TAPPER: The countdown is on to New Year's Eve. While police in New York City say there's no credible threat of which they know, they're stepping up security for the iconic ball drop this weekend. Joining us now from Time's Square is CNN's Brynn Gingras. Brynn, New York police talk about enhanced security and sand trucks. Why sand trucks?</s>BRYNN GINGRAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Dozens of them, Jake, are going to be around this whole entire perimeter of Time's Square. And in addition to that, 100 of what they call blocker vehicles. And those are department vehicles that are just going to be parked in the street. Those are preventing any truck attacks, lessons learned from what authorities saw in Berlin and also in Nice. These are new additions to the security measures the NYPD is taking this year. But it is multilayers of security. I mean, it took an hour for police to go through exactly what they're doing. Of course, not even giving us all the information. But we've been talking about them and they said within just the last week they've been visiting parking garages. They've been securing manholes around this area. They've also been visiting truck rental places. So, these are all, again, multilayers to keep more than two million people safe when they come here to have a good time in Time's Square -- Jake?</s>TAPPER: All right, Brynn Gingras, in New York City, thank you. Just 22 days until Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. What does team Trump think of President Obama's sanctions slapped against Russia for its meddling in the U.S. election? We will ask Sean Spicer, the incoming White House press secretary, after this short break.
N.Y. Steps Up Security for Time's Square Ball Drop