measures that happen after an event like this. i wonder what your take is. okay. first of all, we in new york city, we have been through this before. 2017, the pipe bomb attack in the subway, time s square. 2016 in the chelsea neighborhood, a horrible attack with pressure cooker bomb. we have been down this road and the first thing to recognize is that you have some individuals who will attempt to do something like this. the nypd has done an extraordinary job of finding suspects quickly. that s what will happen here as well. they will find this individual quickly. new yorkers always participate with the information to find any piece of this puzzle helping them do their job right now. that s what s happened in the past. the biggest point you are raising, there is no question, mayor adams has talked about this very powerfully, the down stream problems, the root
whitewash the white nationalism every time, anderson. the president claimed today that white nationalism is not a rising threat in his opinion around the world. reporter: that s right. and that obviously stood out as just being contrary to the facts. as we know from recent studies and even fbi statistics in just the last couple of years, that all shows that white nationalism, that right-wing extremism is on the rise not only here in the united states but around the world. if you look at what s happened here in the u.s., whether it s the neo-nazi violence on the streets of charlottesville, the tree of life synagogue shooting last year, even the attempted pipe bomb attack on cnn and other democratic targets, anderson, that is right-wing extremism violence, the kind that is on the rise here in the u.s. and around the world, whether or not the president likes to admit to it or not. jim acostas a, thanks. i want to get perspective from k ker stin powers and max boot.
there s breaking news coming in. the pipe bomb attack the suspect posted on facebook that morning, yesterday morning, posting trump, you failed to protect your nation. is cnn s brynn gingras is joining me with much more detail, you ve been picking up from your sources. what have you learned? yeah, not only sources but from a criminal complaint filed in the southern district and that is a big headline there. he made that facebook post according to this complaint as he was on his way to doing this detonation yesterday morning. he even admitted according to the complaint to authorities that he did this at the rush hour because he wanted to cause a lot of damage. he picked that time specifically. you re right, op that facebook post he said, trump you failed
that is critical, as republicans face an uphill battle, needing 11 more democratic senators to defy the president, vote to block the agreement, and then join gop efforts to override any presidential vetoes. that is not to mention the dozens of democratic defections republicans are also seeking in the house, which explains why senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was quoted by reporters in kentucky this week saying the president has a great likelihood of success. christine? jim acosta, thanks. bangkok s erawan shrine is back open this morning two days after that deadly pipe bomb attack. investigators are hunting for the man believed to be responsible. a police spokesman now saying authorities are, quote, very sure sure this man here in the yellow shirt, is the bomber. this morning, thailand offering a big reward for helping track him down. cnn s saima moosin is live in bangkok this morning. you are near the shrine where