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More mass casualties, but this is >> art roderick, i have you as well. you know, in terms of this one individual who has been arrested, is in custody, is it the driver, is it not, is this the person that rented the van. these are all questions they're trying to ascertain answers to. what are some of the questions that authorities there in barcelona are asking of this person? >> i mean, right now, obviously, if this is the individual that was in the van, not only the cctv but any video from tourists. i'm sure they have all this pretty much nailed down at this point. especially since they've mad...

Automatic weapon to create carnage. you need a van and a crowded place, and unbelievably and tragically it's that simple, wolf. >> yes. we did hear the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson say this was an act of terror. they're investigating and urging all americans citizens in this very popular tourist area of barcelona to stay away and stay away as quickly as possible. we did just see a tweet from the first lady of the united states, melania trump. here's her tweet -- thoughts and prayers to #barcelona. from melania trump, first lady of the united states. and quickly bring in law enforcemen...

We can confirm, according to information released by the new york city police department that this call came out of this active shooter sometime before 3:00 p.m. and they are still actively searching for that shooter, so again, a very fluid situation, but that's just some limited information that's been put out right now by authorities in the bronx there, recommending that anybody in and around the area simply avoid it as they continue to track down the suspect involved here. >> polo, thank you. art roderick, just looking at pictures of this, this building, it's massive. multiple floors, you k...

Tom fuentes, let me go back to -- art roderick, let me come back to you. on the hostage negotiation piece, any time you have an active shooter, you have vulnerable people around just because of the presence of a gun. but we're talking about a hospital, people who are ill, people attached to machines, who are even more so vulnerable. how does that complicate things for police? >> the big question here, is this a barricade situation or a hostage barricade situation? if it's just the shooter barricading himself, then obviously it makes it a lot easier for law enforcement to handle that type of sc...

Attacked a hospital. so like i said, it could be a little hard because you have a shooter that actually knows the hospital and was an employee there. so it's going to be a tough task for the police to track him down unless he decides that he wants to engage them. we'll see a lot of instances like this also, we find that he could wind up killing himself also after he came in and committed the crimes that he wanted to, so whatever specific persons that he wanted to go after. >> they want him alive to prosecute so he obviously, so justice can be carried out here. let me just point out, we've been...