usaa we re tracking breaking news. a source tells cnn that british police have identified the suspect in today s deadly terror attack near the london bridge and let s get some expert analysis on this and start with nic robertson. what stands out to you about how this unfolded? i was struck that it was members of the public that took on this knife-wielding man and wrestled it from him and pinned him down that the police got there within five minutes and that was fast and the police were there and pull off the member of public that is holding the attacker down, pull him off and as they pull him back, the person is the attacker is
archer, say police, brandishing a .9mm handgunfireing into the police officer jesse hartnettt. archer moves to the window the gun inside the car firing at least 11 shots, hitting the officer three times in the left arm. shots fired. i m shot, i m bleeding heavily. reporter: incredibly the police officer not only survived, he chased the attacker down, shooting him in the butt. stopping him, bleeding profusely, left arm unusable, peeking to the dispatcher all at the same. we have an officer down. he had the grace of god first and foremost, but, i can t explain it based on my beliefs any other way. but under the circumstances, man, i can t imagine that almost anything you could have could protect you. that is chilling, absolutely chilling when you watch that. and if that doesn t just make the hairs on your neck just raise when you see that, it s
this gunman had an automatic weapon, a kalashnikov with nine rounds of magazines. that is 270 rounds of bullets. this train was packed full of passengers around 500 people on the train. it would have been difficult had he not been tackled by the four men, the one briton and three americans and the frenchman who tried but failed to bring him down. if they had not tried to bring the attacker down, the potential for serious bloodshed and drama on the train was very high. the president is waiting for the americans to arrive. the honor guard is behind me. they will be given the legion d honneur. this is something that honors the honor and fatherland. it was created by napoleon bonaparte in 1802.