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We were told in the past hour or so by authorities that quite frankly they do not have any idea where he is. there have been three arrests, we are told, associated with the attack in employebarcelona that 13, injured more than 100, from as many as 24 different nations. in the-- this is an incredibly touristic area. the long zone that runs from here at plaza catalonia toward the sea. it was full of tourists at around 5:00 in the afternoon yesterday when this van careened down this pedestrian zone...

Information through social media in an authorized fashion that identifies these people is going to be the best opportunity to try and disrupt these attacks in advance. >> and meantime, they have this very real concern in spain that this may not be the last of it. jim, i want to play for you what the former national counterterrorism center director michael leiter said today on "today." >> this is a little bit more dynamic than we normally see 12 hours after the fact. this is not just forensics. t...

Times square, what we can say tonight is that there was a growing body of evidence either from social media or the intelligence stream that to these groups were getting very focused on the port city of barcelona and to what consider y symbolic high profile target in the center of that city. >> melissa: catherine, its melissa melissa francis. we have three locations, three events, i understand that there were two people in the custody, what do we know about the perpetrators? the original van driv...

Associated with what happened on las ramblas in the center of barcelona today. what we do know is residents are being told to stay indoors. as you rightly pointed out, the incident today involved a van plowing into pedestrians on what is an extremely business street in the center of barcelona killed 13, and we have some 100 others injured. some 18 nationalities involved as victims of this attack. you pointed out that the van driver abandoned the vehicle. he fled the scene, and he is on the run. ...

Terms of its sophistication and planning? >> we know there have been 31 vehicle attacks since 2006. as you mention, from 2014 to 2017, the last three years, there have been a total of 14. there is a trend here. one of the things that weve noticed from the law enforcement perspective thats different is the fact that the police were able to make arrests. they dont know if it was the van driver himself, but they know it was two of the associates. and this is going to be a treasure trove of humans i...

In north africa. they are still, authorities here, looking for the driver of the van which careened into the pedestrians yesterday. ly he abandoned the vehicle and ran. the third arrest could be that man who was behind the wheel. that was the suspicion. weve also been told by catalonian authorities in the past hour or so that they have no idea where the van driver is. officials also note the death toll here is likely to rise with more than 100 people wounded. later on as you point out, in cambri...

Incident in the town of cambrils and terragona, which is about 75 miles southwest of barcelona. what we know is this is a separate incident, not, it seems, related to what happened here in barcelona late this afternoon about two blocks away from me on las ramblas, which is the main pedestrian thoroughfare in barcelona where 30 were killed and more than 100 were injured when a van plowed into pedestrians and tourists, throwing them across the road. this menning women, and children. the van driver...

Least ten people and that number could go up higher. the last time, the attacker and van driver was sdeen was yesterday after he fled the scene leaving a white van on the side. there is no word where he would be. after yesterdays attack town south in the beach sea side resort of cambril they are looking at a larger area than barcelona. obviously this group has connections in the entire barcelona area. >> shannon: conner, how are security forces reacting today. >> reporter: there is a lot of secu...

Just awful to see people, clearly many people injured. you see blood on the street. that van entered a pedestrian zone. this is where people are most relaxed, eating, drinking, pushing strollers. this van driver is still on the run. how concerned are you about the potential for more attacks? >> we all should be concerned. another piece of information released by the police in the past 18 hours is that the police released is that the person who rented the vans rented three vans. authorities in ba...

Tve, reporting that four terrorists, as they described them, have been killed in what they describe as a terror incident in the town of cambrils, 75 miles southwest 6 barcelona. what we know is this is a separate incident, not, it seems, related to what happened here in barcelona late this afternoon. about two blocks away from me, the main pedestrian thoroughfare here in barcelona, where 13 were killed and more than 100 who were injured when a van plowed into pedestrian tourists, throwing them a...