remarkable effort from the emergency services and everyone at westminster abbey. ed?” think we all had to say we feel safe because it would be wrong to let perpetrators of these hideous crimes get away with trying to make people and says, that is their whole plan. we need to make sure the staff in that building reassured, that they feel safe. first and foremost we need to make sure the people who work for us, who serve the houses of parliament are safe and reassured, if we can do that i think parliament should get back were running as quickly as possible but certainly mps feel safe. when you see the operation that has happened is and the way things have been responded to, we should feel safer. the emergency services are worth their weight in gold. we've talked about things getting back to normal and we now know definitely that the house of commons and the house of lords will be sitting as normal, as planned, tomorrow morning. many thanks. still intense police activity around where we are, police ca rs activity around where we are, police cars moving around all the

some were moved across the road to westminster abbey. about a thousand mp and others move to westminster abbey. only in the last hour or so have those people been allowed to go home because police want to make sure there was not another attacker in and around the palace of westminster, so they were being very vigilant, keeping people where they were. that lockdown, though, now over. around westminster still sealed off. caught up in it all was our political editor who reports now. >> run, move, go. the shouts surround the heart of westminster, the center of our government. normally, a safe place. not today. ,embers of the public politicians, the hundreds of staff for whom this is work locked down. a place of danger. ministers rush to safety. there are at least a couple of hundred people here. this is really the heart of where westminster does its business, and we are all part of a lockdown after what has happened outside. mp's told me they heard three or four gunshots. this is obviously a place very all times,rded at but a sense of shock

someone moved across the road to westminster abbey, about 1000 mps and peers moved to westminster abbeyst hour or so have those people when allowed to go home, because the police wanted to make sure that was not another attacker in or around the palace of westminster. they were being very vigilant in keeping people where they were. that lockdown is now over. we are at the cordon and the roads around westminster are still sealed off. caught up in it all was oui’ sealed off. caught up in it all was our political editor laura kunz berg. i.runu_ "move". "go"- gunshots. the shouts around the heart of westminster. the centre of our government. normally, a safe place. not today. members of the public, politicians, the hundreds of staff for whom this is work, in politics, for some, a home from home. lockdown, a place of danger. ministers rushed to safety. there are at least a couple of hundred people inside portcullis house. this is the heart of where westminster does its business and we're part of a lockdown after what happened outside. a police officer has told me one man was shot at the fron

she leaves here following the commonwealth service at westminster abbey. watching pictures from inside the abbey of the queen meeting various dignitaries and other people who took part in the service. there was 2000 people in the congregation, can you give us a 2000 people in the congregation, can you give us a sense 2000 people in the congregation, can you give us a sense of who was there? as you mentioned earlier this is the largest interfaith service held over any year so it is enormously important in terms of representing different faiths. represented here was thejewish community, sikh, hindu, buddhist, many faiths represented here, many who took part in the service is reading a prayer or contributing in other ways. we also heard an address from the prime minister of malta, and also in the congregation a number of celebrities and ambassadors, and 800 schoolchildren representing the different nations of the commonwealth. a varied congregation amongst those 2000 people who are here. and the queen just emerging onto the steps of the abbey, accompanied by

at that special commonwealth day service which is happening at westminster abbey.afernaker has the forecast on the other side of the news room. the forecast still the same as it was half an hour ago! sunny across the uk, still cloudy but decent enough for most of us. this is a picture from one of the weather watchers in ludlow, not sure why it said it is foggy, maybe that is the name of the weather watcher. some clout in northern areas of the uk, the weather is great across england, wales, northern ireland, but in the north and north—west, especially across scotland, it is going downhill, the start of a blustery period, we are talking about gaels by the end of the night, blustery showers as well, much quieter across the rest of the country. tuesday dawns on a very windy night for our friends in the north, gusts of 70 mph here, and to the south of that lighter winds and a day of variable amount of cloud, temperatures may be getting up to 18 degrees, just about possible, further north a bit fresher there with 13 in newcastle and belfast. this is bbc news. the headlin

steves: westminster abbey.his most-historic church in the english-speaking world is where kings and queens have been crowned and buried since 1066. while it was first built in the 11th century, much of what we see today is 14th century. when there's a royal wedding, the world looks on as, amid all this splendor, thousands of britain's glitterati gather under these graceful gothic arches. the centerpiece is the tomb of edward the confessor, who founded the abbey. and surrounding edward are the tombs of 29 other kings and queens. this is the tomb of queen elizabeth i. her royal orb symbolizes she was queen of the entire globe. the abbey is filled with the remains of people who put the "great" in britain -- saints, musicians, scientists, and soldiers. for lovers of english literature, strolling through poets' corner can be a pilgrimage in itself. king henry vii's lady chapel, with its colorful windows and fanciful banners, has the festive air of a medieval pageant. the elaborate ceilings is a fine example of fan v

the houses of parliament as police searched the building room by room, relator evacuated to westminster abbey. the attack, which unfolded in the heart of london near some of britain's most a misalignments, took place on the one-year anniversary of the brussels bombing, and it is being treated as a terrorist incident. >> three french high school students are among the injured. the french prime minister has sent his condolences to the families. they came from school in western brittany. at least two of those high between 15dren, age and 16, are in critical condition. their families have been flown in to be with them tonight. to talk a bit about today's attack, i am joined by an expert in counterterrorism. thanks for being with us on "france 24." we have got no claim of responsibility. the suspect it has been killed has not been named. we do know this was a lone wolf attack. a man acting on his own. >> yes. there will love the acclaim of responsibility because the perpetrator is deceased. there might be others to claim responsibility on his behlalf. the evidence for any links between those will

the scene at westminster abbey, the queen is attending a service in celebration of the commonwealth, we are awaiting the arrival of the prime minister, theresa may. but, we are still waiting to hear if she appears there. the queen, the duke of edinburgh, prince charles, prince harry all of them are scheduled to appear. we will go back as soon as there is reaction to the events of today. let's remind you of what nicola sturgeon had to say at a press c0 nfe re nce nicola sturgeon had to say at a press conference today when she said she had something important to say but no one expected this. let me set out a plan that i intend to pursue. first i will continue to stand up for scotland buzz interest during the progress of "brexit" negotiations. second, i will now take the steps necessary to make sure that scotland will have a choice at the end of this process. a choice of whether to follow the uk to a hard brexit, or to become an independent country, able to secure a real partnership of equals with the rest of the uk and our own relationship with europe. the scottish government's mandate

where today there isa westminster abbey where today there is a service of bags given for an organisationcts 2.5 billion people worldwide. today it is all been about the sport and with me now is the first two of those baton ferres, anna meares and victoria pendleton, two track cyclist who i don't think have ever worn the same uniform before and you are now friends! we both pointed out that we had never worn the same tracksuits and it is a first for us. it is. what is the commonwealth games mean to you?- first for us. it is. what is the commonwealth games mean to you? as a former athlete, it was very special and something you worked hard for but i only got a chance to compete in it once every four years and i said to victoria, when the relay started, you got a flutter in your chest because you knew it was getting close so to be on the other side and participate in the relay and to share that with victoria today was very unique and different andl today was very unique and different and i really enjoyed it. and quite and i really enjoyed it. and quite an honour? absolutely, it is an honour t

quite a big police presence outside westminster abbey. we're at the other side of the bridge.e gateway pc keith palmer was killed, and around that area a forensic team have been walking up and down making sure that they have not missed anything. the objective is to get this busy area of central london open again as quickly as possible. some of that work will go on through the evening as they try to tie up anything that they might have missed in the in course of the complex investigation. as daniel was saying, from tomorrow you would expect the investigation to move away from here, very much into the background and relationships of khalid masood. what is also very visible, it's my first time down here today, just how many people are around going about their business. we have heard from the acting met police commissioner who has said that what has happened cannot be on done, but what is important is the response. people have been coming down to lay flowers just where we are broadcasting, many of them just coming out of their offices in fairly determined spirit. when i came into

today at westminster abbey, in a show of solidarity, religious leaders joined together for a minute'sere killed and the many more who were injured. oui’ our correspondentjoins us from washington. here we have scenes of political drama, where millions of people are wondering exactly what their health insurance will be and what it will become. —— people outside washington. the future of health ca re washington. the future of health care in this country is now uncertain, because they cannot make a deal. donald trump, who made his name as a campaigner to say that he would get deals done on this hill, has not managed to do it, and it is an embarrassing defeat for both party and the president. there will be more on that story at 9pm. now, all this week across the bbc we've been running a series of stories and features as part of our state of sport week. to round it all off, and tackle some of the topical issues within sports news, it's time for the state of sport debate, hosted by presenters david eades and jessica creighton.

westminster abbey being open to the people, across as they were evacuated and making them so welcome.ublic helping those who had been injured, and not running away. and then, those living photos that something deep within our practices in this country, i said this earlier, that the man who had tried to kill people, a few moments later was being treated for his injuries by those people he had tried to kill. and we look at that and we think, well, of course, that is obvious, that is what you do. what an amazing thing. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby. the prime minister theresa may said on the steps of downing street yesterday in response to the attack on westminster that london would carry on as normal. we went out to see if thatis on as normal. we went out to see if that is how londoners did react. londoners and others from around the world who have come here to visit this great city will get up and go about their day as normal. they will board their trains. they will leave their hotels, they will walk the streets. they will live their lives. this morning as the prime minist

good evening and welcome to westminster, we are close to the doors westminster abbey, on the edge ofolice cordon which has been shrinking, but you can see behind me, the roads leading up to carriage gate where keith palmer was killed, these are still empty and the forensic police are going about their work, presumably to get to the bottom of the investigation so they can open up this area outside westminster tomorrow morning. we shall see. thousands of people have gathered this evening at trafalgar square for a vigil in memory of those murdered in yesterday's terror attack on westminster. scotland yard has named the attacker as 52—year—old khalid masood. he was known to security forces and had served time injail, but there was no warning before this attack. eight people have been arrested in overnight raids — but police say they believe the attacker was acting alone. two pedestrians were killed when masood launched his attack — driving at high speed across westminster bridge before entering the grounds of the houses of parliament — where he stabbed a policeman to death, before he was

we are going to leave the scene at westminster abbey.age of defiance. perhaps some up in the words of the chief rabbi, we are the leaders of the faith communities and we proclaim no person and no event will drive a wage between horse. the metropolitan police have just released a new image of the westminster attacker, khalid masood. this 52—year—old man, who we know had a string of aliases, who was born in kent and had a number of convictions for assaults, grievous bodily harm, possession of a nice, who lived in various different parts of the country, kent, sussex, luton, london. the midlands. we have the hearing a lot more detail about him, piecing together exactly who he was and piecing together exactly who he was a nd exa ctly piecing together exactly who he was and exactly what were his movements leading up to the attack on wednesday afternoon. we know now that he also stayed the night having hired his car in birmingham, stayed the night at a hotel in brighton, before travelling to london to carry out his deadly attack. let's go to da

we are standing close to westminster abbey and the police had just removed the cordon. e people walking down to the palace of westminster, this is the first time this road has been open since three o'clock yesterday. forensic police have been working quite intensively just there, where keith palmer was murdered yesterday, they are trying to co m plete murdered yesterday, they are trying to complete their investigation as quickly as they can because this is a very busy part of the city. you would expect the traffic would start to flow down this road in the next hour or so. about 20 minutes ago we had a controlled explosion, 200 metres from where we are standing. but nothing to worry about, the police say these things are routine, but in the context of what happened yesterday there are no risks being taken. thousands of people have gathered this evening at trafalgar square for a vigil in memory of those murdered in yesterday's terror attack on westminster. scotland yard has named the attacker as 52—year—old khalid masood. he was known to security forces and had served time

they observed a minute of silence at the iconic westminster abbey, not far from the site of the attacksa display of unity in a moment of grief and crisis. sarah: we're joined now from london by a professor who specializes in radicalization at a think tank. thank you for being with us. based upon what we know so far about masood, is there anything to suggest what might have led to his radicalization? >> we are still trying to put the pieces together. at this stage, the information is limited. we know he had a history of criminality. he was in prison for various offenses. along that journey to radicalization, he must have engaged in various activities, or associated himself with radicalized groups. or not, he could have easily been what is called a bedroom jihadi. we have not been able to piece these things together at all. sarah: when we look at radicalization, in your expert opinion, is this primarily a psychological problem or our politics and society more to blame? >> it is a combination of all three. the political context is very important to bear in mind. must of the grievances that

mps were held in the commons chamber for hours before being evacuated to westminster abbey, along withnd staff. they were eventually allowed to leave later in the evening. that night, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street condemning what she called the sick, depraved and appalling attack. and theresa may vowed that parliament would meet as normal the next day. and so the commons gathered on thursday morning at 9:33, and held a minute's silence. order. colleagues, and respectful memory of those who lost their lives in yesterday's attack, and of all of the casualties of that attack, we shall now observe a minute's silence. a little later, the prime minister spoke to mps. mr speaker, yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy. but today we meet as normal. as generations have done before us and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a simple message — we are not afraid. she paid tribute to pc keith palmer, who died protecting parliament. pc palmer had devoted his life to the service of his country. he had been a member of the parliament

today, at westminster abbey, in a show of solidarity, religious leaders joined together for a minute'sd and the many more who were injured. sarah campbell, bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin, has met with the french far right presidential hopeful marine le pen in moscow. president putin denied trying to influence the french election next month and said he reserves the right to commit kate with all political figures. marine le pen said, if elected, she would do what she could to get eu sanctions against russia lifted. a rare but symbolic show of hospitality from vladimir putin. translation: are we in no way want to influence events, but retained for ourselves the right to meet with all representatives of all political powers, just as our partners in europe and the us do. the kremlin likes what it is hearing from france's national front leader. marine le pen has called for eu sanctions imposed on russia to be scrapped. she claims that crimea, the ukrainian peninsula co ntroversially the ukrainian peninsula controversially annexed by moscow, has always been russian. translati

today, at westminster abbey, in a show of solidarity, religious leaders joined together for a minute'snd the many more who were injured. sarah campbell, bbc news. in belgium, prosecutors have charged a 39—year—old man with attempted terrorist murder after a car was driven at high speed towards crowds in antwerp‘s shopping district yesterday. the suspect is a french national of north african origin identified as mohammed r. he's also been charged with possession of weapons, after several knives and an unloaded shot gun were found in the car. the european union won't try to punish britain during brexit talks. that's according to jean claude juncker, president of the european commission. but mrjuncker insisted that the uk would have to honour its "financial commitments" as part of any deal — a figure that he said could be around £50 billion. he was speaking to our europe editor katya adler ahead of celebrations marking the eu's 60th birthday celebrations in rome. kicking out the red carpet for the leaders of the eu. coming to rome for the clouds 60th anniversary. the timing of this birthd

passers—by started running from westminster bridge across the pavement in front parliament to westminster abbey outside parliament and an ambulance landed. the police are marking the area out with cones. emergency services converged in force to tend to the casualties. at this stage, no—one knew quite how many. metres away, london life went on blissful ignorance. 0ne mp helped raise the alarm. i then made my way into the tube station and i could see people walking around with their kids like it was a normal day. i went straight to the control room and said, you need to shut the tube station now, we have got a terror attack on the palace of westminster, you need to shut it now. he put a radio alert out to all staff and they put on their high—visibilityjackets. all the mps were going to vote when the incident happened. it sounds like i was a little bit further ahead of her on the way to the old palace when the gunshots rang out. it takes a moment to think that is not a car backfiring, that is a gunshot. then there was lots of yelling, get down on the floor, get back into the building, which is wha

some were taken to westminster abbey afterwards to pull the whole area was locked down because the policeecause the police were worried that there may be another attack on the loose. it was only this evening that people were allowed to leave. our deputy political editor reports. a brutal attack aimed at the heart of britain's national life, on a peaceful spring afternoon in the capital, a potential danger so often discussed here at westminster became suddenly horribly real. time for a statement to mps unlike any they had heard before. it seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant was shot by armed police. an air ambulance is currently attending the scene. at a time like this, although there has been no time quite like this, an attempt to spread fear and wreck notions of normality drew a familiar response, only now the defence of shared values were delivered with studied calm to an audience absorbing something shocking. the british people will be united in working together to defeat those who would harm our shared values, values of democracy, tolerance and the

today, at westminster abbey, in a show of solidarity, religious leaders joined together for a minute'smany more who were injured. sarah campbell, bbc news. do stay with us on bbc news. still to come... we visit rome where the leaders of the european union nations gather to celebrate its 60th anniversary. with one exception. let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. so proud of both of you. with great regret the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers in fiji. this is bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. the latest headlines: donald trump has withdrawn his healthcare bill, after it became clear he didn't have enough support from his own party to win a vote in congress. british police have appealed for the public to help uncover the motivation of the man who killed four people in wednesday's attack in westminster. the russian president, vladimir putin, has met the french far—right presidential hopeful marine le pen in moscow. president putin denied try

today, at westminster abbey, in a show of solidarity, religious leaders joined together for a minute'snd the many more who were injured. sarah campbell, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is outside scotland yard. as far as the police investigation goes, a lot of unanswered questions, including crucially, whether he was acting alone. i sensed this investigation is moving into a new phase tonight. the immediate arrests are over. seven people caught up in that first sweep have now been released. that leaves four people in custody, who detectives are concentrating on as potential accomplices. i'm told more arrests are possible. now the hard miles of the investigation begins as detectives have to sift through the evidence and try and work out whether khalid masood was working alone and i understand they don't know the answer to that question at this stage. they are going to have to sift through a mountain of computer evidence and mobile phone evidence including intriguingly the fa ct evidence including intriguingly the fact that the lid masud's mobile phone sent a m

today at westminster abbey, there was a show of solidarity.silence to rememberfour who were together for a minute's silence to remember four who were killed and the many more who were injured. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is outside scotland yard. so, many unanswered questions — how is the investigation progressing? yes, and talking to sources inside the investigation, i get the impression that the initial, intense act evictee, in which the known associates of khalid masood were rounded up, that very, very intense work of the first 48 hours is perhaps now starting to slow down. i think the detectives here at scotla nd think the detectives here at scotland yard have now started to getan scotland yard have now started to get an idea of what the story is, and now they are starting to do the ha rd and now they are starting to do the hard miles, working through the huge amount of evidence that they have gathered, going through the huge amount of computer data that they have gathered, including that contact that there was between h

yesterday, many of us were gathered in westminster abbey, in lock down, in a stunning moment, people, hindu and christian faiths and none. could i support those who reminded us this is not a an act of faith, it is an act of distortion of faith and it we will defend the values we cherish. my honourable friend is right, i think it is, it shows the importance of all of our faiths working together and recognising the values that we share and as he says this act of terror was not an act of faith, it was an a perverse, a warped ideology, which leads to an act of terrorism and it will not prevail. my prayers are those who were injured and lost their lives and theirfamily and injured and lost their lives and their family and particularly p xrchlt keith palmer, who made the ultimate accusifies. this attacker and —— that he had the ultimate sacrifice. this attacker is not of my religion or community and we should attack all those, because they're not of religion. if they we re of they're not of religion. if they were of religion they wouldn't be carrying acts like this. we have to stay united

within a five-minute walk of the chambers of parliament, scotland yard, the police headquarters, westminster abbey these institutions are really very close together. all of them, at the moment, in lockdown, i think. vonnie: it would be the situation room if we were to appear it. who would be in there with her? she has to make a tough decision later, who will be helping her? all, senior police officers on the case. the home secretary. rudde a feeling that andy may be traveling. cobra is a symbol of a case-by-case basis. so, who is responsible, the will wantervice, mi5 to have somebody there. the thing is is it a loan incident or linked -- lone incident or linked? i am getting pages of people being let out. these are tourists. a very busy day. i am watching armed police officers walking out in body armor with helmets and machine guns. nasa second lot i have -- that is the second a lot i have watched. mark: we have are from ambulances that at least 10 people have been treated on the westminster bridge. a number of hospitals have been placed on alert. it is fortunate that opposite the house of commons

today at westminster abbey, in a show of solidarity, religious leaders joined together for a minute's were killed and the many more who were injured. sarah campbell, bbc news. in belgium, prosecutors have charged a 39 year old man with attempted terrorist murder after a car was driven at high speed towards crowds in antwerp's shopping district yesterday. the suspect is a french national of north african origin identified as mohammed r. he's also been charged with possession of weapons — after several knives and an unloaded shot gun were found in the car. getting rid of so—called obamacare, the scheme to provide healthcare for millions of americans, was one of the main planks of donald trump's election campaign. but it now looks like it could fall at the first hurdle. he's demanded a make—or—break vote tonight on his troubled healthcare bill to replace it. and he's issued an ultimatum to fellow republicans saying if they don't back his reforms, they will be stuck with obamaca re. that point was enforced by the white house press secretary sean spicer at a white house press conference a

if it had happened two days earlier, i was at westminster abbey two days before that. so it obviously could have happened to anybody at that point. >> it worries me, it's always in the back of my mind because nowadays people are just outs there like that, but i mean, you just have to have trust and rely on having a good time. >> the fbi's head of counterterrorism operations for the bay area told the i-team's dan noyes yesterday's incident in london has not increased the alert level here. they say, though, they are always vigilant for these types of attacks. >>> and we have been sending out push alerts about the terror attack in london. you can be the first to know when breaking news happens by downloading our abc7 news app and enable push alerts. >>> the family of a woman killed by toxic tea is suing the shop where she bought it. 56-year-old yu ping xie got sick last month after drinking a toxic tea leaf blend. her family says it's finaling a wrongful death lawsuit against sunwing wo trading company in san francisco's chinatown. city officials are trying to trace the s

meanwhile, jewish, christian and muslim faith leaders gathered outside westminster abbey for a minutesilence. there may be a new migrant disaster in the mediterranean. a spanish aid group reports that hundreds are feared dead in three possible sinkings off libya. rescue workers were out today, hunting for survivors. the search began after they came across bodies in the water. >> yesterday at 6:30 in the morning, we found the first body, and four more of young african migrants from ages between 16 and 25. then we found also the wrecks of two boats. we guess there might be around 200 people missing. >> woodruff: so far this year, almost 600 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean to europe. more than 5,000 perished in 2016, that was the deadliest year ever. salvage crews in south korea today finished raising a sunken ferry that killed more than 300 people in 2014. then, two barges began towing the ferry to a transport vessel that will take it to a port for inspection. most of the victims of the sinking were high school students on a trip. ousted egyptian president hosni mubar

it's where westminster abbey is, where i went to school. it's full of students, tourists, lawmakers and politicians. this is the seat of power in the united kingdom. this is an incredibly busy, thriving, important place in london. and to see it under lockdown like that is certainly very striking. we're hearing from the metropolitan police that they are expanding the area, that they're asking people now to avoid not just the immediate area around the houses of parliament but also whitehull, westminster bridge, the embankment. i know those names don't necessarily mean a lot to our viewers, but this is a large area police are asking people to push back from. they are saying, we are treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise. i think you're really hearing from police that they want people to understand that they need to be on the highest possible state of alert and the highest level of vigilance right now until the situation is fully contained. and from what we are seeing on the ground right now, it is still fluid. it's diffi

westminster abbey being just open to the people coming across as they were evacuated, and making theming photos that something deep within our practices in this country, deep within the way we understand what's right. i said this in the house of lords earlier, that the man who had tried to kill people a few minutes later was being treated for his injuries by those people who have tried to kill. —— he had tried to kill. we look at that and go, yes, of course, that is obvious, that is what you do. what an amazing thing. the archbishop of canterbury speaking earlier. let's move on to some other new stories. large crowds have gathered at the funeral of the former deputy first minister martin mcguinness of ireland. let's go to dairy. chris page joined me. it was a pip guest list as well. absolutely. extraordinary political gathering happening in saint columba ‘s church here in the city of derry. us president bill clinton was among those who spoke at the service, he received lots of applause, he said that martin mcguinness, the former ira commander who became the deputy first minister of no

if it happened two days earlier, i was at westminster abbey two days before that so it obviously could have happened to anybody at that point. >> it worries me because nowadays people just are out there like that. but i mean, you just have to have trust and rely on having a good time. >> the fbi's head of counterterrorism operations for the bay area told the i-team's dan noyes that yesterday's incident in london has not increased the alert level here. they are always vigilant, they arehough, for these types attacks. >>> we have been sending out notifications about the terror attack in london. you can be the first to know by downloading our abc7 news app and enabling push alerts. >>> happening today, marin finds out officially that our roads in and out of the county are getting pretty clogged. >> what is interesting about this new information, though, is where the traffic is coming from. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us from the richmond bridge. >> reporter: natasha, most of the traffic is passing through these gates right here on to the richmond-san rafael bridge and of

she will take it to westminster abbey.bout the friendly games, they are always described as that. those two fierce rivals at one point, now they are 0k. they are retired now. yes. i was talking a few hours ago to her and she was saying it is nice to see her rival now. in the 2012 olympics, that was the pinnacle of their rivalry. it rumbled on for years and years. for anna meares to pip victoria pendleton to that second goal in front of her home nation really rankled. but they have spent a lot of time together since they retired. obviously pendleton retired after the 2012 olympics and anna meares retired just after the rio games, so meares retired just after the rio games, so she is newly retired. she isa games, so she is newly retired. she is a bit sad to not be out competing in the gold coast. she said the pool of her home games were something that she kept training for, but she couldn't. if i bring in that she kept training for, but she couldn't. ifi bring in marcus taylor, you are representing the gold coast. what does

you have parliament, big ben, westminster abbey, where prince william and kate were married, buckingham palace is down the street, ten down somethiing is street, the london eye is over the thames, westminster bridge is highly trafficked with tourists, highly trafficked with locals as well, so this is an area that was quite busy and should have been quite busy at 2:30 in the afternoon on a wednesday. fawaz, thank you for joining us. msnbc's counterterrorism analyst malcolm nance is also with us. he joins me from nbc news headquarters in new york. it's not a question of if. oftentimes it's a question of when. i lived in london for a short period of time and it was a question of when this would happen next. they had the terror attacks obviously the 7/7 terror attacks back in 2005. there was the soldier who was attacked on a british street corner back in 2013. were london authorities prepared for this? >> well, yes. i believe they were very well prepared for the terminal part of a terrorist attack. this is what we call the point of failure, because it's a failure of intelligence up to this

>> reporter: we're at whitehall street just down the street from westminster abbey and from the houses of parliament. we're being blocked. we can't go any further and the police are preventing all the reporters who are gathered here from going any further. we're a couple blocks away. the only thing i can really see are police cars, sirens on and lights flashing, but right now, if you were going just a couple of blocks away, just to trafalgar square, the area that's quite close, it would be as if nothing was going on, people are still walking around, still tourists looking around at buildings and things like that, but right up close to the house of parliament, it does seem as though there's obviously quite a big incident and as you mentioned, theresa may, the prime minister, her location, she's secure, but her location is unaccounted for and i'm about one block away from her offices at ten downing street. so it seems as though of course she would be top priority and the police have already obviously taken care of, ensconceder in security and tried to prevent anything from happening to h

the queen leads a service at westminster abbey to mark commonwealth day.arlier she officially started the baton relay for the next commonwealth games — which are being held on australia's gold coast next spring. and in sport chelsea take an manchester united for the last remaining place in the fa cup semifinals. good evening from bute house in edinburgh, the official residence of scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon who today surprised many people by announcing that she is seeking a second referendum on scottish independence. she wants that vote to be held between autumn next year and spring 2019. she has accused theresa may of refusing to compromise on the push for hard brexit—trump let's show you what's been going on tonight at westminster. meanwhile mps have tonight voted to reject the changes made by the lords to the government's brexit bill. 385-287 385—287 was the final vote. and mps also voted to reject the amendment that would have given parliament vote on the final brexit deal. before it comes into force. the brexit bill is now with those am

if you go from parliament with westminster abbey on your left, you go to new scotland yard. have a moment of silence at 9:33? guy: absolutely. they will be thinking about their fallen colleagues, thinking about what his and his family's loss. taking about how security will work going forward from here. this is an emotional and personal experience. it is going to be something we will focus on a lot as we think about the story going forward, how parliament will react. about whatving event is happening in london as we wait for the minute of silence. we have u.k. retail sales, the pound is moving on the back of this number. we have a beat on retail sales that have come through at a 1.4 number versus a point for expected. there is concern about what is going to happen. the pound continues to sink, or has stabilized. we will continue to watch this. politics is front and center. tom: let's go back to our moments of silence with the economic data, the officer of the metropolitan police, overlooking they been as well -- overlooking big ben as well. >> ladies and gentlemen, as we minu

it is commonwealth day and there will be a service to celebrate the commonwealth at westminster abbeyng. before that, the queen has an importantjob to do, sending the commonwealth baton on its way off around the world will where it will arrive in australia next april at the start of the commonwealth games in 2018. it will travel for 388 days covering 230,000 miles through the countries and territories of the commonwealth. a p pa re ntly territories of the commonwealth. apparently will bring the commonwealth together, the ceremony, and kicks off or will be a year of in the run—up to the commonwealth games next year. i will be here all morning speaking to people involved in the ceremony and learning more about what the baton means. there will be a message in that will invite all of the athletes of the commonwealth to come together in peaceful and fradley competition next april. i will discussing that all morning. but, for now, let's look at the at the rest the sports news for the day. spurs are on their way to wembley! they'll be in today's fa cup semi—final draw after an six nil win ov

my view is from big ben past westminster abbey.o ambulances so does not look like people have been injured on the bridge but i am unable to tell you more. vonnie: we know they have been debating things like the scotland vote or potential scotland vote with brexit. do we know where all the members of parliament are, where theresa may is? rob: it is prime minister's questions here so there is always a full chamber for that. suppose about an hour and a half ago. mps won't have been and the chamber but a lot of them will be on the premises. we don't know where theresa may is at the moment. there are lots of ways of getting her safely back to downing street. it is quite common for prime minister's after prime minister's questions to stay in the building and talk to mps and do business, but she did have a half past 3:00 appointment to see a polish politician. i can see somebody is being lifted onto a stretcher. i can see they are doing cpr down there. the prime minister did have an appointment in downing street this afternoon so probably

this area of westminster, westminster abbey, buckingham palace, all the major tourist attractions and government buildings still blocked off. white hall, the tube stop, the subway stop, of westminster still closed at this hour but all the stops around it are open. that's what i want to emphasize. getting down here. it still is a functional city as normal, especially outside of this area. we have seen people at the pubs, the cafÈs, going about their daily commute on a wednesday. we have talked to a number of local residents here. they say, while it certainly feels strange and they have to navigate around some of these closed streets, kelly, it feels familiar. we have heard that from a number of people. we heard it also from some french tourists here. of course, this happening one year to the day from the belgian brussels attacks, happening a little more than a decade from the last london bombings. while it certainly is not a normal sight or sound to hear the helicopters which are still circling around me, about six hours after this attack, and certainly even more abnormal to see armed

parliament square and then just adjacent to that westminster abbe abbey. unprecedented clearing of that area done by police over the last couple hours. also just on that note, bbc reporting that heavily armed police are now checking every room of parliament at this current moment so that's ongoing. to summarize more broadly the area and other place in focus is westminster bridge which connects to where parliament is. people have been mowed down on the pavement there by a vehicle. we also have a separate image of a vehicle that crashed into the barrier of parliament. we don't know if that was the same vehicle vehicle and of course that reporting of someone who managed to break into the parliamentary estate past the barrier wielding what was described by some eyewitnesses as a seven to eight-inch kitchen looking knife and stabbed a police officer and was shot. the alleged assailant was shot by armed police at the scene. as i already reported, the prime minister was in the parliamentary estate at the time that this happened and was reported by bbc bundled out

tom: thank you so much from westminster abbey this morning. hand. kate moore is with us from black rock. glasgowin london or orlene ever and i invest in u.s. equities in the last 12 months, i haven't made 23% a year. i have made 44% because i'm in the strong dollar. there is a massive disincentive for people to invest. >> i think that is an interesting consideration. we ask our clients, are you interested in hedging your currencies. it is very mixed based on the type of client we are working with. some people don't like hedges, some people are looking for the long term. and therefore it doesn't make sense to pay for the heads but you are right. in this case with the dollar appreciating against the pound bet for the a great currency translation. tom: we will come back with a careful bond equity analysis and a chart. we will do that later. .rancine: we love our charts we also love press conferences. coming up we hear from the u.k. chancellor as he presents the annual budget. that is at 7:30 a.m. in new york , 12: 30 p.m. in london. this is bloom

i saw members of the public fleeing in terror, looking over their shoulders, running towards westminster abbey people came out and challenged the attacker and he ignored their challenge and they shot him. attacker and he ignored their challenge and they shot himm attacker and he ignored their challenge and they shot him. it is shocking to hear you talk about it. it must‘ve been terrifying to watch. it must‘ve been terrifying to watch. it was not terrifying to watch, it was peculiar to watch, it seemed to have a clockwork, mechanical quality and although the story today is about this disgraceful attack and terrible injuries and the of innocent people, it is worth bearing in mind, the defences of parliament and our institution have worked to a large exte nt and our institution have worked to a large extent and within ten seconds of this man getting into the parliamentary precinct, he was looking down the sharp end of a gun. pc keith palmer was the police officer who died. many people paying tribute. you come in and out of this building all the time. there is a lwa ys building all the time. there