one of them former new york mayor rudolph guiliani. nce to speak with guiliani about 9/11 security a few moments ago. alison? >> reporter: hi. the former new york city mayor came back today to ring the opening bell. as he did, back on september 17th, 2001. he said you know what? it was important to come back here to mark that day when the markets reopened after being closed almost a week. he said this is a huge symbol of capitalism and the nation's financial system and guiliani said getting the nyse back up and running was a difficult job but an important job and he led us through the worst terror attacks on u.s. soil so he knows what he's talking about. i want you to hear what he had to say about the current terror threat we heard about yesterday. >> i don't know the exact intelligence but i can sort of interpret from all the experience i had getting that information. they must be pretty convinced this is a real one. that doesn't mean it is going to happen or they aren't able to intercept it. we have much better methods now for picking