Mayor De Blasio On Terror Attack: We Will Get To The Bottom Of What Happened | Morning Joe

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "MORNING JOE."
MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US. YOU OBVIOUSLY WERE ON THE SCENE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER YESTERDAY. ANYTHING WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
THAT TERRORIST ATTACK YESTERDAY? AND MOVING FORWARD, SHOULD WE BE
WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW YORK MARATHON?
>> JOE, LOOK, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY NYPD DID AN
OUTSTANDING JOB IN ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS YESTERDAY.
OUR BRAVE, YOUNG OFFICER STOPPED THAT SITUATION FROM ENDING UP
BEING POTENTIALLY A LOT WORSE AND WHAT'S AMAZING, JOE, AND YOU
AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, NEW YORKERS WENT BACK
TO BUSINESS, BACK TO WORK IMMEDIATELY.
WE HAD A HALLOWEEN PARADE LAST NIGHT.
WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. A MILLION PEOPLE WERE THERE.
AND I TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM, JOE.
I TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THEIR
ATTITUDE WAS ONE OF RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, PERSISTENCE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET TERRORISTS CHANGE OUR WAY OF
LIFE. IT MADE ME VERY PROUD OF NEW
YORK CITY. >> IS THERE A WHAT YOU'RE
EXPECTING FOR THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON, AS WELL?
>> I AM. >> DO YOU THINK IT WILL GO ON
UNINTERRUPTED? >> ABSOLUTELY.
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A MESSAGE TO THE WHOLE WORLD THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHO WE ARE.
THE MARATHON IS A HUGE ENDEAVOR. VERY WELL ORGANIZED.
ALL OF OUR UNIFORM SERVICES KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.
NYPD WILL BE OUT IN IN EVEN GREATER FORCE, JOE.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF VISIBLE PRESENCE..
A LOT OF OFFICERS WITH LONG GUNS.
YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS, OTHER THINGS YOU WON'T SEE THAT ARE
PROTECTING US. BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT IT WILL GO
OFF AS PLANNED AND IT WILL BE SAFE.
>> SO LET'S GO TO WILLIE GEIST. THE MARATHON IS AN ICONIC EVENT
IN NEW YORK CITY AND RUNNERS ARE -- RUNNERS ARE RESILIENT
PEOPLE, FOR SURE, AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
WILLIE GEIST. >> MAYOR DE BLASIO, IT'S WILLIE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. I WAS OUT TRICK OR TREATING WITH
MY KIDS LAST NIGHT AND THE STREETS WERE ABSOLUTELY FULL OF
CHILDREN WHO WENT BACK OUTUT WI THEIR PARENTS AND DOING WHAT
THEY WANT HAVE DONE, ANYWAY. I'M A BLOCK AWAY, MR. MAYOR,
FROM THE HOME DEPOT TRUCK THAT WAS USED IN THIS ATTACK AND I'M
WATCHING KIDS STREAM INTO SCHOOL RIGHT OUTSIDE THE POLICE TAPE.
THEY'RE WALKING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CRIME SCENE GETTING BACK TO
THEIR LIVES. BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU MORE ABOUT
THIS IS SUSPECT. 29-YEAR-OLD UZBEK NATIONAL, CAME
IN WITH, RENTED A TRUCK, WENT DOWN AND TOOK EIGHT LIVES.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE FROM WHAT YOU'VE GATHERED FROM THE NEW
YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHO THIS GUY IS?
>> IS LOOK, WILLIE, NYPD, ALL OUR PARTNERS ARE WORKING ON THIS
INVESTIGATION. BUT TO THE POINT YOU MADE, WE
MADE A DECISION LAST NIGHT TO KEEP THOSE SCHOOLS OPEN, TO KEEP
PEOPLE ON THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO NOT
GIVE IN, TO NOT BLINK WHEN WE'RE AFFRONTED.
AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M SORRY THOSE KIDS HAD TO GO BY
THAT SITE, BUT I ALSO THINK IT SAYS TO THEM, WE CAN OVERCOME
THIS. WE'RE STRONGER THAN THIS, WE'RE
BETTER THAN THIS. AND HIGHWAYS THE TOOUT ATTITUDE
I'VE SEEN IN NEW YORK. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, WILLIE, AND WE'RE GOING TO ALSO
ASSESS OTHER CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE IN OUR APPROACH GOING
FORWARD. BUT ONE THING YOU WILL KNOW FOR
SURE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF NYPD PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK, INTO THE MARATHON, AND THAT DETERRENCE IS A BIG PART OF
WHAT WE DO. WE'VE CREATED THE BIGGEST A
ANTI-TERRORISM FORCE OF ANY FORCE IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE
THAT VISIBLE DETERRENCE MATTERS. >> MIKE.
>> YOU MOVE AROUND B THIS CITY, ANY PART OF THE CITY, ANY OF THE
BURROWS OF THE CITY, YOU REALIZE THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY IS
ACTUALLY SORT OF A MASSIVE MINI SECURITY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> DETAIL.
WITH THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER ANCILLARY
ORGANIZATIONS. AFFILIATED WITH THE NYPD.
THE COST OF IT IS ENORMOUS. WHAT DOES A CITY LIKE NEW YORK,
GIVEN ITS WORLD RESPONSIBILITIES,
RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORLD, AN ATTRACTION TO THE WORLD, DO
ABOUT COVERING THOSE COSTS? >> LOOK, FIRST OF ALL, MIKE, WE
KNOW WE'RE THE NUMBER ONE GLOBAL -- OR NUMBER ONE I SHOULD
SAY TERROR TARGET IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO BE IN A REA READY POSITION.
WE HAVE TO BE STRONG. WE ADDED 2,000 MORE POLICE
OFFICERS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS LARGELY SO WE COULD HAVE THAT
ADDITIONAL VISIBLE PRESENCE. WE DO BEAR A LOT OF THAT COST.
NOW, WE DO EXPECT SOME OF THAT TO BE TAKEN OVER BY WASHINGTON
AND THAT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN THE CASE.
YOU KNOW IN RECENT MONTHS SOME OF THAT FUNDING HAS BEEN
THREATENED FOR OTHER POLITICAL AND POLICY REASONS BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. MY MESSAGE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY
HOW ON EARTH ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE AWAY ANTI-TERRORISM FUNDING
FROM THE NUMBER ONE TERROR TARGET IN AMERICA?
BUT WE'LL BEAR THE COSTS TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.
YOU WOULD THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD WITH SEE IT AS
A NATIONAL PRIORITY TO PROTECT OUR BIGGEST CITY.
>> MR. MAYOR, ONE OF THE I WAS THINKING ABOUT YESTERDAY IS IT'S
16 YEARS SINCE 9/11. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE.
AND IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO HONOR THE ANTI-TERRORISM PEOPLE IN THE
CITY AND THE COPS IN THIS CITY. 16 YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
AND THERE'S SOMETIMES THAT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
IT NEVER HAPPENS. >> MIKE, THERE HAVE BEEN 20
PLOTS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT DIRECTED AT NEW YORK CITY OR
ORIGINATING IN NEW YOREW YORK C THAT WERE FOILED.
BY THE NYPD, BY THE FBI. INTELLIGENCE GATHERING MAKES A
HUGE DIFFERENCE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE
STOPPED YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT ON PURPOSE.
AND WE ALSO WITH KNOW THAT TIMES THAT EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS CAME
FORWARD, TOLD POLICE SOMETHING THAT STOPPED AN ATTACK OR AS I
REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN TIMES SQUARE RAN OVER TO AN
OFFICER AND STOPPED SOMETHING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
ATTACK. THIS PIECE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
AN IDLE PHRASE. EVERYONE CAN HELP OUR POLICE TO
PROTECT US. ANY TIP MIGHT BE THE LIFESAVER.
>> AND AS THE PRESIDENT IS TWEETING, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THE TO POINT OUT THAT EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS CONSISTENT OF PEOPLE
LIKE THE VICTIMS, PEOPLE FROM BELGIUM, PEOPLE FROM ARGENTINA,
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT COME HERE ABUSE THEY LOVE
NEW YORK. >> AND WHO KEEP US SAFE.
AND MIKA, HERE IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT POINT.
THE NYPD BELIEVES DEEPLY IN BUILDING CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH EVERY YEAR. BY THE WAY, THERE ARE 900 MUSLIM
OFFICERS IN THE NYPD WHO PROTECT EVERYONE, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DEEP
IN COMMUNITIES, WE GET THE FLOW OF INFORMATION.
THIS IS REALLY THE WAY FORWARD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME FORWARD.
WE'RE ALL WEARING THE SAME UNIFORM IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
AND IF EVERY COMMUNITY FEELS CONNECTED AND INVESTED AND
WILLING TO COME FORWARD TO THE POLICE, INCLUDING OUR IMMIGRANT
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