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Is the deadliest terror attack since 9/11 to hit new york city. there's a helplessness because this is the place that was supposed to be the safest. we're in the shadow of the new world trade center, the joint terrorism task force, the police headquarters that's right here, and yet somebody with a truck was able to do so much death and destruction. so on the flip side for investigators, there are new indications of what they have to look out for. what is a soft target? what are these vehicle attacks really about? how can you access them? and where this man was from is a part of the world we ha...

But that doesn't mean he wasn't directed by someone, is that correct? >> well, and that doesn't mean he wasn't influenced by someone. >> does it matter if it's isis? you know he's saying it's believed it's isis. he's saying allahu akbar, but does it matter to identify this specific terrorist? >> only if it's going to help us stop the next wave. and we did a good job in namely providing assistance and support and so forth to our allies in the region and helping to defeat isis pretty decisively now in iraq and syria. but that's in partment that they are migrating to other places like unfortunate...

Entyvio. relief and remission within reach. . welcome back. we're in lower manhattan not far from the world trade center and the 9/11 memorial. more on what paul and i were talking about with vehicle attacks. gary tuchman with more on that and got to warn you there is graphic footage in this report. >> reporter: bastille day in france last year. a fire just ended in niece. a terror international driving a rented truck strikes and kills 86 people as he plows through the pedestrian in high speed. >> i had a choice to jesper to my -- jump to my left or right because the truck was swerving.

Migrating to other places like unfortunately yesterday, new york. >> in your years, when you were working with this newer director, were you making people aware of these vehicle attacks? i ask you because let's look at these vehicle attacks. this is that in the last year. the niece, france attack, berlin christmas attack. two in london, one in barcelona. what's going on? >> terrorists have found that by using knives and trucks, which can be almost anyplace, you don't have to smuggle anything. lots of people have knives and lots of people have a truck. so if you can kill dozens of people that d...

Joining us now is cnn terrorism analyst paul cruikshank. paul these vehicle attacks, you and i have talked about this. it feels like over the years, we've seen six in the last year alone in europe. this fits a pattern. >> it certainly does. it's something anderson that isis has been encouraging and al-qaeda, because tease attacks are so devastating. in niece, the worst attacks took place with 86 people about killed. we saw the full force of how bad these attacks could be. in that case, a truck went along the bike track for more than a mile, similar distance to what we saw in new york. and in t...