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A solution. this is where she so far has failed. im taking into account her six years on record as the home secretary for her nation. she does share a degree of culpability. >> bill: nigel farage said this. >> when they were pushed by people like me a couple of years ago said they would use the power to stop people who had fought in syria from coming back into our country, over 400 known jihadi fighters from syria have come back into britain and weve only stopped one. >> bill: that has to be not...

That feeds into what terrorists hope to accomplish. the sense of panic. >> bill: the concert that took place in manchester yesterday, the lines were -- they went for hours trying to clear security and on and on it goes. that from italy. a scare. everything is okay. back to london right now. 15 minutes before the hour. theresa may said this. >> since the emergence of the threat from islamist inspired terrorism, our country has made significant progress in disrupting plots and protecting the publi...

Threat and we always have to be vigilant. leland: robin simcox, terrorism and national security analyst with the heritage foundation, robin, good to see you. im struck when i hear u.s. officials say basically were doing our best. they have to be right 100% of the time. the terrorists only have to be right once. absolutely right and that one time can have devastating effects especially when you think of the kind of methods that terrorists are using today, guns, knives, trucks, as you see increasi...

About what this means. a threat level of severe means an attack a highly likely, the country should remain village lament. in recent days members of the armed forces have been assisting police in providing reassurance to the public under operation tempra. >> this memorial in st. anns square, a tribute to those killed in the attack, the youngest eight years old. and 63 treated are still in hospitals. 20 of them in critical care. leland: rick leventhal in manchester, as the sun sets on another day...

Justified. whether -- how long it lasts i suppose is the next question. weve not tended to these airport security measures rolled back, have tended to stay in place, but we know that al qaeda especially has targeted aviation in the past. i would suggest that something very specific, somewhere in the intelligence mosaic of the information thats coming through that meant they thought this was the prudent move. >> we know the failed attempts of the underwear pomer, the shoe bomber, the terrorists a...

Legacy to remember. as you can see, thomas, its a beautiful day in central london and theres a lot of tourists around. its hard to believe that there was a terror attack here just three days ago. >> matt bradley rs thanks so much. robin simcox specializes in terrorism and national security. good to have you with me. we know the uk prime minister said on thursday the attackers believed to have acted alone, but since then there have been a number of arrests in this investigation. 11 people. how do...

Could be made about everyone taking their shoes off at the airport. i think the problem is from that point of view the intelligence agencys point of view, if theyve got some suggestion, if theyve picked up some piece of intelligence this is a plausible threat and that this measure could save hundreds, potentially thousands of lives but they didnt act upon it, then of course there would be major criticism were an attack to take place. the age we live in, the nature of the terrorist groups that op...

uss george washington carrier group of war planes are on their way to the waters. it was planned before yesterdays attack on the korean peninsula and defensive in nature. it comes a day after the reclusive north shelled a south korean island on its border. at least two civilians and two soldiers were killed. the president speaking to abc news would not talk about military options at this point but confirmed the partnership with south korea. >> south korea is our ally. it has been since...

The extremist ideology which drives it. read the internet a poisonous material and ensuring our security services has the power that they need. terrorism is the great threat that we all face, but together, we will defeat it. >> heather: joined me now is paul bonicelli, hes a former state public official and foreign policy advisor for george w. bush and also director of a program and education for the action institute. and robin simcox, hes a tear in national security analyst at the heritage foun...

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