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At the end of the bridge. i did not see where it ended up. >> ok. and then you saw this vehicle go through this group of people and you said you actually went toward the bridge during that time? and that was just to see what was going on? >> yes. yes. that was back towards the staircase just to see -- you know, is there anything i could do to help or anything that we can do to get assistance. the police did come within probably two to three minutes, so it was very, very quick response time. it i...

Be there. god bless you. we dont know exactly what is unfolding right now. we know that the metropolitan police is responding to three separate incidents. the first happening a little after 10:00 local time, about an hour and a half ago. it was on the london bridge. at least a handful of people according to eyewitnesss were hit by a van that came at a high rate of speed. someone described it as going back and forth and plowing into pedestrians on the bridge, sending some people into the air. the...

Bridge? >> yes, yes, correct. what i saw on one side and at that time i had a passenger. i told my passenger, can you please help me to record the incident so we can help the police. she started to help me record the incident. i can see one on the side and looked like most of them are the women, young women. >> did you see where that vehicle ended up? >> no, no.

Some of the hall marx with this attack but were waiting to hear a lot more information from authorities as they try to connect the dots, work out whether these were connected, whether there is a terror cell behind it. still too early to say. >> clarissa, let me read the london police tweets. this is what we have on the record from official sources investigated right now. this began around 10: 08 local time on london brings. a vehicle in collision with pedestrians on the bridge. officers have res...

Possibly a bike as well. i immediately turned around, went back up the stairs, saw stefrl people on the ground. also as it was happening i watched a person jump off the bridge into the water about halfway down the bridge in order to escape the vehicle. >> oh, my gosh, what was going through your mind when you were watching this? >> just shock. i immediately thought of the attack in nice. its a very similar situation. >> you said you saw somebody jump off the bridge into the water. did you see wh...

This is being treated as a terrorist threat. otherwise they wouldnt have summoned the cobra meeting. of course weve seen these vehicle attacks many times in the west of late, including, by the way, in the united states. many viewers will recall the nice attack where 80-plus people were killed, in the berlin attack where a dozen people were killed. there was also a similar attack at ohio state university where nobody was killed but quite a number of people were injured. in that attack there was a...

Have been populations for militants to find and recruit followers and we know that both isis and al qaeda have told their followers, as theyre getting squeezed in raqqah, isis is getting squeezed in longa and mosul. theyve told their people to stay where you are and do as much damage as you can. this happening on the saturday evening at a landmark in london just as people are leaving bars, going across a tourist spot at night is a perfect target. >> all right. kim dozier, tom fa went easy, stand...

Up. >> i think it definitely -- thats why i cited a code but thats going to be left up to others to decide. i just want to know what his exposure is. >> reporter: his attorney said he briefed the agency extensively both before and afterst trip but sources say he did not disclose. a new question today, whether flint told the white house about this. the white houses director of legislative affairs mark short said it would not provide documents about flynn because they were outside the scope of the...