20 feet? you know, pretty close to the president. as are the rest of the reporters here. you know we ll be shouting them. we ll see if he answers them. all right, hallie. let s go outside where the rest of that story is, and kelly, you re so good at setting the stage because it looks like you and trump tower behind you, but there has been a lot of activity around you. reporter: there has been, but learning from experience, it appears that security is taking a somewhat different approach. there were a few hundred protesters who were lining fifth avenue for yesterday, his first return to his trump tower home, and there were a few arrests, the typical chants, the peaceful assembly you would expect to see. today, a different approach. the rain may have dampened that fervor as well, but the officers in perimeter here are keeping people from coming in without an expressed kind of business in the neighborhood. so i had to show my press credentials and had to have my
bag searched. there was a woman next to me, talking to an officer and said, i just want to go to bloomingdale s, officer, would you like to come with me? you are not getting into this day just on a lark. we are outside the president s residence. also different from when i was here on election day and inauguration day for a number of assignments. very sizable pieces of equipment from new york city that are lining the street in addition to police vehicles. typically that kind of large barrier is intended to prevent a vehicle, which there is open traffic on fifth avenue to prevent a blast of a vehicle to provide protection to trump tower, and so while there is an opportunity for people to peacefully assemble, not near the president s home today, again, it is being kind of restricted in the perimeter. perhaps rain is in effect as well. but they were heard and were noticed upon his arrival here, and when the motorcade that