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Right? >> right. so again this is another new development. it goes even further than just what people were doing online. people were actually showing up to events. these ranged from events honoring the 50th anniversary of the black panther party to the march of the anniversary of the death of freddie gray. some of these events got media coverage. black activists, whoever was behind black activists, they were promoting those events. so, yes, a great deal of influence across the board. >> thank yo...

Guess what? he made a very rash comment today about, as phil says, another sovereign nation being critical of their efforts to track terrorism. donald trump has to be very, very careful, i dont think he ever will be, but hes the commander in chief, the president of the united states, the leader of the free world. what he says matters. i dont think hes quite grasped that, or even worse, i dont think he cares. >> but it was a rash statement he made this morning, and he may have had some of the fac...

Not forgetting about the wall. we will build a wall. but who is going to pay for the wall? remember mexico was going to pay for the wall. thats not happening. and will congress appropriate the funds to pay for the wall, when you have tax reform coming up, which is not going to be revenue neutral. and youre right, the details are not his strong suit. >> i assume nancy pelosi told you, shes sticking by what she said, that the wall was excluded from this agreement. the president said theyll talk ab...

Were following multiple breaking stories, including the ongoing urgent manhunt under way following a terror bombing in london. british authorities raised the threat level from severe to critic critical. lets bring in our political and counterterrorism specialist, phil mud let me start with you. british authorities, what are they doing to find the terrorist or terrorists who lotted this terror operation? >> first stage, we need an identification. we need a name. so you can think of a couple of ba...

Addresses. are there fingerprints other than theirs at that apartment? that tells me theyre out there. one final point in terms of your comment on the american involvement in other intelligence agencies. very simple. thats data. as soon as you get a name, phone number, e-mail address, security services around the world are going to cooperate with the spaniards and ask simple questions like do we have indications that person travelled? do we have indications they ever communicated with an isis me...

Point. theyre on red alert right now. >> and we do know that police suspect that that explosion the night before at that house was connected to the individuals who were involved in the car ramming, killing those pedestrians in barcelona. i want you to stand by, i want to bring in phil mud whose been looking closely at all of that. phil, take us inside this investigation right now. what are officials in spain looking for, how specific are they? what kind of help are they getting from the u.s.? >>...

Five of them, as your graphic just showed have happened since march. so we know this is the new normal. we need to start focussing on this. and i think that thats going to be part of our robust package going forward is figuring out ways to protect pedestrian thoroughfares. >> phil mud, number of attacks in europe over the last couple of years. is spain known particularly as a hot bed of terrorist radicalization? >> no, but isis has talked about spain. this is like ancient history, there was an i...

Right and an important authority for national security officials to know and thats why in this instance i will agree with phil mud. >> thank you for helping us understand this better. i appreciate it. when we come back, more on tonights bigging developments on the russia investigation. a grand jury is impanelled. subpoenas have been issued over donald trump jr.s now infamous meeting at trump tower. investigators are also examining financial documents related to the president, his family and the ...

That i wasnt strong enough that it happens l the time. and that it has been made into a boogie man and its a big red herring and thats what you do. you try to find out whos involved. what you do with that information is an entirely separate issue and subject for review. but the idea that someone unmasked a lot is only impressive to someone who doesnt know what theyre talking about. >> i always agree with phil mud. >> i do not. >> at least in this instance. the law is clear and it allows for unma...

And were back with the breaking news in our politics lead. president trumps lawyer is responding to a new wall street journal report that special council robert mueller has impanelled a grand jury in the russia investigation right near washington, d.c. in a statement ty cobb said quote, the white house favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work fairly. the white house is committed to fully cooperating with mr. mueller, unquote. my panels back with me. phil, your reaction. >> wel...