and what he left behind. >> a new era of terrorism. right now at 11 new york city grapples with the deadliest terror attack since 9/11. investigators go over the scene which unfolded three blocks from the world trade center. eight people are dead and dozens in the hospital. >> new details about the suspect accuse dsed of the deadly awe tack. investigators found a note in the truck claiming he did it for i sis. he rented the truck from a home depot. he left there around 2 this afternoon and headed for manhattan. there's no evidence there was a wider plot. >> we have live team coverage from the scene. new details on the driver. and a closer look at the dproeing type of attack.

he joins us live from lower manhattan with the latest. >> we're just a few blocks away from the scene where police say the terror suspect jumped out of his truck around 3:00 this afternoon. just take a look behind me. this area is swarming with first responders. and officers. you can see some of the officers and first responders in the white suits. in the median they have been coming through this area. the grassy area. with flashlights for the last 15 minutes or so. obviously looking for possibly some sort of evidence. tonight we have been out here for several hours talking to witnesses. they remain on edge. >> reporter: cell phone video given to nbc10 captures students running scared. it's moments after hearing gunshots and seeing bodies from the school window.

inside, still shaking hours after investigators say a 29 year-old terror suspect intentionally ran over people blocked away from ground 0. >> i saw just two dead bodies laying down in the street. people was running. >> reporter: seconds later, dlkt detectives grabbed her and walked her away. witnesses video taped the man running around in the road. before he was shot and arrested. he had a pellet gun and paint ball gun. >> i saw man laying on the ground face down in the street. he was surrounded by police. it appeared he was injured. and next to him was a man being arrested. >> reporter: police stha driver used add home depoet truck to run over innocent people on the west side highway bike path. before running into a school bus. she's also still on edge nearly five hours later. >> i heard a gunshot. we didn't think much of it. it's halloween kids prank all

the time. and we look out the window we see people getting covered. >> once again this is a fairly new development. folks in white suits with flashlights going through that grass. they have been doing this for 15 or 20 minutes. we talked to a bunch of people. they say it will not effect their daily routine. others telling me they were real scared. walking back home. even hours after the incident happened. >> terrifying afternoon. all right. >> we have this just in. officials in argentina say five of the eight victims are citizens of the country. in new york celebrating their 30th college reunion. >> we have learned a sixth victim was from belgium. to the latest on the suspect. he's still in the hospital after being shot by police. >> authorities haven't said if

he was on any sort of watch list. we have new details about his past in new jersey and pennsylvania. keith jones continues team coverage in breaking news center. >> the suspect is out of surgery. he lived in north jersey and may have been an u ber driver. he's an old mug shot from missouri. he was charged with traffic related offenses in the poke knows. in 2012. years later the 29 year-old was arrested in central pennsylvania on similar charges. a friend tells he may have been married with kids. and drove for uber in patterson new jersey. he's originally from uz beck stan. quote a very happy guy who is no terrorist. public records show the 29 year-old had a commercial driver's license. meaning he could drive truck. he ended up renting that pickup from a home depot. we called that store but they

chose not to comment. >> of course authorities trying to talk to him at the hospital. late tonight president trump posted on twitter he is ordered homeland security to step up the extreme vetting program. he added quote being politically correct is fine. but not for this. gov nor of new york ordered increase security at high profile locations around the state. and at large public gathering. include tonight halloween parade. in addition to more officers and other security measures, police also used blocking vehicles to keep the crowds safe. we have seen more terrorist using trucks to carry out these deadly attacks. denise nakano spoke to security officials from our area about what can be done to protect the public. live in center city. >> we see security measures all around us. this large flower pot outside

city hall is just one example. it helps keep vehicles from coming onto pedestrian spaces adding another level of protection. >> reporter: concrete barriers, fencing, blocking vehicles and antiterror plant rs. more important now than ever in the age of terror by vehicle. terrorism expert served as deputy chief of intelligence for the department of homeland security. car attacks like what just happened in new york and what killed 14 in barcelona. and 86 people in nice. come as no surprise to him. >> they have specifically urged followers to use motor vehicles. trucks, cars as weapons. we have seen eleven times that's happened. >> reporter: despite the increase frequency. people can't live in fear. >> we can't be afraid to go to public events. if somebody is out there that wants to kill people, it's a sad

fact. it can happen. >> reporter: police commissioner says law enforcement relies on every day people to be aware. vigilant and to speak up when something doesn't like right. >> because someone took the time to pick up the phone, and call about something that just didn't seem right to them. usually if it doesn't seem right to you, it's not. >> the commissioner speaks of having the level of awareness and police have become aware about rental strucks being stolen. sending out patrol when one is missing or stolen. >> we have complete coverage of this breaking story on nbc10.com. including videos and photographs taken by eyewitnesss. we have crews that will be monitoring the latest developments from manhattan all night long. look for live updates on the ngs on nbc10 news today. starting at 4:00 a.m. now to your first alert weather. temperatures are dropping tonight. as you take a live look over

market street in center city. make sure you have a warm jacket before you head out tomorrow morning. >> tammie souza is here with your chilly neighborhood forecast. >> it has. pull out the ugh boots. right now look at the temperature 38 in allen town. 45 philadelphia. 43 dover. 37 in vilin and 43 wild wood. everybody in the 30s unless you're sitting right on the water. that means 39 philadelphia. 37 coats ville. 38 atlantic city away from the water. on the water stone harbor at 42. we have some frost add vie ris to talk about. that is for the inland areas of new jersey and also for the lee high valley. that is through about 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. i'll be back to talk about a warm up. and more rain on the way. tonight a street in bucks county is shut down after a driver crashed into someone walking by and took off.

police say the victim was hit by a driver in a black vehicle. possibly a hon die. around 8:00. and may have a missing side mirror and other damage. we're working to find out the victims condition. hit by a car. police say the driver and passenger dpot out of the car after it broke down on route 38. they were then hit by another vehicle. the driver of that car stopped. but that caused two other cars to crash. allen town man grateful to be alive. thanks to a delivery driver who found him stabbed inside his home. known in the neighborhood received a knock on the door around 8:00 this morning. he told neighbors the group of guys came in asking for cigarettes and stabbed him. a delivery man there to drop off his medication found him bleeding around 9:30. and called for help. the 68 year-old will need surgery be is expected to be okay. a big change to new jersey

smoking law starts tomorrow. consumers must be 21 years old to buy tobacco products and e cigarettes. health officials say young people will be less likely to start using tobacco or get addicted. >> executives testify publicly about russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election. senatoring ripped the executives for missing signs that advertisers with russian ties were exploiting their platform to sway the election. one ad falsely claimed clinton has a 69% disapproval rating among veterans. a second ad told americans they could vote for hilary by texting. thfts the first of three hearings on kcapitol hill. run over twice. a violent attack on the streets of philadelphia. new revelations in a serial killer mystery.

we go inside the grave of aj holmes. check out this celebrity sighting. where this guy spotted samuel l. jackson in the area. why you could as well. tomorrow we're taking the show on the road. see what new businesses are brewing in williams town and how the main drag is getting a 20% upgrade.

new tonight. the century old mystery of a serial killer as you have never bb seen. >> you couldn't make it up. for the first time the chief archaeologist gives us a look inside the grave of hh holmes. and new doubts raised by a holmes relative. >> i have serious questions. >> the remains have been reburied at a cemetery. >> for scientists that represents closure to the mystery surrounding america first serial killer.

as investigative reporter found out. not everyone agrees this horror story is finished. >> reporter: these photographs document each step in the dig at the grave site of hh holmes. part archaeology. park dark historical mystery. >> there's weird things about the story. >> reporter: he was so called murder castle hotel in chicago. brought to justice in philadelphia. and yet years after his reported execution, rumors circulate that the noted swindler may have escaped his own death. >> we knew from the story that that's what we were supposed to find. we didn't know details. >> reporter: true to historical newspaper accounts about four feet down. cox and her team encountered the layer of concrete protection he requested for his corpse the concrete had never hardened. so the team was able to easily

dig deeper. eventually arriving at a wooden box. the right size for his coffin. but em it of any human remains. >> did you think it was over at that moment. >> we did. it was frustrating. >> reporter: only half a day left to dig. the team was forced to go down further. when cox alone in the pit noticed a wooden placard in the mud and able to make out the lettering. >> you can see the hh. holmes. >> reporter: it sat atop a second coffin. some ten feet under ground. in it, they found a well preserved skeleton. covered in a block of concrete. the 19th century waistcoat visible. the hat still lodged just above the skull. and even the hair of a mustache in place. to confirm it was in fact the remains of h.h. homes. they he had not escaped his own execution. she tock a dna sample.

compared it to a sample from jeff. holmes's great great grandson. >> the best they can tell us is the dna is related. it's a person who is related to the living. >> from a scientific perspective. it was the most definite answer that dna could give. the remains have been reburied in the exact same spot here at holy cross cemetery. but he believes the test was a bust. >> the lab had a bias. which in the court of law would result in the evidence being excluded. >> he believes. dna technicians were given too much information about the case and conclusion. he worries that knowledge impacted what otherwise would have been an inconclusive result. he plans to have the sample tested again elsewhere. and in the meantime in his mind,

the skeleton in this grave remains a mystery. >> until we have the dna tested again i can't give you an answer. >> it's been a long road. he's worked on this really hard for a long time. and i think these are difficult questions. >> reporter: cox says her teams confidence goes beyond the dna test. they also turned up a preexecution physical exam of holmes. published at his death. in the journal of the american medical association. when compared to the skeleton, cox found matches. right down to the intricate gold fillings in the teeth. almost impossible to replicate. and a perfect match on three missing molars. >> this is him in profile. you can see no molar. all the teeth are missing. >> reporter: master swindler. unable to swindle his way out of death. >> from a scientific standpoint. there's no doubt.

>> reporter: for the investigators. george spencer. >> kings college of london disputes claims about dna test bias in the case. it says the school accredited laboratory always produces and independent conclusion. we posted the colleges full response alongside this story. on nbc10.com. you can look through the gallery of photographs taken inside the grave. all right. turning to your first alert weather chl chilly night for the trick or treaters. they may have needed coats over the costume. but the weather certainly did not slow them down. hope they made a big haul of candy. trick o treaters got an early start to the candy collecting. >> it was a chilly night. it will be even colder when they head to school tomorrow morning. >> let's get an update on the neighborhood forecast. >> they'll need a puffy jacket.

that's for sure. we have clear skies out there tonight. a beautiful looking night. quite chilly. we hit 60s the high around nine time. highest wind gust 29 miles per hour. it was a decent fall day. we're going to drop below average to 58. for tomorrow. and up to the 70s quite a warm up thursday and friday. and back down to the 60s for the weekend ahead. the roller coaster called fall is going to continue. doppler radar. everything is quiet on the radar. clouds are trying to press into the area. associated with a storm system that's moving by to the north. and this could drag a few showers through the area tomorrow. it looks like the showers will probably be in the lee high valley. we have the north winds coming in right now keeping us cool. look at the rain activity. tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon. winds turn to the southeast. much of this is far away from the city itself. we'll have to wait and see how far this system drops south. at this point doesn't look like we'll get rain. we'll leave it in the out lying

area. winds turn south for the thursday and friday. really warming us up. and friday night here comes another wave of showers making their way through the area. dwroul wake up in the 30s tomorrow morning. it's brutally cold. we'll bounce into maybe the 60s maybe with a cloud cover 50s. look at those 70s for thursday. and once again the 70s as we head into the friday. magnificent weather ahead. for tonight we're looking at 39 in philadelphia. 41 jersey shore. tomorrow not a lot warmer. similar to today. we'll get more cloud cover. 58 philadelphia. 59 in south jersey. i'll have the ten day on ten coming up. other news. police searching for a woman who ran over a man twice. take a look at the surveillance video. we have blurred out the victim. but the van runs him over. and back up and driving over him

again. the van drives off. this all happened last tuesday on the corner of 56th street. police also say the 25 year-old victim is a transgender man. but haven't determined whether the incident was hate crime. zeseven a day. that's how many children a day shoot themselves or somebody else by accident. >> what if a criminal couldn't use an officers gun gens him. tomorrow night the investigators look at technology that make it reality. and a law keeping it out of your hands. >> join us for that story and more. following the blacklist. law and order svu and chicago pd.

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get ready to shiver. it will be cold tomorrow morning. 39 in philadelphia. low 30s in the out lying areas. we'll see cloud cover maybe a shower in the lee high valley. 74 friday. don't get excited we could see a shower friday night. maybe some point on saturday. back to the 60s. of course saturday is the big heart walk that you'll be at jacqueline. and the eagles game could see showers. >> we fall back. >> it's so busy. >> that sugar high. >> you know it. have a good night. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests, millie bobby brown, kelly clks