root cause of the problem, you ve got to do two things. you have to ban assault weapons and you also have to have the criminal background checks on all purchases of a gun. at noon today, students from across the country walked out of classes in an effort to highlight the issue. this as the suspected shooter, 19-year-old nikolas cruz, remains in solitary confinement after a brief court appearance monday. financial records show cruz s half-brother could stand to inherit up to $1 million from the estate of his adoptive mother who died from pneumonia last year. bret, one of the real dangers of the school shootings are potential copycat attacks. it looks likes los angeles police may have thwarted one. school security guard overheard a disgruntled student making a threat. when police searched the students house, they found two
law enforcement is prepared to deal with this, to shoot and stop vehicle attacks, but you have to get there first. and you talked about the nice attack with the huge truck they used and all the death in that, and police had to shoot the driver. so they were running people over, shooting out the windows. so these attacks have just become copycat attacks as well for inspired actors, inspired terrorists to just get a rental vehicle and drive it into a pedestrian area. and maybe in this case, nicole, as you have been reporting and reporters on the ground, almost an exclusive pedestrian and bicycle area, which gives them a clear path to wreak havoc because there s no other vehicle that blocks their vehicle. when you re in traffic, sometimes you can t go. but when you re on a bike path or a pedestrian mall, you can
in the game? yes, the police are very confident that the threat is somewhat contained. they seem to believe and what i ve picked up on, what was implied, these were the three main attackers. the police had neutralized the threat and now, there beginning the process of trying to find out who were these people, how was that they slipped the security radar, were they on the radar before hand, and any potential copycat attacks in the days to come? trace: if you look at that perimeter, it s still very wide. in your estimation, what are they looking for, what else are they looking for in these blocks and blocks that have been court aren t off smart. look at what s happening with the manchester investigation at the moment. you still have arrests taking place that happened last week. arrests have been let go. police tend to have a whit wide
copycat attacks? has this provided some inspiration for others to think this is how these are the soft targets, this is how i can carry out my plot, this is how i can do my bit, if we work under the assumption there s some kind of isis inspired motive? so there s going to be lots of concern across europe. i think when you ve had a spate of vehicles being used as weapons in europe in recent months after taking the lead from the niece truck attacker back in 2016. but ultimately the problem is there are venues like the one in manchester in cities all over the u.k., in leads, nottingham, lots of them in london. and this is the situation across europe. so really there s no way you can have any kind of police capacity
i think they re worried, obviously, as any security forces are, about copycat attacks, about attacks one attack triggering others. also, of course, about the chance that this wasn t a lone actor. that there may be others involved on the ground. in london you re kind of constantly reminded about the threat and of course in europe where we ve seen these kind of attacks in recent months. sensitive sites like train stations, public spaces, you are reminded to be wary. if you go on the tube, on the underground in london, there are announcements about making sure you re kind of wary of suspicious behavior or to sort of look out for unattended items, unattended bags, luggage, that kind of thing. that has been the case for many years now. so i think in a certain regard londoners are used to all of