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Security analyst. peter, isis has been losing a lot of ground in iraq and syria. the caliphate seems to be crumbling right now although they are still there. there has always been fear that as they lose ground in iraq and syria they will step up terror activities elsewhere. is this what we saw in spain today a reaction to that? >> we don't know because we don't know who carried out the attack. isis has claimed it and used the formulation of soldiers. that is a formulation they use when they haven't necessarily trained the people involved but believe that they are inspired by isis. so also no i...

New york city. it is 8:30 p.m. here in spain. we want to get a update on the ha latest on barcelona. 13 dead, more than 50 injured? >> that's right, the interior minister said 13 people were killed, more than 50 injured. they said this was the most serious condemnation to a terrorist attack in barcelona. we're also getting reports that a amongst those wounded, some very, very seriously injured people. the number of fatalities may go up. also the police force in spain says they arrested a man in barcelona seconded to the van attack. the misannounced this on twitter saying they are denying earli...

Trying to do business with donald trump can you trust him? >> this kind of pretty inflammatory language, what does it do to the cooperation the u.s. is seeking from many majority muslim nations working to fight isis, al qaeda and other terror organization snz. >> president trump reaches in these moments for whatever statement makes him look like the strong man, the tough guy, not necessarily the guy who is going to bring people and allies together and that is the tendency and that is what you see in the tweets. what he doesn't seem to have gotten his hands around or brushed aside is that both ...

In elkinar. two explosions, two people in custody. the ones arrested were in ripola and elkinar but the driver of the van is on the run. authorities tell us they do not have the driver of the vehicle in custody. the person behind the wheel according to a official in the region says the van attack that killed 13 people is connected to the explosion and the driver of the van is not in custody. it's been a confusing day all around. it's understandable, rich, with so much going on basically at the same time. >> absolutely, shep. this is the day the secretary of state started talking about a differ...

There are two suspects who are in custody, but neither of them was arrested at the scene in barcelona. instead, one was arrested in the town of -- where the van was rented. and the second was arrested in elk in order to pray to the side of the two deadly explosions. one was last night. another tonight. on scene in both of those trying to link together the pieces. police believe that the explosions are linked to the attack on las ramblas, but very unclear how. and police to acknowledge the two suspects in custody may be a part of a bigger cell. meantime in spain's catalonia region, a man who tr...