former counter terrorism analyst and cyber and homeland security. and let s start with the information we are getting here. as we are look at the two democrats to be on the side for haspel to be confirmed, does it look that now based on what you are hearing that she is going to make it through? yes, i have talked to a few of my former colleagues who work on the hill and all indications are that she is indeed going to be confirmed. i think that the position of at least a lot of the republicans is that she is probably the best qualified individual to lead the age agency since its inception. i don t think that you can think of anyone else more qualified, and if you are thinking of the torture question, during that time, i did some research and i found that old washington post/nbc poll that indicated overwhelmingly majority of the americans at the time supported torture, and if you are going
cia counter terrorism analyst, follow up attacks, follow up-type incentive attacks after a failed one. buck, again, the latest fears seem to be just that, that they re planning something else. it is the holiday season. tourists are in here by the thousands and millions. what do you do? they re trying to take as many precautions as you can. a couple ways to break down the counter terrorism measures put in place. one is your static security effort. things like vehicle barriers, which are increasingly important now that we see that that is a preferred tactic of the islamic state and other jihadists. it s easy to pull off as we know. the other big component of it would be pre-operational
but for the most part, it has been peaceful. we re going to continue to follow the developments from the cradle of democracy. plus, spanish authorities make an alarming discovery as hay investigate this week s deadly terror attacks. a counter-terrorism analyst weighs in and a live report from barcelona, that s next. remember, they re losing at home, isis and a lot of these groups. the only way for them to generate the support they need to generate new recruits and funding is to show that they can do this elsewhere, because they re getting their butts kicked at home. so this was always the next evolution, the shaping of multiple attacks together. i m ryan and i quit smoking with chantix. i tried to quit cold turkey. i tried to quit with the patch; that didn t work. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. for me, chantix worked. it reduced my urge to smoke.
the george washington university center. he s a former cia counter terrorism analyst and joins us from washington. sir, thank you. how are you doing? shepard: are we close to being finished here? we re getting close. as you said, they ve been fighting almost a good part of the year. now it s extremely hot in iraq and the middle east. people are getting tired of fighting all the time. in terms of destroying isis, the ideology or the organization, we re far from the end chap per, this is an organization that has been brutalized by the united states, by the iraqis, the iranians and they manage to survive and in one way or another. so for us to destroy the organization, you need a political understanding within iraq and syria where those organizations and those tribes and the sunni groups have a
eyewitnesss were able to pull the driver from the van and hold him until police arrived. i saw him waving his hand, and he it is not like he was not. no, he was like yes, i did it, waving his hand. keir simmons is in london, and joining us is former counter terrorism analyst at the center for cyber and homeland security. the male is now being held under terrorism laws here in the u.k. he is being held, and they re