Long criminal record already on the radar of German Authorities. Tracking every development, matt bradley joining us. The big question, how exactly was this guy able to elude authorities when he was well known to them . Clearly not a german citizen. Reporter its a very big questions. Opponents of Angela Merkel are asking the same question. Why did this man not only detained but somehow allowed to commit a major terrorist crime while he was under Police Supervision and surveillance . Up until now, he hadnt really committed any crime. One of the reasons he was being surveyed was because he had been suspected of planning an attack in order to steal weapons in order to then use the weapons to launch another terrorist attack. So the police and the authorities were planning to try to deport him but that also ran into bureaucratic complications. Mostly because the tunisians werent able to verify his nationality in time and he actually got his passport, his tunisian passport just yesterday, a
Him, according to german officials. The New York Times reports he was on a u. S. No fly list. Overnight raids in berlin and across germany failed to find him. One of his brothers in tunisia is now urging him to sur render. All of this as the Christmas Market in berlin reopened today surrounded by new cement barricades. Nbcs Anne Thompson joining us live from berlin. What more do we know about this guy and how he seemed to slip through the cracks even though he was known on different continents . Reporter chris, we just got a few more clues from a press Conference Held by Angela Merkel and interior minister who said they found fingerprints from amri in the cab of the truck that plowed through the Christmas Market on monday night. That and other clues are why they are searching so desperately, not just across this country, but across this continent for this 24yearold tunisian man. From march of this year to september this year, he was under police surveillance. He had been identified by
chaos as lawmakers backed out of the deal to the anti-lgbt legislate and what it means for civil rights in that state. trump s long time doctor with more bizarre comments about the president-elect s health and his weight. good morning, everyone. i m chris jansing in for tamron hall. coming to you live from our msnbc headquarters in new york. developing now, this intense international manhunt on for a tunisian man suspected of driving the truck in berlin, germany, killing 12 people and injuring 50 others. the suspect, 24-year-old amames ames amri, saying he was known to american counterterrorism agencies as sympathetic to isis. one of tens of thousands on the radar of u.s. agencies and claiming responsibility for monday s attack without producing evidence or identifying an attacker. amri had been under surveillance for months and trying to deport