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authorities are treating this as a likely terrorist event. i want to have bring in to the discussion the information that you have just mentioned which goes to the idea that there was a level of coordination and likely a cell that was involved in this attack. we have the initial event, which was the plowing down of pedestrians, tourists, families on las rambla, which is pedestrianized. it does allow for some vehicle traffic. now a follow-on event in a nearby street with the police, individuals apparently armed. now, as you have been reporting for the last 90 minutes, shepard, they have also shut down the subway systems. based on my experience, covering this area for more than a decade, they shut down commuter systems when they believe they have an ongoing operation. so they are trying to prevent follow-on attacks and they are trying to limit movement in their effort to identify suspects: on the rental vehicles. renting a van tells you that they wanted to maximize casualties, ....
politically, from that statement, this white house thinks and we ll see whether they re right or not, they can weather the political storm from a government shutdown by saying we re not negotiating until schumer backs down. they think inside the white house from my conversations with senior officials there, that chuck schumer overplayed his hand on daca and they are going to push back here and say we gave you six years of an extension, a long time for children s health insurance, a program, chip as it s known that, democrats said they had to have. the president gave on that. said he s willing to work on daca. the bottom line is, this white house is taking a very hard line in these negotiations. shannon: sounds like it from that statement. all right, ed henry live on the beat for us, thank you. the president foreshadowing a shutdown a short while ago, tweeting, quote, it s not looking good. white house correspondent kevin cork joins us with where the white house goes next. you ....
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