at the place of las romblas where we are there were at least eight or nine ambulances waitin waiting. shepard: on the right-hand side of your screen is what we believe to be the mercedes man in question here. this is a still picture from social media. and this is the white van that came to a stop at the end of la rombla, at the end of this pedestrian area and barcelona. we also have reports of a second band that s been located about 40 miles away, we have that from authorities. i certainly don t believe the authorities are misleading in any way but in the early going it can be very difficult to get all the facts straight, even for the authorities to get them disseminated. we are sure that is the van on scene, we know they are still looking for the driver of that van, apparently the driver came to a stop at the end of la rombla, got out of the van, got
pedestrian area, you know, tourist central, a vehicle could have accessed? the lessons learned will be something law enforcement will be studying worldwide. and a piece of that is this, it doesn t require sophistication anymore. you don t have to get arms and weapons in. you don t have to have a bomb builder or a chemist or figuring out how to make a explosive device. you can take a vehicle, small vehicle weighs about 2,000 pounds, a ton, this one clearly was about 4,000, 6,000 pounds, and you find an open thoroughfare and drive as fast as you can to kill as many people as possible. where this is going, remember after 9/11, we started we stood up tsa and we started screening at airports much more closer and much more scrutiny. this is going to go to the point where i believe concrete ball lards, which are surrounding the federal buildings and all over d.c. yes, and all over new york in certain places as well. you re going to start seeing these things put up around
served as senior counterterrorism advisor to former vice president dick cheney. it s striking to me how similar this attack was two things that we have seen in the past like nice france, which was so horrific last summer. a van driving down the sidewalk, a busy pedestrian area and it s working with a vehicle trying to hit as many people as possible. the terrorists have found the perfect weapon that requires no training. i think there s a bigger point here in the sense that western society, europe, united states can t play perfect defense. we can to stop all vehicles and we can t stop all crowds. what we have to do is maintain our offense of posture, stay focused on the sanctuaries. this is why the strategy to stabilize syria, to finish off isis as a state is so important. that s why the broader strategy, we are at war in a global war against islamic extremism.
2012, some facebook rants earlier before it was taken down about israel in palestinian lands, rantings of an isis supporter. isis claims responsibility for this terror attack that left 12 dead and 80 in hospitals. trace gallagher with an update. trace? we ve taken a number of witness accounts and police accounts to see what happened in barcelona today. we re getting a better picture. for those that don t know the las ramblas avenue or las ramblas area, the avenue runs about 1.2 miles long. the way it works is, you have this pedestrian area in the middle of the boulevard and then you have traffic coming down on both sides. the witnesses say apparently the attacker came up on the curb and he was going somewhere between 50 and 60 miles per hour and he was swerving down the middle of the pedestrian area. 50 to 60 miles per hour and
calalanian government sent out official report, 13 people are now confirmed dead and 50 reported injured. the number in hospitals is said to have been around 50 about an hour ago. as one local hospital that is very nearby had reported exactly that number. and now the catalonian government 50 wounded and 13 killed. first video from the scene that came out, it s just hard to imagine walking upon a scene of this nature. remember, the report is that the van driver came on to this pedestrian area. you have been to european cities where there are thousands and thousands of pedestrians standing around. and here comes this little car through there. it s just kind of how they roll.