deblasio, he says the city is very comfortable putting officers with weapons out in times square with the message don t try anything here. the city is putting final preparations in place for tomorrow, one of the largest events here in the city, that s the new york city marathon that attraction some 50,000 runners and 2 million spectators along the 26.2 mile route through the city s five boroughs. the city says that this will be the largest deployment of n.y.p.d. officers on record. they will be both seen and behind the scenes and there will be a number of officers on the ground and up above watching things from helicopters, from roof tops, there will be a number of sand trucks deployed and blocker vehicles, all to keep everyone safe. meanwhile, in chicago, there is an increased police presence there at high traffic areas and landmarks, like navy pier,
department, but yesterday he and the first lady paid their respects to pearl harbor and laid a wreath inside the u.s.s. arizona memorial, and tour of the site. listen, we re talking about 50,000 runners, more than half a million people lining the route for the new york city marathon. that s happening tomorrow. the city s police chief says a record number of sand trucks, police department blocker vehicles are going to be parked strategically along that course, all part of the heightened security steps being taken in the wake of this week s terror attack that killed eight people. i want to bring in bob baer to talk about this kind of security, as well as a couple of other things. cnn intention and security analyst, thank you so much for being with us, sir. first of all, forbes said last year s race set a record for the largest marathon in the world, more than 51,000 runners, finishers, that is. how confident are you that new
isis inspired terrorist drove a truck down the manhattan bike path on tuesday. officials say there are no credible threats around sunday s marathon, but stepping up security out of abundance of caution. we added more sand trucks and blocker vehicles. the most in any city. we increased the counter sniper teams. it is not just manhattan. placed at locations throughout the five boroughs. we have hundreds of counter trained officers on the route with radiation detection on their person. there will be explosive detecting k-9s on the route. we will monitor the crowds and event and rooftops from above. harbor, our harbor vessels will be involved. anchored at the river crossings
the terrorist drove into the bike path killing eight people and you can see the concrete barriers there. for tomorrow s new york city marathon, they ve enhanced security across the board and adding sand trucks and so-called blocker vehicles to protect spectators and pedestrians from possible vehicular attack. we ve more than doubled our observation teams. our observation posts and counter sniper teams, and it s not just here in manhattan and we ve added more heavy weapons teams. now, as the investigation continues into this attack, so, too, does the mourning and remembrance of those eight killed on tuesday. behind me, a memorial where this attack began. and darin drake as you see there is one of two americans killed in this attack. his wake is later today. five of the eight killed were friends visiting from argentina for their 30-year high school
martin luther king, jr. s famous light in the darkness speech as a tribute to the victims. hi, bryan. reporter: eric this, is the path where the terror suspect drove down south, entering on the bike path. some precautions put in, the white concrete barriers are the small ones. they have added 20-foot large concrete barriers throughout the bike path, to make sure cars and other vehicles can not drive on the bike path, potentially hurting pedestrians as well as bicyclists. as the nypd is working to the make the new york city marathon the tightest event that the marathon ever seen. they have double and triple the personnel as well as double the observation teams, double the sniper teams. they have added much more of those sand trucks, and quote, these quote-unquote blocker vehicles meant to protect pedestrians in the event from potential vehicular attacks. back here though we re now seeing that we have the memorial you re talking about, eric.