gaetz joins us. good night from new york. lauren: good morning. the thinking is happening now. the austin police department is saying that there is an officer involved shooting in the bombing suspect in the austin series of bombings is reportedly dead. several local news reports say this happened after police involved shooting on i. 35 in austin. you are looking at live pictures unfolding at the scene as they speak. we wanted to get you to breaking news. we will keep with it. and lauren simonetti. >> this is a hot story i'm falling on trend following. i'm gerri willis in for cheryl. police suspected to hold a press

conference soon. this comes after a package bomb exploded near san antonio yesterday and another explosive was found inside a package. that intercepted by police in the four earlier explosions as we know killed two people. for people seriously injured in the man page that is gone for several days now. since march 2nd. lots of people breathing a sigh of relief that this is coming to an end. lauren: loop longbow, director to talk about what we are learning at the moment. lou, good to see you. good morning. >> hour you appeared lauren: two fatalities, four people injured. the suspect in this austin serial bombing case is now dead. while we are working to confirm all of this come if people in the area breathing a sigh of

relief that this guy is no longer on the loose. what do you think the motive was? >> i don't think they have this yet. part of the investigation is going to be to identify that even though the reported indices then will conduct an investigation. to see what the nature of the communication czar. they'll create a complete profile of the individual interviewing numerous people who may have known him to determine what he was thinking and why he was thinking that. it's quite apparent there is some level of derangement attached to his acts. the thing that's interesting is there so much forensic information at crime scenes today in our fbi in particular is so sophisticated they can identify, analyze and trace and track the forensic information back to the manufacturers of

certain things like males they used as projectiles, papers, and a number of things. as we are all aware, one of the things they did immediately is attached the commonality and that's done through delivery systems and the actual material utilized to cause the explosion. for example, high-grade explosives. in my opinion i don't think either one were used in if they were, they were used in small amount because of how the combustion from these devices are. they have made such headway than examining information left at the scene that they are able to come to quick resolution. as i said earlier in other interviews, the fbi did far more than they were letting now. they never had any press conferences i was aware of and they were way, way ahead of

this. gerri: you mention the kinds of materials officials will look at now that this has come to a resolution, his tone, et cetera appeared we hear also clues along the way that were important to what happened this morning including video fare in a fedex facility and an unexploded bomb that yielded lots and lots of information. what do you make of that? >> absolutely. the one of fisa did not explode became a wealth of information. i'm not really comfortable discussing with the fbi and the secret service are able to do in analyzing some of these materials used. when you use pay per, boxes, if they find these things, it's just incredible how they traced these things. one of the discussions on one of the devices in san antonio was the projectiles contained in the device or nails. they were able to find out who

the manufacturer was, where they distributed to, to what retailer so i'm not surprised they did this as quickly as they did based on how advanced their investigative techniques are, coupled with the fact this individual as you pointed out easily understood, went to a facility inundated with cameras. that doesn't mean he didn't go in there with the skies for example, but there's too many mistakes being made. i do want to say it was easy, but i would just say that quickness in the resolution of this incident does not shock me at all. lauren: the bombings when offered. in 19 days. the community on edge for night and long days. now that we have this suspect probably thanks to a few things. security cameras at the fedex facility where he dropped out

two bombs, one detonated, one did not which provided clues, but the level of sophistication when the tripwire was found in one of the bombs shows a level of sophistication the serial bomber had. i think that because people are parallel in this case to the unit bomber years ago who for a period of 17 years targeted community. he was anti-modern technology, anti-industrialization. he wrote manifestoes. what you think we will burn from this serial bomber? >> obviously as the unabomber was upset about something, there's clearly something driving this individual. but you have to wonder what the nature of that might be that you go out and start to randomly attempt to kill people with these devices. there is one other thing that has to be said here. they've got to continue the investigation to make sure there

are no associate number one. a very important part of the investigation is their ability to identify any relationships he had. did this individual come from the military where he acquires training. are they going to find that he went into the dark web? as far as motivation right now, i don't think they have that in the over the next phase of the investigation and determining what caused him to do this. the most important thing is fine for spring agencies who want to stop the incident and determine what was going on. that's how the phases will go with this. fortunately, between the technology today and mistakes were made, i would say a fairly quick resolution, but considering the unabomber spent over 17 years and it was another dynamic who is far more mobile. this guy was somewhat contained to the ostend, san antonio area.

san antonio is only 79 miles from boston. i just think the investigation was incredible and not surprised at all it had a resolution this quick. sure into lou, what i'm wondering is does this represent some kind of change in the way of people who are disgruntled tell the world that because we've seen so many shootings, school shootings, shootings at different facility. is this the new thing? will this get replicated? >> absolutely. i had an interview on "fox and friends" and i made a comment with the journalist who interviewed me of regarding the shooting in parkland. i'll see you in a few weeks. we'll be discussing this again. one of the things i'd be curious about what this individual who was caught with this age, what is demographic was. we have lost track oval

generation of our children when you go into the internet with video games and movies produced by hollywood that are violently explicit, we are teaching our people that the resolution to conflict and injustice as violence and this is a format that violence. when you are upset about something today, you don't protest the way they did in the 60s or 70s. they blow up or shoot. the trend you're giving reference to will continue to go on. we need to figure out exactly what the dynamic is in our culture today. i spoke to it briefly, that is driving our people to violence whenever they are upset. you're ostracized in school or you have some type of handicap, of handicap, some icons you, we shoot them. this individual, i can't wait to see what was driving this individual. we blow you up and that is unfortunately a consistent pattern. these are no longer anomalies

and i think it's reasonable that they're going to continue. lauren: would like it more and the profile of the bomber. i've seen pictures out there that we haven't confirmed, but his identity when we do have that come the police briefing with the media momentarily. we are waiting for that. the reports this morning i got the bombing suspect killed themselves as the police closed in and reportedly one of the devices that they were making is what detonated. gerri: they are confirming that right now. fox news is confirming. >> at this point i'll be very candid with you. the fbi is still holding all of its cards close because they've got to confirm the fact this man did not act in concert with someone. they want to make sure -- there's a little bit of conjecture going on in relationships with who he was

and what he was then i think they are not prepared at this point to necessarily speak that. as i mentioned a couple seconds ago, the most important thing is to get them off the street. now we will find out what drove him or if he had associate from this investigation is not over. gerri: just to clarify, we are quoting other reports that the bomber was himself. but that is the expert patient and what is being reported locally on the ground in texas right now. lou, as you continue to look at this, the next steps, what are cities and counties going to do across the country if anything, can they protect themselves? >> the first thing they have to do is educate the public. unfortunately, the detonation of a device with something that happened with a client of mine. what we have to do is educate people. i tell people all the time if

you have a package come to your home that you're not expecting, do not touch it, do not expect it. when you see things in the street, stop taking them in amusement. we have to educate our public and a form of what we call situational awareness that when you start to see things that don't add up, say something about it. the packages being after an example of that. our general public, our law enforcement community is raised up in the wake that they are kind of going along and they are really not understanding therein at times far more peril than they realize. you have to educate the public. as i pointed out, you don't expect to have something, don't expect it. lauren: as you highlighted, all month long, when i get a package at my doorstep in and not in that area, you say wow, the crazy mentality is that people

in the world is unbelievable. we always have to stand guard at a thank you for your time and perspective as to piece this together this morning. gerri: great implementation. coming up, the latest on the ostend bombing that the suspect is dead. we are also tracking the winter storm coming this way. janice dean has the latest forecasts. you are watching trendsetting. -- "fbn:am". (vo) technology moves fast.

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lauren: let's get to the breaking news this morning. the ostend bombing suspect is reportedly dead. news on the ground in the area say all of this happened after police involved shooting on i. 35 in round rock texas just north of the city of austin. you're watching live pictures as they unfold on the scene. there is an altercation, detonated device reportedly of police responding. gerri: please are expected to hold a press conference soon as we continue to watch this story. lots of questions. we don't know the identity of the bomber. we are waiting for those details. lauren: the identity and the motive after a package bomb exploded at a shipping center yesterday near san antonio. when the device was dropped off, another explosive was also dropped off and that was found intact. they were able to intercept the device to get more clues about

the suspect. so far we have five explosions. the four earlier killed two people before people are were injured and the entire community and country is nervous. gerri: and i think perhaps more relieved this morning with what has happened this morning. this has been a huge concern in austin. imagine going to your door to pick up the package and having it explode. lauren: and questioning all the packages you do receive. we will continue to follow this story out of lost income of the let's get you other stories this morning and that is the crisis that facebook. facebook and facebook stocks under major pressure today as they demand answers about the mishandling of millions of user data. gerri: hillary bond joining us with more on that. good morning, hillary. >> hey, ladies for the backlash for facebook was handling continues for them.

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lauren: breaking news this morning. if you're just joining us, the ostend bombing suspect is now dead. that happened after police involved shooting on i. 35 in round rock texas just north of

boston. live pictures of the scene. traded the suspect detonated a device. police are suspect did with the details about the identity of the individual and his motivation comes after a package bomb exploded at a fedex shipping center in san antonio yesterday. another explosive was found inside a package of the ostend fedex facility. that was intercepted by officials and the four earlier explosions killed two people. lauren: the other big story we followed this morning as the east coast getting pounded once again with wind, snow and coastal flooding, maybe a loss of power for so many homes. this is the fourth nor'easter happening in less than three weeks time. >> so much to spring. meteorologist janice dean is here with the very latest. >> hi, ladies. we are calling this before

easter. we are done. this is a period this could be a record breaker for new york city if we topped over 11 inches. d.c. will see snow, philadelphia towards boston. tours of low pressure. one across the mid-atlantic and one across the northeast potentially going to bring us our big bob buster snow total. some will get the potential of over a foot of snow and if they could switch to buy their age, i will show you the snow totals. whether aid is where we'll see potential for a foot or more of snow from the d.c. area all the way up to boston. there are our maps. the worst of it coming later this morning and two this afternoon and into the evening. also want to focus on the west. this is another big story because we are dealing with several inches of rain across southern california and the burned areas. some places are being forced to

evacuate because this is a lot of a lot of rain in a short period of time. flood warnings are in effect for all these reasons. this is a big story not only today but through the work week. two big storms went on the west coast, one on the east coast and could potentially could be a record breaker in terms of how much snow this time of year. and if i code, potential for another strike this weekend. i just want people to be prepared. that's all. gerri: you were saying we were done. >> i was wishful thinking. we are into a pattern out where we could see these. >> it doesn't sound as good. i'll keep you posted, ladies. lauren: yes you will, thank you so much. >> transfer the latest of the developing story out of texas. the austin serial bomber suspect is reportedly dead. please stay with us.

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lauren: let's update you on the situation in austin. he is dead after police involved shooting on i. 35 in round rock texas early this morning just moments ago north of austin. we are showing you live pictures of the scene. this is a community that has been nervous for the past 19 days has packages have gone off explosive devices. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm lauren simonetti. gerri: gerri willis and for cheryl casone. the suspect detonated a device. police told a press conference soon. we will bring that to you as soon as we get it after a package bomb exploded at a fedex shipping center near san antonio yesterday in another explosive was found inside of a package at

an austin fedex facility. the four earlier explosions killed two people. for more on this, bringing former navy intelligence officers the rodgers joining us now. as you start to look at how this is all unfolding, what do the clues tell you about who did this and what their motivation might have been? >> the key as you say his motivation. police will find out rather quickly what his motive was. that is important because when you find out what the motive was coming to find out if there is anyone else involved, was he communicating with anyone else and did somebody us help them build this bomb or these bombs. the other thing about this individual, we thought it was a hate crime. among the tripwire from a little bit sophisticated could've had contention that the government, local police.

the fact of the matter as he was hell-bent on terror is in that particular area. as you noticed through the grid, all around the austin area. ironically, it was him who left the evidence that led the police to him. lauren: when he went to the fedex facility with the two packages that police got the clues they needed. they had surveillance video, image of the suspect and they have one of the devices intact. >> very important. the bomb that wasn't detonated, police immediately did forensics i'm not and maybe, just maybe in my experience in police work, maybe there was a tip could someone give a call and said i know who's doing this. we will find that out in the next few hours. gerri: police giving all these details have waited until this morning. apparently from what we are hearing that go after this guy. he mentioned one of the big

questions will be that someone work with him. how likely is that? so much information on the web for setting up a bomb, creating a bottom creating a bond. could've done it on his own? >> ask him he could after this era killers and alone. we will count up the fact that could've been someone with him. will contribute to the interagency operation. over the past few weeks. look at the work the field agents did with local law enforcement. i was asked earlier, what would be the message be to the people? think i'd had great lawn for person agencies could still be vigilant. if you get a package delivered to you that you don't expect, call the police. see something, say something. lauren: yesterday i had packages at my door. i'm still nervous about this. all of this today, this morning seems to be unfolding outside of

the red roof inn which is also next to another hotel. does that mean anything to you? of the suspects been staying in a hotel? >> he's in a hotel. they gave him access to that highway where he could immediately do what he's got to do. then there is a lot of evidence in that there could be on making material in the great cell phones, computers, et cetera. as you see the scene with police officers bearing a command post, they are looking to see if there's any other bombs in the area. understand the bomb was detonated in the car this morning. they will be very careful as to the whole area. >> the dangers our past and we'll have to wait and see whether they find any other bombs in the area right now. as you stand back and look at

this, are you surprised? we talk about how it played over 90 days. is that a long period of time to catch up for a short period? >> i was a short period of time. the time frame from each incident is said with no outcome only around for four or five days. maybe he was building another bomb for the next location. i've got to tell you police are truly acting fast on this and very hard. 700 police officers at the federal, local level agencies work very hard. i go back to this one thing that i'm curious to find out did somebody make the call in if they did they ended up saving the lives. lauren: bair to hear this morning. so many parallels between this series of bombing and the user bomber years ago. but that stretched out over a period of 17 years and the mathematician, the brain behind not, ted kaczynski had a gripe with industrialized society.

what was the motive? obviously the individual in this instance is smart. >> years. and as you say, 17 months you said -- lauren: 17 years. >> that might lead us to the conclusion was there someone who hadn't been cleaned and made the call to the police. i'm really curious about that. because he is dead good we can question him to find out what the motive was. let's put it this way, too. a person he knew who didn't give it a period a relative, friend, coworker will provide police with a lot of information about the person's background. gerri: so that's another avenue of information good reporting this morning cell phone information from the security command video, even store receipts that led officials at the red roof and tracked him down presumably picked the pictures we have for the officials cars, cop cars are sitting today.

i'm wondering as you look at this, we are so used to these school shootings, used to being out in public as they create havoc. this is different. do you expect to see more of this kind of thing? >> i would hope not. there may be some copycats as we go down the road. call the police and say there is a bomb here. i hope this is not the new thing. there is a lot of work behind this. there is not much shock value like a school shooting. although there is an incident. anyone who wants to do this, police acted quickly, found the sky quickly and i've got to tell you i can't say enough about the police. >> since march 2nd, there have been five bombs, two deaths, for injuries all in one area of

texas. >> at grade was very important. in idea that the person lives in the area. the other caution is police have to be careful. let's hope there's no more bombs in the mail. we asked people to be very, very vigilant. we don't know what this guy did before he got to the hotel area. lauren: let's talk about evidence because the digital fingerprinting. you would not have borne and everybody else allows authorities to track us down many times, anyway. is that a big help? >> you child. the police learned a lot from the bomb that was not detonated. as you say in this case, fingerprints all over that. where did you buy the bomb making equipment? google talk to the clerks, find out if there's any video of him by this material. they now have his cell phone. though find out if you have a computer which you probably did. all of these pieces of

electronic equipment are footprints that the police to very strong evidence against this individual, but more so, more information if there's any more who, what, when, where, why this incident. gerri: are just going to bring in some breaking news. the atf is that the austin police department and the fbi in san antonio at the scene right now investigating this individual who is now reportedly deceased as well as any devices that are there. amazing work by law enforcement to get this done in a span of less than 20 days. >> fbi, state police, local police. this goes to show you when you share intelligence and information and coordinate the investigation, quick apprehension. lauren: thank you so much. we appreciate all your perspective piecing this together this morning. we will be right back after

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lauren: welcome back. but that date you on the news this morning. the austin serial bomber is now dead or that unfolded after a shooting in round rock texas that is just short of austin. live pictures at the scene. the suspect reportedly dead needed a device that police are due to other conferences that we can learn more on perhaps the identity and perhaps the motive.

all of this after a package bomb exploded at a shipping center yesterday near san antonio. another explosive found inside of another package in an austin fedex facility. the device is intercepted. it was intact, but the other explosion from march 2nd has killed two people. for 19 days we've been terrorized by this individual. two people dead, four people injured. gerri: now we will switch gears a little bit back to what is our bread and butter here. we're watching big news today. federal reserve widely expected to raise interest rates today in his first policy meeting under the new chairman jay powell. bubbly sake in his first news conference? the cofounder of capital management, chief economist. thanks for being here. i'm going to start with you. it seems like a lot but we look

at a quarter-point rate hike. but there is a lot of talk in the background about whether there will be three rate hikes this year or four. will there be yet another one? what is the market reaction today as they look at the minutes and we look at the notes? >> well, yeah. the futures market is pricing under 40% likelihood that will give for rate hikes instead of three. what you look for today is to have the new chairman talk about the trump tax cut has been more of a positive to the economy than previously anticipated. that is the language you will see that begins the discussion of expect the more a four instead of three. that is obviously showing great signs of strength in the market day, but the market has to react. i'm concerned about the bond market with interest rates going up as much as they're about to go out. gerri: lots of changes for

investors in the yield on the tenure down coming into this just marginally here. craig, and turning to you, what kinds of changes is what doug says is right there will get ray kites here, what changes should people be making to their portfolios? >> i think you will be interesting how they word this today to see if they start leaning towards for or not. i don't get the done deal at this point. the balance of the committee really leaning towards three coming into the year. you would have to have four people project aimed three hikes raise those forecasts. we will see the dots move higher. i think you will see a little bit of traction towards potentially the fourth type. the real question for me is going to be are the dots increased on the short end or is it going to be the 2019th, tony tony and the moniker and

forecasts. the reason that's important in the 2019 -- 2018 forecasts, that means the gradual is faster. i don't think the markets will react well to that. on the longer and, that means the gradual could last for a longer time than the markets can do that just fine. gerri: another big story we are paying attention to them that is the trump administration setting up tomorrow to slap as much as $30 billion in tariffs in china on steel and aluminum that could be coming tomorrow. it seems to me that the whole scenario is in a slowdown noticed the administration says they are going to talk to u.s. companies to see what they make of this. as you look at this, a lot of people are worried about trade war. is this a trade war? >> is going to be some limited economic impact in the short run

with these tariffs. that is the real question is will this turn into a full-blown trade war with china or elsewhere. the real impact is on corporate earnings because that's ultimately what we are looking at. the outlook is still good. any downturn as a buying opportunity. the last 12 times the s&p earnings growth is greater than 10%, the market ended the year positive all 12 times. we have to see if this will turn into something bigger than the limited economic impact in that remains to be seen. lauren: that is the big question for the rhetoric has been hot and heavy on tariffs or the president. does he look at what they are talking about a close it seems like it keeps getting smaller and smaller. several steps to be taking to go into place. is this overblown, the reaction to this? >> the headlines are probably

overblown. you get a quick market reaction and they were little more volatile as the fed withdraws support for the markets. you see volatility on a day everyday basis so so that is a natural process. when you look at the big picture, we have a large trade deficit every year. china make sense half of the bilateral trade and over $330 billion last year. the administration is targeting 10% of that and they want to try to make trade with china fair. that's an important thing to keep in mind. i'm all for free trade. i don't want to defend protectionist policies, but when you look at the wto data, china is one of the least free countries come in the u.s. one of the most free. they want to make a more free and that's it. gerri: a long way to go on this one. doug and craig, thank you for coming in today. >> thank you.

lauren: more on the austin bombing suspects now reportedly dead after police involved shootings in texas. we will have the very latest next as many people breathe a sigh of relief this morning. mom you called?

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gerri: breaking news this morning. the austin bombing suspect not dead. authorities say it happen after police involved shooting on i. 35 in round rock texas just north of boston. you are watching live pictures here at the scene. the suspect reportedly detonated a device and police rally in here to hold a press conference which are expected any time after package bomb exploded at a shipping center near san antonio yesterday in another explosive was found inside a package at a

facility. the device intercepted. earlier explosions as we've been saying killed two people. >> it looks like they are setting up for a press conference where we can learn more about this individual and his noted joining us once again we bring back lou palumbo from global elite. good to see you. >> thank you. trades are we are following this all shows certainly for the past few weeks. why do you say to people in the community this morning that the serial bomber is dead? are we worried about other explosive devices out there? >> is always the possibility of copycat thing you hope this isn't the new mac msn in developing our disdain with the issues that are in this society.

but also say to the general public an acknowledgment to federal authorities in particular in how quickly they resolved this problem. i mentioned in the earlier interview the fact that the investigative techniques in the crime labs that the fbi and secret service utilized in identifying sources of threat and even bombings of this type have come light years since the apprehension of ted kaczynski, which if i recall was in the mid-90s. that's almost 20 years ago. they should rest easier. but they should feel some comfort in the fact relatively speaking. this fund over a span of three weeks as opposed to 17 years. as i mentioned earlier be aware of your environment, whose senate, packages can instead don't belong.

her general address made to these packages left unattended as a correlation to the types from abroad. this in my opinion is a form of terrorism. the public needs to unfortunately i'd trust to the new norm. we have heightened situational awareness. i strongly urge the public to take inventory of everything going on around you, things that don't seem like they are in sync. say something to someone. above all things and i mention this earlier, if you are not expect dean sent and from someone, don't pick up or attach

a package. call the authorities. they will not be upset to identify the lethality of one of these packages. the other thing i want to mention to you, i found it interesting this individual blew himself up because i wonder if he did that to hinder his identification. normally we have suicide by police van, which i'm sure avoid you are aware of what that lends itself to. a somewhat unknown quantity identifies a person is. when you detonated device and distribute yourself evenly across the landscape, and makes it a bit more difficult for them to come in and conduct a phase. i'm sure that might've been part of this mindset. as i mentioned earlier, we are so advanced in our ability to investigate its scary. one of the things mentioned in the interviews, the pinging of

the cell phone. gerri: lou, we are going to interrupt you here to go to this news conference. >> good morning. thank you offer coming out this morning. i am the chief police at the austin police department. the special agent in charge here for atf, christer comes, special agent in charge for the fbi and state gathered in city manager spencer compton several other members, ray arellano for the police department executive team. i think you all are aware and our community is well aware that it has been a long almost three weeks for the community of austin as we have dealt with package bombs and other types of bombs placed throughout our community. we have seen members of our community that have lost their lives in others whose lives have been forever changed due to significant injuries. we've talked many times over the past couple of weeks about the

level of partnership that has taken place with federal officials, local officials and police department to bring this to an end. through all of this hard work, we identified several leads throughout the course of the weeks, but beginning in the past 24 to 36 hours, we started getting information on one person of interest that we continue to work on and continue to develop and as we continue to do our investigation, this person of interest ultimately move to be a suspect and that's what we started focusing on what is his involvement in these crimes. late last night and early this morning we felt very confident that this was the suspect in the bombing incidents that took place in austin. we had surveillance teams looking for the suspect and we

ultimately located the vehicle that the suspect was known to be driving and witnesses told us he was driving. and in fact come we found that at a hotel right up the road in round rock. we had multiple officers from both the police department and federal partners that took up positions around the hotel awaiting the arrival of our tax go teams because we wanted to have ballistic vehicles here so they could take the suspect into custody as safely as possible. while we were waiting for those vehicles to get here, much time had passed and the vehicle started to drive away. we began following the vehicle again waiting to get a tactical vehicles here so we could make a stop. however, the vehicle ended up stopping in the garbage on the

side of the road behind us as members of the austin police department s.w.a.t team approached the vehicle, the suspect you detonated a bomb inside the vehicle, knocking one of our s.w.a.t officers back in 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 the bomb 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 internal affairs unit with the austin police monitor participating as well for your review of compliance with departmental policy.

they will be a concurrent criminal investigation that will take place by the texas rangers of the incident that occurred here tonight. again, this is the culmination of three very long weeks for community. and throughout these weeks we've talked about the importance of remaining vigilant in looking out for each other. i want to continue that message as we stand here this morning because we don't know where the 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 through the community. 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 in cedar park in other cities tt