also received a report from the nypd that the -- nypd that there were multiple people injured, but at this point, jake, it's unclear about the extent of their injuries, what condition they're in at this point, but you just saw that video not too long ago of a man being sort of carted away. once again, one person in custody. no others outstanding. reports of multiple people injured. still trying to get confirmation about how all of this started. what was the motivation for this? down there at the scene there is a school down there, a high school down there, a college down there. and once again, you can just see it right there, a very busy what's normally busy bike path and running path that's at that scene as well. the mayor has been notified about what's going on down there at the scene, and at this point just trying to verify and get some more information for you. >> all right. we've been bringing you live images from wabc, a cnn affiliate. jason, are there any indications as of now, again, this is breaking news right now. we're just getting information in. are there any indications

the fbi, the nypd. what was your reaction? >> i thought that was exactly what any american official should be saying in the wake of an event like this. there are two messages, wolf. one message is that of grief and being with the family and the second message is simple, a message i thought we saw brilliantly after the boston attacks a few years ago, and that is this country will never change as a result of what these people do. i thought the police commissioner and the police department was dead-on in saying people will go to the parade tonight. i was on the one train north tonight to columbus circle in manhattan. there are kids and parents with halloween costumes. they'll be out tonight. i will run tomorrow morning on that route where he's talking about where the incident took place, assume that it's open. i thought if you wanted a snapshot of what public servants in government should say, that's what we should see. >> the governor of new york andrew cuomo said we are not going to let them win. but the authorities, the nypd a

you were listening to an nypd news conference at nypd head orders -- headquarters.s from andrew well as james o'neill, the commissioner of the nypd. the headlines we learned, this was an act of terror. there were eight people killed. six work killed -- were killed at the scene of the crime. two people died later. dozens more have serious injuries, but not life-threatening. the incident began at 3:05 p.m. when a man entered the bike path , driving southbound. he drove into people, into pedestrians. he later collided with a school bus. this was a 29-year-old man who came out with a paintball gun and a pellet gun. the nypd shot the driver. the driver is in the hospital. they are not releasing his identity. a lot of questions the press had are not answered because they are still investigating. i want to bring in marty, our chief content officer in new york. one thing that was asked during the news conference was, how do you know this was an act of terror? did the driver make a statement when he exited the vehicle. that.pd would not confirm >> no, but the commissioner di

some white nypd vans have blocked the street. the crime scene couple blocks to our west and helicopters hovering above. it is hard to add details. witnesses are congregating west of here, making their way back. we'll get back to you throughout the evening, liz, best we can. liz: thank you, connell mcshane. let's go back to charlie gasparino. we are talking to experts in the muslim world. >> right. liz: they're emailing me now, charlie, queens, brooklyn, parts of new york state have large extremists linked populations. this is what we're hearing from major author who has written about no-go zones. has new york city, charlie, to your mind been complacent or high alert over these attacks? >> no, i don't think it is complacent at all. i will say this, before we start pointing fingers saying this is definitely inspired by and isis. liz: they say it's a terrorist attack. >> okay. i see people jump the gun. i don't think new york city is complacent. whatsoever. i was on the phone with somebody, who was down there. it spoke about the rap

how does the nypd prepare for any eventuality that might come its way? >> there are over 35,000 police officers in new york city. there are special teams available. the nypd responded to this very quickly, but unfortunately, what he did happened in seconds. former deputy assistant secretary for homeland security said this looks very similar to other recent attacks around the world. >> the thing that is interesting about this, laura, is both al qaeda and isis -- al qaeda in yemen, the al qaeda affiliate in yemen, and isis have both put out directives or communiques to followers that if you are not able to come to the middle east to engage in jihad, you should work in your own countries. both have pointed out that one way to commit terrorist acts in a home country would be to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon. we have now seen about 11 or 12 of these types of attacks around the world in very disparate places -- canada, north carolina, barcelona, london, nice, france, ohio, and now of course, new york city. so i think this should be treated as a terrorist at

he was shot by nypd and is now in custody.rump been briefed on the incident according to the white house, and we know the mayor and police department will be holding a news conference with updates at 5:15 p.m. eastern time. we will bring that to you live once it begins. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: and an update on what is going on in lower manhattan. six people are killed. 15 people are injured in that situation in which a truck, and it turned out to be a home depot went down was rented, a bike path in lower manhattan along the west side highway. it struck people, bicyclists, and it struck another vehicle. the motorist came out, waved and imitation firearm, and police shot him, and he is now in custody. the suspect is in custody. julia: n immediateo indication what the motive is. no immediate indication of any form of terrorism. the parliament a report from city officials say they believe it started as a dispute between two drivers, which ended up being shots fired as we have been repeating. new york mayor bil

and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for the extraordinary effort in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing. all of the first responders who came to the aid of those who were injured, investigation is underway, to get all of the facts and what we would call you today of course will be preliminary. —— what we will tell you. but we will get back killing macro down to all new yorkers and americans, keep the families of those lost in your thoughts and prayers. they will need oui’ thoughts and prayers. they will need our support. i want to ask all new yorkers to be vigilant. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, speaking a short time ago. donald trump president, a native new yorker, he said looks like another attack by a sick and arranged person. law enforcement is following closely, says the president, not in the us a. we can cross life to the bbc‘s michelle who is on the scene. can you describe the state of the investigation the? the ambulances are lining up by me, this is normally a busy bike path at th

the nypd, the fdny, the fbi, the new york state police, ems. we have the finest security on the globe, and to see them in action today proved that once again. the new terrorist tactic, which they've called for publicly, are these lone wolves who commit an act of terror. this is only preliminary. only a few hours, but at this point, there's no suggesting a wider plot, a wider scheme, but the actions of one individual who meant to cause pain and harm, and probably death, and the resulting terror. and that we will be vigilant. more police everywhere. you'll see them in the airports, you'll see them in the tunnels. it's not because there's any evidence of any ongoing threat or any additional threat. it is just out of vigilance, and out of caution. and the truth is new york is an international symbol of freedom and democracy. that's what we are. and we are proud of it. that also makes us a target for those people who oppose those concepts. and we've lived with this before. we felt the pain before. we feel the pain today. but we go forward together,

nypd snipers took positions on the roof of the city vineyard restaurant. the daily news reports. "we thought the guns were fake and it was a halloween prank, said the stuyvesant high school student." there was a car crash and he started to shoot. this was 3:00 in the afternoon. stuyvesant high school, literally you can throw an apple to stuyvesant high school from where this thing ended. stuyvesant high school was just letting out for the day. halloween afternoon. lots of kids in costume, people in costume all over the place. clearly the man did have fake guns. the authorities they won was a paint gun and one was a bb gun. some people at least on scene thought it was a halloween pran prank. other information we have just gotten, we have a lot of new traffic issues in new york city which i want to mention. manhattan bound lanes, the brooklyn battery tunnel is shot. traffic in lower manhattan is in gridlock. there is a gridlock alert. police activity all along the lower west side. we do not have an update on the annual halloween parade, scheduled for greenwich village. a million pe

conducted joint by between the nypd and f.b.i. >> (inaudible). from florida? i won't go into that. >> (inaudible). john, not right now, no. yes? >> (inaudible). after the times square incident, any incident that happens in new york or this country or around the world, we have to learn from that, so of course, we'll take a look at that. >> (inaudible). he's in the hospital, i'll not tell you what hospital, and i'll let the chief tell you what we're doing with the halloween parade. >> in less than 90 minutes, the parade will kick off and we've added more resources, heavy weapons teams, blocking vehicles leading to the route and more sand trucks. heavy weapon scenes being deployed throughout the skee at key iconic locations. >> (inaudible). this is why we do investigations. initially, i'm sure whoever put that out wasn't sure what the event was, and now two hours into it that's the determinaton we made. first row. yes. >> (inaudible). too early in the investigation to know. rocco? >> (inaudible). i haven't looked at the video yet and we're retrieving as much vide

the nypd has vast resources as ray kelly will tell you. where the fbi will be particularly useful is working with state partners. they will be in contact with authorities and every intelligence agency we have will be involved looking at this man's background and want to know did he recently travel overseas and if so, where did he go? who might he have met with? >> one of the things they train for every day to get information in a short period of time in a name so the federal government can have assessment of what are we looking at? is there a possibility of more coming? right now, that is the effort to determine exactly who we're dealing with and what is the potential there could be something else. again, no indication of that but that's what they're looking for. >> that's right. brian ross, you want to know if they went overseas. in this situation, it doesn't take any training at all. >> none. extremely low tech. the ability to rent a truck and moe down civilians, in this case bicyclists on a bike path not protected by the stands and barr

this time a black lives matter local leader ready to sue the nypd. dan will have your local weather ♪ [ woman on p.a. ] now boarding track 6. ♪ do not leave bags unattended. [ male announcer ] maybe you see something suspicious. but you don't want to get involved. it's nothing, you think. can you be sure? ♪ if you see something, say something. report suspicious activity to local authorities. >> welcome back to chasing news. i'm bill spadea. we have a lot more show for you. let's check in with dan sarah on your local weather. first, there's an election coming up in a little over a month. jersey voters will decide who will be the successor to chris christie. i'm joined by one of the candidates, republican, kim ladonna who's also the lieutenant governor. so the battle lines have been drawn. one of the driving issues is the cost of pensions in the state specifically public worker pensions. one thing that might separate you but were not sure is whether or not cops and firefighters should have control of their pensions. this cap their ability when there ne

and as the nypd gains more information. governor cuomo? >> thank you.irst, our thoughts and prayers are with the new yorkers who we lost today. it reminds us all how precious life is. they left the house this morning, they were enjoying the beautiful west side of manhattan on a beautiful fall day. they are not returning home. the shock and the pain is going to be very real. our thoughts and our prayers are with all of them. our first responders did an extraordinary job. the nypd, fdny, the f.b.i., new york state police, e.m.s. we have the finest security on the globe. to see that in action proves that again. the new terrorist tactic which they have called for publicly are the lone wolfs who commit an act of terror. this is all preliminary. it's only been a couple of hours but there is no evidence to suggest a wider plot or a wider scheme. but the actions of one individual who meant to pain and harm and probably death and the resulting terror. that was the purpose. we will be vigilant. more police everywhere. you will see them in the airport, you will se

this is what the nypd is concerned about. they have seen this before so they have a plan of operation when something like this happens. you can almost certainly expect they are working that plan. dotting every i, crossing every t to make sure they have all bases covered. >> stay where you are. we'll continue to gather your insight there. intelligence officials, we have learned, are treating this like it is a terror attack. the white house has since been briefed. we learned that brand new information. president trump has been briefed about that vehicle. this is what you're watching here. that drove into a crowd of people killing six, injuring 15. white house spokeswoman says the president, a new york native too, they are continue keep their thoughts and prayers with all those affected. >> this is all new information coming into nbc 10. we are getting information by the minute. we're following every breaking development in new york. be sure to stay with us. we'll be right back. he's a husband, father, veteran... but most of all

we will also keep you posted as this investigation continues and as nypd gains more information. governor cuomo. >> thank you. >>> first, our thoughts and prayers are with those new yorkers who we lost today. it reminds us all how precious life is. they left the house this morning, they were enjoying the beautiful west side of manhattan on beautiful fall day and they're not going to be returning home. and that's shock and that pain is going to be very real and our thoughts and our prayers are with all of them. our first responders did an extraordinary job. nypd. , the fbi, the new york state police, ems, they -- we have the finest security on the globe, and to see them in action today proved that once again. the new terrorist tactic which they've called for publicly are these lone wolves who commit an act of terror. this is all very preliminary. it's only been a couple of hours, but at this point, there's no evidence to suggest a wider plot or a wider scheme. but the actions of one individual who meant to cause pain and harm and probably death and the resulting terror. and that w

back to buck, the former nypd intelligence officer. buck you and i said whether it's deemed officially a terrorist incident or not, it was a terror find. much of lower manhattan in its grips and frozen in place. but again, it does have the looks and markings of such an incident. there's only so much you can do to protect yourself from that, right? the same measures that they took in times square, where a driver plowed through dozens and killing one. you can't do that everywhere. what do you do? >> the precautions you can take involve things like vigilance, vehicle barriers in high traffic areas of the city where there's a lot of pedestrians congregating. very few ways to even dramatically says sen the ability of someone who is radicalized and decided they're going to engage in now what i believe is being treated officially as an incident of terrorism, an act of terrorism. so the counter measures for a vehicle attack and we've seen this in europe as well, the counter measures are limited. then it becomes an issue of making sure you find

nypd now has the suspect in custody. senior law enforcement officials telling nbc news, this was believed to be an intentional act and is now being investigated tonight by the nypd as a possible terrorist incident. i repeat, the nypd tonight, this halloween evening after this harrowing event with eight dead, is investigating this as a terrorist incident. witnesses were shaken immediately this afternoon over an attack during just blocks from the world trade center. >> a guy got out with a biker jacket and started shooting up the place. >> when i got out, i saw two gentlemen with tire marks across their body. could you tell that they're not here no more. >> how many gunshots did you hear? >> over five. it was very fast. one after the other. >> this is an unfolding terror investigation at this hour. i i i'm with counter intelligence at the fbi, this is a sad and tough day for new york. walk us through what you made of the briefing we heard from authorities, what we know at this hour and whether as we always ask in a situati

but according to nypd, they are no longer looking for anyone. it seems pretty early in the investigation to come out with that declaration but they certainly have more information that is being made available to us right now. that is the latest. one dead after an apparent road rage incident. very active scene. of course, this being rush hour in new york city. lower manhattan. a very busy place at this time. so for that portion of certainly a big deal for people there. as soon as we get some more details on the circumstances that led up to this incident, we will be sure to pass it along to you. but again, breaking news coming to us as we come on the air. this happened a matter of 20 minutes ago. a person went up a the highway -- went up the highway, ran over four people. one person is dead and now they are trying to investigate the situation to figure out exactly what led to this. i'm michelle marsh at the "live desk." back to you. jonathan: as soon as you get more, let us know. thanks. in over news, today is the day. halloween arrived. nancy: a

the first thing the nypd has to figure out here what exactly happened. there's been conflicting reports of whether this person had some sort of weapon that they had fired prior to this incident occurring. i know they have multiple helicopters that are always on stand by and they have them overhead right now to help in the search along the water front. >> let's bring in to the conversation by phone manny gomez, a retired nypd sergeant and retired fbi special agent. thank you for joining us. i wonder if you could tell us what the process is under way from nypd and any other law enforcement officials that would be looking into this, is the fbi on scene as well? >> the fbi is absolutely on scene, in fact i have seen several wind breakers from fbi agents that are on the scene. now they're trying to discern what this is. is it a crime of what happened in times square recently, where you had someone who was high on drugs and went on to the sidewalk and killed people. or is this a motivated, perhaps terrorist inspired event. and so we need to find out what the m

fbi, the nypd and the nypd and the fbi, the nypd and the fbi right now going through what they haveterms of data, in terms of footage, in terms of audio, video and any other digital footprint to see what they already have on this individual. the second thing that's going on is the big question, was this person already under surveillance? one of the worst fears of any law enforcement operative or official, for someone already under southwell islands to carry out an act of terror. these are the two big things right now going on in turn leads within the nypd intelligence unit. how much will they be helped by the fa ct how much will they be helped by the fact the suspect has been detained alive, how much will that help the investigation? it's very important because now you have a live suspect, a live suspect that can be interrogated and can talk about how he was inspired by online propaganda. perhaps there's the small possibility, but i don't think there is, there's the small possibility that he was in touch with isis central, then we can get those links and find out more about his trai

here's the statement from the nypd.the case was carried out by experienced detectives and supervisors from nypd's special victims unit. the detectives used well established investigative techniques that recorded conversation with the subject corroborates the acts that were the basis for the victim's complaints to the police a day earlier. this follow-up reported conversation was just one aspect of the case against the subject. so the nypd there implying perhaps there was additional information in an addition to that reporting and the d.a.'s office pushing back against that, as well. >> laura, a lot of people are wondering what kind of legal jeopardy, legal trouble does harvey weinstein face. ar a former prosecutor. what do you think. >> there's two different aspects, civil and criminal liability. hadas mentioned the civil liability. if the company knew about the behavior or if a manager ie harvey weinstein who is a very bigwig, it's his company, it's named after him, if he did the actions they are liable under californi

it is important that i applaud the nypd and the officers who bought this man down, they have someone they have someone alive to talk to. what do you make of the nature of the attack, this was a man in a truck driving, hitting innocent people on the streets, similar attacks in london and barcelona but not necessarily the united states? when i say there are a lot of signs telling us this was a lone wolf loser sort of poorly organised attack, you have to look at what is happening. first and foremost, last month isis published in the monthly publication, they had a huge article on how easy it is to get access to weapons in the united states and encouraged the operatives to go and buy weapons. all this guy could do at best, was to get a pellet gun and at best, was to get a pellet gun and a paint gun. it tells us what we need to do to close gun loopholes so people can stop spraying people in downtown new york. if you look at the round he had, he is not next to the round he had, he is not next to the world trade center, there is a four lane hydrates devising where he was and the world trade

i want to commend the nypd 0fficer response he was on post near the location who stopped the carnage after it began and the work of the first responders including fire and ems surely helped save additional lives. i will give more ofa additional lives. i will give more of a chronology but i would like to introduce mayor deblasio. thank you, commissioner. a painful day in our city. horrible tragedy on the west side. based on information we have at the moment, this was an of terror. a particularly cowardly act of terror. aimed at innocent civilians. aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. 0ver eight innocent people who have lost their lives. over a dozen more are injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit. but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence and an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near

i want to commend the response of an nypd officer on post near the location, who stopped the carnagework of the first responders, including the fire department and ems personnel, surely helped save additional lives. i will give more chronology in a couple of minutes. now i'd like to indeuce the mayor. thank you, commissioner. it's a very painful day in our city. horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear based on the information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror. a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives, who had no idea of what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. and over a dozen more are injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit, but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient. our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence, an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city, very near the sight of today's tragedy and new yorkers

the nypd confirms they're responding to reports of shots fired in lower manhattan. chaotic scene not far from the world trade center right now. what appears to be victims on a bike path along the west side highway. police say one person is in custody. this is a developing new situation. it's breaking right now. we're trying to get all the details as well get them. let's get right to cnn's jason carroll in new york. jason, what more can you tell us about

imagine the difficulty that nypd has. they are telling people to be vigilant and notice anything unusual. it's halloween in new york, everything is unusual. that adds to the burden on the first responders. i sort of veered off from your question, but i think it's really strong for mayor de blasio make that statement and sam going to the parade as well. i think that's great. >> bret: just moments ago, governor cuomo announced enhanced the security measures throughout lower manhattan at the governor's direction, increased security at high-profile locations around new york, including airports, bridges, tunnels, mass transit systems. you have, following this terrorist attack, an increase in security at all of those places, additional personnel being deployed to high density areas. large public gatherings as a precautionary measure, not based he says on any specific intelligence on ongoing threats. but as you heard from german mccaul and ron earlier , around the world they have seen increased chatter in recent months to the po

i hear it may be some sort of manifesto that the nypd is analyzing. we have to be patient, this may be part -- we don't know if this was part of a larger network, that is something they are indeed looking at. to your point, this is horrific, this is indicative of what terror now looks like. we cannot ban every truck, we can't ban knives, so we have to get ahead of him as best we can to protect the network, defeat the networks and go at them where they are at both overseas and here. let me say one other thing really quick, we talked about this before. the left in this country is now positing the idea of using violence as part of their political speech. there's an ad out in virginia by ralph northam where he uses trucks mulling over kids. >> martha: would play that last night. >> think about this, they do this on the left and now we have it happen. this is not acceptable political speech and we have to do everything we can as americans to defeat the terror networks do not buy into using their message is a political method of speech. >> martha: we did he

>> the nypd didn't do their job.his is a stellar job wiring up a victim who, by all accounts, was impeccable in catching him in this case. >> tucker: it sure seems like it was not their fault. i don't know how much tighter they could have made the case. advocates back to the central question. you never want to think prosecutors are corrupt because that is the deeper kind of corruption, but why when cy vance have gone forward with this? >> i can't get into cy vance's mind, i don't know what he was thinking. but it's just as people say. when you got a case with a high profile defendant, the prosecutors very often say to themselves, is this going to be worth it? is she credible? this guy is going to bring in all of the big guns, all the money. but the truth is on the tape, tucker. there is nothing to argue here. turn on the tape, that the jury listen to it and send them into the deliberation room to deliberate. >> tucker: you think of all the cases that don't have ethical forward. really quickly, what is harvey weinstei

doing with the d the nypd doing with what it seized in civil forfeiture assets. instead wondering why are we. we are hyper focused on unprovable details, name calling and questionable head wear. john kelly gave such a moving explanation of his experience that he knows the reality of the calls the president has to hike in the families. here we are in day five still talking about twitter nicknames and hurling claims of racism. general kelly should have stopped with his explanation with his experience and how it informed the president. i didn't have to go into score settling with congresswoman frederica wilson. she was doing enough damage to herself by profiting off the loves one of her constituents it was about her becoming a rock star. gross. what a selfish horrible thing to do. when you fail to dazzle with policy, make a bigger name for yourself at the expense of a dead soldier. kelly should have never brought up the fbi building he claims wilson tried to take credit for. wilson needs to go away and rethink her accessories and the president needs to never make on

the fbi, the nypd now investigating this deadly truck terror. president, homeland security now briefed. so, let's get back to fwee ogio benitez at the scene tonight. >> reporter: we've learned now that the acting head of homeland security has been briefed on this apparent act of terror, and is now working with the fbi and local authorities. police say eight people were killed, another 11 were injured here. the alleged attacker, 29 years old. police shot him and then took him into custody. david? >> all right, gio benitez on the scene for us tonight. i'm david muir. we'll have much more on "nightline" and tomorrow morning on "good morning america." and, of course, i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. from all of us here, have a good evening, safe halloween. good night. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam nt to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam

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we're taking you inside an nypd murder investigation. case that has gone cold of a young man murdered on the streets of manhattan. now join us as we search for new clues. can you help catch a killer? here's a sneak peek of the riveting seven-part series. >> hello. you have one new voice message. >> hey, christina. i'm just frustrated with the way this whole case has been forever. but i still want to do whatever i can to find out what happened. >> in 2003, abc news was given unprecedented access inside the nypd and followed every move inside a manhattan south side investigation. over a decade later, the lead detective, desperate to finally break the case, called for our help. >> the triggerman, he is out there somewhere. >> come on, come on! >> police are looking for clues in the fatal shoot of a banker today. he was shot in the chest. >> the lead detective -- >> the one person who could describe to me what happened and that's burt and burt is dead. >> the reporter on the case from day one. >> boy, did he remember the details. he really d

the good news is this threat was pretty much stopped by the nypd and the nypd has the best intelligence and anti-terrorism groups of any department or agency in the world but you know , unfortunately, this happens and you may or may not remember back in 1999 when i was commissioner we arrested three young palestinian men in brooklyn on 4th avenue with three active bombs and we were very fortunate to get information and stop them but they were going to blow up the season way in brooklyn, so you know what we need to do is we need to harden the building because terrorists don't like that and we need to train people so they can respond when they see something they say something , and we need to get really good intelligence because the city as big as new york with as many people moving around, there's no way you're going to be able to absolutely guarantee the safety of everybody so we need to stop things before they happen like they did in this park. >> neil: in this case they were able to intercept a lot of calls back and forth and communications between the pakistan, philippines citizen an

we will also keep you posted as this investigation continues and as nypd gains more information.with those new yorkers who we lost today. it reminds us all how precious life is. they left the house this morning. they were enjoying the beautiful west side of manhattan, on a beautifulfall day... we must leave that there. we heard the new york mayor telling that news conference that what has happened in new york was an act of terror. eight people have died over a dozen more injured. let's catch up with the weather now. hello. in this forecast we look at the main weather stories around the world. winter has come early to parts of north america. a real plunge of cold air across much of canada, stretching into northern and eastern parts of the united states. in the coming days, some areas could see temperatures by day, some ten or 15 degrees below average. yes, there's a chance of some snow on wednesday through alberta, down in towards british colombia, some snow extending towards the great lakes as well. just rain that we see across mississippi, stretching up towards new york state. i

a lot of work to do by the joint terrorism task force together with the nypd. they will be looking into the suspect's background. they will find out where he rented that truck and check his computers, social media and find out for sure whether a lone wolf. >> we have seen this tactic use ed before. in nice and berlin, when the markets were attacked and people were lining the streets. we saw that with a truck plowing into people. so fwen, those similarities. >> officials said at the news conference this afternoon, that prompt ed them to visit rental agencies and make them aware to be on the lookout for anything that looked out of the ordinary. we'll keep following this story on air and on the nbc 10 app and "nbc nightly news" is live tracking the story as well coming up right we managed to get up to 60 degrees today with all the sunshine. the sun is now officially set and it is about to officially get really cold. temperatures now in the upper 40s. reading at 48. pottstown, 49. allentown is 50 degrees. these temperatures are well below average for this time of y

it's one of the best programs that the nypd has. i know they have shared this program with other law enforcement. >> we don't know at this point if they got a call or didn't get a call. we don't know, right? >> it doesn't sound like they got a call that this person was under the radar. usually what happens if the truck company is suspicious, they will usually delay maybe renting something or selling someone something or may just flatly deny it. they would call the nypd intelligence division and they would respond and investigate. >> thank you very much. and next, we're going to break down exactly what happened so you can see the location, see exactly how this attack happened block by block and the breaking news on the russia investigation. one of trump's top lieutenants about to be interviewed. what powers the digital world. communication. that's why a cutting edge university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans.

the nypd, bnfi, the new york state police, ems. we have the finest security on the globe and to see them in action today proved that once again. the new terrorist tactic which they've called for publicly are these loan wolfs who commit an act of terror. this is all preliminary. it's only been a couple of hours. at this point there's no evidence to suggest a wider plot or a wider scheme, but the actions of one individual who meant to cause pain and death and the resulting terror and that was the purposement we will be vigilant. more police every where. you'll see them in the airports. you'll see them in the tunnels. it's not because there's any evidence of any ongoing threat or any additional threat. it is just out of viej lance and out of caution. and the truth is new york is an international symbol of freedom and democracy. that's what we are. and we are proud of it. that also makes us a target for those people who oppose those concepts and we've lived with this before. we felt the pain before. we feel the pain today. but we go to

. >> reporter: nypd, focusing on heavy security for halloween parade a few blocks away, investigating this as act of terror. according to law enforcement officials, the driver screamed allahu akbar, described as 29-year-old man of middle eastern appearance. >> we'll be vigilant, more police everywhere. you'll see them in the airports and tunnels. it's not because there's any evidence of any ongoing threat or any additional threat. >> reporter: the suspect's vehicle, a rental truck like so many other recent incidents. traveled several blocks before of the world trade center. the hero officer who stopped the carnage moments after it began, credited with preventing more lives from being lost. as we see all the lights and police presence out here, seeing kids and adults walking by in costumes. new york's famed halloween parade will go on but authorities say increased police presence here and around the city tonight lester. >> thank you. we have late word this evening on the name of a suspect. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is following that with the latest on the investigati

the new york police department, the nypd, is reviewing an alleged sexual assault by harvey weinsteinom 200a. and the metropolitan police is investigating an alleged sexual assault from the 1980s, said to have taken place in london. wasn't that a slam dunk? prosecutors in new york have been criticised for not pursuing a case against him two years ago, when the nypd mounted a sting operation against weinstein after an allegation of sexual assault. if we had a case that we felt we could prosecute, my experts felt we could prosecute, we would have. do you mean you make the decision? we made the decision as an office. emma thompson said the problem of hollywood sexual harassment goes way beyond harvey weinstein. i didn't know about these things, but they don't surprise me at all and they are endemic to the system anyway. what i find extraordinary is that this man is at the top of a very particular iceberg, you know. i don't think you can describe him as a sex addict, he is a predator. you know what, i've always been loyal to you guys. this brief encounter spoke of his cosy relationship wi

it's just another thing that the nypd has to think about going forward as well as other police departments across the country. this is a new dynamic. there's going to be a big investigation and they need to move fast. that's why they don't give out the names. executing search warrants. they don't want the press and everybody showing up. >> let's talk about this person of interest. a companion. a roommate. marylou danley. an asian woman. they're not calling her a suspect. they're saying she's someone thee need to talk to. she was a companion of the las vegas resident. >> in law enforcement parlance this would be rear ferred to as a pen of interest. there might have been some type of relationship with the now deceased shooter, we're very interested in here. this is what you have to do from a law enforcement perspective. the first soft started at around 10:08 las vegas time. what you've got to think about is how long would it take anyone to use any ingress, egress points outside that immediate area to get outside as we would put out as a perimeter. you want it to be as far out as possible. re

. >>> what the nypd and scotland yard are saying tonight about harvey weinstein. >>> and the passenger jet that plunged more than 20,000 feet. >>> good evening. and it's great to start another week with you. and the president started the week with an impromptu press conference, summoning reporters to the rose garden today with little notice. after weeks of blistering attacks with mitch mccome, he was suddenly standings right there with the president. the president saying we're closer than ever before. then, the president took questions on puerto rico, the social council on russia. and what he said about former presidents not calling families when they lost loved ones at war. three former presidents and their teams not reacting tonight. we begin with abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: after repeatedly lashing out at him, president trump held a hastily arranged press conference with mitch mcconnell in the rose garden today to declare their relationship outstanding. >> we have been friends for a long time. we are probably now, despite what we read, we're pro