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This system. why would that matter so much? well, because via carries more than 4 million people on trips every year up there in canada, and for a long time, jake, there's been talk about the idea that train stations are comparatively a soft target compared to airplanes. in fact, ever since 9/11, as air travel has been more and more locked into security, various people have said the real concern is going to be train stations because there are millions of people on them. think about this. we had train attacks in london, in mumbai, in south korea. so the fear for a long time has been there would...

The london . everyone watching that event will be aware of their surrounding that will make it difficult to do something like you saw in boston. >> londoners are hardly immune to terror. they are used to it. going back to the ira bombingings a few years ago and the train attacks in london not too long after 9/11. they have a heightened sense of urgeency . who do they have to do now? anything different or look more at the packages? >> well, the british and the americans have the stronger counter terrorism relationship in the world. the new york city police department also has a in london. you k...

State and local law enforcement, and an aware public, where the public has to step in. dhs has created programs to help us do that. >> with a lone wolf, or groups, it's amazing after all this time, despite all the talks of threatened talk of trains, planes remain the theme. why is that? >> we puzzle that over that in the community. we have seen train attacks, in london and madrid in spain, so it's not an exclusive forecast on aircraft, but they sure like them for some reason. you have to be aware the tactics can change rapidly. we need to pay attention to surface transportation, buses and trai...

This is a guy that -- apparently had a computer but no internet connection. how in the world would he have been able to communicate with people? >> i think it was -- quite limited. we know there were careers, we will find out more from the briefing today. what we hear about the -- potential train attacks on the tents anniversary, those may have been a wish list of bin laden. we shouldn't be surprised by that. i think what, more surprising if he was than planning things or if al qaeda said you know, threw up the white flag and said oh, now we are done. everything we are hearing from al qaeda an...

Looking for identities of these guys and looking for links to other potential terrorist networks in other parts of europe. >> kelly, if you get anything else, please come back. thank you for spending some time with us. i know it's been a marathon for you. joining us, sean henry, former assistant director of the fbi and an msnbc contributor. joinings by phone, a senior analyst. juan, let me start with you quickly. there hasn't been a terror attack carried out in spain since the 2004 train attacks in madrid and i wonder if -- did they change their approach to terror investigations? did the ter...