good morning everyone. so grateful to have your company one hour earlier than usual for us. we want to welcome the viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. starting with the news out of new york. police with sniffer dogs are searching for explosive devices after a blast. it ripped through a neighborhood in chelsea. that's the community. injuring dozens of people. the force of the explosion blew up windows and forced glass and pieces of metal flying in all directions. sending terrified people running. you see in the cell phone video, surveillance video we'll be

showing all morning. it could be heard several blocks away. >> officials say it happened in or near a dumpster. a second device which looks to be a pressure cooker with wiring was found locked away. that's being analyzed at the moment. new york mayor, bill de blasio says the explosive, was quote an intentional act. investigators are analyzing security footage that may possibly show a person near that explosion. we do know they're examining that carefully at this hour. >> cnn is covering this from all angles. jessica schneider at the scene of the blast there in new york. >> we're also outside the hospital where the victims were taken as well. >> let's start with jessica outside where this happened about 8:30 saturday night. give us an idea of the situation behind it, that there's an area

cordoned off. how much of the area is still shut down? >> victor, there's a big area shut down right now. about 20 blocks of cross streets are shut down. we're on 23rd street. this explosion happened just down the block here near the intersection of 6th avenue. in the past few minutes, in fact, i've seen the teams of police officers. their scouring these streets with flashlights, with police dogs. they're working to ensure that this area is safe. mayor de blasio is speaking overnight saying this was an intentional act. saying that this explosion that happened down the street, no terror connection as of yet. >> the huge explosion. i saw the back window of an suv pop out, like all the glass went into the street. my wife and i looked at each other and ran up sixth avenue. >> new york city on high alert after an explosion rips through manhattan. surveillance video obtained by msnbc captures the chaos. >> i felt like a lightning bolt

struck the building. it like shook the ground and everyone ran out of the restaurant in the street. the whole city was in the streets. >> we believe at this point in time, this was an intentional act. >> the explosion happened around 8:30 p.m. in the chelsea neighborhood. it was in or near a dumpster according to a law enforcement source. dozens of people were injured. >> someone to -- >> we do have video and we see the explosion. we're going to use that to help us in our investigation. >> several hours later, police cleared a suspicious package away from the explosion site, about four blocks. they warned to stay away from windows and reporters had to move as well. >> officials say a second device appears to be a pressure cooker with wires and april cell phone attached and a piece of paper with some writing. police confirm the device is removed by the bomb squad for investigation. >> because it was not detonated, there might be fingerprints,

there might be proof of purchase or other things that can lead the investigation. >> reporter: and the count is now 29 people injured in in explosion. no one was killed. in terms of the investigation, police forces tell us that they have obtained surveillance video of this block, 23rd street and identified someone who is a person of interest. so they're looking at that, looking at other surveillance video and police have also taken to twitter to plead to anyone with information to come forward. victor and christi. >> jessica schneider near the blast. 29 people injured. two dozen were taken to hospitals across new york. >> some of the first people to get to the hospitals, the bystanders and of course, who ran to help. we want to warn you. i don't want you to be caught off guard. the video could be disturbing for some of you to watch here.

>> come with me. come with me. come with me. i'm holding you, don't worry. you're okay. nothing is going to happen. nothing is going to happen to you. come on. there's an ambulance right here. i got you. i got you. you don't have hardly nothing. >> right here. >> i heard explosion and i fell. >> stick her inside. >> it's okay. you're okay. >> you're okay. >> we don't know where our friend is. >> one second, ladies. >> that was a bomb. you heard? >> she's hurt. >> our friend is -- >> you have minor injuries. >> i know.

[ inaudible ] >> my goodness. >> you could see the metal in the woman's arm. it gives you an idea of the types of injuries we learned from the nypd and the fire department there in new york that there were no serious injuries, except for one person with puncture wounds. but a lot of the pieces of metal and glass that flew everywhere. >> right. it was debris primarily causing so much of the injuries. so many of the injuries on these people. you can imagine for them how confusing it is. they don't know what happened really. you're walking down the street, suddenly there's an explosion. not only are they dealing with the fact they're injured and they don't know what's happening. they don't know. when you're in a car crash, you know you're in a car crash. when somebody attacks you, you know somebody attacks you. this you can imagine how the confusion is adding to some --

i'm sure their emotions. you can see how the glass and the metal tore through the air and what it did. the source of the blast itself was enough to affect those nearby. watch. >> it was a huge explosion. i saw the back window of an suv pop out. all the glass went into the street. my wife and i looked at each other and ran up sixth avenue. >> new york city on high alert after an explosion rips through man hants. surveillance video obtained by msnbc captures -- >> all right. that's part of a story. you heard from the man thrown off of his feet as glass and pieces of metal as we said went flying. we have with us now from new york, christina a lesh i who is keeping up with the injuries and those sent to the hospitals. 24 of the 29 were sent to hospitals. do we have an update on how many are still there and the severity

of those injuries? >> we don't have nn update as to how many are actually still being treated. but just to give you context here, victor, 23rd street is a very busy street. especially on a saturday night in new york city. it's not exactly a tourist destination. but it is a residential neighborhood and people come in, go to bars and restaurants. if you were in the vicinity and close to the blast, it is likely that those pieces of metal or glass may have caused injuries. in fact, we caught up with one victim who was very shaken. he was actually driving and lost control of his vehicle. take a listen. >> i was driving a car and next thing you know, i felt an explosion and the car just tilted over halfway and came back down. what happened was i just blacked out. the next thing you know i'm in the ambulance. little traumatized. just thought about that i was close to not actually seeing my

son again. that was the scariest part of the night. >> what kind of injuries do you have? you're on crutches i see. >> sprain and a little head injury. and a knee somewhat. i got to go back for more treatment for the knee, see how bad it is. >> what about your car, was it damaged? >> the whole left side. glass broke out and everything. >> i see you're also pregnant. what about your injuries? >> the baby is fine. everything is fine with the baby. mild concussion i have. that's about it. >> so this clearly the car in bad shape. thankfully there's two people seem to be okay. i'm outside of bellevue right now. it's a level one trauma center. it's actually the place where when things like this happen, victims come here for treatment, especially in lower manhattan. we're waiting to see who comes out. so far it's been quiet. we've heard from the hospital

officials earlier this morning who said about nine people were being treated here. unclear if they're still inside. victor. >> christina alesi. multiple stabs at a minnesota mall. police were forced to kill a man armed with a knife after he went on a rampage. this happened at crossroads mall in st. paul, about an hour outside minneapolis. >> the attacker was dressed in a security uniform when he stabbed eight people last night. most of the people are okay. but one is still in the hospital this morning. an off-duty officer at the mall shot and killed that assailant. the man made reference to allah and asked at least one person if he or she was muslim. the mall will be closed today as police continue their investigation to find out what led to that attack. authorities in new york with some major breaking stories this morning, examining evidence, including surveillance video

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new york, we're with you this morning as you wake up to some news. i know it can be really -- can really shake you up here. dozens of people wounded after a blast rips through the chelsea neighborhood. take a look at the video here. investigators are analyzing additional footage from the scene. they're trying to find out if a person seen in it can be connected to the explosion. >> that was the explosion on 23rd. there was a second device with wires sticking out of it found on 27th. it was taken away, disarmed by police. first responders took some panic stricken and bloody victims to the hospital. right now police are trying to make sure that no other devices

are in the area. let's bring in law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. tom, good morning to you. i want to put up the picture tweeted out by the chief of counterterrorism for new york's police department. it shows the dumpster in which we believe this device was placed. you can see it's kind of mangled. we know that there were reports from hoboken, across the hudson in new jersey, they heard the explosion. when you see this type of damage, you hear about the size and the type of damage it's done and the injuries, what does that say to you about this device? do you rule in or out certain components? >> well, victor when they ruled out that it was gas explosion or some other natural type explosion like that, then what else can it be but some type of explosive device which they say was caused by a person.

to me, it tells me that it was a rather large explosive device that someone built and someone detonated and cause the injury of dozens of people. so i think it shows me it's a deliberate act and indicates an act of terrorism. whether it's domestic or international, we don't know. but it certainly would have the appearance that someone has made an attempt to kill people on purpose. >> all right. we know that this is a broad scoped investigation now. searching with dogs and robots. give us an idea having been on the scene what is happening there now. they're using robots. what type of robots would they employ? >> they called for a bomb disposal robot last night for the second device that was located. we used that and they called for the containment vessel to either take it away or neutralize that

device. it indicates that it's some type of a device that they were fear tull and we later saw the pictures of the pressure cooker, it was capable of exploding. we don't know if anything is going to explode inside of it. it's just designed to cause fear. that's what terrorism does. it causes you fear making you believe something might happen even if it won't happen. like when someone calls in a bomb threat with passengers aboard. as far as the rest of the search, the fact that someone put an explosive device in a garbage can in new jersey yesterday and then this device that exploded near that dumpster in or near the dumpster, indicates that they're looking inside of every trash container, box, any other place that a device like that could be placed on a sidewalk, on the street, in an alleyway somewhere. of course, it's still dark in

new york city. so it's still difficult to search for devices. >> tom fuentes with us all morning. thanks so much. >> thank you. mayor bill de blasio says the explosion was an intentional act. however, he says that so far there's no evidence that there's a connection to terrorism. >> but he is urging the city to be on alert. trying to keep everybody calm. he spoke overnight in a news conference. here it is. >> tonight new york city experienced a very serious incident. all elements of our first responders have been a part of the operation here. nypd, fdny, office of emergency management x fbi and others are working with us. all hands-on deck. injuries are significant. you'll hear from commissioner nigro on the details. at this point, we can confirm that none injured are likely to die. we also want to be up front

saying that there is no evidence at this point of a terror connection to this incident. this is preliminary investigation. it's something we will be investigating carefully. but there's no evidence at this point of a terror connection. i also want to affirm that based on what we know at this hour, there's no specific connection to the incident in new jersey. too early for anything definitive on those questions at this point. i want to say more broadly, there is no specific and credible threat against new york city at this point in time from any terror organization. so as of -- after we analyze what happened here, we have no credible and specific threat at this moment. but we do want to be very clear, the early indications, the initial indications is that this was an intentional act. we'll have a lot more to say in

the coming hours as we have more detailed analysis. but we believe at this point in time this was app intentional act. i want to assure all new yorkers that the nypd and all other agencies are in full alert and that our anti-terror capacity, in particular is at full alert and our critical response command and other key units, response groups, emergency services unit all are on alert and dealing with this situation and being vigilant all over the city at this point in time. we have in this city the most advanced anti-terror capacity of any city in this country and obviously the large he's police force of any city in country ready to ensure our safety. now i want to be clear, whatever the cause, whatever the incompetent tension here, new yorkers will not be intimidated. we won't let anyone change who we are or how we go about our lives. we have the best police force in

the country and a number of other key agencies, the fdny, oem, et cetera making sure we're safe. we're, of course, tracing every lead and every potential. it's too early to give you any details of the investigation because it has just begun over the last few hours. i want to say up front, we're not going to go into a lot of detail so far in the investigation. that will take more hours before we can give you more. we want to urge all new yorkers, anyone who may have information related to this incident, anyone who is an eyewitness, anyone who may have video, the nypd needs that. reach out immediately if you have any information that we can use. call 800-577-tips. 1-800-577-tips if you have any pertinent information. finally, a second site as we speak is being treated by nypd.

it is 27th street between 6th and 7th avenues. there's an investigation under way. a substantial nypd presence on that street. that street has been cleared as this investigation continues. >> of course, we'll bring you more on the breaking news of that explosion in new york late saturday. we have our reporters there on the investigation and those victims taken to local hospitals. we have our law enforcement and counter terror analyst who will be with us all morning. stay with us for the latest on the breaking news. >> there's breaking news international as well. russia called a special u.n. security council meeting overnight. here's what the u.s. ambassador had to say about that. >> seriously? they're calling this emergency meeting? really? >> the response to that, things seem to be getting a bit dicey

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our teams are working to get the latest. they're analyzing an explosion sif device and think more about a massive explosion that went through the chelsea nabtd. >> you see the video there. dozens of people were injured and police and dogs are searching an area after a bomb went off next a dumpster. a pressure cooker how it was described was removed about four

blocks a quay. new york mayor bill de blasio says the explosion, quote, was an intentional act. they're not, however, connecting it to terrorism as we are in the early stages of the investigation here. just to be clear. >> we'll get back to this story. the united states expressing regret over an air strike that killed at least 80 syrian government forces. u.s. special command says they thought they were hitting isis targets. russia called an emergency meeting and u.s. ambassador samantha power was not pleased. >> imagine how often this council would be meeting if we were to gather every time the regime or russia struck a hospital. or a school. or a bread line. >> here's richard roth, cnn united nations correspondent. >> a fierce and bitter war of words between the u.s. and russia saturday night at u.n.

headquarters in new york. russia had called for an emergency security council meeting. u.s. ambassador samantha power before she went into the session said the u.s. regrets the loss of life syrian soldiers hit by a u.s. air strike but then blasted them. >> this said, even by russia's standards, tonight's stunt, a stunt replete with moralism and grandstanding, is uniquely cynical and hypocritical. >> samantha power spoke while the russian ambassador was briefing the security council in close consultation. quickly the russian ambassador came to meet the media outraged at what he had heard. >> all my years in the united nations, that's over ten years and all my years in international life, i have never seen -- which is over 40 years, i've never seen such an

extraordinary display of american heavy handedness as we're witnessing today. as i was talking in the security council, sharing our analysis and frustration over the situation of seer yarks ambassador power chose to talk to you. >> diplomats inside the meeting said the real show was outside before the cameras. both the u.s. and russian envoys seemed to indicate an interest in keeping the american pause agreement in place. there are bruised tensions. >> why are we having this meeting tonight? it's a diversion from what is happening on the ground in syria. >> frankly, i don't know what the next step is going to be or what the next move we can expect. unfortunately, from what i heard ambassador power say as she walked into the room, this is not a good omen. >> he's quarreled with other u.s. ambassadors, although this appeared to be edgy.

the national debate begins monday and syria is a major topic. richard roth, cnn news. this is quote american heavy handedness. we want to go to russia and get the response. going to international correspondent matthew chance who is live from moscow. matthew, as we listen to this back and forth, the tone we're getting, particularly from samantha power different. she's usually very measured. she's very keen to what's happening and she seemed particularly frustrated or exasperated. how is moscow and the people there in russia, how are they responding and reacting to what's happened? >> reporter: yeah. i think samantha power has been outspoken as she should be. an outspoken defender of the u.s. efforts. she's often criticized publicly, the russians as well precisely

on this -- more of what we've heard before from her. there's been an angry response, first of all, in russia to the attacks that took place in the first place. the russians confirming 62 russian -- syrian soldiers killed and about 100 injured. as we've been hearing from the syrians, the death toll is likely much higher than that. one of the problems is that syrian troops were fighting isis in the area there in eastern syria when this attack took place. and as though it led the russians to make sh claim to the foreign ministry that the white house appears to be defending isis. that thought rejected by samantha power at the united nations security council meeting last night. another line coming out of the russian defense ministry. if this was an error as the united states says that it was, it was an error due to the

reluctance on the part of the united states to coordinate this military action on the ground with russia. so the russians are criticizing, obviously, the u.s. action in this instance which ever way. >> okay. so let's talk about that. you're right, russia blamed the u.s. for not coordinating with them on air strikes. there was a statement from u.s. central command that said coalition did confer with russian military. they broadly describe geographic areas to them but did not give a precise location. matthew, we've run out of time. i'm going to get back to you on that question in a little bit later in the show. i'm wondering about that protocol. if that is normal protocol on situations like this and situations so unstable as russia and syria. matthew chance, we appreciate your time in moscow. >> we'll get back to matthew. we're getting more in on the investigation in new york into in explosion late saturday. the discovery of a suspicious device. a pressure cooker with wires out of it. we have our reporters there and

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great to have you as company on a sunday. welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world this morning. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. right now the people in new york are waking up to news of a blast that ripped through the chelsea neighborhood. dozens of people were injured, taken to hospitals. this morning, investigators are analyzing additional video footage from the scene. they're trying to figure out if a person seen in the surveillance video there could be connected to the explosion. >> we know first responders

brought some panic and bloody victims to the hospital. at the moment, police are trying to make sure that there are no other devices in the area. new york mayor bill de blasio is calling this an intentional act. though he is saying that there is no connection to terrorism that they can tell in the early stages of this investigation. now, investigators, as we said, on the scene of this explosion as they try to dw decipher any other evidence out there. >> let's bring in jessica schneider who is near the scene. jessica, this is still an active scene. what type of activity are you seeing? >> reporter: well, victor and christi, this investigation going on more than eight hours. the explosion happening just behind me. i'm on 23rd street. the explosion happening down the intersection of sixth avenue. to give you an example of the enormity of the concern out here, about 20 blocks of cross streets are shut down by the nypd ranging from 34th street to

14th street. what i've seen out here in the past few hours, teams of police officers who are scouring the streets here, they're with flashlights and also canines, trying to ensure that this area is safe. there was also a scare in another location. they were worried that there was a suspicious device. that turned out to be garbage that people were concerned about. but the explosion that happened here on 23rd street, there was also that device just a few blocks away from here. it turned out to be a pressure cooker with wires coming out of the top and also some -- a note with writing on it that the bomb squad is investigating. they've taken that from the scene. a lot of concern out here. the enormity of the police presence spanning about 20 blocks as they continue to work to determine exactly how this happened and who might be responsible. victor and christi. >> jessica schneider for us near the scene of that explosion. jessica, we'll get back to you in a moment. let's bring in law enforcement

analyst and former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. tom, good to have you back. we discussed at the top of this show, the explosion earlier in the day in seaside park in new jersey. several miles away. now the mayor there in new york says there's no connection between what happened in chelsea and what happened in seaside park. but people, i'm sure, have a difficult time accepting that this is a coincidence, that there are two explosions in trash receptacles close to one another. are the police velinvestigating this as a coincidence -- >> of course they are. in determining information. whether it be information from an investigation. the same person takes credit for both and they can try to verify that. so far, no one has taken credit for any of this. the main reason would be if they can link the devices, show that

the construction of the devices was similar, the way they were wired, the way they were put together, the explosive material itself, what was used to detonate it. early indications are that they did not match. that we had a pipe bomb at the seaside new jersey location and some other type of mysterious event occurring near that dumpster in new york city. then, of course, we have the pressure cooker, an even different device that was found a couple blocks away. so, so far there's no indication that the events match. >> let me ask you this, tom, when we're talking about a wide swath. we know there are four blocks in between -- which doesn't seem like a lot, but when you look at all the areas cordoned off. when you're talking about a four-block area from the first scene of the explosion to the second place where the device is found and surveillance video. how much surveillance video might they be able to obtain and how long will it take to go through it when you're talking

about four blocks? >> the difficulty, christi is, that it's a dark area. it's not completely lit up like times square might be. so it is possible that there are cameras that might not have enough information on them. in other words, it would look like shadows walk around instead of detailed description of an individual that they could get from it. apparently, one of the videos appears to show somebody, but, again, the fact that it was after dark and that many of these cameras are not real sensitive to low light situations may make it a lot more difficult. the boston marathon bombing, it occurred in broad daylight, in downtown, thousands of cameras. that the fbi and the police were able to go through later to try to get a description of the individuals placing the bombs. we may not have that level of information in this situation. >> tom, you bring up the boston bombing back in 2013.

i think that's the last time that many people heard of these pressure keerks being used possibly as bombs. again, i should say what was found on 27th has not been confirmed as a bomb yet. that there were any explosives there. it could be a hoax ar something else. but we learned back in 2013 that these components can quickly be traced back to their origin, where they were purchased. walk us through some of the ways that investigators likely now that they have this device will be able to determine where it was purchased, who purchased it and possibly who is responsible? >> the cooker itself in is in one piece. they can determine whether that would have been sold and if there's any identification numbers on it or if there are fingerprints on the outside or one of the components, that's one aspect. if there's some type of explosive material inside, that might indication an individual or group of individuals or

internet postings calling for the use of that particular material. the way it detonated would be somewhat identifiable. that won't be as easy to do and often cases the items may not be able to be traced because they're so commonly available. >> every part of the pressure cooker bomb looks like what could be purchased at a home supply store or alliance store. whether it's the cooker itself, the wires, the masking tape or electric tape used to bind it all together. the wires. all of those things that are commonly available may not have individual characteristics that can identify them to a particular manufacturer or retail outlet where the individual could purchase the components. >> tom, mayor bill de blasio social security han very clear they're not kpeconnecting this terrorism. especially in the early stages, in the first few hours here.

i'm wondering what elements need to be present to characterize it as terrorism and what do you think of it at this point? would you lean towards that or no? >> i absolutely would. the mayor made the comment that because no credible threats were received prior to the events therefore, it can't be terrorism or are not going to rule it terrorism. when you have a device that explodes and a secondary device that didn't come from the store with masking tape and cell phone wires wrapped around it, when you have a situation like that, someone is deliberately trying to carry out these acts and the fact that they injured so many people with one of the device, it meets all of the hallmark definitions. i've run two join terrorism -- this was an act of terrorism, whether the mayor politically doesn't want to say it maybe because he's going to host the when the united nations opens up the fall session. for him to say because there

weren't threats received. we didn't have threats in advance of san bernardino or the orlando attacks. but it was pretty clear, pretty quickly, that they were acts of terrorism. i don't know what the mayor is waiting on. but hauf officials i think would readily see that it is. the fact that the police commissioner didn't say it, you know, that depends on his relationship and position with the mayor. but this has all of the indications that the terrorist act because it was deliberate. >> you're right. i just wanted your input on that. to be clear, you are absolutely right, they are not classifying this as terrorism at this moment but the timing is interesting. one week ago today we were talking about the 15th anniversary of september 11th. we have the u.n. general assembly opening up tomorrow. there are certainly questions that i'm sure in the next -- in the next few hours will be answered. tom, i'm sorry. we've run out of time right now. we're going to get back to you and talk more about that in just a little bit.

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good morning. police are trying to find answers as to what caused an explosion that injured dozens of people in a busy chelsea neighborhood in new york. you saw that moment of the blast from inside the orange fitness there in chelsea. you're looking toward the front door there. the glass there shattered. you see the debris. people running outside. we want to warn you, though, we have more individuvideo to show. this one is pretty graphic disturbing. it may not be suitable for everyone. >> okay. these are first responders who are talking here to people. as you can see, who have blood on them. some of these victims seem to be stunned a little numb, confused about what just happened. one witness said the blast felt

like a lightning bolt struck the building. new york city mayor bill de blasio is classifying this as, quote, an intentional act but added, quote, there's no significant threat against new york city from any terror organization. we should point out on the campaign trail, both donald trump and hillary clinton are reacting to the news overnight here. trump was quick to call it a bomb. making the remarks at a rally. he spoke nearly two hours before new york officials publicly confirmed any details. >> i got off the plane, a bomb went off in new york and nobody knows exactly what's going on. but we're living in a time, we better get very tough, folks. we better get very, very tough. we'll find out. it's a terrible thing that's going on in our world and in our country. we are going to get tough and smart and vigilant. >> hillary clinton spoke to

reporters hours later, also calling the explosion a bomb. she said she spoke to new york city officials, but wanted to wait for more facts before she made any -- >> it's important to know the facts about any incident like this. that's why it's critical to support first responders, the investigators who are looking into it trying to determine what did happen. i think it's always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions because we are just in the beginning stages of trying to determine what happened. >> the white house confirms that president obama received a briefing about the explosion and the investigation. we'll bring you the official statement from the white house as soon as we get it and more from new york in just a moment. before that briefing, president obama spoke at the congressional black caucus foundation gala

giving a passionate speech about the upcoming election and his legacy. cnn's jeff zeleny has more for us to morning. >> president obama delivering a rally cry during a speech saturday night in washington. some of the strongest language he's used yet. acknowledging he's not on the ballot but his legacy is. he delivered a blistering attack against donald trump and said it would be a personal insult to his legacy if donald trump was elected. >> my name may not be on the ballot but tolerance is on the ballot, democracy is on the ballot. after we have achieved historic turnout in 2008 and 2012, especially in the african-american community, i will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. you want to give me a good

sendoff, go vote. >> the president has often criticized donald trump but not in these strong of terms. he also said that trump is simply wrong about the history of the country. he talked about his birth certificate, but he also talked about more and said that black voters in particular need to rally to hillary clinton's side. now for her part, hillary clinton also on stage at that congressional black caucus foundation dinner. she came to the president's aid talking about his birth certificate. >> even when hateful nonsense is thrown their way, barack, michelle, their two beautiful daughters have represented our country with class, grace and integrity. mr. president, not only do we know you are an american, you're a great american. >> president obama and hillary clinton talked backstage.

there's no question that he is going to be one of the biggest components in her final election strategy here in the next 50 days. he made that case clear to black voters and he's going to go across the country campaigning for the month of october. jeff zeleny, cnn, washington. all right. want to get with the surveillance video here capturing the very moment that an explosion went off in manhattan. look at that. police, as we speak here, trying to piece together the evidence that they have, trying to pinpoint the bomber in this particular situation. you see the people there outside that orange theory as they try to get to safety. details from police and eyewitness accounts for you coming up next. ♪

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this morning new york understandably on edge after a blast rocked the chelsea neighborhood. they're trying to determine if a person seen in that video is the person who's responsible for the explosion. >> let's talk about the explosion and what witnesses felt from it. we spoke with chris duffy from connecticut, he's an emt. he tells us what he saw, what he heard. take a listen. >> i was on 7th walking towards 23rd and heard a very loud explosion. the explosion sound probably lasted for, i don't know, three to five seconds. it was the loudest thick i ever heard. i actually jumped. i didn't see the explosion. initially i thought this can't be real. fireworks, something, i didn't

know what it was. i saw a lot of people look over. i walked up 23rd and there was a cloud of i guess it was smoke coming toward me. some people were running away. i walked away for a split second. i thought, i don't have any of my gear or something. then i that you, geez, somebody could be hurt. let me go up there. immediately the police were on scene. credit to them and fdny. i started to get closer. i couldn't get close enough to see where the explosion was. i could not smell gas. the cloud that i walked through smelled like something had burst, a fire, smoke smell. >> that's just part of what some of the witnesses are saying. others are saying it felt like a lightning bolt struck the building, struck the ground. everyone ran into the restaurant. fortunately getting a lot of information from the folks there. we're still grateful you're with us