of the people who were near the scene after that van plowed into cnn's international correspondent ian lee is on scene now and is joing us live. ian, what are you seeing, what are you learning? >> well, ana, right now there is just a heavy police presence around the mosque where this incident took place. a lot of emergency ambulances, fire trucks. when i was on my way here, i saw a number of ambulances and fire trucks racing here. when i got to the scene, there were a lot of people gathering here, a lot of local people trying to figure out what happened. i spoke with one eyewitness who described what he saw. he said he was just inches away from this attack. he said people in the mosque were finishing up prayers, which happens during ramadan. this is a prayer at night. people were leaving the mosque. he said that there were a group of people who were gathering around in front of it. he said that's when he saw a van come running in and hitting a number of the people. he said at least five people were hit from what he saw, and he said one person was on the ground and wasn't responsive after t

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let's go now to ian lee. he's still at the scene there.rtunity to talk to many different people, eyewitness reports there, what are people telling you now that we're learning from prime minister theresa may that police are treating this as a potential terror attack. >> rosemary, that's something we've heard all night from people various eyewitnesss every single one that this was deliberate. they don't believe that this could have been an accident to any way just to go through the series of events from what eyewitnesss told me is that it started with an elderly man who felt ill and he collapsed. that's when gathered around to help this man. and that's when the van hit into this crowd of people. about five hours ago. they say the driver tried to flee the scene, they were able to apprehend him. they say he struggled of trying to get away. a number of yeyewitnesss have said there were other people in the van. one saying one person and another saying three people in the van. that's something that police are going to looking into. although they

. >> let's bring in ian lee. he's at the scene in london you' been talking to people there and people that potentially witnessed the attack. can you reconstruct what happened? >> let me show you what the scene looks like right now. you have the police who have cord kwaurd taped off the area. this took place outside of a mosque. a lot of people gathering around as you can see trying to find out for themselves what happened. this say mosque a lot of people ended so people here knew people at that mosque praying the prayer which is the prayer that is done at night during ramadan. people want to know what's the status of their friends. what we're hearing from witnesses is that peep were leaving the mosque, gathering outside when a van karecor kareo a crowd of people. one witness saw at least five people on the ground, one unresponsive. he said this van sped up into the crowd. it did not, as he said, wasn't trying to avoid the crowd or break but looked like it was deliberate. that's when locals, the people around were

ian lee is live in london. vacuated, ian the list of high rise buildings that failed the safety collection it seems to be growing and growing and the outreach growing as well is look, people are forced to leave their homes. >> that's right, so far test at least 60 buildinges. there's a hundred percent failure right. they have this dangerous cladding. i'm in camden council where there is five of these buildings. one of them right behind me. four of which have been evacuated. one of them they say a fire marshal can watch it 24 hours a day and that they are satisfied with that. but not all residents are happy to leave. >> i don't leave my flat because it's a big upheaval for all tennants. also i think this is a total knee jerk reaction. it is overreaction on behalf of the council. because we have been in those flats since they did refurbishment in 2009. now suddenly overnight we are unsafe. we had the same cladding all those years. now all of a sudden we all have be booted out. it is a great inconvenience to all of

obviously, ian lee is in a place where it's loud there. we can hear a lot of commotion.? i'm getting no answer. but we're e seeing some more images right now. is this from ian's camera, you guys? i see ian there in front of the camera. and now we have an eyewitness who is on the telephone line, so standby. we'll some kom back when we get the issues sorted out. hill ary, if you can hear me, please talk to me about what you have witness ed tonight. >> so we were walking home. everything was fine. then maybe half an hour later or so, i started hearing a lot of commotion on the street. i could see everything from my window so i looked at what was happening. it was next to the park station. a car had slided with people exiting the mosque after prayer. there was a a lot of commotion going on. there was around it and shout ing at the man. it was the person who had hit. everybody was being pushed back. some were saying this was an act of terror. >> let me stop you for just a moment because i'm having a hard time hearing you. i want to make sure i understand what you just said. did

let's bring in ian lee live in london from one of the buildings evacuated there. e, high rises that fail the safety test, it seems to be growing and growing and the outrage growing as well as people are forced to leave their homes. >> that's right, george. there is a hundred percent failure rate on buildings that have been tested with this cladding. 600 buildings that are going to be tested so far 60 have been tested here in camden council where i'm at. there are five of these buildings. including this one behind me. four of them have been evacuated. one of them hasn't. fire marshals believe that it doesn't have a severe risk. they have a warden keeping an eye on it 24 hours a day. they also have emergency services close by. people are angry because they have been evacuated and this is going to end up costing the government millions of pound to fix. >> what about residents who don't want to leave? certainly, are they given the opportunity to stay or are they just forced to leave no matter what? >> residents are told they have to get out of these buildings because t

. >> our lee joins us now reporting from the scene of the collision. ianit is minutes after 6:00 in the morning, very early, but still people will start waking up to this. are you getting reaction from people finding out about the news? are you seeing that or not? >> reporter: right after this incident, this attack or what sadiq khan is calling a terrorist attack, there were a lot of people out here wanting answers. there was -- the crowd at times was a big agitated because of the attack and who it targeted, but there was no violence or anything like that. but people really want to know. this is a community that is close knit. a lot of people know people who were praying at that mosque. i spoke with quite a few eyewitnesses who described what happened. they said that and elderly man had collapsed and that's when a crowd had gathered, saying the van then targeted that crowd deliberately. every single person said that this was deliberate. then after that, they said that the driver tried to escape and they were able to apprehend him, although he resisted. her

cnn ian lee is following developments. he joins us live from istanbul. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, christine, there is a lot of concern about how this dispute is going to affect the ongoing war against isis. qatar is home to the largest u.s. airbase in the middle east. air operations take off from the base. it's also home to the combined air operation command which overseas the airstrikes the air operations in iraq and syria against isis. this also comes as mosul is on the verge of being completely liberated and rajka, that operation is about to getnd way as well. we we heard from secretary of defense james mattis saying he doesn't believe this will affect isis. how did we get here? one is qatar is supporting terrorist organizations like isis, although, saudi arabia has been accused of supporting these groupsch one is iran. qatar has cordial relationships with eastern. for saudi arabia, it's their arch rival in the region. we saw that last month when president trump visited saudi arabia and talked about this coalition against iran. kuwait is

i want to bring in international correspondent ian lee in turkey watching this.spark ted this fight right now between these gulf states? >> wolf, it's been brewing for quite some time, but you name a number of the reasons why it has come to head. another one is the [inaudible] which is considered a terror organization. >> ian, i'm going to interrupt for a second. we'll try to get back you to. unfortunately your audio is coming in and out. hard to understand. stand by, we'll try to fix that. we're going to stay on top of this story. the diplomatic dust that's unfolding in the middle east right now. the latest on the terror attack in london. joining us is the former united states ambassador to the united nations. also a former ambassador to both afghanistan and iraq. mr. ambassador, thanks very much for joining us. >> wolf it's good to be with you. >> it's pretty extraordinary that these arab states are cutting ties with qatar. >> there have been differences of view between qatar and several other states. although of all the states of the gcc qatar and south arabia

struggle from day—to—day, you know, to food in the kids mouths, you know, ian is not on a great amount of money. that's your partner and lee's eat, and i make sure that the girls, and ian eat, you know. people just don't realise, people think because lee was murdered, you know, we're millionaires and we have got thousands in the bank and we've not got a penny. we're overdrawn like everybody else, you know, we eat from day—to—day what we can. it's a long, hard struggle and this is where i think they're letting us down, you know, because we have to try and carry on with our lives and it's struggling through it as well. and sometimes you just, you have the beans on toast because there is not much else? the beans or toast or the sandwiches for sunday dinner the it is whatever we can get in, isn't it, and what's left. because ian is on a monthly pay. he has been off the last three weeks because of the manchester bombings, it took its toll on me again and on ian, you know. really? his health deteriorated a bit so the doctor signed him off. he is on monthly pay and he only got half his wage which went straight out on bills because

ian hall. >> doesn't make any sense. why go back to a policy that's failed for 55 years? >> reporter: congresswoman barbara lee of oakland ki disappointed the president rolled back policies she fought hard for as the co-chair of the cuba working group. >> given whatever difficulties they have and we have, we should be able to work it out through normal diplomatic dialogue and trade regulations. >> effective immediately i'm canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with cuba. >> reporter: president trump said this policy is designed to isolate the cuban castro regime. >> we'll not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer. >> reporter: you'll still be able to travel to cuba, but it will be harder and restricted compared to the obama policies. americans will be prohibited from spending money at businesses or hotels owned by the cuban military which are common there. lee says it will hurt american jobs created through private cuban businesses. >> we're pushing back, but the public has got to push back. this is the time to be vigilant, have your members of congress sign on to our

lot of kids got money but $10,000 each went to ian chang from balboa high school in san francisco, he doesn't know where he's going to college yet. but mary leeudent, is going to santa clara. helping bring the tuition down a little bit. >> a little bit. >> good for them. congrats. >>> by the way, we're talking about races, this is a local race. a washington state teenager isn't old enough to vote but he's running if political office. 17-year-old jordan sears wants to be elected to the school board. he lives in a town just northeast of seattle and says he wants to give teachers and students a louder voice in the issues that affect them. he attended a school board meeting last year to speak in favor of a school bond issue, the bond failed but he says the experience inspired him to run for office. >> i want to make a difference in this world. middle and high schoolers make up 18% of the population but they make up 100% of the future. >> get it straight from the source. sears is not turning 18 until next month so he had to register as a write-in candidate. he's facing two challengers this november. >> good for him e. he has a great perspective. >