Backpack containing five different pipe bombs. And as a police robot begin to cut the wire on one of those devices it was detonated. Police stopped trains as a precaution. Another development, fbi agents pulled over a car in brooklyn during a traffic stop on this bridge. They are now questioning five people who may have ties to the possible suspects in last nights bombings in new york, an attack that left Law Enforcement in the bay area on heightened alert. People running in panic after a bomb went off in the heart of manhattan 8 30 last night injuring 29 people. The sound was so overwhelming. Reporter the bomb exploded in or near a dumpster. It was Strong Enough to crack the glass doors of the gym across the street. You see the amount of damage, we were lucky there were no fatalities at the time. Reporter investigators now say the bomb was filled sw shrapnel and made with Pressure Cookers, flip phones and Christmas Lights that set off a powerful explosive compound. They say one Pressu
Man as rahami. Kris take vo this is footage of the 28year old being loaded into an ambulance. And handcuffed to a stretcher. After a shootout with police. It all happened about ten minutes away from rahamis residence in elizabeth. Rahami appeared to be conscious and looking around, but bloodied from the shootout. Two officers were wounded in the gun battle, but are not in critical condition. New york mayor bill de blasio addressed the country just a half an hour ago take sot we have every reason to beliee at this was aact of assemblytrt 27general ta cont vo the focus now rn motivated rahami and who he might have worked with. Nbcs rehema ellis is in new york with details. Take pkg outcue . Back to you trt 51 sam 1xvid all of this happened at lightning speed with an arrest coming just hours after Police Issued a bulletin and photo of rahami. Hes a naturalized u. S. Citizen from afghanistanm who lived with his family in an apartment in elizabeth, new jersey over a friedchicken restaurant
This president. We should be putting people into guantanamo and should not be releasing these killers who are rejoining the battlefield against the United States. Amy as north korea launches a long range googler test, republican candidates threat to launch primitive strikes against north korea. United states is going to have to get the United States back into the game. If a preemptive strike is necessary to keep us safe, we should do it. Amy than to super bowl 50. We will talk concussions, protests, and beyonces have time homage to the black panthers. We will speak to Sports Writer dave zirin. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Two both have capsized off the coast of turkey killing at least 32 people, including a number of children. More than 400 people have been killed trying to reach europe so far this year amidst the greatest refugee crisis since world war ii. This comes as up to 35,000 syrians have m
Guantanamo is being emptied by this president. We should be putting people into guantanamo and should not be releasing these killers who are rejoining the battlefield against the United States. Amy as north korea launches a long range googler test, republican candidates threat to launch primitive strikes against north korea. United states is going to have to get the United States back into the game. If a preemptive strike is necessary to keep us safe, we should do it. Amy than to super bowl 50. We will talk concussions, protests, and beyonces have time homage to the black panthers. We will speak to Sports Writer dave zirin. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Two both have capsized off the coast of turkey killing at least 32 people, including a number of children. More than 400 people have been killed trying to reach europe so far this year amidst the greatest refugee crisis since world war ii. This comes
The county sheriff says it was a lone gunman. He apparently got into a shootout with Campus Police and according to the governor, the 20yearold male is dead. Were also expecting to hear from president obama sometime in the coming hour. Were told that should happen in about 20 minutes or so. He has been pushing for tougher gun control legislation. He has brought this up numerous times after many of the Mass Shootings weve seen here for quite some time. This has been a staging area for family and the people in that community to gather. Lets check in with alan. What is the scene there at the fairgrounds right now . I can only imagine so many people are still waiting for answers. Yeah. Really heartbreaking scene as you might imagine. Just listening to a young lady describing being in the building and hearing shotses wandserring if its another School Shooting and then hearing more shots. She described shes just sitting out on the sidewalk here. Which was right next door to where the shootin