and we have our strategic response group. they have long guns, also. so, we have the ability to respond quickly and effectively. >> and tactically. the theory would be if you see something suspicious -- someone with a backpack that might become the suicide bomber -- you'd want to get there before he acted, or she. >> yeah, absolutely, and there's protocol in place that had to deal with that, and it's a difficult situation, whether in any of our other specialized units. it's a scenario we don't want to see. >> i looked at your r\sum\. you were, in fact, what they used to call a transit cop at one point in your career, and there are police officers in various parts of the different kinds of authorities in new york city. should there be -- and i'm asking this as a layperson and with all due respect. should there be a more coordinated effort? should there be one agency that's in charge of all that kind of security, like the nypd, at the port authority and everywhere -- no overlapping with the mta and the port authority? >> you know what? the relationship w

about the attacks in belgium were preliminary to hold over the midnight to 8:00 shift of the strategic response group, the srg, as well as the counterterrorism bureau crc or critical response group. >> at grand central, the efforts on the streets and subway you were enhanced by the presence army national guard and state troopers. commuters saw amtrak police and k-9 units. >> i want to commend the nypd for immediately responding to the incidents in belgium and putting additional capacity out at key sites around the city and particularly in the subway system. >> reporter: we're here right now in a special section outside the nypd substation here in times square. that's because we're expecting a briefing at any moment from nypd commissioner bill bratton and also the mayor. we'll bring you the latest on that on the fox 5 news at 6:00. crowley at kennedy airport. >> reporter: thank you, lisa. just like where lisa is, security has increased significantly starting early this morning at jfk in response to the deadly attacks in brussels. it has certainly put travelers on edge. security has increased at jfk in

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tour since strategic response group to targeted stations and cops assigned aboveground are being asked to stop into subway stations in their command and walk the platforms. 645 slashing and stabbing incidents since january 1st compare today 536 for the same period last year. in the transit system alone 15 slashings this year compared to subway riders had this reaction to the new action plan. >> the police make me feel safer. >>> people feel more protected and of course those doing the damage will feel they'll get caught. >>> do you think it will make a difference? >>> i do believe it will make a difference because like we all need protection from everyone getting slashed out here. >>> now to campaign 2016 the candidates are back on the trail after super tuesday primaries hillary clinton and donald trump came out big winners but the rivals have no plans to get out of the race. >>> here is a look at the delegates trump leads with 315, and 1033. andrea grymes is here with more. >>> chris and mary, hillary clinton and donald trump each won 7 states last night, there has been so much talk a

holy devoted to anti-terror activity, in addition to our emergency services unit and our strategic response group. all of these units were deployed between the time of the attack in belgium and the beginning of the morning rush hour. a testament to commissioner bratton and the nypd, that these actions were taken so quickly and effectively. it's very important to remember, this city bore the brunt of the war on terror back in 2001 and since then, there have been 20 blocks directed against new york, and every single one of them has been foiled by the nypd, working closely with our federal and state partners. and we know that history has to be built upon in an ever more there are new and more difficult terror threats that we face. so in addition to creating the critical response command, we're giving new technology to our officers, all 36,000 officers have technology upgrades that will help them. be a key part of our efforts to prevent terror. by the end of this year, we'll have 2,000 additional officers on patrol in this city. helping us to continue to be the safest big city in america. our hearts

it puts more cops on trains at night, sends strategic response groups to targeted stations, cops assigned above ground being asked to stop into subway stations in their command, and walk the platforms, increase train inspections and 60 cops will form a new task force working out of times square. officials say the new subway initiative is not only an enforcement tool, it has a heavy psychological value for riders. we have to make sure people feel safe. with uniformed cops in the system they feel safe. >> the police make me feel safer. >> people feel more protected. those doing the damage will feel they will get caught. >> reporter: you think it will make a difference? >> i do believe it will make a difference. like we all need protection from everyone getting slashed. >> reporter: i can also tell this subway to brooklyn for his press conference today. the 25-minute ride was without indent. the only unpleasantness for a few minutes he waited for the wrong train. [ laughter ] >> happens to anyone. >> takes a lot of practice. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >>> the couple charged in the deadly h

wholly devoted to anti-terror activities in addition to our emergency services unit and our strategic response group. all of these units were deployed between the time of the attack in belgian and the beginning of the morning rush hour a testament to commissioner bratton and the leadership of the nypd that these actions were taken so quickly and so effectively. it's very important to remember, this city bore the brunt of the war on terror back in 2001 and since then, there have been 20 plots directed against new york or originating in new york and every, single one of them has been foiled by the nypd. working closely with our federal and state partners. and we know that history has to be built upon in an ever more complex dynamic. there are new and more so in addition to creating the crit cat responsible command we are giving new technology to our officers all 36,000 officers have technology upgrades that will help them be a key part of our he was to prevent terror. and by the end of this year, we'll have 2,000 additional officers on patrol in this city helping to us continue to be the safest big ci

. >> our critical response command, 500 plus officers at armed plus our strategic response group. >> the timing of this event allowed us to hold over the morning tours of duty on all units so we're double the amount of officers available to us this morning. >> that meant more visible patrols and more bag checks here at the entrance to the number 1 train. some commuters wonder, is anything really enough to deter the types of terrorists we saw in belgium today. >> not really because i think if i was maybe having a bad intention i could find a way escape it or not to be in control. >> most commuters getting used to it already. >> it's very sad that we still live in a world like this. >> innocent people died for no reason. horrible. it just sucks that everybody has to go >> nothing compared to what people in belgium are enduring. mina jacobs a police officer in belgium here in new york city as a terrorist today. >> i tried to call my family. i couldn't get through because all the cell phones are down. it's a bad day for belgium i think. >> reporter: and that kind of put things in perspec

also, beefing up not only with its counterterrorism response command but strategic response group, the hercules team, they are all dispatched and there will be a heavy presence of security seen visually seen to send a message through crowded areas, transit locations, all around new york city. all of this, as we said before, isis has put out a claim of responsibility. perhaps no surprise, the political candidates were already talking about islamic terror before any claim of responsibility. we will get to that later in the program. but paul cruickshank, there's a working assumption with belgium security officials at this time that this maybe the same cell that was operating in the paris attacks last fall. >> right. rewind it a week ago. belgian security forces went in to an apartment in a district of brussels there expecting the property to be empty. inside were three isis gunmen who were part of the paris attacks. one of those were salah abdeslam. sam sal g salah abdeslam got away and eventually was arrested. they found a rifle, ammunition and detonators. all suggesting there was an act

critical response command, 500+ officers at the ready, highly trained, well armed us our strategic response group, our emergency services unit all these units were available this morning. commissioner bratton and his team will speak in a moment about the way they were deployed but i want to commend the nypd for responding to the incidents in belgium and putting additional capacity out at key sites around the city and particularly our subway system to show people they were safe and make sure we were ready to respond in all instances so there was a tremendous amount of nypd presence around our subway system, literally just hours after the attack showing the speed and agility with which the nypd can move.we are working very closely with all our partners. you will hear from in a moment from the fbi leaders in this area, we thank them as always for their extraordinary partnerships. we've been working closely with the state and port authority given that there's issues obviously affecting the airport in belgium but all those preparations, all the effort that's being put in to today to make sure people a

critical response command, 500 plus officers at the ready, highly trained, well armed, plus our strategic response group, our emergency services unit, all these units were available this morning. commissioner bratton and his team will speak in a moment about the way they were deployed. i want to commend the nypd for immediately responding and putting additional capacity out at key sites around the city, to show people they were safe and to make sure we were ready to respond in all instances. there was a tremendous amount of nypd presence around our subway system, in particular, literally just hours after the attack, showing the speed and the agility with which the nypd can move. we are working very closely with our partners. you'll hear from in a moment from the fbi leaders in this area. we thank them as always for their extraordinary partnership. we have been working closely with the state and port authority, given that the issues affected the airport in belgium. but all those preparations and the effort being put into today to making sure people are safe, all the personnel being deployed should be ano

our critical response command, our emergency service unit, our strategic response group, all formed inrg, formed in the last year or so, put together highly trained officers, hand-selected, given a lot of counterterrorism training, as well as the weaponry, long gun, heavy vests, helmets, to have a very robust presence out there in the city of new york. >> people who don't live and work here, people who visit the city during the year, really will see something different. they're in specific uniforms, they -- you flooded the zone. we put out at 3:30 yesterday morning, i was on the phone with the deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, john miller, and the chief of department, jim o'neil, and we formulated what we were going to do for this particular deployment. now, it didn't start at 3:30 yesterday. this is ongoing for the last 14, almost 15 years of training and planning and exercising. and so it came very quickly, i'll take manhattan, the srg groups will take the outer bureaus. we'll flood the transit systems, because that was what the attack was in brussels. and so

the attacks in belgium were still preliminary to hold over the midnight to 8 shift of the strategic response group the counterterrorism bureau crc or the critical response group and to redeploy them to posts that reflected increasing security and transit locations, transition hubs and other high-profile locations for the rush hour. >> let's go now to our homeland security correspondent for how u.s. security is being strengthened. >> what you're seeing in new york is what we're seeing in major cities across the country. this beefed up security presence at major transportation hubs. that's the case in new york city where you are seeing more patrols at subways and airports at washington, d.c. there is more of the same. it is this pronounced show of force. even though u.s. officials say there is no specific threat against the u.s. at this time. they are cautioning against fear and once again reminding the public that if you see something, say something. officials here in this country right now are focused on gathering intelligence. we are told the fbi is ready to assist and they are monitoring the sit

in addition to that, we have the strategic response group. which is extremely mobile.r explorers, their ford explorers, and they're ready to respond. the pointy edge of the spear is the emergency services department. the hercules teams out and about. we are nimble. we are spread out throughout the city. working with our federal partners. as soon as actionable intelligence becomes available, we act on it. >> speaking of the feds, i know that there has been a proposed $90 million cut on federal anti-terror funding. specifically for new york city. i know the commissioner. i'm sure you, i've seen the mayor, are furious. but the pushback to that would be when you look at the more recent -- for example, isis inspired terror plots or in cities like san bernardino. so some of the rationale perhaps for the federal government would be let's take a little bit away from the huge cities like new york, like d.c. and spread the wealth, what would you say to that? >> the proposal is to cut half, $90 million. this is money that we need for our awareness system. most people are aware, w

a splinter taliban group that has publicly said they now support isis has claimed responsibility on this. your thoughts on this attack? >> well the radical islamists have a strategic hand that they're launching that transcends the traditional radical islamist groups. the main tenor of that campaign is to drive conditions and muslims and jews out to making it virtually inhabitable for them. that is taking place in the middle east. it's taking place in africa. it's taking place in south asia. and it is by all means a strategic campaign. the director of the united nations said listen, radical islamism is morphing into a global problem. it's now a global jihad and it is worsening. and we sit here today with no strategy to cope with that. political and religious leaders are not trying to undermine this ideology. we're not organizing ourselves to deal with it. and we certainly have no strategy. and this is going to continue. and obviously, they just don't make war on christians and jews. they make war on what they believe are nonbelievers, shias as well. they are serious. this is a spreading cancer that the world is facing and we have yet to organize ourselves to cope w

strategic targets. some people called ben gardan as the world west. its markets and shops now closed. tunisians have traveled for here to site for groups like i.s.i.l. many people feel that i.s.i.l. many responsible for what happened. >> they are dirt. we are not afraid of them. all the people of ben gardan is in solidarity with the government. we hate them. they don't represent us. they don't represent tunisia. >> translator: of course i'm atrade. we're all atrade in ben gardan because it is the first time that something like this has happened. >> reporter: one possible reason for this attack is revenge for a recent u.s. air strike on an i.s.i.l. attack on sobrata in western libya. it is felt the strike hatched with the help of tunisian intelligence. last week a dozen fighters crossed the border close to this location attacking security forces but this sometime it was a much larger group. >> translator: this is an unprecedented attack planned and organized and whose goal is probably to take control of this area and to announce a new emirate. >> the teurn tunisian governmend stop arms fighters from coming in. tunisia clearly needs brert enforcement. it is already within tunisia itself. >> nazanin