reporter: isis completely defeated on the battlefields of iraq and syria like the deadly strike in new york on halloween. the group has also exploited high-profile holiday attacks, either directed by isis or carried out by its followers. the truck-ramming assault in berlin last year which killed 12 people and the 2015 mass shooting at a holiday party in san bernardino, california, which left 14 people dead. in this latest threat, superimposed in the rear-view mirror, isis uses an image of one of its best-known and notorious figures, jihadi john who presided over the beheadings of british and american hostages. it s only right we continue to strike the necks of your people. reporter: he was killed in a drone attack two years ago. having the ghost of this
and syria. isis is losing big. isis is really bleeding and i would not be surprised, whether it s directed by isis or inspired ideologically by isis forgive me. let s go to the vice president. scenes of carnage and mayhem sicken us all and as the president said earlier today, the united states condemns this terror attack and we will do whatever is necessary to help. whatever inspiered today s terror attack, the united states stands ready to assist the people of spain and find and punish those responsible. on this dark day, our prayers and the prayers of all the american people are with the victims, their families, and the good people and the good people of spain. thank you. vice president,
city. it is a stretch of streets, a walking area, that stretches a mile, maybe potentially more. how far that car was able to get down that street. that s unclear at the moment. they were able to pass through and ended up at a flower stand at one point. what we do know and what we can confirm, 13 people are dead, 50 others are injured. from the images on social media, from the images we have been able to show here, just horrific injuries, very serious injuries and the potential for that death toll to go up higher. what we do not know se whether or not this man was inspired by isis or other treerrorists.
this morning that he was under investigion b the british internal security agency mi 5 some years ago for what they called concerns about violent extremism. but he was regarded as a rather peripheral figure and current wasn t on the current the attacker accelerated across the bridge driving onto the sidewalk reporter: you know, that would suggest that he is a lone wolf. as you know, andrea, and as intelligence agency also tell you, there is no such thin as a lone wolf. that s why there are arrests of his family, of his friends, people to trying to work out, did he tell anyone, was he simply inspired by isis or was he directed by anyone? there was a claim earlier today from the isis pop began de agency, amak, that was in their word a soldier of the caliphate, an isis fighter. but they offered no evidence for
ben wedeman is there outside mosul. where does the operation stand at this hour? reporter: what we saw yesterday, jake, was kurdish forces took about 77 square miles and those nine villages you mentioned. today, because they re doing sort of the kurds will move one day, the iraqi army the next. today was the turn of the iraqi army. they re approaching mosul from the south and from the east. now, on the east they are battling with isis in the town of qaraqosh. it s a christian town. it once had a population of about 50,000. all of those christians were driven out by isis or fled. so the battle rages on there. but certainly so far they ve made pretty impressive progress. but we are talking about the outskirts. the see itself, which normally has a population of 2 million,