the white house where he delivered an optimistic message about life getting back to normal. from silent streets to crowded parade routes lined with people waving american flags. frump empty stadiums and arenas to fans back in their seats cheering together again. from families pressing hands against a window to grandparents hugging their grandchildren once ag again. we re back traveling again. we re back seeing one another again. businesses are opening and hiring again. we re seeing record job creation and record economic growth. the best in four decades, and i might add the best in the world. to afghanistan now, and tens of thousands of families are fleeing their homes as the
the work that history has given us in our own time. this year, the fourth of july is a day of special celebration for we are emerging from the darkness of years a year of pandemic and isolation, a year of pain, fear, and heart breaking loss. just think back to where this nation was a year ago. think back to where you were a year ago. and think about how far we ve come from silent streets from silent streets to crowded parade routes lined with people waving american flags, from empty stadiums and arenas to fans back in their seats rooting for teams again.
including astronauts new become a green eggs and ham and smokey the bear. gusts up to 40, city regulations prohibit giant balloons if sustained winds reach 23. gusts exceed 34. we are right in that window. the rules changed after an incident back in 1997 when strong winds pushed a giant cat in the hat balloon into a lamp post showering degree in the crowd below and knocking out young woman and conscious. this year the nypd as officers assigned to every balloon and several sergeants with wind meters will be monitoring the floats along the parade routes. some of those thoughts more than 50 feet tall with up to 90 handlers each and their flight status will be a game time or parade time decision. we have to move a large character balloon from the route, we still have a bunch of performers that are going to be out there as well. we also have other small to the balloons as well. we have to move something off the route, that may be the situation. the bit will still go on.
someone with a gun, if you re throwing a mother up against the wall. if you are doing all sorts of outrageous things in the event tried to be civilly committed twice, the fbi has been tipped off two or three times, the police have visited your house almost 30 to 50 times. it s not like there were laws and mechanisms in place to prevent this. everything on the state, local, and federal level broke down. if you look at a guy like israel who was taken zero responsibility. cares more about politics and public safety. apparently he doesn t discuss crime. he s about parade routes and whether he can get up which are with politicians. he is not liked among people on the ground there. so he brought all his funky friends from softer law enforcement back present with them in charge of places like parkland. you see what happens. poor training, poor reaction time. the shooting in maryland today is interesting because it was
what can you tell people on these parade routes tomorrow being plaqblack friday as well, they can feel more secure. what can they be doing and how can they feel more secure that things will be okay? any time i have friends traveling in areas that are unstable, that s not the united states, overseas, i tell them try to avoid large crowds. that s impossible today. it means about awareness and about being in communication with people and it s dpraet to great to enjoy the parade. let be police officers do their job. in the same sense you have to know what s going on around you. the cell phone is that great communication device and can also be that great distraction. thank you so much. thank you. i want to turn now to other focus if uniform making our lives safer.