james. i want to be very clear that to date we have found no record of an investigation of frank r. the reports new mexico field office previously investigated him are inaccurate. i want to thank our partners in this case, nypd, the atf, u.s. marshals and the u.s. attorney's office and all the members of the fbi and nypd joint terrorism task force. we have had such a tremendous response from all our partners in the case that have led us to this moment now. i also want to take a quick moment to highlight the work of the jttf. i'm fortunate i get to work with them every day, truly an outstanding group of people, led by carrie farly, outstanding job on this as they have every time new york has faced a threat of this nature. thank you, and turn it over to john devito. >> good afternoon, everyone. again, john devito, special agent in charge for atf here in new york state. one of the key points they pointed out we could not done this without the public's help. first let me say our thoughts and prayers and actions for the past two days have been with the victims, as well as all new yorkers

in the moments before his arrest, bystanders taking these pictures of frank james wandering around the area. zach dahhan, who was in a store nearby, spotted james and flagged down police. >> i seen the police walking from over there, i told the police, this is the guy. he did the problem in brooklyn. this guy. catch him, guys, catch him. and they catch him. thank god, we catch him. >> reporter: within minutes, mayor eric adams breaking the news to the city. >> my fellow new yorkers -- we got him. >> reporter: police commissioner keechant sewell describing an exhaustive dragnet. >> we used every resource at our disposal to gather and process significant evidence that directly links mr. james to the shooting. we were able to shrink his world quickly. there was nowhere left for him to run. >> reporter: at the scene of the crime, police say they found two bags, one containing this glock-17 pistol. authorities tracing the weapon back to james, finding he purchased it legally in ohio 11 years ago. they also found a u-haul key at the scene. the company telling investigators james rented the t

frank r. james is in custody, the suspect connected to the stabbing in a subway station in brooklyn on -- yesterday has now been taken into custody. this is according to pete williams citing law enforcement officers, and he was taken into custody on 1st avenue and st. marks in manhattan, and police were taken to the scene because of a stabbing. we will get more from pete in a couple seconds. let me give you an update on what we know about james as of now. he has a youtube channel called prophet of truth. he said i wanted to watch people die right in front of my blank face immediately. in another video addressing mayor adam's efforts to tackle safety and homelessness on the subways, he said it was, quote, doomed to fail. here's what mayor adams said today when he was asked about the social media posts. >> i was briefed by the police department on some of his social media posts. i think when you look at people who have engaged in social media all day, make these posts, he appears to be all over the pl

the new york police department is also crediting a teenager for helping to apprehend frank james. tting james hours before he was picked up and cnn's shimon prokupecz with me now. you spoke with the teenager, shimon. what did he tell you? >> reporter: really fascinating, kate. he's 17 years old. jack was on a field trip with his photography class here on the lower east side when he rounded this corner here. i want to show you. he came across this corner here on orchard street and canal and saw frank james sitting on this bench here, just sitting and just looking away as if nothing was going on. he said immediately, he realized it was him and he started snapping photos of frank james. he then also followed him. take a look at what he said about what he did when he saw him. >> right here from about 20 feet away, i saw frank james sitting down at that bench over there. so i got out my camera and i quickly took a photo of the street and that's when he noticed he was being photographed and he started walking away. >> reporter: what drew your attention to him? >> i was just looking for t

they're looking for 62-year-old frank james. n, call 1-800-577-tips. investigators believe james rented this u-haul van found a few miles from the scene, the keys to the u-haul were discovered at the scene. police are investigating if james has any connection to the shooting. we do know he recorded dozens of hours of videos ranting about new york city mayor eric adams, homeless people in the subway system, gun violence. mayor adams will join us in just moments. brianna? >> here in ukraine, president zelenskyy thanking president biden for calling russia's actions in this country genocide. and the worst may still be ahead. there is new satellite imagery that shows russian forces deploying in eastern ukraine in preparation for a large scale assault. and this just in, a cnn team in northeastern kharkiv reporting witnessing intense shelling in a residential district. a local ukrainian official says russia appears to

what are we learning about frank james? >> right now we expect frank james to walk out of the 9th precinct after being processed and handed over to the feds. he's facing a federal terrorism charge for attacking a mass transit system. that is a subway. same charge that if you attacked a railroad care. he could be sentenced up to life in prison. a 62-year-old today was caught in manhattan, the lower east side, the east village when a new yorker spotted him in a mcdonald's and called police. by the time the police arrived, he was nowhere to be seen. then an eye witness that was working in the east village spotted him on a security camera of the business that he was working at and alerted police officers. listen. >> look how many people in new york, nobody catch him. i was working inside the store. i catch him. that's good something from the god. good something from the god. we catch him. we do not want problem here in america. here life is good. >> if you see something, say something. that's an anthem that new yorkers have bee

the suspect is 62-year-old frank r. james. officials say the suspect put on a gas mask and set off a canister that filled a subway car with smoke before opening fire on passengers, injuring at least 23 people. ten of them hit by gunfire at the height of new york city's rush hour yesterday. let's bring in nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. what can you tell us? >> well, according to our affiliate wnbc in new york, the police were alerted through a tip to the crime stoppers system of a possible sighting of frank james in the east village of new york. a short time ago this afternoon, the police responded and an arrest was made at st. mark's and first avenue in that part of manhattan. the suspect was taken to the local precinct. and we're told by several law enforcement officials that they believe that it is frank rob james, the man that they've been seeking for the shooting in the subway, that apparently, he did have some identification with him when they made the arrest. and of course, in addition to the physical desc

frank james apprehended. we'll see you back here tomorrow.> neil: all right. thank you, martha. we're watching this brooklyn precinct where the man accused of shooting ten people in that subway train incident yesterday will be leaving that building shortly. you've heard a good deal about him, the 62-year-old was taken in to custody about 30 hours after the carnage in that train. he was awaiting arraignment on the charges that pertain to terrorists or other violent attacks against mass transit systems. no indication whether james himself had direct ties to

frank james. any moment now, we expect to get an update from new york city police on how this went down, but in the meantime, shimon prokupecz has a lot of information. shimon, it sounds like this was a police public partnership because people were out there looking for this guy, frank james, then police spotted him. >> well, yeah. they were, but obviously every police officer here had a photo of him so that certainly assisted them in finding him. it's pretty remarkable when you think about this. it's just two officers on patrol. the guy is just walking the streets like as if nothing has happened. the world is looking for him and he's just walking the streets and two officers riding in their car, perhaps maybe on foot, we don't know, they see him, stop him, and arrest him. and he's walking around as if nothing has happened. that is so remarkable. and that's what happened here. i can tell you dguys that this morning, i've been in touch with an individual who says he believes he saw frank james this

the man you see here identified as frank james. igators believe he rented a u-haul van, the keys of which were found at the scene. james had also recorded dozens of hours of youtube videos ranting about among other things new york city mayor eric adams, homeless people in the subway system, gun violence. we're going to bring you the latest from brooklyn in just a moment. >> we're also tracking major developments out of ukraine. this morning a cnn team has observed stepped up shelling of residential district of kharkiv as new video appears to show explosions from cluster munitions in a civilian area of that city. at least four explosions just seconds apart.

the man you see here identified as frank james. investigators believe he rented a u-haul van, the keys of which were found at the scene. james had also recorded dozens of hours of youtube videos ranting about among other things new york city mayor eric adams, homeless people in the subway system, gun violence. we're going to bring you the latest from brooklyn in just a moment. >> we're also tracking major developments out of ukraine. this morning a cnn team has observed stepped up shelling of residential district of kharkiv as new video appears to show explosions from cluster munitions in a civilian area of that city. at least four explosions just seconds apart. plus, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is proposing a prisoner swap with russia after capturing an ally of vladimir putin. we'll have more details on that just ahead. >>> first, let's begin with cnn's jason carroll, in new york, you've been following the story since it first broke in this broadcast some 24 hours ago. what is the latest on the police search for the pe

frank r. jamessterday has now been taken into custody. this is according to pete williams citing law enforcement officers, and he was taken into custody on 1

police swarming and just around 2:00 p.m., frank james was taken into custody. video capturing the moment that that happened and they put the handcuffs on him, his arrest taking place about 30 hours as he disguised himself as a subway worker, boarded a manhattan train and then opened fire inside a cramped subway car. in a moment i'll speak to a witness who was there when james was taken into custody achbds f -- and filmed it. he's at a storage facility filled with ammunition on monday night. he can be seen driving a white uhaul into brooklyn. moments later a man believed to be james can be seen entering the sunbway. you see him with the two bags and the hard hat. roughly two hours have passed before police started receiving calls about a shooting. at 8:40 a.m., a surveillance camera captures man exiting the subway at 25th street which is one stop from the location of the attack itself. as officials search for a motive and whether or not james was plotting any additional attacks, we are learning he will make his first court appearance tomorrow. prosecutors are ma

this gives some background and some insight into how that -- how frank james moved from a person of interestt because apparently once investigators, once police decided they could definitively link the gun that was found to james and they could elevate how they categorized him from a person of interest to, indeed, being a suspect in the shooting. investigators are also telling us that they're learning more about his purchases including the gas mask. remember, john, many of those who were out here during that horrific shooting saying the suspect was wearing some sort of a gas mask. well, investigators now say that frank james did, in fact, purchase a gas mask from ebay or something linked to his ebay account. so that's a second part of the puzzle here. the nypd continues to talk to witnesses, to talk to known family members of james. they have executed search warrants. again, all in an effort to try and find him. john? >> jason carroll, appreciate the hustle on the breaking news. police now linking that gun saying it was registered to the suspect, frank james. jason, thank you so very much. w

frank james is still a large. the mayor spoke with bloomberg television today. >> based on the briefing of my law enforcement officials and based on the evidence we were able to accumulate, he has been updated to a suspect. we are asking you to assist in the apprehension. please do not approach him. if you see him or know about his whereabouts, please notify law enforcement. mark: police say keys found at the scene of the attack belonged to a u-haul van rented by james. lee say the suspect set off two smoke grenades on a manhattan bound train and then fired a nine millimeters handgun at least 33 times. ukraine's president is proposing to swap a tycoon with close kremlin times he was detained by his country's security service for prisoners of war. he is seen as one of president vladimir putin's top allies in ukraine. he was placed under house arrest last year. local authorities say he went missing around the start of the russian invasion. in a video address, president zelenskyy offered to exchange him for ukrainian

frank james, again, 62 years old. talked a little bit about some of the evidence they found here which included some of the items that belonged to him, including keys to a u-haul van. that u-haul van found just about a few miles from here from a different subway stop and subway station. that van rented in philadelphia. not only does james have an address in philadelphia, he also has an address in wisconsin as well. investigators following up on those locations. police say that when james boarded the train, he boarded the second subway train, sat somewhere in the rear of the train, and with him was someone by the name of claire tunkle. she was there on the train yesterday morning and actually interacted with him. >> my motive, getting on that train, i look people in the eye. i assess, are they okay, should i get close to them, are they crazy. honestly when i locked eyes with this individual and did not get a sense that there was anything wrong with him, you know, he said there was urine in the seat, don't sit there. an

nypd releasing new photos of 62-year-old frank james telling fox's brian yanez, two of the photos showes leaving a subway station after the attack. james rented a u-haul that is now connected with the shooting that left ten people with gunshot wounds and several others injured from the chaos that ensued. the case of the van were found at the scene come along with a bag believed to be dropped by the gunman, containing fireworks, hatchet, on detonated smoke grenades. police also recovered a 9-millimeter glock with extended magazine. two detonated smoke grenades and gasoline. the chaos began during yesterday's morning commute around 8:30, as the train pulled into the station. when witnesses say a man wearing a neon orange construction vest, a gray hoodie, and neon green helmet might donned a gas mask and set off the smoke grenades. then unleashed a hail of bullets. police recovered 33 spent shells. passengers describe the frightening scene. >> i did not know it was going on. i thought maybe someone got hit or something. it was a scary moment. everyone was packed in that little station get

the prime suspect, frank james is his name, 62 years old.een a series of youtube videos that were released reportedly by frank james. and in these videos you can see that he says he was diagnosed with a mental illness, he complains about homelessness, new york city and mayor eric adams. he says he was entering, quote, danger zone and was, quote, full of hate, anger and bitterness. this as we're seeing new photos of frank james leaving the subway station. we don't know where these were taken exactly, but a law enforcement source tells me images are from after the attack leaving open the possibility that frank james may have rode the subway after the attack in part of his escape. that's one of hur -- our questions we'll have in this press conference. insides the n train police found expended ammo magazines, a glock-17 .9 mm semiautomatic handgun. frank james purchased that gun at a pawnshop many columbus, ohio, in 2011. and a senior law enforcement source also said that they're trying to track frank james based on his contacts in wisconsin and

>>> tonight, new details about new york city subway shooting suspect frank james. federal prosecutors calling the attack entirely premeditated. frank james ordered held without bail, accused of shooting ten people on a subway in brooklyn, injuring 29 in all. prosecutors saying he terrified the entire city. abc news learning authorities believe he rushed the attack, setting off smoke grenades on the train earlier than planned. prosecutors also say he had enough supplies to carry out more attacks. his attorney urging against a rush to judgment, praising him for calling crimestoppers to turn himself in. janai norman outside federal court. >>> overseas tonight, a major blow to russian naval forces off ukraine. the russian flagship sinking in the black sea, crippled by an explosion. ukraine claims to have hit it with a missile strike, but russia has a different explanation. russian troops now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern region. and president biden is asked if he will go to ukraine. ames longman in kyiv for us. >>> back here at home, the dangerous sto

that u-haul had been rented by a man named frank james. that u-haul was later discovered a couple hours ago, not very far away from here in brooklyn. so that's why they want to speak with him tonight. live in brooklyn, chris pollone, back to you. >> i'm sure it will be an active several hours where you are. this has a ripple effect m the bay area. the vta increasing patrols on its light rail systems and stations. there have been no specific threats to its system. two bomb-sniffing dogs will be patrolling randomly. the extra patrols are not expected to interfere with transit service. b.a.r.t. and muni also responding. and lester holt is on the scene, we will hear from witnesses who saw it all and what police are doing to track down the suspect. coming up at 6:30. >>> it is a significant shift. for the first time, president biden referred to russia's invasion of ukraine as genocide. as for vladimir putin, he is vowing his bloody offensive in ukraine will continue until quote, its goals are fulfilled. putin categories ukraine as a nation of e

we have reached out to the fbi and they say frank james purchased the fireworks items, the exact combination of items recovered here at the shooting scene ten months ago. >> thank you for that. bring us up to speed on this hunt now for mr. james. i spoke with the new york city mayor less than 24 hours ago who said even one more second is too long for this person to not be in the custody of law enforcement here. we know officials have traced the weapon left at the scene to james. what else can you tell us? >> let's not skip over that too fast. that's the critical piece of evidence that allowed the authorities last night to go from calling him a person of interest to saying that he is the suspect in the shooting because the atf was able to trace the purchase of that gun to a gun store in columbus, ohio, 11 years ago by frank james. his full name is frank robert james. he was born august 8th of 1959. there's just so much in evidence that he left behind. the bag of fireworks that you were just talking about, the gun, the credit card, a key to the u-haul van that authorities have now searched. la

a massive and roughly 30-hour manhunt ending this afternoon in this moment, frank robert james led away after being taken into custody on the streets of manhattan's east village neighborhood nypd detectives releasing video of james yesterday morning as he entered the subway in construction attire before the shooting. a video trail part of what they call significant evidence gathered that includes a gun left at the scene that authorities say they were able to quickly trace back to james. police say james fired over 30 rounds on a subway car after setting off two smoke canisters. in the confusion, making his escape on another train across the platform tonight, the suspect, his criminal history, and the search for a motive ron allen starts us off now with late details. >> reporter: tonight, a collective sigh of relief in new york city >> frank, why did you shoot all those people >> reporter: 62-year-old frank r. james is in custody, charged with a federal crime after the bloody attack in a brooklyn subway station during rush hour. governor kathy hochul announcing the news. >> the suspect h

sixty two year old frank james callrrested after a phonee to the tip line crimestoppers to new york city police officer spotted james and put himim in handcuffs as he stood in the street in manhattan's lower east side in the east village, officers respond to the mcdonald's. he's not in the mcdonald's. they start driving around t the neighborhood looking for him. they see him on the corner of st. marksok first and they take him into custody. >> he james, who has lived in the midwest, has a full history on social media ranting about public issues from crimesm and racism to homelessness. mel and his videos, james saidce he received mental health services that madead him more dangerous, claiming k he wanted to kill everything h in sight. and it turns out he is a repeat offender with nine prior arrests from acts to trespassing, authorities say james set off to smoke bombs in that subway car then firedts off thirty three shots from a glock nine millimeter handgung that he bought in a columbus, ohio pawnshop in 2011. used james reportedly bought a subway metrocard and used it to ride a subway e

police say frank james, the person of interest, rented that van in philadelphia. also believe that james had posted a video with almost apocalyptic rants against pretty much everyone. there is a $50,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. back to you. >> steve: so, lauren, yesterday, at about 8:30 after this happened down in the subway. and you showed us that subway -- the stairs. a lot of people came running out there trying to escape the gunman. but a lot of people, when the doors opened on that train, a lot of people ran out of that train and there was another train across the platform ran into that train, the driver realized what was going on closeds doors and took off and people at the next subway stop, when they were age to, you know, eventually get there, a bunch of the people said hey, wait a minute, i have been hit. >> yeah. this is the interesting thing about the new york subway. when there is a major stop like this platform that people can walk across to the other side. that's not the case for every subway stop. it is for this one because i

the police say it was 62-year-old frank james who rented the u-haul van and i'll associated with theoting that left ten people with gunshot wounds and several others injured from the chaos that ensued. dropped from the scene and containing fireworks, a hatchet, and decimated smoke and extended families and two designated smoke and the commute around 8:30 a.m. and the supreme court of the station witness to say a man wearing neon orange construction vest, neon hoodie and helmet with a gas mask set off the smoke grenades and then unleashed a hail of bullets. they recovered 33 shows and passengers described a frightening scene. >> four or five faces squished me and the door 19 banging smoke is filling up and there is nothing i can do. that is the worst feeling of my entire life. and i think i closed my eyes at times. >> investigators are asking people within the cell phone videos to come forward, anything to i.d. the shooter. there were no working video cameras and three subway stations. former nyt commissioner ray kelly coles that a pulling. >> it is absolutely indefensible in this day

there is a person of interest, police have named. 62-year-old frank james.7-tips if they have any information. investigators believe he rented the u-haul van which was found a few miles from the scene. the keys to the u-haul were discovered at the scene. police are investigating whether james has any connection to the shooting. we know he has recorded dozens of hours of videos

this shows frank james the morning of the attack. eventually he gets through with a backpack and suitcase presumably carrying the weapons used to commit the crime >> this jacket, the distinctive orange jacket was also recovered as well as his construction helmet he was wearing and we recovered that in a garbage bin in transit. >> at the station where the shooting happened keys to this u-haul van were found. the van discovered in another brooklyn neighborhood was rented in pennsylvania under james's name photos from the federal complaint show the van being driven over a bridge into brooklyn at 4:00 a.m. tuesday morning. in pennsylvania investigators issued search warrants for a storage unit in his name finding ammunition, a threaded 9 millimeter pistol barrel, that allows for a silencer, targets and ammunition for an ar-15 rifle. once they identified their suspect they realized he has an extensive criminal past in new york and new jersey. >> his arrest history in new york is nine prior arrests dating from 1992 to 1998 those include po

a massive search underway for 62-year-old frank james officially now the prime suspect in yesterday's terrifying brooklyn subway shooting. i'm harris faulkner, you are in the faulkner focus. police say james rented a u-haul van which was found blocks away from the brooklyn subway station where people were shot. that they are telling us james has a history of posting rants about racism and violence on social media. police at the suspected shooter set off at least to go smoke bombs on a subway car at 8:30 eight eastern yesterday during the morning rush hour. as you know we went wall-to-wall with our coverage. james, please say, fired 33 rounds before his gun jammed. that gun was left of the scene. 29 people hurt, ten were shot. no one is died. however, this morning we have learned five people are in critical condition. new york city mayor eric adams says they are determined to get him. >> no matter what an individual is feeling, there is no excuse for taking an automatic weapon with a smoke bomb and a gas mask and a discharge 33 miles in our subway system. i do know this, he wanted to b

york, where police have arrested a man in connection to tuesday's subway shooting. 62-year-old frank james was apprehended after he himself called the city's crimestoppers line and told them his location at a manhattan mcdonald's. also, it was after bystanders said they saw james on the street and alerted officers. this is zack tahhan, a 21-year-old syrian immigrant and his cousin mo cheikh. he said they were repairing a camera system at a hardware store when they spotted james. >> we tell the police, this is the guy. this is the guy that was the problem -- >> we were like between 70% to 80% sure it was him. we pull up the picture on our phones and saw the picture. we confirmed between the three of us, oh, that is the guy. 100% sure that is him. amy: police accuse frank james of shooting 10 passengers on a subway car in brooklyn. at least 13 other people were injured in the attack, which began after the gunman released two smoke grenades in a crowded train during morning rush hour tuesday. he is being charged in federal court with violating a law against terrorist and other violent attacks

it is good news today that frank james was apprehended.full faith in the nypd, the fbi, for making the arrest. going back to 2016 with the pulse nightclub shooting, people asked, these folks had been interviewed, weren't they in custody? unfortunately we've got this pesky fourth amendment thing in the united states that makes it really difficult, people say hyperbolic things, i listened as you read through that slew of bigoted and awful online rantings that this individual had posted. a lot of times it is difficult. you can interview somebody, they could be on your radar, but you can't keep them under perpetual surveillance. in a country like the united states with 327 million people and only 12,000 fbi agents, and makes it tough to make sure that something like this doesn't happen. >> tucker: that sounds entirely fair to me. i'm wondering about the security cameras in the new york city subway system. many thousands of cameras down there. we are learning that it just so happens that the cameras at the scene were not working. would you take

can you talk about the connection between mayor adams and frank james? >> it sounds like he was a target of his anger. eric adams has been very public about trying to clean up the city and handle the deal with the population. this was something that james expressed anger about, so he basically seemed to pinpoint his anger on the mayor. as a result of that, they are concerned because he is on the loose, a fugitive, and he may try to track the mayor down. >> are we returned will now? have we got a full subway system up and running? >> the system has already been crushed by the pandemic. it seemed to be stroll -- slowly trying to recuperate, but it is only at third of what it was before the pandemic. there are homeless people thing on the train, so there are elements of other issues. now that people have this extra layer of concern that they have to look over their shoulder to determine, is this guy on the trains today? >> there were a lot of local schools and brooklyn that were sheltering in place for much of yesterday. of course, closing at 3:00 p.m. local

speak with the police are standing by talking about frank james as a person of interest. rented a van in philadelphia. they also say he has connections in wisconsin. it is believed james had posted a video of apocalyptic rant against the world. there is a $50,000 award leading to information leading to an arrest. todd, back to you. >> carley: all right, lauren, thank you for that report. let's ring and the first responders and retired nypd. detective a lot to impact with you this morning. thoughts on what lauren reported and your thoughts on this case. >> well, i mean i think we should be thankful this person was not al qaeda operative. they don't want to call this terrorism but a white nationalist it would be all over the news. a media terrorist attack. it seems like he was untrained, right, a lot of evidence at the scene. we don't know yet exactly what his motives were, but going over the social media post and things of that nature come i think it seems clear. >> todd: we have seen crime increase in the city as the defund the police movement has caught on and really caug

that frank james bought this gun in 2011. and that's the reason why he went from a person of interest named last night when frankly authorities were quite convinced that he was the gunman, or they wouldn't have named him, and now formally calling him a suspect in the shooting, because they believe that they've traced the gun used in the shooting to frank james, who bought the gun in 2011. and then you add to that, all the other evidence that they've acquired here. the key and the credit card that were found at the shooting scene, that tied to the subway, or tied to the van. now they've been able to see a lot of video of, they say, frank james getting out of that van and going into the subway. so even though the cameras were not working at the actual platform where the train stopped at the 36th street station, they say there are other videos that show him getting into the subway system, wearing the clothing that people have described as what the gunman wore. so this is an enormous amount of evidence. you know, we were, 24 hour

lauren. >> frank james is being held in federal lockup and expected to be charged for the subway shooting that stunned this city. a massive multi-state manhunt ensued after tuesday's chaos. james himself helped bring closure to this chase. the bizarre climax came when 62-year-old frank james called crimestoppers after seeing himself. he was at a mcdonald's and he had gone when officers arrived. witnesses saw him and called the cops. >> i see the car, police come and -- this is the guy. catch him today. this is the guy. we got him, thank god. >> the events began during tuesday morning rush hour, a train pulled into a brooklyn subway station and a man wearing a gray hoody donnetwork ed a face mask and began firing. 10 people were shot, two dozen were wounded. james became suspect number one after being linked to a -- uhaul rental. he has made terroristic threats and disorderly conduct. authorities took credit explaining how police work made his capture inevitable. >> fellow new yorkers, we got him. >> we were able to shrink his world quickly, there was nowhere left for him to run. >> james

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as for frank james, police were very clear he is only at this point a person of interest.y did find some concerning social media posts from frank james about homelessness, new york and new york's mayor. >> we know this incident is of grave concern to new yorkers. we cannot lose sight of victims in this city. we will use every resource we can to bring those to justice who continue to prey on the citizens of new york. >> now, back here in the bay area there's no threat that we know of, but both b.a.r.t and vta and muni increased police presence and it will stay that way for the next few days. more on that part of the story in a few minutes. >>> it is now just past 10:00 p.m. in brooklyn. let's bring in nbc's chris pollone who joins us near the 36th street subway station which was the scene of the crime. chris, nice to have you on the program. it is hard to rattle new yorkers but what is the mood where you are right now? >> reporter: rattled is a great word for it, for people who take this subway every day, who have been trying to come back from the pandemic, starting to go t

we are looking for frank james. we know he rented this u-haul van. of that u-haul van was found at the crime scene in the subway. >> mr. james [inaudible] >> we're pouring through that but, yes, correct. [inaudible] >> we are looking to determine if he has any connection to the train. we know mr. james rented that u-haul truck in philadelphia. [inaudible] >> so we are not calling them threats. he made some concerning posts or someone made some concerning posts. we cannot contribute to that individual yet. under an abundance of caution we are going to tighten the mayor's security detail. [inaudible] >> that is subject to investigation. we don't have that information yet. >> does he have a criminal record? >> [inaudible] >> mr. james is just a person of interest. we know right now who rented that u-haul van in philadelphia. the keys to that u-haul van were found in the subway in our shooter's possession. we don't know right now if mr. james has any connection to the subway. that's still under investigation. >> [inaudible] >> the crime scene is still bei

frank james. and a photo of the man that the nypd is describing as a person of interest in this investigation. what do you think that investigators are focusing on as they're trying to locate him inhow are they trying to find him? >> well, john, there's a massive effort going on right now to locate frarnk james. any address they have that is remotely associated with this guy is probably under surveillance or about to be by fbi agents and local police and all kinds of different jurisdictions. they are coursing through mr. james' presence online, social media, youtube, i know there's been some discussion about videos he may have posted. they'll be looking at the metadata on all of those postings to see if they can associate them with additional addresses. they'll try to locate and identify his associated, family members, if he has work or employment record, they'll go to those places. he is a person of interest at this point, but let's face it. he has a lot of explaining to do. he rented this uhaul

today when none other than frank james himself reportedly called crime stoppers and told them that he was at a mcdonald's in the lower east side. when police arrived, he wasn't at the mcdonald's. an eyewitness tells fox news he saw james walking a block away and told police. >> he was walking and i saw the people walking behind him and he have like small bag. i don't know what he have inside. he was thinking he is going to do something. i told the police. i saw this guy. he just got brooklyn -- >> investigators say after attacking the brooklyn subway station, james managed to escape by boarding an adjacent train which was carrying wounded passengers to the next station. according to the criminal complaint, james drove a u-haul van from philadelphia to brooklyn, new york, just four hours before the attack. investigators say they found ammunition and weapons at his philadelphia apartment and storage unit. no motive has been given but james posted hours of youtube videos complaining about homelessness. new york city and mayor eric adams. he rabbited about race issues, white people, and a

more than 24 hours later, frank james is still on the run. now we know police believe he is the man who shot ten people and injured many more, more than a dozen others, on a subway train during morning rush hour yesterday. police say a gunman filled a crowded sub a car with smoke before firing 33 shots at commuters. he had rented this u-haul fan found near the attack. they do not have a motive. they have found james' repeated postings on line about race, mayor eric adams and abuse. >> i get threats from time to time as a mayor, as a state representative, as a police officer. you use social media to carry out dangerous actions and there are correlations between what's being posted and carried out in our streets in this case and many other cases. >> let's start off with jason carroll. h he's live at the scene in brooklyn. jason, where is the investigation right now? >> reporter: kate, you can imagine the investigation is very much focused on following up on all those leads to try to find out exactly where frank james might be hiding out. what t

>> now that frank james has been caught there is a little bit of relief. is this a lingering thought in the back of people's a minds where it is like what is what will happen next? doing a when something else could happen? it could be a trend colliding with another train. there are so many safety components to writing the subways. a lot of people have the in the back of their mind. a lot of people are on edge a little bit. they are worried because no one knows what will happen and when it will happen and they do not want to be that person. caroline: pressure being placed on the administration to invest in public infrastructure. of the infrastructure bill -- the infrastructure will likely helped. putting money to work in the mta? >> one of the issues is bringing riders back and get it serviced where it is reliable for its customers. once the service gets back to a steady pace, going back to what it was pre-pandemic, we might start to see progress. they're bringing in a new subway president. he is a like we have to improve the service so that we can build on

new york city police department. >> reporter: new york city police say they arrested 62-year-old frank james in manhattan wednesday afternoon. this picture was just taken after james was just arrested. police sources say they believe james called the tip line himself. >> he's been taken into custody without incident and transported to an nypd facility. he'll be charged with committing yesterday's appalling crime in brook00. >> reporter: after the tuesday morning shooting police first called frank james a person of interest they combed through bigoted tirades he'd posted on youtube, but after examining clues left behind at the brooklyn crime scene including the keys to a rented van, a 0.9 millimeter handgun and a bag of fireworks they concluded james was their lone suspect witnesses say a man setoff two smoke bombs and then opened fire >> that's a sort of terror that i haven't seen before since 9/11 >> reporter: investigators say the gunman fired 33 shots before his weapon apparently jammed >> we hope this arrest brings some solace to the victims and the people of the city of new york >> repo

frank james remained silent and did not answer any of the questions.ance later this afternoon, in federal court. he faces a number of charges, including a federal charge of one count of violating a law, which prohibits terrorist attacks. and other violence against a mass transportation system. he faces other charges as well and if convicted, he's looking at life in prison. bianna, jim? >> all the terror he caused on that train, jason carroll in new york, thanks so much. >>> let's speak to criminal defense attorney cnn legal analyst joey jackson. good to have you. i'm curious. you've seen and been involved in a lot of cases. have you ever seen someone like this, someone carry out what was a planned act of violence, the smoke grenades, the multiple clips, and then turn himself in? >> yeah, jim, good to be with you. good morning to you and bianna. these are difficult and crazy times and the more we believe we're safe and sound, the more instances like this occur, which make us feel just the opposite. now, you know, certainly there is a variety of instance

frank james did not enter a plea. he will be held without bail.mes was arrested yesterday after he called a police tip line himself during a 30-hour manhunt. he is facing a federal terrorism charge for the attack that left 29 people injured. >> brynn gingras joins us live now. what happened in court today? >> like you said, this is just the initial court appearance frank james made for that single terror related charge. as you said, he did not mention a plea. the prosecution took the chance here to kind of lay out some of the aspects of their case against him as they asked that he be held without bail. they mentioned that they believed james premeditated this attack, preplanned is and caused terror. the judge agreed and he will remain behind bars. we got to hear a bit from james, he only acknowledged the fact that he read the criminal complaint against him. but his federally appointed attorneys did come out afterwards and did not take questions from the press but had something to say. take a listen. >> what happened in the new york city subway on

blanca: patricia, buenas noches, al menos tres vÍnculos directos a frank james . propia tarjeta de crÉdito,con su licencia y como si fuera poco la tarjeta de crÉdito con la que james hizo el alquiler se encontrÓ en la estaciÓn donde se produjeron los disparos. habÍa hecho muchas cosas racistas, preocupantes en contra de la ciudad y en contra el alcalde a travÉs de sus redes sociales en los Últimos dÍas. muy preocupante. por eso es un hombre de interÉs. patricia: vamos a ver cÓmo termina este caso. pasamos a texas con tormentas severas. hay graves apagones que dejaron 100,000 hogares sin energÍa elÉctrica. un posible tornado causÓ destrozos en unas viviendas. david urÍas tiene el reporte. david: me encuentro en ennis, texas. fuertes vientos, este auto quedÓ prÁcticamente colapsado luego de caer este techo. Éste es un negocio de comida rÁpida, todo el techo ha caÍdo. en este lugar se encuentra la cinta amarilla en este sitio. varios autos han colapsado. me cuenta los testigos que se encuentran aquÍ al momento de esta situaciÓn. fuertes vientos y rÁfagas de hasta 70 m

in a new york city subway car is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court today. 62-year-old frank jamesin lower manhattan. law enforcement sources say it was james himself who tipped off police as to his location. he faces a federal terrorism charge in tuesday's attack that left ten people wounded by gunfire. >>> the biden administration is extending the nationwide mask mandate for airplanes and public transit to may 3rd. it was supposed to expire next monday. the cdc cited an uptick in covid cases due to the ba.2 subvariant. >>> the upcoming hurricane season could be similar to 2021 which brought in a record-breaking 21 named tropical storms. so federal officials are warning people to start preparing now. skyler henry reports. >> reporter: it's been nearly eight months since category-four hurricane ida carved its devastating path from the gulf up through the northeast, directly killing 55 people. some louisiana residents are still living in trailers. >> it's going to be a long time before we come back. real long time. >> reporter: now a recent colorado state university study predicts t