high alert but i think i think this is an isolated incident ok that was journalist mike's aleve speaking to us from nashville tennessee thank you very much mike. e.u. countries have started to recess the post breaks a trade deal reached with the u.k. on christmas eve now the 2000 page document still needs to be accepted by the british and european parliament the long awaited agreement means that trade across the engine english channel will remain tariff free british prime minister bars johnson is pleased with the deal but it could cause him a whole set of new headaches. the doors of the e.u. council closed britain has been a strange from the block since january and now the trade deal is finalizing the divorce. e.u. ambassadors convened on christmas day to signal the start of approving the thousands of pages of fine print all member countries and britain are expected to ratify the agreement. the e.u. use chief negotiator michel barnier expressed regret saying there was no winner in breck set and calling the separation a lose lose situation while britain's prime minister barak's johnson made merry exultingly a

let's go straight to nashville now and speak to journalist mike's a lead by he can tell us more about what's been going on good to see you mike we just heard police appeal of more help from the public they believe this was intentional do we know any more about who or what could have been responsible well they've been posting a lot of the photos a security cam for cam camera voters the r.v. as it was crossing on to 2nd avenue about 122 this morning. other than that it's just a massive appeal for more information i will say to that what was initially a $10000.00 reward for facts leading up to the arrest has now grown to over 300000 dollars after the rule or 3 information lead to the rest conviction of this is suspect in this crime ok investigators say they found what they think a human remains so it's possible that a person or people were in fact killed. it is possible and that's that's still speculative at this point due to the fact that. but. all signs are leading to it could possibly be someone that was involved in this in this crime ok mike nashville is the hostel of american countr

correspondent mike merrick and west palm beach tracking the story and the president's response to the nashvillexplosion. a good, mark. >> good evening, mike. they've been briefed on the ongoing situation in tennessee. the white house has called a meeting so we are not expected here from charon today but the presence and it is actively monitoring what's on the ground in tennessee. >> from police and fire who can take your questions, at this time i'm going to call on nashville's mayor john cooper. >> well, thank you all for being here. the chiefs and i just have had a walking tour of the devastation on second avenue. as of right now, it does, initial evidence shows the early morning explosion was a deliberate bomb being set off in our community. the blast caused injuries into catastrophic damage to this very historic part of nashville. at the end of the day, i think all of us, i certainly have gone from relief to a lot more casualties and that's an amazing thing that were done particularly when people began to see the devastation on second avenue. there is a relief that there's not more casualtie

mike: panel, thanks very much. when we come back, more from the ground in nashville as we await another briefing from fbi. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i mike emanuel in for bret baier. breaking tonight, president trump has been briefed on the rb explosion in downtown nashville that occurred this morning. we continue to learn more as well. we're expecting to hear from the fbi any minute now after we learn human remains may have been found near the side. we will take you there when it happens. let's go to correspondent charles watson who is on the ground in nashville covering it all. good evening, charles. >> good evening, mike, this is a very at the scene right out and police pushed folks about a quarter of a mile up the road where the masse

correspondent mike reporting from nashville tonight.ce chief defending his officers after an incident report from august 2019 surfaced documenting that a girlfriend of warner made statements that her boyfriend was building bombs in an rv trailer at his residence. chief john said the statement was not enough to obtain a search warrant. without more evidence, nashville police had no right to search the property. >> i believe the officers did everything they could legally. >> federal investigators have handed it over to local authorities. that clears the way for public workers to inspect for safety before returning. as nashville and the nation move forward with the vulnerability. it caused a fire, flooded the basement, and damaged the backup generators. the end result was service was interrupted. some 911 systems to network. credit card machines in several states failed. even nashville's airport had two ground planes because of loss to the internet. >> the single point of failure and the fact that most people, at&t didn't even realize the

mike tobin is in nashville. let's get to mike. mike, tell us what is the latest there? >> as far as a motive goes, an unnamed investigator being quoted saying one of the avenues they're traveling as far as determining a knowive is that anthony warren was paranoid about 5g technology. the late father of anthony warner worked for at&t. you know the truck was parked outside the at&t building. it's not wrong to make that connection but this stage of the game it's too early and that n connection is speculative. dramatic video of an officer in front of the scene. he says he's heard a voice of god. he just left to check on a fellow officer and the area is shattered with debris. the identification has been made through dna analysis of material and cars that belonged to anthony warner. anthony warner, 63 years old from atnioch from outside asheville. one neighbor told the associated press that warner told him before the blast that nashville and the world would never be able to forget him. other neighbors said he was reclusive, that he kept to himself. as the investigation goes,

mike tobin is in nashville. let's get to mike. mike, tell us what is the latest there?investigator being quoted saying one of the avenues they're traveling as far as determining a knowive is that anthony warren was paranoid about 5g technology. the late father of anthony warner worked for at&t. you know the truck was parked outside the at&t

possible missed warning sign concerning the man behind the massive explosion in nashville on christmas day. correspondent mikeashville with more. >> video from security camera shows the impact of the christmas day bomb on downtown businesses. >> we didn't get the back of it. the exterior doors of the building were blown open. >> 911 calls reflect the first mysterious reports of hearing gunshots and then fear the warning blared from the rv and finally the blast. >> three rounds of gunshots inside the building. >> there is a recording saying there's a limited time to evacuate. there is a large bomb inside the vehicle. >> there was a big fiery explosion. >> my entire building is collapsing. >> an incident report from august 21, 2019 shows the suspected bomber anthony warner did get the attention of authorities. a girlfriend of warner made statements that her boyfriend was building bombs in the rv trailer at his residence. and that the suspect frequently talked about military and bomb making. police attempted several times and could not get the suspect answer the door. the report says the yard was fenced off. pol

tobin is in nashville this evening with more. mike? >> reporter: and, or gregg, a lot of that goes back to reports quoting an unnamed investigator saying that 5g technology is one of the avenues that investigators are traveling as they search for a motive. now, one thing investigators have said on the record is that the father of anthony quinn warner worked for at&t. you know now that the bomb was placed outside of an a at&t building, but making the connection, it's just too early to make that solid connection thus far. what we can tell you on the record is there's a lot of dramatic video that that is come from the scene. one shows an officer, james wells, in the area of the blast. he said that he heard the voice of god tell him to go check on a colleague, a fellow law enforcement officer. what you see then in sub scwercht video is the -- subsequent video is the area where he was standing showered with debris from the blast. one person who's giving a lot of credit to police is jeffrey rasmussen whos caped the blast as it shook his car.

pedestrian bridges including that by part of the process is nashville tries to get back on its feet. >> alicia: businesses just want to get back in there. miken nashville, thank you so much. "the new york times" accused of glorifying cancel culture after a story that some say celebrates students revenge on the classmates. in washington. spea>> a lot of questions on the timing, the video we are talking about was years old, posted back in june, so why now? what is new in the word news for "the new york times" that publish this on saturday? by subject this 18-year-old young woman's life to ridicule once again? amy groves is a white cheerleader and jimmy galligan comes from a mixed race family and they went to high school together pretty here's a timeline. 2016, a 32nd video in which he used a racial slur in her getting a learner's permit for driving. late 2019, sought online in the days after george floyd's and posted a video so that would have been in 2000. then became the center of a national social media firestorm, tennessee's cheerleading team took away her roster spot and she withdrew from the universi university. >> and what can only be d

let's get more from nashville where mike solely about can tell us more about what's been going on authorities are saying that the blast appears to be in it intentional what more can you tell us about that. well it's been a long day here in nashville at around 5 30 am so just just under 12 hours ago there was a 911 call reporting shots fired and the area just in downtown nashville off into 2nd avenue on that scene there wasn't one simply arrived on the scene there was any evidence of shots fired in the media area but authorities were led to a suspicious recreational vehicle parked on the street and circumstances regarding the cryptic messages that were blasted from the r.v. that officers to call in units of the national police fire bomb squad has are some serious you know it's. police did a sweep of the area. and on on the way there realized that this message was coming from the dire warnings come from the r.v. was saying evacuated now there was a bomb a bomb in this vehicle and it will explode about it give a countdown at 15 minutes short that shows they can you just describe for us 1st in th

. >> nashville police state evidence at the crime scene processing takes place through tomorrow and then public works will clean up and test the structural integrity of the buildings. >> bret: mike tobin in nashville. u.s. transportation department said positive train control technology is now in operation on all required railway sessions ahead of the december 31st deadline set by congress. the speed control technologies and place on more than 57,000 miles of track. the ntsb says he could've prevented accidents like the 2015 amtrak crash that killed eight people, injuring more than 150 in philadelphia. the colorado state laboratory has confirmed the first case of the coronavirus strain discovered in the united kingdom that scientists warn a significantly more contagious. the individual is a male in his 20s with no travel history. pfizer and biotech are confident their vaccine will work against this strain but say that studies are needed. vaccines continue to be given around the world that there is concern over who's getting the shots and who's not and how fast all of it is happening. correspondent brian yanez has the pandemic news from brooklyn, new york. >> as vaccinations cont

tobin is live in nashville with details. mike?t police were alerted that anthony quinn warner was making bombs. it was august 21 of 2019. police contacted a woman described as a girlfriend of warner. she made statements that her boyfriend was building bombs and an rv trailer at his residence. the suspect talks about military and bomb making. police attempted several times and could not get the suspect to answer the door. the report also says that police saw the rv but couldn't see inside it. the yard was fenced off and had cameras and alarms. warner acting with advice from a lawyer, denied them access to the property. metro contacted the department of defense and the fbi. a spokesman said august 22, 2019, the fbi received a request from the metro nashville police department to check holdings on warner and found no records at all. prior to the discovery of this incident report, the only problem was a pot chart in 1978. >> he was not on our radar. he was not someone that was identified as a person of interest for the bureau. so we w

about the background and missed warning sign concerning the man behind the massive explosion in nashville. mike from security cameras shows the impact of the christmas day bomb. >> all the exterior doors of our building were blown open. >> reporter: 9 one one calls reflect the first mysterious reports of hearing gunshots, then fear as a warning blair from the rv and finally the blast. >> reporter: the same as limited times to evacuate this area. a large bomb in the vehicle. >> there was a big fiery explosion. >> my entire building is collapsing. >> reporter: and is a report from august 21st, 2019, shows suspected bomber anthony warner contrary to the stamens did get the attention of authorities. a girlfriend of water made statements that her boyfriend was building bombs in the rv trailer at his residence and the suspect equally talked about military and bomb making. police attempted several times and could not get the suspect to answer the door. the report says the yard was fenced off, police saw the rv bit about the inside of the property was wired with cameras and alarms. police say the hazar

background and possible missed warning sign concerning the man behind that massive explosion in nashville. mike nashville withn more. >> video from security cameras shows the impact of the christmas day bomb on downtown businesses. >> all the exterior doors of our building were blown open. >> 911 calls reflect the first mysterious reports of hearing gunshots, then fear as a warning blared from an rv and finally the blast. >> three rounds of the gun shote inside a building. >> a recording out there saying there's a limited time to evacuate the area, than large moments of the vehicle. >> there was a big fiery explosion. that's what i have seen. >> my entire building just fell down and collapsing. >> incident report from august 21st shows the suspectedh bomber contrary to popular ecpolice statements did get the attention of authorities, a girlfriend of his made statements that her boyfriend was building bombs in the rv trailer at his residence and the suspect frequently talks about military and bomb making. police attempted several times and could not get the suspect to answer the door. the report

but first mike tobin is live in nashville with the latest. mike. >> hi, alicia. ey know who bombed downtown nashville, but escaping is the answer why. let's start with this dramatic footage of the officer you just heard from him. officer james wells in the area of the blast and he says he heard that voice telling him to check on his fellow officer. and the debris from the blast overwhelmed the area where the officer was standing. this is one time the public giving credit to the police for the fact that the only person killed was the bomber. one of the people who escaped, jeffrey rasmussen escaped as the blast shook his car. >> and we got to safety. that's one thing, and then the second thing i am so grateful those officers that showed up and put themselves in danger to help us get to safety. >> the way i see it, i mean, two angel showed up on our doorstep christmas morning. that happened to be an police officers uniforms. >> the bombers i deed as anthony warner quinn, 63 years old from antioch, tennessee. he was identified by the name analysis of material in anoth

nashville early christmas morning. there are some reports out today that police received a tip about that suspect more than a year ago. fox news mike tobin has the latest now from nashville. >> reporter: nashville police releasing new details about a tip they received in 2019, when the girlfriend of bombing suspect anthony warner warned them that he was building explosives. officers last august paid a visit to warner's home, but he wasn't there. and with no probable cause and no evidence of a crime, they couldn't search his house or rv. the department sent a report to the fbi who did background checks on warner and found nothing. investigators say some of his writings found in the aftermath of the explosion contained ramblings about conspiracy theories. they are looking into whether he might have been paranoid about 5g technology and which is why he parked the rv right outside an at&t building. >> the best way to find motive is to talk to the individual and we will be to do so in this case. it does appear that the intent was more destruction than death . >> reporter: although warner was the only fatality in the blast, within 41 bus

bret. >> bret: mike tobin live in nashville. thanks. outside of nashville, rutherford deputies arrested a man who they say drove a white box truck that was blaring a similar message as the rv that exploded on christmas day. multiple agencies surround her that before sending a robot in to check for explosives. none were found. james turgeon was charged with two counts of felony filing of a false report and one count of tampering with evidence. nearly 1.3 million people went through u.s. airport checkpoints on sunday. the highest one-day total in more than nine months despite warnings that travel will lead to more cases of covid-19. this is california's governor comes to grips with the failure as cases in his state surge despite one of the strictest lockdowns in the country. national correspondent william la jeunesse has our report from los angeles. >> the bottom line is if we don't act now, our hospital system will be overwhelmed. >> that was governor gavin newsom three weeks ago. today however, hospitals in much of the state remain over

tobin is live in nashville with more. mike?kie, as we learn more about the investigation we learn more about the difficulties faced by investigators. a big part of the problem is the fact that the rv which that bomb was planted was blown to bits. investigators with the tennessee highway patrol criminal investigation division and agents from the atf and the fbi painstakingly went through the vehicle. they found parts to produce a 17 digit identification number. that led them to anthony warner. dna evidence from the scene and vehicle he had given to someone else, a few items from the vehicle produced a dna match for the positive i.d. meantime police body cameras show eerie moments as officers responded to the warning and the rv blaring the warning in the distance. then you hear the blast. after the blast officers can be seen running to danger and getting people out of the danger zone. as parts of nashville open up, businesses here are struggling to survive via curfew for the immediate blast area has been extended for another day.

more from nashville where mike sleeve i can tell us more about what's been going on authorities are saying that the blast appears to be in it intentional what more can you tell us about that. well it's been a long day here in nashville at around 5 30 am so just just under 12 hours ago there was a 911 call reporting shots fired and the area just in downtown nashville off a tree 2nd avenue on that scene and there wasn't one simply arrived on the scene there was any evidence of shots fired in the meeting area but authorities were led to a suspicious recreational vehicle parked on the street and circumstances regarding the cryptic messages that were blasted from the r.v. that officers to call in units of the national police fire bomb squad has are some serious you know it's. police did a sweep of the area. and on on the way there realized that this message was coming from the dire warnings come from the r.v. was saying evacuate now there was a bomb a bomb in this vehicle and it will explode about it give a countdown at 15 minutes after that just as they can you just describe for us 1st in the

senior corps respondent mike tobin is live in nashville this evening with more. mike? reporter: gregg, let me start you out with some new visuals from security cameras the moment that bomb rocked downtown nashville. business owners from a block away talk about their doors being blown open, window -- or locks being knocked off. 911 calls and witnesses both talk about the mysterious sounds of gunfire before that warning was blared out of the recreational vehicle, what was old followed was the 1964 hit from pe tulle la clark, downtown, and then the blast. now to that incident report. we know today the police did receive a warning that anthony warner was building bombs. an incident report from august of 2019, a woman identified as a golf of warner made statements that her boyfriend was building bombs at his residence. the suspect frequently talked about the military and bomb making. police knocked on his door but didn't get an answer. police saw the rv but could not see inside. prior to the discovery of this incident report, police said all they knew of warner was a mariju

nashville. the bomber is identified as anthony quinn warner and officials say he died in the blast. the focus is shifting to why the suspect did it. let's go to miken nashville. >> one of the avenues investigators are traveling is a possibility that anthony quinn warner was paranoid over a 5g technology and that goes back to a number reports that quote an unnamed investigator. onone of things investigators he set on the record is that the father of anthony quinn warner worked for at&t before he died. you know the bomb was placed outside the at&t building. investigators caution in making the connection as far as the motivation would be speculative at this point. footage from the scene is absolutely dramatic. one police officer, james wells, seen in the area of the blast before he says he heard a voice telling him to check on his fellow officer. moments later debris from the blast overwhelms the area where the officer was standing. one person was giving credit to police, jeffrey rasmussen who got the warning from cops and escaped as the blast shook his family car. >> the second thing, i'm so grateful to those officers. they put themselves in danger

anthony warner last year after women identified as his girlfriend told nashville police officers that he was building bombs in his rv. mikein with more on this live in nashville. why this is disturbing, mike. >> it goes back to an incident report from 2019, eric that shows indeed police were alerted that anthony warner was making bombs. august 21 of 2019, police contacted a woman described as warner's girlfriend. she made statements that her boyfriend was building bombs and the rv trailer at his residence. that is suspect talks about the military and bomb making. police attempted several times and could not get the suspect to answer the door. the report also says police saw the rv but could not see inside the rv. the yard was fenced off and the location was wired up with alarms and cameras. police say the hazardous device unit followed up but they were denied access. metro contacted the department of defense and the fbi. a spokesman for bureau received a request and found no records at all. prior to the discovery of this incident report, the only record they had of warner was a pot charge in 1978. >> he was not on our rad

and get more from nashville where mike sleeve i can tell us more about what's been going on authorities are saying that the blast appears to be in intentional what more can you tell us about that well it's been a long day here in nashville at around 5 30 am so just just under 12 hours ago there was a 911 call reporting shots fired in the area just in downtown nashville up a tree 2nd avenue on that scene and there wasn't one simply arrived on the scene there was any evidence of shots fired in the meeting area but authorities were led to a suspicious recreational vehicle parked on the street and circumstances regarding the cryptic messages that were blasted from the r.v. that officers to call in units of the national police fire bomb squad has arisen tiriel so you know it's. police did a sweep of the area. and on on the way there realized that this message was coming from the dire warnings come from the r.v. was saying evacuate now there was a bomb a bomb in this vehicle and it will explode about it give a countdown as if the minutes for that just as they can you just describe for us 1st

tobin is at the bomb site in nashville for us. hey, miketart out with new security camera videos just before the blast rocked downtown nashville. business owners about a block away talked about their doors and locks being blown off. witnesses and 911 calls talk about the sound of gun fire before that warning was blared from the av. then you have the warning, the hit being played "downtown" and then the plast. and then anthony warner was reported of building bombs. a girlfriend was worner that said he was building bombs at his residents. the suspect talked act military and bomb making. police saw the rv but didn't see inside the rv. prior to discovery of this incident report from last year, police said all they knew of warner was a pot charge from 1978. >> he was not on our radar. he was not someone that was identified as a person of interest for the bureau. so we were not familiar with this individual until this incident. >> just a short time against, police chief drake says he believes his officers did everything that they could have legal

mike tobin live in nashville with the latest. hi, mike. >> the police body camera video shows what police face as they responded first to the evacuation of downtown. you can see the police officers going door-to-door with a warning blaring from the rv in which the bomb was planted. then you hear the blast. metro nashville police run to the danger escorting people out of the blast zone. part of the difficulty with the investigation is that the rv in which the bomb was planted was blown to bits. investigators from the state troopers and atf and fbi sifted through the debris and put together enough pieces of the vehicle to establish a 17-digit vin number. that led to the name of anthony warner. in the car, they pulled a hat and a glove and dna off of it and made the positive i.d. nashville businesses are struggling after taking this hit. peter opened a downtown restaurant in 2019. first he got hit by a tornado and then covid. he was hoping christmas would mark a new beginning. >> we're in ground zero. we had a virus hit and then this

jackie: mike, thank you so much for that. the nashville also revealing security weakness in the united states communications officials saying that it will take days for internet air traffic control systems and 911 services to be fully up and running. edward lawrence here with the break down. heedward, over to you. reporter: the blast from downtown nashville you saw pictures from mike tobin it highlights a achilles heel that can be exploited by enemies and outside of it. vanderbilt professor of computer sciences douglas schmidt says companies need to avoid all communications lines from one region through a building. the explosion on christmas day in nashville took out at&t communications hub. knocking out internet lines, 911 system, maybe phones and hospitals from kentucky to georgia. the nashville international airport even had to issue a ground stop because it lost internet access. >> people probably didn't realize the 911 service was somehow associated with the telecommunications equipment and connections that ran through that building.

in nashville, mike tobin, foxnews. >>> the police officers body camera capture the moment just as theb exploded. shattered glass and debris all across the downtown area. you can hear the car alarms going off in an sporadic last. one officer noted those explosions could have been from ammunition inside the burning rv. sharing the california supreme court ruled unanimously that inmates convicted of non- violence sex crimes cannot be denied a chance for early parole consideration. challenges the 2016 voter approved ballot measure. that initiative was championed by former governor jerry brown as a way to reduce prison populations and costs i speeding chances pearl. he and other proponents have said they never intended for it to cover sex offenders but lower appeals courts ruled that the plain language of the measure ruled that those inmates cannot be precluded from consideration and today the high court agreed. >>> the pandemic's impacts on renters and landlords and legislation that could help extend a moratorium on eviction. >>> a south bay medical center reopened. how does helping treat

in nashville, mike tobin, fox news. >>> with covid-19 cases on the rise, people are debating how to celebratehe new year. i'm david spunt in washington. what measures people are taking to ring in 2021. >>> with the end of 2020 now in sight, a lot of people are looking forward to a nice start. myself included. but as you know, we will be ringing in 2021 a lot differently this year. david tells us about the challenges of this year's new year's eve celebrations. >> reporter: countdown to the ball drop is on. businesses and people across the country are rushing to put the last minute touches on their new year's eve plans, all during a global pandemic. still, many people take celebrations and safety can go hand in hand. >> we will go out and stay and follow the rules and stay safe and we are happy to have them. >> put some joy and hope out there. >> but even as most businesses are trying to follow their local guidelines, they say the cards are still stacked against them. >> they had to go by the state by which to protect all of us, it's constantly changing. so we have no idea what going to happen

president donald trump has been briefed on the matter which has got more from nashville where mike sleeve i can tell us more about what's been going on authorities are saying that the blast appears to be in intentional what more can you tell us about that. well it's been a long day here in nashville at around 5 30 am so just just under 12 hours ago there was a 911 call reporting shots fired and the area just in downtown nashville off into 2nd avenue on that scene and there wasn't one simply arrived on the scene there was any evidence of shots fired in the meeting area but authorities were led to a suspicious recreational vehicle parked on the street and circumstances regarding the cryptic messages that were blasted from the r.v. that officers to call in units of the national police fire bomb squad has are some tiriel so you know it's. police did a sweep of the area. and on on the way there realized that this message that was coming from the dire warnings from from the r.v. was saying evacuated now there was a bomb a bomb in this vehicle and it will explode about it give a countdown as if

joining us now with the latest on the ground in nashville is mike tobin.here hi, there, trey. a girlfriend of warner reported to police that he was making bombs in the vehicle. police visited his property, but did not search his vehicle. we d do not have independent information on that. they've been able to turn over half the blasts site to city crews. crews from the department of public works have been going through among other things. cleaning up and checking the structural integrity of the buildings. the rv in which the bomb was planted was blown to bits. investigators with the atf, fbi, and tennessee to permit of highways, went there all the rubble and were able to piece together enough parts of that vehicle to produce an intact vehicle identification number. that led to the name of anthony warner. he had been giving things away before the blast. in that car, investigators found a hat, dna material from those items, those much to dna found on the blast site. still escaping as a motive. the fbi has dispatched trying to figure out that every evasive ques

joining us now with the latest on thehe ground in nashville is mike covid. miked? >> hi, they are.ean has dropped a report saying 16 months ago, a girlfriend of one or reported to police he was making bombs in the vehicle. police visited his property but did not search the vehicle. we don't have independent confirmation on that. in the meantime, investigators have been going through the blast site with such efficiency they have been able to turn over half the blast site to t city crews, crews from the department of public works have been going through that site, among other things, they are cleaning up ane structural integrity of the buildings, see if it is safe for people to return. the rv in which the bomb was planted was blown to bits, so investigators of the atf, fbi, and tennessee department of highway, went through all of the rubble and were able to piece enough parts from the vehicle to produce and interact vehicle identification number. that led to the name of anthony warner. o warner had been giving things away before theng blast. hey gave away his home, his car. in that c

a stretch to nashville that rejoined journalist mike sun the bow welcome michael what do people want the police mean by intentional well just about 530 this morning there was a call reporting shots fired in that area which led authorities to a suspicious recreational vehicle parked on 2nd avenue in the downtown section of nashville this prompted officers to call hazardous materials in bomb squad circumstances regarding the r.v. lead this officer calling in those units of the national police is unknown at this time but it's thought that shots fired in the solutions or differently linked. we have an eyewitness account which came up just now the resident just across the street from the r.v. reported that. she called 911 about 530 this morning reported that the r.v. was actually blasting a message through a public address system saying this vehicle has a bomb if you can hear this message you need to evacuate then after some time it was changed to this vehicle will explode in 15 minutes 14 minutes so on and so forth so the stirring bit of news that we're getting home from eyewitness accou

i mike emanuel in washington with ongoing special coverage of out of nashville.n rocked downtown nashville. a ten block area has been closed off at the side of the blast in nashville's famous entertainment district. at least three people taken to the hospital and several buildings damaged. let's go live to rich edson with more. >> there is a major law enforcement response and investigation in downtown nashville after an rv blew up at 6:30 a.m. an explosion that police say is deliberate.

let's go straight to nashville now a journalist mike saliba is following events for us mike police saying this was intentional what do they mean by that well it's right about 630. right here we had all the stores on the scene were investigating a suspicious recreational vehicle. and just after the recall reported to the hazmat crews the explosion happened so it looks like it was intentional but there's no other motive this still too soon to say i mean this picture is quite alarming lot of damage done can you give us an idea a sense of the area i mean we know it's a business to district the c.b.d. but but to walk us through events and how they happened. well it is a business district it's more of an entertainment district this is right off broadway which is kind of the main honky tonks and different entertainment district but there are just a minimal amount of residents residences there in some of the overlying apartment buildings. does the timing of this event early on christmas morning tell us anything we i believe as high as we know there were no fatalities does it does the timing of th

nashville covering it all. good evening, charles. >> good evening, mike, this is a very at the scene right out and, police pusheda mile up the road where the massive explosion went off in downtown nashville.

mike tobin reports now from nashville. >> reporter: nashville police releasing new details about a tip they received in 2019 win the girlfriend of bombing suspect anthony warner waved them he was building explosives. officered paid a visit to his home but he wasn't there, employ with no probable cause and no evidence of a crime, they could .search his house or rv. the fbi did background checks on warner and found nothing. some of his writings, though, the aftermath of the explosion con taped rambles about conspiracy theories. they wonder if he might have been paranoid about 5g telling, as he parked the rv outside of the at&t building. >> it does appear that, you know, the intent was more destruction than death. >> reporter: although warner was the only titlety of the plast, more than 41 businesses were damaged by the explosion, with many of them already struggling to survive the pandemic, they are now forced to close completely while they repair the damage and are looking to the mayor for help. >> they was already doing without their hours, without their income. bust then this deal hap

here at the very latest fox news correspondent mike tobin joins us live from nashville. >> hello candyd was an neighbor of anthony quinn warner the police identified here is the bomber here nashville. most neighbor say he kept himself. but loudly interacted with him. he's about to do something big. >> so a santa to be anything for christmas? and he said he smiled and said yes. i'm going to be famous. national and the world is never going to forget me. and i didn't think anything of it. >> metro national police release body cam video from officer michael supposed showing his response in the moment the bomb went off. [background noises] subsequent videos shows streets littered with debris, police chatter people who did not get out of the area of the glass of panic in the aftermath. still elusive as a motive for this been a number of reports quoting an unnamed investigator saying one of the possibilities they are looking into is warner was paranoid about 5g technology. he believed that it possibly was used to spy on people. something investigators have said on the record is warner's fathe

mike: what caught your ear from the comments by the chief and other officials in nashville?deleted to hear the chief of police call out for he rose that went to the scene. as of now there were no casualties other than the fact they found what they believed to be human remains and clearly trying to identify that but these are police officers that went to the scene, put their own lives on the line, decided to do whatever they could for citizens of that community. one of the things that stand out is the possibility that this was a loan. anytime you talk about a suicide bomber you are talking about someone who will not only take himself out but want to take out some citizens which is rare to find a suicide bomber that only wants to take out a building so it is going to be very interesting, this investigation is continuing and the mystery in the presser that just came about is normally you have a federal partners there also. that tells me they somewhat no more than they have less on. mike: your thoughts from what you heard? >> an update, important to recognize they saved lives to

assistance with officials saying there is so much help needed not only for the city of nashville but local business as well. mike. >> mark, thanks. joining us from pennsylvania, republican senator pat toomey. senator, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good morning, mike. thanks for having me. >> enhanced unemployment benefits ran out saturday. we could face a government shut down midnight monday night. you disagree with some of the provisions in the massive funding package. why should the president sign it? >> well, because you don't get everything you want even if you're the president of the united states. we have two legislative bodies and democrats control one, republicans the other many look, if it were just the free-standing government funding bill, i would almost certainly be voting against that. but i think the covid relief measures are really, really important and in my state as in many other states we have governors who are closing down businesses again. people are out of work. certainly through no fault of their own. i think we need the extended unemployment benefits. i think we need another round of