Terror attack on London Bridge. 7 people killed, 48 others wounded before three of the attackers were finally gun downed by police. That rampage included using a vehicle on the London Bridge followed by a stabbing spree in bars around the capital citys market. Witnesses describe the horror. They run up and they stabbed this girl i dont know how many times, 10 times, maybe 15 times. She was going help me, help and i could not do nothing. I saw people running reaming. When you see those kinds of things you see it on tv in front of the tv when actually you see people and you hear people screaming, its totally different thing. Its scary. Its the third deadly attack in england since march, and it has the city of london and the rest of the world on high alert today. Raids this morning leading to the rest of 12 suspects in the latest attack. Here was theresa may earlier today. While we have made significant progress in recent years, there is, to be frank, far too much tolerance of extremism i
The attack took place in the achin district. They have been fighting against extremist factions in that area. The afghan soldier was a taliban militant. Nbcs National Security producer Courtney Kube is following the latest for us. What more are we learning about this insider attack . Well, as you mentioned, richard, there were three u. S. Soldiers who were shot and killed in this attack. They were shot by someone wearing an Afghan Commando uniform. We dont know yet whether that individual was in fact an Afghan Commando, someone who infiltrated the military or someone who may have just been wearing the uniform. In the years past in afghanistan, weve seen both things happen. It was an insider attack, what the military often calls a greenonblue in eastern afghanistan which has been plagued by isis in the last year or two. They have tried to step up their offensive in the last few months. We saw where the u. S. Dropped the largest bomb ever used in warfare that we know of. And then just at
Phone with senator durbin, i was thrilled. He invited senators durbin and graham to the white house. But the hard right attacked again. A meeting that could have ended in a bipartisan handshake instead devolved into one of the most infamous meetings of his presidency. But still, we went back to work. Excuse me, i have a cold. But still, we went back to work to strike a deal with the president. Yesterday i talked to the president in the morning. We were not far apart on the issues. A deal to Fund Military and critical programs for the middle class can be struck. We agreed to the contours of that deal. An immigration deal was then reached. We could address Childrens Health insurance, other health issues, disaster aid. We went to the meeting and had a long and productive discussion. I told the president we democrats were willing to fund the military at the highest levels in history. Far above even his budget request. I reluctantly put his wall request for the southern bothered on the tab
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