chief patrick robert, our chief of operations here. and i'd also give a special thanks to chief brown who has managed to staff us up for this event without any loss of staffing so we can conduct our normal operations in the field even during these concurrent events. so some fire safety issues that we'd like to speak about with regards to the event itself, particularly in chinatown and if you get lost fm your from your friends or family that you're participating in the event with make sure that you have a reunification area that you pre designated so that you can meet up with your friends afterwards. you're going to see a lot of our red gaiters which are small four wheeled vehicles that are along the parade route. >> those will be staffed by fire department members who are going to be engaging in potential fire suppression. they're also going to be engaging in fire prevention and they're going to be engaging in medical response as needed if you are going to stay home and watch the event, make sure you have a working smoke detector. crit

chief patrick robert, our chief of operations here. up for this event without any loss of staffing so we can conduct our normal operations in the field even during these concurrent events. so some fire safety issues that we'd like to speak about with regards to the event itself, particularly in chinatown and if you get lost from your from your friends or family that you're participating in the event with make sure that you have a reunification area that you pre designated so that you can meet up with your friends afterwards. you're going to see a lot of our red gaiters which are small four wheeled vehicles that are along the parade route. >> those will be staffed by fire department members who are going to be engaging in potential fire suppression. they're also going to be engaging in fire prevention and they're going to be engaging in medical response as needed if you are going to stay home and watch the event, make sure you have a working smoke detector. critically important. we are really excited about this event. this group has wor

robert mueller, for example, who of course, led the russia investigation. he was the fbi director at the time here. james comey was not involved in this, but patrick fitzgerald was the u.s. attorney at the time of this conviction. and he went on to represent james comey. so you heard in the oval office just a couple hours or so ago, the president talking about some of those same guys that went after me. so that is what this is about. also, not just about pardoning blagojevich, which of course is important to him, but so many illinois republicans at the time were so offended by this level of corruption. and now to see this pardon certainly is so full circle here, but it's all about rod blagojevich. but also those people who brought him to justice. yeah. >> all right. jeff zeleny, thank you very much. and next, trump says he has spoken to putin, but the kremlin will not confirm it, which is unusual. and we're going to go live to moscow. >> until this week, my dad did not know where he was from. it means the world to share ancestry with my dad in nigeria. this is where it all started. so they broken it down by regions, by journeys and by parent. i th