is bill neely -- >> sorry, it's bill neely here. apologies.u were addressing that question to me. no, the latest i've got is that -- and you may already have this, but the metropolitan police here, the anti-terror police here are saying this isn't is being treated as if it were a terror incident. now, i assume that means that the strong suspicion is that it was a terror incident. at the minute, as we've been reporting, one man has been arrested. the police are simply saying a number of people have been injured. we believe at least five people have been injured. and there are a lot of details about this that we're not clear. for example, there is a very large white truck jackknifed across two lanes of london bridge. we're not quite sure what part that plays in this incident. what i can tell you is just even in the last few minutes, more police reinforcements have screamed in with their sirens wailing. if this incident is over, and i would stress we don't know that, the police certainly aren't treating it as if it's over. they are concerned, as

trying to determine the motive our team is covering both attacks and precautions here at home, bill neely starts us off. >> reporter: in the heart of london, terror on a bridge, mechb wrestling to the ground a plan with a knife, he just stabbed five people. suddenly, he opens his coat, to show what looks like a suicide vest two men retreat. one has snatched the man's knife. three armed police officers rush in they got him away, and dragged a man off the suspect and one man opened fire. two gunshots witnesses horrified. passengers on a bus watching just yards away. others on the bridge, running for their lives. >> i just said to myself get off tharve hundreds of shoppers fleeing >> they told us to come out. >> and police are treating this as a terror attack helicopters in the air hundreds of officers on the ground and it comes in the middle of a national election campaign >> reporter: the suspect died at the scene. five of his victims rushed to hospitals. >> two of those injured in this attack, in the london bridge area, have tragically lost their lives. >> reporter: the attacker's suicide

bill neely, nbc news, hong kong. [ bell ] >>> there you have new york stock exchange with s&p 500 andasdaq hit record highs as9 rally picks up steam. again the dow gained 140 point this is morning. >>> no more ubers in london. transit leaders are refusing to renew the license to operate citing several instances that place passenger safety at risk. after a report revealed 14,000 trips involving unauthorized drivers. uber is vowing to fight the decision calling it extraordinary and wrong. the company has 21 days to appeal. in the meantime it could continue to operate while the appeals process is underway. >>> despite a bumpy or cracked rollout, people are interested in getting their hands on the cyber truck. elon musk tweeting tesla has received 200,000 orders for the new electric pickup truck. i only have to put down a refundable $100 deposit to register your own vehicle which starts under $40,000 but you have to wait a while to get behind the wheel, production is not expected to start until late 2021. >>> while there is at the pump ahead of a busy travel week, it does appear to be eas

>> bill neely, thanks very much. >>> another brazen heist caught on camera. this one closer to home in miami. surveillance video shows two thieves yanking an atm off the wall at a restaurant and then dragging it away. the owner says they also made off with $3,000 in cash and other items. the men are still at large. >>> those guys were pretty bold but there are other sneaky ways thieves are stealing from atms using disguises and devices to loot their way. gadi schwartz has that story. >> reporter: they look like an atm repair crew, criminals dressed as technicians to give them control over the machines. >> it's brazen in broad daylight in front of hundreds of people. >> reporter: the high-tech heists are turning to security re systems are being hacked so quickly. that atm crime and fraud does cost the banking industry and financial services industry bils dollars per year a hacker takes control of an atm. it's a matter of sending out a bag man to pull out hands full of cash using any card with a magnetic strip. >> they can send a street thug to collect the mone

. >> joining us now from london, nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely and former special agent and contributor jim cavanaugh. bill, can you give us the latest? i know it's still touch and go out there. >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon, katy. you will hear an alarm going off behind me and it is still a crime scene here. the police still in place. the blue flashing lights. this incident began at 1:58 so lunchtime in london when the streets were packed, when police responded to reports of a stabbing in a building. by the time armed officers got to the scene, the man had moved from that building, having stabbed a number of people. we think at least five. he was then tackled by very brave members of the public, by passers by, bystanders who wrestled him to the ground on london bridge. one managed to take the knife, a very large knife, from him. he then opened his coat and at that point there was a bit of panic because it appeared that he had some kind of suicide vest on underneath the coat. in fact, as police later said, this was a hoax explosive device. one man continued to wrestl

i want to go to nbc's chief correspondent bill neely standing by on the phone for us as he makes his way closer and closer to where the incident occurred on the london bridge. bill, i know you've been following this for the last hour or so as you made your way there. bring us up to date as to what you know so far and what we expect to hear from the metropolitan police at the press conference that should be apg any moment now? >> i'm about as close to the incident as we can get. we've been pushed back another 50 yards or so. there's a police helicopter hovering directly above me. we have seen police vehicles arriving by the dozen in the last hour or so. what we do know is that the police say this incident is being treated as if it were a terror incident. that's 90% the way to saying that they believe the man they have arrested a territory suspect. but they're not going all the way. it is being treated as if it were a terror incident, and we have to rely on the few statements we've had so far by the metropolitan police. the first being that at 1:58 this afternoon police were called to a

let's go to nbc's bill neely. bill, what are the latest headlines as you know them?reporter: yes, we are waiting for the prime minister, boris johnson, who of course used to be mayor of london, to make a statement outside 10 downing street. he has already spoken of the immense bravery of some members of the public who tackled this suspect. he's also praised the police and emergency services. it's about 3 1/2 hours now since this incident began with a call to police about a stabbing at a building near london bridge. a man with a knife was then seen on the streets. he was eventually tackled by members of the public, and then armed police arrived at the scene and fired at least one shot, and the man, according to a police statement not so along ago, died at the scene. police say this is terror-related. they are what they call open-minded as to the motive of the suspect and they'll now be digging into his background to establish whether or not he was indeed a lone wolf attacker, whether he left any kind of note or video, and of course who his friends and family were and

joining me now is bill neely. , interesting when i was in hong kong earlier this week, the chinese were threatening retaliation, making a lot of noise if the president signed this into law and today they're still threatening. that may as far as this goes. there's a bigger prize for china and that's the possible trade deal with the u.s. key departments in the chinese government are making no mention of this new law. and on the u.s. side it's unusual, ali, that we can't show our viewers any video or any photographs of president trump's extravagant signature on this bill because there isn't any he did it behind closed doors. so it's almost as if neither side wants to make a big deal of this, and the new law is largely yes, it's clearly an important act of support for the protesters. they're thrilled it's passed into law. for example, any hong kong or chinese official guilty of human rightsui abuses, for example, during those protests can be sanctioned by the u.s. hong kong's specialu. trading status with theon u.s. wi

bill neely joins us from hong kong. bill, this is local elections.oters and candidates, do they see it as an opportunity as the rest of the world watches? >> reporter: good morning, dara, yes, they do. a record turnout here today. this is the most important election in hong kong for decades and the first election since the protests began five months ago. it really is a referendum on the local government handling of those protests. pro-democracy candidates have adopted the five demands of the protesters as their policy platform and the pro-government or pro-beijing candidates blame the protesters for everything that has gone wrong over the last five months. it really is a bitter divide. because some of the candidates have been quite seriously injured in the protests over the last five months. so entirely peaceful today. no demonstrations. the riot police adopting a very, very low profile. normally, the pro-government candidates win these elections pretty handily, usually by about 3 to 1. that's not going to happen this time. in a poll a couple of week

lester bill neely in london richard engel is also in london. richard, these bear the hallmarks of isis inspired attacks we have seen in the past, the knive, the european cities, the fake suicide bomb, and why now and could this be the start of something. >> reporter: lester, it could be the start of something and they do bear all of the isis hallmarks and for ars n europe there have been isis supporters in and out of prison and many of them want to avenge the death u bakr al baghdadi, i long ago he was hunted down by u.s. commandos in syria and his body dumped in the ocean and president trump saying how he was crying and died likes not tt isis wants to present. it wants to show that it remains strong, and this period, the holiday season, is always a time when isis tryings to attack, particularly those christmas markets soon to be opening. >> richard engel in london, thank you. >>> today's attacks come as security at home is stepped up for the holidays, big events that draw a crowd and a history of attacks this time of the year pete williams has

with these kinds of attacks in this city. >> bill neely, thank you very much. erin, thank you very much as well and malcolm. ahead, i'll speak to cory booker. he'll be here in studio to talk about the direction of his campaign. and also, whether or not he's going to qualify for next month's democratic debate. two months left until the iowa caucus. how is he going to lift himself up? but right after this break, the president has decided to restart talks with the taliban. what changed his mind? and are we closer to ending america's longest war? answers next. earn about their medicare options... before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! well, you've come to the right place. it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here's why... medicare part b doesn't pay for everything. only about 80% of your medical costs. this part is up to you... yeah, everyone's a little surprised to learn that one. a medicare supplemen

joining me now bill neely, what's the scene looking like at this hour?rter: good afternoon, you are joining me near london bridge. police still have the blue flashing lights there and a couple of london buses stopping there. this incident happens about 4.5 hours ago. we know one suspect is dead. nbc news are trying to confirm disturbing reports from the hospital close to here that one possibility two members of the public have died with their injuries. we can't confirm that at the moment because there are several reports suggesting that at least one member of the public have died after this attack. within the last hour, the prime minister boris johnson broke off campaigning for the national election that'll be held here in two weeks, he spoke inside downing street. the police are continuing their investigations, he said i can assure you and assure that anybody involved in this crime and attacks will be hunted down and brought to justice. the message that we sent to them and anyone associated with this type of attack is one that'll be familiar. this count

bill neely is in hong kong with the latest on today's record turnout. bill? >> a record turnout for the most important elections in hong kong in decades. the first elections since the protests began here five months ago. it really is a referendum here on the government's handling of those protests. the pro democracy candidates have adopted as their policy platform the five demands of the protesters, basically more democracy here in hong kong. the pro government, pro-beijing candidates blame the protesters for everything that's happened here in recent months. there is bitterness between the two camps. some of the candidates have been seriously injured in the protests here. normally the pro-government candidates would win these elections easily by about three to one. that's not going to happen this time in a poll, just a few weeks ago, 83% of the people of hong kong said they blamed the government and the police for what's happened here. the protesters want to send a message to president xi in beijing that millions of people here in hong kong support them. beij

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european museum by those brazen thieves caught on camera but still gone without a trace, it would seem bill neely is following the case for us bill, good morning. >> yeah, good morning, craig german police have had hundreds of tips, but the gang is still on the run and the fear is that right now they may be breaking those beautiful pieces apart into individual diamonds that they can sell, although selling them won't be easy and the global hunt to catch them isn't proving easy either admired for centuries, stolen in minutes, jewels say experts that may never be seen again. police releasing images of the 17 missing pieces. one, a 49-carat diamond worth up to $12 million another made of diamonds from the 1600s worn by queens this is their last known location german media showing the burned-out getaway car used by the thieves. police are closer to knowing how they did it, but not who they now say the cc tv images show only two of a four-man gang one using an ax to smash open a display cabinet. they say the thieves grabbed what they could but less than first feared it was well planned. a fire disablin

developments where a pro democracy candidate planted what's called a stunning election victory bill neelys with more. hello, bill. >> reporter: yes, good morning, joe. this was a landslide for the pro democracy candidates they won nearly 90% of the seats here in hong kong. they now control 17 out of 18 consuls. four were controlled by the pro government, pro beijing party. this was an absolute wipeout the pro democracy candidates had run basically on the platform of the five demands of the protesters so the message is from millions of people here in hong kong, we support the protestors we reject how the government has handled the protests in the last 5 months and with a turnout of 71%, hong kong is saying we want a say in how we are governed a stunning result. the big question is how will beijing react? and picked beijing chief executive here, carrie lam said, well, i will listen humbly to what has been said by the people, the chinese foreign minister says nothing will change the fact that hong kong is part of china so those seem to be, well, humble but uncompromising responses. and beiji