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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100511:11:15:00

reporter: imagine if this blew up in times square. what you re watching is the result of 300 pounds of explosive grade fertilizer. because the times square suv had nonexplosive grade fertilizer this is more intense than what could have happened in new york, according to the experts here who conducted the xmoegs as part of a training course for first responders. knowing what you know was in the vehicle, what type of damage would that have done? it was a very amateur device. the debt nation, if it could have gotten something to detonate would have been low order and would have spread stuff all over the street and it had a lot of fuel. we would have had a small explosion, it would have been a big fire. reporter: the federal government has trained 300 first responders through this explosives training. they see firsthand what the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100503:22:18:00

police are questioning people that they believe to have a connection to a vehicle. they have spoken to the owner of the suv but do not consider them a suspect. police are also searching for a man scene on surveillance tape leaving the scene of the attempted bombing. the nypd says the person of interest is a white man in his 40s. inside the car investigators found three propane tanks, fireworks two full gasoline containers, alarm clocks and wire. all ingredients for a bomb that the nypd said would have caused a massive explosion and unleashed a significant fireball. also in the car were eight bags of nonexplosive grade fertilizer. . the white house described the attempted bombing as a terrorist attack. i think anybody that has the type of material that they have in a car in times square, i would say that that was intended

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100503:00:58:00

not necessarily true. this was inspired by al qaeda. there was a car bomb in london outside a nightclub that was dismantled before it ignited. we have seen al qaeda use propane and fertilizer bombs. in 2004, they were talking about cars and limousines with propane tanks in them as part of the device. they also, by the way, used propane tanks in east africa. al qaeda knows how to use the techniques. the other thing i mention is when you have people like adam, the cleric in yemen and a member of al qaeda. you have the americans who are able to explain to al qaeda and their leadership and operational planners, it doesn t take a big spectacular. they are great for fund raising

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100503:01:03:00

in addition to that, they are in pennsylvania at this hour because a tourist in the area thinks he might have taken a picture of that individual. they are going to pennsylvania to track that down in an area north, about a half hour north of philadelphia. john. lastly, based on your reporting that the fertilizer was nonexplosive. thank god it did not fully explode. what is the worst case scenario had it gone to a different level? reporter: a recap. this car was said to contain a few cans of gasoline, a few propane tanks as well as some alarm clocks and a big metal gun locker. inside that were several bags of fertilizer. however, we are hearing from authorities preliminary tests are indicating it was a nonexplosive grade fertilizer. it was incapable of blowing up.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100503:03:40:15

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100503:03:40:15
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