austin to austin. it detonated at a fed ex facility. it exploded on a conveyor belt. luckily nobody was injured. that was not the case in the prior explosions. i want to welcome bernard. let me just ask you quickly, there s two dead, two injured so far. five explosions. as a result, it seems as if the targets are random. how do investigators plan ahead for another possible attack? they re trying to let the evidence speak. they re going to try to make connections as quick as possible. the technology has increased since we ve had a major serial bombing event in the u.s. hopefully there s a lot of information from that, including more of a technological advances in terms of communications,
tax the police department in austin, other places. what is the state doing to give them resources? so it s not just the state. obviously we have resources from the state, from our state police. my office is involved. we have a joint task force on terrori terrorism. we have federal officials there. this is a massive effort to find out what is going on and try to stop it. jon: the early packages were left on door steps of the bomber or bombers targeting individuals. then you have the roadside bomb tripped by a trip wire, a couple of people that happened to come along. then you get this package mailed through the fed ex facility. it would seem like, you know, the bomber is trying to increase the level of fear. that anybody could be a target here. i think you re absolutely right. obviously as you know, an
sandra: we ll have an update on the package explosion outside san antonio. we ll bring you live as soon as it begins. eric: there s breaking news on capitol hill. speaker paul ryan was making it clear he s been told there are no plans to fire special counsel robert mueller. the congressman eric swalwell will join us live straight ahead on america s newsroom. i don t know why i didn t get screened a long time ago.
had to ask you that. thanks, bernard. appreciate it. thank you. jon: joining us now with more, the attorney general of the state of texas, ken paxton. general paxton, good to have you back on. thanks for having me. jon: the assumption this has to be related, a string of four bombings in austin. you have the package that goes off in a fed ex facility. is it too early to say this was related to the four earlier explosions? it s not definitive they re connected but common sense tells you that it is connected. perhaps an attempt to simply spread out the crime scenes, distract officers that, you know, may have been working on a lead that could have led to the bomber. absolutely. it s within a very short close area. austin. even this was meant for austin. so it s very likely the same person doing it. this is going to obviously
kind of delivery service facility. so you know have three methods. the hand drop off on the door steps, the fed ex facility, the bomb and the trip wire bomb. that s why everybody is so on edge. authorities admit that they don t know how and where this bomber will next strike. jon? jonathan, it s julie. it s interesting. the trip wire bomb, that was the fourth bomb in austin. officials have said it was significantly more advanced in technology. filled with shrapnel and so forth. this one though, if it were indeed a trip wire, i m wondering how it was detonated. a trip wire would have to be detonated by a victim. any idea what detonated this thing? it was meant to go too austin. so obviously it detonated prematurely. yeah, this appears to have been another package bomb. it would logic would lead you