respores and tr resource. it wasn t sophisticated. didn t go off the way he thought and didn t have the impact. we re lucky he wasn t an experienced bombmaker or this could have been much worse. is this why he was able to get this far? fly under the radar? because he was not sophisticated? usually if these are sophisticated bombmakers, he would do rehearsals, test runs. often times, you know, those tips and leads we look for. they also look for bomb components, or those actual manufactured equipment and items you need to put together a bomb. there was no evidence, at least to this point, of that being out there. that being said, we ve seen people successfully do this. and what has been interesting is to contrast this with other
was there a network behind this 18-year-old? really lots of questions to be answered. we do know at least preliminarily forensics indicate the ied was not very sophisticated and what that might mean is that there wasn t much additional support that was required. it might have obviated the need for bombmaker which is typical in al qaeda operations. pete: this the fifth terror attack in the u.k. just this year. describe to our viewers the depth of the problem they re facing right now? i think they are facing a significant problem inside the u.k. but we are globally facing a significant problem. you know, one lesson from 9/11 was not to allow radical extremists and terrorists to enjoy ungoverned geographic space to plot and plan against. this even though we have done what we can to prevent that although not effectively in syria in the previous administration, today terrorists enjoy ungoverned cyberspace in which to communicate and plan. and i think that s one thing that the british will
convicted of seditious conspiracy against the u.s. government, transporting firearms and explosives. he was sentenced to 70 years in prison, and he served 36 of those years. president obama commuted lopez rivera s sentence in january, but he was never charged with any specific violent crime. he was, though, a leader of the faln, and he was accused of being a bombmaker. the group s deadliest attack was a 1975 blast in new york city which killed four people including frank connor who was 33 at the time when he died in that last. his son, joe connor, spoke to us about how outraged he is. is he a hero? he s a hero to nobody. is he for freedom? . no oscar lopez wanted to enslave the puerto rican people into another cuba. reporter: now, the puerto rican day parade lost half of its corporate sponsors as a result of this decision. governor andrew cuomo of new
leland: the british prime minister a couple of minutes ago at the g7 summit, terrorism and the attack in manchester an umbrella, if you will, to the leaders of the free world meeting in southern italy. president trump there as well. more what he had to say coming up. this is a as the search intensifies for more suspects in the deadly man cheshlter bombings. investigators making another arrest after more raids overnight. monday s attack took a terrible toll. now, officials say 10 of the 22 people killed were children or teenagers. rick levin thol live from manchester with the latest, they feel the bombmaker is on the run. rick? well, lee land, this city is struggling with the cruelty of monday s terror attack. we have seen a steady stream of people coming here to st. ann s square where the memorial grows larger by the minute. a lot of tears shed here over the 22 lives lost. as you mention, all of the
before he went on to kill 22 people at the manchester arena. the brother said he didn t know the specifics of the attack. didn t know what the target was, but he was aware his brother was plotting a terror attack here in the united kingdom. meanwhile, raids had been going on throughout the night and morning as the police try to drill down on the network that would very likely facilitated the attack. they are trying to find who made the bomb. an scorccording to explosive ex at cnn, the bomb is made with high level of sophistication. they do not believe abedi could have made it without help. they are trying to find out if there is a bombmaker and larger isis network on the loose here in the uk.