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attack, shooting and killing five explosive strapped suspects. >> this after a van plowed in to a crowd of people in barcelona, killing a dozen and leaving a hundred others injured on the pavement in what is now the worst terror attack to hit the country in a decade. we go to the ground in barcelona. tell us more about the overnight shootout. >> reporter: well, philip, i'm standing right on the area here in the center of barcelona, where the white van yesterday plowed in to a crowd, killing at least 13 people. now, it was closed until two hours ago when we were here last. but now it's reopened, as you can see, it's full of people. i can see the stores are open, people are buying newspapers, other people next to me are laying flowers. others are tourists with luggage

rolling to or from their destination. so, it just looks like any other day here in the area. as if nothing happened a few hours ago here. and it's more remarkable if you consider that this was the terror attack that took place here, was not the only one that was carried out in this area yesterday or overnight. another terrorist attack was carried out about 100 miles south. it was kind of a copycat attack in the beginning. with five terrorists in a van, plow engine to -- plowing in to a crowd of people. nobody was killed in that one. well now, the warring pa in-- t worrying part of the attack, after the terrorists were shot, they carried out controlled explosions of what they believe was some kind of suicide vests

and yet, as you see behind me, life has gone to normal already here. >> a different scene from yesterday. thank you so much. >>. >> and this morning an all-out man hunt across spain is under way as they search for the driver who carried out of the attack. marking the sixth time terrorists used the vehicle as a deadly weapon in a major european city. with three suspects in custody, other pieces are fall engine to place as the -- are falling in to place as the search for the main suspect continues. >> we have seen another attack on what you would call the heart of western culture. we have seen cafe attacked in paris a christmas market in berlin and this time, it was street life in spain. screams, and panic on barcelona's most famous pedestrian street. >> they are shooting. they are shooting. >> an american tourist from los

angeles recorded as she ran for her life. >> we heard what sounded like begunshot -- gun shots and we saw hundreds of people rushing toward us. >> come on, come on, come on. >> they were running from a van that plowed in to crowds on the street. police responded quickly, evacuating nearby buildings and shutting down the neighborhood. >> we heard a lot of noise and people screaming, so like everyone was running away. >> witness captured the aftermath. we blurred some of the issues. they were horrific, bodied on the sidewalk, many young. crowds huddled around the victims trying to assist. this news stand was nearly knocked over in the attack, which took place along the historic street, popular with tourists. the van jumped the curb and sped up, traveled over 600 yards and zigzagged as it went, they are

calling it an act of terrorism and the manhunt is under way for the driver. two people were arrested but police say neither was behind the wheel. isis is claiming responsibility now. saying it was carried out by one of its soldiers but offered no evidence. but it is only the latest example of the group's supporters using vehicles as weapons. in niese, where a truck mowed down dozens. in berlin, crashing through a christmas market. and in london, where attackers drove across london bridge, and then, jumped out with knives. >> the use of vehicles is now the low-tech high impact option for terrorists. it's demonstrated value in jihad circles. >> thank you for the report. >> well, continuing his working vacation, president trump denounced the barcelona attack, offering assistance to spain. but he wakes up this morning under fire for following that statement of support with a tweet that brings back a debunked story that is not based

on historical evidence and it comes as the backlash comes about the response of saturday's violence in charlottesville. >> within three hours of the attack in barcelona, president trump condemned it as terror. tweeting the u.s. will do whatever is necessary to help. be tough and be strong, we love you. then as an example of how to get tough on what he called radical islamic terror, he sited a debunked anti-muslim myth. something that set off a firestorm when he first said it on the campaign trail. >> and he took the 50 tear are rifts and he took 50 men and he dipped 50 bullets in pig's blood. you heard that, right? >> the faith prohibits pork. now that story is part of his quick response to an attack overseas. here at home, his response to

the domestic attack in charlottesville has fall out. as he lamentes the removal of monuments. saying you can't change history, but you can learn from it, robert e. lee, stonewall jackson. who's next? washington? jefferson? so foolish. >> there's blame on both sides. >> the only african-american senator interviewed about the president's performance this week. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority and that moral authority is compromised when tuesday happens. >> and another senator that campaigned for the president now criticizing him. >> the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the co competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be

successful. and we need for him to be successful. >> the commander and chief countered by the leaders of five military branches that sent a strong signal without mentioning the president by name, by publically condemning the extremist elements. >> we are one team and that's the way we stay. >> steve bannon viewing it as a president the fight will win. as he told the "new york times" the race identity politics of the left, wants to say it's all racist, give me more. tear down more statues and say the revolution is coming. i can't get enough of it. >> the american cancer society says that it is pulling out of its planned gala because of what it calls challenges to i.ts values and president trump is scrapping the infrastructure council he wanted before it got off the ground. not long after disbanding two business advisory boards. it's another tough week for at

the trump. >> thank you. crews in anapolis removed the statue of supreme court justice robert see taney, he upheld slavery and denied citizenship to african-americans. >> right now, we are looking at potentially dangerous weather here in the northeast. bill is joining us live. what can you tell us about it? >> a lot of people have a risk of severe storms. not bad, a few rolling through kentucky, later on today, there's an area back towards kansas city. it's the area with the slight risk that includes all of the cities, new york, washington, d.c., 36 people are at risk of seeing severe storms. wind damage is the biggest threat and could be an isolated

tornado. the other portions of the forecast. warm and ann coulter as well.

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(colonial penn jingle) a message with spray paint. someone vandalizes a frank rizzo statue and calls for the removal continue. terror in spain. police kill a group of attackers after a van plows into people in a tourist area in barcelona. a family is speaking out. the eagles come out on top in the first preseason game at home and the newest weapon on the roster makes an impressive debut. nbc 10 starts now. a lot of eagles to talk about. coming up on 4:00 a.m., good morning. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. >> strong storms are likely during the day today for the entire area. during the afternoon to evening hours.

the greatest threat may come through during the evening commute and into the evening hours. and that's when we see heavy downpours, some damaging wind and a tornado threat and hail possible with the storms that are moving in. already seeing some activity in the lehigh valley. look at the showers and thunderstorms, very heavy rainfall. rainfall is coulding doming dow rate of 3 inches an hour. they're moving to the northeast at 25 miles an hour. that's going to bring that storm into allentown in just 21 minutes time or 4:21. 22 minutes time. temperatures into the upper 80s. storms are likely for philadelphia, the suburbs, later in the day. new jersey, the lehigh valley and delaware as well. we'll see those -- that storm threat and at the shore, late day showers and thunderstorms may hold off until this evening at the store. i'll break it down hour by hour to show you when storms are most likely to pop up in our region. first, time to check first alert traffic with pamela osborne.

>> monitoring a situation on the schuylkill near gladwyne. there is a downed tree. that's something to be looking out for. turnpike check now, there was some work that was happening overnight. look at these drive times, everything is looking green. everything looking good right now. if you're heading to mass transit, everything is on time. back to you. >> thank you. 4:00 a.m., breaking news now, someone spray paints the statue of frank rizzo after repeated calls for its removal. >> the words black power were written on the monument of the former philadelphia mayor, in the wake of the violence in charlottesville. matt delucia joins us live with more. what are you learning this morning? >> reporter: a little over an hour ago, a woman who says she is a concerned philadelphian and a supporter of frank rizzo came here to put a drape over the statue. you can see that over there right now. and this is to cover that graffiti and you can also s