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Decision but the secretary of state and the secretary of defense met today to talk about it. >> bret: kristin fisher live at the pentagon. thank you. irans intelligence minister says five men who carried out yesterdays terrorist attacks had previously fought for the islamic state group. 17 people died and more than 40 were wounded and assault on parliament and the tomb of irans revolutionary leader. the white house condemned the attacks but implied iran is a major sponsor of terrorism. the forei...

Way are calling it. i dont normally focus on the presidents tweeting unless its becoming to be news. democrats may be making a little ground with this mantra because now behind the scenes some of the staff are saying please dont, youre not helping things in terms of tweeting so much. it talks to the base directly. it also donors like it as well. we lost leslies live shot. chris, are you still there? >> i am. i have plenty to say. sure. look, the president should obviously i think be more judicio...

Sure that they get the answers they deserve to some of the questions that are being asked. now let me return to the subject of our hearing. mr. chairman, i agree that the re-authorization of section 702 is terribly important. as the attacks in london, paris, manchester, melbourne and the list, unfortunately, goes on and on, all those attacks have demonstrated terrorists continue to plot attacks that target innocent civilians. section 702 under court order collects intelligence about these potent...

The governments power to surveil but it will go a lot of other places today. your thoughts? >> sure. thats exactly right. there is what this hearing should be and what it is going to be. what it should be is about the fact that in the last few weeks weve had terrorist attacks in london, in manchester, in paris. this morning in tehran all driven by isis. we have now the people in front of the committee who are responsible for making sure that doesnt happen in the united states. the hearing should...

Protect americans from terrorist attacks and im eager to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make sure that we reauthorize it before the end of this year. a reauthorization of section 702 should ensure also there is robust oversight and restrictions to protect the privacy and civil liberties of americans. those protections remain in place. and if there are areas where those can be strengthened we need to look at those as well. i look forward to our hearing. >> thank you, vice c...

New information on the london bridge terror attack. identifying two of three terrorists behind saturday nights assault that killed seven and woonded dozens. terrorist attacks. whats the latest on the investigation to saturdays attack and what are you learning about the attacker? >> well, the investigation is starting to get a little more interesting, don, as were learning a bit more about who these attacksers actually were. as you said, police have now identified two of the three. the thud they ...

Terrorism to me. >> yeah, your garden-variety psychopath not the most comforting words on a day like today or any day, for sure. let me go right now -- bob, stick with me -- go to jim bittermann in paris for us. jims been getting a lot of new information in. jim, what are you picking up? i was just reading your reporting on air of your news coming from the prosecutors office. what are you hearing? >> well, thats exactly it, but in fact, the prosecutor has opened a terrorism investigation which i...

Facing criticism. >> london will see an increased police presence and no reason to be alarmed. one of the police and need to do make sure we are safe. i am reassured that we are one of the safest global cities in the world. we evolve and review to make sure we are safe as we possibly can? >> sean: really? no reason to be alarmed? that is exact opposite of what we need right now. president trump was was quick to call out the mayor of london and refusing to capitulated to the radical islamicist an...

Another pretext by this president to cover up who he is really trying the do, discriminate against muslims coming into the united states. >> richard, whats your take on the ethics of what you see coming from the president? >> well, i certainly think the travel ban makes no sense. the united kingdom has had experience with this before, with the irish republican army terrorist attacks. you had protestant groups which were also launching terrorist attacks. but they didnt impose a travel ban on cath...

Lot of trump voters will bring it up even unprovoked and say i wish he wouldnt tweet so much. it makes people uncomfortable and looks unhinged. even if you like his goals, its not a presidential way to communicate. >> no one is comfortable with a tweet that talks about the terrorist attacks. he went golfing with the president on sunday and couldnt bring himself to defend this. >> you have to wonder if his name is not khan, would he have criticized the mayor as he did. i didnt hear the confidence...