Bombings that have occurred over the last three days in new york and new jersey. Hes the same man caught on Surveillance Video at both manhattan crime scenes, so who is rahami . Not much is known at this point, but we do know he was born in afghanistan but is a u. S. Citizen. Nbcs Pete Williams reporting according to a u. S. Law enforcement official, a key piece of evidence was a fingerprint found on one of the unexploded devices. New Jersey State Police say hes also wanted for questioning in connection with saturdays Seaside Heights explosion. Officials have now officially linked all of these incidents. Earlier this morning authorities searched a Fried Chicken restaurant in biz bett, new jersey, whose owner is listed as mohammed rahami. All this unfolding as andrew cuomo says it looks like the bombing that happened here in manhattans chelsea neighborhood on this zrestreet, 23rd street, could be an act of terrorism with a foreign connection. In all, four crime scenes, two in new jersey
Of new York City Police say they got a call about a man sleeping in his doorway in the business early this morning on the responding officer approached the man, he was immediately shut out multiple times on the shoot out between the two escalated. You can see in this video getting loaded into the ambulance no word on his condition. Here is a look at the timeline of his attack. Police say three explosions connected the first one of saturday afternoon in a dumpster in seaside park, new jersey, new jersey sure about an out our outside new york city luckily no one got hurt. Saturday night, that explosion in chelsea new york, new york city manhattan training people injured all out of the hospital this hour locally than late last night in elizabeth, new jersey another suburb of new york city, someone spotted a backpack with several designated it as it was trying to disable it. No one was hurt there. We have also heard his last known address was right there in elizabeth. This morning, just so
And 15 miles, this one in elizabeth, new jersey, five explosive devices found near a train station there. One of them blew up as the bomb squad tried to disarm it using a robot. Right now, authorities are searching a neighborhood in elizabeth, new jersey. Bomb sniffing dogs going doortodoor, car to car. This is obviously, a fluid situation and news thick and fast and of course, well keep you up to speed with the latest. To recap. Tloo he three locations seaside, manhattan and elizabeth, new jersey, within 83 miles of each other, eight bombs in all three went off and Dozens Injured and a big manhunt underway. Yes, with all of this anxiety over terror, the markets, well, theyre up. Were covering it all. A power packed three hours of Varney Company begins now. All right. Lets get straight to the big story. Bring in normal nyc commissioner, it appears there could be a foreign connection. Thank you for being here, commissioner. As far as an International Connection, thats not something weve
What analysts there say is premature. And oracles Larry Ellison taking aim at amazon saying his company will offer stiff competition in some key areas like the cloud. Were going to break down that matchup. And later youll hear from oracle ceo mark hurd at oracle world this morning. But first up, some new developments in the investigation into a bombing in new york city that injured 29 people over the weekend. Our Morgan Brennan is live at the scene in manhattan with the latest. Morgan, good morning. Reporter good morning, carl. I want you to take a look at the scene behind me. This is 23rd street. This is the site of the saturday night bomb explosion that took place here in manhattan. If you can take a look, this is the fbi. They are on the scene and they are sweeping the street for evidence right now. So this is new yorks governor now saying it looks like the bombing that happened on this street behind me could be an act of terrorism with a foreign connection. And this as investigator
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