trish: historically tension between spain and catholicism of spain and islamic faith. when you think back historically to what spain was, it was the land of the moores, i wonder, i question, is spain some way a target much like the united states of america is, but for very specific religious reasons? >> spain is target for con term larry foreign policy reasons and lot of opposition along with u.s. against jihadism. historically speaking referred to by jihadists as and dell lucia. train bombings years ago, that actually turned an election in spain having to do with iraq war back in 2004 you have historical piece that is credit lost jihad it territory in jihadist circles. trish: larry korb, we learned through local reports as ashley pointed out, we're getting a lot of information in right now and you have to decipher what's what, indeed one of the suspects is taken into custody. it is believed the person driving the van. how do they go about this? how do they figure out who is responsible, when the person driving the van fled into the crowd? >> well, don't forget we shar

and spain have stood side by side they stood side by side in two thousand and three . alongside the u.s. with the invasion of iraq and it was that invasion that unleashed this process of handing over ever larger swathes of territory to al-qaeda and isis a process that's continued right up today in libya syria and now yemen for folks in their eyes each week these two weeks ago it was john you asked me france this week spain or i think no country and we're talking about europe but there are similar attacks elsewhere in the mcgrath in the middle east and no country can say it's safe from such an attack today so this is widespread unfortunately each month we're discovering that this can happen in a new country in a new place in a new town so this is. the london mayor said the chance that we have to get used to this french president no macros that the same thing and unfortunately bit he seems to be right. so as it stands at the moment two men the been arrested in connection with the barcelona attack although the driver is still at large this morning earlier police released

twin terror attacks in spain thirteen are dead after a van plowed into them in barcelona while several others are injured as police for a similar attack in a town to the south of the country it's the latest in a series of atrocities in which vehicles have been used to strike terror in europe echoing attacks in france in germany and in the u.k. since last summer. our daughter was in the but. she's still here she still is. a link to an explosion in a house earlier this week in a suspected bomb making factory leading to questions over whether more could have been done to prevent the killings. good morning this is art international with me kevin though in this hour it's now nine am here in moscow eight in the morning in spain this friday that is a country that's waking up after an evening of terror a multiple locations it's a main story spain has in june the deadliest day in thirteen years in one of barcelona's most popular tourist streets thirteen people. died there were mowed down basically as a van was driven deliberately into pedestrians and this round was to the south in resorts as we

immigrants storming a beach in spain spain has become the focal point of many refugees asylum seekers margaret school you will from north africa in particular that's. unlikely to go unnoticed by people particularly towards the right side of the political spectrum so certainly this attack once the investigation is well underway once the casualty figures have been tallied up and once we know more about the identity of the attacker there will certainly be wider political and social questions to be addressed political analyst nicolette make of it says the latest attack shows that all countries are threatened. i think people have to open their eyes each week rhapsodies pat two weeks ago it was john you asked me to france this week spain and i think no european country and out what talking about europe but there are similar attacks elsewhere in the mcgrath in the middle east and no country can say it's safe from such an attack today so this is widespread unfortunately each month we're discovering that this can happen in a new country in a new place in a new town so this is. the london mayor

spain and find and punish those responsible. on this dark day, our prayers and the prayers of all the american people are with the victims, their families, and the good people of spain. gerri: find and punish those responsible. and news within the past hour that this is linked to an explosion yesterday. joining us is former fbi assistant director bill gavin. one moment las ramblas is a pedestrian thoroughfare, people are shopping, crowd with summer tourists, and the next moment it's carnage. how do we keep this from happening in our country? >> it's so difficult, i don't know if it's possible to keep it from happening. we do everything we can in terms of intelligence and police training and playing better in the spanned box than we -- in the sandbox than we used to. but it will happen sooner or later. you can't stop every single one of these things. it looks like this is probably a cell, and they have to determine how many people are involved. explosions in two different homes. one yesterday, one today. driving down that bouleva

and our entire mission spain team are currently assisting americans in spain who are affected by these events. we ask u.s. citizens in the area to let your loved ones know you are safe. worldists around the should know that the united states and our allies are resolved to find you, and bring you u to justice. >> there have been several terror attacks involving the use of vehicles in france in recent years. reacting to the tragedy in barcelona, the french president said that his thoughts and the solidarity of france were with the victims. london is suffering -- has suffered a similar attacks on pedestrians this year and it's mayor describe the incident in barcelona as barbaric, and praise the city's brave emergency services for their response. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, also took to twitter, saying his peters hearts, 70's, and support work with their victims -- angela merkel, the russian president vladimir putin, and the british trimester, theresa may, were among other world leaders offering their condolences. some city authorities have joined the tributes, tel aviv in

spain was not on the radarfor terrorism like we thought spain was not on the radar for terrorism like this. we thought spain was not on the radarfor terrorism like this. this has been followed by this outpouring of solidarity with the one—minute silence yesterday. now there is a strange sense of tension in the air. today's rise of many, the demonstration that took place on las ramblas last night that took place —— on las ramblas, and that provoked antifascist demonstrations. strange air in las ramblas. some of the suspects were moroccan, has there been a backlash to the community there? the moroccans who we re community there? the moroccans who were there one known in their hometown of ripoll, so it is not as if they were strangers. the locals are so if they were strangers. the locals are so shocked that these men could have conspired to commit the act that took place just two days ago. barcelona is a relatively successful multicultural diversity. it is incredibly liberal. we have a socialist mayor, so many liberal policies. so to think that somehow these ideas have been given b

there was not a warning for spain. if the reports are true that the cia had credible intelligence that are provided to the catalonian authority is about an imminent isis attack, think that is something that should have warranted a warning. not necessarily a travel ban, meaning that americans should not travel right now, but a warning. alerting you to the possibility that there is an elevated risk. that way you can take precaution and get a little bit prep work done in your mind about if something happens, these are the directions i need need to foll. this is what i need to do. there was not a warning. >> tucker: is always better to have more information then less pay to jillian, thank you for coming on tonight. robinson cox from the heritage foundation, an expert on terrorism. robin, thank you a lot for coming on tonight. so we were hearing from an anchor on cnn a minute ago, speculating that may be the barcelona attack of today was a copycat crime based on charlottesville, because that is out there. i thought i would

in barcelona, spain. you will believe that the attacks were useful, and that case settled involving three individuals. but when you look at the ongoing fight here, doctor, how does all of that inform your feeling on it? >> my feelings on the fight? i think one of the things involved with these folks is excessive political correctness. i admire our religious freedom. i don't think we should turn our backs on it. but one of the things that mohammed told me was our religious freedom actually acts as a cloaking device that allows them to move into the neighborhoods and set up these enclaves to put in place the precursors of radicalization. long before any laws are broken. and that the concerns about privacy, surveillance, and political correctness, all contribute to that. he views that as a gift from allah. at that allows them to operate without being challenged, and that is one of the things that we are seeing. he told me in 2004, 2005 that low-tech, lone wolf, small network attacks were likely to be the wav

the different aspect between spain and france or the u.k. for example has been french foreign policy the last serious islamist attack spain was victim to was in two thousand and four that was what thirteen years or so ago the madrid train bombings that killed one hundred ninety four people huge event which really influence the election that year and subsequently led to spain withdrawing its military contingent from iraq since then they've not been involved in any interventions in any conflicts in the middle east and like many other european countries so certainly this does goes to show once again that isis are really fulfilling their pledge to fulfilling their threat to bring terror to the heart of europe to european capitals european cities regardless of whether they have been directly involved in those conflicts almost something no doubt that will be scrutinized over coming days and weeks thanks for the picking up on something you talking about. earlier about how much did the police know this former british intelligence was running masham

spain is a visa waiver program. so the key thing here is whether we knew about them and whether there were mechanisms in place to block them, and whether they cad rallized beneath the -- whether they had radicalized beneath the radar. gregg: barcelona shaken deeply by this deadly van attack. we are going to take up the search for answers with a former fbi director, bill gavin next. when i first started working with capital one, my dad called them up and asked for "the jennifer garner card" which is such a dad thing to do. after he gave his name the woman from capital one said "mr. garner, are you related to jennifer?" kind of joking with him. and my dad was so proud to tell her, "as a matter of fact, she is my middle daughter". so now dad has the venture card, he's earning his double miles, and he made a friend at the company. can i say it? go ahead! what's in your wallet? nice job dad. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown

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rob: 100 mosques in spain. >> in spain alone. reports that were leaked to the newspapers. it is astounding to me. all of this money dumping into this and nothing can be done about this? seems like if they know it is there, we know there are 100 mosques, where's the prevention? >> a few things happening that pave the way for these networks to grow. first is an incorrect policy. and ideologically based insurgency not just collections of terrorists but because so few people can talk about this without being called islamohphobos. you gain nothing by having that branded on you and cultural relativism, it is bigoted to say i believe western ideas are the best and if you are coming to a western country you better adopt them. rob: that is the nonsense we are talking about. judge andrew napolitano, one of our guys last night was talking how difficult it is because we have such a pc culture and until development and you can't just go after people you suspect, looking at a broader picture you can tell who is doing these things, young men from certain areas that might be citizens in a

it is ha rd to uk, spain, other countries. it is hard to see anywhere there is 100% save so people tend to be realistic about risk. they will do what they can to protect themselves but the likelihood of you personally being caught up in an attack is very small but when it happens it is appalling. if anyone is deciding they do not wa nt to if anyone is deciding they do not want to go will they be able to get their money back if they have already paid for hotels and travel and so on? if the foreign office advises against travel to a destination tour operators will let you have your money back or per spawn your date of travel. airlines tend not to be as generous, they tend not to be as generous, they tend to let you transfer to another destination, but that depends on the view of the foreign office takes and they are not advising against travel to barcelona. there are always financial obligations of somebody does not travel and if you were not to fly the airline would almost certainly charge you 100% cancellation fee and accommod

spain, of course, was home to the madrid train bombings that happened in 2004. >> good evening, spain, a partner of the united states and the iraq war was hit by a massive and deadly terrorist attack today killing more than 190 people, wounding more than 1,000 in madrid, the spanish capital. >> today's attack is for this country the equivalent of america's september 11th. >> today in spain life changed in an instant. 7:349 a.m., 13 bombs one after another exploded in less than 20 minutes, ripping through packed commuter trains during the height of rush hour. police say some bombs were placed in backpacks on board the trains, others hidden on the train tracks. >> what it means is that tee terrorists see a high body count as the true objective of their attacks. it's not just a political message anymore. it's much more radical and that is a very disturbing development. >> one expert said countries need to understand it won't be easy to say that the war on terror is over even if osama bin laden is caught. >> either islamic militant groups are able to stage massive attacks without him or o

why spain now? >> spain actually plays a very large role in much of the jihad i can rhetoric that happened against europe because they vowed. they refer back centuries to when this was actually islamic territory, and they have names for it. they refer to it as part of the caliphate, and that's why there's always been this sense going back to bin laden that they like to attack in spain because of the historic connections and the long-standing and centuries of fighting between christians and muslims and the peninsula. liz: wow so, you know, it's a new era, doctor. the safety according to the trump administration. that's what they're saying. that is the principle operation of government. so have we left behind the idea that we should stop referring to it as islamic terror? i mean, the 9/11 report refers to it as islamist terror seven times. >> a lot of this terrorism that has been happening in europe has been islamic terrorism. so we need the focus of sources and where this is coming from. liz: when yo

spain had not been hit in the time that i was there, in the five years or so in spain. there was a heavy police presence outside, the train station in the madrid area, that area of barcelona, it is heaving. that particular area of las ramblas, it is a labyrinth of tiny streets. it is a beautiful area. it isa streets. it is a beautiful area. it is a very packed and densely packed area. of course, las ramblas is one of the most famous places. a lot of locals avoid the area because it is so locals avoid the area because it is so packed with tourists on any day. the other interesting thing is, the cata la n the other interesting thing is, the catalan government, on a political step back from this, the catalan government is planning a referendum on independence from spain at the beginning of october. the spanish and have said, you cannot do it, it is illegal and against the constitution. this has been dragging on for years. there a stand—off between the catalan and spanish government. mariano rajoy, the spanish prime minister, is going to barcelona now and that is not surp

spain has had multiple movements. we are not sure exactly who is behind this, we learn that in the coming hours, but it could be far more complicated than what we've seen in brussels and london. >> abby: abby huntsman here, as you said, this is reminiscent of what we seen for the past year and a half, since early 2016 of cars or vans running into crowds in popular areas in europe, over 100 people have been killed and that period of time in the past year and a half or so. you think about nice, berlin, london, stockholm, how do you protect the people, how do you prepare for these kinds of attacks, when we are talking about just a random person getting into a car, and this case, a rented car and just driving and running right into such a crowded populated area? >> this is a soft target. you can never really protect these soft targets. we've seen this in airports in turkey recently where we began to harden airports and then we see this happening right outside the security area so not many airports were trying to prevent p

it has deployed extra staff in spain. it is warning that the number of british people injured could rise. it is advising people to follow the direction and advice of the spanish local authorities. there isa the spanish local authorities. there is a special helpline number that has been set up to help those affected. you can find that number on the bbc website. in downing street, the spanish and union flags are flying at half—mast as well as at other buildings in whitehall and westminster. in the last few minutes the prime minister has said that the uk stands shoulder to shoulder with spain. we must work together if we are to confront this evil of terrorism. and to confront a deal with the perverted, extremist ideology which drives it. ridding the internet of poisonous material, and ensuring that the police and security services have the powers that they need. terrorism is the great threat that we all face. together, we will defeat it. great threat that we all face. together, we will defeat itm great threat that we all f

the king of spain, determined to show that barcelona has nothing to fear. symbols of rule from the capital, madrid, are not always welcome in this, the catalan region, but in the aftermath of thursday's attack, felipe vi is met with cheers. this footage from a museum security camera appears to show part of the assault on las ramblas. the attackers' van tears down the avenue. passers—by run for their lives. the authorities say that they have now broken up the network responsible for the attacks in both barcelona and the coastal town of cambrils. at first investigators believed that one of the cambrils suspects, 17—year—old, moussa oukabir, was also the barcelona attacker, but now they are investigating the possibility that 22—year—old younes abouyaaqoub may have carried out the attack himself. he is currently at large. the authorities have announced greater security at spain's borders and also in places where tourists gather. the new measures come too late for andrew cadman, from britain and australia, he has flown in to find his 7—year—old son

behind me attended by the king of spain yesterday at midday. a wave of support for those who lost their lives and have been injured in these attacks. another paper for you today. the cell of 12 jihadis spread terror. and "lavanguardia." i will explain what the papers are eluding to in a moment. wave of terror that rocked spain actually started with a house explosion on wednesday. cnn's anna stewart with the story. a warning. there are graphic contents in the piece that you may find disturbing. if you do, please turn away now. >> reporter: silence followed screams. people fleeing the scene of a deadly terror attack in baurs lo barcelona. hours later, a shootout in cambrils. now linked to a day earlier issue. an explosion reported at a house 200 kilometers south of barcelona. it levelled the building. killing one person. police now believe all of these incidents may be linked. around 5:00 p.m. on thursday, a white van veered off the road on barcelona as las ramblas street. the van drove at high speed hitting pedestrians enjoying a late afternoon

especially in spain. spain has been at this since 9/11. some of the 9/11 hijackers had associations with spain. and the police are very good, but, you know, getting rid of these communities and the fact they've reverted to weapons that are so easy to obtain. whether you steal or rent a truck and cause mass casualties, is a problem that's not going to go away anytime soon. >> yes. certainly isn't. evan perez is still with us as well. evan, you're getting more information? >> our shimonreporter says adding to the confusion there in barcelona, that local investigators believe there was a getaway vehicle that the suspects may have been trying to reach and that perhaps might explain a little of the confusion as to whether or not there was one van or whether there are two vehicles. we heard from one of the eyewitnesses that we spoke earlier there was a search going on of a second vehicle. so that may explain what shimon prokupecz is hearing from a u.s. official. again, this u.s. official is relaying information from spanish investigators who bel

that was a sea change in spain. but the headache problem for the security services around europe and around the world is, how do you stop someone a van and around the world is, how do you stop someone a van and driving it into a crowded area is what somebody hiring a van. we haven't got any information, birmingham weaponry —— we haven't got any information concerning weaponry aside from a van. that is the difficulty, it is a crowded area in the heart of the city, a network of small streets off it. the driver of that vehicle, who reports the fled on foot, it is unclear whether he is still at large or whether he is one of the two people detained by the police. we will be talking to another security expert later in this edition of outside source. we should say that already in terms of intelligence gathering, cooperation with other countries, there is of course the eu coming together over this. the americans, rex tillerson the secretary of state has already said we will put resources at your disposal. it is notjust

spain also pulled back here and there because spain was once islamic they skirt to be necessary for the restoration of a caliphate. so hitting spain has propaganda for terrorists around the world. kennedy: barcelona one of the most of popular tourist destinations in the world. in the middle of august, it's safe to say there were many americans there today. rex tillerson urged them to stay safe and let their friends and family know they are okay. >> we stands ready to assist law enforcement, national security authorities in spain. our consulates in barcelona and our entire mission spain team are currently assisting americans in spain who are affected by these events. we ask u.s. citizens in the area to let your loved ones know you are safe. terrorists should know the united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. kennedy: are terrorist attacks like this scaring innocent people away from living, traveling, and enjoying life. joining me on my party panel, kat timpf, and steve hilton and lawrence jones. steve, you are from london and there have been a number

stands with spain against terror. another tweet, from the spanish prime minister, he has been very direct saying i'm in touch with the authorities. he composed this, he has posted updates saying he is going to barcelona and will continue updating his actions. this tweet from barcelona, deeply saddened by the attack on our city. lots of nice messages coming in. now that it is evening, some messages posted on social media saying if you're stuck in barcelona, people are opening their homes and saying come sleep on our sofa or bed. sarah: similar situation occurring in other cities. a new normal in europe. thank you for your reporting. we are joined now by our correspondent in barcelona who witnessed some of the enents unfolding. tell us about your experience, we understand you were traveling in a car with your two young children. what did you see eararlier toda? >> i was in ththe car with my children, , my niece and my fatherer. we w were quite close to o e ciy center. we suddenly saw pololice cars running do thehe stree

where i am, people -- this is resonating throughout spain. because it's reminding people of this problem in europe. london, france, germany all experiencing this type of attack. it reminds spaniards of 2004 when 191 people were killed in what was at the time the worst attack in europe in the post war era when a splinter group of al-quaida as you recall bombed the madrid subway system. >> shepard: now this. in the heart of the tourist season, absolutely peak season there, crowded with tourists. you would guess that there will be people from all over the world in one way or another involved in this. that just makes the isis propaganda spread further. >> that's right. you remember also back in 2004, the feeling among spaniards is that, well, this is retribution is an attack for spain's involvement in the iraq war. remember, they had troops in iraq. now this kind of feeling that no, this is really just the problem that has pop out europe, alone wolf or small cell, a small splinter group of terrorists that attack with the simplest of weapons, whic

and also, spain has a history of networks, terrorist linked networks operating out of spain. they do not necessarily attack in spain but they give support to attacks in europe. there has always been a lot of attention paid to terrorist groups in spain. i think that puts to rest the question you were making about why it would happen here. regarding the other part of the question --could it have been prevented? i think the feeling is that the police have acted quickly and it is well coordinated even though there may have been some questions at the beginning of the night. matt: the question puzzles me as well. i know you have had a horrible in the lastttacks couple of decades. but, the islamic integration in , at least, more notable than any other country in europe. it always stuns me more when things like this happen in spain. let us talk about the facts. what do the police know right now about these attacks. start with the first. >> there are three stages. first stage is what happened specifically yesterday evening. a van hit a group, three people were involved. one was the dr

of spain in barcelona. still though, people need to go out and live their lives. we cannot let terrorism win. what can we do as civilians to look out for things to maybe spot something that looks fishy? >> you know, it gets back to the old if you see something, say something. that still rings true. one of the barriers to that is political correctness. you know, if you go back to the intern attack. san bernardino attack. neighbors say we knew something wasn't right. people coming in and weird hours. we didn't know what they were up to. we were hesitate at that particular time to call the police or authorities because we didn't want to be accused of bigotry. we have to get past that we have to keep the lives of everyone safe in this country, we have to err on the side of caution. abby: this story, ryan, still not over yet. you still have the driver of this van on the loose. they are still trying to figure out where he is. an 18-year-old man. what can you tell us about him and the facts that he is still on the

stands with spain against terror. another tweet, from the spanish prime minister, he has been very direct saying i'm in touch with the authorities. he composed this, he has posted updates saying he is going to barcelona and will continue updating his actions. this tweet from barcelona, deeply saddened by the attack on our city. lots of nice messages coming in. now that it is evening, some messages posted on social media saying if you're stuck in barcelona, people are opening their homes and saying come sleep on our sofa or bed. sarah: similar situation occurring in other cities. a new normal in europe. thank you for your reporting. we are joined now by our correspondent in barcelona who witnessed some of the events unfolding. tell us about your experience, we understand you were traveling in a car with your two young children. what did you see earlier today? >> i was in the car with my children, my niece and my father. we were quite close to the city center. we suddenly saw police cars running down the streets and sud

jihadists consider that spain is a muslim land that needs to be retaken. for me, it was not a surprise. spain, if you will, is at the top of the food chain, it has nothing to do with foreign policy but for historical reasons they have tried to target spain >> olivier, thank you very much. olivier guitta >>> let's take you back to the markets. what we're seeing across the european markets is a certain sense of risk aversion people taking risk off the table, given the risks in barcelona but also the increasing worries about trump's reform plans and what cannot be pushed through by him given the chaos raining in the white house. the stoxx 600 is off by 0.8% that comes off three days of gains this week, though we were down 0.7% in yesterday's training session let's look at the the cac c40 is off more than 1% the spanish index is suffers quite a bit as well given the latest terrorist attacks there when it comes to the sectors, as i said before, it's the travel and leisure sector bearing the brunt of the losses, down by 1.3% many of the airlines, banks, chemical

and foreign policy spain however is very interesting because of course spain last fall victim back in two thousand and four to resume its terror of the two thousand and four madrid train bombings that is a big impact on the election at the time the prime minister the ingoing prime minister withdrew spanish troops from iraq as a direct result since then there's been no attacks but this really goes to show why so fulfilled their pledge of targeting westerners in every major european city if you remember after the nice attacks of twenty sixteen the prime minister at the time i know a while he stated that terror is a new reality in france something people have to learn to live with his comments at the time very much provoked controversy and criticism but what we've seen today really proves that this is not only a new reality in france alone but on the whole of the continent just how safe do people feel now i think many in barcelona in spain indeed in europe will be questioning that in the aftermath of this latest attack. the so-called cia torture psychologists have reached a settlement wh

police in spain say that thejihadist who killed 14 in spain say that thejihadist who killed 1a people in two vehicle attacks had been planning a much bigger atrocity involving explosives. the police say the plot seems to be disrupted by the explosion of a bomb factory. 13 people were killed and scores wounded yesterday when a van was driven into crowds in the centre of barcelona. during the night, five suspected terrorists were shot dead ina suspected terrorists were shot dead in a coastal town of cambrils after they drove a car into people killing one. four people have been arrested in connection with the attacks. my colleague is in barcelona. a shared silence. across another european city touched by terror, one minute of stillness filled the space that words could not. a void with a single burning question — why? then, as king felipe and prime minister rajoy looked on, applause and defiance. no tinc por! "we are not afraid", they chanted. but the previous 2a hours of violence were shocking. this, a street in the coastal town of cambrils. a terror suspect is cornered and is wearing

>>> breaking new now, a massive manhunt underway in spain after a terrorist drove a van into a crowd of tourists killing 13 at least five suspected terrorists a dead following a separate incident south of barcelona. we're live in spain with the latest on this unfolding story. >>> risk off stocks posting their second worst day of the year as terrorism fears and concerns out of washington weigh on investors. we're all over the early market action. >>> and president trump scraps plans for an infrastructure council as fallout from charlottesville grows. it's friday, august 18, 2017 "worldwide exchange" begins right now. >>> good morning welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm seema mody in for sara eisen. >> i'm dominic chu in for wilfred frost. we'll have the latest on all of that barcelona action. let's check what's happening with the global markets. we're seeing a reaction to what happened in barcelona and what happened yesterday in u.s. markets. futures pointing to marginally lower opens following on yesterday's big losses the s&p 500 opening up down 3 points if futures stay whe

from seven eleven to fourteen ninety two they regarded as their own so spain is is. literally target of for them and it has been now what i think has happened is that everybody focused on the beaches they were not expecting a van which is a normal isis approach these days and it's been a proven means of killing a lot of people with and without being detected one of the aspects you mention a very interesting thing is that it may be the targets of attacks like this may not just be directly countries directly involved perhaps in the middle east process but also could be places where tourists are going from countries that are involved as you say the event on fronts now that has mustard from the fake ations right around the world doesn't it that maybe if there is no the new modus operandi for terrorist . well as i said back in january isis issued a threat that they were going to be attacking tourist centers in spain i mean it can't be any clearer than that so and of course authorities have been looking for it and and tourists agencies have been trying to take certain spic

this happened in barcelona in the north—east of spain. in fact, if i ta ke north—east of spain. in fact, if i take you closer into the city, you can see that we have highlighted exactly where the attack occurred. las ramblas is the city's famous tourist hotspot area. a white van mounted the pavement and drove into pedestrians. 13 people have been killed and more than 50 others have been injured. according to police, the van entered the famous street from the north side. let's see if i can bring this up for you. it came in on the north side of las ramblas. and it went at some speed down the strip, coming to a halt about halfway down. to give you an idea of just how busy this area usually is, we have a photo from yesterday showing it is packed, it is extremely popular with tourists. police confirmed on twitter they have arrested one person. despite reports about this, they say there is no continuing hostage situation. police have also of a man, driss oukabir. we understand this is the man who rented the van involved in the incident. police posting this tweet to say what is obvious

and in fact tourism is a vital economic engine for spain. in twenty sixteen more than seventy five million people visited the country making it the third most popular nation for tourism in the world. the travel and leisure industry generated nearly a hundred sixty billion euros for spain last year that accounting for fourteen percent of gross domestic product. and despite a recent backlash by spanish citizens against a perceived flood of mass tourism in barcelona in other location. a full ten percent of the jobs in spain are in the tourism sector. and that's crucial to keeping the country on track as it emerges from a recent financial crisis. spain's recent tourism success has been attributed in part to its relative calm as attacks struck neighboring european countries. as well as middle eastern destinations like turkey and egypt. you're in france tourism fell dramatically after terror attacks in paris a niece in twenty fifteen and twenty sixteen. prince tourism industry has only recently started to recover. yeah. well fears over the economi

s spain. so thif this does turn out on is or isis inspired, peel back the layers. because chances are this guy was not acting alone. >> we will know in time. michael, thank you so much. just want to let all of you know, we will hear from police again. we're expecting a police news conference. we'll also talk to some of these eye-witnesses from these just terrifying events that have unfolded there in barcelona. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we'll be right back. it's just a burst pipe, i co(laugh) it. no. with claim rateguard your rates won't go up just because of a claim. i totally could've - no! switching to allstate is worth it. ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. i kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i was doin

imean, i why spain is complaining about this. i mean, i geta why spain is complaining about this. i mean, i get a crowded thing but given spain's economy is just picking up, i mean, this is great for them. the thing is, the wages aren't trickling down to employees. but there are stilljobs. when you have massive youth unemployment...” don't think they should be complaining. but they say house prices are going up too much because ofa prices are going up too much because of a b&b and so on. there prices are going up too much because of a 3&3 and so on. there is always a downside. —— airbnb. this last story about online divorce forms. you could then name people you are accusing of having an affair with your partner more easily.” you are accusing of having an affair with your partner more easily. i was surprised this even exists. what lawyers are saying is if you can name and shame on you might want to just get back at someone and you can fill this in and it exposes them. just get back at someone and you can fill this in and it exposes themm is an interesting development. the f

wasn't it exactly because spain is not really when it comes to foreign interventions spain has never been on the front lines like spain has always been more in a humanitarian side of the conflict like it does the country does have roughly three hundred troops stationed in iraq but that's pretty much it when it comes to finland by the way to see the number is even smaller than that both countries have been delivering humanitarian aid both to iraq and syria but there was. pretty much it so so would put this doesn't align and with the book very bald line i should say is that there is in no save haven from islamic terrorism i'm talking mostly about spain of course right now there is no elaborate elaborate logic to islamic terrorism it just terrorists just look for the weakest link in the chain so to speak and if they can hit a country they will no matter what the foreign policy is so really terrorists minded the friend or foe situation is no conundrum at all it's like are you with us and if the answer to that question is no then you're the target ok thank you god she done a fair. well we

spain isa spain is a big destination for tourists. so carrying out an attack at las ramblas they made sure of attacking people from around the world. we also need to realise that it is big publicity which ifs needs. they are on the ropes in syria and iraq. there will be expelled from raqqa, their capital in syria. so they are getting their sympathisers in western countries to carry out more attacks. they need this to project an image of strength to their supporters, to show that they can still cause fear. and how are the authorities here dealing with it? it is a difficult situation for them. they are talking about a terror cell with maybe eight people in it, but they don't know who is still at large. the main reaction to the attack was very effective. police forces and the emergency services were really quickly on the scene. metro and train stations were closed down in minutes and there we re closed down in minutes and there were record on in place and the area was put on lockdown after the attack. survivors and their families are alr

but spain does. does conduct some operations against a terrorist organizations it is certainly captured a number. spain is also very serious. has seen a very serious increase in foreign fighter flows through that countries there a lot of extremists that moved through the country. i'm very briefly. at that given the effectiveness of using vehicles in these types of attacks. why have they been doing this all along? well i i think. they don't kill a lot of people they kill some there the if you go back a few years. getting a bomb is it looks like they may have tried to have killed more so. but they they can do it. jones thank you very much for coming and thank you. now the white house departure lunch is getting pretty crowded these days and today chief strategist steve bonham which shown the door. ever since his appointment the former head of bright ball news was a lightning rod for controversy because of his far right political views. but what what his dismissal mean for the trial. the bbc's alley mcbe

spain is doing something important. prime minister of spain used the terminology. this is jihadi terrorism. underground spanish authorities are trying to dismantle the cells. look at what happened yesterday. first the operation and then spanish authorities went to all of the areas where they think is jihadist. >> bill: apparent leap the cia gave spanish authorities a warning two months ago. this is a definition of a soft target. a pedestrian mall and no barriers in between. good luck with that. >> what jihadist discovered a woman that wecant counter easily is the open space. time of public offices or planes or closed circuits is over. and now everything is open. our mission is to harden the defenses and mobilize the public and education the public and fight against ideology would be the first thing to do. >> bill: we are waiting for more information from barcelona. >> shannon: here at home, police stepping up security in the cities after the deadly attacks in spain. peter king will discuss with us how to stop similar attacks here at home. >> bill: another big story

international where the terror attacks in spain continue to dominate our coverage this afternoon spain is mourning after suffering its deadliest attacks in thirteen years in barcelona thirteen people died after a van was driven into them in the popular tourist area. later police managed to stop another attack in the resort of cam brill's but several were injured one woman has since died islamic state claims to be behind the terrorism but no direct link has been established a word of warning the video her back to show you is to study. i was sitting next to it when it stopped and i didn't. know fifty fifty feet behind me and there were people. lying face down on the floor. and i saw many people roaming the covered bodies of kids lying in the street this is a tragedy. saw an avalanche of people running in every direction but i mean it was total chaos we had no idea what was going on and i didn't see the plan i just heard a boom boom boom sound and people screaming. and the. people in the floor i saw the blood it was. terrible. on the street like it's crazy it's christmas for us. well this

second attack in spain overnight. police killing five suspects wearing fake bomb belts who were linked to the car ramming attack in barcelona yesterday. [shouting] maria: at least 13 people and a hundred others injured. 13 people dead, a hundred other injuries in the rampage in the heart of the city yesterday. authorities

i've lived in spain for eight years. it is interesting that he chose this particular spot to have this incident. if it is an accident. now we're going to call it an incident. but it is a very well known spot on las ramblas, the vehicle stopped right in the middle of this iconic mural that is on the ground, virtually every tourist in that area goes to that spot, and he drove right down the middle of the pedestrian mall, down the center. and you can tell from the damage of the vehicle, he struck many people. doesn't appear to have hit any of the objects, such as the newsstands or metro, so that has to lend to the belief that this is an act of terrorism, and we have yet another vehicle as weapon attack, which is now starting to displace arson as one of the simplest forms of mass terrorism. >> and malcolm, we now have reportable from the officials there that there are multiple fatalities, that people are dead. we don't have the number. but as you point out, he did not go for the structures, he went for the people in that ico

we stand ready to assist law enforcement in spain, our consulates in barcelona and our entire in spain are currently assisting americans in spain who are affected by this events. we ask u.s. citizens in the area to let your love ones know you are safe. terrace around the world should know that the united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. secretary mattis and i are grateful for the opportunity to host foreign minister -- >> shepard: that is the latest on spain from secretary of state rex tillerson. >> i was just going to say, it is too early to speculate about these and direct individuals. we don't know if they were on law enforcement's radar, if they had ties to terrorist groups or were inspired by terrorist groups but it does have the hallmarks of what we have been seeing. this is not unusual, it is not surprising and unfortunately we've seen a shift and we've seen them use these in attacks because they can fly under law enforcement's radar. >> shepard: our understanding is there is a standoff underway, a third of a mile running over pedestrians

what kind of experience has spain had with these so far, or is this fairly new in spain? federico: yes and no. i would say the attack, the timing of the attack is not overly surprising. analysts have been expecting islamic state, if the links were to be confirmed, to rely more on terrorist tactics as it comes more and more under military pressure in its territory in iraq and syria. the location of the attack is more surprising. spain has a long history of political terrorism, including related to islamic extremism, but this has not been the case in recent years. this is the first instance of a n attack of this type on spanish soil in recent times. my first impression is this is more to do with -- spain compared to other countries that have experienced similar attacks does not have a large migrant population. relatively small number of refugees. a fairly open country when it comes to immigration. crucially, spain is not playing any kind of active role in the military campaign against the islamic state itself in syria and iraq. i can only speculate, but i suspect the choice

larry: and the death toll in spain rises. autria: we start in annapolis and the statue of roger taney coming down. live: john gonzalez is after a busy night at the statehouse. john: good morning. a busy night m.v.p. or. a statue vested here for 150 years on the ground that the house in annapolis, in fact, right in front of the main entrance of the state house has now been reduced -- well, look for yourself. now a box covering the stone base. crews are doing their best to a small group of spectators literally cheered when it was delicately hoisting the statue of supreme court justice base.taney off his payroll challenge to get into the area because of the large trees that surround the controversial statue. the second roger taney statue to come down this week along with three confederate statues removed yesterday in baltimore. it was back in 1857 that tony ruled against -- taney ruled against slave drives. -- dred scott. the governor had a change of heart and call for it to be removed. two days after a vote for it is now gone.

of spain as well. the crowd were chanting, we are not scared. we are not afraid. very moving and emotional moment. right in the heart of barcelona. i have been talking to one british visitor to barcelona, richard gregg, who was here as the attack unfolded yesterday afternoon. it was fairly surreal and chaotic at that time. all we heard was a couple of tourists shouting that people had been hit and there was blood everywhere. we got onto las ramblas and there werejust people running everywhere, so we couldn't get anywhere near our apartment, which is literallyjust parallel with where the van ended up, so we made our way through the back streets, which were just filled with people at that time, panicking, really. the police also were in the back streets very, very quickly. las ramblas has numerous side alleyways all the way up and down it and they were literally flooded with police on foot and on motorcycles, getting us off the street and clearly looking for someone, we now know. by the time we got back