he s operating inside the white house both like a cult leader so i do think he has people essentially hypnotized. i think the notion that he won t go him is exactly right because she s terrified. he s created that atmosphere of terror. what he s really doing, what the bottom line is right now is as he tries to discredit the fbi and the justice department and he mobilizes the republicans to go along with that, he is moving toward a police state. let s not kid ourselves. he wants to go and get. erik prince and put together a mercenary separate army. he wants to use the most available terrorist event to be able to declare martial law, to be able to put into effect a world in which he controls it completely. and then he has this little mafia family inside the white
just the last year? reporter: yes, david. authorities say it was all done online, and they found thousands of isis images and more than 90 propaganda videos on his cell phones. david? brian ross back with us tonight. brian, thank you. you can, of course, see the police presence right here over my shoulder. that s the intersection where the school bus collided with the pickup truck barrelling down that path. and new york s police commissioner, james o neill, took me to the crime scene just a short time ago here. and we begin with one of the biggest concerns right here in new york. is the suspect a lone wolf, or did he have help? are you concerned that the suspect wasn t acting alone? that s always a concern, whenever there s a terrorist event, that s part of the that s a major part of the investigation, to make sure that, even though he s here alone, who supported him? reporter: is there a chance he had help here in the u.s.? don t know. that s part of the investigation.
david? can you provide the age of the suspect and then the victims and was there any indication earlier that he had been a [ inaudible ] he s a 29-year-old male and i m not going to talk about the truck right now. right there? can you confirm that the suspect said allahu akbar or anything to that effect? if so, is that the only indication that this might be an act of terrorism? yeah, he did make a statement when he exited the vehicle, and if you just look at the m.o. of the attack, that s consistent with what s been going on. so that along with the statement has enabled us to label this a terrorist event. no, not right now. do you have his nationality? was there any intelligence leading up to this if it was something in the works? yeah, again, two hours old. we ll update you as we go on. lenny? who is in charge of the investigation? it s being conducted jointly with the nypd and the fbi. [ inaudible question ]
david. by the age of and the victims [ inaudible ] . was there any indication that the [ inaudible ] he s a 29-year-old male. i m not going to talk about the truck right now. right there. have you heard that the suspect said allah akbar or anything like that? is this the only indication that this may be an act of terrorism? he did make a statement when he exited the vehicle. if you just look at the m.o. of the attack, that s consistent with what s been going on. so that along with the statement has enabled this to label this a terrorist event. [ inaudible ]. not right now. do you have his nationality? was there any intelligence leading up to this, that it was something in the works? again, two hours old and we ll update you awe go along. lenny. who is in charge of the investigation? it s being conducted jointly with the n.y.p.d. and the fbi. [ inaudible ]. from florida? i m not going to go into that.
indication about a van. 29-year-old male. i am not going to talk about the truck. reporter: can you confirm the suspect said allahu akbar. is that the only indication that this may be an act of terrorism? what else leads you to believe he did make a statement when he exited the vehicle. if you look at the m.o. of the attack on it is consistent with what s been going on. that along with the statement enables us to label this a terrorist event. not right now. reporter: do you have is nationality? any intelligence leading up to this there was something in the works? to go it is two hours old. we will update you as we go along. being conducted jointly with the nypd and fbi. reporter: from florida. not going to go into that.