rick thornton. . >> good afternoon.f anderson said, i'm rick thornton, special agent in charge for the fbi in minnesota. want to echo what the chief said in terms of this is a very fluid situation and will continue to evolve. the fbi and joint terrorism task force has been working side by side with the st. cloud police department and other partners since last night, throughout the night and today. we are currently investigating this as a potential act of terrorism. and i do say potential. there is, there's a lot we don't know. we do not at this point in time know whether the suspect, it was in contact with, connections with, inspird by foreign terrorist organization. that's what the investigation is attempting to ascertain at this point in time. that will involve all the things you would expect. we'll look at his social media, device, talk to associates. we will try to sort of peel back the onion and figure out what motivate d this individual to commit the horrific act he did last night. i also want to echoing the mayor

as the chief anderson said, i'm rick thornton, special agent in charge for the fbi in minnesota.o what the chief said in terms of this is a very fluid situation and will continue to evolve. the fbi and the joint terrorism task force has been working side by side with the st. cloud police department and other partners last night, throughout the night, and today. we are currently investigating this as a potential act of terrorism, and i do say potential. there's a lot we don't know. we do not at this point in time know whether the subject was in contact with, had connections with, was inspired by a foreign terrorist organization. that's what the investigation is attempting to ascertain at this point in time. that will involve all the things that you would expect. we'll look at his social media, we'll look at his electronic devices, we'll talk to associates, we'll try to sort of peel back the onion and figure out what motivated this individual to commit the horrific act that he did last night, and i also want to remiss and not echo the chief's and mayor's sentiment thoughts and pray

i want to turn it over to the special agent in charge, rick thornton who is the s.a.g.minneapolis office of the bureau of investigation. >> good afternoon. as chief anderson said, i'm rick thornton the special agent in charge for the bureau of minneapolis shg minnesota, and as the chief said, this is a fluid itchsition wa and it will continue to evolve. the fbi and the joint terrorism task has been working side by side with the st. cloud police department and other partners throughout last night, and throughout to dday. we are currently investigating this as a potential act of terrorism. i do say potential. there is a lot that we don't know. we don't know at this point in time if the subject was in contact with or had connections with or was inspired by a foreign terrorist organization, and that is what the investigation is attempting to the ascertain at this point in time. that will involve all of the things that you would expect. we will look at the social media, and the electronic devices and talk to socials, and we will try to sort of peel back the onion and figure

just a short time ago, the special agent in charge there, rick thornton, saying this act is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism. however, they are unsure if this suspect had any communication with the terror group. they did mention they've executed at least two search warrants at one residents of this individual. his car also found in the parking lot impounded. there does not seem to be a threat to the community there, but they did mention william anderson, the local police chief there, an irony that this happened on the same day of explosions in new york as well as new jersey, we know from our shimone, that vest garretts are looking at clues there in new jersey and new york for similarities, perhaps if there's any coincidences. also brought up at this press conference to see if there's any connection on what happened yesterday on what turned out to be horrific tragic night that could have been a lot worse. >> keep us posted on the investigation in st. cloud, minnesota. let's talk about now, what cnn is reporting as similarities between these explosions on the left, you're seein

fbi special agent rick thornton said the agency was looking into possssible links to terrorism. >> we do not know if this point in time whether the subject was in contact with, had connections with, was inspired by a foreign terrorist organization. that is whatat the investigation is attempting to ascertain at this point in time. amy: in syria, a ceasefire continues to unravel after u.s.-led bombers attacked a syrian military position, killing scores of government soldiers and allowing isis fighters to overrun the survivors. u.s. military officials acacknowledged satururd's attack near deir al-zour, which killed more than 60 s syrian soldiers,, saying they mistakenly belieievd they were e targeting isis unit. the attack came less than a week into a ceasefire brokered by the u.s. a and russia meant to separate warring factions anando alallow humanitarian aid to o rh besiegeged cities.s. it prompted russia to call an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council, where ambassador vitaly churkin questioned whether the attack was timed to derail the ceasefire. >> it is quite significant