have a right to go out and express those grievances, but at the same time, he is also going a bit further and alluding to something that he says is the ploy of foreign agents. he had some very harsh rhetoric directed towards the united states, directed towards president trump. what s interesting to a certain degree about these demonstrations that we re seeing throughout the entire country is not necessarily their size, but it s how widespread they are, and there isn t a real leader. there isn t a real group that is in charge of all of this, and there aren t real demands. we know that people are upset about the economic downturn, the rising food and fuel prices we ve been hearing chants especially over the last few days such as death to the dictator and we don t want an islamic republic. hearing something from the protesters that is quite rare and that is calling for the
they are closing streets in different variations depending on the day and trying to change patterns. to me as an observer of this, that tells me they are hearing something. i m not aware of specific threats against new york city. having said that new york city is the number one target in the world. the christmas season has been highlighted by the islamist movement as a time to attack. they did last year in europe. and also there have been recent isis cartoons and that type of thing talking about christmas in new york. so while there is no specific threat, the nypd is aware there is encouragement being given to carry out attacks in new york at christmastime and why you are seeing this increased nypd activity and bill a lot of it you aren t seeing and that s probably the best part of it. bill: thank you for your time. appreciate you coming back. peter king on capitol hill today.
seem seems to be a lot more relaxed. no one s running any more. no, it s definitely, it s definitely calmer than it was. being pushed back further now. no all clear from any of the police agencies? so, just to recap what we have. at about 11:30, 11:28 or 38 eastern time police received multiple reports of gunfire in the oxford tube. and in oxford circus. they deployed all sorts of police and fire brigads to the area. you can see people running. so people had reported hearing something. but ali, just to be clear, as of now be about 5:30 in the afternoon in london, we do not have any known reports of casualties. nobody injured or killed. no, we don t. and our news desk was just informing us right now that about a multiple fire brigades
liberty. following sunday s massacre in las vegas hill focusing on the enormous arsenal used by suspected gunman stephen paddock. paul ryan addressed the proposed ban on bump stocks during a sit down with msnbc s hugh hewitt. john cornyn said he wants a hearing on bump stocks. open to a vote. your open to a vote on bump stocks? i didn t know what they were until this week and i m an avid sportsman. we re coming up quick to speed what this is. fully automatic weapons have been banned. this allows you to take a semiautomatic into an automatic. hugh hewitt-nbc political analyst and host of hugh hewitt. thanks for joining us. as you finish that conversation with leader ryan there, is the proposed bump stock bill at least from what you re hearing something that both sides can work together on? yes. i listened to your conversation just completed and i believe
families as they desperately pray and wish that their young children inside are safe. but they re also trying in some way to communicate with this young girl inside or maybe others if it s more than just her. because imagine how absolutely frightening, exhausting, and devastating it must be. and again, it s like a jenga puzzle in there. it is not like they re simply pulling her out of a hole. each piece of debris that s pulled out could release another piece. and remember you ve got electrical wires in there. you ve got water pipes. yes, e the power s out and there s no water, but it is a very, very dangerous situation. there are the hands are still up. the fists are still up. so the hope in us makes us feel that that means they re hearing something and they want everybody to be quiet so they can get as much information as they can from this poor girl who is trapped, has been trapped for more than 45 hours. and think about this. 21 children were killed, 4 adults maybe 5 adults beca