precautions that are taken to make sure vehicles never come close to approaching this route, including new york city, the sanitation trucks, the sand trucks that normally try to keep the roads free from ice, laden with sand, and it is virtually impossible to get through those trucks. they re all along the parade route to make sure that vehicles have no chance of entering it on top of that new york city s crc, the heavy weapons teams that you see are deployed all throughout the entire parade route to make sure from a vehicle perspective, nobody is getting in. that s the nypd s plan. tom winter, clint watts. thank you all so much. we ll keep you updated on this story throughout the hour, throughout the day. coming up next, you are looking live at a courtroom in georgia where closing arguments in the trial of the three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery are set to begin any moment now. plus, we re keeping an eye on waukesha after that suv plowed into a crowd at a holiday
working as usual. all of our large events. a lot of them in uniform. some you won t see. we ll have hundreds of blocker cars, sand trucks, cement barriers, heaven weapon teams, canine, bomb squad and drone teams. no current threats at this time but it is very important once again that everybody stay vigilant. sandra: tim gallagher a former special agent in charge of the f.b.i. s newark division and from a risk management practice. we want everybody to have fun but we want everybody to stay safe. nypd has a huge task of securing and helping maintain the safety of millions of people who are going to be here for the celebration. that s right. the way i look at the plan there are three key elements. planning, partnerships, and no detail is too small. they have oep been gaming this out for weeks if not months. technology is a key part about
ready with 6,000 officers working tonight and the nypd visiting with 100 businesses up and down the east river, reminding everyone to report suspicious bee he halfor and 100 sand behavior and 100 sand trucks have been strategically placed to prevent attacks that we ve seen around the world and there will be counter terrorism activities ready to react. it means that long gun and heavy weapons team will be at or near the check points and dogs that can scan large areas of a crowd to see if there are not just explosives present but moving through a crowd. and of course all of this coming after the fbi arrested a 48-year-old for plotting to attack the 4th of july parade in celebrations in cleveland. he was arrested. a reminder of all of the work that is done in the days, every single day, 24/7 to protect us
the precautions. new york city host s the nations biggest fireworks shows. 3,000 shells will launch from the minute. 23 different colors will light up the sky. of course, the macy s fourth of july spectacular show presents a security risk. the nypd says there is no specific credible threat to this fourth of july celebration. still 6,000 nypd men and women in uniform are working tonight in combination with the f.b.i. and a.t.f. 100 sand trucks will be placed blocking major intersections and dogs will sniff out potential suicide bombers. intelligence bureau has made