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Security Tight at Super Bowl
Aired February 01, 2004 - 09:38 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: More than 138 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl on TV. We already said 70,000 plus on hand to see it live. One of those 70,000 will be Josie Burke, who is in Houston. She's going to be there for the game, and she joins us.
Good morning to you. How is security this morning? It is noticeably much tighter?
JOSIE BURKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Martin, we've seen, since September 11, at all big events, at the Super Bowl especially, that security is tight. It's not any tighter it was than when the Patriots were in the Super Bowl two years ago in New Orleans, that was the first post-9/11 Super Bowl.
Fans aren't getting here yet, but I can give you my personal experience just coming through this morning, went through a metal detector and then was frisked. So that was a little bit different. Haven't seen that. Asked a woman who did it, she said every single person, as far as she knows, is going to be frisked when they come in. They also have those larger screening devices that you see at an airport. If something were to buzz, go off in the metal detector, they can use the wand and they can also send a bag through just like they would at an airport.
Also want to add the fact, we were just talking about airlines and security, part of the security here is that no-fly zone, but also, Martin, they are checking very closely all of those passenger lists of planes coming in and out of Houston today.
SAVIDGE: All right. Well, let's go from security to the game itself. Based on the demeanor of the teams, which one's got an edge, do you think?
BURKE: Well, I don't think you can look at their demeanor and say that one has reacted better than the other to the whole situation. In the media, we love Super Bowl weeks where people come out and do crazy things, say crazy things. Both of these teams have been so businesslike, so down to earth, so walking that fine line between being uptight and being laid back so well, that it's hard to say that one or the other comes out on top there.
SAVIDGE: OK. And before you go, the secret, do we know who the performer is going to be, at least the star one?
BURKE: Well, the star one of the game or the star one at halftime or the star one in the pregame? There are so many. One thing that I think that's interesting to note is that nobody here in Houston is forgetting, Martin, the fact that today is the anniversary of the "Columbia" disaster last year. In fact, there are going to be surviving family members of those astronauts here. A tribute is planned before the game, lasting 2.5 minutes, to commemorate the terrible anniversary of that disaster.
SAVIDGE: Josie Burke, thank you. It is appropriate we remember just that. Thank you.
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Aired February 1, 2004 - 09:38 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: More than 138 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl on TV. We already said 70,000 plus on hand to see it live. One of those 70,000 will be Josie Burke, who is in Houston. She's going to be there for the game, and she joins us.
Good morning to you. How is security this morning? It is noticeably much tighter?
JOSIE BURKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Martin, we've seen, since September 11, at all big events, at the Super Bowl especially, that security is tight. It's not any tighter it was than when the Patriots were in the Super Bowl two years ago in New Orleans, that was the first post-9/11 Super Bowl.
Fans aren't getting here yet, but I can give you my personal experience just coming through this morning, went through a metal detector and then was frisked. So that was a little bit different. Haven't seen that. Asked a woman who did it, she said every single person, as far as she knows, is going to be frisked when they come in. They also have those larger screening devices that you see at an airport. If something were to buzz, go off in the metal detector, they can use the wand and they can also send a bag through just like they would at an airport.
Also want to add the fact, we were just talking about airlines and security, part of the security here is that no-fly zone, but also, Martin, they are checking very closely all of those passenger lists of planes coming in and out of Houston today.
SAVIDGE: All right. Well, let's go from security to the game itself. Based on the demeanor of the teams, which one's got an edge, do you think?
BURKE: Well, I don't think you can look at their demeanor and say that one has reacted better than the other to the whole situation. In the media, we love Super Bowl weeks where people come out and do crazy things, say crazy things. Both of these teams have been so businesslike, so down to earth, so walking that fine line between being uptight and being laid back so well, that it's hard to say that one or the other comes out on top there.
SAVIDGE: OK. And before you go, the secret, do we know who the performer is going to be, at least the star one?
BURKE: Well, the star one of the game or the star one at halftime or the star one in the pregame? There are so many. One thing that I think that's interesting to note is that nobody here in Houston is forgetting, Martin, the fact that today is the anniversary of the "Columbia" disaster last year. In fact, there are going to be surviving family members of those astronauts here. A tribute is planned before the game, lasting 2.5 minutes, to commemorate the terrible anniversary of that disaster.
SAVIDGE: Josie Burke, thank you. It is appropriate we remember just that. Thank you.
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