we begin this morning with the attempted car bombing in new york s times square. this morning law enforcement officials are searching for a possible suspect captured on surveillance video. the taliban in pakistan has claimed responsibility, but new york s mayor says so far there s no evidence linking the botched attack to a known terrorist organization. and we re learning more about the bomb itself. kathryn brown is in times square are the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning to you, michelle. the bomb we re told was crudely made, poorly constructed, made mostly of common household items like chief alarm clocks and consumer grade propane tanks. but still officials say it was powerful enough to have packed a deadly punch. investigators are on the hunt for this man, captured on surveillance video changing shirts just moments before a car bomb was set to go off in new york s times square. he put the darker one into a bag that he was carrying. this happened about a ha
place at 1515 broadway where it would park, the guy would get out and take off. i wish we could go back and rerack to that video. you can see the image of a man right here. watch him, taking off his shirt. apparently, they believe this is the suspect right there. he has a red shirt on underneath, a dark shirt over the top. here s the thing, there were 32 cameras in this vicinity of new york city or more than that, i believe, they ve looked at 32. there are 82 cameras between 34th and 51st street thankfully but can they find this guy now, brian? here s the thing. they know they have a myriad of leads and i have the upmost respect for the nypd and their investigative unit. in fact, they have a couple of officers at least going over to pennsylvania right now for a tourist who claims they have better video of this guy. now, we know it s a pathfinder. we know it s a 1993. we know the plates go back to kramer s repair shop where he said they were fixing a ford and the plates
be weeks before they get control of the leak. the ceo speaks out. michael douglas talks for the first time about his son, cameron s, five-year prison sentence for selling drugs. he was going to be dead or somebody was going to kill had him and i think he has a chance to start a new life. he opens up about his son s future and his own regrets in an exclusive interview today, future and his own regrets in an exclusive interview today, monday, may 3rd, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this monday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. investigators are pouring over hundreds of hours of videotape to try to find whoever is responsible for what s considered to be the most serious car bomb plot here in new york since that first attempt to blow up the world trade center. that was in 1993. potentially very scary. immediate focus is on this surveillance tape and the man you re about to see. cameras record him looki
and speed racer. she made history as the youngest driver on the nascar circuit. 14 years old and already take on the big boys. she joins us with her hot pink car hours before the big race. good morning, america, i m bill weir. and i m bianna golodryga. it s sunday, april 25th. and it was a mignightmare i mississippi and other southern states. the tornado was a mile wide when it went through parts of mississippi, lifting roofs off buildings, homes. the governor said the aftermath looks like hurricane katrina. nothing left standing in some places. he s now calling a state of emergency in that hard-hit area. at least ten people killed, three of them children. dozens treated at area hospitals. there were as many as 54 tornadoes across the south yesterday. hitting seven states but the worst of it in yazoo city, mississippi. some parts of the city has been completely destroyed. they are now getting their first real look at how bad the damage is. matt gutman is there, good m
day by leading a state trooper to a burning home. we ll hear from a man who trusted this canine to lead the way. good morning, america. i m bill weir. good morning, bill, good morning, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. saturday, april 24th. weather is a big story this morning. the south part of the country is waking up to a rare, severe weather alert. tornadoes and driving rain throughout the region last night. much more is expected today. marysol will have much more on that coming up. we also have rare good news about the economy this morning. no one expected new home sales to surge as much as they did. in march, the biggest increase since kennedy was in the white house. but will it last especially since the tax incentives expire. also, a surprising story out of utah. a convicted killer who asked to be put to death by a firing squad. and the judge granted his wish. now, his decision is renewing questions about the death penalty and whether the firing squad is cruel and u