commissioner howard safer served for pour years under mayor giuliani and knows well. we just heard nate report about the red flags that this suspect was apparently state police this past june, last june in high school, mental health provided. what about those flags and why this apparently may have not been caught in. well, it s because we don t have a system for reporting mental health to the agencies that provide information when the gun background is done. and that s what we really need to do. we need to set up a very strict information passage from mental health providers where they see this kind of activity so that when somebody does a background, they can prevent somebody from getting a gun. this individual bought all his guns legally and went through the background check. so it s outrageous, and that s how you end up with kind of horrific situation. eric: it also seems that he put
war. james has been arrested a dozen teams for low level offenses but never on the fbi s radar till now. neil? neil: thanks, my friend. bryan llenas following that in brooklyn to howard safer, the former nypd commissioner. it s interesting when the judge decides i m going to keep you in jail on this terrorist attack and again citing him for as the terrorist attack. that s a leap from what we ve seen in the past when we have these kind of incidents. do you agree this is a terrorist attack? i agree. it s a domestic terrorist attack. i think it s great. based on the bail reform law in new york, he had been taken to the district attorney s office in manhattan, he probably would be back out on the street. so i think prosecuting him is a terrific move. neil: you know, this idea that he called in and that helped identify where he was, what do you make of that and what do you it could have been you and i have chatted
phones in new york city urging the public to help nypd find frank james, and the cameras were not functioning, and the security cameras were malfunctioning in at least three subway stations, including the 36th street station, the mayor says that they are looking into it and checking to make sure the cameras are working at the rest of the 469 stations citywide. john. john: a lot of people shocked why they were not working. thanks. former police commissioner howard safer, good to talk to you. mayor adams talked to fox news and spoke about the situation. listen here. he wanted to bring terror into our system. he wanted to intentionally
terrorize those passengers, he committed a serious crime, he will be apprehended and brought to justice. john: they know who he is, this is a guy who appears to have no transportation, no friends in the city. are you surprised he s still at large at this point? well, i m not surprised. it s a huge city with millions of people, he s going to get caught. nobody better than the nypd apprehending fugitives, the fact is he s going to get caught. that does not mitigate what he did. gillian: howard, an awful lot of complications choreography involved in this attack yesterday. the suspect rented this van, he stocked the van full of weapons, set off the smoke bombs, lit out these explosive devices and then the actual shooting spree itself. does it surprise you that there s only one suspect named so far? no, because it seems that he
working. gillian: howard, you mentioned the subway system is a soft target. we heard yesterday the commuters on the train were essentially sitting ducks during this attack. so far, right, we know that ten people were shot, five of them are now in critical condition. it seems like extraordinary good fortune nobody has died so far. very lucky. i ve always said that a shooting is a homicide with bad aim, and we are very fortunate that as i understand it, his gun jammed or he would have fired a lot more shots other than the 33 that he fired. but you know, you can t stop somebody unless you have the kind of precautions going after every fare jumper and making sure the surveillance systems work, a huge police presence, not only on the platforms but in the cars. that s what s going to prevent this. john: howard, let me come back to something you said a second ago, you when you were the police commissioner were a