whole range of factors into account —— the independent jtac.hastly incident. inaudible our understanding is that there were three people involved in the attack. we have witnessed reports of three people armed with knives and three attackers and we believe that the threat they posed was neutralised within eight minutes. of course, it isa very within eight minutes. of course, it is a very complex and confused scene and a confused series of events. it is important that we first of all make sure there is no one else is outstanding. we do not believe there is but we must make absolutely certain of that. as i said, we have a very large on tele macro investigation ongoing and we will be seeking to establish whether anyone else was working with or assisting in this attack —— very large investigation ongoing. at the moment, we believe there were three attackers and we believe they are dead. how confident are you... inaudible we will be doing everything in our power to try to stop such a horrendous attack as this and we will be working with the governmen

i'm sure that jtac will be assessing will whether the threat level should go up or not. we felt there was a particular need to ask the military support. we absolutely would do so. i can't say any more than that at this stage. one more question. [ inaudible question ] . >> absolutely understand that this is a worrying time for everybody. of course it is. there is going to be considerable concern by some people and fear among some people. what i think we are asking for is that people do not overreact. people, of course, will make their own decisions about what they do or don't do. but the last thing we need is people overreacting or beginning to take out their frustrations on other people in other communities or in their own communities. so we would like people to allow the police and the intelligence agencies to get on with their work and to remain calm and, of course, we would want people to carry on with their normal lives. [ inaudible question ]. >> i don't, no. thank you. thanks very much. >>> we've been listening to london metropolitan police commissioner carissa dic

the threat level remains at severe, set by jtac, terrorism experts. we all have to be vigilant. will you discussed at the cobra meeting? a cobra meeting is where various bodies around the table, police experts, the prime minister, people in the government, they will look at the investigation on falling, which normally happens after these kinds of attacks. after that, i am sure the police will be making a statement. it is the second attack of this kind in london. a low intensity attack, with someone using a vehicle and then knives. how do you stop this kind of thing happening in london? terrorists are constantly evolving to find new ways to attack us and police are also evolving to find new ways to keep us safe. londoners will see an increased presence today and over the next few days. no reason to be alarmed. one of us we'll need to do is to make certain we are safe as we possibly can be. i am reassured that we are one of the safest global cities in the world but we always evolve and review ways to make certain that we may remain as safe as possible. many will see what happened

jtac is responsible for seeing, we need to reassure people that they can carry on their business and but it's always there if we need to go back to it as a default. we're coming up now to the biggest week of the year, in terms of the general election. if they do raise it, i'd be surprised if they reduce it again, but it will be a big step to raise it. once you've done it, to ta ke raise it. once you've done it, to take that step down again, especially as there have been three incidents in three months, it would bea incidents in three months, it would be a big decision. the mayor of london has been talking about how the police can respond to this. it's not as sophisticated attack, doesn't have any of the whole matter is —— the hallmarks of the manchester is tight. | the hallmarks of the manchester is tight. i was sitting in one of the big parks this week, also rendered bya big parks this week, also rendered by a ring of steel. but, i assume, is to stop people getting beagles into the park, where people are sunbathing are playing sports. a reliably to see that. that is a conversation t

not being thrown directly for theresa may for lowering that level, because the level is decided by jtacthe joint terrorism analysis center, not by the prime minister herself. as for going forward, i think it's important to note we haven't seen an increase in the terror threat again, albeit, she did mention the higher level of thwarted attacks in recent days and weeks. so, at the moment, it remains as you say, at severe, signaturugg an attack is highly likely as opposed to imminent. >> i remember, wilfred, i have been there on vacation during the attack on parliament, what struck me how back to normal, the city of london was just around that surrounding area. everything else is functioning. it's monday morning there, what's it like? is there a sense of heightened alarm or concern? or business as usual? >> reporter: no i would say very much business as usual. you cited sadly, the march westminster attack, of course, i was in paris ahead of the french elections where we had a terrorist attack two or three days before polling. against, a sense of solidarity, a sense that people won't let th

so, i think jtac was quite right to lower, to lower the threat level back to severe, which is, of courseindicating that an attack is highly likely. but the issue here is carolin, it's not the threat level, it's the fact that intel against wasn't there and that is the area where we really need to look at. that is how we're going to prevent future attacks. that is what kept us safe between 2007 until westminster in march of this year. >> peter, thank you so much for your time. really appreciate it. peter williams, elector and policing at liverpool john moors university. do e-mail the show. @cnbc.com. you can find us @twitter @cnbc. or @carolincnbc. >>> the campaign goes on. we look ahead to the final days of the campaign after the horrific attacks here in london. stay with us. we'll be back in two. you think traffic's bad now, the future's going to be a nightmare! does nobody like the future? c'mon, the future. he obviously doesn't know intel is helping power autonomous cars and the 5g network they connect to. with this, won't happen in the future. thanks, jim. there's some napkins in the

about threat level or deployment of armed forces isn't for politicians, is based on the advice of jtacism analysis centre. it is those security experts to make that decision, the politicians in this case take it into account. all of this in the context of a general election that is happening in four days' time. this morning, we have heard all the major parties have cancelled their national campaigning for today. the tories say they will keep an eye on her circumstances develop over the rest of the day. the labour party say they will get back under way this evening. the lib dems and the snp also cancelled any campaigning today, but sunday would ordinarily be an incredibly busy day for all the political parties and their leaders, making big speeches. they're not going to do that today. they're not going to do that today. the one exception is ukip. they say they will continue the campaign. they saying, for those of us seeking to serve the people in this country, it is our duty to drive the dialogue on how to confront this brand of terrorism. that is what ukip will be doing today and beyon

however the chiefs of staff and jtac will be looking at the overall problem in london.hat and use intelligence. the main thing at the moment is who are these three attackers and how will we get anybody else involved court. thank you very much. we will have continuing coverage of events in london last night you can see some pictures they are. just to recap, six people killed, three suspects shot dead by police. good morning. you're watching bbc breakfast. i'm at london bridge where six people were killed last night and almost 50 injured in two attacks just a few hundred metres apart. counter—terrorism police are still on the scene. in the first incident, a van swerved onto the pavement into pedestrians. eyewitnesses said the driver seemed to be deliberately targeting people. get down! he and two other men left the van in nearby borough market where several people were attacked by knives. everyone in all of the bars, he was stabbing people and i was saying, run, run, run. police responded in eight minutes and the suspects were shot. they were

on they will then make an assessment on the threat level, or the joint terrorism analysis centre, jtac a wider network, babel try to establish the network, break it down, and in the meantime they will be raising the threat because they will assume that, if there are other people involved, that they may decide to carry out attacks before they are taken off the street. would your assessment be that the security services or police will have known for some time who those three individuals were? i think they would have identified them within minutes. remember the attack in manchester, they identified the bomber within two hours, even though he had blown himself up, so we have three bodies here, i think they would probably have identified them within a matter of minutes, if they had any previous record of these people, and even if not within an hour or so they would have known who these people are. and your thoughts about the apparent suicide vests they were wearing, we know now they were fake, canister is designed to look like a suicide vest, what is the point of that? is that purely about

potentially, and that particular part of it has not been politicized bought it's a decision of the jtac, the joint terrorism attack center as opposed to theresa play and what that level is. >> we'll see you, wilf. >>> the trump administration is kicking off infrastructure week. for more on today's top political stories, let's get to eamon javers. >> good morning, becky. 9 trump a the trump administration wants to talk about infrastructure this week. they've got a week-long series of events planned. you'll see dueling events from the trump white house and also a lot of russia here. we saw some news last night from vladimir putin. he sat down with nbc's megyn kelly. she asked him about reports that jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and top white house aide had tried to set up a back channel with vladimir putin himself. >> have you gone back and discussed what were the conversations with jared kushner or anybody else from the campaign. >> translator: no. >> never? aren't you interested. >> translator: no because anything significant, they would have reported to the minister. the mi