sniper teams, double, in fact. they re also going to have blocker vehicles set up all throughout the marathon. we re talking about 26.2 miles through all five borough, and there s going to be a ton of personnel. governor andrew cuomo of new york spoke today. there will be two or three times as many people deployed. they ll have thousands of officers on duty this weekend. but i want to stress this is just a precautionary measure. we have no information that points to any issues. reporter: 50,000 marathon runners, many of them running with a heavy heart, no doubt, with this on their minds. julie? julie: bryan llenas, thank you. and, of course, you ll be covering that for us tomorrow. the 2016 election is still haunting democrats after a stunning new accusation the clinton campaign rigged the primaries.
mayor bill diblasio saying new yorkers will not live in fear. the whole world will be watching on sunday. we will show them that new york city is resolute and strong and unmoved by the horrible event on tuesday. we are mourning for those who were lost but we will not let terrorist [inaudible]. arthel: brian is live in lower manhattan with the very latest. brian. good evening, ardell. authorities say this new york city marathon will be the most secure ever, double, triple the person out but they are adding what they call blocker vehicles even more of those blocker vehicles and standard trucks in and around the perimeter of this marathon. this marathon goes through five of the boroughs and that is a lot of ground to cover but they are adding these vehicles to make sure they can protect pedestrians from potential particular attacks. we have more than doubled our
the terrorist drove into the bike path killing eight people and you can see the concrete barriers there. for tomorrow s new york city marathon, they ve enhanced security across the board and adding sand trucks and so-called blocker vehicles to protect spectators and pedestrians from possible vehicular attack. we ve more than doubled our observation teams. our observation posts and counter sniper teams, and it s not just here in manhattan and we ve added more heavy weapons teams. now, as the investigation continues into this attack, so, too, does the mourning and remembrance of those eight killed on tuesday. behind me, a memorial where this attack began. and darin drake as you see there is one of two americans killed in this attack. his wake is later today. five of the eight killed were friends visiting from argentina for their 30-year high school
saipaov called the man immediately before the attack, quote, it is so sad unbelievable. we as muslims completely reject this kind of actions, no human being that has a heart can do this. saipov was registered as uber and lyft driver, the 34-year-old couple was picked up. we were with him for half an hour. we talked a long time. [inaudible] he seemed absolutely normal. heather, nypd is getting ready for new york city marathon doubling, snieber teams as well as observation teams and blocker
our city. and we ve enhanced security for this also. it s going to be a very safe event. we ve added more sand trucks, more blocker vehicles. i can t give you the exact number. i do have it, i can t give it to you, but it will be the most ever deployed at this event. we more than doubled our observation teams, our rooftop observation posts, as well as our counter-sniper teams from the emergency services unit throughout the boroughs, not just here in manhattan. and we ve also added more heavy weapons teams throughout the city. officers from our emergency services unit, from our strategic response group, and from our critical response command. they ll at fixed locations along the route. but they will also have a mobile response capability, if they are needed elsewhere. and this increase will supplement the already large substantial detail of uniformed officers that you ll see along the route, but there will also be officers in civilian attire, in plain clothes that you won t