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Surfaced. these attacks are escalating. the "new york post" reports. chunk of concrete, bottles thrown at nypd cops in separate incidents. attacks like these have moved from new york state gop to lawmakers to proposed legislation making it a felony to dumping water on cops. some democrats are trying to stop it. joining me is bernie kerik. >> what this does, it emboldens these guys that go out and do this stuff. they see it on video. theres copycat attacks. were seeing it not only in new york cit...

>> it is counterintuitive. you say we want our communities safe but not allow the police to do the job. >> julie: you have to hold the community responsible for dysrespecting their police. if you expect respect in the community, if you see disrespect in the community you need to hold them accountable and thats what law enforcement is for. >> it is. sad we have to legislate civility. were seeing its words that are empty and baseless. what im trying to push forward is where our police can hold peo...

Something where you have to look at it from every direction to hit it, then youll never cure it. this is a mental health epidemic we have to really dig into. and its not going to be just one way. its going to be multiple disciplines coming from different directions. >> youre saying its not any one factor. its all of them together. still, no solution. in the director of the fbi ordered a new nationwide threat assessment in effort to prevent more deadly mass attacks like this. how will that stop f...

Rifle legally its quite possible he didnt break any laws in the state of texas until he actually pulled the trigger. so what changes now? people talk about security, they spread a word between el paso a and juarez maybe el paso isnt as safe as it used to be. as we continue to worry about copycat attacks, the people really going to pay the price for that and fear those attacks were the very vulnerable communities that were vulnerable before this attack. immigrant communities across america, many ...

Suspected in being involved in that incident. meanwhile, a prime suspect now being questioned about why he opened fire on this spot earlier today. david? >> ian pannell with us tonight. ian, thank you. and of course, all of this playing out as new zealand deals with the horror of its worst terrorist attack ever, the attack in christchurch. vigils held for the 50 people killed by that gunman at two mosques, just three miles apart. well, what that suspect did in court. and tonight now, the new f...

This man any notice or attention after the attack in the sense that his video must not be streamed by social media. people should not watch it. because we cannot save the people that have died, but by preventing others from seeing it, it prevents this individual from getting his ideology out. and unfortunately, weve now seen one of the most grievous attacks by the far right which could create further social tensions. and that is important, to prevent this mans agenda from being carried through. ...

Australia. is there any warning flags that may have been missed from what youve seen at this point? >> wel >> well, certainly the authorities will have to piece this going backwards, as to how the individuals were putting their plots together. this was a very well coordinated attack. this didnt just happen overnight. recognizance was done in terms of the locations, putting together explosive devices, getting the weapons together. so a lot of information will have to be pieced together. how did t...

Federal and international sorties want to ask them. before i go on with anything like that, we know that we have reports there and new zealand look at further sites. our no caps precautionary within that country, but thats what were doing here. talk to me but what they would look for inside that country that got hit today. >> it if you will be we see terror levels raised in the media aftermath a very serious attacks. new zealand has raised its previously low terrorist alert to a higher one. i th...

Peter king on the homeland security committee. we brought you in on the mueller matter but the new zealand thing turntion your stomach, sir. >> it does. it is absolute evil and essential that everyone -- everyone of goodwill and any sense of decency condemn this. it is inhumane, evil and horrible and we have to be on the look out in this country there is no copycat attacks. no evidence of any. but something like this that is so hateful can inspire hatred in others. people of goodwill need to sta...

Nation. because thats why those who live here live here. of course our agencies always need to be prepared. we need to be vigilant. we need to ensure that if we have an act like this had on our shores that we respond quickly to give assurances to the public that we can protect them and that their safety is top of pined. we are always prepared. are we personally prepared for these things? having an event like this this is always a shock. for the agencies already. >> is there a concern for copy ca...