Ahead on cnn newsroom, former President Donald Trump says his right to free speech is in danger, well tell you what the Special Counsel is asking the judge to do in the way of a limited gag order. President biden, meanwhile, is weighing in on the uaw strike as negotiators prepare to head back to the Bargaining Table. And north Korean Leader kim jongun is wrapping up his tour of Military Sites in russia, well have a live report from the region. Announcer live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Donald trump is lashing out at the Special Counsel investigating his alleged 2020 federal election interference. He says jack smith is trying to rob him of his First Amendment right to free speech. Smiths office had asked a u. S. District court judge to impose a court order limiting what the former president can say in public about the case against him. The Justice Department says the order is needed to protect the integrity of trumps upcoming trial. Trump spoke about it befo
reporter: right, he was on with dana bash yesterday on state of the union where he talked about how he wants to bring back this anti-gun unit, plain clothes officers who are going to be patrolling, trying to get guns off the street. so perhaps we ll hear more about that. you know, i think eric adams realizes that he needs to do something. he needs to say something. that is why we are expected to hear from him today, perhaps laying out some kind of plan. the issue for nypd and law enforcement in this city is that there are just too many guns on the streets of this city and a lot of the violent crime we re seeing across the city is as a result of people who are possessing illegal weapons. so perhaps we ll hear something. something from the mayor concerning what he plans to do. he was captain of the nypd as well where he served for two decades.
the a few more details that they have planned. more than double the observation team, roof top snipers, plain clothes officers, traffic control agents. how are you feeling about the security preparation? it. make no mistake, whether or not the terror attack happened or not, the package, the security package for the new york city marathon is a robust package. to unpack this, this is a national special security event. an nsse. homeland security has oversight over the special events we know are going to have a lot of people in attendance, vip s. the fbi handle the the intelligence piece, secret service handles the security piece with the nypd and fema s there in case there s any consequence management. i can tell you this will be one the safest places you could be on the planet tomorrow. other national security experts have said just the fact
received criticism for using plain clothes officers at demonstrations. do you think the police force should have kept it all officers in uniform so they can approximate readily identified and not create any doubt in the minds of the citizens as to who they are dealing with? that is the only thick that would make sense to me in this situation. tremaine lee spoke about the optics of these demonstrations and when law enforcement is out there in riot gear with the militarized show of force that already presents a certain level of tension, i m not exactly sure why you need plain clothes police officers or undercover officers or unmarked cars in a situation that is already tense and volatile and energized by those great activists on the ground, including our colleague here the reverend, who are trying to do the work. so again, from law enforcement s perspective, you have to just have a sort of comprehensive acknowledgment of what the doj report said about law
problem from all fronts. they use male undercover officers to troll the streets as johns and female officers to pose as prostitutes. they also go online and call girls whose pimps place ads on site like craigslist. is jasmine there? and veterans are constantly training rookies in undercover tactics. we just put on an undercover school. what we ll do is take these guys out and get their feet wet. let them try and pick up some girls and see what it s like to follow a car and that kind of thing. detective jim saleda is an eight-year veteran of the task force. tonight he ll be working closed cover keeping a protective eye on the undercover cops posing as johns. again, if shots are fired be mindful you always want cover. tonight s sting requires two dozen officers and nine cars. and if there is an officer down we ll react to the threat as we just talked about. we actually have one of our close cover officers, plain clothes officers, who was