prayers for ramadan. while this appears to be an attack on a community, it is also an assault on all of our shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect. let s go back to phil black for the latest. phil is on the scene where the collision took place. phil. reporter: cyril, that statement from the london mayor siddeeq khan you just read out is clearly it is the strongest we have heard some far from any british official. he is calling it clearly a deliberate attack. he doesn t use the word terrorism but we know the british prime minister said it is a potential terrorism attack. the counter terror command responsible for the current investigation happening but the mayor of london going further than anyone and saying it was a deliberate attack against the people here, many of them worshipping and observing the prayers of ramadan. that s what people here this morning have been telling us. they believe this was deliberate. they believe this was terrorism against them.
see a few policemen. sorry, and then it wasn t until armed police came and we had to crop to the ground we realized this was a big thing. at first, i didn t actually think it was a terrorism attack. i was saying to my friends, but it became clear very quickly that it was. what did you think was happening and when you learned about what it actually was, what did that mean to you, when you were out there? i mean, i just started filming and i think that was very much a welcome distraction, but armed police came we dropped to the ground. in terms of having to text family and friends and telling them that we re okay and sending out that spat, but the police were always there.
potential impression that these tweets are not thought out in any way. i don t know where you get that impression. we got to stop acting surprised. he has done this time and time again. he did this after the orlando terrorist attack. everything is about donald trump. whatever happens in the world, it s about trump. his first impulse is to say my policies are better, and that s why we should have a travel ban. his second impulse is to continue a feud with a mayor, while the mayor is in the middle of dealing with a terrorism attack. and so he is impulsive. he is he doesn t wait to see, so he is acting out of ignorance. and it s just really quite sad. maybe this is good for the base, but his base is now down to 36% on the approval ratings. this is just the way he is, and at some point, i am still waiting for a republican adult out there who will blow the whistle and say, this is not acceptable for the leader of a
perimeter, the police have pushed back off the main thoroughfare that leads to borough market. the counterterrorism police, if you will, were stationed on the corner of that street. we ve been pushed further away from that and not quite clear why at this stage. i just heard a boom in the distance there. i m not clear what that boom was but it sounded like a sort of muffled explosion, tall buildings around here so things echo. that was the first boom that we ve heard at this location. let me bring in paul crookshank. we re trying to understand the context, there are similarities here between the attack on west minimum ster bridge, a vehicle used to mow down pedestrians, then a knife attack. put this into context for us, if you will. well, by say iing it s a terrorism attack here in london tonight and it has the hall marks of isis-inspired
the terrorism attack in manila. we are closely monitoring the situation and i will continue to give updates if anything happens during this period of time. but it is really very sad as to what is going on throughout the world. with terror. our thoughts and our prayers are with all of those effected. he was sincere was it wasn t terror. it was suspected robbery by a lone thief. he got a little ahead of his skis there. and often times it is terror but sometimes it s not. yeah, this time he was wrong. originally they said his national security adviser briefed him and someone in the white house said he was freelancing a bit and they clarified and said that he got briefed about media reports that