you can isolate yourself and hide from authorities and plan this attack. which is what we have seen happen. steve: i think ultimately what we saw yesterday in barcelona and then later down the coast a bit. that s not what they had planned in the beginning. i think they had something planned. keep in mind 12 people. not one person behind the wheel of a rented van that was what happened behind the london bridge attack. dozen people worked together, they had a bomb-making factory, essentially set up in that neighborhood but it blew up. so plan a, no longer operative. instead, what they had to do was they went to plan b, which was to try to kill as many people as possible. and, the big question is, why hasn t that happened here in the united states? could it happen here in the united states? mark thiessen, who was a speech writer for president george w. bush had this observation about the threat america faces right here last night on the channel. the fact is seven years agricultural di
many pedestrians as they could. they encountered a police officer. they returned fire. the terrorists are dead. seven people hurt there, including the police. and this also is tied to the fact that apparently part of this cell, which police now believe could be 12 people, part of the cell it sounds like blew themselves up on wednesday. a house 120 miles from barcelona exploded. it was filled with explosive canisters. it looked like a bomb factory. clearly, what was going on in barcelona and in cam brill yesterday was much longer than just a one off. todd: meantime u.s. authorities on high alert back here at home after the latest inspire magazine mentioned threats to trains and subways along the east coast. abby: we now go live to rob schmitt in new york times square a major tourist destination as we know where authorities are on high alert after what happened in spain. rob, what are you hearing this morning? yeah. well, you know, guys, a lot
from tucker since the horrific bloodbath. rob: all four us college basketball games are safe and secure in spain, on the clemson, arizona, and men s teams overseas, oregon s head coach discussing what happened on twitter. everything is good with our guys moving forward, they accounted in the hotel. the clemson basketball team will return home today as scheduled. heather: donald trump condemning the horrific terror attack in barcelona. he meets with his national security team later today. garrett tenney has the latest on that meeting. reporter: donald trump is receiving regular updates from chief of staff john kelly on the terror attack in spain, the first public comments on the
attack came from first lady melania trump who said prayers to barcelona and a few hours later after more details of the tragedy had come out donald trump offered his condolences and supports weing the united states condemns the terror attack in barcelona and will do whatever is necessary to help. be tough and strong, we love you. vice president mike pence is wrapping up his trip to latin america echoing sentiments from panama where he also we should this morning s weather would be terrorists. isis has taken credit for this barbaric attack. whoever is responsible should know the united states of america together with our allies will find and punish those responsible and drive the evil of radical islamic terror from the face of the earth. the vice president cutting his trip short to return home to meet with the president in cam david for a previously scheduled
you can see them right there. one in barcelona special with a heart instead of a b. other city in black with the words pray for barcelona and the #no more terrorism. i saw this just a couple minutes ago on twitter. in my opinion it was pretty powerful. you see the greater manchester police in london stating that they stand with barcelona. coming few months after they had an attack on their own city. you have to imagine that s still raw. paris showing solidarity. eiffel tower going dark. we have seen that some times over the last few months. state side, freedom tower and new york city lighting up with the colors of the spanish flag. now, interestingly enough, i don t know if you guys noticed this yesterday. maybe did you as home as well. if you saw a lot of picture of cats when you search the #barcelona. that s because police actually ask people not to post pictures, not to post video from the scene. they don t want that information out there. to so people have been posting cat pictures