australia. is there any warning flags that may have been missed from what you ve seen at this point? wel well, certainly the authorities will have to piece this going backwards, as to how the individuals were putting their plots together. this was a very well coordinated attack. this didn t just happen overnight. recognizance was done in terms of the locations, putting together explosive devices, getting the weapons together. so a lot of information will have to be pieced together. how did these people know each other, how did they cooperate, did they travel abroad, were they in contact with other individuals. this will have to be looked at urgently because the worry is that this could create copycat attacks or other individuals inspired by the depraved us atrocities. so the new zealand authorities will be working with their counter parts, america, canada
federal and international sorties want to ask them. before i go on with anything like that, we know that we have reports there and new zealand look at further sites. our no caps precautionary within that country, but that s what we re doing here. talk to me but what they would look for inside that country that got hit today. it if you will be we see terror levels raised in the media aftermath a very serious attacks. new zealand has raised its previously low terrorist alert to a higher one. i think it s an abundance of caution. obviously, after an event like this, you re always concerned especially with the way the attack was broadcast you are very much concerned about copycat attacks. people that are inspired by this sick attack and carry out something similar. understandably, new zealand s authorities are very concerned about that potential. it s why not only do we need to have an awareness of what exactly is going on in the internet with this kind of ideology, but also
peter king on the homeland security committee. we brought you in on the mueller matter but the new zealand thing turntion your stomach, sir. it does. it is absolute evil and essential that everyone everyone of goodwill and any sense of decency condemn this. it is inhumane, evil and horrible and we have to be on the look out in this country there is no copycat attacks. no evidence of any. but something like this that is so hateful can inspire hatred in others. people of goodwill need to stand and condemn it and stand with our friends in new zealand and the mosques and the civilized world will never tolerate this. there is no such thing as a manifesto for death. it has to be condemned. bill: these are migrant workers from bangladesh and go there to improve their lives. stunning stuff. we ll be on it throughout the morning here. let s touch now on some of
nation. because that s why those who live here live here. of course our agencies always need to be prepared. we need to be vigilant. we need to ensure that if we have an act like this had on our shores that we respond quickly to give assurances to the public that we can protect them and that their safety is top of pined. we are always prepared. are we personally prepared for these things? having an event like this this is always a shock. for the agencies already. is there a concern for copy cat attacks? we must always be vigilant. we ve left the threat level from low to high. that s so we can continue to give assurance for the public around the safety. that means we have heightened the response for the agencies at the borrower, at border at
everybody was on high alert. now the fear as i imagine, the authorities have, is the rest of copycat attacks, someone who wanted to make this very public and wanted to broadcast this live on social media and make a big thing out of it. what is the risk of copycat attacks and are authorities thinking about that? i ve got to tell you that was the first thing i thought when i saw the first reports coming into the country of what happened, copycats here in america. very concerned about that because it takes something like this to be the trigger. and individual looking to commit such an act like this. i m sure police worldwide not only in the united states but going through the databanks they