attorney and nashville lease chief, john drake.hey are discussing this horrific explosion 6:30 a.m. yesterday. >> u.s. attorney conference. >> good afternoon. 2020 has been a tough year for nashville. started back in march with the devastating tornadoes we had that tore through some neighborhoods and continued through the pandemic and this past summer and now this. the bombing christmas morning right here in the heart of our downtown. one thing we haven't heard, we have learned in my time here, they are tough. i want you to know that is the team behind me and we are doing everything we can to find out what happened here, to get the answers you deserve and make sure we are all safe. one of the toughest groups of folks we've got here in tennessee as our law enforcement and first responders. nowhere in my experience in law enforcement has that ever been clear to me and what happened yesterday morning. 6:30 a.m. or so christmas morning, the police officers blocks north of here didn't run from danger, literally ran to danger. the rv ann

. >> nashville police chief john drake quick to commend the officers who rushed the area and get the residents to safeties. >> they went with their gut instinct and immediately began evacuating people. we'd be talking about a lot of people seriously injured had they not taken those actions. >> reporter: the at&t outage disrupted access and grounded flights yesterday. full restoration could take days as some restdants across tennessee, parts of georgia, alabama and kentucky are cut off from cellphone and internet access. tonight music city eerily quiet as investigators piece together a crime scene they call a massive puzzle. >> you could outline a dozen different scenarios of this of what could have happened. >>> new at 11:00, damaged art in oakland that has some upset and disturbed. the artist that created this bust of breonna taylor believes someone vandalized just two weeks after it was installed downtown. the artist website to take a look at the damage himself tonight, and he said there's no doubt it was an intentional act. you might remember breonna taylor was gunned down by poli

the nashville police chief, john drake, told reporters the force received reports of gunshots early in went to investigate a suspicious vehicle. this morning, around 5:30am, officers responded to a call for shots fired in the downtown area. whilst they were responding, they encountered an rv that had a recording saying a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. 0fficers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby. they began knocking on doors, making announcements, having emergency communications, communicating with everyone to get people safe. shortly after that, the rv exploded. the latest from the police in nashville in the us. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has announced around $2.1; billion worth of benefits for farmers amid mounting pressure on his government to scrap controversial reforms. mr modi has today been addressing millions of farmers across the country virtually, accusing his political opposition for misleading them over contentious new laws that will loosen the rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm products. 0ur south asia

police chief john drake said officers went to the home, but did not make contact with warner or look inside the rv. >> there was no signs of any bomb-making. so it would have taken signs that a crime was being committed, that a bomb was being made for the officers view, the only thing they saw was an rv that he couldn't see inside and wasn't allowed access into. >> chief drake did say the officers could have followed up more. warner died in the christmas day explosion. >>> part of the country are ending 2020 with some severe weather. a winter storm is blasting through parts of texas and oklahoma. snow blanketed areas south of oklahoma city yesterday. some areas could get up to 18 inches of snow. the same storm system led to a brief tornado south of dallas. it damaged at least 13 mobile homes, snapped some trees, but there were no serious injuries. >>> coming up on the "cbs morning news," we remember a beloved castaway from the tv show "gilligan's island." >>> and welcome home. a limited number of buffalo bills fans will be allowed at a playoff game. this is the "cbs morning news." hi

. >> reporter: nashville police chief john drake quick to credit the six officers who first encountered the rv each rushing to clear the area and get nearby residents to safety >> they went with their gut instinct and immediately began evacuating people. we'd be talking about a lot of people seriously injured had they not taken those actions >> reporter: the at&t outage disrupted 911 access and grounded flights at nashville airport yesterday. full restoration could take days as some residents across tennessee and in parts of georgia, alabama and kentucky are cut off from cell phone and internet access. tonight music city eerily quiet as investigators piece together a crime scene they call a massive puzzle >> you could outline a dozen different scenarios of this -- of what could have happened, but we were just damn lucky. >> morgan joins us now from downtown nashville morgan, those pictures what is being done to help people in the neighborhood >> reporter: yeah, kate. this i a popular neighborhood that a lot of people live and work in so to help them out the governor of tennessee now req

nashville's police chief, john drake, outlined the events prior to the blast.s morning, around 5:30am, officers responded to a call for shots fired in the downtown area, specifically second and near commerce. as officers responded, they encountered an rv that had a recording saying that a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. officers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby, so they began knocking on doors, making announcements, having emergency communications to communicate with everyone to get people safe. shortly after that, the rv exploded. we had one officer that was knocked to the ground. and the metro nashville police department have released a still of the camper van on second avenue before it exploded and have appealed for anyone who had seen it to get in touch. joining me now from nashville, tennessee is yihyunjeong joining me now from nashville, tennessee is yihyun jeong, a reporter for the tennessean, a daily newspaper. thank you very much for coming on the programme. can you just tell us a bit more about what you kno

the nashville police chief, john drake, told reporters there are a force received reports of gunshotswhen they went to investigate a suspicious vehicle. this morning, around 5:30am, officers responded to a call for shots fired in the downtown area. whilst they were responding they encountered an rv that had a recording saying a bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. 0fficers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby. they began knocking on doors, making announcements, having emergency communications, communicating with eve ryo ne communications, communicating with everyone to get people safe. shortly after that of the rv exploded. the latest from the police in nashville in the us. here, people living near the river great 0use in bedfordshire have been urged to leave their homes because of a risk of flooding tonight. more than 80 flood warnings have been issued across england and wales in the advance of the arrival of storm bella which is forecast to bring heavy rain and wind of up to 70 miles an hour. an australian expedition has been medically evacuated from antarc

ripped through a neighborhood and nashville early on christmas morning so that man right there is john drake is the national metro police department chief and what he said is that the investigation is continuing i mean also did confirm that they have found tissue which they believe could be human remains but they still need to investigate and right before him speaking was the mayor john cooper we heard from him as well he was talking about the city's results to rebuild in the wake of this explosion he did give out some numbers saying 41 businesses were damaged by the blast and the intention was to create chaos and fear and he also did say the f.b.i. and police are working together to investigate the explosion will move away from nashville and return to the pandemic because it's been a quiet christmas across europe that's where several governments ordered their people to stay home and new and potentially more contagious variant of the virus 1st detected in britain added to the urgency to impose new lock downs dominic kane reports from berlin. christmas in rome during code where goodwill to ot

. >> reporter: police chief john drake quick to credit the first officers, each rushing to clear the area and get nearby residents to safety. >> they went with their gut insting ai instinct and began evacuating people. people would have been seriously injured if they had not. >> reporter: 911 access and flights were grounded at nashville airport yesterday. full restoration could take days as some residents across tennessee and in parts of georgia, alabama and kentucky are cut off from cell phone and internet access. tonight music city eerily quiet as investigators piece together a crime scene they call a massive puzzle. >> you could outline a dozen different scenarios of this, of what could have happened. we were lucky. >>> back here locally the bay area was told to stay home but chp is reporting more than 300 allegedly drunk drivers were arrested on christmas eve and christmas day. that's a little more than last year when 270 people were arrested for driving under the influence. the chp's maximum enforcement period continues through midnht tigight and then resumes new year's eve. >>

first off, united states attorney don doc rcochran, foll by john drake and then followed by fbi special agent in charge, doug and mickey, the special agent in charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms who will also speak. also joining us is colonel matt of the tennessee highway patrol. following the investigators' update, we'll then hear from mayor cooper. for now, united states attorney cochran. >> 2020 has been a tough year for nashville. started with the devastating tornadoes that tore through some of our neighborhoods. continued through the pandemic and events of the past summer, and now this. the cowardly bombing on christmas morning right here in the heart of our downtown. but one thing about nashvillians in the time i've lived here is they're tough and they stick together as a team, that's what we're doing now and i want you to know that's the team bind me a and the folks doing everything to find out to get the answers that you deserve and make sure we're all safe. so one of the toughest groups of the folks we've got here in middle tennessee is our law enforcement and

. >> reporter: metro nashville e police chief john drake says in 2019 officers did not have enough evidenceo get a search warrant of warner's property. he believes police officers in that case did everything they could do legally. possibly, he said, they could have followed up more, but hindsight is 20/20. gregg? gregg: mike tobin, thanks very much. turning now to wall street where the markets continued their record-setting pace. the dow rising 74 points for its 13th record close of the year. s&p up 5 points for its second highest close, the nasdaq also gaining 20 points on the day. volume on the big board, 3.1 billion shares. and a reminder, listen to lou's reports three times a day on the salem radio network. >>> coming up next, we're going to have more on senator josh hawley's big announcement that he will object to electors from certain states come january 6th. all part of the battle for the white house. we'll take it up here next with judicial watch president tom fitton. ♪ ♪ wild thing, ♪ ♪ you make my heart sing ♪ ♪ wild thing i... think i... you know what i think? i think you owe us

at that time, the police chief john drake said the police were on the scene located others in the area, trying to get them out of the scene, given that message from the rv. they also called the bomb squad as well. subsequently the rv did in fact explode. the police there saying there was an act of heroism because lives were saved given the 15 minute time window where police were able to get local residents and civilians out of harm's way. police went on to say one officer was knocked to the ground. they're an emotional trauma, and minor injuries, they're sweeping the downtown area to make sure everyone is safe. as of now, there's no concern about additional devices throughout the area throughout downtown nashville. they're just taking extra precaution to make sure the area is indeed safe and the fbi, atf, federal agents on the investigation early into the hours, this could have been much worse as you look at the damage given the massive explosion caused by the rv at 6:00 a.m., christmas morning. thankfully it was a deserted area at the time. there were three injured, not life-threateni

french, special agent in charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, and john drake this time i'll turn it over to united states attorney cochran. >> thanks, jason. thanks for being

french, special agent in charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, and john drake, chief of police, metro national police. at this time i'll turn it over to united states attorney cochran. >> thanks, jason. thanks for being here. on behalf of the investigative team, i wanted to give you a major update in a development we've come to in this case and that is, based on the evidence that we've gathered to this point, we've come to the conclusion that an individual named anthony warner is the bomber. that he was present when the bomb went off. and that he perished in the bombing. we base this conclusion on forensic evidence, including dna evidence that you'll hear about, as well as evidence that was gathered at the scene of the bombing. because this was a collaborative effort, i want to turn the microphone over to each of the agency folks here. they're going to talk about their agency's role in the investigation and how the evidence that they gathered, how the tests they conducted led us to this conclusion. so let me start out by introducing tennessee bureau of investig

chief john drake? >> thank you, don. good afternoon. this morning around 5:30 a.m.icers responded to a call for shots fired in the downtown area. specifically 2nd and near commerce. they encountered an rv that had a recording saying that a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. officers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby. so they began knocking on doors, making announcements, having emergency communications communicate with everyone to get people safe. shortly after that, the rv exploded. we had one officer that was knocked to the ground. another officer is fine. [ sirens ] currently what we have going on now, we have k-9 dogs out partnering with tennessee highway patrol, federal partners and we're sweeping the downtown area just as a precaution to make sure that everyone is safe and that any service that is needed we can provide that. with that said we don't feel there's any concern in the downtown area of anything else right now. but we are doing it as a precaution just to search with our bomb dogs. and at this time i will turn

first off, united states attorney don doc rcochran, foll by john drake and then followed by fbi special in charge, doug and mickey, the special agent in charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms who will also speak. also joining us is colonel matt of the tennessee highway patrol. following the investigators' update, we'll then hear from mayor cooper. for now, united states attorney cochran.

john drake, chief of police, metro nashville police. at this time i'll turn it over to united states attorney cochran. >> thanks, jason, and thanks for being here. on behalf of the investigative team, i wanted to give you a major update in a development that we've come to in this case, and that is based on the evidence that we've gathered to this point, we've come to the conclusion that an individual named anthony warner is the bomber. he was present when the bomb went off, and that he perished in the bombing. we base this conclusion on forensic evidence including dna evidence that you'll hear about as well as evidence that was gathered at the scene of the bombing. because this was a collaborative effort, what i want to do is turn the microphone over to each of the agency folks here. they're going to talk about their agency's role in the investigation and how the evidence that they gathered and how the tests that they conducted led us to this conclusion. so let me start out by introducing tennessee bureau of investigation director david

>>on friday nashville police chief john drake also said investigators found tissue at the scene of the explosion. now they are presumably working to determine if that belongs to this person of interest reporting in nashville. i'm chelsea for. >>we're also following a developing story tonight out of virginia where police are investigating a reported shooting at the valley view mall in roanoke so far police are saying at least 5 shots were fired inside of the jc penney store there. police say one person was injured after 2 groups got into an argument and then opened fire. the nature of that argument has not yet been released police are still searching for the shooter tonight. what switch gears now talk about our 4 zone forecast meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here with what we can expect. and his timing up the rain headed our way and that awesome moon picture to yeah, our very own taylor, this act he shot this amazing picture outside of downtown san francisco. >>just about an hour or 2 ago, and you may have noticed this halo around the moon almost looks like a ring. that's known as a

john drake, chief of police, metro nashville police.t this time i'll turn it over to united states attorney

attorney and nashville lease chief, john drake.sion 6:30 a.m. yesterday. >> u.s. attorney conference. >> good afternoon. 2020 has been a tough year for nashville. started back in march

chief john drake. >> thank you, don. good afternoon. this morning around 5:30 a.m., officers responded to a call for shots fired in the downtown ar area. specifically, second and near commerce. they've also encountered an rv that had a recording saying a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. officers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby, so they began knocking on doors, making announcements, communicating with everyone to giv get people safe. shortly after that, the rv exploded. we had one officer knocked to the ground. another officer is fine. [sirens] currently what we have going on now, we have k-9 dogs, all of them are out. partnering with tennessee highway patrol, our federal partners, and we are sleeping the downtown area, just as a precaution, to make sure that everyone is safe and that any services needed, we can provide that. with that said, we don't feel there is any concern in the downtown area of anything else right now, but we are doing it as a precaution just to search with the bomb dogs.

nashville police chief john buildings have been badly damaged. nashville police chiefjohn drakemorning, around 5:30am, officers responded to a call for shots fired in the downtown area. specifically second and near commerce. whilst they were responding, they encountered an rv that had a recording saying a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. 0fficers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby. they began knocking on doors, making announcements, having emergency communications, communicating with everyone to get people safe. shortly after that, the rv exploded. we had one officer that was knocked to the ground. the metro nashville police department has released a still on the camper van on second ave before it exploded and have appealed for anyone who had seen it to get in touch. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has announced around $2.1; billion worth of benefits for farmers amid mounting pressure on his government to scrap controversial reforms. mr modi has today been addressing millions of farmers across the country virtually, accusing his p