we saw after the vehicles used on westminster bridge, you know, the barriers went up on westminster bridge barrier every pedestrian path. you can block of some, but if they are determined, they will find another. two things on that, i was driving across a london bridge yesterday, and i saw how quickly does barricades went up. that is a real positive. —— those. you are right. you cannot protect everything. you want to walk down las ramblas and enjoy the churros and beers. the white house. i guess it is not news that there is a power struggle going on in the white house. but it seems to have burst out into the open between one of the strongest personalities, steve bannon, and gary cohn, the economic adviser to donald trump. there are so adviser to donald trump. there are so many stories. it is a greatly dysfunctional administration. the article on the front of the financial times reflects that. that is before we even talk about the lack of consistency externally in donald trump's message. what we are seeing is a conflict in strategy. steve bannon, the chief strategist for donald trump, to re

on police offices london has seen two tax just in a matter of months to a desert of march to westminster bridge attack third of june just a couple of months ago london bridge as well the. middle east of course which has been more prone to violence more prone to such incidents we've seen in jerusalem back in january in egypt as well two days later actually were four and ten people were killed respectively in attacks claimed. by other radicals and other terrorists so these attacks are not uncommon but as you say spain is different now in terms of the authorities response. i covered the. manhunt throughout europe of. after the attacks in in the battle plan now those that manhunt as you probably remember took days and weeks until the suspects were arrested or neutralized were killed by security forces in this case we've seen two arrests already by security forces and one suspect killed at the scene within about ninety minutes to two hours of course rules who saw the suspect a nice killed in the van but this time we have two people actually arrested which is also in itself quite new in these sorts o

including the march attack on the westminster bridge or four people were killed.e than 50 people in that incident were injured. back in early april, the isis sympathizer hijacked a truck and drove through a crowd in stockholm, sweden, killing five people in that attack. in berlin, last december 12 killed, 50 injured when a man inspired by isis drove a truck through a crowded christmas market place. and of course, last july in nice, france, 86 people lost their lives, nearly 500 500 wee hurt when a french man drove the truck down the promenade in that city through a crowd celebrating the steel day. we know both isis and al qaeda have called for this attack as well as her knife attacks, and isis magazine including an article called "just terror tactics." encourages followers to rent or steal vehicles. mentioning denise attack saying "vehicles are like knives as they are extremely easy to acquire." the al qaeda magazine inspire had similar messaging with westerners calling pickup trucks, and i'm quoting here "the ultimate mowing machine." we know the terror groups ha

here at westminster bridge they have installed these barriers to stop vehicles ramming into pedestrianserent crowded place. the authorities are also looking at things like more checks on people making short—notice rentals of vans. but the problem is these attacks require just everyday items. just a car — no guns or explosives. and, with so little planning required, it can be hard to spot them and stop them. new shock—absorbing barriers, like this one shown in a test, may offer some protection but counter—terrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. it's an almost impossible thing to prevent completely. but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for terrorists. and that, to some extent, is all we can do. the way we stop this from happening is by preventing people from becoming radicalised, or by people willing to come forward and saying, "i know someone who might be going to do this." this is how we stop it. this is one of the men authorities believe it is responsible, and tonight, islamic state said it was responsible. but this does not always mean there

here at westminster bridge they've installed these barriers stop vehicles ramming into pedestrians on the bridge. boston attacker could just pick a different crowd to place. if sorties also looking at things like more checks on people making short notice rentals of fans. but the problem is these attacks require just everyday only tim's. just the call no guns or explosives and with so little planning required. if we can be hard to spot them and stop them. new shock absorbing barriers like this one show in in a text may offer some protection. but counterterrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. it's an almost impossible thing to prevent completely but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for the terrorist. on that to some extent is all that we can do the way we stop this from happening. is by. preventing people from becoming radicalized will but people being willing to come forward and say and. i know someone that might begin to do this because that's how we stop. this is one of the man authorities believed responsible and tonight so called islamic

here at westminster bridge, they have installed these barriers to stop vehicles ramming into pedestrianshorities are also looking at things like more checks on people making short—notice rentals of vans, but the problem is these attacks require just everyday items, just a car, no guns or explosives, and, with so little planning required, it can be hard to spot them and stop them. new shock—absorbing barriers, like this one shown in a test, may offer some protection but counter—terrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. it's an almost impossible thing to prevent completely but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for terrorists, and that, to some extent, is all we can do. the way we stop this from happening is by preventing people from becoming radicalised or by people willing to come forward to say — "i know someone who might do this." that is how we stop it. this is one of the men authorities believe it is responsible. and tonight, islamic state so—called said it was responsible. but this does not always mean there was a direct link with the group. n

bridge. we talk about westminster. a lot of places, and i know you think itce is easy to secure these, but how in the world what you have locked down la rambla today? >> las ramblas, and i have been there, trace, not on similar to any o type of boardwalk you hav. the difference is that las ramblas only has one way in and one way out. what i would've done there, and how you look at security in the macro picture, all of the more well-known known places where people gather, and you and i have discussed this, iav would t bollards down, even temporary bollards that could raise and then go down. and i would have uniform armed patrolled police officers at either ends of la rambla. physically, if you have the bollards or someou type of plasc ones that fill up with water, the van or the vehicle cannot physically get in there. you cannot protect everything. but we can at least cut off or create choke points to end this madness with the vehicular murder that we are seeing here. >> trace: let's take it out of the u.k. and talk abo

including the march attack on the westminster bridge or four people were killed.0 people in that incident were injured. back in early april, the isis sympathizer hijacked a truck and drove through a crowd in stockholm, sweden, killing five people in that attack. in berlin, last december 12 killed, 50 injured when a man inspired by isis drove a truck through a crowded christmas market place. and of course, last july in nice, france, 86 people lost their lives, nearly 500 500 wee hurt when a french man drove the truck down the promenade in that city through a crowd celebrating the steel day. we know both isis and al qaeda have called for this attack as well as her knife attacks, and isis magazine including an article called "just terror tactics." encourages followers to rent or steal vehicles. mentioning denise attack saying "vehicles are like knives as they are extremely easy to acquire." the al qaeda magazine inspire had similar messaging with westerners calling pickup trucks, and i'm quoting here "the ultimate mowing machine." we know the terror groups have tried

here at westminster bridge they have stopped the barriers to stop vehicles ramming into pedestrians ond just pick a different crowded place. the authorities are also looking at more checks on people making short—notice rentals of vans but the problem is, these attacks require just every day items, just a car, no guns or explosives and with so little planning required, it can be ha rd to little planning required, it can be hard to spot them, and stop them. new shock absorbing barriers, like this one, shown in a test, may offer some protection but counter—terrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. it's an almost impossible thing to prevent completely but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for terrorists and that, to some extent is all we can do. the way we stop this from happening is by preventing people from becoming radicalised or by people willing to come forward to say — i know someone who might do this. this is how we stop it. this is one of the men police believe it is responsible and tonight islamic state, so—called said it was responsible. b

kennedy: pedestrians were mowed down on westminster bridge in april. attack in a truck killing five people. there's event after event like this that have been happening for years now and wolf blitzer is that much of a dolt that he tried to tie it to charlottesville? >> i'm not going to deal with the word that all deal with an abbreviation. like twitter users ffs. you know that term jaw-dropping? it's unbelievable and i think clearly it's actually stupid. clearly therefore he was trying to politicize it. kennedy: i was watching shepherd smith masterfully laying out the events and asking pointed questions and getting real information and narrating as things were unfolding and that's exactly how you do it. we don't need this form of extrapolation. the president will do enough damage to himself without wolf blitzer throwing in his party. >> i took it as a direct insult to all the viewers because he knows that was not the case. he has been reporting on these attacks. he may have thought to himself because maybe he assumed all the viewers haven't been listen

you can put barriers up, so we've seen barry is where we work around parliament, on westminster bridge try to stop vans. i think there's a limit to what you can do apart from trying to go at source and tackle the people behind this because the weapon used here is available to any grown—up. because the weapon used here is available to any grown—upm because the weapon used here is available to any grown-up. it is a sorry state of affairs where every single public square or those fast bridges has to have barriers to protect people, and that may be where we find ourselves, but it is sad that that is the action police and mayers might have to take. sad that that is the action police and mayers might have to takem sad that that is the action police and mayers might have to take. it is and mayers might have to take. it is a difficult balancing act, isn't it? the thing that people come to enjoy, but we expect to be kept safe. you don't want to make a place looked like a war zone and that's the last thing we want. the houses of parliament are beautiful space and people come to see it and we wan

remember, in london, we've had two attacks on westminster bridge and london bridge, exactly the sametic. >> we've mentioned those. we've been mentioning nice. the question is -- i hear you on saying you're a sitting duck but you think of, again, the conversation of soft targets, the conversation of main thoroughfares and pedestrian walkways and major cities all around the world. and it's that sort of ever-arching question, well, what do we do. i'm going to thank you for now. we're going to slip another commercial break in. we're watching and waiting for this new police news conference from barcelona, hoping to get a little bit more information. again, one person has been arrested. this individual is in custody. we don't know if it's the driver of that van or not. police believe this could be the individual who rented the van. so many questions still at this hour. quick break. more breaking news after this. are made with smarttrack®igners material to precisely move your teeth to your best smile. see how invisalign® treatment can shape your smile up to 50% faster today at invisalign.co

in march, a driver struck down pedestrians on westminster bridge, killing five and injuring at leastpeople. then this summer. >> get moving! >> reporter: on london bridge, a van plowed into pedestrians. three attackers jumped out of vehicle, stabbing people indiscriminately at a near by market. >> the idea that you could drive a car, 20, 30, 40 miles per hour into a very densely-populated area. you're going to harm or kill a number of people by the sheer force of what you're hitting them with. and so i think that it's a horrific crime. but it's also, if you're one of these people with such a sick bent, it's just too easy to do. >> reporter: in the u.s., authorities are concerned about how easily a large truck could become a killing machine. >> the problem with that is you have all those businesses, restaurants, et cetera, that need deliveries. so how do you get vehicles to these locations? it becomes sort of a logistical nightmare in trying to shut down streets. >> reporter: in may, the tsa released a report on the threat of vehicle ramming attacks in the u.s., recommending reporting

. >> and here in march a driver mowed down pedestrians on the westminster bridge and attacks in big cities are almost impossible to prevent. abc news london. >>> wildlife officials in hawaii have rushed in to help a seal and her pup. the hawaiian monk seal was born at a busy beach in waikiki in june. they have drawn huge crowds and they are endangered. >> it's important that she has a healthy lifestyle or upbringing until being reproductively vibe. her mom had ten pups if n-her lifetime we hope she has ten pups in her lifetime. we are dealing with an endangered species here and we need all the pups we can get. >> one the pup is weaned they will remove them to a remote part of oahu. >>> a team from our area is competing in the little league softball world series, the girls from bear, delaware are in the canal little league and one of ten teams to make it to the world series in portland, oregon. the delaware teams plays at 1:00 this afternoon and we wish all of them good luck. >>> musikfest is rick williamsing tonight with the music of god smack they take the sand steel stage tonight. and ea

two attackers now that no longer makes this a lone wolf attack as we saw for example in the westminster bridge incident in london that was back in march this year in which five people were killed including a police officer guarding parliament of course as we all remember this makes the attack was noted very planned attack especially given the presence of a second vehicle get away car absolutely you know we don't know whether that was a getaway car or to carry out a second attack we just don't know at this point but certainly this was not a lone wolf attack but going back to the history of of terror in spain spain may perhaps strike many experts many kind of terrorism experts as a bit of a surprising target here they have had a history of domestic terrorism from the basque separatist group they were very active in the sixty's seventy's eighty's recently though that's completely disappeared of fact they've had amnesties and truces with security forces had to go over their weapons caches pretty much faded fading into insignificance the last two bombings or terror incidents relating to islamist fu

in march , a man drove into people on westminster bridge killing four. he then ran into par limit and stabbed a police officer before police shot and killed him. the most event disedly in knees, france. eighty-six people died, 485 others were hurt tractor-trailer drove into a crowd on bass teal day. police shot and killed that driver. family and friends gathered tonights to remember a teenager shot and killed in northeast. a bullet hit gentleman mia sin dof as she was driving down the street. shes was just days away from beginning college. marina maracco is live in northeast with how the community honored here. reporter roirt it was an emotional vigil that took place at the exact spot where she was shot last thursday as she was driving her car down in northeast. you'll see the scene here from last thursday. jamahri sydnor was a woodrow wilson high school graduate. she was headed to florida a & m her mother says that it was just a couple of weeks ago that they went down to florida for other taition. her mother is a d.c. police sergeant. here at the scene,

installed in several locations including this shopping center barriers have also been put up on westminster bridge in london that followed two recent car running. the u.s. state department has backpedaled and accusations russia is arming the taliban in afghanistan just a day after wrecked the lists and made that allegation is the united states believe that russia's arming the taliban and i don't have any official state department answer for you on that russia is supplying arms to the taliban and that is a violation obviously international norms are abolished of years curity council norms. however it's not only russia that the u.s. turns to blame for the. explains seems that this is the new strategy coming from washington to pull in as many countries as possible to the afghan conflict in his speech on monday trumpet accused of providing safe havens for terrorists adding that the u.s. is growing impatient and wants to see a stronger commitment to anti terror efforts coming from pakistan this time for pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilization order and to peace pakistan has reacted quite

of its most famous shopping mall or in london police the same using the same measures along westminster bridge following the two incidents in the british capital last year as some locals have complained the anti terror measures are ugly and spoil the look of an area others argue it's the price to pay for safety. well i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news in the meantime have your site you'll stay on the day's stories by following us on facebook and twitter. no melissa another flood plain and one million people died. he killed people even. now no one's income to worry everybody's around him and that's. with this manufactured concern to the public well. when the ruling closest to protect them so. let's listen to the one person. we can all middle of the room sit. room. called the future we don't agree on. every the world if you dear reader. that you'll get it all the old the old. the old according to josh. welcome back to world problems. because. i'm with the francis is the boss broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight american icon ford motor company if that's prod

and two separate attacks on london bridge and westminster bridge in london. the toll is huge in these attacks at least nine or ten major attacks said to be inspired by isis and they send out the water if you can kill anybody you can use a vehicle. >> it's 6:56 p.m. and an area full of tourists and full of people. and we hear that this van veered off the side street and ran into the pedestrian plaza. >> there is no barricades that we can see. they have begun to put up concrete barriers so it's not easy to come off a side street and plow into people. >> now the president is dealing with the international terror attack. lets go to cecelia traveling with the president now. >> we are told just a few minutes ago that president trump has been briefed and we are told by the white house the chief of staff, general john kelly is aware of the situation and keeping the president up to speed on what is happening there in spain. there is no word directly from the president himself yet but the first lady is the first one to offer public comments on what is happening there.

apartment, four people were killed on april 17th and on march 22nd, terrorists struck london's westminster bridge that killed five people there. >>> the july 2016 attack in nice, france was the deadliest when a large truck plowed through a crowd gathering for bastille day celebrations. three americans were among the 86 people that were killed. and life's beautiful moments.ns get between you flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. >>> there's still a lot of confusion ouer view monday's solar eclipse safely. some people are wondering whether you can wear dark sunglasses or even those 3d glasses you get at the movie theater. verify talked with an eye specialist, dr. matthew wheat, and here's what he had to say about those movie glasses. >> those do not work, 3d glasses is not safe. i would not recommend that. you're at risk for damaging your eyes permanently using 3d glasses. same goes for theaters, don't use them on monday. >> what about wearing those da

vehicles into them that's happened in london now it's happened a bit too late for the people on westminster bridge but it's happened now and i think that's a step a practical step is going to have to be taken in major to respond across europe now they're going have to put ramps and ballots to prevent people from driving cars into them if you're absolutely right of course of the two thousand and four madrid metro attack i was meaning more about what is we've seen in recent times from from last summer until now and the attacks around europe and they are becoming increasingly common aren't they neal vonne attacks car attacks laurie g.c.b. we've seen in the middle east a lot over the past ten years it's not possible to stop it is it what is this solution to put in place here more pedestrian areas more bollards is it going to be just get cars out of there. i think i got to have a proper debate we've got to first of all take those proper security measures such as as i said more bollocks more ramps etc practical steps we can take greater security if it means of course more bag checks will be going to pub

entrance to its most famous shopping center the galleria concrete barriers have also been put upon westminster bridge in london that's following two terrorist incidents in the british capital over locals are complaining that the anti terror measures are ugly and spoil the look of the area while others maintain that it's a necessary price to pay for safety spain attacks clearly demonstrated radicalization is getting younger but in belgium employees of one kindergarten have reported signs of islamic radicalization even among toddlers children were said to have made death threats to unbelievers calling them pigs and even displayed hand gestures imitating the rope cutting its claimed that they've been reciting verses from the qur'an during playtime or they have reportedly skip classes because the kindergartens vision does not fit in with their beliefs we spoke to the coordination director of the facility get spiegel here who says that they are even more concerned now about the children after what happened in spain in fact there was a leak. about an internal documents made up by a kindergarten leaders in

given that m15 has 500 active investigations and six plots have been stopped since the westminster bridge by prosecuting for low—level offences is likely to become an increasingly vital tool. studio: richard watson there. so what of the hundreds of britons who joined isis and are still in syria? and how worried should we be about the changing threat? i'm joined by tasnime akunjee — he's a criminal lawyer who has specialised in terror cases and represented the families of three schoolgirls from bethnal green who fled to syria. with us from dubai is aimon deen, he's a former extremist who joined al-qaeda before leaving the group and becoming an informant for mi5. what we know so far is that one of those schoolgirls is believed to be dead and the other two unknown. thank you forjoining us, both of you gentlemen. watching that report, what you think would motivate someone considering is‘s caliphate shrinking, and the state of its presence in syria now, what would motivate somebody to stay? a few things, number one, their inability to leave, that would cause them to stay. i would imagine, they

on the westminster bridge and then the london bridge. >> as isis suffers more defeats in iraq and syria, we can only expect to see more attacks. >> reporter: late today, isis took responsibility for the deadly barcelona attack, calling those involved soldiers of the islamic state. >> and brian ross with us here tonight. brian reported there were two suspects in custody. one dead, but authorities still believe the driver could be on the loose? >> yes. they are looking for at least two more people, and in another twist, the authorities believe the man what rented the van, someone stole his license and he is not involved in any way. >> he claims a stolen identity. >> that's right. >> thank you. >>> back at home and police on high alert tonights amid the calls from isis to use vehicles in attacks. authorities in major stips in this country already with precautions in place, and abc's linsey davis is live in "new york times" squarer us. >> reporter: counterterrorism expert. s tell abc news they are on high alert and they are prepared to respond immediately in the event of a possible copycat.

at the place where we work at the house of parliament, across westminster bridge and london bridge, manyndon, there are these big concrete pollard is going up along the street which are there to keep people safe. —— bollards. it is a sad state of affairs when you have to divide public spaces, when you have to put these almost... it looks like a battle zone, having these things that would stop a big vehicle. at the same time, what is the option? the times — evil strikes again, it says. evil strikes down innocents. children hit as stryver targets tourist with a van. more on a statement from ariana —— mariano rajoy. —— as driver targets. saying the response has to be global. security services say it is. we are foiling plots all the time. interesting on page four of the times from charles bremner going through all of the different attacks that have been foiled by police. and it does say here they have been so effective in thwarting fact they have been reduced to the basic use of cars as a have been reduced to the basic use of cars as a weapon have been reduced to the basic use of cars as a w

here at westminster bridge, they have installed these barriers to stop vehicles running into pedestriansfferent crowded place. the authorities are also looking at things like more checks on people making short notice rentals of vans, but the problem is, these attacks require just everyday items. just a car, no guns or explosives. and with so little planning required, it can be hard to spot them and stop them. new shock absorbing barriers like this one shown in a test may offer some protection. but counterterrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. so could this attack have been prevented ? what's the state of radicalism in spain, and how are the authorities dealing with it? to give us an insight into these questions and more i'm joined by eduardo saldana, am expert in radicalism and security in madrid and here in the studio by lee dodgeridge, a director at covenant security and risk management and a former member of the uk's national counter terrorism security office. —— kerb does notjoin us, it is frank gardner. the authorities believe eight people we re the author

on the roads, a view of big ben, as roadworks continue on westminster bridge.e a spot of drizzle. temperature maximums, around 21—22. this evening and overnight, that cloud is still with us. again, some patches of mist and fog to look out for. temperatures not falling too far, though, overnight temperatures of 17—18. not very comfortable for sleeping. it should thin and break into the afternoon. bright intervals developing. just the chance of the odd isolated shower. more sunshine means temperatures are rising. 2a—25 degrees. i will leave you with the outlook then. a humid start week this week. temperatures more warm tomorrow thanks to sunshine. turning more fresh next week. pets and cinema aren't a natural combination, but one theatre has now opened its doors to dogs. "doggy cinema sundays" at the london's picture house in piccadilly now allows owners to bring their pets and watch a film together. organisers say it's growing in popularity, and they expect to keep it going. we all sat down in a marketing meeting and decided it was a fun idea. london is open to

others were what people call lone wolf attacks as you saw on westminster bridge, or a small group as isation. this is serious for the spanish because this is one cell that they didn't have a handle on. that is the indication coming out of one of the spanish police sources. this is part of a wider problem which affects a number of countries. spain for the first time in a number of years, much more frequently in france and britain. i suppose if there were a number of people in this plot, that makes it easier for the authorities? more traces left, potentially more clues left and they can work on that? they will be working on that as well. this doesn't take away the overall message, that we are involved in a new kind of irregular war. one of the questions is, why is is doing this? firstly, retaliation. they are suffering huge losses in the air war. also a kind of demonstration that they are still there and to be reckoned with. but thirdly, crucially, they want to stir up as much anti—muslim bigotry and islamophobia as they can. the overwhelming majority of muslims in countries like britai

not a lone wolf attack as we saw for example in the nice attack of summer last year or the westminster bridge attack in london of march this year as well that were at least two if not more attackers involved one of them has now been arrested their identity of one of them you mentioned earlier a passport discovered in the van a spanish passport of a man of origin so that's about as far as we know there now condolences and condemnation of been coming in from across the world the u.s. president donald trump to resume a i'm going to call record boris johnson a whole host of politicians from across the world expressing their anger condemnation this attack as well now in terms of the scene here the central boulevard of course where this attack took place that runs as we said about a kilometer. long that this sort of this time of year at this time of evening it would have been packed very densely with tourists from all over europe all over the world that's what would have been chosen as a soft target effectively for this attack there's very little the police would have been able to do to stop it how

six people died going on to the burning christmas market attack that that winter then london westminster bridge and london bridge combined with a knife attack and of course you know we must mention that there's unconfirmed reports that the driver of the van is still at large there's. manhunt currently underway which is why are the areas on lockdown of course police advice to people in these situations is to run hide help in the event of a suspected terror attack but we understand from what people are saying the area the surrounding bus stops train stations metro has all but a complete lockdown for the last hour and a half hour and forty minutes or so as many as six hundred people are just sitting around in cafes restaurant on lockdown on police and some of the live pictures we saw just earlier there of people being taken out in small groups again evoking memories of what happened in. paris and london of course as well that's something you mention there is very true you're going to have a lot of people in the height of summer sitting eid on the boulevard enjoying this summer maybe having an ice

after geese and westminster bridge, you know, in brussels, we have always had this, is asian —— afters conversation. this is the headache for the counterterrorist authorities. what the security services in spain are trying to establish is the number of people who are involved in this attack. at the moment we have got two playbook in police custody, but you can't read into that too much at this stage —— two people. it could be that those people are released and found not to be connected with the attack. but, you know, there seems to be some anecdotal evidence that points towards more than one person involved. you know, we've got reports of the driver of the van fleeing the scene on foot. we've got this incident on the edge of barcelona where one person is shot dead. we don't know whether that is the same person or not. we also have a van in thick, tens of kilometres outside of barcelona, apparently being investigated as part of the attack —— this van in vic. the information is coming from the mayor of that town. there seems to be various strands of the investigation. the police in barc

here at westminster bridge they have installed these barriers to stop the vehicle is ramming into pedestriansge. but an attacker could just pick a different crowded place. the authorities also looking at things like more checks on people making short notice rentals of vans. but the problem is these attacks require just everyday items, just a car, no guns or explosives, and with so little planning required it can be hard to spot them and stop them. new shock absorbing barriers like this one shown in a test may offer some protection but counterterrorism experts caution they cannot stop all attacks happening. it is an almost impossible thing to prevent completely, but you can try to make ita completely, but you can try to make it a little bit more difficult for the terrorist, and that to some extent is all that we can do. the way we stop this from happening is by preventing people from becoming radicalised or by people being willing to come forward and saying, i know someone that might be going to do this because that is how to stop it. this is one of the man authorities believe responsible, and

i was in london last month on westminster bridge. rdrail ors bare kwrers there on that bridge. i think in one sense you're going to see a physical reaction to it. probably more barriers on crowded tourist spots, on bridges, in western capitals. i think more importantly, we need to be able to identify jihadists and terrorists before they strike. we are behind the curve far too often right now. by the way, sandra, many times we're not sure yet in this barcelona case, but in many of these instances in western cities over the past few years the terrorists had been on intelligence officials radars for some time. they're not picked up or they're released and then they strike. >> sandra: so what needs to change? to your point it seems so often in the wake of the attacks we learn that this person or persons, referring to the terrorists, were persons of interest. or they had already been tracked by authorities. what needs to change? >> i think in europe, authorities many times are spread too thin. it's kind of like a game of whack a mole. you

enemy as you can, vehicles as go-to weapons, last year nice, 86 people killed, london bridge, westminster bridgelmost all of the attacks are impossible to prevent because they are soft targets. saying that we need to increase cyber and to develop international as well as national intelligence gathering. look, our best bet here in the united states is to ensure that the people in each community have situational awareness, political policing is something that we need to bring back to the country so police officers can create relationships in the community and that's where we will get intelligence information. so situational awareness, if you see something, say something, we said it over and over again, that's about the best way right now we can combat this and be proactive. lea: can you go something to see something, say something because you look at soft targets here in the u.s. as an example, there are hard targets, places like the national capital in dc area where there's police, undercover, cameras everywhere but there are softer targets, cities with people stadiums, that type of thing, what t

on march 22, that was the westminster bridge attack in london. several people were killed when a man drove an suv into crowds of people. it is important to note, this past weekend in charlottesville, some in the president's administration are calling what happened then an act of terror, but so far, the driver in that case is not facing terror charges. jonathan: stay with abc7 for updates on the terror attack in barcelona. if you happen to step away, don't worry. you can download the app, abc7 news. go to wjla.com as well, because we are updating the website continuously. president trump is taking aim at members of his own party. he launched an attack on to republican senator's on twitter today. abc's janai norman has the latest. janai: president trump quick to condemn the terror attack in barcelona, but still facing backlash over refusing to do the same point in car rammed into a car in charlotte store, virginia. resident from: -- president trump: i think it was blame on both sides. the president seemingly equating those protesting white national

june terrorists began to stab people at a market. 8 killed n maroon suv mode down people on westminster bridge killing 5 people and injuring 49. for more on today's attack we are beyond by a former fbi agent rick smith. first, your thoughts when you heard this happened again in -- [audio not understandable] >> reporter: it's not close to be diminished. you have to learn somethings from it but this is unsophisticated but it's effective. that's the most important thing. it's effective because it spreads terror. people are afraid to go to functions hike this or anyplace where it's busy. you will be concerned. it's difficult to identify the people, little intell generals and it's centralized and they are so radical -- self- radicalized people there's no headquarters sending out messages. it makes it more difficult to catch the people before the things happen. >> today's attack is the latest in a soaries of serious -- a series of attacks where vehicles are use to run no crowds of people. can anything be done to prevent the attacks or even prepare for them? >> reporter: you can have better physical

in march of this year a man drove a car into people on the westminster bridge. that man killed four people. and then the following month, apr april, in sweden, a man hijacked a vehicle, five people were killed in that attack. then the month after that, in june, in london again, eight people killed when three men in a van deliberately ran down pedestrians on london bridge, got out of the vehicle and stabbed several people before being shot to death by police plp there have been a whole series of multiple fatality vehicle as heavy weapon attacks on innocent civilians in the past few months. but today's vehicle born attack in barcelona is the first attack of this kind for spain. that said, the last mass attack in spain with multiple casualties was more than a decade ago. actually one of the most deadly terror attacks ever on european soil. spain, of course, was home to the madrid train bombings that happened in 2004. >> good evening, spain, a partner of the united states and the iraq war was hit by a massive and deadly terrorist attack today killing more than 190 p

sorry, that was westminster bridge, the first incident, then the incident on london bridge, again peoplekholm, with a vehicle, several were killed there, there was the attack on the market in berlin, a very large truck was used in that incident, and of course the incident in nice, where more than 80 people were killed with a truck. 0n than 80 people were killed with a truck. on this occasion, the vehicle that was used was a white van. i have had a look at some of the images, and it seems it belongs to a telecoms company of some sort. the images i have seen of the vehicle, it has come to a rest, the front of the vehicle is damaged, and you can see unfortunately casualties lying all around. 0k, andy, thank you very much for that. so the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy says he is in contact with all the authorities after this incident in the centre of barcelona, the popular tourist part of the city on las ramblas, where a van has ploughed into a crowd of people. it was a busy, busy street ona people. it was a busy, busy street on a sunny afternoon in the spanish city when this van plou

this spring, vehicles were used in attacks at westminster, london bridge, and finsbury park. >> tonightut down here in the center of barcelona what is normally a festive part of the city. two arrests have been made. police have categorically stated z they were not driving the van that mowed in the pedestrians today that person is still on the run. >>> bob corker is the first blast trump over his response to the violence in charlottesville, mr. trump blames both sides for the violence. >> there needs to be radical changes take place at the white house itself. >> reporter: harsh criticism from a prominent member of the president's own party, tennessee senator, bob corker. >> the president has not yet-- has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. >> reporter: and this from another republican, tim scott of south carolina: >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. that moral authority is compromised. >> reporter: while the president has avoided cameras for the past two d

you have london westminster bridge. you have charlottesville where people realize based on the demonstration of the effectiveness, the horror and the terror that ensues, not to mention the prompting by isis and al qaeda in the case of violent extremism this is a tactic that can and should be used against civilians. and the reality is, this can happen anywhere on european streets. unfortunately anywhere in the world. that is just a reality of the current counterterrorism environment. i think european authorities continue to try to grapple with these low tech, high impact events that are aimed right at the heart of symbolic civilian centers in places like barcelona. so that's a first dimension of this. the demonstration effect is very real and this methodology has taken hold. the other problem here is the embedded cell structure of these networks. these networks have radicalized individuals both in physical contact, you know, in prisons, in criminal networks. through charismatic leaders, as well as online. and recent stud

ramblas which is a very heavily populated tourist destination or happened at the london bridge or westminster bridge or christmas market in berlin last year. these are all packed with tourists. so this method oriented attack isn't just focused on spaniards or the brits. this is focused on the entire world. the hope is with a lot of tourists that. so casualties might be have various spots around the world. we saw that in the paris attacks, again, a couple of years ago so as you look at these various attacks and you read these social media sites involving isis. you kind of get the feeling that these are, you know, these are inspired and these are promoted in a certain category and all of them, at least that we have gone back the past six or seven have kind of followed a very similar m.o. across the board. shep? >> shepard: trace, have you gotten anything on this attack on police? this white ford focus that authorities say rammed into a police car and then began firing, the occupant? >> we have got nothing except what have you reported. we have looked on twitter and looked on breaking news sites and no