u.s. citizen and native of the dominican republic and a convert to islam was taken into custody saturday afternoon as he was allegedly constructing a pipe bomb. police commissioner raymond kelly says he was planning on building three bombs. mayor bloomberg said the suspect was intent on killing. the police also constructed a duplicate of an explosive device that the suspect built and then designated in a way he intended to use the weapon. we want to show you a video about the resulting damage. well, pimentel allegedly got the materials from home depot and other stores. he followed instructions from al awlaki s inspired magazine to first acquire the bomb-making materials and then assemble them. he relied on a particularly notorious article called how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom. let s bring in cnn s deborah feyerick who has been working on this story all evening. and with us from washington, cnn national security analyst peter bergen. deb, to you first. p
interested people how to do these kind of things. we are told by the source that the man had acquired all material and was even going so far as to drill holes in a pipe bomb. he was going to use homemade ingredients in order to detonate this device and the device, had he put it together correctly, would, in fact, have worked. we re being told that he planned to target service men, men service men and women returning from iraq. he also intended on targeting police stations or post offices, and again, this is a pipe bomb and had it gone off, it could have killed close to a dozen people, especially if he attached things like nails. he was following instructions from this al qaeda-based magazine on this website. we are told that there was an informant who was monitoring this person, who was involved. this is the man who has been on the nypd radar for about two years, don, and they decided to go in and arrest him now, especially given the week that s coming up. don? so, deb, y
reporter: it seems that despite the very we call it the super committee and they had super powers. this committee written in law had the power to bypass many of the procedural hurdles that slow down and hold up legislation up here on capitol hill. despite having the power these 12 committee members were not able to bridge the gap on a philosophical difference on what they believe. a big issue that s held up negotiations to this point, the issue of taxes. democrats increase the tax revenue increased taxes need to be part of any final deficit deal, any deal to reduce the deficit as part of a balanced approach as they like to say. it s no surprise republicans on the flip side are very opposed to tax increases unless it is part of a broader effort to reform the tax code that would bring down tax rates. that s really what it seems this has come down to. they were not able to bridge the divide on that issue. if they don t reach agreement we are expecting an announcement later t
and ali is preparing to eat one. that s right. so they re off today. i m carol costello along with alina cho. welcome to american morning. first, new details in a plot to plant pipe bombs in and around new york city. 27-year-old jose pimentel, arraigned and made bail an hour ago. a muslim convert to plotted to bomb nypd pa control car, post office and returning u.s. troops and he was doing much more than just talking about it. our deb feyerick is here to tell us more and it appears this lone wolf was acting alone. reporter: absolutely and under surveillance about two years. jose pimentel, 27 years old, preparing as many as three pipe bombs. had he built and executed them properly he could have killed upwards of a dozen people. before arrested the nypd bomb experts built and detonate add similar device. you see it on the screen. they showed it last night. the device was detonated inside a car. you see the amount of damage it does cause but gives perspective, becaus
in the city. 27-year-old jose pementol, a u.s. citizen and native of the dominican republic and a convert to islam was taken into custody saturday afternoon as he was allegedly constructing a pipe bomb. police commissioner raymond kelly says he was planning on building three bombs. mayor bloomberg said the suspect was intent on killing. the police also constructed a duplicate of an explosive device that the suspect built and then designated in a way he intended to use the weapon. we want to show you a video about the resulting damage. the man allegedly got the materials from home depot and other stores. he followed instructions from al awaki s inspired magazine to first acquire the bomb-making materials and then assemble them. he relied on a particularly notorious article called how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom. let s bring in cnn s deborah feyerick who has been working on this story all evening. and with us from washington, cnn national security analyst