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Usaa we re tracking breaking news. a source tells cnn that british police have identified the suspect in today s deadly terror attack near the london bridge and let s get some expert analysis on this and start with nic robertson. what stands out to you about how this unfolded? i was struck that it was members of the public that took on this knife-wielding man and wrestled it from him and pinned him down that the police got there within five minutes and that was fast and the police were there and pull off the member of public that is holding the attacker down, pull him off and as they pull him back, the person is the attacker is ....
He s in london during all of this. and jeremy, amid this impeachment scandal ukrainian officials are still looking for ways to impress relations with president trump. what is cnn learning tonight. reporter: that is right. two sources are telling cnn that ukrainian officials are still exploring ways to improve their relationship with president trump including potentially opening new investigations that would satisfy the president s political motives as it relates to ukraine. and this underscores the extent so which despite the fact that the aid has been released to ukraine, after months of pressure from the white house, that pressure very much still exists. and the president has made clear even after releasing that july 25th call transcript that he still did want ukraine to investigate the bidens and last week, jim, david holmes, one of the u.s. embassy officials in the embassy in kiev, ukraine, he testified that the ukrainians still do feel quite a bit of pressure and all of this esp ....
Cnn s nina dos santos is tracking this from london. what are you hearing at this hour? reporter: well, things are looking calm outside of the london bridge station but it was a different picture about seb hours ago. when the specter of another deadly terror attack made its presence felt on the capital streets. [ sirens ] reporter: terror once again in the heart of london. passengers on this bus became witness to a shocking scene. it looked like members of the public were fighting with a man. it looked like he was trying to be pinned down on the pavement. it looked like a shine of light from the man on the floor and we realized it was a knife and then the police ran over with guns and it ended with the man being shot. reporter: police say they were called to the area just before 2:00 p.m. following reports of a stabbing. after being apprehended by ordinary londoners, a suspect wearing a hoax explosive device was shot dead by officers. ....
Minutes or something i can t remember just before it actually happened and some very similar thing of having a flood of people running and not knowing what was happening and just fear. huge amount of fear on their faces. and you could feel it as well in the energy of just everyone stressing out. reporter: london bridge was the target of another attack two years ago. eight people were killed and 48 were injured. this attack comes just weeks after the terror threat for this part of the u.k. was reduced to substantial and ahead of a crucial general election for the entire country. as for the motivation of the suspect, police say they are keeping an open mind. well, jim, cnn law enforcement sources are telling us that they believe that they have identified the london suspect here in this case. you can bet that authorities will be working throughout the course of the night furtively to try and understand exactly what the motivation was as i said ....
There and also how exactly they came to be in london bridge with the intent to maim and eventually kill people. two people dead as you said this hour. three more remain in hospital. and members of the government and security services and the police are meeting in downing street for an emergency gathering. back to you. if you have any more information please let us know. and for more on the possible motive behind today s attack let s go to cnn s nick paton walsh in london. still some unanswered questions about the suspect but it sounds like authorities are starting to put together the pieces. reporter: yeah, if you look at the kind of device it seems to have been strapped to the individual, that harks back to 2017 attacks which were linked to jihadists but at the same time police are saying a little bit more detail about how this attack began across the river and you could make out the ....