by hour. we re learning now seven more houses are being searched today. six more people have been detained. we ve learned that the two men arrested this week are now being charged with threatening terror attacks being members participating in a terrorist organization. one of the men arrested is being labeled as a leader and recruiter for a terrorist organization. so they will planning to attack right here, the grand plaza right in the center of brussels. a beautiful square. you get a lot of revelers here on new year s even. but the fireworks cancelled. the arrest associated with the paris attack. the man arrested there is being charged with terrorist murder participation of a terrorist organization. ten cell phones recovered in that arrest operation yesterda
dolores troianny tells me that investigators from pennsylvania flew to toronto to talk to andrea constand herself. the affidavit states that andrea constand when they reopened the investigation said she would cooperate. alisyn. jean, thank you for that. for many of bill cosby s a accusers it brought about a vindication. she said she was sexually assaulted in 1978 and 1980. patricia, nice to see you, thanks for being on new day. thank you, alisyn. patricia, what was it like yesterday when you heard the news that bill cosby was being charged with sexual assault? i was very emotional when i heard the news. it took me about a moment, amaye two minutes to process what happened after i received a text from a dear friend.