ryan chamberlin. these streets are back to normal after they were taken over by the fbi. we now know why they were here and who they are looking for. ryan chamberlin. he was a part time teacher at usf and now a fugitive of the f.b.i. >> reporter: yellow crime tape covers a green door. all that is left after a search from the fbi. >> i saw a street blocked off and i saw the hazmat vehicle first of all. >>> men in hazmat suits went in and out of the apartment all day on saturday and say they foundil legal explosives inside. >> we don't know -- found illegal expleasives inside. >> there is no threat to public safety. >> reporter: now it shifts to the person who liveed there. 43-year-old ryan chamberlin. considered armed and dangerous but her neighbor considering him pleasant and polite. >> i would talk to him when we ran into each other, it was very frequent. he was pleasant, polite. >> reporter: he was socially and politically active in san francisco, working on several political campaigns, once running

kelly or ryan chamberlin was the name of the first personnything to on black market reloaded. the shipment not a brand but a vile of pure nicotine mailed in a plastic vhs case. court documents suggest chamberlin ordered roughly double the lethal dosage of pure nicotine. investigators say they are still waiting on lab results to determine if toxins were found in chamberlin's apartment. >>> if you have a story for 2 investigates to look into, you can e-mail us at 2 investigates at ktvu.com. >>> this week an 11-year-old golf sensation from the bay area is set to compete in the u.s. women's open. she is the youngest player ever to qualify for that tournament. last month lucy lee of redwood shores won at half moon bay to take a spot at the open. the pre-teen is home schooled through an online stanford university program and spends her winter months training in miami. the u.s. women's open gets underway on thursday in pinehurst, north carolina. >>> 11 years old. can you imagine? >> and stanford. let's turn now to our bay area weather meteorologist

now the question is, where is ryan chamberlin? good evening. >>> kpix brian webb joins us with new details on the nation wide manhunt, brian? >> reporter: the search shifted. now, every law enforcement agency in the country is looking for this man. in an investigation that began right here in russian hill in the small apartment down in an alleyway behind this green door. >> reporter: yellow crime tape covering a green door. that is all that is left after a 15 hour search by the fbi where they say they found dangerous explosives. >> reporter: her apartment shares a wall. she heard a lot of noise coming from that room over the past week but the neighbor she knows does not seem dangerous at all. >> i would talk to him when he was -- we ran into each other. frequent. he was always pleasant, polite. >> reporter: the fbi paints a different picture of the 42- year-old ryan chamberlin. they say behind the tall man with the warm smile say dangerous suspect on the move who should not be approached, even though he has not made any specific t

. >> ryan chamberlin is accused of illegal destruction device. his friends say no matter what he's accused have they will give him support. >> authorities cruise describe ryan chamberlin. >> he was a dangerous and desperate person. >> he was not a guy that wanted to hurt other people, ever. >> in stark contrast. it's hard to make sense if you don't know him and if you do know him. he was lost. a criminal complaint gives us details about what the fbi found in chamberlin's apartment. a messenger bag that contained a grass jar with batteries, a model rocket motor, a match, a assortment of ball bearings and screws and a remote control receiver. they were the components of an illegal destructive device. >> what's in there is disturbing, but from what i know of ryan and the years i've known him, the is not like him. johnny wang has known chamberlin for 10 years, chamberlin had been on the run for two days and spotted at chrissy field last night. despite the details friends are sticking by chamberlin. they have contributed to his legal friend. he wants

we're getting a clearer picture of what ryan chamberlin was capable of. he made his first appearance in court today. alley rasmus with the new information revealed in the criminal complaint. >> the criminal complaint is six pages long but it alleged he had two sets of bomb making materials in his russian hill apartment. his friends say when they look at the complaint and compare it to the manthey know it doesn't make -- man they know it doesn't make sense. >> he was struggling with personal problems. >> somebody that was growing more desperate. >> it affected him deeper than i thought. when we saw him, he was a very social energetic excited guy. the fbi said exam bear lain -- chamberlin was a public threat. he had bomb making materials. a bag contained the four components necessary to comprise an ied. power source, wires, switching device and explosive. investigators found a toolbox that had additional ied components including wires and a clothes pin switch. >> i don't believe he ever was a threat to anybody. >> amanda fine has known him for six years, he

look at your screen and you can see several san francisco police officers take down fugitive, ryan chamberlin around 6:30pmthe cops didn't take any chances. four officers were used to take chamberlain into custodyon of the officers carried his duty issued ar-15 because police did not know what to expect. the six foot three, two hundred fifty five chamberlain did not resist arrest. the manhunt was over. morgan manes saw the whole thing and shot the video you are watching. >> they got him onto the ground, they were trying to get him cuffed. they were yelling for him to get one of his arms behind his back and he was complaining that he couldn't saying it was hurt or stiff or something. aparantly, they got it around him and got him cuffed. it did look like he was trying to get something out of the back seat or something when he was getting arrested so one of the back doors on the passenger side was open. chamberlain was taken down town for questioning. the sfpd bomb squad was on scene for hours, going through everything in chamberlain's car to make sure the car was not rigged with explosives. the

now the question is, where is ryan chamberlin?evening. >>> kpix brian webb joins us with new details on the nation wide manhunt, brian? >> reporter: the search shifted. now, every law enforcement agency in the country

relatives of the suspect ryan chamberlin, left san francisco federal court yesterday without saying a judge granted a defense request and ordered a mental health exam. chamberlin was arrested on monday after a wide scale manhunt. feds say they recovered bomb- making materials inside his russian hill home. court documents accuse him of buying biotoxins online. one was a substance similar to ricin. investigators say he told one seller he wanted to use the poison to ease the suffering of cancer patients. >>> today, hundreds of people are expected to say their final good-byes to a teenager who was hit and killed by a train in san leandro last month. brittany silva was killed while walking across the train tracks right next to her home. police say she was wearing ear buds and didn't hear or see that train coming. a funeral service is scheduled to take place at 10:00 this morning in union city. >>> a fund-raiser is being held right now for the family of a bart officer accidentally killed. tom smith was mistakenly shot by a fellow bart officer during a police operation in dublin in january.

details about ryan chamberlain but who is his website portrays him as being a successful political figure in the bay area for many years today i talked to a man who has not only met chamberlin but who has also worked with him neighbors tell us the chamberlain lived in the apartments for about three years obviously so many disturbing details about ryan kelly chamberlain. today kron 4 caught up with people in the russian hill neighbor where chamberlain lived. one woman in particular who lived in the same building as chamberlin she says she has been inside his home. to stay on top of this developing story go to kron 4 dot com. and if you are on the go make sure to check the kron 4 app for the latest details on the search for ryan chamberlain. one devastated mother's cry to stop the violence. jane liu spoke at her son's memorial in fremont today -- less than two weeks after weihan "david" wang was murdered. wang was a computer science major at u-c- santa barbara and is one of the victim's of the isla vista killing spree. investigators say he was one of george roger's first victims. kron four's philippe djegal attended the emotional ceremony. sot- "this is the most difficult tim

fbi officials say ryan kelly chamberlin is considered armed and dangerous. >>> golfer phil mickelsonconnection with insider trading. today first lady michelle obama is scheduled to speak at a ceremony that marks the construction of a new submarine in rhode island. the future "u.s.s. illinois" is named after the obama's home state. >>> we're always updating the five things you need to know, go to newdaycnn.com for the latest. >>> breaking overnight, sergeant bowe bergdahl is in germany for medical treatment, released this weekend after being held for five years by the taliban. the deal gave him his freedom in exchange for the release of five taliban leaders held at guantanamo bay prison. it was not run past congress first. this was not a new deal, by the way. it had been negotiated over the course of years. the actual execution of it wasn't told to lawmakers, and one issue is was that a violation of law? they're supposed to get 30 days' notice. there are many issues here. this is very complicated. we have ana navarro and donna brazile. ana is a republican strategist and donna, comment

ryan chamberlain. federal agents searched a second location just today linked to chamberlain. the documents outline why chamberlin may have had the makings of a bomb. it included a power source, wire conductors and a switching system. jodi hernandez joins us at the apartment they searched today. >> reporter: we were the only news agency there when police arrested him last night. they say i was formally charged in federal court with possessing explosives. >> we had information that he had items of great concern to us in his residence. >> reporter: tonight we're learning what those items are. according to the affidavit unsealed this morning. agents found a messenger bag filled with items used to make an explosive device, including a screw top glass jar containing