cove covers six, seven elementary. so with a school this big, you would want to have possibly two. budget restraints typically on average i d say it s usually one and all the rest of the schools end up having a urge can ever one officer covering many. phil, in recent years we ve had the public has had to learn these new terms. soft target versus hard target. and the president is now calling for the hardening of schools, the nra calling for the hardening of schools using the same terminology. can schools be fortified? i don t think they can. look, you re not talking about schools. you are talking about federal buildings, airports, train stations. we re talking about schools now. when you think about hardening facilities, and you look at the post-9/11 environment, you multiply the facilities by the thousands. you are not just talking about
terror attack in new york city. we re joined by congressman bennie thompson. he s the ranking democrat on the house homemade security committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. thank you for having me, wolf. i assume you ve been briefed on this attempted terror attack. what can you tell our viewers? well, i can tell you from all indications, this was a lone wolf, someone that we think was probably radicalized over the internet. but as you know, soft targets are very hard to protect. and the subway station is an ideal soft target. we ve looked at this from time to time on our committee and, you know, it s very, very difficult. the only thing we can work on is making sure we put training together, make sure we get federal, state, and locals working together, making sure everyone is on the same page. but from all indication, this was someone who came to this country legally, who s been here for about seven years, and as
heather: thank you. isis claiming responsibility for the so-called soft target attack. what are we doing? what can we possibly do in the united states to protect against similar threats? joining us is army veteran doctor darren porter. thank you for joining us. you heard this unfolding last night and overnight and this makes us think of soft targets in the united states. is there anything we can do to avoid this happening here? absolutely. one of the things is a place like new york city, we see officers in places like times square with heavy weapons, barricades erected in the soft targets. the second component would be a police community relationship. intelligence is key to 40 these
her school saying today, she was simply a beautiful little girl loved by everyone. there are reports here that her mother was critically injured, in the hospital, and might not be aware of what happened to saffie. 18-year-old georgina callander had her picture taken with the pop star two years ago and was back to see her in concert. she did not make it out. and at a vigil here today in manchester, in albert square thousands honoring the young faces that did not make it. [ crying ] it s a horrible thing that s happened. it won t change this city. reporter: why was it so important for you to come out today? it s an attack on manchester, which is our city. and i think everyone needs to show support and show that we are all together and we are all strong. i cannot begin to imagine what the parents are going through. anyone who s a mother, like myself, you just cannot bear too much. reporter: and we met the
have actually been planning for a terrorist attack for some time. this training exercise was held just last year at a manchester shopping mall, to help police plan for an attack on a crowded, soft target. and brian ross joins us tonight. you reported there that this suspect was known to british authorities as a potential terrorist? that s right, david. he was once on a kind of a government watch list. but we learned that he wasn t being closely watched because authorities didn t believe he posed an immediate threat, david. brian ross tonight, our thanks to you. and this evening, the awful reality. this attacker knew so many young people would die. tonight, the faces and parents holding photos of their children still waiting. and the mother who is still missing. from the teenagers who were on their own for a concert, to the children running out holding their mother s hands. the attack was cruelly aimed at young lives, innocent children. among the dead, saffie roussos, just 8 yea