matt bradley over there in london. matt, thanks for that. joining me now here in studio, michael balbony, former security advisor, thanks for taking a few minutes. any fatalities, injuries, it's a tragic situation. at the same time, being investigated as a potential terrorist attack. if that's what this was, we'll learn the scope of the planning, but people see a death toll of three in a place like that. the heart of london. it could have been worse, potentially. >> very much so. because what we're seeing now is the same type of operation that we've seen in france. we isn't that true germany where you take a car. make it into a weapon. you attack unarmed civilians. randomly without any type of warning. and then you -- you take a knife and you try to attack a very fortified building, i was in parliament and back in november, you know, it's not a place that you could really succeed, even with a weapon to get into. obviously, this individual just was making a statement was willing to sacrifice his life. and so you've got to wonder what's the mo

we lost matt bradley. matt bradley was on the ground for us in berlin.y speak to this as well. i think i still jamie ruben. this is german chancellor -- this is a german chancellor coming to this country just a few months away from her own re-election. we know that she is europe's longest serving head of state. what do we know about how angela merkel is perceived right now in her own country? >> well, i think she is respected around the -- around europe as probably the strongest leader. within germany she's suffered a bit of a hit in the last year and a half. it's a hit a politician rarely go through bause it was an ac of political bravery for her to decide thativen all that germany's role in the world for the last century, that when these millions of people came out of syria in the war that the world didn't want to deal with, these millions of desperate refugees, that germany was going to do something extraordinary. they were going to accept roughly a million refugees. and it was an act of moral leadership, the likes of which we haven't seen in the worl

one turnout nbc's matt bradley in london with world reaction to the president's speech. matt, how is the international community receiving the president's speech? >> reporter: well, frances, good morning. the international community has been muted in their response, of course. there hasn't been really anything in the way of official reaction and the media has covered it really in an echo of how the american media has been covering this speech. one of the bbc commentaries basically said the speech was unconventionally conventional. and that's kind of the line you're hearing a lot from the united states. people are surprised that or really use any of his usual tactics of speaking off the cuff and attacking his usual enemies. he did mention a couple of countries. he mentioned israel. he mentioned iran. there was no mention of russia at all, but he did mention nato. the pan atlantic alliance that he has criticized repeatedly and that criticism has caused a lot of anxiety here. take a listen to what he said. >> we strongly support nato, an alliance forged through the bonds of

one turnout nbc's matt bradley in london with world reaction to the president's speech. matt, how is the international community receiving the president's speech? >> reporter: well, frances, good morning. an official reaction abroad has been relatively muted, and one commentary here in britain from the bbc called the speech unconventionally conventional, and people were impressed and surprised people did not fall back on his normal ad hoc attacks on people in the media and other countries, and he did mention other countries by name briefly, and he mentioned china and having them taken factories from the united states. who he did not mention was mexico, and the mexican president tweeted trump should build a wall around itself, and russia was not mentioned either despite speculation from the media, and vladimir putin's spokesman said they were not surprised they did not get mentioned in the speech. take a listen to what he said. >> we strongly support nato, an alliance forged through the bonds of two world wars, that dee thrones fascism and the cold war and defeated communi

matt bradley is in seoul, south korea tonight. >> reporter: a new engine fueling a fresh round of north korean propaganda. an engine test which some say could propel an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching u.s. soil. dictator, kim jong-un promised to get it in this year's new year's speech. north korea put on a provocative display of force, unprecedented two nuclear tests last year. and it's successfully fired four ballistic missiles off its coast two weeks ago. korea watchers expect a new nuclear test any day. if it happens, north korea's test results will almost certainly be different. the country facing off against the new american administration. secretary of state, rex tillerson warned the u.s. pre-emptive strike is a real possibility. >> let me be clear, the policy of strategic patience is ended. we are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures. all options are on the table. >> reporter: rising tensioned led to a missile defense system being moved to south korea this month. washington may want to take a harder line against north korea. t

matt bradley, nbc news. >>> breaking news tonight. a south korean military official tells nbc news that north korea has fired a projectile that landed in the waters off of north korea's east coast. it was not immediately clear what was fired but north korea has staged a series of missile test launches in recent months. >>> back in this country, one big city says it will stop a practice that's coming under growing scrutiny, sending a bill to parents for kids that -- for time their kids spend in juvenile detention. dozens of state and county governments have permitted these charges for decades. the billing policies were meant to keep parents invested in rehabilitating their troubled kids and offset the cost of housing them. nbc's ronan farrow has more tonight. >> reporter: when camilla davis spears' 16-year-old son came home after nine months in juvenile detention for a fist fight at school, she thought the worst was behind her. then a shock. a summons like this one to appear in court, where she was told she was being billed for his det

nbc's matt bradley is watching development is from south korea, seoul. north korea raising the stakes in its latest test? >> that's right, frances, another troubling development that could allow north korean nuclear missiles to reach the united states. a new engine fueling a fresh round of north korean propaganda. an engine test should say could propel an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching u.s. soil. dictator kim jong-un promised to get the new weapon operational in this year's new year's speech. north korea has put on a provocative display of force, an unprecedented two nuclear tests last year. and it successfully fired four ballistic missiles off its coast just two weeks ago. korea watchers expect a new nuclear test any day. fit happens, north korea's test results will almost certainly be different. the country now facing off against a new american administration. secretary of state rex tillerson warns that a u.s. preemptive strike is a very real possibility. >> let me be very clear. the policy of strategic patience has end. has end

let's go to matt bradley standing by in london. >> we're on our way to the scene of this. what we know so far is an ambulance has landed in the vicinity of parliament in downtown -- >> we've got a picture of that. we'll put that up on the screen. >> treating some of the victims. great. and then what we saw is the leader of the house of commons, he broke into one of the sessions on air, bbc broke into programming, and announced this to the house of commons. we were in the middle of discussing a schools issue, i believe, and broke into this to tell the members that there was an armed incident going on rht outside of their parliament. and so he was actually very reticent to go into too much detail in front of the entire global press but what he did say was, as you mentioned there was this armed assailant who was shot by police and he said separately there was another incident of violence occurring around westminster. what we believe he's probably referring to separate reports that there was a 4x4 vehicle that plowed over as many as five pedestrians on westminster bridge which

>> matt bradley, all eyes will be on that election. and we have the german elections later on in the year. so a lot of focus on both of those. thank you, matt. >>> now we'll check on your weather now with meteorologist bill karins. we have severe weather in the midwestern part of the country this morning. >> yeah, a big storm coming out of the west into the middle of the nation. obviously, very frigidly cold in areas of the east. everyone in the east is going to warm up after a cold morning today, too. that's good news. we have to bundle everyone up. but this storm is causing all the problems today. the life-threatening weather will be later this afternoon and this evening. pretty typical severe weather outbreak. unfortunately, a lot of the tornado threat will come after the sun sets because this year it's still pretty early. about 6:00 p.m. or so. and the tornadoes could happen after that. the storm chasers don't have visuals on them and gets less of a heads-up for the areas of greatest concern. if you're in little rock, springfield, j

matt bradley went there. >> reporter: geert wilders has been called the donald trump of the netherlands. >> there is a lot who make the streets unsafe. >> reporter: he's also been called racist against muslim immigrants. >> he's painting a picture like we're all bad, we're all trying to go to syria and to do the jihad and things like that, but that's not a realistic view of life. >> reporter: polls say he's unlikely to win wednesday's vote but thanks to his massive following, he's already pulled this famously tolerant left-wing country to the right. mike rutte is sending populist notes, taking out newspaper ads saying, act normal or leave. and on tv, less polite. >> translato he denies copying wilders. are you playing toward populist sentiment? >> no, i'm fighting on my own agenda. >> reporter: sandra is a newly right-wing voter. >> you feel intimidated by these groups of moroccans. >> reporter: she's not convinced by the change in tone from the current prime minister and presumed winner. >> i don't think he's waving, swinging with the waves of geert wilders. >> reporter: politicians ac

nbc's matt bradley is across the westminster bridge from parliament. matt, what are you seeing from your vantage point? >> it's been very tough actually to get close to the incident and that's xwhy i've been walking around crossing bridges and crossing the opposite bank and so what i'm seeing is swarms of police officers, police vehicles blocking off bridges, and there are multiple bridges here, that are crossing over to the parliament side. and right now, it looks as though people are just sort of flooding out of offices and headed home, a lot of people. of course are being told to shelter in place but the active office buildings across the river appear to have let people go for the day and a lot of people are making their way home. it's kind of reminiscent of any sort of major crime or terrorist incident, where everybody's just told to remain in place or to evacuate immediately and to just simply head to safety. but it's not really a sense of panic outside of the police course. people are milling about as always and heading back just kind of commuting

matt bradley has the latest. matt? >> reporter: the new news today, a new missile engine test.se images were taken yesterday but aired today. north korean media is calling this a miracle that the u.s. and allies are going to be referring to it as a huge new problem. that's because this new missile engine could be attached to an intercontinental ballistic missile. he's going to be facing off a new administration in washington, one whose meeting has ramped up the rhetoric with more bell lees could tea, especially from donald trump himself. rex tillerson was here in seoul in the last couple of days and says all military options are still on the table that could include a pre-emptive strike and denigrated the past 20 years of what he called failed policy which has not prevented them from having nuclear capabilities. with these war of words going on across the pacific, it's hard to know where this is going to lead but it's clear that china is going to be the divisive action here. rex tillerson was in china and they have urged the u.s. to be as calm as possible in their approach with

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joining us for more on this from london, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley.e of raids and strikes in yemen is very politicized. is there any indication that the strikes are a result from the deadly raid gathered back in january? >> reporter: good morning, ayman. the short answer is no. pentagon officials told nbc news the raids in yemen were not the fruits of intelligence gathered from the ill-fated raid in late january. but they did confirm that the helicopters and drones who launched more than 20 air strikes were indeed american. now, this is the target for that is for a senior al qaeda leader, but we have not confirmed that. and the raids were an extension of the ill-fated late january attacks by navy s.e.a.l.s. that's the attack where the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. was killed. mo recently in president trump's speech to congress on tuesday night, as you know, nbc previously reported that pentagon officials say it yielded very low intelligence. but it was just the beginning of what the white house describes a ramp-ed up effort in yemen even as the civil war continu

matt bradley, nbc news, the netherlands. >>> how a simple cardboard box may be a key to saving babies from sudden death. >>> it is the leading cause of death for infants between one month and one year old in this country, sudden infant death syndrome or sids. but a big effort to educate parents has put it in steady decline, and part of it involves some thinking inside the box. nbc explains. >> reporter: store the semperts, new discoveries are a daily, if not hourly routine, and they just learned one more. what they believe is a safer way to put their babies to sleep -- in a cardboard box. >> i think, for me, being a new mom, it's a very steep learning curve, especially with twins, and the boxes are awesome. you don't have to think about it. it's a safe space. they're very portable. >> reporter: it's a simple solution to cut down sids. borrowed from finland. box, pad, baby on their back, nothing else, parents. >> it look sort of comfortable on the floor. >> sids and sleep-related deaths is the number one cause, i would say absolutely it's good that they have this information from the s

nbc's matt bradley in london. thank you.t to turn to military analyst jack jacobs, a medal of honor recipient. jack, great to see you today and tough topics we have to talk about, but we should be clear at the start of this, there are conflicting reports from matt, as we are hearing, about what exactly happened and who or whom would be at fault for this in this coalition air strike if that did happen in mosul. what is the severity, if it is based on a coalition air strike that the u.s. was involved in, the ramifications? >> well, first, combat in cities is extremely difficult, and isis has herded a lot of civilians into areas they want to protect. and so, civilian casualties are almost inevitable in situations like this. but it's important to understand exactly how air strikes ought to be conducted. i put in a lot of air strikes, and so did many of my compatriots in vietnam, but in every case, or nearly every case, we were actually involved in a gunfire with t fight with and we could see the target and we could confirm what

correspondent matt bradley has made his way to a camera as night has fallen in london. matt?reporter: thanks, brian. as can you see behind me, a lot of this is cleared out. there were police officers and other emergency vehicles coming in and out to my left and right when i was here a couple hours ago. all that is gone. all that's left is news media like us and the entire area has been more or less evacted. but as we addition some of our guests have been noting, the sight of so many police officers who are heavily armed is really rather alien to downtown london. if you remember last year, 600 officers with weapons, with actual arms, real, live bullets were and added to the downtown ranks of police. that's unusual for a place where security is not seen. where you liv, in new york, can you see armed men. with military fatigues carrying long rifles. that is just not seen here. i think we can expect in the coming days and years that that sort of thing is going to be more and more frequent, especially as the spectre of terrorism kind of -- comes upon london, just as it has across

matt bradley, nbc news correspondent based in london, is with us by telephone. matt, give me a situation or where are you vis-a-vis the pictures we are watching mostly of the scene on the bridge? >> reporter: thanks, brian. i'm actually on lambeth bridge, which is the bridge immediately to the west of westminster bridge. you'll remember westminster bridge, the focus of the original attack. that's where one of -- at least one of the assailants drove into a crowd of people. this bridge i'm on you can have a commanding view of the houses of parliament, of the london eye and of the traffic that was stopped on the bridge. really, it's a startling scene because there are several police boats parked in the river with their lights flashing, so it's really -- it's all of the streets leading up to this bridge have been blocked as well. i just now saw dozens and dozens of school children in their little uniforms, mostly addition looked around age 10 or slightly younr,iling out of the house ofparliament, which of course this attack had occurred. it looked as though addition-

matt bradley joins us.s this have anything to it with islam, associated with -- do we see any of that aspect? >> reporter: well, chris, the police have been reticent to actually give any real information on the identity of the attacker. they, of course, they have his dead body in custody. he was killed during the attack, but they don't want to reveal hisit identity now and cautione the media not to get too much into the identity of the attacker before they come out with more official verifiable information but they did say they are treating this has a terrorist attack and believe this is connected to international terrorism. they really do believe this is an islamist or jihadi attack and investigating it as such. they've been doing that all afternoon. basically as this rolls forward, we're starting to hear more and more from the british government, they want this to be about continuity. the message that theresa may, prime minister delivered to this country, wases we're going to be opening parliament tomorro

nbc's matt bradley is in london with details. good morning to you.g about the suspect? >> reporter: good morning. the latest revelations from this sprawling investigation are that khalid masood, the perpetrate, to visited saudi arabia three times, most recently in 2015. today soul searching in britain, a nation pondering how a popular boy became a terrorist killer. >> he was always very friendly to everybody. i think he wanted to be liked. >> reporter: one uk can paper this morning calling him the middle class jihaddy. masokhalid masood was shot dead after running over three people on a bridge, including kurt cochran, an american celebrate willing his wedding anniversary. he then stabbed to death a police guard. he went by several aliases and did time in multiple prisons. that's where he's thought to have converted to iz lachlslam. investigators poring over the evidence, interviewing witnesses and searching properties. but thoo that sweeping drag nat now narrowing. of the 11 arrested, only two remain in custody as police ponder the crime, they are ra

joining us from london, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley.by the day for the civilians and for the fight there among the americans and isis fighters backed by the iraqis. >> that's right. good morning, ayman. iraqi troops are slowly surrounding an important mosque in western mosul. the unuri mosque is where baghdadi announced the establishment of his islamic state caliphate in 2014 shortly after isis took over mosul. if iraqi troops manage to take the mosque in the coming days or weeks, it would deal a major symbolic blow to islamic state. the american air support has been controversial. a few weeks ago several buildings in the western part of the city collapsed killing dozens, maybe hundreds. the u.s. acknowledged coalition bombs struck the same area at around the same time. it's unclear whether par of the civilian casualties were due to booby traps or use of human shields. >> nbc's matt bradley in london. thanks for that. >>> up next on "morning joe," brand new polling results gives us a snapshot of president trump's first few months in off

nbc's matt bradley is in london with the details. what more have we learned about the suspect?rter: thomas, that's right. he actually lived in saudi arabia for a total of two years and he visited most recently in 2015. today soul searching in britain, a nation pondering how a popular boy became a terrorist killer. >> he always seemed quite happy. he was always very friendly to everybody. i think, you know, he wanted to be liked. >> reporter: one uk paper this morning calling him the middle-class jihadi. khalid masood was shot dead wednesday after running over three people on a bridge including curt cochran, an american man celebrating his wedding anniversary. masood then stabbed to death a parliament police guard. he went by several aliases and did time in multiple prisons. that's where he's thought to have converted to islam. investigators now poring over nearly 3,000 pieces of evidence, interviewing 3,500 witnesses, and searching 1 1 properties. but that sweeping dragnet now narrowing. of the 11 arrests only two remain in custody as police ponder the crime, raise nug question

matt bradley reports from london that there is conflicting information now about who is responsible.> reporter: there's fresh news of this incident in west mosul. the iraqi government saying this morning that 61 bodies have been removed from this collapsed building that's been causing so much controversy in iraq and military officials in the united states. this latest from reuters news agency. the iraqis reported that the building had been booby trapped by isis mines and had not actually been hit in a coalition air strike. that's a very confusing shift and the kind of change we're likely to see again as officials further investigate this horrific incident. >> i won't comment on the particulars of an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: an american official said they would continue with a weeks-long investigation of the incident. >> investigations take as long as it takes to complete the finding of the facts and assessment. >> reporter: iraq's vice president himself have laid claims on the administration. but today iraqi troops are reportedly closing in around the all nuri mosque in mo

nbc's matt bradley is live in london following developments. matt, what more do we know? >> reporter: good morning, frances. as you mention, breaking news this morning, an attack on kabul's main military hospitals. it's left at least three dead and more than 66 people injured. now, those numbers unfortunately are likely to rise. the hospital is one of the afghan capital's top medical facilities and it's only about 200 meters away really across the street from the u.s. embassy. and that's so far -- embassy learned from afghan authorities this complex attack is actually ongoing. there are reportedly at least four gun men, probably five still fighting in the hospital. one of the assailants already blew himself up at the rear entrance to make room for the others to enter the hospitals are usually covered by high level of security this is a 400 bed hospital, is one of the most secure. reports say the gun men entered the hospital as i mentioned through a back gate, using a suicide bomber in order to clear the way. the attackers and there were about five of them were disguised a

matt bradley has the story. >> reporter: the latest turn of the screw in the rapidly escalating tensions here in the korean peninsula is this new miss ool engine tests. these films were filmed yesterday and released today. north korean intelligence calling this a new missile. but the allies will be referring to it as a new problem. this could be attached or could propel an intercontinental ballistic missile. that's what kimmon unannounced in his new year's speech that he'll be building this year. that's the kind of missile that could reap u.s. shores, but if the north koreans will be escalating tensions toward the u.s., donald trump made it clear he won't put up with any kind of shenanigans from north korea. he tweeted that recently. rex tillerson said that all military options are on the table. >> if north korea takes actions that threatens the south korean forces or our own forces, then that will be met with an appropriate response. >> reporter: with sabers rattling on both sides of the atlantic, one crucial component will come into play and that's china. rex tillerson went to china an

. >>> matt bradley is live in london and joins us. what can you tell us?porter: thanks, frances. it's a very symbolic day for a country that does pop and circumstances very well. indeed that's what you're going to see in the next couple hours. tim barrow, the uk's envoy to brussels, he is going to be hand delivering a letter to the chairman of the european commission, in just a couple hours, about three hours in brussels, he arrived last night. and this formal letter is going to officially trigger article 50, that's part of the lisbon treaty of the that's going to set the clock for a 2-year countdown for britain to actually leave the european union. throughout that time there's going to be negotiations that are going to go on covering so many issues that are really essential to the economy and to the politics here. if you're not a european political junky you might want to get tuned again in about two years, but for markets, for businessmen, this is going to be a wild ride. the markets are going to hang onto every bit of the negotiations over the next two

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