in to new york city that's that's where they they are located out and at this time we're hearing that there has been some kind of last in that bus station now the new york city police departmentis telling us that that the trains in the area are being evacuated and that is that is the most free recent update that we have from the new york city police department that the a train. the other trains that are in that area that go to a tavern on forty second street are being evacuated in response to this blast and we are hearing the blast as somehow you know it came from a bus station but as of yet it's not clear that this is very close to times square times square is just one block away from this location times square located on seventh and eighth seventh and forty second street so this is this is the in of the center of midtown manhattan this is a place where a lot of tourists who come into the city come from they come from the buses though the buses that come over from new jersey in the morning it's a it's just this place is just swarming with people that they at the time of day that we're seeing right now i mean it's this is this is this is morning this is the time when commuter

and we start with our breaking news story new york police department are responding to a blast at the central bus station in manhattan they say the course of the explosion is currently unclear and why p.t.d. also say that one person who is also a suspect has known life threatening injuries. now joining us live now with the details on the telephone has artie's correspondent caleb moore could hi there caleb so what more do we know. well now we are hearing reports that the info that took place in new york already second street or. in this report authority building there are you. keep in mind this is where the buses that are coming into manhattan this is where they tend to deposit and drop off people these are greyhound buses from all over the country is a buses from new jersey commuter buses this is just a hub of commuting and transportation into manhattan and from what we understand that is where the incident took place now there's also a train station below it there was a ball last august on clear what caused the blast but at the moment we are hearing that the area is being rapidly eva

new york city is going to be protecting times square this new year's eve. as the risers and barricades go up in times square, the new york police department announced it is taking new steps to protect the estimated 2 million people expected on new year's eve. >> as a result of the events of december 11th, we have prepared a tactical bulletin, a response to suicide bombers. >> reporter: the attempted suicide bombing on december 11th took place just steps away from times square in an underground walkway. in response to that failed attack, the n.y.p.d. says training for officers on duty new year's eve will include identifying would-be bombers, clearing crowds if they detect a threat, stopping the bomber with lethal force, and treating the wounded if a bomb goes off. there will also be detect ichlz in t detectives in the many hotels after the shooting in las vegir a window to a concert crowd below killing 58 people, the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. positions.revious years we had this year along with those spotters they will be accompanied by snipers. >> reporter: in new york, revellers will also see the kinds of security measures that have now become

now let's have a recap on our breaking news story new york police department are responding to a blast at the central bus station in manhattan there and we can see the live pictures here police say the cause of the explosion is as yet unclear and my p.d. also say that one person has non life threatening injuries and also one male suspect is in custody there also reports of a stampede following the blast where the explosion said to have happened at manhattan's port authority bus terminal situated between forty second police on the twitter feed a warning people to stay away from the area and it's been evacuated eyewitnesses say there are a lot of police at the scene and we've been able to see on the emergency pictures on the on the live pictures of the emergency vehicles at the scene there also reports that some of the subway lines are being evacuated well r.t. has contacted the police for comment and they've neither confirmed nor denied the blasts they also clarified it's not yet clear whether this incident is being treated as a terror attack or not artie's kellett more can has the late

actually blocked off and there's just a rara down a police making sure no one gets into that area that a lot of firefighters were our new york city police department our joint terrorism task force other forces are on the scene our lot of people are gathered trying to get information about what occurred. but according to the reports that we're hearing now a lot of this was a young bangladeshi manner of possibly twenty seven years old who attempted to set off an explosive device and attempted to do it in the name of isis from what we understand this was an attempted terrorist attack according to reports now the individual did not succeed in detonating he advised the device in the way they had intended and a small number of people were injured and their injuries were not life threatening now it's important important to talk about you know where we're at because we're just one block away from times square and all around me there's just a lot of police didn't close you know fire department vehicles the streets are really shut down with all kinds of that and crowds of people trying to figure out where they're going right now the subways are closed off y

said that a low tech devices detonation we can see the live pictures from new york as i'm talking all new york police department earlier confirmed they were responding to a blast at the central bus station in manhattan police also confirmed that one person is also the suspect has not life threatening injury. yes along with three other people well here's the official confirmation from the met bill de blasio. the reality is that we all are tall good man. who would like to make a statement against democracy against. the statue of liberty you know hall. and. told you that. we had from andrew cuomo that sort of explaining what they said it's been it's confirmed as an attempted terrorist attack what would we know what's been happening what's the timeline for the day we do have the confirmation they did say that you know it let's be clear this was unsuccessful in the time to terrorist attack done by one individual the mayor did go on to say that their mission right now is to secure all of the major transportation hubs and major sites in the city so he did say that there will be an expanded n.y.p.d. presence throughout

the new york police department is on alert for terrorist threats as we approach new year's eve. new garage closures streets blocked off concrete barricades and more check points before you enter the celebrationthe increased security measures are in growing threats from isis. more a million people ing in the new year at time square. s are banned from the ball drop. >> today workers spent the day 100 triangles. the ball is 12 feet across and weighs nearly 6-tons. the theme is gift of serenity. the founder of the me too movement will be the honorary guest to push the button and stop the countdown for the ball drop. >> we invite you to join us on "6abc"," new years rocken eve. our coverage begins 8:00 p.m. sunday night. >> adam is here for cecily. we are talking teeth chattering cold. >> when the ball drops, it will feel like zero in new york city, two or three here in philadelphia. dangerous cold for the new year. looking at the weather center here one place loving the coldg mave the snow guns cranking out right now. we have a worker under the snoworeground checking things out saw

. >>> the new york police department is taking new steps to protect the estimated 2 million people expected in the new year in the big apple. the nypd is making changes in light of recent attacks include agan attempted suicide bombing in an underground walkway in new york city earlier this month and a mass shooting in las vegas. detectives will also be stationed in the many hotels surrounding times square. >>> as our deep freeze continues the fire department is warning residents of the dangers. the aftermath of a house fire. investigators say the owner used a salmonder heater to thaw his frozen pipes now, this is what a salamander heater looks like. it's typically heated by kerosene. you may have seen one outside sporting events, but the lesson here is don't use them indoors. >>> we are looking for safe ways to stay warm during this cold spell. >> and that'll be important for the new year. temperatures will get even colder. >> yeah, that's right. and an unusually cold spell in parts of the country. we've seen weather like this before but it generally lasts just a day or two. 22 the high tod

bill: in terms of surveillance, new york police department, has history of surveilling mosques, you see that practice continuing, do you see it as a threat to your religion or a necessary security measure. >> i don't see it as a threat, his holiness, has told worldwide, that our mosques are open, transparent see leads to sprug, somethinstrulg, truth, tg to hide, i believe that is something we lik like to work wh law enforcement as well as any average day american, have a conversation every week. bill: okay, i want to bring in someone who knows new york city commute too well, new york journalist, john, is joining me welcome back to "chasing news." >> how are you. bill: my take is new york bounced back, within hours of this attack, even after commute yesterday, morning today, right back to normal. >> i checked top trend on twitter, less than 24 hours, nothing, twitter with 10 trends nothing related to the attack. are we ready to accept this perhaps as new normal in new york city? some will avoid tunnel, and some will walk on 42nd street, but most complaints i heard yesterday, stems from d

have breaking news right now we brought earlier in the program explosion near new york city times square new york police departmentding to reports of an explosion, of in known origin, the fire department fdconfirming a report of a bomb at port authority trains rerouted check commute into new york city happening as we speak we've got fallout, bitcoin shining debuting futures trading in bitcoin, surged better than 20% first day of trading talking to first bitcoin billionaires cameron and tyler, here in studio, on this major milestone. futures indicating markets look like this this morning, dow industrials up 20 points right here well off the highs of the morning, after this threat of what we are hearing out of port authority in new york city, some of the wind has been taken out of the sails in stocks s&p 500 negative, nasdaq off just by 8 points all the above, off the highs this morning. in europe, this morning major indices ft 100 up a half percent cac quarante dax are lower, in asia overnight, stocks closed higher across the board. take a look shanghai composite as well as the hang seng hong kong up 1%, being stor

. >> reporter: tonight as the risers and barricades go up in times square, the new york police department announced it is taking new steps to protect the estimated 2 million people expected on new year's eve. >> as a result of the events of december 11th, we have prepared a tactical bulletin, a response to suicide bombers. >> reporter: the attempted suicide bombing on december 11th took place just steps away from times square in an underground walkway. in response to that failed attack, the nypd says training for officers for duty on new year's eve will include identifying would-be bombers, clearing crowds if they detect a threat, stopping the bomber with lethal force and treating the wounded if a bomb goes off. there will also be detectives in the many hotels surrounding times square after the october shooting in las vegas when a gunman fired rifles from a hotel window into a concert crowd below killing 58 people. the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. >> so in previous years we had spotters in elevated positions, but this year along with those spotters, they'll be accompanied b

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to stay away from the area but the new york mayor did say that it looks like one individual by himself an isolated event but of course the new york police department will be all over the city today just trying to make sure that there is nothing else to be afraid of and to secure all major sites in the city and it looks like after everything that we've we've heard about today life seems to be getting back to normal in new york which we could be thankful when leave it there thank you and we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour. so there's no those all important as a person but he is important as far as is living would cause a risk in the regime falling apart so indeed the americans are on the americans for much less to have him leave old all from time to time they keep saying at the again so in the end i think most countries are accepting that they will stay. read it is one of the basic instruments to drive an economy but it can also lead to tragedy i did it i took a lying down just i came to god and meant that the debts tie game and it was spiraling out of control. many lives have been broken really excessive the banks got you into trou

result in the goals well the new york police department now say the attack had the potential to be far worse as the device did not function as intended if it had many more people could have been hit by shrapnel the bombing is the second attack in the city in just six weeks at the end of october a man proud a truck along a cycle path in manhattan killing eight people i just feel like i'm very scared. it's. got to start things right this happens on every day basis but this happens often it can work this way and i think it starts all but i think it's kind of normal for these times were particularly in new york city which is targeted many times and it's the new normal. when you your police identify the suspect as twenty seven year old a coyote or are he emigrated from bangladesh through a visa program for people with relatives who are u.s. citizens or lot was reportedly radicalized online and inspired by i still christmas attacks in europe will donald trump use the attack to promote his immigration policies saying the current system allows dangerous people into the country he also slammed

the new york police department has said they are responding to an insta nt said they are responding toan incident. president putin has ordered the partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria, during an unannounced visit to the country. mr putin was met by syrian president bashar assad as he arrived at a russian air base. russia first intervened in the conflict in 2015, staging air strikes in support of the syrian government. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. for more than two years, his troops have been at war in syria. today, vladimir putin made a surprise visit to the russian airbase here. his message — mission accomplished. here to see him, and to thank him, was president assad. it's russia's military operation which has kept the syrian leader in power. and then it was onto the soldiers. president putin told the troops, their motherland was proud of them. he expressed russia's gratitude for what they had achieved in syria. addressing the troops, president putin said that the russian and syrian armies had routed the most fearsome group of international terrorists.

the new york police department has seen an increase in iceland speired attacks three in the last sixteen months eight people have been killed most of them tourists i hate and you find a bit make coming to times square on new year's day because of all the risk you know i see all of the policemen around and the cameras missing like they keep for to say but i'd rather not be around i think we're ready john miller the department's deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism says eisel is more focused on attacks in the west as it loses ground in places like iraq and syria the shift has been towards marketing the propaganda to the masses on the idea that some tiny tiny infant asimo percentage of them may act so may go out to millions or hundreds of thousands of people but a five of them do something if three of them succeed or one of them it's a great impact what the terrorist groups are focused on is low tech low cost but high impact n.y.p.d. patrol officers and special ops teams are the first line of defense this year more will be stationed on roofs and in hotels and nearby park

the new york police department is taking extra security measures to protect times square following 2tacks in the city as many months. >> you will see an increase in heavy weapons and bomb squad personnel and technology to include over 1,000 cameras in and around the area of times square for the event. >> aviation unit will monitor the event from above. there will be dogs sniffing out bombs and more police officers in hotels in response to the las vegas shooting with a gunman shot from his hotel room. las vegas has tripled its security budget to $350,000 and double teamed the number of national guard troops. >> this year, they will be accompanied by snipers. individuals in possession of rifles if a threat is recognized. >> the nypd are aware of an isis video encouraging to followers to attack intoxicated new year's eve's revellers. as for the weather. the mayor'dmire -- admires people who come out in the cold but bundle up and take the weather seriously. >> thank you very much. >> today isis claimed responsibility on an attack on coptic christians in egypt. a deadly assault that is al

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the new york police department has seen an increase in iceland speired attacks three in the past sixteen months killing eight people most of them tourists i spend i hate was petrified about me coming to times square on new year's day because of all the risk you know i see all of the policemen around and cameras missing like they keep for to say but i'd rather not be around i think we're ready john miller the department's deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism says arsenal is more focused on attacks in the west as it loses ground in places like iraq and syria the shift has been towards marketing the propaganda to the masses on the idea that some tiny tiny infant asimo percentage of them may act so may go out to millions or hundreds of thousands of people but a five of them do something if three of them succeed or one of them it's a great impact what the terrorist groups are focused on is low tech low cost but high impact. n.y.p.d. patrol offices and special ops teams are the first line of defense this year more will be stationed on roofs and and tells and nearby parking

new york. the new york police department says it is responding to a report of an explosion right near times square. we are taking you there live. you can see the huge police presence there. this is 42nd street and 8th avenue right in the heart of manhattan. police say there are major changes and disruptions to most of the subway lines because of this. not a lot of information about what caused the explosion. we are getting word that there is possibly a suspect in custody. but we are going to continue to follow the very latest out of new york this morning, again, we are looking live after there was some sort of explosion at a bus terminal but they do look more relaxed so perhaps the situation has come to an end. we will update that throughout the morning. >>> the chp still searching for whoever fired shots at a car on eastbound interstate 80 in san pablo yesterday afternoon. >> yeah, and the woman driving the car says she heard the shots. it blew out her back window but she was not hurt. it happened near the el portal exit. it caused traffic jams out there for hours. bullet holes were found in the

new york police department bracing for new year afs eve. our inside look at the unprecedented security force in place. live from times square. from the white house to your house, the facts that matter this week. >>> good morning on this new year's eve. an incredible roller coaster of a year. 2017. just hours from becoming history. the clock has already struck midnight in sydney, australia. the streets of preparing. here in the u.s., more than 1 million people are expected to gather in a frigid times square for the annual ball drop. we'll have more on the security preparations for new york and much of the country later in the program. we begin by reflecting on the past year. there will be celebrations across the country. in this divided nation, what we celebrate will be decidedly different. many will cheer being one year closer to tend of president trump's term. others looking forward to another year of trump's unique no holds barred style. not much common ground among americans today. no one could have majd what a wild year it's been. >> a

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there is a bomb squad and communications center out here for the new york police department. all of this after an explosion brought things to a halt. you can see the explosion on the surveillance video. a moment that the subway tunnel was sent into chaos. >> to me, it wasn't that loud. it sounded more like a gunshot or something going off and then you see the smoke. >> reporter: police say this man, 27-year-old akayed ullah detonated a pipe bomb that was velcroed to his body. he was injured and quicklyç arrested. three others suffered nonlife threatening injuries. mayor bill de blasio reminded people that this type of thing can happen anywhere. >> let's be clear, this is was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goal. >> everybody started stampeding. >> reporter: in the port authority bus terminal, an announcement came over the loud speaker and it wasn't until he called home that he learned why everyone was ushered out. >> i called my wife and she had it on the news. >> reporter: the busy terminal shut down, at a stand stzstill

so, new york, more so than probably any american police department has been able to develop seamless international web of intelligence gathering analysis and response. >> bill bratton, thank you very much. former commissioner of the nypd. we'll talk more next hour. thanks very much for the time. we'll be right back. well, like most of you, i just bought a house. -oh! -very nice. now i'm turning into my dad. i text in full sentences. i refer to every child as chief. this hat was free. what am i supposed to do, not wear it? next thing you know, i'm telling strangers defense wins championships. -well, it does. -right? why is the door open? are we trying to air condition the whole neighborhood? at least i bundled home and auto on an internet website, progressive.com. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. i mean, why would i replace this? it's not broken. >>> welcome back. i'm david. president trump has indicated he hopes to tackle immigration, health care and infrastructure. north korea remains a major issue for th

and vta. >>> now shortly after the explosion, the new york police department tweeted this saying in parteople will see a greater police presence and there is no no other specific and credible threat against new york city." >>> well the worst of five wild fo fooers burning in southern california exploded in size tonight. the thomas fire grew by more than 78 square miles overnight. abc news reporter danya bacchu, s is live in los angeles with an update now. >> reporter: just this weekend more than 2,000 additional firefighters joined the fight against the thomas fire that's 8,500 in total who have come from multiple states. for a week, the thomas fire has burned ferociously and continues to show no signs of letting up. now the fifth largest wildfire in california history. charring more than 350 square miles, an area larger than new york city. >> my neighbor across the street pounded on my door at 3:00 in the morning, debby, get out! debby, pack your stuff, get out. >> reporter: the fire pushing its way into santa barbara county. prompting evacuations for more than 30,000 residents. among t

and new york police department colleagues who have been speaking publicly about it today.y're the closest to the investigation. but again, what we're hearing from them suggests this is an individual who had a terrorist intent and at least it seems as if he wasn't able to carry out the kind of deadly attack he might have hoped to. >> woodruff: should new york city have been better prepared for this, or is this the kind of low-tech event that americans are just going to have to get used to happening? >> i would put new york up there with any metropolitan police department in the world, perhaps above any metropolitan police department in the world in terms of their level of preparation and capability. so the last thing you will hear from me is any critique or crittism of how well new york is prepared. this is just a feature of the landscape we're living in, in the modern world. the kind of terrorist attack that's very difficult to prevent, if it involves someone who is acting alone, acting with relatively small-scale material capabilities, that these are not the o of -- kinds

new york police department now reviewing information regarding those allegations. facing new sexual misconduct allegations after a former today show product assistant told variety she had a consensual sexual workplace relationship with him in july of 2000 when lauer -- when she was just 24 years old and lauer much older. collins said lauer sent her flattering messages and invited her to his dressing room. nbc news declined to comment on the variety story. spokesperson for lauer said he has no further comment. he has been terminated by nbc for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. >>> reality television star turned trump aide omarosa sat down for second interview last night. continued to dispute reports she was fired by chief of staff john kelly and yesterday white house backed up claim she resigned. here's omarosa in an interview that aired last night describing final conversation with john kelly. >> was it a tense conversation. >> absolutely. because i raised issues that i had concerns. i had some grave concerns. >> what kind of concerns. >> i talked to

the new york police department is taking extra security mels towers protect times square following twoterror attacks in the city in as many months. >> you will see an increase in heavy weapons, bomb squad personnel, radiological detection teams, and technology to include ore 1,000 cameras in and oi aye round the area of times square. >> aviation units monitor it vent from above while vapor weight dogs sniff out bombs, this will be police in hotels overlooking times square a response to the las vegas shooting when a gunman shot through the hotel window killing 58 below. in fact, las vegas which hosts the second largest celebration in the nation has tripled its security budget for year to 350 dhou dollars, and more than doubled the national guard troops. >> this year, along with those spotters, they will be accomp y accompanied by snipers, individual in possession of rifles to ensure safety, if a threat is recognized. >> the nypd says they're aware of an isis propaganda video released this week encouraging followers to attack intoxicated revellers but they emphasize there's no specific c

how is the new york police department preparing for the new year's eve event? reporter: hi, david. we're talking about 12 degrees like rick just said on sunday. here on that night, when the ball is dropping, hundreds of thousands of people will be out here no matter what. this is one of those once in a lifetime moments for a lot of people but it is dangerous. 30 minutes you put your hand out here you can get frostbite in these types of conditions. preparations are underway. 2600 water ford crystal triangles installed on the six-ton ball above times square, 400 feet above the ground here. other than that the nypd is obviously concentrating on security give the fact two terror attacks here over the last two months. the one on halloween where there was vehicular attack killing eight people. two weeks ago, when a failed suicide bomber detonated a pipe bomb on the subway, in the subways underneath times square. so some of the things nypd is expected to do, there will be extra scrutiny and rental and truck locations in and around new york city to prevent vehicular attack. extra security

the fbi joint terrorism task forces on the scene and working alongside the new york police departmente units specialize in terrorism cases and evidence collection. agents at this hour are drilling down on the suspects immigration records that show that 27-year-old brooklyn, new york, resident came to the u.s. six and a half years ago through so-called chain migration. fox news was working to confirm whether it was under family supervision or an immediate relative. had he been older he would not have qualified. here's white house press secretary sarah sanders. >> we know that the president's policy calls for an end to chain migration, which is what this individual came to the united states through end of his policy had been in place in that attacker would not have been allowed to come in the country. >> sean: counterterrorism source for monitors terrorist social media accounts as there was no immediate claim of responsibility for isis, though some isis link account celebrate that attack. >> fox news national security strategist and former deputy assistant to the president sebastian gor

. >>> also, developing right now every day more allegations, now, the new york police department is opening up a sexual assault investigation into russell simmons. we have 12 accusing the mogul of different sexual harassment , assault or rape allegations over the last several decade, four of the accusers say that simmons raped them, yesterday he posted a photo on his instagram showing the word not me writing today i begin to properly defend myself. i will prove without any doubt i'm innocent of all rape charges. >>> dustin hoffman is facing new allegations of sexual misconduct, five more women coming forward right now with accusations, one of them says he exposed himself in the insuring hotel room when she was just 16, two women say they were assaulted while shooting 1987 movie ishtar, a lawyer calls them defamatory false hood. >>> former news production assistant reveals she had a sexual relationship with form tore day anchor matt lauer in the summer of 2,000. woman said that the relationship was consensual but that she added that ultimately she felt like a victim because of the power dyna

the new york police department says this is going to be one of the safest venues in the world tonight. i still -- it never ceases to amaze me how early people show up even in the cold. tell us what you are seeing. >> reporter: a lot of people are braving the cold pl. planning started shortly after new year's. it is such a monumental task to keep at least 2 million people safe. everybody here has been coming out here to times square since about 10:00 this morning. people here are in it for the long haul. some of the folks here have been here since 10:00 a.m. eastern time and coming to the terms with the reality they will be here for about 14 hours when everything is said and done. the mayor saying the weather should be taken seriously. it is going to get extremely cold so asking everybody to bundle up. it is much warmer at home in orlando but it is worth it to you. >> definitely worth it. it's awesome here. >> a little bit about what you have done to prepare. it will be a long time before the ball starts to drop. >> we have hand warmers, scarves and a bunch of warm clothes. >> what do

streets are a little bare you know the the road is blocked off with there's fire department vehicles there's new york city police department vehicles there's helicopters flying above and the situation is a little bit tense but the roads are not packed and people are kind of reacting to what took place now people in the buildings nearby described how they did hear you know a boom they did hear an explosion of some type but people are relieved with the reports coming out that there were no fatalities that there was only injuries and there were not life threatening injuries and it looks like new york city is starting to breathe a sigh of relief and and get a little bit back to normal here on a monday morning as commuters had their morning commute interrupted by what appears to have been either a terrorist attack or an attempted terrorist a terror attack so a lot of people nervous a lot of people still quite shaken up but it looks like men hatten and midtown is going to resume its normal daily schedule here on monday morning in manhattan. thank you very much that's kind of the update from new york way looks like lif

. >>> cbs news has learned that the december strict attorney's office informed in t new york city police department it is not looking to move forward in a rape case against weinstein. the actress accused weinstein of raping her in her apartment twice in 2010. they said it remains an active case but declined further comment. >>> michigan congressman john conyers is facing accusations. yesterday nancy pelosi called for conyers to step down. paul ryan did the same. connier was admitted to a detroit hospital after feeling lightheaded yesterday. >>> executives at nbc have received at least two new complaints against lauer. yesterday he put out a statement saying he was embarrassed and ail shamed. bianna golodryga reports. >> our top story is once again about our former colleague matt lauer. >> reporter: the "today" show may be without its anchor matt lauer but he still leads his owed broadcast. there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by my words and actions, he said. as i am writing this, i realize the depth of the damage and disappointment i have left behind

new york. there is no daylight between what the f.b.i. is doing, the new york police department and every potential law enforcement agency that works in and around new york city to make sure that the city is safe. we just heard from the press conference this was a lone wolf attack. clearly we have a stupid criminal on our hands who detonated a device, which is fantastic. these people have to be brought to justice. what i hope this administration does is treats this person like the terrorist they are. a terrorist tribunal. not giving them the same rights and privileges as a u.s. citizen. it is very important what the president has said is we're going to crack down on isis. we're going to take them where they are, which is in syria, in iran, iraq and we're going to make sure that we're attacking them on their soil so they aren't attacking us on our soil. >> sandra: we have yet to hear from president trump, david. we probably will soon. what do you think his take will be on how this suspect should be treated based on what we know at this point? >> that's a great question. i hope th