Jersey and drove to Lower Manhattan. Thats where he entered a bike path just as high school was letting out for the day. On a sunny halloween afternoon. He drove at least ten blocks south, mowing down pedestrians before finally slamming into a school bus on chamber street, not far from the world trade center. The man got out of the truck. Law enforcement Officials Say he yelled allahu akbar and was holding a paint ball gun and pellet gun. Thats when police shot him and took him into custody. The investigation just hours old, but heres what we know about the suspect so far. Nbc as confirmed he is 29yearold Sayfullo Saipov. He had been living in new jersey. Saipov has so far refused to answer any questions from his hospital bed. For more we turn to nbc news correspondent ron allen whoo le down at Lower Manhattan, been there since the news broke earlier today. Hes at the scene of todays attacks. Ron, what has happened since youve been there . Reporter well, ali, the police are still combi
africa and europe and the middle east. it s a huge challenge, and here at home, i would just end by saying we have to make sure that the cure is not worse than the disease. we don t want to live in fortress america. we don t want to have barricades everywhere. we want manhattan, we want our cities and our towns to be open and a place where people can stroll at night on a beautiful fall evening. i will say this, that the police are doing their work in lower manhattan, but new york is out, making a point of the fact it s halloween and they re out and that s what they do. thank you to the three of you. malcolm nance, rukmini callimashi and jeremy bash. still ahead, we ll look at the reaction from the white house. that brings big ideas to life. and cutting-edge transportation development to connect those ideas to the world. along with urban redevelopment projects worthy of the world s top talent. all across new york state, we re building the new new york.
occurring but they re doing the virtual command and control as rukmini said a moment ago. we re handling you, we re going to give you ideas, we re going to inspire you. this could just be one person who s been tasked out to handle the eastern seaboard of the united states, but when you come into those, you know, dark web chat rooms, these guys are looking for talent. and they don t care how amateur you are, they will carry it out, you know, whatever act out that you can carry out. jeremy, to your point, you know, malcomn, rukmini and i have had these conversations so many times that the they can t be making it up. this is not the kind of thing that the constant ongoing drumbeat of extreme vetting is going to solve. it is just more sophisticated than that. it is. it requires a lot of careful work with our partners and allies overseas because most of these individuals have some connection back to another country. we don t know if that s the case here yet. i think it remains to be see