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British isis fighter, essentially appointing him as his spokesman after the attack so isis can have some ownership over it for propaganda purposes. this does appear to be an isis-inspired attack the second isis-inspired attack we've seen in the united states. back last october, you'll recall that there was that hatchet attack on nypd officers in queens, new york. but there's growing concern about this. more than 30 americans have now been charged for material support for isis. we've seen sort of a number of plots now thwarted in the united states people talking about launching attacks. >> but ...

Again, i don't think we have to be too concerned right now about an organized isis force in this country carrying out attacks. my concern is i believe what the justice department believes is that we're talking about lone wolves. for instance what we saw in queens back in october, where we had the isis supporter, the isis sympathizer who was radicalized over the internet using the hatchet attack on the two police officers or in canada. i think what isis is doing is appealing to supports, people on the fringes of society who will act out. we have to look for actual isis cells. i think the immedi...

Wolf incredible details here and we know counterterror officials are studying. >> that's the video we have. i'm sure the authorities have a lot more closed circuit tv they're going through, as well. thank you very much. phillip mudd does this attack have the markings of a larger terrorist organization like al qaeda or isis behind it? >> i'm not sure yet, but this is different from what we've discussed over the past few months. we had the hatchet attack we had the attack in ottawa. those are lone wolves. wolf, as soon as i saw this i said this is not lone wolf, this is a cell. that means people...

Constitutions be saying about that? they generally like media coverage. tammy, what should they say? >> this hasn't happened in a vacuum. this has been the narrative for six years now, starting perhaps with the harvard situation where the police acted stupidly, where you have the divisions in society, the 99% to the 1%, the occupy protests here in new york as well where police officers were the targets there, the hatchet attack a few weeks ago where obama was strangely silent on that as well. i think media has a responsibility to cover everything, alan is right. but they also have a responsibi...

Sense the emotion that must have been so powerful in that room. >> it's just an enormously painful day. yes, in that newsroom, around the country right now, all eyes on what has happened in new york city. this, bringing to light about how a lot of -- this is the second attack in a month. just a month a e ago, that hatchet attack. today, two police officers shot and kill ed two police officers. now the question has to be raised, can more really be done in order to warn police officers in this case of what we are hearing from the commissioner, what we are hearing from the mayor who came from thi...