monday night, tuesday morning in very specific detail. so on the same day that the fbi director said that the fbi has no reason to believe there was anybody else working with the couple who carried out the san bernardino attack, we also got this new information and just this new information that you saw there about local police concerns at a downtown san bernardino movie theater on the monday night this week before the attack. the movie theater in question is about a nine-minute drive from where wednesday s attack took place at the inland regional center. once again, though, the word from the fbi today is that they have no indication that the attackers acted as part of a terror network or terror cell. my question is what do we know about what gives authorities that sense? joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams who was at the fbi director s briefing today. pete, thanks very much for staying with us. appreciate you being here. you bet. what makes the authoriti
significant. first there s the big news that the female shooter had reportedly pledged allegiance to isis on a facebook page basically as the attacks were getting under way. we also got our first photo of that female attacker. she s a pakistani citizen named tashfeen malik. in terms of the law enforcement response the fbi now says they are investigating the attack as an act of terrorism, but they also say there s no definitive indication the couple were acting in concert with anyone else. that said, at today s press briefing by authorities in san bernardino the local police chief also spelled out in careful detail another incident in san bernardino that preceded the attack. watch. on monday night, tuesday morning before the incident, so november 30th, december 1st, right around midnight, 1:00 in the morning there was an incident at the regal cinema in downtown san bernardino at 4th and e street, and what that case was is that a gentleman that was described as appearing to be
regular investigative channels and protocols where the local was notified and they re doing an investigative follow-up, looking at video, that sort of stuff, to try to determine if there s a real threat or to see if there s any plates associated with those vehicles. at this point we have zero connection that or zero evidence or information that connects that event with what happened here at the inland regional center on wednesday morning. they said they had zero evidence that there was any connection between that event just described by the san bernardino police chief and the mass shooting that happened on wednesday morning. but they did go through that incident, that previous incident monday night, tuesday morning in very specific detail. so on the same day that the fbi director said that the fbi has no reason to believe there was anybody else working with the couple who carried out the san bernardino attack, we also got this new information and just this new information that you
the area. people talking about online about cells and law enforcement not sharing information and a potential threat at a movie theater, something of that nature. i saw at least one of the tweets. i don t know how much you guys are aware of. i want to address that right now. on monday night, tuesday morning, before the incident, november 30th/december 1st, around midnight, 1:00 in the morning, there was an incident at the regal cinema downtown san bernardino and a gentleman described as appearing to be middle eastern came up and spoke to the security guard around the time the theater was closing and he was asking the security guard some questions about the movies and times and things like that. but the security guard kind of thought that it was odd. that person ultimately left in a silver volvo 4-door vehicle 2012, 2013. we do not have a plate. the security guard thought it was weird. shortly thereafter, the security
chief of police. i m going to talk briefly about something that came up overnight. there s some things that went out on social media bringing some concern to the area. people talking about online about cells and law enforcement not sharing information and a potential threat at a movie theater or something of that nature. i saw at least one of the tweets. i don t know how much you re aware of, but. i want to address that right now. on monday night, tuesday morning before the incident, so november 30th, december 1st, right around midnight, 1:00 in the morning, there was an incident at the cinema in downtown san bernardino. what that case was is a that a gentleman that was described as appearing to be mentally dist b disturbed spoke to the security