michael avery the suspect ultimately died. the big news from the news conference, until now, they have not uncovered any information of political or social biases or that it was part of a larger plot. what we have not heard at least not yet in this news conference is whether or not they are still investigating this as an act of possible domestic terror. the news up to this point was that the federal government was involved, and it was an investigation or was an investigation into the possible act of domestic terror as the individual had bought a number of gas canisters preceding the accident, but they have made it clear that they have not uncovered any social biases or a larger plot. >> that is a big development, but as the mayor said, a lot of questions that he himself has. we will continue the track it and watch it. >>> also, this hour, new details of colorado after a man was arrested inside of the state's supreme court building. they have significant and large damage there. and let's bring in veronica, and what are we seein

all evidence point to the suspect as 35-year-old michael avery from the syracuse, new york, area. the suspect passed away last night. is not been scientifically identified, but we're in the process of confirming his identity. we have been in contact with his family since yesterday. s avery traveled to rochester, new york, in his personal vehicle on or about december 27th and checked in at the wood spring suites in thet town of greece. on december 29th, at about 2:45 p.m., avery rented the ford expedition from a car rental agency at the rochester airport. on december 30th, between 9:00 a.m. and until about 6:00 p.m., avery made at least a half dozen purchases of gasoline and gas containers from different locationsrs throughout the monr county andut ontario county are. thus far, information has shown he was alone when making these purchases. on january 1st, about 12:52 a.m., avery was operating the rented ford expedition eastbouni on west ridge road. at about this time, two rochester police officers assignedch to the concert were traffic post in stopping traffic to allow for pedestr

el sospechoso identificado como michael averi falleciÓ.te fin de semana, y Él comprÓ la gasolina, 12 galones de gasolina recuperados en su auto el dÍa de este mortal accidente. aquÍ hay muchas preguntas sin contestar, y es lo que las autoridades estÁn investigando. cuÁl o cuÁles fueron los motivos que Él tuvo para hacer este acto de terrorismo. tampoco se sabe si con Él actuaron otras personas. la policÍa revelÓ que estuvo en contacto con sus familiares, y ellos dijeron que posiblemente Él sufrÍa de problemas mentales, pero que aÚn no habÍa sido diagnosticado. estaremos pendientes de cualquier desenlace, cualquier informaciÓn de Último minuto respecto a este lamentable caso que ocurriÓ frente al kodak center en rochester, en new york, en un concierto donde aproximadamente mil personas se citaron. con esta informaciÓn, desde new york, regresÓ con ustedes a los estudios. carolina: muchÍsimas gracias, violeta, a esta hora se investiga el caso de una mujer en california baleada a manos de la policÍa, cuando ella irÓnicamente estaba llamÁndolos

yesterday a search warrant was executed on the hotel room rented by michael avery. no suicide note was recovered during the search of the hotel room. additional search warrant was executed on his personal vehicle recovered at the airport parking garage. investigators are combing through evidence recovered from his vehicle. nothing thus far has been recovered that provides insight into why this occurred. although the motive behind the crime remains unknown, the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues. at this time we have not been able to identify if there was anyone else involved in the crime or that it was part of a larger plot. additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe the actions of michael avery on new year's eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases. it must be noted this is an ongoing investigation. additional information may be developed. we'll share his photo today and ask that anyone with additional i

why did this person, michael avery, target this particular concert venue, particularly when he is not even from rochester. he came from syracuse. why at this time? why this method? those are all still the questions that are being asked by both federal authorities like you just saw. they are members from the joint terrorism task force. the local authorities in rochester, in that news conference that we had earlier this morning, we did learn a lot about michael avery, a 35-year-old from syracuse, new york. investigators say he traveled from syracuse on december 27th, checked into a hotel. you can see it on december 27th in rochester. he rented an suv from a nearby airport car rental place. on the day of the attack, he actually went around to several different locations by himself. you can see that picture right there. he purchased gas canisters and the gasoline. what authorities say happened really just an hour into the new year's day when these concert goers, about 1000 of them, were leaving the venue, authorities say he plowed into that crowd, hitting a rideshare car carrying two peop

avery driving a rented suv packed with gas canisters drove towards a pedestrian crossing and collidedshare vehicle killing the passengers inside. avery also died later at the hospital. >> investigators are still combing through evidence, but nothing thus far has been recovered had provides any additional insight into why this occurred. >> reporter: when investigators -- what they know is that avery travelled in his own car on or around december 27 and checked in to a hotel. on december 29, police say avery picked up a rental car and on december 30, images like this one show that he was alone when he bought gas canisters and filled they wm. >> very highly organized and structured planned attack for whatever reason. only question for investigators at this point is why did he do it and was anyone else involved. >> reporter: to help answer those questions, authorities with the joint terrorism task force and fbi executing search warrants at various locations. >> additionally, we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of michael avery on new year's eve wer

that's when police say 35-year-old michael avery, driving a rented suv packed with gas canisters drove towards a pedestrian crossing and collided with a ride share vehicle, killing the passengers inside. avery also died later at the hospital. >> investigators are still combing through evidence recovered from his vehicle, but nothing thus far has been recovered that provides any additional incsight into why ths occurred. >> reporter: what investigators do know is avery traveled in his own car from syracuse to rochester on or around december 27th and checked into a nearby hotel. on december 29th, police say avery picked up a rental car. and on december 30th, images like this one show he was alone when he bought gas canisters and filled them. >> a very highly organized structured, planned attack by this person, for whatever reason. the only question for investigators a this point is why did he do it, and was anyone else involved. >> reporter: to help answer those questions, authorities with the joint terrorism task force and fbi executing search warrants at various locations. >> additiona

that is when 35-year-old, michael avery driving an suv packed with gas canisters drove toward the crossing and collided with a rideshare vehicle, killing the passengers inside. he also died at the hospital. >> investigators are still combing through evidence recovered from the vehicle but nothing thus far has been recovered that provides any additional insight into why this occurred.>> reporter: what investigators know is that avery traveled in his own car on or around december 27th and checked into a nearby hotel. on december 29th, he picked up a rental car and on december 30th, images like this one show he was alone when he bought gas canisters and filled them. >> it was a very highly organized, structured planned attack by this person for whatever reason. the only question for investigators at this point is why did he do it and was anyone else involved?>> reporter: to help answer those questions, authorities executing search warrants at various locations. >> additionally, we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of michael avery on new year's eve were

his name is michael avery. it's unclear his status. i want you to hear from a concert goer. >> when we did get outside and saw the carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up and car pieces everywhere and it was surreal to think, wow, this happened right here. >> you can hear and see the pictures of what this explosion caused with all those gas canisters in the area. the fbi is investigating. jttf is involve d. we're getting a news conference in about an hour to the get some details of exactly what happened, but two people killed in an incident. that we know law enforcement in heightened alert right now, as we have been talking for several weeks now hours into the new year. >> thank you. >>> with us now is senior national security analyst, former assistant secretary of homeland security. the detail here's, a car crash outside a new year's eve concert, gas stcanisters found, note find in the hotel room. fill in the blanks here. what raise this is now to a terror investigation? what does that change? >> so right now, it would change in

as you guys said, michael avery, 35 years old, actually from syracuse, new york. according to police, he traveled from syracuse to rochester several days before this concert on december 31st. he traveled several days before that, rented a hotel room, rented a car, and then, as you guys mentioned, has also been seen in several places buying cans of gasoline and filling them up with gasoline. that is what caused those gasoline cans, a huge explosion at the scene. what authorities say is that they believe he purposely sped up, drove into this crowd of concert goers who were leaving the concert at the kodak center on new year's eve, really only an hour into new year's day, and two people who were in an opposite car in a rideshare were killed in that crash. nine other people were injured as well and one person has critical injuries from the explosion and crash. a lot of questions here as to the motive. that's really what everyone wants answered at this point. there does seem to be some intent here. it's also important to note, according to the mayor, there are a lot of

multiple pedestrians struck >> reporter: investigators now identifying 35-year-old michael avery, saying he made at least half a dozen purchases of gasoline and fuel container after driving to rochester and then renting an suv at the airport. later, heading towards the kodak center and a crowd coming out of a concert. >> avery sped up, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic. he appears to have intentionally been driving toward the pedestrian crossing. >> reporter: avery then struck a rideshare vehicle that had been pulling out, with a force that pushed both suvs into people, injuring nin pedestrians and killing two passengers in the rideshare, josh orr and justina hughes, whose family say were best friends. this tonight from rochester's mayor. >> i have been getting inundated with questions as to why this individual would choose, number one, rochester, new york, and why he would appear to target concertgoers those are all questions that have been raised and things that we just don't have answers to yet. >> reporter: as investigators comb through avery's belongings, the fbi is undersco

investigators say that driver, michael avery, intentionally drove into pedestrians after a concert, bute of terrorism. police released photos of avery buying gas canisters before the crash. he may have suffered from undiagnosed mental health problems. >>> and the "associated press" reports on new audio of the police shootout with a gunman during last month's shooting at unlv. [ bleep ] [ sirens ] >> police released the new body cam video of the shooting at the university of nevada las vegas on december 6th. it includes the first audio of the gunfire that killed the shooter. two school officers shot him about ten minutes after he first opened fire in the business school building. three professors were killed. >>> still to come, ground beef alert. if you are making hamburgers, you don't want to miss news of a recall of thousands of pounds of meat. s news of a recall of thousands of pounds of meat. >>> here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ >>> an unusual piece of debris washed ashore on a california beach. a world war ii navy practice bomb. it was found on a be

avery, saying he made at least half a dozen purchases of gasoline and fuel containers after driving to rochester and then rent ing a su at the airport, later running to the kodak center and a crowd coming out of a concert. >> he sped up, crossed over into the incoming lane of traffic and appears to have been intentionally driving forward the pedestrian crossing. >> reporter: he struck a ride share vehicle with a force that pushed both suvs into people, injuring nine pedestrians and killing two passengers in the ride share josh orr and justina hughes, whose families say were best friends. this from rochester's mayor. >> i have been getting inundated with questions as to why this individual would choose, number one, rochester, new york, and why he would appear to target concert-goers. those are all questions that have been raised and things that we just don't have answers to yet. >> reporter: as investigators comb through avery's belongings, the fbi is underscoring. >> so far we've uncovered no evidence of ideology and no nexus to terrorism >> reporter: while there's no clear motive r

they identified this man, 35-year-old michael avery, as the driver of a large suv filled with gas cans that barreled into a crowd of people leaving a concert, and they said he did it on purpose. >> avery sped up, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic, and appears to have intentionally been driving towards the pedestrian crossing. nine pedestrians were hurt, but many more could have been had the suv not collided with a smaller rideshare vehicle pulling out of the parking lot, killing two passengers. identified tonight as 29-year-old joshua orr and 28-year-old justina hughes. you believe he sped up or sped toward the crosswalk and the pedestrians? >> yes. you can clearly see that. >> reporter: it was intentional. and it was days in the making. police said avery came to rochester from syracuse, checking into a hotel december 27th. police have now searched his room. two days later, he left his car at the airport and rented the large suv. the day after that, he went around buying gas cans and filling them up. at least a dozen were found in and around the charred wreckage. >> the smell o

. >> investigators now identifying 35-year-old michael avery, saying he made at least half a dozen purchases of gasoline and fuel containers after driving to rochester and then renting an suv at the airport. later heading to reach the kodak center and the crowd come out of a concert. >> avery sped up, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic. it appears to have intentionally been driving toward the pedestrian crossing. >> reporter: avery then struck a ride share vehicle that had been pulling out with a force that pushed both suvs into people, injuring nine pedestrians and killing two passengers in the ride share, josh orr and christina hughes, whose family say were best friends. this tonight from rochester's mayor. >> i have been getting inundated with questions as to why this individual would choose, number one, rochester, new york, and why he would appear to target concertgoers. those are all questions that have been raised and things that we just don't have answers to yet. >> reporter: as investigators comb through avery's belongings, the fbi is underscoring. >> so far we have uncovered

investigators say 35-year-old michael avery had traveled to the area from syracuse late last month, whererented birthday hotel room and a ford exhibition. >> avery made at least half a dozen purchases of gasoline and gas containers, from different locations. avery sped up , and appears to have been intentionally driving towards the pedestrian crossing. at the same time, a rideshare vehicle was pulling out of the parking lot, and was struck by avery's vehicle. >> two people in that rideshare were killed, nine others were hurt, and avery died last night. police are still not clear on his motives but he say he may have been suffering from undiagnosed mental health problems. >>> here is something you don't really see every day in santa cruz county, the bomb squad had to be called out to the beach after an old bomb washed up and heavy surf. it turns out the dunes on new year's eve are covered with debris, but the shape was unmistakable. once deemed safe, 18 from travis air force base came to take it away. >>> let's switch gears back to the weather. paul heggen is standing by, and paul, it is c

they identified this man, 35-year-old michael avery, as the driver of a large suv filled with gas cans that barreled into a crowd of people leaving a concert, and they said he did it on purpose. >> avery sped up, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic, and appears to have intentionally been driving towards the pedestrian crossing. >> reporter: nine pedestrians were hurt, but many more could have been, had the suv not collided with a smaller rideshare vehicle pulling out of the parking lot, killing two passengers, identified tonight as 29-year-old joshua orr and 28-year-old justina hughes. you believe he sped up or sped toward the crosswalk and the pedestrians? >> yes. you can clearly see that. >> reporter: it was intentional. and it was days in the making. police said avery came to rochester from syracuse, checking into a hotel december 27th. police have now searched his room. two days later, he left his car at the airport and rented the large suv. the day after that, he went around buying gas cans and filling them up. at least a dozen were found in and around the charred wreckage.

that's when police say 35-year-old michael avery driving a rented suv packed with gas canisters drove towards a pedestrian crossing, collided with a rideshare vehicle killing the passengers inside. avery also died later at the hospital. >> investigators are still combing through evidence recovered from his vehicle, but nothing thus far have been recovered to provide any additional insight into why this occurred. >> reporter: what investigators do know is that every traveled in his own car from syracuse to rochester on or around december 27th and checked into a nearby hotel. on december 29th, police say that every picked up a rental car, and on december 30th, images like this one show that he was alone when he bought gas canisters and filled them. >> it's a very highly organized structured plan of attack by this person for whatever reason. the only question for investigators at this point is why did he do it? and was anyone else involved? >> reporter: to help answer those questions, authorities with a joint terrorism task force and fbi executing search warrants at various locations. >>

his name is michael avery and he has since died from the injuries in the collision last night at the hospital. we know that he superis from th syracuse area, and drove down to rochester on the 27th and checked into a hotel. two days later, the authorities in press conference said that he went around and bought several gas canisters and gas and rented an suv. it is the rental zu suv that he used to plow through the crowd. and this is what appeared to be a preplanned thing that he put into motion that day. what we have learned is that two people were killed when that suv collided with another car that is a ride share car that tried to get two people out of the concert, and two people were killed in that car. so a lot of questions still unclear here as to the motive of what the intent of this avery person was. obviously, this investigation is still on goring, and the authorities according to the sources have talked to the family members and trying to pinpoint what happened, and our understanding is that the family was sort of hinting at the fact that he might have been suffering from th

this is the driver who died after the crash. 35-year-old michael avery of syracuse, new york. investigators tell us he was in the area for a couple days, you can see him buying the gas cans, stopping at stores in town to buy them, several were in the car at the time of the crash leading to a large fire and havoc. no suicide note but the family giving some clues. listen. >> the conversations we have had with his family so far leads us to believe that avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues. >> right now the community is left with more questions than answers here, wondering why the suspect traveled more than an hour to rochester and why he chose this specific concert venue. so more information we'll bring it to you. >> gillian: alexis mcadams, thank you. >> john: this was a dramatic happening earlier today, flames engulf a plane carrying hundreds at a tokyo runway, a collision leaves at least five dead. who investigations believed happened to cause that. >> gillian: and some old problems are plaguing the president in the polls. why some of th

a source tell us michael avery is from the syracuse, new york, area and staying in rochester a source saying that they found a suicide note and a journal in a hotel room where he was actually staying. so those items coupled with the fact that there were gas cans at the scene of this crash along with the fact that this car is plowing through a crowd of people outside a busy area and also the fact that source says that investigators have spoken to off are you's family member. put that together and that's why authorities can say this is an investigation involving domestic terrorism. whether or not it is domestic terrorism early in the investigation. but this is the questions it that they are asking as they sort of comb through the profile of this person. let's back up just a little bit and explain exactly what happened though. this was really only an hour into the new year's day in rochester right outside the kodak center, a facility having a new year's eve event. about 1,000 people attended this event. as they were leaving even one witness said they could smell gasoline in the air. auth

the suspect has been identified as michael avery from syracuse, avery allegedly left a suicide note and a journal in his hotel room the new poll says president biden is losing his democratic base that helped elect him in 2020. the usa today suffolk university poll shows him losing the support of black, latino and young voters. overall, the president trails former president donald trump. 37 to 39% in the 2024 presidential race. mister trump is likely the gop nominee. 17% say they would support a third-party candidate. and trump now leads president biden among young voters. 37 to 33%. young voters overwhelmingly backed biden in 2020. this poll has a margin of error of plus or -3 percentage points. russia's war against ukraine is escalating now to new heights as the conflict is approaching the two-year mark moscow. officials vowed the 2024 will see an escalation of fighting across the region. russian president vladimir putin launched a record number of drones across ukraine on new year's day saying the bombardments for retaliation after ukraine blast to the russian city of belhorod on satu

avery reportedly left a suicide note in journal in his hotel room. enforcement officers managed to stop a potential disaster at the rose parade yesterday. a woman attempted to ram her car through a steel barrier at the intersection of colorado boulevard and chester avenue. this is about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. the barricades did their job, though, preventing the woman from plowing into a group of spectators. 2 off-duty officers who witnessed the incident jumped into action to arrest the woman on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. she has been identified as 21 year-old nicole kennedy of pasadena and pasadena. police say the woman was suffering from a mental health issue. elon musk is throwing some shade at a local rock band green day for altering one of their lyrics to slam former president donald trump. a new year's eve there. rock trio performed their hit song. american idiot. the bain, the band change the line. i'm not part of a redneck agenda, too. i'm not a part of the maga agenda. the switch ended up going viral on social media and