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The bees cowed by time as im signed a hiatus now to tell you why the ban is a win for aborigines but a long time. Thank you thank. You with us hello youre with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and aljazeera dot com u. S. President donald trump has taken aim at the countrys visa system and promised an overhaul after the attack in new york city called for a merit based system of immigration and tougher vetting of foreigners entering the u. S. Eight people were killed and eleven seriously injured when a man drove a truck into a cycle lane in manhattan five of those victims were arjen time friends celebrating a High School Reunion the twenty nine year old suspect from uzbekistan was shot by police and is being treated in hospital where his trump heres what trump had to say in a treat the terrorist came into our country through what is called the diversity visa the visa lottery Diversity Visa Lottery ProgramChuck Schumer beauty i want merit based. We have correspondents covering this story from new york and went to sorry swill be speaking to theresa bo in a moment but first lets go to kristen salumi so kristen first off where things stand right now on the investigation into tuesdays attack. While the investigation is happening on several fronts we know that federal authorities are at the bedside of the suspect twenty nine year old say follow sipar where he is recovering from surgery asking him questions reports are that he is lucid and talking at this stage we dont know a lot about what theyre details of that conversation at this point behind me you can see the scene where the attack took place is still very much an active crime scene and dozens and dozens of police cars just on the side fourteen blocks of western manhattan shut down thats where the truck drove and hit those people that try the right person and person starting to run away were going to go live right now to a News Conference that the new York Police Department is happening. Holding right now to update us on that investigation works in a visit to a great city because no one in this city is complacent we saw the strength of that resolve last night with a very large crowd that attended the attenuate the annual halloween parade in the village and will see it again on sunday when fifty thousand people compete in a marathon another two point five Million People cheer cheer them along the route the n. Y. P. D. The f. B. I. And all of our Law Enforcement or private sector partners remembers our past and we work very very hard together each and every day to prevent the type of thing that occurred here yesterday what happened yesterday was not ok it will never be something any of us will just accept as inevitable. Since nine eleven we again along with our partners at the local state and federal level have disrupted or prevented two dozen plots against new york city callous lives have been saved but none of that matters when eight innocent lives are taken by a criminal committing a cowardly act driving a rental truck were working hard to get to the bottom of exactly what happened yesterday and why and were working tirelessly to prevent anything like this from getting repeated i tell you as often as i can that true Public Safety is a shared responsibility Law EnforcementGovernment Agencies are doing what we can and the men and women who work with us do it better than anyone anywhere in the world but we need everyones help there are more than eight point five Million People in new york city plus all the people who commute in every day and all the tourists thats a minimum of seventeen million extra eyes and ears and gut feelings that remain vigilant on behalf of all of us i talk about this all the time if you see something out there that doesnt look right if it makes you want comfortable you have an obligation to make a call or to flag down a police car at least give us the opportunity to investigate that i want to thank everyone for their ongoing help today and every day and thank you again for the Swift Response yesterday by the n. Y. P. D. Officers the new York State Police the firefighters and ems workers who did a really great job under the circumstances and right now let me introduce the n. Y. Commissioner dan i grow and going to give an update on the injuries from yesterday dan. Thank you and im going to be of a very nonspecific regarding the privacy of the victims there were twenty victims to us at yesterdays attack six of them were pronounced dead at the scene we transported fourteen victims to three hospitals two of those victims were pronounced so the total number of deaths were eight. Six of those were citizens of other countries five from argentina one from germany two were americans of the twelve remaining thankfully three have been released from the hospital nine remain in the hospital four of those were critically injured but are in stable condition the others are seriously injured the injuries ranged from a bilateral amputation to serious head neck back and chest trauma and trauma to arms and legs. This was a heinous attack that resulted in eight deaths and serious injuries our prayers are with the families of those who died and those remain in the hospital. But thank you commissioner nye grow and thank you to all the men and women of the f. D. A. And why all the First Responders all the young teens who went to the aid of those who were afflicted and did it so well i want to start by thanking all of my colleagues here thank you Governor Cuomo and all of our state partners who are here all of our federal partners thank you congressman jerry nadler for joining us everyones here in common cause this was an attack on United States of america an attack on new york city an attack on our people and it was the definition of terrorism an effort to take away peoples hope and spirit and to make them change and what new yorkers showed already is we will not change we will not be cowed we will not be thrown off. By anything and this cowardly act targeting the most innocent people in the middle of the most innocent pursuits was meant to make people feel they could not go about their daily lives and what we saw last night Governor Cuomo and i went to our annual halloween parade a million new yorkers showed up for that event and as we spoke with them they were undeterred they were strong and maybe very proud of new york city and all the people this country to see that strength in the face of adversity this morning people went to work kids went to school no one thought there was any choice but to stand up to this act of terror so as we now move forward we start with giving our prayers to the families of the eight who were killed they as you heard six of them came from other nations here. Because they saw new york as a special place to be and we now and forever will consider them new yorkers they shared this tragedy with us we will remember them as new yorkers they were here because this city is a beacon to be able all over the world a place that every kind of person comes to and is respected and that wont change. Eight hundred Million People here we understand this was an attack on our values it was an effort to break our spirit but as an effort to break our spirit it failed new york city is a very strong and resilient place we have great faith. In the men and women who protect us we have such pride in the n. Y. P. D. And we see them on duty and we know they are the very best so were strong were resilient people because we know were protected and we know that this place works when people dont feel deterred and ill tell you this violence was an effort to make us blink and we wont blink we wont change. The n. Y. P. D. Yesterday showed us once again how much new yorkers can rely on them and i want to commend officer ryan nash i spoke to him earlier today a good young man five years on the force he was very humble about what he did but what he did was extraordinary and gave people such faith and such appreciation in our police force now this investigation as youve heard has just begun its important to emphasize again this morning that we do not see any additional credible and specific threats against new york city we will constantly keep people posted but we do ask everyone to be vigilant commissioner oneill laid out what everyone has to understand be a part of the solution share what you know with the police dont think twice give information to our officers and many of those previous efforts to undermine us the commissioner reference those almost two dozen previous efforts to attack new york city a number of them were stopped because good people came forward with information in time and we need everyone to understand that they can do that too as we move forward we are. Well look forward to the marathon on sunday it will go on as scheduled it will be an extraordinary event as it always is it will be well protected as it always is and we will take additional measures to ensure that but my message to all new yorkers is do what you do best be new yorkers be strong be proud to be resilient show the whole world right now. That we will not be moved by terror. Again you see everyone here. Every Agency United in common cause and this is also part of what makes us strong and with that i want to thank for his efforts and the states efforts and welcome Governor Cuomo thank you. Thank you very much let me begin by asking us all to remember no thoughts and prayers the eight lives that were lost tragically. That that is damage that can never be undone and there are families today feeling pain that is unimaginable. Mayor de blasio to the n. Y. P. D. The f. T. N. Y. The state police. I was on the scene yesterday the performance was phenomenal and the coordination and the effort was top shelf and it gives one reassurance to know that there is this level of professionalism and expertise protecting the people of this city and this state. Its also too important to remember that while the leadership of the police the partment is top shelf. Officer nash five years on the job twenty eight years old he was a hero and the n. Y. P. D. Is not just the leadership its the men and women who are out there every day. Who are on the first line and i think officer nash really showed how important they are and how talented and how brave so we all applaud and congratulate him i spoke to the Homeland Security secretary yesterday who pledges full coordination with all the federal efforts and the f. B. I. I think its important that we are all working as one and in this kind of situation there is no alternative this is not a time to have politics this is not a time to point fingers this is not a time to find blame its a time to come together and work for a common goal the effort yesterday. Killed eight people. But in my opinion the effort failed because the effort was not. To kill eight people the effort was to disrupt us to terrorize us to scare us. To create mayhem thats the effort thats the goal on all of these attacks. New york is a special target because we have that statue of liberty in our harbor that were proud of holding up the torch for freedom and democracy but weve seen it all around the world and it is to create mayhem and terrorize and it failed the mayor is exactly right the hollowing parade last night was a beautiful example of the failure of the attempt a million new yorkers came out with their families with their children they celebrated they were there. Just a number of hours after the incident and it was new yorks way of saying we will not be deterred we are not terrorized you will not when we said that in one thousand nine hundred three of the World Trade Center bombing the first time we said that after nine eleven and we said that yesterday unprompted spontaneously they were all there and. The mayor and i marched and it was really reassuring to see the resilience of new yorkers now youll see increased Police Presence all across the metropolitan area where youre going to double the number of bodies at places of congregation. Airports tunnels. Penn station which has six hundred thousand people that go through it every day the most heavily traveled transportation hub in the hemisphere i dont want anyone to draw any inference from that we dont know anything and were not responding to anything its just as a precaution same thing at the marathon the marathon will go on. Because new york goes on and its an important event for all of new yorkers. Again i want to and where i started the effort by the First Responders was phenomenal the reaction by new yorkers as evidence last night this morning people got up they went to work children went to school and thats what makes new yorkers special that strength that resilience that ability to be undeterred in the face of ugliness and the actions of a dupre ved coward because thats what this was this was the actions of a dupree eved coward there is no grand statement to what was done. It was the act of a coward. And thats thats the way it should be regarded because thats the way it was i was proud to be the governor of the state of new york last night im proud every day but seeing the yorkers response. Made me feel especially proud and again to the team you see assembled up here the f. B. I. The n. Y. P. D. The n. Y. The seamless coordination. Really is is something to behold and a source of strength and comfort i hope for all new yorkers thank you thank you governor thanks mr mayor just. To reiterate what the governor and the mayor said nows the time not to time to live in fear its not the time to be fearful thats the time for all new yorkers to be strong as we always are right now chief carlos gomez hes our chief of the palm and hes going to talk about what were doing to increase security throughout the city across. I could morning everyone immediately following yesterdays attack in lower manhattan. All right weve just been listening to senior officials there from the city of new york updating the media. On the attack that happened on tuesday less than twenty four hours ago the killed people we just heard a moment ago from. New york state Governor Andrew Cuomo and then before him the mayor of new york city bill de blasio and the Police Commissioner all there at the new York City Police headquarters. Praising the efforts of the police and Emergency Services saying that new yorkers will remain undeterred by this attack that they should also remain vigilant and all efforts are being made to. Ensure that new york and new york are safe and security being stepped up as well kristen salumi is standing by for us live in new york city so kristen not a whole lot of new information there on the attack itself and the investigation as you would probably expect since were still less than twenty four hours after it happened. But i guess it was more the message that we were hearing from leaders there that message of unity that people should go about their daily business undeterred and and they should not be cowed by this. Absolutely the governor and the mayor of new york presenting in front saying that this was an attack on our values that america said an attempt to break our spirit but our spirit will not be broken he talked about the fact that new yorkers came out for how we prayed last night after the attacks in new York City Marathon scheduled for this weekend looking amid a very heightened Police Presence with major landmarks being flooded with double the Police Officers were seeing it happen all around me maybe you notice behind me more barricades going up along the route here and the crime scene if anything is getting bigger not smaller theres a good fourteen blocks. I mean on the west side of manhattan that is shut down as Police Continue to investigate this this horrible scene this is where the truck was driven thats where eight people were killed another twelve were injured some of them very very seriously i can tell you in terms of the investigation what we do know the governor saying earlier in the day that they do believe there is a link between the twenty nine year old suspect here and i saw according to a note that was left in the truck that he rented and used for this attack now they say that they do not know of any wider plots or any connection to any other people in this area they have no specific other threats that they are concerned about at this time but obviously very heightened vigilance the governor also saying earlier that the suspect came to the United States from his back to stand legally in two thousand and ten so this is where things are right now of course also this investigation continuing