celebrations. dozens of sand trucks will block the area. 7,000 officers will be dispatched. many will be armed with rifles, radiation detectors and bomb-detecting dogs. others will monitor the tens of thousands of cameras there, not to mention the tens of thousands of individuals, even more than a million that will be in times square over the next couple days. that does it for us this hour. follow me on twitte twitter @peteralexander. i ll be back here hosting for chuck todd. hallie jackson up next right here on msnbc. hallie, still enjoying the sun. over to you. sun and the wind, peter. i m hallie jackson in west palm beach following president-elect trump. we re starting with the big developing news on the international front. punishment for putin. we re told at some point today, within the next couple of hours, we re expecting the white house to hand down sanction sanctions
sand trucks not just here in times square but others that there are new year s eve celebration celebrations there are 100 barrier trucks that are department vehicles parked in the streets so cars can t come down. these are new security measures that haven t been taking place to this extent yet. again, lessons learned from what we saw from those terror attacks overseas and really the nypd says it s about everyone being on their toes, being aware, the public helping out and no complacency. i know it s complacency that can set in at times but not in an event like this. everybody knows the eyes of the world are upon times square new year s eve night so there will be no complacency. and when we talk about that extra layer, fred, that is just one layer of so many layers of security that the nypd has put
murder of jonbenet ramsey and older brother burt ramsey filed a $70 million lawsuit against cbs and others involved in a docuseries. the 29-year-old ramsey said he was defamed and his reputation is ruined. the series highlighted the team of investigators who concluded burt killed his sister. cbs said it stands by the broadcast and it will do so in court. nbc newsched out to all the parties but so far received no response. moments ago, the nypd previewed their security efforts in times square ahead of new year s eve celebrations. dozens of sand trucks will block the area and officers will be dispatched. many officers armed with rifles, radiation detectors and bomb detecting dogs. others monitor thousands of cameras. msnbc investigation. 2016 is ranking one of the deadliest years for u.s. police officers. msnbc s chief legal correspondent ari melber is next
still treated. one in fair condition but four fighting for their lives and zakariya and his little sister zoe passed away. everyone coming together. a testament on how this community is coping with this devastating crash on a day like today, thanksgiving. mariana atencio in chattanooga, a bad story just continues to get worse and worse. marianna, thank you. security full force in new york city for the 90th macy s thanksgiving day parade. police presence, massive, with 3,000 officers assigned to the parade detail this year. they re using sand trucks and vapor dogs as well to keep everyone safe. let s check with tammy leitner along the parade route. good to see you. how massive of an operation are we talking about here? reporter: craig, it s
he also had an additional job driving for amazon. is that true? they have not confirmed that. they re looking into whether or not he had other jobs. ntsb told us yesterday. in that regard, whether fatigue played a role, stephanie. it s also important to note, they have not even been able to look at the footage of the three cameras that were inside the bus because the cameras were so damaged, they had experts from d.c. come in to try to repair them, and they re hoping to look into that footage in the coming days. mariana, thank you so much. this is a terrible story. appreciate you staying down there and covering it for us. we have to turn to new york city where a massive security operation is under way because today s the parade, of course. the 90th macy s thanksgiving day parade. over 3,000 uniformed officers have been deployed along the parade route, and security tea s s are using sand trucks and vapor dogs to guard the crowd of over 3.5 million.