Now, new york senator chuck schumer had a statement about it. let s take a listen.om this was the work of a does professor bomb maker, but it does show whether it was professional or amateur, they look to go to new york. so and so while i m glad that pledg president obama has pledged federal assistance in theign, w investigation, we also need the administration s full support for current efforts by the nypd to protect new yorkers from deadly terrorists. attacks. now apparently according togo the washington post, authorities are looking for another individual because for they have a piece of evidence ei that may include fingerprints.es it connects to an individual they are concerned about.s js waledpharess joins us now ands what do you think of others who may have beenth associated p with this failed bombing plot,pr and in particular those who may have been in pakistan.
Statre take the steps to make sure the state and localartnhave partners have the full support and cooperation of the federal n government. that was barack obama on loua sunday in louisiana. oil he was there for the oil spill and gave a statement about the suspect and what happened in times square. now greg jarret, we got you out of bed and you got down here. y out what s your reaction to all ofwt this? it is no surprise to anybody that since the bomb. failed to detonate, failed to explode there was a wealth of to evidence. it was inside and on it. ind in the end it was probably the vin number, the vehicle identification number, which was actually stamped on the engine because it had beenehi removed from the usualt location near the driver socal side. with that vin number they then traced it to a connecticut manao who had actually sold it to andt individual who paid cash. and so it was very easy to actually do the trace on it, and then it was only a
Who have their spouses one orer other side of the atlantic. ocean.ne the one indicator would have been him being involved in a i previous activity, terrorism, h radicalization, but the fact he goes back and forth toakistas pakistan is not the issue because of so many people who travel to pakistan. walid how long would he hav have to be here to become a american citizen? it all depends.ehat we don t have that got information. nat how he got that naturalization , being a spouse or every three years or every five oth years. we have to look at what the at government is going to provideon us. well, with youren informatiot and your experience, after ur watching eric holder sol s statement or listening to thattt statement, what comes to mind? any red flags there? i think at this point in
According to the ap on formalor charges at some point, today coe he will appear in ort could. we will have that for you andbro bring you the information as we get it.ews brett behr is our correspondent in washington, d.c. are you learning anymore information? t the associated press statentc statement comes from a statement just issued by the by u.s. attorney s office for the southern district of new york fr th and the fbi and the new york yok police department and it is what the attorney general said about the arrest and about theue suspect and he was a u.s.an citizen born in pakistan andat taken into custody at jfke airport after he was identified by customs andborder border protect protection trying to take a flight to dubai. he will appear may 4th,eralrt tomorrow, at federal court innh. manhattan. this is a big win no matter
Connecticut area. he was trying to board a planeio heading to dubai.he is he was believed to have recently returned fromm pakistan and then purchased athd nissan pathfinder suv offigsl ta craigslist that was used in saturday s attempted bombing. now, a short time ago eric holder released a saint saying american a statement saying n americans need to be vigilantle and barack obama released a statement on monday afternoon.nd let s take a listen. wrk o i want to commend the work of the nypd, the new york fireb, department and the fbi which responded swiftly and aggressively to a dangerousus situ situation. i also wanatt to commend theiti vigilant citizens who noticedios the suspicious activity and reported it to the authorities. g i just got off the phone on d h the way down here with mayor bloomberg to make sure that are state and federal officials are going effective tiffly.nsu