sort of support and protect areas that might be targets. so you re seeing that in new york today with the macy s day parade. with the police chief, commissioner coming out often, with obama coming out often. and talking about what we re doing to fortify areas that might be vulnerable like airports and the parade. and then the third is also to empower ourselves to prepare ourselves. whether it s talking to our families, having a plan. see something, say something. so, i think those three different ways of managing the unease that we re all feeling should bring down the temperature a little bit. and also, you know and for people to remember, well, things seem on fire around the world, and they are on fire around the world. the risk in the united states is very different than it is in europe. and people are working very hard today to minimize that risk. but we re never going to get it to zero. and in some ways, we have to begin to think that way and
here. seen and unseen. there are going to be sniffer dogs out here even radiation detectors but it is not deterring anybody, right? all: whoo! reporter: back to you guys. parade, miguel. you can t rush a parade. it will start when it starts. reporter: that s right. about 2 hours and 15 minutes from now, i ll check back in with you through all of that. you can see behind him that the weather looks like it s cooperating. right. what are we talking about, how things are looking for today, our thanksgiving. our forecast is with us. you saw them bundled up this morning. temperatures in the low 40s in new york city. temperatures will be warming up into the 50s by the time the parade gets going. a lot of sunshine. great weather for the macy s thanksgiving day parade. however, middle part of the country not so great. we have rain, ice, snow starting to develop. a front moving in. it is going to bring a mess,
there, miguel? reporter: it is feeling very thanksgiving-y out here. there are 3.5 million people expected to join the tom the turkey and santa claus out here. how are you guys feeling? are you ready for this? ready for parade? we have arizona, wisconsin, ohio represented. this guy was actually lying face down in the gutter. they drove seven hours. we even have london england. she s here by herself. even long island. look, 8,000 people in this parade. 42 balloons. 1100 cheerleaders. we feel marching bands. massive, massive event. as massive security. police here, 2500 of them. 500 extra police in the counterterrorism unit who are here. we re seeing undercover cops