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Everybody was on high alert. now the fear as i imagine, the authorities have, is the rest of copycat attacks, someone who wanted to make this very public and wanted to broadcast this live on social media and make a big thing out of it. what is the risk of copycat attacks and are authorities thinking about that? >> ive got to tell you that was the first thing i thought when i saw the first reports coming into the country of what happened, copycats here in america. very concerned about that becaus...

Make sure whomever is coming out of this building is not implicated in the crime. those things can happen at the same time. while simultaneously trying to make sure this wasnt an isolated incident. we dont know this individual was in touch with anybody else or whether he inspired any other attacks around the country. we talked about that with respect to the bombing suspect and whether he inspired copycat attacks. this is a massive media event. i would imagine the fbi in coordination with local l...

It certainly strains the resources of federal law enforcement. because of course we know that we are already dealing with the international terrorism scene and challenges that it poses. so it cant help when we see incidents like this. and they also tend in my experience lead to individuals who want to carry out copycat attacks or people become motivated by what they see to carry out sloor attaimilar atta. >> and you heard the vice president and president praising law enforcement. the president h...

Move might be on law enforcements part, very similar to what we saw unfold here in austin, texas, not too long ago. where the bomb maker adjusted his plans and targeting an m.o., predicated on the news coverage. >> how much of a concern are copycat attacks. its something we always think about when reporting on some like this. how often does that happen. >> there are various manuals on the internet that show how to make bombs. and what the investigators are looking for is what inspired this indiv...

Move might be on law enforcements part, very similar to what we saw unfold here in austin, texas, not too long ago. where the bomb maker adjusted his plans and targeting an m.o., predicated on the news coverage. >> how much of a concern are copycat attacks. its something we always think about when reporting on some like this. how often does that happen. >> thats a concern. investigators will look at that. >> there are various manuals on the internet that show how to make bombs. we saw that in th...

Sides and bad sides. if ever is a time for the good side, it is now. everyone needs to practice state, not just in words, but indeed. dont say, im not going to criticize, and then criticize. here is what also worries me about what could be next, martha, and that is because i was there for the amtrak attack in october 2001, that was followed -- that was a time when people were dying opening their mail because anthrax was being sent to media outlets and other places baird postal service workers di...

Root cause of the problem, youve got to do two things. you have to ban assault weapons and you also have to have the criminal background checks on all purchases of a gun. >> at noon today, students from across the country walked out of classes in an effort to highlight the issue. this as the suspected shooter, 19-year-old nikolas cruz, remains in solitary confinement after a brief court appearance monday. financial records show cruzs half-brother could stand to inherit up to $1 million from the ...

Law enforcement is prepared to deal with this, to shoot and stop vehicle attacks, but you have to get there first. and you talked about the nice attack with the huge truck they used and all the death in that, and police had to shoot the driver. so they were running people over, shooting out the windows. so these attacks have just become copycat attacks as well for inspired actors, inspired terrorists to just get a rental vehicle and drive it into a pedestrian area. and maybe in this case, nicole...

In the game? >> yes, the police are very confident that the threat is somewhat contained. they seem to believe and what ive picked up on, what was implied, these were the three main attackers. the police had neutralized the threat and now, there beginning the process of trying to find out who were these people, how was that they slipped the security radar, were they on the radar before hand, and any potential copycat attacks in the days to come? trace: if you look at that perimeter, its still ve...

Copycat attacks? has this provided some inspiration for others to think this is how -- these are the soft targets, this is how i can carry out my plot, this is how i can do my bit, if we work under the assumption theres some kind of isis inspired motive? so theres going to be lots of concern across europe. i think when youve had a spate of vehicles being used as weapons in europe in recent months after taking the lead from the niece truck attacker back in 2016. but ultimately the problem is ther...