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Was, a punch to the british gut. >> shattering. it was july 7th, 2005. 52 people killed, 700 wounded. it was a bombing of the transportation system, both the tube and a double decker bus. and what remains with me to this day. i was running around london as a newspaper reporter from philadelphia. by days end, londonering were commuting back home on that same tube. it was a story of resilience. when you talk to u.s. officials here, they will say privately these sorts of terrorist attacks against s...

Being very struck by was actually during the republican primary, during the attacks that occurred in paris. wondering, during their public and primary, excuse me, i was thinking in that moment, would this be a moment that donald trump falls in the polls or will he writes? how will people view donald trump within his own party in response to a situation like this? in his numbers went up. people were looking for someone who projected strength, and spoke about the sorts of things in a different sor...

Requested them to conduct the specific terrorist attacks. >> and paul, as we get more details, an 8-year-old girl among the familiars, an 18-year-old woman. sadly when we look at the age the suicide bomb ner in his 20s ill ask if it surprises you. as we learn about people who went to camps to train and part of an army. now more and more when you have these horrific incidents and you get to whos the perpetrator, 22, 23 is not a surprise, is it? >> its not a surprise that theyre very young people ...

Tamping down on terror and the terrorists try to let you know you cant stop us. thats the message they want to send. >> it is the message that they want to send. but the president is sending a counter message to say together we will forge partnerships based on common interests and based on a common enemy. he does sense a new spirit of cooperation, particularly from some these countries that werent necessarily so good at fighting terrorism. there are some out there clearly who are through back ch...

For life. joining a stump iphone, steve emerson, executive director of the investigative project on terrorism. steve, thank you for joining us by phone. i want to get right to the heart of this. this attack was on a soft target this time on children. your reaction to that. >> it shouldnt be a surprise. there have been warnings about targeting stadium and concerts ever since 9/11. if you look at the alert issued by fbi and dhs since 9/11, you see that the greatest number of alerts to -- about ter...

Anniversaries. unfortunately one of the things we learned with our international experience of terrorist attacks over the last 15 years is that they are more frequently than you think tied to anniversaries, and i tell you, may or may not be a coincidence, but may 22nd, 2013 was that horrific attack on the streets of london where a british soldier named lee rig by was attacked for no reason at all, beheaded in the street by two men who then ranted to cameras and passers by until they were arreste...

Act in your community. and so, have we found evidence yet, when they self-zriblgized, that they actually, then, actively help to then train a self-internet radicalized suspect? >> you bet. you bet. there was a guy from the uk who went over to syria and was part of isis and was using the internet to send back instructions to folks here in the united states and in the uk, giving them advice about how to carry out terrorist attacks. and in fact, several of those individuals, in fact, did carry out ...

The streets of the uk. its a society that is quite resilient in the face of that, real projection of resilience, particularly, after that parliament attack not easily cowed or easily scared on the phone. yes, malcolm, please. >> im sorry. i didnt mean to cut him off. hell be the first one to tell you, england has suffered a series of terrorist attacks. but they are so aggressive in their counter terrorism operations, i know right now theres a covert committee being called at the parliament. and ...

Losers because thats what they are. theyre losers. and well have more of them. but theyre losers. just remember that. >> joining us live from manchester, england, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. bring us up to speed on the investigation. lets talk about where the investigation goes forward. more importantly, what are authorities saying this morning about the potential for any other attacks? do they have the situation under control? are there other concerns that something else may be...

Here, they will say privately these sorts of terrorist attacks against soft targets cannot be defended against 100%. some are going to get through. theyll stop a lot, but some will get through. the important thing is for western democracies to learn to be resilient, to learn to go on, to not be terrorized. i think well wake up tomorrow to some horrible stories, very tragic, heart rending stories of children dead and wounded. but im hopeful well see a resilient britain tomorrow, defiant in the fa...