that s bombmaking 101. the basic trip wire device can be easily constructed with fishing line, clothespin and some sort of non-conductive material plastic or a piece of wood and place it inside the clothespin close pin has two electrical ends that would complete a circuit and put the wood between the clothespin that stuff is easily available out there. here is what it the level of bomb making skill just i don t want to interrupt you but i want to you know this information and respond to. sure the level of bombmaking skill doesn t necessarily point to military experience. it says the source tells cnn
after the first day of spring. and getting ready for a whole load of the white stuff. good morning, welcome to early start, i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. it is wednesday, march 21st. 4:00 a.m. in the east. a lot to get to today. breaking news, though, straight off the top out of austin, texas. police may have caught their first big break in the hunt for a serial bomber in austin, texas. two new packages were discovered tuesday, one exploded at a fedex sorting center near san antonio injuring one. another was found intact in austin that could be a critical break because police now have a blueprint and possible dna on the inside of an exploded device. a federal law enforcement source tells cnn police believe the austin bomber s motivated by mayhem and death and does not appear to be targeting any one specific group. according to authorities, the level of bomb-making skill is something commonly found in the anarchist s cookbook. a goodwill worker was injured by
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preliminary reports, nbc news has not confirmed, but the preliminary reports coming out are that the bomb was sent from austin, bound to austin. this fits just in with what this guy wants. he wants to paralyze austin. he wants power over austin. so and he s also showing us his bomb making skill, his fusing and firing skills. i would also be on alert that this is not the only package he sent to fedex or some other shipper. don t think he only could have sent one. i ve had these cases over the years. the bomb can detonate in the shipping facility. there can be two or three bombs in the stream. so people in austin have to remember, if you didn t order it, you didn t track it to your house from the company you ordered it from and you doesn t know exactly that you ordered it and it s coming, don t open it, don t pick it up. don t be fooled. this bomber s diabolical. he s trying to trick someone
outfront tonight, a bombshell from the president. he has made it clear, finally, that he supports gay marriage. now, the announcement comes after days of mounting pressure to explain his quote/unquote evolving position, his words, on the controversial issue. here s how he put it to abc news robin roberts. i have just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. the human rights campaign immediately released a statement saying obama s presidency has shown that our nation can move beyond its shameful history of discrimination and injustice. and celebrities and politicians took to twitter to celebrate. ellen degeneres tweeting thank you, president barack obama, for your beautiful and brave words. i m overwhelmed. new york mayor michael bloomberg wrote president barack obama s announcement is a major turning point in the history of civil rights. there were even tweets from former