department s.w.a.t. team approached the vehicle, the suspect detonated a bomb inside the vehicle, knocking one of our s.w.a.t. officers back and one of our s.w.a.t. officers fired at the suspect as well. the suspect is deceased and has significant injuries from a blast that occurred from detonating a bomb from inside his vehicle. we cannot name the suspect at this time because he has not been positively identified yet by the medical examiner, and next of kin have not yet been notified. so there will be a lengthy investigation that will take place regarding the officer-involved shooting. the investigation will be conducted by the austin police department's internal affairs unit with the austin police monitor participating as well for a review of compliance with departmental policy. there will be a concurrent criminal investigation that will

take place by the texas rangers of the incident that occurred here don't. tonight. again, this is the culmination of three very long weeks for our community. and throughout these weeks we've talked about the importance of remaining vigilant and looking out for each other. i want to continue that message as we stand here this morning, though, because we don't know where this suspect has spent his last 24 hours and therefore we still need to remain vigilant to ensure that no other packages or devices have been left in the community. so as we go through the day today, we want the community to remain vigilant. but i also want to look at where we are now in round rock and remind our neighboring communities of round rock, cedar park and the other cities that we do not know where he has been in the past 24 hours and we need your communities to remain

vigilant as well. again, if you see something that looks suspicious, if you see something that's out of place, if you see something that gives you concern, call 911 and let us know so we don't experience any more tragedies in our communities because we have had far too many over the past three weeks. i, again, want to thank the tremendous support is and participation that we have had from our federal partners. and since this is still an ongoing investigation, we are not going to release a lot of the specific details that led to the incidents that occurred tonight. we did have one officer who was injured when that bomb detonated as he approached the vehicle, suffering minor injuries. and then we had one officer, as i mentioned early, that fired his weapon at the suspect. that officer has been with the austin police department for 11 years. and, again, as a member of our s.w.a.t. team, as standard

practice, he will be placed on administrative duty while we conduct the necessary investigations into what happened here. i'm not going to turn it over for comments to the special agent of the atf. >> thank you. the unprecedented level of cooperation of partnership of the law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal level allow each of our agencies to bring a different skill set to bear and identify the subject. and fortunately tonight we were able to bring this part of the investigation to a close. i also want to thank the public who continue to support us and cooperate with us and continue to send in tips. as the chief said, we want them to continue to be vigilant. we are concerned that there still may be other devices out there. we want to make sure if people see suspicious packages or bags, they continue to call 911, report that to the police so we

can respond and deal with those packages. thank you. >> i would like to say today is a great day for law enforcement. i would like to thank the partners. chief manley did an unbelievable job. the federal government brought full resources here to solve this and to stop the injuring and the killing that was occurring. as the chief said, we're not done yet. sit a long day ahead. we are concerned there may be other packages still out there. he we need the public to remain vigilant especially today as we go through this investigation. we will be here as long as it takes with our partners to figure out exactly what happened, why it happened, and how it happened. and we're committed to staying here with the austin police department for as long as it takes to make sure we understand exactly what happened here. i would just like to say this is

what law enforcement does every day in this country. the brave men and women of the austin police department put their lives on the line tonight to stop this man from setting off bombs. as chief said, one of the officers was hurt as he approached the suspect as he detonated a second device. that's what they do every day in this country. they put their lives on the line for all of taos make sure we are all safe. i would like to commend the chief and his brave men and women for approaching the vehicle and stopping this man from hurting anyone else. >> i understand that the investigation is continuing and everyone still is urged to be vigilant and look for things that are out of place. with that said, gentlemen, on behalf of an incredibly faithful community, i just want to say thank you. if you would pass that on to the

men and women that you work with. chief manley, to you and to your officers, to this literally army of both neighboring cities and state and federal agencies, thank you. >> and i'd just like to close with just really a thought for the families in our community who lost loved ones or who had loved ones seriously hurt in these incidents. our heart remains with you as you go through your healing process and your time of sorrow and we stand by you and with you in your time of need. with that, we will open it up for questions.

>> this investigation is still under way, so we cannot say this was an individual acting on their own. that's why this investigation will continue through the day or days coming. >> was he an austin resident? >> the individual involved in this incident was a 24-year-old white male. and we're not going to give out any information regarding his residence. as i said, this investigation is ongoing. we want to make sure we have confirmed that he either acted alone, or if there were any accomplices, that we identify them. >> does this individual date back to march 2nd? >> we believe that this individual is responsible for all incidents that have is taken place in austin starting march 2nd. those that have occurred since then as well.

>> there is an operation going on in schertz, texas, that warehouse, again, be wanting to make sure -- in addition to the fact that the bomb made it in the warehouse. so that's going to take a while for that one to be cleared. >> (inaudible). >> there were several leads that led us to this person. we had a lot of evidence that came to us via video sources as well as witnesses. >> was he on your radar prior to this? >> this was a subject that we had developed over the course of the investigation. but we became very interested in him the past couple of days. >> why? >> you know, that's the one

thing we don't have now is a motive behind this. we do not understand what motivated him to do what he did. and that will also be part of the continuing investigation as we try to learn more about him and to understand why he took the actions that he did. >> was he on his way to delivering other bombs? >> we don't know whether he was on his way to delivering another bomb. incident was obvious he had one with him. that's the one he detonated in the vehicle as we approached. >> let some ask you in regards to how the operations and the bombs evolved? it started off package bombs. it moved to trip wires. it moved to fedex. it doesn't saoeem like the same guy so why are you confident that this is the same guy? >> as we said all along, we didn't want to give out the

types of packaging the initial bombs were in because we knew there was the potential that he would change his methods. that is in fact, what occurred here. we believe all of these are related and he is responsible for these based on the similarities that we have seen in all the devices and in the evidence we're finding from those that did detonate. >> did he have military experience? >> the fedex packages, we're not going to identify who they were being mailed to, however, we have been in contact with them. >> was there any contact with the suspect before the device exploded don't? >> no. we had found him in the parking lot of a hotel in this neighborhood behind us, and we did not contact him. again, we wanted this to come to a peaceful resolution tonight. but we knew how dangerous this situation was given what he had done in our community leading up to don't. so we were waiting to get the

best assets in place with our tactical teams and ballistic vehicles to have the best chance possible to take him into custody. however, we were not afforded that opportunity when he started driving away. we could not let him get into the community. that's why we had an interaction behind. >> did he drive away because he saw police? any evidence of that? >> i don't know why he drove away. the officers that were there had been watching him for quite some time. so nothing had changed to where i believe he saw them. but that's something we will never know. >> what was his background? >> don't know what his background was. >> do you know what motivated him to this point? >> no. as stated earlier, we do not know the motive behind that. hopefully we will uncover some facts so we can try and understand, although this is something there is no rationale for, but we can try and

understand what his motive was. thank you very much 37. >> all right. we're monitoring a press conference with the sheriff down there in austin. here is the big headline. the authorities in texas believe that the man who had been detonating the serial bombings, terrorizing the city of austin for three weeks, is dead. austin police confirming the suspect killed himself exploding a device in his car. but there was a whole long series of events that went along, including a caution. they don't know if there were other packages before they made contact with this individual. they continue to tell tell people to give word if there are any packages. >> the subheadline is don't give up. be on the lookout for things. they don't really know where he's been or what he has been up to in the last 24 hours.

they are saying they don't know where he has been. the way they were able to track him down, this car they had been following, they tracked to the parking lot of a hotel. that's where they were watching is and hoping to make contact, have some some sort of a peaceful resolution in the words of police chief brian manley there. he is now dead after detonating that bomb. let's bring in cnn law enforcement analyst special agent james gagliano. you were listening to this along with us. he drove off. they don't know why. ultimately this is what led to him detonating a bomb on the side of the road. what stood out to you in what they reveal? >> sure, erica. and what an incredible two days of law enforcement. nineteen days of terror reminiscent of the d.c. sniper, three weeks in october of 2002. my takeaways. great investigative work by the

police, atf, if i can. as a former s.w.a.t. commander, here's my takeaway. when they identified the parking lot at the hotel in round rock, they then took a step back, put a perimeter around. and you came up with hasty plan in case he did anything, and built out a deliberate plan. they weren't given the opportunity to move to the deliberate plan, it would have involved vehicles with kevlar, a tactical team. once the suspect started to move, they had to interdict him. that's where the hasty plan ended up taking place. they want to not let him move into a residential area. >> they didn't suggest that he raced away. it seems like they followed him, stopped him. he detonated the device, which blew back one s.w.a.t. team member. we don't know the nature of his injuries. another member who was there fired a round into the vehicle. they are believing the explosion is what took him.

what's interesting is what they still don't know. was he acting alone? they still don't know. it seemed like the devices seemed to evolve. the sheriff seemed to push back on that like they are evolving to you in the media but we haven't told you everything. we see signs of connection with this man on all of them. is that uncommon? >> no. the first three devices on the east side, right? the ones where packages were dropped off on porches. number four, the trip wire was on the west side of austin. then you had the fedex explosion yesterday. south part of austin. then today the standoff, brief standoff and the shoot-out that took place in round rock. three parts of the bomb which makes this such a difficult situation of law enforce. and gives them the right to use deadly force when someone is in possession of a bomb first of all, is the overpressure. it crushes organs and causes --

it's the most lethal part of the bomb. second, fragmentation. and third, the thermal effect, the fires that could start out of that. police had to be cognizant. but they are trained to go to the sound of the guns and have to accept more risks than the rest of us. that's why they moved in and interdicted. >> lots get the sense of the reporting around this. we have ed laugh evandara and t reporter who broke the story of the bomber being gone. ed, we do know there was a question about surveillance video and whether or not an image of this man had been captured. were you able to get any sense whether keye, the surveillance they have, whether or not they have an image of this or not? >> reporter: that's our understanding. i think that was apparently coming from that dropoff center in south austin where the two packages were sent that were eventually found at the fedex

distribution centers, one in schertz, texas, the suburb north of san antonio, and the one in southeast austin near the airport. that would have been presumably the first time that investigators had gotten a look at that, at the particular suspect. really kind of probably begins to lay out the framework for being able to piece together the movements and the whereabouts of this particular subject. obviously the investigators here this morning not going into terribly too much detail approximate the timeline of all of that as transpired. i think it wasn't just the video surveillance but a great deal of information beginning to come together. perhaps tips from the public, people who had seen things, and evidence collected at the previous bombing sites and from the one detonated bomb in schertz, texas and the one that did not detonate at the southeast austin facility near the airport. so probably a combination of

evidence and information coming from a bunch of different places. it was enough for these officers and these teams to begin surveilling who they believe to be the suspect here. we got the sense that things were starting to change last night as we were reporting from the scene from the distribution center in southeast austin. investigators had gone radio silent. late last night, one of the last e-mails we had gotten saying they wouldn't answer any more questions because of operational needs. we started getting the sense that perhaps things were starting to change or perhaps there was a break in the case. that's ultimately what we have seen here this morning. >> i'm just wondering if they told you we could use that video, that this is the guy we're talking about. when we heard it was a 24-year-old white guy, they said that's the only information we're giving out.

we're not sure that matched that description. did they tell you, yeah, the guy in the surveillance, that's the guy we believe is our suspect? >> reporter: haven't gotten that. we're continue to go report on that. >> better to be safe. we don't want to put out an image that's not accurate. fair to say. >> and tony from the austin america "austin american-statesman". what do you have? >> we are touching base with with people in the community who are breathing a sigh of relief this morning. this don't, a relatively safe community for a major u.s. city has been on edge since all of this began unfolding. and this morning people are waking up to this news and just feeling a sense of relief. in recent days, as we have seen the activity of the suspect continue to really increase and

for it to -- for his criminal activity to rev up, people have grown more and more tpraoeupbtedded. people have grown more and more afraid. so, again, i think there's going to be a big sense of relief and a lot of appreciation, frankly, for law enforcement, who we know have been working around the clock in recent days trying to bring this to a resolution. >> that sigh of relief. also, we are hearing from the press conference from the fbi and local officials, that it is important to remain vigilant because there are questions about where the suspect was in the last 24 hours. tony, i know you also have been reporting and we have seen on your social media, part of what brought officials to this person was some of the tracking they did. not just perhaps that surveillance video but also different receipts. we know there were warrants issued related to google searches he may have made and cell phone activity. what do you know about that? >> it is a big combination of

all of those things. we know in recent days law enforcement has been going to different retail establishments in the city trying to determine whether or not they can identify someone who is purchasing materials they believe were used in these explosive devices. i'm told those efforts have paid off and were helpful in trying to identify the suspect through the use of those receipts. in more recent days, we have seen them using tkpwaog will searches. they were able to acquire an ip address from the suspect he's computer and get information from some of the sevens that he had apparently been doing. and closer to when this all came to a resolution overnight, they relied on cell phone technology to track this person as well. so really using a number of different strategies as they have gone about this

investigation. and law enforcement, you heard them in the briefing, also pointing out that witness interviews and tips from the community also have played a role in this investigation as well. >> good. tony, ed, stay with us for a second. let me ask how they are finding this man to concerns of who else could be there. surveillan surveillance video, the guy had gloves on. who is wearing gloves in texas? the idea of stay on your guard. we don't know who else he was working with, how real are those considerations? >> very real. are there other devices left around trip wire. those are victim-activated devices, meaning anybody, targets of opportunity, to engage them. very important. two things they are hyperfocused

on, making sure the bombs have been neutralized or found. then making sure they can establish the link analysis. how did they do that? bomb make or's signature. four components, a power supply, initiator, explosives themselves, and switches. you have to have them. each has a particular way of doing that. the seven devices, five we think are linked. two more, including one last night. the austin pd referred to it as benign incendiary device. it is combustible. it can start a fire. so it is really not benign. >> to pick up on something we have been talking about as we have gone through this, we talk about the explosive devices. so we knew from the beginning we were hearing they were looking at shopping records in various places. that's part of what came up. so there is enough left in these. we talked about this a lot.

what's left after this bomb explodes. there is enough left to tell what the common household products were and where they could have been purchased. >> right. post-blast analytics are so difficult. why? when the bomb goes off, it destroys most of the evidence. but we can trace through and piece these things together in blast analysis. the 1993, first world trade bombing. and then the bombing in oklahoma city. we began tracking large amounts of purchases that involve diesel fuel, fertilizer, rental on of trucks. these were rudimentary. i talked to a number of bomb text who said these are household items. difficult to track because they're in small amounts. >> it would help them wrap it up if they knew why. >> motive. absolutely. >> he wasn't a resident. he wasn't a local.

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she said she had unprotected sex in 2006. mr. trump denied the affair. polygraphs are generally in admissible, but the lawyer paid $25,000 for the rights to the footage. >> i'm confident after they view that interview and this evidence they are going to conclude what they have been told by mr. cohen, and the denials, if you can call them denials, from the white house are simply baseless and falls. >> reporter: president trump's legal woes don't stop there. a injure judge denying a dismissal of a lawsuit against summer zervos. >> he came to me and started kissing me open mouthed. he put me in an embrace, and i tried to push him away. i pushed his chest, put space between us, and i said come on,

man, get real. he repeatedly words back to me. get real as he began thrusting his genitals. >> reporter: the president denied her claims saying i never met her at a hotel or greeted her inappropriately a decade ago. he essentially called her a liar. and former "playboy" model karen mcdougall who claimed she had app affair in 2006. these lawsuits come as sources tell cnn that special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation continues to agitate the president. president trump facing scrutiny over his reluctant to confront russian president vladimir putin. >> i had a call with president putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. >> reporter: the "washington post" reports that president trump ignored warnings from national security advisers,

including a note in his briefing materials that read in capital letters, do not congratulate. a white house official tells cnn that he did not read his notes before speaking with putin, whose sweeping reelection has been widely condemned as a sham. >> we don't get to dictate how other countries operate. what we do know is that putin has been elected in their country, and that's not something we can dictate to them how they operate. >> reporter: the "post" reports mr. trump overalled guidance to condemn the nerve agent used to poison a spy agent and his daughter in the uk. >> we had a very good call. suspect we will be meeting in the not too distance future. >> reporter: he also did not bring up election meddling or

sanctions. a strong rebuke by john mccain. the president tweeted about the austin ballings. he said the austin bombing suspect is dead. great job by law enforcement and all concerned. we'll be hearing more from president trump on this today as the situation unfolds and hopefully is resolved. >> we do want to remind people not to jump at that piece of information about the bomber being dead. they don't know if he was working with someone else, this could be other packages out there. let's bring in reporter and editor at large chris cillizza and ar he eva martin author of "make it rain" how to use the media revolutionize your business and your brand. great title. good to have you both here. let's talk about the various legal actions of this variety that the president has on his

plate right now. stormy daniels,ment lie detector, does that get chris cillizza's glasses moving? did she pass the lie detector test? >> sure, it's a piece. i think there is enough science about how reliable they are. it is better that she passed it than failed it for stormy daniels and her lawyer. if she failed, my guess is we would not be seeing that. that is not the best picture ever. but we would not be seeing that picture. but i don't think it is conclusive. at the same time, i don't know that the real debate is did donald trump engage in an extramarital affair with stormy daniels. the debate is they paid this woman $130,000 from a shell company that he created in delaware. why? he says donald trump didn't have anything to do, he didn't think

he had an affair. okay. well, he paid her for some reason and she is now trying to get out of this hush agreement of the payment. the legal piece is the key and what she tells. but do not overestimate -- say she gets to tell her full story which candidly i think she probably will. i think everything comes out in the end in this modern environment. say she does. what will we learn that we don't know about donald trump? i don't know that he was elected as the beacon of moral turpitude in this country. >> he may have been elected as a beacon of moral turpitude but not seen as a moral is giant. >> good point. i don't know. look, i think it will continue to generate a massive amount of

publici publicity. other women are saying, wait a minute, there is a legal venue i can seek out? i do not think that this is the thing that people flip the switch and say, wait a minute, donald trump may not have been the greatest husband ever. i don't know that that is stunning information. >> i see it a little differently. because we're in this era of me too. time's up. so what we didn't know preelection was that he was engaged in trying to keep a woman silent. so i think that's the distinction in this story is that all of this effort to keep her from telling her story. so we knew about affairs. no secret donald trump had affairs. he cheated on his wife. >> nothing illegal about these kind of deals. >> nothing illegal about it. >> or the nda. >> that could change how women, 54% of white women in particular who voted for trump may have

thought about him and hopefully will think about him as the story continues to be told. >> other issues donald trump has had that played out in the press and that is this drip, drip, drip and the constant airtime for the attorney for avenatti. even on twitter, stormy daniels is fairly active. it is this constant drip of information where they are actually not letting up. and that's a change. >> yes. and this is so ironic. trump prides himself on using the media, telling the narrative, controlling the narrative. now stormy daniels and her lawyer are controlling the narrative. even though they may not win this case in court, because there are some issues with the legal case. but in the court of public opinion, they're winning. this story is front and center. you look at karen mctkpwaoug al and summer swrer ser vose.

he will have to answer questions under oath, and subpoenas. that is unprecedented in modern times. think about bill clinton and monica lewinsky and donald trump and two porn stars and ex "apprentice" star. >> clinton had his own foibles also. the biggest legal consideration potentially, only potentially, to come out of this is if, in all caps, donald trump were to sit down with investigators. >> correct. >> and because of this money and silence, they asked him about it. it is not a given. if he were to lie, it becomes the reason why. it has created momentum for other shoots. you have cervos saying you hurt

me. now i'm going to sue you. even though he is sitting president, no one is above the law. and the playmate said the "national enquirer" paid for her story and then killed it. now she can't speak. she is alleging some kind of bad faith, that they did this to help the president and silence her. what's your take on those two? >> summer cervos has the most legal umph to it. karen mcdougall, you would have to see what the specifics of the nda said. it is hard -- i'm sure they didn't say we're definitely not going to publish this. >> when we want. >> when we see fit, which is a subjective matter. to areva's point, the the weight

to all of it, we're going to continue to talk bit. we know the president watches cable television and lots of it. it affects how he reacts not just to this but to lots of other things like russia, like china, like the fact that the government shuts down. i mean, this is the thing. we know that he is someone who is swayed by the winds of how coverage works. you're now seeing a lot of weight being thrown behind this. whatever you think of stormy daniels, it seems quite clear to me -- i remember the campaign. this story has already gotten significantly more attention than any of the allegations, and there were many, more than a dozen that came forward during the campaign. >> a lot more connective tissue to trump. >> for sure. >> and i'm not saying that to dispair acknowledge any of the other clients. i'm saying on the proof that was presented, we knew they knew each other.

we knew he was trying to help in certain regards personally and professionally. >> and he is doing things in this case he hasn't done before. he talked about suing other women who come forward. he hasn't done that. 589 of effort with high-powered lawyers to keep her from telling this story. you don't do all the things they're tkaog in court if this is a nonstory. >> what is the biggest exposure legally? >> i think the defamation case. the truth is the defense in a defamation case. one thing to note, the plaintiffs may lose the lawsuits, but lawsuits allow you to talk about things in a public forum that otherwise would not be talked about. even though there are these nondisclosure agreements, you get to talk about them in pleadings. the affair you can tell in a courtroom even though the judge may later determine that the case has no merit. >> and he could wiped up being

deposed if he doesn't settle. we'll see what happens. about luck with the book. we'll see you back in a little bit. program neat, an he tker son cooper has awe big interview with karen mctkpwaoug al, big "playboy" playmate. tomorrow he will be talking to her. tomorrow 8:00 a.m., ac "360". >> we are keeping a close watch on austin. we know the serial bomber is dead. the threat to the stickers the the mayor of austin tells us ahead why it may not be over.

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he exploded one ofrsz devices in a vehicle when he was contacted by police, and that took his life. there is a lot more to the story and the threat. right now we want to bring in the mayor of austin, texas. joining is us now. he has been doing a whole round of interviews. do we have the mayor ready? mr. mayor, can you hear us and see us okay? >> i can hear you, yes. >> steve adler, thank you for joining us. we saw you this morning at the presser. we know this is developing. we want to get your take on this headline and the assurances from police that they believe the man who is mainly responsible is gone but also that they believe there is a continuing threat. >> they don't know whether there is a continuing threat. they are confident that the suspect here is responsible. but the investigation continues because there's still outstanding questions. they want people to be vigilant

and continue to notice things that are suspicious or out of place. we don't know where the suspect has been the last 24 hours. there is a sense of relief in this community as well as just extreme gratitude and thanks for this army of law enforcement agents that have been here, our local chief police manley, the assets that have come in from the surrounding area from the state and the over 500 federal law enforcement agents that have been here in austin on the ground. they have done an incredible job. >> and hyper vigilant community, telling about the packages as soon as they saw them. different tips, the different stores. two considerations. one, more packages. potentially other people.

what is their level of confidence that there is only one person involved? >> there is a high level of confidence that the suspect today was absolutely involved. the investigation is continuing. >> have you seen the image that came out of one of the fedex stores that police believe was behind this. 24-year-old white male, no name released. we got it from keye, our affiliate, the man with the yellow hair. looks like it might be a wig. have you seen that? >> i have seen that image. >> to your knowledge, is that the man that police believe is the subject? >> my understanding is that is the person that the police believe to be responsible. >> all right. we're putting it there for people. we have been slow on this,

mayor. you can understand why. especially with any concerns for anybody that might have helped him. we didn't want to give any false confidence. he had gloves on. motive becomes the main question now. we have some reporting that says this man's motive was no type of political message or terroristic threat but just mayhem was his motive directed against know specific group. is that what you're being told? >> at this point, what law enforcement is telling us is they don't know what the tphoefb was. that's one of the questions that hopefully will get answered. we don't know what the motive was. >> the that he was at a hotel suggests he wasn't local, that he was traveling around. what does that mean in terms of

what this is all about? >> i'm not going to speak to any more identification other than what the police chief said. 24-year-old white male. >> all right. and we don't know whether this was part of an organization or a specific message or in any way calculated to put across a specific message. as you get the information, i'm sure you will put it out. you have been great in releasing the information to the public. mr. mayor, thank you very much. i hope that the threat is completely gone and the people can rest easier. it's a great city. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. there's a lot of political news this morning. the "washington post" has a report this morning that the president ignored the advice of his national security team not to congratulate vladimir putin on his reelection. it had literally been written for him in caps on cue cards that they give him. but he did it anyway. he also intentionally did not

mention during their call the recent nerve agent attack or the meddles in u.s. elections and any sanctions. let's bring back chris cillizza and karoun demirjian. good to have you both. the president doesn't have is to do anything he doesn't want to do. this is all advice. but there is a reason his national security adviser said don't congratulate putin. what is that reason? >> well, first and foremost, because this is not a capital -- lower case d or capital d democratic election in a meaningful way, he got 76% of the vote. he controls not only all levels of government in russia, he also controls the media. this would not stand up to a free and fair election standard. no one would dispute that except maybe vladimir putin. this then the reasons you

suggest, chris, we know russia meddled in the 2016 election and has plans to do so and is probably already under way for # 2018. britain has said, yes, russians are responsible for poisoning this ex-russian agent and his daughter on british soil. britain, our most local ally. he does what he wants. he has the right to because he is the president of the united states. i think the issue is it's not necessarily strategic. if this was strategic, they wants to he get in with putin in some way, shape or form, i think it is literally the best way to get him to do something is tell him not to do something. it is a virtue guarantee. he does not like to be managed. he doesn't like when people who are in the know dictate terms to him. by writing do not congratulation

on his briefing papers, i think you are virtually assuring -- >> we have seen this in other reporting before that he does not often read what is given to him. karoun, i'll send this to you. if you want him to do something, if you tell him to do something, he's going to do the opposite would it have made sense not mention anything about congratulations putin or not or say maybe you just want to say a little congrats. could that have pushed him the other way. >> try to use reverse psychology on how the president will engage with other nations is a risky game. it is a dereliction of duty. what if he decides to listen to them that time because it lines up with what his inclinations

were to begin with in the first place. that is a risky deal there. his advisers are trying to keep him in check. the list chris made with all the reasons not to outardly warm putin. add to that that there is app investigation of allegations that the president has ties to russian officials linked to putin. but, look, this is standard advice when you deal with russia you need to maintain a position of strength and also distance because there are various malign activities that are going on that the intelligence community has directed back to leaders in russia. your allies are saying you consider it like the united kingd kingdom, an incumbent thing that the u.s. will back you up when it comes to poisoning someone on their soil. this is not something that you can kind of freelance on and expect it will not tarpbish the

reputation of your office and presidency. because remember the united states for decades has been saying we're supposed to set an example for what we expect other countries to do. by saying that sounds really nice. we will deal with you only as the equal leader of another nation is breaking with press department and undermining the sraeur kwrus policy objectives we have tried to project and the criticisms we have may about the way russia runs its political business. >> here's what we know. we know there is something we don't know. which is there is a reason that the president continues to soft sell on russia. there just has to be. he could be watching right now. president, good morning to you. have one of your people come out and say why you insist on going soft on russia. you i know you will say you put out the sanctions but you did everything you could not to. >> a lot going on on obviously

this morning. we will drill down on what's happening out of washington. breaking news out of austin. the serial bomber is dead, according to officials. the latest details. what we are hearing about a motive, how he was tracked up to, and why officials are saying the threat may not be over. we the people... defined by the things we share. and the ones we love. who never stop wondering what we'll do and where we'll go next. ♪ we the people who are better together than we are alone... are unstoppable welcome to the entirely new ford expedition.

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this is cnn breaking news. good morning. welcome to your "new day". alisyn is on assignment. erica hill joins me. we have breaking news in serious variety. the serial bomber who terrorized the city of austin for three weeks is believed dead by austin police. they confirmed the suspect killed himself using an explosive device in his car. authorities using surveillance video to identify the 24-year-old man and track him down to the location where this all ended. we want to get straight to cnn's ed lavandara in texas with more on the breaking details. ed? >> reporter: good morning, erica. well, it's quite a scene here in the town of round rock, a suburb on the