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All of these plots either conceived or partially carried out. none deadly. until now. miguel marquez, cnn. >> with me now, cnn national security analyst peter bergen as well as cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. peter, clearly there have been a number of close calls in new york city, obviously since 9/11, plots foiled, attackers caught. none of those attempts had been like this attack today, however. >> yeah, a number of the attacks in that piece were informant driven. the two serious attac...

There was high explosive in that case. but now weve seen a terrorist attack get through. about a year ago, isis put out an issue of their magazine calling for exactly these kind of vehicle attacks, even in the macys day parade in new york. theres a striking similarity between what we saw in manhattan this afternoon and the advice given in that magazine right down to an isis claim of affiliation written on paper. one of the things the investigators are going to be looking at is whether this indiv...

Uzbek and one extra note is that there was an uzbek national that was responsible for a deadly truck attack in stockholm this year which killed a number of people in the swedish capital. so there is a track record of uzbeks getting involved in these kind of plots and uzbek groups having links to terror plots in the west, in fact, there was a plot all the way back in 2007 against a u.s. air force base, the ramstein base in germany, linked back to an al qaeda affiliate uzbek group in the tribal ar...

Them with a butcher knife, injuring 11. not only is isis calling for vehicle attacks, it is also suggesting sympathizers rent their attack vehicles causing the nypd to do extensive outreach to truck rental businesses in the new york area. watch. >> after attacks on the german market, after an nice, we repeated those visits two more times either by making telephone contact, email, or going back to the same places. the industry has had a high level of awareness on this matter from the nypd. >> hig...

Then worked as a truck driver. his only run-ins in the law were the traffic infractions, a couple in pennsylvania, perhaps out in ohio as well. and spending time in florida. i dont have clarity yet on the tampa connection except he spent some time living and perhaps working down there. most of the information were having right now is from what has taken place up here in new york. >> jonathan dienst, i know its been an incredibly busy day for you. nobody works the cases like you do. we really app...

This year which killed a number people in the swedish capital. there is a pattern of you see becks getting involved in these attacks. there was one in 2007 against a u.s. air force base, the ram stein base in germany that linked back to you sthem. >> in terms of vehicle attacks like this, its very difficult, obviously, to prevent these sorts of things. >> unless we plan to turn ourselves into some sort of prison system where anywhere where theres large crowds and vehicles able to access them tha...

Series of deadly vehicle attacks across the west, including the 2016 attack in nice in the south of france where 86 people were killed after a truck went into crowds at a bastille day celebration, and attack in barcelona this summer where 14 people were killed. vehicle attacks are encouraged by isis now. here is what "new york times" reporter who covers islamic extremism told chris hayes tonight. >> just yesterday, isis put out a series of posters that were translated in four different languages...

Could have been dozens of people killed in that attack if they had not placed the explosive device inside or near a heavy duty metal dumpster. it was high explosive in that case. but now we have seen a terrorist attack get through. about a year ago, isis put out an issue of their magazine calling for exactly these kind of vehicle attacks in the united states, even against the macy day parade in new york. and looking back through, which ive just done, at that publication, there is a striking simi...

Along the hudson river, rollerblading or biking, hundreds of people if not thousands, yesterday a beautiful sunny day in new york city. the barriers you are talking about, will that be implemented? some areas along the parkway those are already in place but this particular area of the suspect was able to gain access to the bike trail. >> there is an expansion in process. the nypd is putting these in different places throughout the city not just in time square. heather: light of what happened in ...

People it was no news on it yet, it just happened. but everybody was kind of like, okay, how many people are involved, whats gung on. you dont know exactly whats going on at the time. >> i appreciate you talking to us about what you saw. and also the presence of taking a photo and telling the kids to get out. >> as i said, the kids recognized it too as danger. they were quite quick about it too. everybody kind of started moving around. >> thank you so much. wish you the best. >> appreciate it th...