the initial wave of police and security forces arrive here. there were multiple police, multiple ambulances, cars, and so forth. as we ve been talking about, british police famously do not for the most part carry firearms. there s no doubt they would have been there. we ve been seeing even more of them in the hour or so since all of this was first declared. the operation is in terms of clearing the area because there were simply so many people here. you can t overstate just how crowded this is on a working day. how pap lar it is with tourists. i know we ve been talking about the immediate parliament square area of westminster bridge because it is such an iconic building. members of the public do have access to the building itself to witness the events going on in parliament, to conduct official tours of the parliamentary building.
a sense of how the police feel the sort of overall situation is at the moment, all the officers on this outer perimeter where we are and where we were located before, none of those officers are carrying weapons. that does seem to indicate that at least the police are not concerned or unduliy concerned about the potential for an immediate follow-on incident. we have seen them some people, one young man tried to run through the barricade and run into the area. the police immediately grabbed him, hand behind the back. moved him away. the sense here is there are no armed officers on this outer perimeter. therefore, the implication that the police feel that there is an increased threat in this vicinity, obviously armed officers still very close to the building and likely protecting the members of parliament, wolf. all right, nick. stand by. i want to just update our viewers who may be just tuning in here in the united states or around the world. we re following important
in terms of the number of casualties has happened since 2005 when people were killed in multiple attacks, suicide bombing attacks. this is the if irs time thfirstg like in these numbers has happened in london. there s a huge number of surveillance equipment around here, cc-tv. it goes without saying that this is the heart of the british government. this is westminster, the houses of parliament. this is the day that there were prime minister questions, meaning she was in the building. she was bundled out, theresa may, as soon as an attack occurred. three members of parliament were also on lockdown and gradually in the last hour they have been allowed out under police escort. this is the first anniversary of
official additional officers will be deployed across the city, and the police are telling residents of london, visitors to the area, to avoid these large swaths of westminster. this is, of course, where the houses of commons are located. this is where we were. i was with a colleague sitting in on prime minister s questions. today is an important day, of course, because weekly, as many of our viewers know, the prime minister takes questions from members of parliament, which means it s busier than usual, which means that most mp s are in attendance in the houses and it s not just a big monument, wolf, so our viewers understand. this is a giant, working building. thousands of mps, their assistants, you have clerical staff. it s guarded by layers of security, cinder blocks outside and the individual suspected of
incident, and that s why security around the building is has been strengthened in recent years. that s why there are armed police and barricades. that s why cars can no longer get close to the building. this one was prevented by the fence and by the wall itself. this building has been secured to the best of the abilities of the authorities so far, but, again, those precise details of how many people were involved in the attack, was it just that one person, or were there more people involved? those details are yet to be made clear to us, wolf. may not yet be entirely clear to the investigating authorities either. the incident occurred at 2:40 p.m. local time in london. it s now 4:06. this lockdown continues. i m going to get back to you. i want to bring in a member of parliament who is joining us. he is on lockdown.