well, good morning. ed details are stunning, as we get to really understand what transpired over the last three days or so. and that s where we begin this morning with the story that s making front page news all over the country. the alleged times square bomber confessing. it took just over 53 hours for officials to capture faisal shahzad. but his arrest has also exposed what some say are some serious national security flaws. we ve got cbs news team coverage from around the world this morning. we begin with homeland security correspondent bob orr in washington. bob, good morning. good morning, maggie. as you said, faisal shahzad has now confessed to trying to detonate a bomb in times square. now, the fbi is pressing to find out if he was a lone wolf, or part of a broader terrorist plot. the fact that the suspect has admitted to driving the explosive-laden suv into the heart of times square on saturday night, faisal shahzad has told fbi interrogators while he did receive s
well, good morning. ed details are stunning, as we get to really understand what transpired over the last three days or so. and that s where we begin this morning with the story that s making front page news all over the country. the alleged times square bomber confessing. it took just over 53 hours for officials to capture faisal shahzad. but his arrest has also exposed what some say are some serious national security flaws. we ve got cbs news team coverage from around the world this morning. we begin with homeland security correspondent bob orr in washington. bob, good morning. good morning, maggie. as you said, faisal shahzad has now confessed to trying to detonate a bomb in times square. now, the fbi is pressing to find out if he was a lone wolf, or part of a broader terrorist plot. the fact that the suspect has admitted to driving the explosive-laden suv into the heart of times square on saturday night, faisal shahzad has told fbi interrogators while he did receive s
neighbors that didn t know. one of the accounts was he was strange and he always wore black. you don t call your f.b.i. if your neighbor wears black, at least in new york. meanwhile, the time square bombing suspect is a naturalized u.s. citizen as we ve been saying, does that mean investigators have read him his miranda rights before interrogating him? the foiled attack is striking similarities of another failed bombing outside of a london nightclub. more on that from what we can glean about this from connecticut. i was thinking you were going to tease i thought we were going to tease glenn beck. luci: i m luci romberg.
times square from a college student on craig s list. more on who he is and how we got him and fox & friends starts right now. all right. this happened in the middle of the night if you re just waking up, there has been a major break in the case. there is now a suspect in custody. we got him! we got him! we were all awokened from sound sleep to get that bit of very promising news. more on the investigation and how the suspect was apprehended from kelly wright in washington. kelly, what do we know? a key moment investigation came when federal authorities using a photo that immigration and customs enforcement had in their file showed a photo of shahzad to approximathe person allegedly sold him the s. u.v. they identified shahzad as the person to have been purchasing that s.u.v. and that led to the subsequent investigation looking for him and then finding him actually preparing to fly to dubai. they were actually able to pull him off the plane. faisal shahzad, a u.s. ci
flight to the middle east had already left the gate. his name is faisal shahzad. he s a 30-year-old pakistani citizen. eric holder announced the arrest a few hours ago in washington. and t.j. winick joins us live there with details. good morning, t.j. reporter: good morning. it only took police 36 hours to get their man ap a native of pakistan, but a naturalized american citizen. 30-year-old faisal shahzad was arrested monday night, after agents of the homeland security custom and border protection, moved in. mr. shahzad, an american citizen, was taken into custody at jfk airport in new york, as he attempted to board a flight to dubai. reporter: according to police, less than two weeks ago, shahzad purchased a 1993 pathfinder that was found smoking in the middle of times square saturday night. the suv was a car bomb made of gasoline, propane, fireworks and fertilizer. after being tipped off by a street vendor, police cleared the dozens of blocks in the times square ar