maybe that's how he got the idea to buy this vehicle he was going to bring into times square. that's what we have got for you so far. >> if you get any neighbors who are willing to talk to you on camera, we would love to hear from them personally. excellent job reporting out of connecticut. thank you for that. obviously, a lot of ground to cover on this story. to get the bigger, better picture in this investigation, someone else who has been working it up all night for us, cnn's drew griffin of the special investigations unit working his sources overnight joining me now from new york. i want to start with the big break in this case, that is the vin number, and a lot of people don't realize, you have the vin number on the dashboard, which, of course, shahzad had removed. there are many other locations on a car where a vin number is at. >> right. as many as 15 perhaps, different places. this particular vin number, you said, the one that we are all familiar with on the doosh boas was removed from this vehicle, it had false plates on it, from