an update for you. homeland security is cancelling plans to track vehicle license plate across the nation. we talked about it yesterday at this hour. later in the afternoon, homeland security officials came out with the order to cancel. the washington post says the agency wanted the national tracking system to help them find illegal immigrants. privacy advocates were concerned because law a biding citizens could be tracked. there are two big stories to tell you making a lot of news. first, a lot of people shocked to learn that facebook most people. facebook is buying this whatsapp thing for a whopping $19 billion. i mean, you know i know technology. don t worry america, i
sam, what are the nypd vehicles. these are the technical assistance response units. these are the folks for the nypd who review the surveillance video and there s a lot in this area, dozens and dozens of security cameras and in fact, walking down schubert alley, i counted four surveillance cameras including one in the restaurant here. they re looking at that and looking at another key piece of evidence, the vehicle license plate, connecticut issued license plates that were apparently taken from a repair shop in connecticut and then sources tell us somebody was trying to get rid of those plates. so obviously, authorities are really zeroing in on this potential suspect who, as i mentioned was caught on surveillance video. steve, back to you. all right, while we got you right there, there s one you know, people are trying to figure out why somebody would try to do this, some taliban group took credit for it although that s been discounted. some guy called in, they think he was just a