Page 2 - Train Bombing News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Precisely how he may try to continue the u.s. participation while signalling frustrations with the deal. on two fronts. oath on iran and north korea, there will be the president's messaging to the world and the administration's internal debate and some of his own decision making unfolding and very much shaped by these private meetings behind closed doors. >> stick around. we have more to talk about. meantime there has been a second arrest in connection with the london train bombing. still ahead, the latest on the investigation and why the official terror threat level is changing. ♪ hungry ey...

Recently than france for example. when we saw what happened in london. the last big terror attack in spain was 2004. what is unique about that and why is it significant that this happened in spain? >> we haven't seen a major terror attack in spain since the train bombing in 2004. i think what's particularly unique about this, if you look at what the spanish authorities have done over the past several years, they've done a good job identifying potential terror threats and have arrested several hundred people in the last two or three years who are either involved in plotting terror attacks or su...

So well, and so they went to blan b and improvised this attack. >> what are the capabilities of the spanish intelligence police and others. i'm trying to think off the top of my head. wasn't there a train boxing a couple of years ago? >> that's right. the madrid train bombing. the worst terror attack in the west. 190 people killed. they were before that dealing with other groups. they've really been going after these radicals, terrorists inside the country. there have been a couple hundred arrests. a quarter of them have been in barcelona. it's a real radicalization inside the country. in fact...

And over in london the threat level has been raised to severe. so what are your thoughts on possibly them maintaining this or once they get through this possible terrorist attack do you think they're going to sort of re-evaluate how police are attending to these matters? or these threats? or do you think they'll possibly come down and say, maybe we need to refigure how we're going to cover these events? >> well, you know, i had the good fortune of dealing a little bit with nypd and the intelligence division. nypd is a unique police department. 40,000 strong. and they have an intelligence divis...

Was fairly action. we were listening to the mayor said that their goal is to not only disrupt democracy, in particular, but to specifically upcoming election in four days. does that seem likely to you? >> i don't think that their particular goal. i'd be very, very surprised if the uk disrupted their national election for this terrorist attack simply because the election happens in more than just london. i would say that these are strategic elements to these attacks. the islamic groups like al qaeda come in the past, has have a lot of success in knocking out european members who are of the coal...