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Surfaced. these attacks are escalating. the "new york post" reports. chunk of concrete, bottles thrown at nypd cops in separate incidents. attacks like these have moved from new york state gop to lawmakers to proposed legislation making it a felony to dumping water on cops. some democrats are trying to stop it. joining me is bernie kerik. >> what this does, it emboldens these guys that go out and do this stuff. they see it on video. there's copycat attacks. we're seeing it not only in new york city. in new york city we've seen a number of them.s the new york city cops have laid back. they're a...

>> it is counterintuitive. you say we want our communities safe but not allow the police to do the job. >> julie: you have to hold the community responsible for dysrespecting their police. if you expect respect in the community, if you see disrespect in the community you need to hold them accountable and that's what law enforcement is for. >> it is. sad we have to legislate civility. we're seeing it's words that are empty and baseless. what i'm trying to push forward is where our police can hold people accountable for what they do. >> julie: the officers felt like they had no choice. they had ...

Something where you have to look at it from every direction to hit it, then you'll never cure it. this is a mental health epidemic we have to really dig into. and it's not going to be just one way. it's going to be multiple disciplines coming from different directions. >> you're saying it's not any one factor. it's all of them together. still, no solution. in the director of the fbi ordered a new nationwide threat assessment in effort to prevent more deadly mass attacks like this. how will that stop future attacks including copy cat attacks? which is what we appear to be seeing. >> the problem...

Rifle legally it's quite possible he didn't break any laws in the state of texas until he actually pulled the trigger. so what changes now? people talk about security, they spread a word between el paso a and juarez maybe el paso isn't as safe as it used to be. as we continue to worry about copycat attacks, the people really going to pay the price for that and fear those attacks were the very vulnerable communities that were vulnerable before this attack. immigrant communities across america, many people undocumented and already living in fear are now all the more living in a state of fear in ...

Suspected in being involved in that incident. meanwhile, a prime suspect now being questioned about why he opened fire on this spot earlier today. david? >> ian pannell with us tonight. ian, thank you. and of course, all of this playing out as new zealand deals with the horror of its worst terrorist attack ever, the attack in christchurch. vigils held for the 50 people killed by that gunman at two mosques, just three miles apart. well, what that suspect did in court. and tonight now, the new fear, the joint intelligence bulletin right here in the u.s., warning that al qaeda and isis are call...