we are joined by casey stegall who is in austin. >> good evening.ureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives, the suspicious package that was found at this fedex distribution center back here right next to austin airport, it contained a bomb and police detonated it today.

casey stegall joins us with the latest. hello, casey. >> good evening.he barricades are down and we are getting our first up close look over the austin serial bomber lived. here in this modern modest home lived here with two roommates who have been released from police custody following intense questioning and interrogation by authorities. austin police say this evening their names are being withheld because they are not under arrest. fbi and atf agents packed up the final evidence they have collected from mark conditt's home, part of which they say included a trove of bomb making materials and computer hard drives which could hold more clues to help answer the question why. however, the 25 minute video recording found on conditt's cell phone has helped some. investigators characterize it as a confession, saying conditt details all seven bombs he made and speaks repeatedly of his challenges in life. the 23-year-old reportedly refers to himself as a psychopath and says he wishes he was sorry but wasn't, adding he felt "disturbed since childhood." authorit

david: casey stegall is live in austin, texas with the very latest. casey?ter: yeah, david, this is the proverbial needle in a haystack search but it's a fluid situation one that seems to change by the hour on the ground but the headline, multiple fedex facilities in central texas under investigation including this big one right back here. this is just on the outskirts of the austin international airport and a suspicious package police say was found at this location this morning but there was no explosion. since we've been here we have seen atf and fbi going out but it is important to note they have not confirmed whether this is linked, but a package did explode at a different fedex location in schertz, texas, a suburb of san antonio. it is a distribution center. the authorities say it went off as it traveled down a conveyor belt. no one was seriously hit. fbi agents seen at a fedex store in sunset valley, texas, that is two miles where sunday night's bomb went off. you remember one was activated by a trip wire and hurt two guys in a residential neighborhood

casey stegall is live in baton rouge. with more. casey? >> good evening.l today, people had only seen eyewitness a cell phone video of that altercation between two baton rouge police officers and 37 alton sterling. tonight, that has changed. baton rouge police releasing brand-new tape of that night back in july of 2016 when sterling was shot and killed in a convenience store parking lot. the two officers, who are white, were initially called to the scene of a black man brandishing a gun. when they got on scene and confronted sterling, you can see the situation escalates quite quickly. officers tased him twice, which did not appear to work properly. seconds later, gunshots, and the father of five was dead. investigators did find a loaded gun on sterling's person. the u.s. department of justice investigation last year, however, determined there were no civil rights violations. tuesday of this week, the louisiana attorney general said the state's investigation no criminal wrongdoing from the officers. fast-forward to today. the city's police chief saying offi

casey stegall joins us now from pfluegerville, texas.olice are saying that mark conditt was troubled but they're not calling him a terrorist. why? >> julie, they are not. that's largely because you have to have a motive to classify something as domestic terrorism under the law. however, there are plenty of people in this neighborhood and those in the community that we've talked to since we've been on the ground here the last week that certainly think otherwise. they say the actions of the guy that lived right here had a city on edge and afraid for weeks. he was a terrorist. federal agents have concluded their investigation at 23-year-old mark conditt's house where police say they found a cache of bomb-making materials and computer hard drives all now evidence. before mark conditt blew himself up this week as swat approached his vehicle, his bomb spree killed two people and seriously hurt four. 17-year-old draylin mason was an accomplished musician, about to head off to college. described as a person that radiated positivity. the teen was

correspondent casey stegall has details from dallas. >> this was a great victory. >> a unanimous decisiony three federal judges inside the fifth circuit court of appeals affirmed texas' controversial new immigration law. the justice department says it's a win. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions calling it in part an important step in restoring legality to our immigration system which is what president trump wants, what the american people deserve. sb 4, as opponents comment, -- it was passed last year year but spent protested and challenged ever since. the law permits local law enforcement to inquire about immigration status. in the past that's only been the responsibility of the federal government. >> we were disappointed in the court of appeals decision. i think this is the initial fight, the initial battle. >> along with the aclu and pro-immigrant rights groups, even major texas cities and law enforcement agencies have fought back against this legislation. >> what they are saying is low, put aside immigration for the moment. we need to control our own police force and our own resource

let's go to casey stegall. >> we do not have kc but we can tell you there was a press conference moments ago outlining what we do know. this is the sixth incident. i believe two people are dead, many critically injured in this string. we will get back to kc in a moment. joining us in washington, we have texas attorney general ken paxton of florida g.o.p. congressman brian mash. he was an army explosive ordnance expert in afghanistan. congressman comp let me start with you. what we are hearing about these devices are that there are different methods being used, different ways there. together, different ways they are triggered. there are the expert. what does it save you? >> it depends. is this person using rudimentary devices because he wants them to be simple so that they don't malfunction? there was a malfunction, and indicated there was a malfunction, what happened in the fedex shipping plant. or are they doing it because they are lack of skill? the creativity and bombing is this: how do you get at the voice to go off without someone -- a device. is there a tripwire? is there a switch,

casey stegall alluded to it.me of these cases, there's so many democrats running that they're drowning each other out and certainly trying to pull the party much further left than you would think is smart to run races in some places like texas. >> i think you saw in the clip that senator cruz will run the play of chuck schumer, guns, anti-immigration play. that plays well in texas. the democrats -- hillary clinton ran closer to trump in texas than she did in iowa. in the last 80 elections that we had since donald trump was inaugurated, the president has run ahead of the republican. if that trend holds true in texas, we're going to pick up some seats here. in one in four seats are own. if we can steal four or five way, it will go a long way. >> dana: another state we're talking about, senator thad cochran of mississippi says he will retire april 1. he's not well. so the governor is going to appoint somebody. >> that's right. >> dana: and that person has to run again. they would serve until january of 2021. likely

we are joined by casey stegall who is in austin. >> good evening. this just in from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives, the suspicious package that was found at this fedex distribution center back here right next to austin airport, it contained a bomb and police detonated it today. the atf confirming right before thisef program began that the exploded package at a different fedex distribution center outside of san antonio in schertz, texas, did in fact happen but no serious injuries. that was explosion number five. first was march 2nd, that's when this all started in east austin. let's show you a map to give you some context. the first one, march 2nd, in east austin. ten days later, two blasts in a single day. all three of those were unidentified packages left on someone's front doorstep containing bombs. two people died and two were critically hurt with those. then sunday night, explosion number four, southwest austin. police say that device was planted near a fence and it was armed with a tripwire that was activated by two

correspondent casey stegall was in the texas capital tonight with this investigation.ood evening. >> good evening to you, bret. this is a city on high alert tonight because you just mention to the police chief's own words at a news conference today saying he fears this could be the work of a serial bomber. the only thing they will say is that there are similarities between the explosive device that was used last night and the other three that have also rocked the capital city in recent weeks. only this time police say the device was more advanced and it had a trip wire attached. then just after 8:30 last night, two men came through with bicycles and may have inadvertently hit the line, triggering the blast. they were seriously hurt and rush to an area hospital, expected to survive. but at one point in the investigation, police had considered whether these attacks were possibly racially motivated because the first victims were either black or hispanic. but that is no longer the thinking after last night's crime. >> and what we have seen now is a significant change from

. >> bill: casey stegall is live in austin. an active scene where you are, good morning, yeah, bill, very much an active scene. good morning. nearly 12 hours now since this blast and the people who call this part of austin home are still locked inside of heir homes at the request of police as you just said, because they have been waiting for this point right here, the first real light of day. this explosion happened last night, when it was dark. so, as you know, it sometimes is difficult to process the scene and get the scale for how large it is. so that's what the agents are doing back there i not only have local authorities here but also, naturally, federal agents with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives and the fbi. initially it was thought last night that there were two blasts a little after 8:30 last night. then it was determined it was one single explosion that injured two people walking down the street. listen. >> it is very possible that this device was a device that was activated by someone either h

casey stegall is in austin.tin a city and high alert following this latest attack that unfolded now nearly 24 hours ago in this neighborhood that's still sealed off and have much an active crime scene at this hour. investigators are only saying there are similarities in the explosive device that was used in last night's attack here and the other three attacks that rocked the capital city. but police say the twice was more advanced with a trip wire. two men came through with bicycled and may have hit that line triggering the blast. they were hurt and rushed to an area hospital and expected to survive. but at one point police wondered whether the attacks were racially motivated. but it seems that is no longer the thinking after last night's attack. here is why. >> what we have seen now is a significant change from what appeared to be three very targeted attacks to what was last night an attack that would have hit a random victim that happened to walk by. we have seen a damage in the method the suspect is using. re

now live to casey stegall in austin with more. casey? >> yeah, trace.investigators are still processing what is described as a very large crime scene back here behind me. they say there is a lot of evidence to collect, not to mention they've had to make multiple sweeps of the area. eight miles southwest of downtown austin where the state capitol building is to ensure there's no additional explosive devices planted or hidden around here. residents have been told to shelter in place until an all-clear was given. clearly this is an all hands on deck situation with local, state and federal law enforcement pouring in to help. listen. >> this has to be a community response. this is something we'll solve as a community. the officers working the neighborhoods are paying attention not only for the suspicious packages but items that look out of place. the department of public safety is going to send additional troopers into austin to help us patrol and be visible in the neighborhoods and to help us look for those suspicious items. >> so you hear additional law en

casey stegall in pfluegerville with the latest. hi, casey. >> hi, neil. the people that live here want to know why, too. those that knew this young man, they say they're surprised to say the least by this. but right now authorities are no doubt combing through every aspect of his life. that includes going through his home that he owned with his father and lived in with some roommates. it's back just in the direction behind me where there is in large perimeter set up that you spoke about, neil. a large chunk of downtown pfluegerville, texas, around the home including city hall has been evacuated here because there is fear that there could be other hidden explosives. law enforcement began closing in on 23-year-old mark conditt yesterday largely after he was captured on surveillance tape in an apparent disguise, dropping off packages at an austin fed ex store a few miles from sunday night's blast. then they finally caught up with him at a nearby motel where his vehicle was parked in round rock, texas. round rock and pfluegerville are northern suburbs of aust

casey stegall in austin with the latest. casey? >> neil, there's something else about this particular explosion that happened last night that has everyone both the police and the public quite rattled. it appears to be random. that no one was specifically targeted, no specific group of people were in fact targeted according to authorities. the device was simply sitting next to a fence with a trip wire attached to it and two guys came down this quiet residential neighborhood street with bicycles last night and believed they inadvertently set it off. both victims recovering at an area hospital. why this neighborhood? why last night? why in general? in other words, a motive. all questions police are desperately searching to answer. they made clear they need the public's help to do it. >> would like to reach out to those that live in the travis country neighborhood behind us. if you have video surveillance on your house, whether it's surveillance cameras, anything like that, we want to get your video footage so we can have that analyzed

casey stegall joins us live with more. good evening. >> good evening. this is our first look at the scene since the incident happened last night. it was closed all day long. the residents here were told to shelter in place but since then, the roads have reopened and police have allowed people to come back in. the explosion itself happening literally just right back in that yard behind me. more than 500 federal agents, boots on the ground, are working this case in texas. that's only at the federal level. we are not even talking about all the state and local law enforcement resources being diverted to austin. it gives you a sense of how urgent this is. especially when you have the city's police chief come out and say the words "serial bomber." visible concern on brian manley's face when he informed the press today that last nights bomb was more advanced than the previous three. complete with a trip wire and hidden along fence and this normally quiet neighborhood, meaning it was put there randomly, police say, to detonate on whoever reached it first. >> i

casey stegall has the story now. he is live in austin. >> good evening. authorities clearly going through every single aspect of this man's life which includes of course processing the house he lived in in this pflugerville neighborhood, in northern suburb of austin. i want my photographer to go in because the doors open and you can see the technicians in their moving around inside the living room in white suits. fbi, atf agents say they have recovered a bomb making material inside. primarily contained to just one room. we are learning investigators have uncovered this 25 minute video recording on his cell phone. austin's police chief says it's essentially a confession and he described each bomb that he constructed. authorities say he does not mention why he did it. they say it was "the outcry of a challenged young man." law enforcement began closing in a 23-year-old mark conditt yesterday, largely after he was captured on surveillance tape in an apparent disguise dropping off packages at an east austin fedex tour about 3 miles from sunday nights blast. t

bush center in dallas that first lady, former first lady laura bush is in charge of and our own casey stegalles impact on american history. first lady's job a without a rule back. casey was supposed to be on my show yesterday and got cut. he cut the package anyway for me and here is a bit of it. >> she became a champion for making education available to women all over but in afghanistan particularly where it was once illegal for girls to learn. >> how did that change your life. >> i would have never expected to spend any time working with women in afghanistan. but, of course, it's been really one of the most satisfying parts. >> dana: if you are in dallas or head there, it's a good exhibit to go see. kimberly. >> thank you so much. >> kimberly: time for kimberly court. half eaten already. food court would like to honor a true food patriot. don gore ski on track to eat an earth shattering 30,000 big macs by may. started may 17th, 1972. yeah. i think he is going to have me beat. that's about 14 big mac as week. it is an honor to have a big mac here, no onions, you know how i like it. thank you.

casey stegall is in austin covering the man hunt for the bomber and joins us with the latest. we got off the air with you at the top of the hour. now here we are in a different spot. a sixth bomb has gone off in austin. it's in south austin this time. we are at the intersection of brody lane and slaughter lane. this is close to the bomb site on sunday. we're only about six miles away. the one that had the trip wire on it. a police heavy activity in the area right now. we have us push back far because it's a fluid and dangerous situation. they want to keep everyone including public who is gathering to take pictures and see this for themselves. they want to keep them safe. we know it was at a goodwill. whether it was inside, outside, that's unclear at this point. we know it was a goodwill. when the dispatch call went out, we matched the address. and my producer contacted goodwill locally and she was upset. one person is injured. it's not life threatening. that's the latest as police are dealing with a sixth bombing tonight in texas' capitol city, tucker. >> tucker: shocking. case

casey stegall is live for us in austin. casey? >> yeah, harris. that trip wire really changes it all. that shows police say that no one was intentionally targeted here. this appears to be random and set up to detonate on whoever hit the trip wire. that is why still many hours later the neighborhood back here, southeast austin, still under lock down and folks are being told to stay in their homes while they continue to go through here, sweep it and make sure that nothing else is hidden. and the police chief also saying that they are dealing with "a serial bomber." those are his words. federal agents say the one last night as you heard was more advanced though. armed with the trip wire. anybody could have set it off. so initially there was talk about this could have been potentially racially motivated crimes because the previous victims were black or hispanic. but the fact that the trip wire is in play and the two people injured last night were white males, they don't believe they're targeted to specific groups. austin's top cop went on to say this

casey stegall live in texas with the details. what a dramatic ending, casey.orter: boy, david, could you say that again. right now authorities combing through every single aspect of the suspect's life which includes of course searching his home, not terribly far back in the neighborhood behind me in pluegerville, texas, a northern suburb of austin. a wide perimeter set up, a large chunk ofdown down pluegerville evacuated including city hall out of abundance of caution and police and investigators warned that there could be more hidden explosives out there. they simply don't know at this point. but law enforcement began closing in on 23-year-old mark conditt yesterday largely after he was captured on surveillance tape in apparent disguise, dropping off packages in question at an austin, texas fedex store a few miles from sunday's blast. they caught up with him at a nearby hotel where the vehicle was caught in round rock, texas. as he started to leave police moved in. conditt's vehicle ended up in a ditch on nearby interstate. as they approached the vehicle, con

the latest from casey stegall. >> at this hour, police are still processing what is described as a very large and elaborate crime scene. investigators say they have quite a bit of evidence that they have to go through and collect. not to mention they have been making multiple sweeps of this residential neighborhood. 8 miles southwest of downtown austin. to ensure no additional devices were planted. residents of them told to shelter in place until an all clear is been given. this is an all hands on deck situation with local, state and federal law enforcement pouring into. >> what we are doing, as we talked about before, this has to be a community response. this is something we are going to solve as a community. the officers working the neighborhood are paying attention not only for the suspicious packages but items that may look out of place. department of public safety is going to send additional troopers into the austin area. to be visible and help look for suspicious items. >> authorities will not elaborate on the similarities between the device used last night and those used in the p

fox news's casey stegall live in austin with the very latest. hi, casey. reporter: hi, david there, is something about this particular explosion last night has everyone, both the police and the public, rattled frankly because it appears to be random. no specific group of people targeted, no specific person. this last night simply sitting next to a fence in this residential neighborhood with a trip wire attached, according to the authorities. so as two guys came down this quiet street with bicycles, it is believed they enat indib inadvertently the wire triggering the blast. both victims are recovering in an area hospital. why this neighborhood, why last night, why in general? in other words a motive. all police will really say is that they are searching for that at this hour but they have made clear they need the public's help to do it. listen. >> we would like to reach out to those that live in the travis country neighborhood behind us. if you have video surveillance on your house, whether it be surveillance cameras, nest cameras, anything like that we wan

press conference from law enforcement officials, but for now, let's go to fox news' katie's nomex casey stegall. >> laura, good evening. hopefully we get more on this press conference, not only have they said that they don't believe this incident happened -- that it was related to the package bombs, and that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, because it is not every day an incendiary device goes off at a store. either the federal authorities who came out and said that, both from the atf and fbi, they may know something that they don't want to disclose to the public, that they were able to rule out right away that this didn't fit the hallmarks of the other incidents, or it is possible that this was a copycat crime. again, that is all speculation because we simply don't know. hopefully we can get some clarification soon. what we do know right now is that one employee at that goodwill store was injured. apparently there was this incendiary device, according to the atf and the fbi, and it went off, injuring the employee. so we do know that right now, and goodwill industries of austin has sent out a

authorized and spent $260,000 for these bomb x-ray machines to look at all these packages that casey stegall was talking about that people are afraid to open up. but, martha, the clear message we want to get to people is two things, one, law enforcement at all levels are on top of this. in a way bigger than what we have ever seen before. and, two is to remind everybody, and that is be careful about your surroundings. be careful about any type of package you may see. >> martha: absolutely. >> be careful about any type of backpack. if it's not your property and don't know exactly what it is, don't pick up anything until we catch this bomber. >> martha: it's howard to figure out where he is coming from or she is coming from. because, you know, it reminds you of the unabomber or even the d.c. sniper where it seems to be so random. last week the concern was this may be a hate crime. the focus seemed to be on african-americans and elderly hispanic woman. these are two young white boys, from what i understand or young men. >> correct u. >> martha: how are you trying to focus on the profile of this

casey stegall is outside one of those polling places with the latest for us. >> good to see you. hard to believe we're standing outside another polling location. can you believe it. you know there are, however, a lot of pretty well known names on the ballot in texas. including the governor, the lt. governor but no upsets expected in the races. the one people are really keeping a close on, is the race for u.s. senate. the democratic front runner in today's primary, congressman o'roarke, has raked in more campaign contributions than his republican rival, incumbent ted cruz. analysts predict cruz will prevail in the general election, all of what you're seeing, this blue surge, is quite uncommon clearly for a state like texas. and it could wind up having a significant impact in states and house races. listen. >> i don't know how many that will be, could be 6, could be 10, could be 15. i expect it's notable, a seat or two in the texas senate, maybe a seat in the u.s. house go from republican to democrat. >> analysts are quick to point out this is not a sign of texas going blue. or eve

. >> kimberly: joining us from austin, texas, casey stegall has been closely following this unsolved mystery. >> good to see you all and be with you. things took a very different turn to a when these unexploded devices were found at fedex distribution locations. at least one we have confirmed for sure. that means now instead of someone just placing these on someone's doorstep like we previously saw or putting it in a residential neighborhood with a tripwire, which is what we saw here on sunday, this is where it gets different. now we are talking about someone physically putting a package into the distribution system. they go to giant places like this one back here, multiple fedex locations across central texas being investigated and we want to kind of break them down for you. there's a lot of moving parts and a lot of conflicting information, frankly, that's out there. this is a big location right here in austin and it's on the outskirts of austin-bergstrom international airport. officials say a suspicious package was found here this morning and it has closed the whole thing down. sp

. >> jon: casey stegall is live for us in austin right now. casey? >> yes, we should also point out that we are at the scene and just to the left of our camera is where that press conference is supposed to start at any minute now where we understand the austin police chief in addition to a representative from the atf and the fbi will be speaking and that will be the first briefing of the day. and we hope to learn a little bit more new information because right now one of the biggest challenges we have been told so far is the time of day in which this occurred. this happened at 8:30 or so last night. so the sun was already down. it is hard to get a scale and scope of the crime scene. so, at first light today, those agents were out here scouring the scene. and because of that, coupled with now the fact that police are believed or under the impression that a trip wire or some kind of an other trigger may have been involved, they put it on lockdown. this neighborhood, residents were told to stay inside for fear someone else could accidentally detonate an

press conference from law enforcement officials, but for now, let's go to fox news' katie's nomex casey stegall. >> laura, good evening. hopefully we get more on this press conference, not only have they said that they don't believe this incident happened -- that it was related to the package bombs, and that doesn't make a

. >> bill: casey stegall, live in dallas. you. >> sandra: fox news alert, breaking news in the showdown with north korea. south korea saying they're willing to freeze their ballistic missile testing to pave the road to a summit with the u.s. and president trump tweeting, possible progress being made in talks with north korea. a serious effort is being made by all parties concerned. the world is watching and waiting. maybe false hope but the u.s. is ready to go hard in either direction. let's bring in steve hayes a fox news contributor. this is a huge change in town. >> those are important conditionals you laid out. the most important thing in the president's tweet is maybe false hope. we've seen this before from north korea, most especially in 2012, shortly after kim jong-un took power there were stories reported in late february, early march of that year about north korea's offer to suspend its nuclear programs and engage in talks with the promise of a long-term peace deal. we saw this in 1994 and 2005 and 2007. north korea

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