It took 16 years but eventually deep in the forest discovery was made. Found here what were believed to be the remains of Emperor Nicholas ii and his family. The word of the year . A hint it has something to do with the man on your screen. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. beyond one hundred days. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. From today there will be more security on the streets of new york but the city will not stop thats the message from the governor, the mayor and the head of the police. The famous marathon will go ahead this weekend and new yorkers got their candy fix at the halloween parade last night. As investigators look for clue as to the motivation manhattan is determined to show resilience. President trump says this is a reminder that americas immigration system is too lax and the Justice System too slow. Nick bryant has the latest from new york. This is a scene that new yorkers have dreaded for years, one that brings back the trauma of 9 11, one that shows how this city is vulnerable to new forms of terror. A rented pick up truck that became weaponised. A mode of attack that is common in europe. Now it has been used to deadly effect on american soil, and just yards from ground zero, the site of the september 11 attacks. The antenna on the new world trade ccenter bathed in red, white and blue, to honour the eight people killed. This is the suspected attacker, Sayfullo Saipov, a 29 year old who reportedly shouted allahu akbar, god is great, as he left his truck. He was brandishing fake weapons, and was shot by the police and taken into custody. Moments earlier, he had driven at high speed along a riverside bypass, targeting cyclists and pedestrians. This was an attack on the United States and 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. Saipov is an uzbek immigrant who came to the United States in 2010. He is believed to have been radicalised in america, and told the police he was very pleased with the success of the attack. One of the early clues investigators found at the scene were hand written notes in arabic pledging allegiance to the Group Calling itself Islamic State. But there is no evidence yet of a direct link to that group. You got kids in there . Hold on. His attack came to an end when he crashed into a school bus. Oh my god. 0k. I need an ambulance right here. That was an accident, the suspect has reportedly told investigators, because he wanted to continue down the road. Police found knives in his vehicle. Oh my god. Based on the investigation overnight it appears that mr saipov had been planning this for a number of weeks. He did this in the name of isis, and along with the other items, recovered at the scene, was some notes that further indicate that. He appears to have followed, almost exactly to a t, the instructions that isis has put out in its social Media Channels before, with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such an attack. Among those killed, five friends from argentina. Men in their late 40s, in new york to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their graduation from college. Two americans and a belgian were victims. President trump has demanded tough justice and tighter immigration measures. We need quick justice and we need strong justice. Much quicker and much stronger than we have right now. Because what we have right now is a joke, and it is a laughing stock, and no wonder so much of this stuff takes place. In his home town, this tower was erected in defiance of terror, a symbol of a resurgent city that refused after 9 11 to be cowed, and at the ground level this morning that spirit was very much in evidence. Joggers following their normal routes. Even a cyclist berating a pedestrian for getting in her way, a scene that speaks of new york. The city has experienced much worse dawns than this, and waking up to the threat of terror has become part of daily life. Nick bryant, bbc news, manhattan. The main suspect in this attack Sayfullo Saipov came to the us through the green card lottery system, which grants permanent us residency to around 50,000 immigrants every year. Today mr trump called for that system to be scrapped and seems to be at least partly blaming the democratic new york senator Chuck Schumer. He tweeted. The terrorist came into our country through what is called the diversity visa lottery program, a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based. Well, heres what mr schumer has had to say in response to the president today. The president should stop tweeting and start living, the American People long thought leadership, not devices and finger pointing or name calling. This is a tragedy, less tha n name calling. This is a tragedy, less than a day after it occurred and he cannot refrain from his nasty divisive habits. He ought to lead and the best way to do that is to increase Anti Terrorism funding. And joining us now from capitol hill is the democratic congressman for new york city, gregory meeks. Do you think the Justice System in america is a joke at punishing terrorists . I absolutely do not think it is a joke. I do not understand the president making these statements but he made what these statements but he made what the tweet he made which is trying to divide people rather than bring us together. So i disagree with the president 100 . Well today mr schumer made comments to the proposed cut in the budget of new york city policing, can you talk to us york city policing, can you talk to us about that . Well we would hope, and would have thought coming from new york President Trump would understand the importance of terrorist funding and the greatjob that our Law Enforcement dials on a continued basis to prevent the kind of attacks that took place yesterday. And i applaud the activities and responsiveness of our Law Enforcement officers. The ever present has been talking about cutting some of the terrorist funding that we see. The president has been talking about it. That will be counter productive to preventing these kind of acts from taking place. So im puzzled at times by the kind of tweeting that the president utilises as im sure that others are puzzled. It is not the values that i think we have here. It is amazing and a tribute to new york city that this is the biggest attack, it is terrible but the biggest attack in the city since september the 11th in 2001. What is new york doing that perhaps other cities could look at that has managed to keep a record so low, it has been until now, this has been a kind of remarkable tribute to your police forces. It is still a remarkable tribute to the police forces. Understanding and learning from what took place in september the 11th, communicating with one another, making sure there are intelligence sharing taking place and working with Law Enforcement agencies weather here domestically 01 even agencies weather here domestically or even internationally because when we look at what youre doing in the uk, some of our other allies in europe, it is sharing of information and moving back and forward that can make all of us safer. Im concerned when there is a terrorist attack in new york city or in the uk or france 01 new york city or in the uk or france or anyplace else, we are in this together and we need to make sure oui together and we need to make sure our values are those that stand up. That is how we will defeat the terrorists, collectively together and that is what new york city Law Enforcement is doing, working collectively together and we must continue to do that. The more we show that in spite of the individual that sneaks through, that theyre not going to divide us, were going to get stronger together. The United States, the uk and our allies, that is how we defeat Islamic State and stop terrorism. We heard Law Enforcement officials saying there will now be more police on the streets of new york ahead of the marathon of course this weekend. Is that largely just to make marathon of course this weekend. Is that largelyjust to make the public feel safe, do you think . Know i think there would have been a large contingency just as you think there would have been a large contingencyjust as you have indicated in the past, we have been successful since september the 11th and there will be policed their bet you do not know either. I think it isa you do not know either. I think it is a greatjob that the Police Department are doing. They know how to do it better than most. And it is a collaborative effort. So just as you saw last night, right after the event, the halloween parade continued. Children were going to school in the area this morning, people riding bikes again. We will not allow terrorism to change our values and the way that we live. Thank you very much. Joining me now is our political analyst ron christie who served as an advisor to president george w. Bush. You have an apartment in new york and you have lived there for a long time. You know the area well and you know the city well. Are you impressed with the way new york is responding . It seems to be a marked difference to the response to this and that some previous attacks with the city much more resilient. Yes, this is just blocks away from where my apartment is and this is a bicycle path that will walk on every weekend. So not some abstract notion ofa weekend. So not some abstract notion of a terrorist attack in new york city, that is the neighbourhood where everyone goes to run, to cycle, just to enjoy themselves with beautiful scenery. What struck me is the fact that this morning we had people back out there, they are resilient, running, cycling, and refusing to back down in the face of this horrific terrorist attack. They are new yorkers and will not be cowed. Something else that you deal with all the time is the political response to this, coming from the president. Coming back to september the 11th, and George W Bush standing on the rubble of those buildings. The 11th, and George W Bush standing on the rubble of those buildingslj can on the rubble of those buildings. can hear you on the rubble of those buildings. can hearyou i can on the rubble of those buildings. can hear you i can hear you and the re st of can hear you i can hear you and the rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. We have now had terror attacks in the us under president bush, president 0bama and President Trump. The response from President Trump seemed to be markedly different than the response from the previous two president s . I think so and especially looking at the clip that we just especially looking at the clip that wejust all, it especially looking at the clip that we just all, it is one of the most iconic moments of the 21st century, the president rallying democrats, republicans, independents. Americans. To stand shoulder to shoulder. And some of the rhetoric we have from President Trump this morning about how the democrats need to stop obstruction, it is not about the democrats today but about the country and finding a way to heal and to move on and making sure as congressmen mixed told us a few minutes ago, the real enforcement officials have all the resources necessary to prevent another horrific event that we had yesterday. I looked at the lottery system today that he is talking about and when you look at figures for 2015 there are some interesting numbers. Bear in mind over 9 Million People worldwide entered the lottery and every year 50,000 get a green ca rd and every year 50,000 get a green card from that number. Looking at the seven countries now on the banned list, they count for 8658 immigrants who got a green card. If you put was pakistan to that you get just over 13,000 people who came through the system in 2015. That is around a quarter coming from countries that the United States is concerned about. So maybe he has a point question mark he has a point, and this is what i believe, i believe that anyone coming to this country, it is not a right to come here but a privilege for top and it should not just be here but a privilege for top and it should notjust be a lottery system based on diversity. This was a programme that the president has criticised, he criticised mr schumer for this. It was designed by the senator for massachusetts ted kennedy when he was in the senate and he was seeking to get more immigrants infrom and he was seeking to get more immigrants in from ireland and he was seeking to get more immigrants infrom ireland into and he was seeking to get more immigrants in from ireland into the United States when the programme was first initiated. So i do believe that we must have robust immigration in the United States but i do not believe in a system where you put your name on a list, submitted and do not have any vetting or other mechanisms to determine whether or not youre coming here for good put up not youre coming here for good put up those days i believe are over. America of course is not the only country to have a lottery system, several other western nations also have them as well. And for more on the suspect and his potential ties to Islamic State a short while ago we were joined by the former cia counterterrorism analyst, aki peritz. This man was living here legally, radicalised it would seem while living in the us. Code intelligence have done anything to stop the attack . We know he had some kind of runin attack . We know he had some kind of run in with local Law Enforcement. But according to what we know so far he had almost no relationship to terrorist organisations. He might have been looking at propaganda online but that is not illegal. It is difficult to stop a lone wolf attack if that is what this is. From actually happening until it actually happens. This person was taken alive and that is quite interesting because normally Islamic State likes its killers to be killed in the attack and we will get a lot of good intelligence from this individual if he is willing to talk to federal authorities. Theres a huge investigation on this attack but realistically can we say we can prevent all future lone attacks like this . Unfortunately it is difficult to stop these high impact low attacks especially the individual is willing to die in the process. So renting a vehicle, smashing into pedestrians, is something u nfortu nately pedestrians, is something unfortunately that is easy to happen. And very difficult to stop. So unfortunately our western societies will have to get used to set level of terrorist mayhem in order to be resilient to these things in the broader scheme of things. Many of the attacks in europe have been confidently identified as lone wolf attacks and then they turn out to be nothing of then they turn out to be nothing of the sort. Very often there is something in the background where either they are talking to people who share the same ideology or in cahoots with the group overseas. It is likely there will be something in the background of this man . The chances are he had something, some kind of relationship to some organisation or individual and this is what the investigation is going to try to determine. 0ne one issue is how did one become radicalised online, everyone is online, and weve all seen terrible propaganda. So how to get this individual who might have seen this document first place to get to the next level to commit an attack is something the investigators will try to unravel in the coming days and weeks. And when donald trump talks about tighter regulations on immigration, a merit based system, do you think it would do anything to stop people like this . Remember 100 of the 144 or so individuals who have some kind of, who have been charged with something Islamic State related, overwhelmingly these are us citizens or permanent residents and so tightening up the fact that you might tighten up on the various countries as he talks about at great length is not going to stop an attack by a us citizen or permanent resident and that is the best majority of these attacks. Thank you very much. Looking at this from in europe, the president has weighed in with policy ina way president has weighed in with policy in a way that he did not weigh in after the attack in las vegas. Yes it has been picked on over here as well, it is noticeable, people compared his response and the response clearly from the white house after the Las Vegas Attack when people raised the issue of gun control, the white house firmly saying that now is not the time to talk about policy issues like that. But straightaway within hours of this attack in new york you had the president talking about policy issues, around immigration and the merit based lottery system. The random lottery system. So there is a disconnect there, it has been noticed over here and of course it is political, the president to some extent is playing to his base. By talking about immigration and being tough on immigration, that is what his base wants to hear right now. You made an important point, you must put this into perspective comparing it to how many attacks we have had recently in europe, new york has come. Amazing that there has not been a much bigger one since september the 11th. It is an impressive record. American senators are not happy with social media. Facebook, twitter and google got a round ticking off today at a Senate Hearing for failing to do enough to stop russia from meddling in us elections. Ahead of these hearings facebook revealed that many more americans than previously disclosed had seen russian ads in the run u