fran townsend was homeland security adviser to president george w. bush and is now our cbs news senior security analyst. fran, there have been at least half a dozen of these in europe just this year, vehiclear attacks. sadly, is there nothing we can do to prevent this? >> well, you know, over the years, anthony, governments around the world have put up barriers in large pedestrian areas to prevent cars from getting into them. but you can't do that everywhere. and any iconic sort of tourist landmark, anyplace where people gather-- restaurants, squares-- you can't protect all of them. and, sadly, the enemy, isis, is taking advantage of that. >> mason: isis has basically said their agents did this. >> that's right. >> mason: what does this say about their-- a shift, if anything, in their strategy. >> i think on that score we shouldn't be all that surprised. as we're constricting, as we're succeeding against them in places lake iraq and syria, they're clearly looking for opportunities to strike back, and it's easier asymmetrically against civilian populat

fran townsend was homeland security adviser to president george w.ws new senior security anal fran, there have been at least half a dozen of these in europe just this year, vehicular attacks. sadly, is there nothing we can do to prevent this? >> well, you know, over the years, anthony, governments around the world have put up barriers in large pedestrian areas to prevent cars from getting into them. but you can't do that everywhere, and any iconic sort of tourist landmark, anyplace where people gather-- restaurants, squares-- you can't protect all of them. and, sadly, the enemy, isis, is taking advantage of that. >> mason: isis has basically said their agents did this. >> that's right. >> mason: what does this say about their-- a shift, if anything, in their strategy? >> well, i think on that score we shouldn't be all that surprised. as we're constricting, as we're succeeding against them in places like iraq and syria, they're clearly looking for opportunities to strike back, and it's easier asymmetrically against civilian populations in places like-

. >>> this morning we'll discuss the incident in barcelona spain with fran townsend. the removal of confederate statues is being questioned by republicans. >> there needs to be radical changes to take place at the white house. >> reporter: harsh criticism from the house's own party, tennessee senator bob corker. >> the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the confidence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. >> and this from another republican, tim scott of south carolina. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. that more authority's compromised. >> reporter: while the president has avoided cameras for the past go days, he has not been silent. on twitter he swiftly condemned the barcelona attack and suggested his followers, quote, study what general pershing did to terrorists in the united states when caught. an alleged debunked matter of what he told. >> what they did was cut open two pigs and dumped the bullets into the pigs. then they took the bullets and shot 50 men. >> reporter

great to see you. >> great to see you, thank you, charlie. >> rose: fran townsend. stay with us. >> rose: steve bannon is one of the most divisive figures in american poll licks. harvard business school, blue collar roots, bannon driving force behind breitbart web site when donald trump appointed him to run his campaign in august 2016. widely crafted with crafting president trump's message and guiding him to victim r. joshua green tells the story of bannon and trump's unlikely partnership in his new book called "devil's bargain." i am pleased to have josh green at this table. welcome. >> great to be here, thank you. >> rose: this is a new review in the new york review of backs i just saw in which it says it is a testament to your adroit intertwaining of bannon and trump that we're not certain which of the two figures sold the bigger part of himself to the other. in the broader sense they are co-authors of our moment's tabloid conservatism. >> i think that's exactly right and the point of the book was to go back and answer the question everybody wants to still know a

. >> mason: all right, fran townsend, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >>> the cbs overnight

cbs news national security analyst fran townsend was homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to president george w. bush. fran, good morning. >> good morning. >> first with the news. u.s. law enforcement officials telling cbs news this morning that they have indications this was more than just an inspired isis attack. what does that mean? >> if you look at the events as they unfolded, you had the house which blew up when they failed to put together these gas canisters probably for a car bomb. then you had the tragic sort of seven-block, right, rage of this car, killing 14. you also had on cambrils last night another car attack, people injured. you've got five dead there. they were wearing suicide belts. you look at the chronology, this was a fairly large cell, had to have been in place for a while, pretty good planning although their execution of the explosive elements was not so good. so i think that this looks like a you're hearing from law enforcement now much more directly controlled than just merely inspired. this wasn't somebody who got up and decided to take a car and ram

charlie: turning to the attack in barcelona, we talk to fran townsend. >> if all you need is to grabn everyday item like a car or knife and launch an attack, block into an attack in start stabbing people, or you can take a car on london bridge or in barcelona and mow down civilians, it is very difficult to stop. you rely on intelligence to try to catch the person. for an understanding of steve bannon and his relationship to president trump, we talked with joshua green. his book is "the devil's bargain." is very good at messaging, stoking the worries and fears of the electorate. galvanizing a certain kind of dispossessed voter who has not felt like they had a place in american politics for the last 10 or 20 years. that is a real talent. i think that helped get donald trump elected. but you need an entirely different set of skills when you wind up in the white house. charlie: the departure of steve bannon and the terrorist attack in spain when we continue. ♪ charlie: steve bannon, the controversial chief strategist for president trump, is leaving the white house. that announcement came

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cbs news national security analyst fran townsend was security adviser to george w. bush. good morning. >> good morning. >> law enforcement officials telling cbs news this morning it was more than an inspired malicious attacks. what does this mean? >> if you look, they have the house that blew up with these gas canisters, together for a car bomb. you had in cambrils last night another car attack, people injured. you've got five debt there. they were wearing suicide belts. you can see as you look at the chronology. this was a fairly large kreshlgs pretty good plans, although the execution was not so good. so i think this looks like as you're hearing from law enforcement now, much more controls than merely inspired. this wasn't somebody who got out and decided to take a car and ram it into a crowd. >> is this the way to to it nowing fran? get in a car and mow people down? there's a story from the "washington post" that people are upset there weren't barricades to prevent this. >> we're seeing more and more arth there are no areas -- >> times square. >> correct. you're going