Planted in manhattan. And two overnight investigations taking place, one on the bridge where five were taken into custody. And in neighboring new jersey similar devices were discovered. One then exploding in a busy train station. The citys mayor spoke to nbc about that explosn. Residents of the community but more importantly extremely concerned with everybody in the state and country where somebody can just go and drop a backpack into a garbage can that has multiple explosives and you have to wonder how many people could have been hurt . I dont have the expertise to determine the blast function of that. But based on the loudness, i severely hurt or injured if they were in the vicinity when that one went off. Reporter good morning. The mayor here of elizabeth, new jersey says multiple devices have been discovered here. When the bomb squad was cutting into the first device, we heard a loud explosion, sending officers and people standing in this area running in different directions. The m
We are the libertarian nominees for president and Vice President. We are not looking to eliminate medicare. We do believe in a safety net. But there has to be reforms for medicaid and medicare. And Social Security. And itch f we are going to put head in the sand. Say we are going to do nothing in any of the areas. It is a fiscal cliff. Nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in appropriation of every account goes up 5 they call that a cut. Well thats not how we approach our state budgets. Thats not what we would do in washington either. Do you think most want to do away with the department of Homeland Security . I do. I do. I think there is a real skepticism. I mean, really, we have the fbi why another agency . I mean, and all these Homeland Security cars driving around these days the what are they doing . Theyre functions that you sure theyre attended to. But there are some who remind me of the, you know, muddled bureaucracy in washington, that nobody can quite tell you why t
. She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah . . She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah . Announcer this is the overnight news. Less than 50 hours after the first explosion, Police Arrested a suspect in the bombings in new york and new jersey. He is Ahmad Khan Rahami of elizabeth, new jersey, a naturalized u. S. Citizen from afghanistan. A fingerprint on an unexploded bomb led to a manhunt and rahami was captured after a shootout in linden, new jersey. Rahami faces five charges of attempted murder in the shooting, and federal prosecutors are preparing terrorism charges. We have a team of correspondents covering the bombings. First we will go to jeff pegues. Reporter about three hours after police sent out a massive suspects name, Ahmad Khan Rahami was spotted on the streets of linden, new jersey. You the can hear the gunfire during a shootout with police. The 28yearold suspect ended up 6 on the rain soaked pavement, bleeding from the arm as he was taken to the hospital. The arrest brought an end to a week
President obama made phone calls today to the two Police Officers who were wounded in linden, new jersey. He also called a Minnesota Police officer, who stopped a stabbing rampage in saint cloud that left nine people wounded the president said the two cases are not linked. Dean reynolds is in minnesota. Reporter as a knifewielding assailant roamed the walk ways of the crossroads shopping center. Reporter his violent episode brought to a sudden end by offduty police officer, Jason Faulkner who happened to be in the mall at the same time. Saint cloud mayor, dave kleis what happened. The officer fired. He went down. He came back up again. He fired again. Three times this took place. Before the officer actually had the the blow that, that took him out. Reporter the assailant identified as dahir a. Adan, a 20yearold naturalized resident from somalia. In the country since he was a baby. Minnesota is home to 25,000 country. One where fears of radicalized youths have increased recently. The is
Scott, the use of common, every Day Christmas lights as fuses inside those home made devices. September is Childhood Cancer awareness month. What better time to donate to st. Jude Childrens Research Hospital . Where families never receive a bill cbs cares. President obama made phone calls today to the two Police Officers who were wounded in linden, new jersey. He also called a Minnesota Police officer, who stopped a stabbing rampage in saint cloud that left nine peopl over the weekend. The president said the two cases are not linked. Dean reynolds is in minnesota. Reporter as a knifewielding assailant roamed the walk ways of the crossroads shopping center. Reporter his violent episode brought to a sudden end by offduty police officer, Jason Faulkner who happened to be in the mall at the same time. Saint cloud mayor, dave kleis what happened. The officer fired. He went down. He came back up again. He fired again. Three times this took place. Before the officer actually had the the blow