most successful terror attack since 9/11. there s been 12 years between these two attacks. so it s important not to overstate how dangerous this moment is. peggy? oh, lots of thoughts. i was in penn station yesterday, and there was a heightened sense of watchfulness. there were a lot of police, some military fellows in camouflage with dogs, a few dogs bark iing. so there was the heightened sense of anxiety. it is also true we re not only in the era of closed circuit tv, we re in the era of everybody has a cell phone that is taping everything else that was part of this. to doris point, in a funny way these things remind places. we always say communities. i say towns. towns and cities are real. they are a place. they re full of people who care about each other and engage with each other. they re an entity and they act together. there s something really valuable about that. it s interesting, the columnist for the boston globe
since 9/11. there s been 12 years between these two attacks. so it s important not to overstate how dangerous this moment is. peggy? oh, lots of thoughts. i was in penn station yesterday, and there was a heightened sense of watchfulness. there were a lot of police, some military fellows in camouflage with dogs, a few dogs bark iing. so there was the heightened sense of anxiety. it is also true we re not only in the era of closed circuit tv, we re in the era of everybody has a cell phone that is taping everything else that was part of this. to doris point, in a funny way these things remind places. we always say communities. i say towns. towns and cities are real. they are a place. they re full of people who care about each other and engage with each other. they re an entity and they act together. there s something really valuable about that. it s interesting, the columnist for the boston globe wrote something and at the end of it he said, this loss of
cause discomfort and these things don t, of course, stop events from happening, necessarily. you can t be 100% vigilant on every package, every bag that s left on the street. so we are moving into a new phase. the other thing is, this is the really the most successful terror attack since 9/11. there s been 12 years between these two attacks. so it s important not to overstate how dangerous this moment is. peggy? oh, lots of thoughts. i was in penn station yesterday, and there was a heightened sense of watchfulness. there were a lot of police, some military fellows in camouflage with dogs, a few dogs barking. lots of dogs. so there was the heightened sense of anxiety. it is also true we re not only in the era of closed circuit tv, we re in the era of everybody has a cell phone that is taping everything else that was part of this. to doris point, in a funny way these things remind places.
just between north and south korea, they re in a much higher state of alert right now. look, they are always on a much higher state of alert. right now the guidelines are watchfulness. they are not they are not seeing major offensive moves by the north korean military, but the timing of any provocation could be very short. the worry is that things could erupt and spin out of control and they want to stop it before that happens. let s hope that happens, that it doesn t spin out of control. barbara, thank you. add to all of this, by the way, south korea s new president sending a threat of her own today by promising swift, swift military action if the north does anything at all provocative. translator: if there is any provocation against south korea and its people there shall be a strong response without any political considerations. the south continues to hold military exercise wets united
elected leaders of this land, especially barack obama, our president, and joe biden, our vice president, fill them with truth and watchfulness that they may do your will. though their hearts with wisdom and forbearance without righteousness and justice so that men and women in this nation can find the fulfillment of our humanity. we pray that the president and vice president and all in political authority will remember the words of the profit might prophet mica walk humbly