iconic macy s day parade less than a month after a deadly terrorist rampage down the street. next how the nypd helped keep everyone safe. you know there s no cross town traffic. sand trucks. we ve got to thank sanitation for the job they ve done giving a few trucks to prevent any vehicles from getting on the route. prudential asked these couples: how much money do you think you ll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we ll keep oooooohhh! you stopped! you re gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let s plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges.
and make sure it will be here for the people. three reason, to deter, prevent and reassure. that s what they re doing. just as your reporter said, it s in layers. work agains way before today. is there anybody talking about trying to mount some type of attack. then you look at the parade route. the key to security and event like this is to eliminate the unknown to the extent possible so you don t have people who are able to do things like drive a car into this area and you saw the sand trucks. it s preventing, it s limiting the access of any type of vehicle into the parade area. i saw these huge sand trucks barricading along the central park route which i had never seen before.
their efforts after the deadly terror attack in downtown manhattan. here to discuss his national security and military analyst doctor rebecca grant, happy thanksgiving to you. in new york city and other big cities across the country talking about the thanksgiving day parade is new york city ready? absolutely. let me give you background on why. isis have lost so much territory in iraq and syria their strategy to carry out worldwide attacks and we have seen them over 20 countries, london and most recently new york. the number one counterterrorist strategy is to harden the targets. police presence, sand trucks we heard about and making it difficult for a would be terrorist to pull off an attack. rob: as they revisit reading
we have nice, london, united states using a truck aimed at people, aimed at in this case christians during the christmas holiday specifically. the islamic state s online magazine singled out the macy s thanksgiving day parade happening here in new york city as what they called an excellent target. look, nypd, various law enforcement intelligence agencies and partners overseas well aware of the difference between chatter, the boasting that you see online and an imminent actionable threat. they are taking a lot of precautions and upping the precautions against vehicle attacks. this has become the go-to method for terrorists particularly with limited training who want a high likelihood of bringing about casualties from an attack. eric: it seems simple and easy. saipov rented the truck, drove it down one area. you suppose there would be sand
this race that will go through each of the five boroughs of new york city. of course, the important context is the fact this terror attack in lower manhattan only happened four days ago, however, city officials have been insistent all along this week they intend to have the marathon continue as usual tomorrow, but they are taking some precautionary measures as they believe that this marathon is an important symbol of showing the resilience of the new york city people, but they also want to make sure that safety is first and that nothing goes wrong tomorrow. here is what new york police department chief carlos gomez said yesterday about the extra security measures that the city is taking. we ve added more sand trucks, more blocker vehicles. the most that we have ever used in any detail in this city. we ve also increased the number of observation teams and countersniper teams, and it s not just in manhattan. they will be placed strategically at locations