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Could change. as soon as we get more concrete information on that, well bring it to you. >> i appreciate it. thank you so much for that. joining me now, msnbc law enforcement analyst, jim cavanaugh. jim, regardless whether this turns into an act of terrorism or not, heres the question. it highlights how vulnerable public spaces are. is there anything that can be done to help protect these areas? >> whether this is an accident, like you said, or terrorism, it seems like theyre leaning towards i...

Julie banderas. >> leland: nice to be with you at home, our sister network sky news in london is reporting the police have identified the suspect on surveillance video, that suspect still on the run. pretty scary, it is rush hour in london after a homemade bomb partially detonated on a crowded subway train during the morning commute. investigators say 22 people were hurt, none of them with life-threatening injuries. this was just the latest terror attack targeting the british people this year, i...

Decided to just go and engage in vehicle attack, thats a major concern right now because this individuals already tried terrorism, wounded a bunch of people during rush hour in london. if he can get himself into a car, vehicle anywhere he might be able to pull off a second and perhaps mass casualty attack. >> bill: five times in london this year alone. the manchester concert, the vehicle attack on parliament, the london bridge, and on and on it goes and london. are they doing anything differentl...

Five that were shot dead by police. one, they are still looking for. that is eunis abakube. a manhunt including roadblocks around this area has been in effect. that manhunt really stretching beyond spain now. theyre canvassing, trying to find out where he may have gone. and then the the two final people involved, believe to be involved in this, their bodies were found in that house that was used as a bomb making factory. police said they found 120 canisters of propane and butane so they believe ...

Beginning to learn, if you will, about what happened here and what has developed over the past, what, 72 hours. >> well, becky, its important the authorities have been able to piece this very complex web together. theres talk about a cell, but i would actually argue it appears there is a network. and that house in alcanar as you just described, being a bomb factory. they could have been plotting multiple attacks to hit spain. perhaps travel beyond the province to carry out the attacks. it brings...

Many decisions made including on afghanistan. we did not know what decisions were made, lots of questions as to what the afghanistan policy will be for the united states whether there will be an increase in troop levels, whether contractors will play a greater role, expect the white house to come up with that soon. to announce given at the president says not many decisions have been made. back to you.>> thank you very much. we are going back to leland now.>> we saw the president tweet about this...

Barcelona today, the use of a vehicle to target pedestrians, weve seen a bunch of attacks like this recently. beyond the parallel that a lot of the americans have fresh in their minds today because of the vehicle attack in charlottesville, virginia this weekend. weve seen six vehicle born terrorist attacks in europe in the past year, all with multiple fatalitie fatalities. the attack that stands out similar to the one today is the one that happened in nice, in france when a man plowed a large tr...

He said attack the americans, british, french, the canadians. anyone fighting isis, basically. what we have seen in the three years since is exactly that. followers and isis accolades. fan boys taking up those instructions and doing what theyve been told to do. in u.s., the threat is the same generally. its very easy to use a vehicle and drive over people. its unfortunate that it took charlottesville to remind people that even though its a different kind of vehicle attack, the idea that you can ...

Turn and someone stomping on the gas. and that is what makes it truly terrorism and truly impossible to police. >> that is right, brian, i hate to be talking about these issues and our thoughts and prayers go to the people of barcelona and cambrills, spain. and this is now sweeping through europe. the definition of this type of vehicle attack, the attacks that isis has called for. to do this in spain, precisely from the islamic state is now upon us, the new wave of terrorism. its effective, easy...

We are following late developments out of spain where theres been another terrorist incident hours after a vehicle attack took 13 lives in barcelona. melissa bell joins us with the latest of what is happening 75 miles southwest. i understand theres new information about the suspected terrorists possibly wearing explosive belts? >> thats right. and investigators are now working to confirm whether those four terrorists, alleged terrorists, we believe they were terrorists were wearing those explosi...