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Almost intelligence community level because they have many officers, ex-officers of the cia who work there. by them actually taking precautions at mosque and the united states, thats almost and its not confirmed but almost an indicator they received hard intelligence that that mosque was targeted. now, that remains to be seen. well wait for a statement coming from the met, but its a good precaution. what weve seen in incidents like this many extremist no matter what their gender, race, nationali...

Awful, horrific attacks in london, manchester, and london. and i think right now we need to wait and see. but eyewitness reports are saying it was targeting potential people leaving the mosque. and i think well have to see about the individual, the spects motivations or what the background of the individual was. >> right. and you mentioned authorities havent briefed -- as youre alluding to it is common for them to sometimes say their investigating something as a traffic matter or as an accident....

Is an ongoing active investigation, so there is at lot that we dont know, but obviously, thoughts and prayers for those affected be i this, and the mosque aspect of this is looking troublesome, and makes it seem less likely to be an accident, but still a lot that we dont know at this hour. >> and tara, with the information coming in, and new pictures that we are getting at msnbc here from the scene, and we can see the police vehicles, and we can also see many of the law enforcement standing in t...

Who is reviled for his radical views, and the mosque was raided by police in 2003 and then according to the accounts that i have read, the word i saw was t re-claimed by the local muslim community and seen as really a changing what it was about and changing its orientation and dealing with or confronting its history. so theres so much more we dont know tonight and were going to continue to get updates from the seen. but i wonder if you could walk us through what we do know about, including the c...

That new york citys excellent counter terrorism forces are going to provide that level of support interest the community. not only as a show of confidence but also because theyre aware of whats going on in london a little more than we are. >> malcolm, theyre speaking about some of the clues here. we are covering what has been described broadly as an incident in london occurring just over an hour ago. it is approaching 3:00 a.m. there london time near the finsbury park mosque, a mosque that has a...

People to make a suggestion, but we dont know. the mosque was an extremist mosque in the early 1990s, but they have since reformed. so we dont know if it is an attack on that mosque, because it is a main mosque in that neighborhood, and it is a diverse muslim group of people from south asia and the arabian peninsula, and all of whom are british it is is zens. these are not foreigners for the most part. it is their place of worship. we could have an incident which could be just related to drinkin...

Were giving us history to this mosq mosque, the finsbury park, and how it stands for the symbol of reformism, and a symbol of moderate views despite the past. i am not sure if you know the video well enough to look at the video right now, malcolm, to recognize where this is specifically. >> well, no, i have been to the mosque, but i dont know the area very well. but the statement is giving me information, because it must have taken place very close to the mosque. because the mosque director is s...

That the death can cult of al qaeda and isis will attack a mosque that is resisting them. they will attack muslim leaders that wont radicalize or kick radical members out. they have to try to intimidate and scare and dominate, you mow, the muslims first. and we have to understand how that works. >> yes. >> and a mosque like finsbury is under great pressure from the terrorist philosophy on the web, and in the streets, and like malcolm said, this is a mosk that is reformed and the leaderers reject...

Know what you are seeing as it happens, but please, continue, malco malcolm. >> right, after the initial response, and they have ooeithe gotten the perpetrator and secure the scene, and figure out what initially went on, and there is some video that is probably coming out that is going to be not yet confirm but where the police have arrested one person in the incident very close to this mosque. the prox simity of the mosque, e fact that it occurred during ramadan, and the ramadan meals are happe...

Who tried to come to the united states. he wasnt iraqi or syrian. he was a brit, and he still tried to blow up an aircraft coming to the united states. but that mosque had issues. way back when i was doing the al qaeda mission back in the 1990s, the mosque was note wurkty because of the extremism but soon after the egyptian cleric that ran that mosque, the community took it back. they got rid of this cult-like extremism. the board erased all of the people, everyone that was associated with its p...