victims in an alleged plot to kill, quote, anyone that is jewish in the michigan government. those words are from a man now in federal custody according to an affidavit. his first court appearance was wednesday on charges of making charges along state lines. and has tweeted the fbi has confirmed i was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it s my hope that they take this just as seriously as the federal authorities takes the offense just as seriously as my hate crimes and domestic terrorism unit takes plots to murder elected officials. he has three handguns and one that is an mia military-style weapon, polo sandoval has more. what have we learned? we actually see on the page, linked to jack and jane carpenter ii, the suspect in the case. and not just anti-semitic and quite alarming especially this tweet that federal investigators saw back in february, february 17th to be exact. and what he allegedly wrote, including, quote, he would carry out death to an
airport. the suspect arrested by the fbi. what we re learning about the device that was found hidden in his luggage. also, university of georgia football player who turned himself in on charges related to a deadly car crash that killed a teammate and staff member after the team s national championship victory. also, u.s. intelligence with a new report on what is known as havana syndrome. for years american diplomats and spies around the world have been complaining of mysterious symptoms. they re oftentimes debilitating. what s a foreign adversary to blame? we have the answer. lot to get to. we ll begin with this. the tsa intercepting a suitcase packed with an explosive device before loaded ton a plane. it happened at the airport in it allentown, pennsylvania. the bomb squad rushing into the scene there. and the fbi later arresting this man seen on surveillance video. here s the breakdown of what happened. the fbi saying the suspect arrived at the airport monday morning
later, investigators say tsa agents found an explosive device hidden inside of that suitcase. according to the fbi, the suspect left the airport when security started calling for him over the intercom. the fbi s bomb technician who responded to the scene says the device was circular, wrapped up in wax like paper and plastic wrap and hidden in the lining of the baggage. he says there were two fuses, quick fuse designed to ignite explosives quickly and a so-called hobby fuse that burns slower. straight now to our senior law enforcement analyst and former deputy director of the fbi. good morning, andrew. andy, i should call you. this is really scary stuff. what is your impression of the device allegedly found in this his name is muffly. in his bag, what sort of damage could these materials do? don, i think you have to describe it as a fairly crude device, not particularly well
his home and arrested him did this explosion cause any risk to the airport itself? so, it certainly would have to the people around it had it gone off, but more importantly, to the aircraft, it would have gone in the cargo hold. now, there was no initiator that involved a demand detonator or timer that it was set to go off. but, we re talking about explosives on an airplane that are sensitive to friction, to heat to impact. it s basically a hobby fuse tied to a quick match. and if something set that off, you don t want, basically, the contents think of a fireworks that we see on the fourth of july, commercial grade firework. you don t want that going off in the cargo hold of a plane going off. extraordinarily dangerous. did this appear to be a bungled attempt to take a bomb that could be detonated on the plane? or did he haved ingredients but they weren t compiled in a way
he then shot multiple passengers as the train pulled into the 36 street station in sunset park. as detectives process the crime scene, they recovered a nine millimeter semiautomatic handgun, extended magazines, and a hatchet. also found is what we believe to be gasoline and a bag containing consumer grade fireworks and a hobby fuse. an hour ago, detectives located a u-haul van in brooklyn that we believe is connected to the suspect. at this time we still do not know the suspects motivation. clearly, this individual boarded the train and was intent on violence. we do have a person of interest in this investigation but we need the public assistance with additional information. so the person of interest is a development just in the last ten or 15 minutes or so. the nypd releasing a name and photo of this person. he s 62 years old frank james with addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia. officials believe he is the man