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Security analyst. peter, isis has been losing a lot of ground in iraq and syria. the caliphate seems to be crumbling right now although they are still there. there has always been fear that as they lose ground in iraq and syria they will step up terror activities elsewhere. is this what we saw in spain today a reaction to that? >> we dont know because we dont know who carried out the attack. isis has claimed it and used the formulation of soldiers. that is a formulation they use when they havent...

New york city. it is 8:30 p.m. here in spain. we want to get a update on the ha latest on barcelona. 13 dead, more than 50 injured? >> thats right, the interior minister said 13 people were killed, more than 50 injured. they said this was the most serious condemnation to a terrorist attack in barcelona. were also getting reports that a amongst those wounded, some very, very seriously injured people. the number of fatalities may go up. also the police force in spain says they arrested a man in ba...

Trying to do business with donald trump can you trust him? >> this kind of pretty inflammatory language, what does it do to the cooperation the u.s. is seeking from many majority muslim nations working to fight isis, al qaeda and other terror organization snz. >> president trump reaches in these moments for whatever statement makes him look like the strong man, the tough guy, not necessarily the guy who is going to bring people and allies together and that is the tendency and that is what you se...

In elkinar. two explosions, two people in custody. the ones arrested were in ripola and elkinar but the driver of the van is on the run. authorities tell us they do not have the driver of the vehicle in custody. the person behind the wheel according to a official in the region says the van attack that killed 13 people is connected to the explosion and the driver of the van is not in custody. its been a confusing day all around. its understandable, rich, with so much going on basically at the sam...

There are two suspects who are in custody, but neither of them was arrested at the scene in barcelona. instead, one was arrested in the town of -- where the van was rented. and the second was arrested in elk in order to pray to the side of the two deadly explosions. one was last night. another tonight. on scene in both of those trying to link together the pieces. police believe that the explosions are linked to the attack on las ramblas, but very unclear how. and police to acknowledge the two su...

Logistically to help others elsewhere in europe to further isiss agenda and concerns about people traveling more than 100 spaniards and spanish residents have made the trip to join isis and other terror groups. a much lower number than the number that have travelled from britain and france and germany. the threat is not as acute as other countries in spain. spain hasnt been so much in the isis cross hairs because it is not part of the coalition in terms of launching air strikes. the target is a ...

Incidents. the thing about a vehicle attack requires no special training and its very hard to deter. unfortunately, we have seen 128 victims of these attacks just in the last three years. >> you are absolutely right. no special training simply to drive a vehicle into a crowd of innocent people. there is specialized training if you escape from that and do a get away. it looks like there was some sort of escape plan. i want you to stand by and get back to you. i want to bring in congressman democr...

City. how difficult is it to predict and prevent this kind of terrorism? >> this is one of the most if not the most difficult kind of terrorist act to prevent because it doesnt take a lot of planning. it doesnt require a lot of coordination with other people. they can be picked up by human intelligence. all it requires is somebody to go on the internet on their own time and the privacy of their own home and decide that they are going to carry out a terrorist act. we dont know exactly whether tha...

At a state department meeting with japanese counter parts, defense secretary james mattis reiterated president trumps military strategy against north korea. >> together we will deter and if necessary defeat any threat, any initiation of hostility will be met with an effective and overwhelming response. >> underscoring a mawarning to north korea not to conduct an missile attack. >> we would take immediate specific actions to take it done. >> north korea appears to have blanked for now. several u....

Anecdote where he supposedly used bullets dipped in pigs blood to kill muslim terrorists. what is your reaction to the president spreading this kind of misinformation so soon after this latest terror attack? >> its not helpful at all. in fact, its just very odd for the president of the united states to be getting on twitter and spreading a myth about general pershing and one that has been debunked. especially to do it on the same day of the attack. it is behavior that charlottesville cant explai...