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Be use listed from belgium. >> what are we to make of the security response? we saw the belgium prime minister at the event. but how should european nations be rethinking train security in the wake of all of this? the americans and the british guy who helped out they all seem like heroes while there are reports that train staff were hiding and wouldnt let anybody in. thats quite embarrassing. >> its embarrassing and extremely worrying that you have a situation like this. its not going to be alwa...

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Basically to do something. hiding or sitting back is not going to accomplish anything. >> lets turn to some critical national security issue. texas congressman michael mccaul whos always chairman of the house homeland security commission. chairman, thank you so much for making time. >> thanks, luke. >> train security is something youve talked about in congress for quite some time and something we know is very much a serious issue because trains often have no metal detectors. often theres no reco...

After he was arrested. now, he said and he keeps insisting that all he wanted to do was rob the people on the train, and that he found the bag full of ammo in a park near brussels, but as the guys, the three american guys said during that press conference. you dont need an ak-47, a handgun, and a cutter and nine cartridges of ammunition to rob a train. >> thank you very much. >> let me bring in former british senior officer and adviser, mikey kay. >> how are you? >> great. heres my thought. this...

Train to stop them. >> absolutely. thats one of the three americans that said is dont just stand there and watch, do something. at the end of the day, it may come down to the bravery of the passengers in that scenario to stop something like this from happening. in some of these instances, a terrorist may not think somebody is going to fight back. that adds an element of surprise that they may have to deal with. this goes down in a much better out come. one thing i want to ask you about is how mu...

Officials say afghan security forces have killed a group of taliban insurgent who launched attack over the weekend and left more than two dozen militants dead. the assault was aimed to seize control of kandahar as part of the talibans annual spring offensive. almost a dozen government buildings were targeted in the fight. officials had barricaded themselves inside a city hotel. new york senator chuck schumer is getting serious about train security, he says, after documents taken from bin laden...

With its share of train incidents. were what did. we remember what happened in london. what the mood in the continent, in the country, about train security because it is so something that is so difficult to monitor where people can get on and off in a free and open society. what are people saying regarding that? >> well, the authorities are saying that they are definitely stepping up security. while today president hollande had a annual meeting with ambassadors and they said they need to look in...