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him down. and now, isis claiming responsibility. toxic sinkhole. more than 200 million gallons of radioactive water already flowing into the source. residents worried about their drinking water. and, fire in the sky. the plane full of skydivers engulfed. crashing into an arizona home. how the passengers and pilot somehow survived. good evening. i'm fi tom llamas. an urgent manhunt for a bomb maker who set off attacks in new york city. new york city on edge tonight, after this explosion next to a metal dumpster, detonated by cell phone. the blast ripping through the west side of manhattan. 29 injured as police swarmed,
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back. just four blocks away, a pressure cooker with exposed wires, recovered by police. there are more than 1,000 additional officers patrolling the streets of new york right now. and fears about another blast earlier in the day in new jersey. we begin with linzie janis at the blast site. >> reporter: tonight, the massive manhunt or people responsible. >> we know there was a bombing. that much we do know. >> reporter: surveillance images captured the moment this happened, just past 8:30 p.m. >> a bomb just went off in new york. >> reporter: this man walked
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>> everybody clear the street! >> reporter: within moments law enforcement descending on 23rd street. >> there was an explosion from a garbage pail. >> reporter: the explosion blowing out windows. >> we just ducked. >> reporter: shards of glass and shrapn shrapnel. ramon lopez racing to help this woman, bloodied and dazed. >> come with me. i'm helping you. you're okay. nothing is going to happen to you. >> reporter: first responders leading the injured into ambulances. >> all of a sudden we hear, boom! it was loud, and shook the building.
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>> this was an intentional act. >> reporter: then, word that a second suspicious device had been found four blocks north. the police telling us this is a hot zone, and they're looking at another device. two former new york state troopers finding this pressure cooker. the neighborhood, still an active crime scene. >> was was the motivation? we do not know it yet. >> linzie, what are we learning about the more than two dozen injured? >> reporter: i spoke with the fire commissioner earlier, he told me most of the injuries were shrapnel, glass, falling in
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>> linzie, thank you. while authorities are calling the blast intentional, investigators are pouring over the crime scene. brian ross with the manhunt tonight. >> reporter: as authorities tonight hunt for a bomber on the loose, the most important clue could be the device that did not expl four blocks from the first blast site in a white plastic bag. apparently triggered in some manner by a cell phone. >> the word is both devices were pressure cookers, similar in construct. >> reporter: the bomb squad used a robot to take the device, and
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intelligently, move forward, right now that is evidence that could be crucial to our case. >> reporter: investigators marking every piece of evidence on the street. the explosive was a commercially available substance called police are also doing a slow motion analysis to see if the bomber could be among the pedestrians before the blast. >> explosion from a garbage pail. >> and brian ross joins us now. are there any suspects at this hour? >> at this point, no suspects
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and there has been no claim of responsibility by a terror group. but pressure cookers have been used around the world. and whoever was responsible, it certainly was terrifying and terrorizing to the citizens of new york. and we're pipe bomb that was detonated on the route of a charity race to raise money for marines. no one was injured, but as gio benitez reports, it could have been deadly. >> i got some type of explosion inside of a garbage can. >> reporter: tonight, federal investigators looking into whether a pipe bomb that tore apart this trash can in new jersey is related to the bombings in new york city. >> shut down the run, get them
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detonate devices in both cities, saying they appear to be similar types of phones. >> they are terrorism, though. there's no doubt about that. they are terrorism. >> reporter: the bomb was set to go off along the route of a race for the marine corps. >> it was a loud boom, like a bomb. the explosion was 20 feet high. >> reporter: luckily, the race had been delayed because of a large turnout. no one was in the area when the bomb exploded, and there were no injuries. started on time, we could have had an event with multiple casualties. >> reporter: the event is similar to the to the 2013 boston marathon bombings that killed three and injured hundreds of others, in what could be a copycat attack. tonight, we know there were three components to the bomb,
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worse. >> thank you. and meantime, the mall stabbing, shoppers running for cover after a man in a security guard uniform talking about allah chased people. eva pilgrim on what authorities are now learning. >> reporter: tonight, the fbi investigating about whether the man had ties to terrorism. >> we are investigating this as a potential act of terrorism. >> reporter: today, isis calling the man a soldier of the islamic state. authorities say the attacker made references to allah during the five minutes of terror he brought to this mall. >> one victim was asked if they
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>> reporter: stabbing nine people before being brought down by an off-duty police officer. >> you saw him lunge at the police officer, and the officer fired a few rounds. you see him fall, and you see him get back up. >> reporter: police say the attacker got up three times before the fatal shot. the officer, jason falconer, being called a hero. tonight, authorities are searching the trying to figure out what motivated him to walk into this mall and hurt nine people. tom? >> thank you. and pierre thomas, three separate events. all have hallmarks of terror. what are your sources saying about any possible links?
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whether the new york and new jersey bombings are linked. there's intense focus on cell phones used in each attack. these three cases are a reminder that the country remains in a high threat tempo environment. and with isis claiming credit for inspiring the minnesota stabbing, the fbi has identified roughly 800 isis sympathizers in the country. a and the united nations assembly is set to begin tomorrow in new york. so, what was already a security headache is now wrapped in an extra layer of concern. and both presidential campaigns are responding to the attacks. donald trump saying we're going
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statement condemning the apparent terrorist attacks in minnesota, new jersey and new yo york. the first debate just a week away. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: less than an hour after the explosion rocked manhattan, donald trump spoke out. >> a bomb went off in new york, and nobody knows exactly what's going on. but, boy, we are living in a time, we better get very tough, bomb even before the cause was confirmed. >> we have to let this investigation unfold. >> reporter: arriving in new york, hillary clinton seemed to scold trump for his quick determination. >> it's always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. >> reporter: as the race tightens, the president is making an impassioned plea to
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insult, if this community lets down its guard. >> reporter: hoping to shore up support with minorities, trump is trying to put the birther movement he led behind him. >> president barack obama was born in the united states, period. >> reporter: president obama mocking his response. >> i am so relieved the whole birther thing is over. >> reporter: but as trump drops one false conspiracy theory, he's spreading another. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. >> reporter: that's not true, but today that didn't stop the trump campaign from repeating the claim. >> what is the proof? >> well, i just would refer you to news reports. >> reporter: clinton is not letting trump off the hook. >> we need ideas, not insults. >> reporter: but with his poll numbers surging, trump is
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>> starting in 2017, anything we dream of for our country will be achieved. >> with the first debate eight days away, terrorism will play a bigger role. tom? >> mary, thank you. next to florida, where a massive sinkhole saying, as gloria riviera reports, residents are concerned. >> reporter: tonight, growing concern over this leak that's spewed toxic waste into a water supply source for millions of floridians. the leak, a problem for more than three weeks. an employee of the fertilizer company mosaic discovering this massive sinkhole, 45 feet wide in diameter. so far, 215 million gallons of what the company says is only slightly radioactive water has
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mosaic claiming local drinking water is safe but company says, "we did not notify residents because there has been no offsite impact and no impact on residents." but not everyone is convinced. >> the first word that comes to your mind when you hear radioactive is cancer. >> reporter: mosaic says it immediately notified the epa and dep and began removing the tainted water, but the recovery process could take months. gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> thank you. much more news tonight." first the sweeping recall. now, new trouble for samsung after this man says his phone burned his leg. the lawsuit tonight. and this plane crashing into a home, but get this. the passengers and pilot all survived. how they escaped, just in time. romantic moments can happen spontaneously,
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the pilot also jumping out. >> once the plane is on fire, he can't stay with it and fly it at night to a safe landing spot. all he can do is bail out. >> reporter: the pilot now recovering. amazingly, the two people inside the home escaped convicted rapist darren sharper, could he be inducted into the hall of fame? stay with us. diarrhea and abdom. why don't you start without me? oh. yeah. if you're living with frequent, unpredictable diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may have irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d.
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back now with our "index." more trouble for samsung. a florida man filing a lawsuit. jonathan strobel claiming his phone exploded right in his pocket, severely burning his right leg. samsung saying tonight, they're aware of this incident but won't comment on this case and that all note 7 owners should shut
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them. next, the growing outrage tonight. darren sharper is serving an 18-year prison sentence for raping several women. still, someone nominated him for the hall of fame. despite the furor, his name will go before the selection committee next year. the organization says the players are selected by a separate panel, based solely on their contributions to the sport. now to an incredible moment. a hearing-impaired teen hearing something she hadn't heard in 14 years -- her mother's voice. >> can you hear my voice? >> yes. >> that's breanna mendoza, hearing again thanks to a new cochlear implant. she joked, her mom's voice sounded a bit like a robot. still ahead, the 70-year-old man who finds a ticket to the
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finally tonight, a 70-year-old took a chance on a contest and won a trip back in time. here's john donvan. >> now it's game time. >> reporter: 1957. the year the yankees lost the series to milwaukee in seven, also the year bazooka bubble gum its gum wrappers, which was somehow missed by a kid named darwin day. who, 59 years later, now a tour guide where the texas rangers play, came across such a card when clearing out some clutter. >> the contest was, you had to write in the scores of two baseball games. >> reporter: the scores of two games played on july 19, 1957. well, so, too late to play that card -- or was it? >> the deadline didn't have a
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scores in, and sent it in by that date, it would be a joke for somebody. >> i got this very mysterious letter. >> reporter: addressed to tony jacobs, and it contained -- >> an old bazooka promotional card that i had never seen before. >> reporter: was it too late? well, yeah. but, why let rules get in the way? >> i wanted to do something for him to make it even more fun. >> reporter: and so, he had an assistant place the call to darwin. >> and she said i won. >> reporter: the prize, a mitt. the first one he's owned since his own son died several years ago, when he put his old glove in his boy's casket to stay with him forever. , more than a joke after all, the way the past came circling back, in this game that's always been about going back home. i'm tom llamas in new york.
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