Thousands Expected at Charlie Kirk Memorial Service in Glendale Arizona with President and Vice President

[00:00] This is the National News Desk,

[00:02] America's news now. Good evening and

[00:05] thank you for being with us. I'm Dee

[00:06] Gatton and we begin this half hour with

[00:09] the thousands including highprofile

[00:11] leaders expected to attend Charlie

[00:13] Kirk's memorial service this Sunday in

[00:16] Glendale, Arizona with the president and

[00:18] the vice president set to talk. Joining

[00:21] us now from Arizona, the national news

[00:24] desk, Anakah John's. And let's just

[00:26] begin with a federal law enforcement

[00:28] warning. of potential threats ahead of

[00:30] this service. Anakah, the funeral, it's

[00:32] also getting the highest security

[00:34] designation similar to that of the Super

[00:36] Bowl or the Boston Marathon. What kind

[00:38] of visible security do you see in the

[00:41] area tonight?

[00:44] Yeah, good evening. So, as for what's

[00:46] currently going on right now, we're not

[00:48] seeing too much law enforcement here in

[00:50] the area. We did see a little bit of the

[00:51] state police out here today. They've

[00:53] started setting up a few borders here in

[00:55] this area, a couple fencing, but other

[00:57] than that, there's not too much

[00:58] happening. Of course, we are still about

[01:00] two days away or a day away from this

[01:02] memorial service happening. But I did

[01:04] speak to the Glendale Police Department

[01:06] a little bit earlier today and they were

[01:07] telling me a little bit more about what

[01:09] exactly they plan on having here. Now,

[01:11] obviously, they say that they're going

[01:12] to have their SWAT teams out here,

[01:14] drones, their bomb dog is going to be

[01:16] out here as well, and a couple

[01:17] undercover detectives who are going to

[01:19] be within that crowd there helping to

[01:21] keep the peace here. And you did mention

[01:23] how highprofile that this event is going

[01:25] to be. Now the US Department of Homeland

[01:27] Security has issued this as an event as

[01:30] a level one special event assessment

[01:32] rating or a sneer sear event and that is

[01:36] due to the number of the people expected

[01:38] to arrive here and of course those

[01:39] high-profile dignitaries who are also

[01:41] expected to attend.

[01:42] And also I understand entry is first

[01:44] come first serve but turning point is

[01:46] asking you to register online. What are

[01:49] you learning about entry and screening

[01:51] to actually get into the stadium?

[01:55] Yeah, so as far as it is to get into the

[01:57] stadium, just like you mentioned there,

[01:59] yeah, they are asking for people to go

[02:01] to their website and sign up. There is

[02:03] limited parking here in this area and

[02:04] even limited seating inside the stadium.

[02:06] So, they are directing people to go over

[02:09] and go into the overflow, which is at

[02:11] the Desert Diamond Arena, which just so

[02:12] happens to be across the street from

[02:14] where we are now. But yes, they they are

[02:16] are expecting quite a large crowd of

[02:18] people out here on Sunday.

[02:21] Anakah John's reporting tonight from

[02:23] Glendale, Arizona. Saint here.