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Authorities are treating this as a likely terrorist event. i want to have -- bring in to the discussion the information that you have just mentioned which goes to the idea that there was a level of coordination and likely a cell that was involved in this attack. we have the initial event, which was the plowing down of pedestrians, tourists, families on las rambla, which is pedestrianized. it does allow for some vehicle traffic. now a follow-on event in a nearby street with the police, individuals apparently armed. now, as you have been reporting for the last 90 minutes, shepard, they have also...

They are able to get their hands on, and they are trying to determine who he was in touch with, who might have helped him get to the location, who might have helped him escape from the location. there is a lot of working going on now trying to prove it is a terrorist event. i'm sure they'll get there. >> leland: if this is proven to be a terrorist event, hate crime, can the f.b.i. go after some of these groups that he may have been associated with, that he may have gotten inspiration from? >> there is no question the providing material support statute that is part of the patriot act is a broad...

There was coordination there. at the same time, some of the staff were responsible with dealing with the ins the dent and reaching out to officials and law enforcement in virginia. the communications part done separately. the if we were to play it back, you can almost see where the president ad libbed walking over to say hello and shaking the hand of the veterans at a time when he knew the national spotlight was on him. he did not appear comfortable talking about this. that's just the sense that i had having observed him many times and he has not had lots of experience dealing with sort of emo...

Appearing to make an arrest, any information about whether that was connected to this ongoing situation that they're now calling a terrorist event? >> reporter: ana, it's not possible to know at this stage. he was standing, his hands were behind his back. poe lice were surrounding him. they didn't appear to be armed. they did move him away from the scene quickly. in a situation like this it's difficult to know were they moving him away because he had been obstructing him or because they believed he had been involved, simply because this was the only way they could get him to leave the scene. i...

Future. the risks are not so much from horrible terrorist event s. it's about partisan politics. this is really what affects the stock market. the end of the day, it's policies and they're tie to profits. >> so if the stock market tanks, jessica, you're to blame? >> please don't blame us. you're going to blame george bush for something. to larry's point, there's been renewed optimism in the economy and the markets since donald trump took office. president obama got us far but nobody can take that away from donald trump. this is not all about the pro growth policies. the conversations that we'r...