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Officials. of course, we dont know at this hour what these individuals were motivated by, but the fact that they were simultaneous attacks, the fact that there was a car ramming episode, which seems to look like the car ramming episode that took 70 peoples lives, 73 peoples lives in east france last year, and a knife-wielding attack on the beating heart of the uks democracy, the parliament there in downtown london, that causes a working hypothesis to emerge, and a working hypothesis at this hour...

Pulsing beat o democracy in our closest ally. >> youre absolutely right, and england is no stranger to this, but lets take a look at this attack objectively. it appears to have been done with very simple methodologies and were starting to assess here that the vehicle actually would have hit four or five different places along westminster bridge, where it ran over pedestrians before going up to the parliament and discharging either the driver or passenger, who came out and assaulted the police of...

Irish republic army used. they blew up bombs trying to kill the prime minister, blew up bombs attacking the royal horse guard on parade, and did armed assaults. however, this method works for people who are followers of isis who are self-inspired, to go out and carry out attacks, as isis starts to collapse, and there is virtually no way to predict this type of attack. >> no way to predict, and no way to protect against? >> in this particular instance, no. the first segment of it appears its what...

Connect this attack, this apparent terrorist attack, with any known chatter thats out there, any information online or thats been put out in social media by isis, al qaeda or any other known terror organizations. i think its worth noting, andrea, that isis has not conducted many attacks in the uk, in fact, some analysts im talking to believe this may be isis, if this is an isis attack, isis first real attack in london. it also is of note that isis has put out videos featuring up to six brits fig...

All of the key government buildings and parts of the british constitution are there, buckingham palace, the queen is not far away, downing street, just down the street, so there are lots of reasons why he could have been there, coincidentally. >> all fascinating, joining me on the phone is tom mctagie, chief uk correspondent for "politico" locked down inside parliament and a witness to the event. tom, can you tell us what you saw? >> yes, i was working in my desk in parliament, which is overlook...

Somebody considered potentially to be armed and dangerous, somebody who shot and killed the polish truck driver, perhaps, after a struggle inside the cabin of the truck, somebody who ran over 12 people, killing them, and many others who have been injured. so this really now a race against time to apprehend this suspect before they can strike again, coming after isis said that they inspired this attack. so, warring times in the german capital. >> lets talk about that. isis claims that it inspired...

Senator rand paul of kentucky. hes a member of the homeland security and foreign relations committees. senator, thanks very much for joining us. i want to get to jims report about irans behavior with those american sailors in a moment. but first, the attack, the terror attack in jakarta in targeting areas like starbucks, very popular tourist destination, is this seen as an attack literally against the united states and the west? >> well, you know, i think it shows the enormity of the problem. th...

Doesnt matter and set yourself up to do business with the new president a year from now. >> putin is hedging bets with another leader telling a german magazine it would be easier to give bashar al-assad political asylum than to edward snowden. analysts believe thats a jab at the united states and a possible opening for assad, although, its a little too soon for putin to flat out offer bashar assad safe haifen. >> are you getting a sense hes pressuring assad. >> analysts say putin is gaming the s...

Actress. learn about his flirting text, that may have helped authorities find the fugitive. a prime time debate with a jump in the national lead and a new line of attack against his biggest threat ted cruz. will a large loan from a wall street bank cause cruz to lose some support in iowa. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre "the situation room." tonight, isis killers are reaching into yet, another part of the world striking for the...

Very important, that is an indonesian hash tag right now, it says, we are not afraid. thats something that the indonesian president said. its something ive heard from indonesians whove come here in the dead of night to pay their respects to some of the victims here of this the worst terror attack the jakarta has seen in six years. wolf. >> ivan, what have you learned about the man the authorities there believe orchestrated this attack? >> reporter: the jakarta police say that this was carried ou...