yesterday mr. james saw his photograph on the news. he called crimestoppers to help. he told them where he was. james face as terrorism charge for allegedly attacking a mass transit system. prosecutors say the evidence against james is strong. he allegedly left his gun and cell phone at the crime scene. they are zeroing in on social media videos james posted. the defendant has a history of posting violent videos on his social media accounts. he instructed others how to make a molotov cocktail. he state add desire to kill and shoot people. neither the criminal complaints mentioned the racist comments james reportedly made in the videos also. he ranted against white people, race issues and an upcoming race
war. james has been arrested a dozen teams for low level offenses but never on the fbi s radar till now. neil? neil: thanks, my friend. bryan llenas following that in brooklyn to howard safer, the former nypd commissioner. it s interesting when the judge decides i m going to keep you in jail on this terrorist attack and again citing him for as the terrorist attack. that s a leap from what we ve seen in the past when we have these kind of incidents. do you agree this is a terrorist attack? i agree. it s a domestic terrorist attack. i think it s great. based on the bail reform law in new york, he had been taken to the district attorney s office in manhattan, he probably would be back out on the street. so i think prosecuting him is a terrific move. neil: you know, this idea that he called in and that helped identify where he was, what do you make of that and what do you it could have been you and i have chatted
the judge made a very simple decision that he couldn t be released on bail because of the attacks on the mass transit system. let s go to bryan llenas following all of this from the beginning in brooklyn on what we re in store for now. bryan? neil, yeah, frank james, 62 years old, was denied bail by the judge. deemed too much of a threat to the community as well as a flight risk. james appeared in court without handcuffs or shackles. his defense attorney requested that her client be given a medical psychiatric evaluation. after court his attorney confirmed that james was caught after he called police himself and told him that he was at the mcdonald s in the lowest east side. we caution against a rush to judgment. what we do know is this:
92 y.org/events/clive davis. i wanted to tell everyone nearby you can join us and a way to watch it streaming online ex if you don t remember the link on the beat twitter account, we ll leave that link pinned up there for a few days if you want to join me and clive. happy birthday to him, as well. the reidout with joy reid starts right now. good evening, everyone. we got a lot to get to including the arrest of frank james. the 30-hour manhunt after james himself called the police tip line. the motive is unclear but we re learning about videos james posted online ranting about race and violence. we ll have more coming up.