gone to the trauma center. and some dead at the scene. we are back to that number of ten or so being him. we are hearing remarkly consistent reports from eyewitnesses. there is the ryder, rental van on the you can swa. it had gone down apparently several city blocks and was according to the eyewitnesses seemed to be aiming at people as opposed to out of control. >> yeah. and let me give you a recent statistic. in 2016, 601 people died because of vehicle assaults in terrorism cases. that's more people than were killed by bombs and bullets in 2016 terrorist attacks. so we see more and more people carrying out -- and we don't know if this is the case, but this is where i would put my money on this one. if you can't get a gun, if you can't get an explosive, you can get a vehicle. >> yeah. >> that seems to be the model
hometown, these are not places that have had to do in terms of fortifying and strengthening. this was a busy city intersection in toronto where you can see there aren't substantials because it is a sidewalk. at what point can you protect against people who want to drive vehicles on sidewalks to drive people down? >> you are right ali. the only thing you can do is go to the major tourist areas, the major areas, and try to cover those. can cover every sidewalk in toronto. it's just not possible. >> what's your sense of this? you have been hearing the reporting on this. i don't like to speculate, but we have a bit of information. we know there are dead people. we know there is a rental van. we can see it. it is a ryder van. we have a statement from them who say they are aware of an incident involving a ryder van striking pedestrians in toronto. unfortunately it is a pattern that has repeated itself. >> exactly right. we can go back to the first
for over a clorkilometer. this is out at lunch when this happened. i'm still on yonge street. the white van isn't around here. the whole street is now plokd o -- blocked off. it's a very nice day outside and there are a lot of people outside. let's go to prime minister justin trudeau who's speaking right now. >> -- we're going to obviously have more to learn and more to say in the coming hours and we'll -- >> obviously, just a moment of sound there from an interview from canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. again, this is happening all as we speak. it happened moments ago and a lot of the details are obviously unknown at the time or at this time, including motive. the van, appears to be a rental van, according to early reports, is no longer on the scene, as clint van zant was saying. that the driver fled afterwards, which would make people believe that maybe this was an intentional act, not something
entering certain shots taking no chances. knew details to give you. they're responding as if this was a terror related incident. they just don't take any chances. >> were there any warnings going into this weekend? did the police put out any kind of extra warning for people in london? >> no, we have no reports specific to london. we reported about isis propaganda. certainly we have seen propaganda in general targeting this festive season. >> benjamin, we have to be careful when we report the initial details. just after the most recent terror attack here in new york city with that terrorist driving a rental van into a crowd of people on a bike path in lower
down the enemies of a la. that guidance was followed many times. in fact, and barcelona in august, but a terrorist a rental van down the crowded shopping district, killing 13. the attacker then pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed a woman. in june, three islamic terrorists drove a rental van into pedestrians on the london bridge. then, jumped out and began stabbing people in the pubs along the bridge, killing seven. that was just a few months after a vehicle and knife attack on the westminster bridge in central london that killed the four people. shannon. >> shannon: these attacks obviously not just confined to europe now, trace. >> no. in november of last year, an ohio state student of somali descent used his car to plow into a group of students on the sidewalks, he then got out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife. the suspect was killed by police but not before injuring 11
down the enemies of a la. that guidance was followed many times. in fact, and barcelona in august, but a terrorist a rental van down the crowded shopping district, killing 13. the attacker then pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed a woman. in june, three islamic terrorists drove a rental van into pedestrians on the london bridge. then, jumped out and began stabbing people in the pubs along the bridge, killing seven. that was just a few months after a vehicle and knife attack on the westminster bridge in central london that killed the four people. shannon. >> shannon: these attacks obviously not just confined to europe now, trace. >> no. in november of last year, an ohio state student of somali descent used his car to plow into a group of students on the sidewalks, he then got out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife. the suspect was killed by police but not before injuring 11
that's really just a confirmation of something they're looking into but no confirmation yet as to whether this was actually a terrorism incident, jake. >> you're looking at live images right now from wcbs, a cnn affiliate in manhattan, where nypd officers tell cnn that somebody driving a white truck, it appears to be some sort of rental van, rental truck, drove the truck the wrong way on a bike path. right next to the west side highway. there are fatalities. the nypd is telling cnn the driver then got out of the truck and has been apprehended. he may have had a gun. he is in police custody right now. he is, we are told, alive. again, i could caution all viewers, all listeners, this is a breaking news situation. we just learned of this about a half an hour ago. a lot of times in incidents like this a lot of the information
more than 100 injured. several seriously after a person drove a rental van through a crowded pedestrian plaza in barcelona. three people have been detained relating to the attack. police say none of them are the driver who remains at large. isis claimed responsibility, but as is often the case, has offered no proof, and nbc news cannot verify that claim of responsibility. meanwhile one person was killed. several more injured on wednesday night following an explosion in the town of alkanar, about 125 miles south of barcelona. police say those involved are directly related to the barcelona attack. about 75 miles southwest of barcelona police are working on the hypothesis that a thwarted attack is related. five alleged terrorists wearing fake suicide belts were killed
they're trying to express, and somebody needs to find out what it is that is bothering them. zblierkts in the wake of president trump's comments on charlottesville this week, one of the most powerful senate republicans is not mincing words with the president following a speech yesterday to a local rotary club. senator bob corker of tennessee told reporters there needs to be "some radical changes in the way trump conducts himself." secretary of state rex tillerson if necessary the u.s. and its allies are ready to carrying every carry out a military response made by north korea. tillerson made the remarks while speaking to james mattis and japanese defense chiefs in washington yesterday. tillerson's remarks come after white house can chief strategist steve bannon said there is no viable military option for pyongyang. some viewers may find the footage disturbing. a person drove a rental van through a crowded pedestrian plaza in the heart of barcelona,
monitoring when happening right now and barcelona, as we reported about 25 minutes ago, this is the nations hub analysis that was set up after 9/11. they focus on barcelona, the details of their jumping out at them is the use of a rental van, and what appears to be some kind of follow-up attack with one or two armed individuals. the fbi has an office in madrid, people forget that because the primary domestic law enforcement agency of this country, they have what's called a lead guest in madrid. they said at this point, still considered an ongoing situation and spaniards are obviously in the lead, but if the fbi can help in any way, they will offer that kind of assistance. the other thing i would've my contacts pointed out to me is that there has been discussion