attributing this, doing it in the name of isis. law enforcement is saying they believe he acted alone. but they are investigating this as an act of terror on the streets of new york city. alex? christine? jean, we do know that he is still alive, and that is in fact rare after attacks like this. do we know what kind of conversations he s had with the authorities, what if anything he has told the authorities? reporter: no. we just know that before surgery law enforcement were able to talk with him. and remember, in the law there is something as a safety exception, that when there is an act of terror if it s believed others could be associated with, there s harm that could come to other citizens in the country, that they are able to question a suspect without an attorney present because of that public safety concern. we do know they spoke with him. we don t know if he responded and what he said, if he said
extre extreme 1re9ing program. being politically correct is fine but not for this. we should note the suspect is originally from uzbekistan, a country that has not been included on the president s travel ban. we re joined by fawaz gerges, author of isis: a history. he s live in london. good morning. at this point they re calling this an act of terror. they have a suspect here who is alive. remarkable that they will be able to talk to him and find out how he was radicalized, where he was radicalized and where his intention was. talk to us professor about this new trend of using vehicles as a weapon in these lone wolf attacks. you re sfwlult correct. i think the good junnews is he still alive. so the authorities will be able to debrief him. they ll be able to talk to him,