to an nypd intelligence analysis report obtained by cnn, mangione may have found inspiration in ted kaczynskie report reads. he notably praised the writings of kaczynski mangione, like several passages from kaczynski's manifesto, in his review defending it, writing, it's easy to quickly and thoughtless. write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic. >> i think mangione is very much inspired by the work of kaczynski and his manifesto. >> scott bond is a criminologist who has written about serial killers and kaczynski. he says he sees a chilling similarity. >> they have to find a way to justify it, and in the case of kaczynski and also mangione, i believe that they justified it as this was a necessary evil. >> other notable similarities. both men, highly intelligent and ivy league educated. kaczynski, a harvard grad mathematician, while mangione minored in mathematics at the university of pennsylvania, where he also majored in computer science and engineering and had a masters. kaczynski was estranged from his family, living as a recluse in montana. mangione mother reported her 26 year old son m

and ideology of his is which by the way was never original to ted kaczynski, french philosopher fromk, ted kaczynski plagiarized his manifesto much of what is there and many of these today are plagiarizing what ted kaczynski did after that including luigi mangione. >> harris: in your experiences as an fbi profiler, what can we maybe look at with this current assassin suspect right now in terms of just the change from what people say they knew, what alexis was reporting on it, but i had been reporting on with his mom in the missing persons report, he almost pulled away six months ago. >> we look at cases like this, almost sort of a character with a fantasy life, something happened, some stressor, real or perceived, perception to somebody who is not mentally all there becomes reality. something in the last six months, and i had a back surgery, he has been in some pain, i would like to know what kind of medications he has been on, is he a marijuana smoker, any kind of other drugs some said about mushrooms you had experimented with, i do not know. no excuses but there may be some deep me

. >> there is some semblance of this guy to ted kaczynski that hannah palmer with manifesto grooming at the top of his class, but this particular person is much more outgoing and socially oriented than ted ever was in the indicator there is a back surgery he may have had and tilted him towards anger at the medical insurance companies. interestingly backhand 'exceeds turned down for operation and decided to kill people in this guy is an accolade of ted kaczynski read his manifesto and quoted from it. once again, a couple of years after dad and his offenses, we see people that see ted kaczynski as a hero but he was a shooter of a ceo in new york. >> laura: andrew, on this point, again, extremely bright, extremely studious, well-liked, and also according to one report in "the new york post," harvard of recent age anticapitalist views. medical industry views. wad of that? >> i think it is a mode of. i think they will dig into that and i think there was a views fox news reported on he gave a view on the ted kaczynski book and basically adhering to some of the principles. a good prosecutor

his writings show that mangione may have been inspired by another famed wanted man, unabomber ted kaczynski, and the brother of the serial killer spoke to cnn about the suspect's praise for kaczynski, who was serving eight life sentences when he died last year at the age of 81. david kaczynski wrote, quote, i love my brother, and turning him in was the most difficult and painful thing i've had to do in my life. but as much as i love ted, i hate what he did to kill and maim his fellow human beings. whatever you may think of ted kaczynski, his ideas and i do believe they merit thinking about we must reject his harmful actions. >> it does seem that mangione embraced kaczynski's belief in violence to advance political ends. and cnn's jason carroll looked into their similarities for us and insult the intelligence of the american people. >> if luigi mangione speaks like he did outside court tuesday, investigators listened closely and not just to what he's saying now that he's in custody, but also to what he has said or written in the past, such as these unsettling words violence never solved anyt

talking about his research and ted kaczynski which he gets wrong but nevertheless. he talks about finally, the scariest part, that he is the only person that can solve this dilemma. he is the only person that can right this wrong. and that is probably the most frightening part about what he wrote. >> martha: you mentioned that he quotes kaczynski and says that he had the balls to recognize that peaceful protest has gotten us absolutely nowhere in at the end of the day he's probably right. when all other forms of communication fail, bounces necessary to survive. you may not like his methods but to see things from his perspective is not terrorism, it's war and revolution. quick thought on that if you can? >> i think he is interpreting ted kaczynski's word in his own thoughts and that is consistent with someone that has an idea in their head and they start to support it by reading other people's writings or literature but customize it to make it fit. the manifesto in terms of what ted kaczynski said, it does not say that. >> martha: maryellen o'toole, extraordinary amo

what i find interesting is that this guy has an affinity for the unabomber, ted kaczynski.view on the univar versus so-called manifesto. and there were some interesting parallels between the two of them. they are both highly intel intelligent, kaczynski attended harvard at the age of 16. mangione went to the university of pennsylvania, another ivy league college. both of them were math whizzes. kaczynski got a phd. kaczynski he had a disdain for technology, mangione disdain for corporations. dropped out of society, mangione dropped off the radar family and friends. here we have two highly intelligent people who apparently according to police went completely off the rails. in your experience how does that happen? >> well, you just don't know what happens in people's lives. we just don't know what that switch that may have been thrown that took this person from a course of being an accomplice, individual, person of privilege, to now being a suspect in this act. yesterday, we did speak about this, john, and i mentioned in a different way the parallel between ted kaczynski and

advocate or acolyte of ted kaczynski having read his manifesto. having quoted from. e getting long after or a couple years after he was dead long after his offenses we are getting some of these people who see kaczynski as a hero when he wasn't and neither is the shooter of the ceo in new york. >> laura: andrew, on this point, again, extremely bright. extremely studious, well-liked. he also, according to one report, i think the "new york post" has this, had harvard -- recent age anti-capitalist views. anti-medical industry views. what of that? >> i think it's motive. i think they are really going to dig into that. i think there was a review that fox news reported on earlier today about you he gave a review on the ted kaczynski book and basically adhering to some of those principles a good prosecutor is going to take that he is going to mold it. and that's going to be the motive for doing this crime. every jury wants do see a motive. that's the sort of thing that, you know, a juror can look at and say wait a minute, this is why the smart, bright, by all accounts genius

including a review of the unabomber's 1995 manifesto in which ted kaczynski decries modern technology and its dehumanizing effect on society. mangione apparently writing, quote, ted kaczynski was a violent individual, rightfully imprisoned, who maimed insbt people. while these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however, they're more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary. so is that what mangione was hoping for himself? in the aftermath of brian thompson's murder, a torrent of anger has flooded social media, some holding up mangione as a folk hero, as others vented about what it's actually like to deal with health insurance. >> no one deserves this, but as a mom who was nine months pregnant, sitting in the emergency room with my 1-year-old baby, being told she had a giant brain tumor that was causing her brain to essentially swell out of her head, she sat in the hospital for three days. she needed to be transferred to new york city so she could have emergency brain surgery, and instead, we sat in the hospital for three days because un

and, among them, was him giving four stars to ted kaczynski, the unabomber's manifesto.ple who are old enough to remember, ted kaczynski sent mail bombs all around the country, murdered three people and hurt dozens of others, but wanted those attacks to draw attention to his manifesto which was the critique of industrialization and the tech revolution that we were living through. and that is why some police officials believe that this suspect might have been inspired by kaczynski, who as i'm saying, used violence to draw attention to his political beliefs. >> that is william brangham with the latest on the killing of that united health care ceo. william, thank you. >> thanks, amna. ♪ >> for the past two years, judy woodruff has been exploring the deep divisions we see playing out every day in the country. as we wrap up the year, she recently sat down with a panel of noted thinkers to talk through their concerns and their hopes following the election. it is part of her ongoing series, america at a crossroads. >> we met last week at the lincoln cottage in washington, d.c.,

. >> one of the popular suspects was the unabomber, ted kaczynski. the unabomber liked the zodiac. also sent letters to the media. >> the bomber had said he would kill again unless the post or the new york times printed his paper. all 35,000 words by this sunday. >> the bulk of the zodiac's activity happened during the two years following ted kaczynski, his time as a professor at uc berkeley. kaczynski's final day of work at uc berkeley was june the 30th, 1969. four days later, 4th of july, 1969, the attack occurred at blue rock springs park the zodiac was involved in designing bombs and designing passive bombs exactly as the unabomber would do. many years later. the zodiac used the phrase repeatedly collecting slaves for the afterlife with slaves is a repeated term used in the the unabomber manifesto. >> it's an interesting theory, but he's also tall and lanky, and i went to his trial and i did not like him. i think kaczynski was just getting even with the world. i don't think he could possibly be zodiac. >> there's no credible evidence that ted kaczynski was the zodiac, and no on

and he's talking about ted kaczynski. he was a violent individual, rightfully imprisoned, who maimed innocent people. while these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary. also, apparently laura on that website goodreads, he had expressed interest in wanting to get and read more and more books about having to cope with back pain. also, we believe that he sought books on mental illness and things like that. so just kind of a hint on on that part of his online persona. we also have seen messages to him on social media from friends and others who are wondering who were wondering before this shooting took place in manhattan that they were saying to him that they had not seen him in a while. we're wondering where he was telling him that his family was also looking for him. >> brian, how many pieces of the jigsaw puzzle will this investigation lead? we're in the very beginning. thank you so much. i want to bring in john mi

you've actually spent time with ted kaczynski. what do you make of those comments? first of all well, actually, ted kaczynski was a very disturbed man, and he was disturbed long before he started killing people. >> his mother describes an episode when he was nine months old of, uh, he had to be in the hospital for three weeks. it was back in the 40s. parents were frowned upon visiting in pediatric wards. and she said when he came home after three weeks, he was never the same. we know now that that sounds like an episode of maternal deprivation that left permanent scars and altered the course of his life. now, uh, the young man, mr. mangione, that, as far as we know, is not the case. yes, kaczynski went to harvard when he was 16. yes, he went to university of michigan and got a doctorate before he was 24. but people that knew him at those schools describe someone who was a loner. sometimes he would not come out of his room, his dorm room, for days, but he was disheveled and crimped. um, that sounds like someone suffering. uh, at least one mental disorder. um, for man

just, you know, thought provoking discussion. >> jesse: you suggested reading ted kaczynski's book? you interested in that? >> i have an academia background and i enjoy reading anything, right, left, middle, progressive, things about ancients, the future, and wanted to understand a little bit more about what he wrote, why he wrote it and maybe some historical talk on text around that. >> jesse: okay. there's a lot of academic books. that's just interesting that that tickled your fancy. did you turn him onto the you know unabomber? it sounds like it? >> i wouldn't say i turned him onto it. it was my selection for our book club. >> jesse: because the manifesto that we got our hands on cites that quite often. do you feel strange now that this guy you lived six months with is now been picked up on murder charges? >> i feel strange because he was a great friend and i consider him a close friend and that somebody who would assassinate somebody is completely incompatible with the person that i lived with, the person that i cooked meals with, the person that was part of book club and other

and he's talking here about ted kaczynski. he was a violent individual, rightfully imprisoned who maimed innocent people. while these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite. however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary. also, apparently laura on that website goodreads, he had expressed interest in wanting to get and read more and more books about having to cope with back pain. also, we believe that he sought books on mental illness and things like that, so it's just kind of a hint on on that part of his online persona. we also have seen messages to him on social media from friends and others who are wondering who were wondering before this shooting took place in manhattan that they were saying to him that they had not seen him in a while. we're wondering where he was telling him that his family was also looking for him. >> brian, how many pieces of the jigsaw puzzle will this investigation lead? we're in the very beginning. thank you so much. i want to bring in joh

ted kaczynski sent mail bombs around the country, murdered three people and hurt dozens of other peoplef the attacks to draw attention to his manifesto, a critique of industrialization and the technological revolution we were living through. that is why some police officials believe this suspect might have been inspired by kaczynski, who used violence to draw attention to his political beliefs. amna: that is william with the latest on the killing of the united health care ceo. thank you. william: thank you. ♪ amna: for the past two years, judy woodruff has been exploring the deep divisions we play out every day in the country. as we wrap up the year she recently sat down with a panel of noted thinkers to talk through their concerns and hopes following the election. it is part of her ongoing series -- america at a crossroads. >> we met last week at the lincoln cottage in washington, d.c. a place we have returned to throughout our series. here in the room where the 16th president drafted the emancipation proclamation. joining me was a former federal appellate judge, one of the leading nat

think one person who would agree with you that it was a good idea to get a college degree would be ted kaczynski, the unabomber who went to berkeley. i'm sure he put his degree to good. host: what do you think? guest: thank you for the question. and thank you for the opportunity to clarify what i think about this. i agree entirely that you can be successful in a number of different careers without going to college and i don't think that everybody should go to college. and i think it is very important for us to recognize that as a country and for academic institutions as well as the government to support people who make other choices. on the other hand, what i do believe and what i did say is that the people who want to go to college and the people who make that choice, it is going to be a spectacularly good investment to go to college. if you just take a look at the data about my institution, or for your college degrees more generally, the return on investment is very strong. it provides you with a lot of other opportunities as well. that doesn't mean it is a smart choice for everybody, it just

to an nypd intelligence analysis report obtained by cnn, mangione may have found inspiration in ted kaczynski. the report reads. he notably praised the writings of kaczynski. mangione liked several passages from kaczynski's manifesto in his review, defending it, writing, it's easy to quickly and thoughtless. write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic. >> i think mangione is very much inspired by the work of kaczynski and his manifesto. >> scott bond is a criminologist who has written about serial killers, and kaczynski. he says he sees a chilling similarity. >> they have to find a way to justify it, and in the case of kaczynski and also mangione, i believe that they justified it as this was a necessary evil. >> other notable similarities. both men are highly intelligent and ivy league educated. kaczynski, a harvard grad mathematician. while mangione minored in mathematics at the university of pennsylvania, where he also majored in computer science and engineering and had a masters. kaczynski was estranged from his family, living as a recluse in montana. mangione mother reported her 26 year

in this idea that you see him kind of aligning with ted kaczynski in this case describing him as an extremeitical revolutionary. no, kaczynski is a murderer, murdered 3, wounded 23 others. timothy mcveigh who bombed the federal building in oklahoma, wore a t-shirt that said "thus always to tyrants." they see themselves as an avenging guy taking up weapons against an oppressor and requires a moral inversion where bad becomes good and right becomes wrong. but they're not crazy. that's the other thing we have to understand, that they're not delusional. he knew what he was doing was wrong, and i don't think an insanity defense is going to hold up. we look at that the way he carried out the crime, checked into a hostel with a fake i.d., paid cash, conducted preattack surveillance, laid in wait, concealed his identity with a hoodie and mask, and he fled the scene and alluded capture for days. all that indicates he knew what he was doing was wrong. >> he was smart, if you read the interviews that have been done with friends with his across his life. they said he was incredibly smart. graduates wit

industrial society and its future book, ted kaczynski is the unabomber.w because i think it's pertinent. he writes it's easy to write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic iporder to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies but it's simply impossible to ignore how prescient some of his predictions turned out. he was a violent individual, rightfully imprisoned. while his actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however they're more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary. he then takes a whole section from another online post and he posts it here on this review. it includes a line that says, when all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. the picture that we're seeing of this person is a utilitarian, someone believes the good of many outweigh the good of a few. >> right, katy. this is just a series of posts. you're referencing them and weaving us through this ideology or this thought process of this individual, luigi mangione, who has not been charged but is a s

. >> reporter: about a year ago, he posted a review of the manifesto by ted kaczynski saying he was a individual rightfully imprisoned who maimed innocent people, but describing him as an extreme political revolutionary. in this video, brian thompson's killer is seen moments before the murder waiting for the unitedhealthcare executive. when the gunman spots his target, he runs across the street and opened fire, leaving thompson to die on the sidewalk. >> our nypd investigators combed through thousands of hours of video, followed up on hundreds of tips, and processed every bit of forensic evidence. >> police stitched together a timeline of the suspect's movements from the moment he arrived in new york ten days before the shooting. he kept a mask over his face at all times except for this one unguarded moment when he checked into the hostel. surveillance cameras catching him at a hilton, at a starbucks and getting into a taxi at the bus station where he vanished. police found bullets with the words deny, defend, and depose, a possible reference to grievances with the insurance industry.

on good reads, he shared someone else's take on the manifesto written by the unabomber ted kaczynski. when all other forms of communication fail, violence is justified, mangione saying he found it interesting. thompson's murder triggered a backlash online against healthcare companies, many sharing their anger with the industry. some people even celebrating the killer. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota, the company put up teorary fencing while a private funeral was held for the ceo, 50-year-old father of two, brian thompson. stephanie gosk, nbc news, altoona, pennsylvania. >>> now to the verdict in another high-profile case here in new york city. a jury in manhattan finding daniel penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide, clearing the former marine in the chokehold death of jordan neely. neely was the subway performer experiencing homelessness. penny's defenders say he was protecting subway riders who were frightened by neely's behavior. this comes after the judge dismissed the top charge of manslaughter last week when the jury deadlocked. >>> the morning, the former ceo of abe

on good reads, he shared someone else's take on the manifesto written by the unabomber, ted kaczynski. when all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. it's not terrorism. it's war and revolution. mangione saying he found it interesting. thompson's murder triggered a backlash online against healthcare companies. many sharing their anger with the industry. some people even celebrating the killer. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota, the company put up temporary fencing while a private funeral was held for the ceo, 50-year-old father of two, brian thompson. >>> a verdict has been reached in another case that captured national attention. a jury in manhattan finding daniel penny not guilty in the chokehold death of jordan neely. nbc's laura jarrett has the details. >> reporter: a jury in manhattan finding daniel penny not guilty, clearing the marine veteran of any criminal wrongdoing for putting a man in this fatal chokehold on the subway last ar. some in the courtroom erupting in anger. others in relief, as crowds of demonstrators gathered outside, reflecting th

he shared someone else's take on the manifesto written by the unabomber, ted kaczynski. mangione saying he found it interesting. authorities have not identified a motive for thompson's murder but law enforcement sources say the ullets left at the scene were left with three words, deny, depose. >> we believe at this point our investigation he was acting alone. >> reporter: thompson's murder triggered a backlash online against health care industries. some people even celebrating the killer. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota the company put up temporary fencing while today a private funeral was held for the ceo, 50-year-old father of two, brian thompson. stephanie gosk, altoona, pennsylvania. >>> i'm joined by nbc's tom winter who has been following every step of this investigation. what else are police looking at as they try to piece together what happened? >> investigators from the nypd bureau will try to figure out what the motive may be. we're told they're looking at a post on social media with x-rays and screws in the back. is that a relative? does it have connections t

it tells me he's a little bit naive, or maybe a whole lot naive, because the the devices that ted kaczynski built were really pretty complicated, and they were extremely effective. >> you have to know what you're doing. if you're going to build a bomb, you have to have some background, some knowledge, some experience. you have to have the components. you have to have a place to do it. you have to know what you're doing. and that just considering that was probably pretty overwhelming. and yes, granted, um, a bomb can end up killing other people, but i just think the the complexities of building a device were probably a very compelling reason for him not to do it. >> and that strikes me as a curious point here. when you've got people who are as as it seems that he is looking to somebody notorious like the unabomber, we hear the word copycat come to mind for some people. but what do you know about the people who look to these figures and idolize in some way and we've seen that in certainly in other cases where people that are contemplating carrying out a similar act will look to prior crimes a

would have been to be discovered and to become a sort of quasi adverse celebrity like ted kaczynski. >> well, of course, in one of the things that we're learning is he had writings like literally writings about ted kaczynski there. so that's a link that he apparently wanted to make there. what questions do you still have that are unanswered? >> well interestingly, i don't know whether he's a stupid criminal or whether he was planning to commit more terroristic acts because holding on to the gun, the manuscript, the fake ids, any any, well, astute criminal would have deposited all that in central park or wherever, but not held on to them so it leads me to believe that maybe he had another use for these items. yeah he had not discarded the gun, as you said that is certainly notable. >> i wonder what lessons can be learned here because on the one hand, there is some remarkable police work and use of technology that combined to catch him. on the other hand, he did get out of new york city. >> well, mr. berman, that's a great question. but when you look at it from a certain distance, a st

he also expressed reverence for the unabomber, ted kaczynski, saying he made some good points but was a serial killer, which makes him a monster. luigi mangione wasn't your average guy. before getting two degrees from penn, he was valedictorian for maryland's most prestigious private school. >> as we embrace the new, however, we won't forget the old. our friendships, values, and memories from gilman will always stay with us. so to the class of 2016, a kind of class that only comes around once every 50 years. it's been an incredible journey, and i simply can't imagine the last few years with any other group of guys. >> thank you. luigi comes from a wealthy italian family in maryland. his grandfather was a self-made multi-millionaire real estate developer. he was also known to rub elbows with powerful people in maryland, like nancy pelosi's father, the former mayor. so how did a wealthy, well-connected, straight-a high school valedictorian with two degrees from an ivy league school get arrested for murder? let's ask his friend rj martin, who lived with luigi for a few months in honolulu

. >> it's ted kaczynski, i should say. sorry, wolf. the other thing i want to say to you is that the nypd is there on scene, but also the fbi is on scene there in pennsylvania. so it is potentially possible that he could face some federal charges as well. wolf. >> we shall see. ari shimon prokupecz in new york for us thank you very much. let's get some analysis from our experts right now. john miller, you've been watching this very, very closely working your sources. what are you hearing from your sources right now and what else are you learning about this gun found with the suspect well, the gun is interesting. it's a ghost gun, which means it's not a gun that was manufactured by a gun manufacturer like smith. and wesson or colt or something like that. it's based on a glock kind of model but you put it together yourself and investigators believe that this particular gun and you see it there with the slide pulled back and a magazine, which is probably capable of holding 14 rounds in the box there, they believe that this was created by

like ted kaczynski, whose 17 year bombing campaign killed three and injured 23 people.mangione may become a martyr. abc news also obtained a copy of what police say is the alleged killer's handwritten screed. it says these parasites simply had it coming, and these mafioso have gotten too powerful and continue to abuse our country for immense profit. >> specifically, he states how we are the number one most expensive health care system in the world. yet the life expectancy of an american is ranked 42 in the world. so he was writing a lot about his disdain for corporate america and in particular, the health care industry. >> but even as police dig into a motive, there are still questions about the alleged shooter's background. mangione was from a prominent maryland family and the valedictorian at his elite prep school, as seen here in a 2016 speech for a school founder's day ceremony. >> i'm honored to be speaking to you all today on behalf of the gilman class of 2016. >> he went on to become an ivy league graduate, leading many to wonder how could he become an accused ki

the ted kaczynski love could've been a red flag.re was something else raising alarm bells. >> mangione was in regular contact with friends and family until about six months ago when he suddenly and inexplicably stopped communicating with them. >> in july, a friend messaged him on x: "hey, man, i need you to call me. you made commitments to me for my wedding and if you can't honor them, i need to know so i can plan accordingly." >> michael: yeah, sorry, bro, but luigi was busy planning the most important day of his life. [laughs] but this is a good reminder: when you get mad at someone for not responding, be kind. you never know what they're going through. they might be plotting an assassination. but now this guy has been arrested and normally most people believe that getting a suspected killer off the streets is a good thing. but that's not exactly what happened this time. >> surging support on social media for murder suspect luigi mangione. the #freeluigi trending worldwide. >> y'all saying murderer. i'm saying freedom fighter. >>

on goodreads, mangione shared someone else's take on the manifesto by unibomber ted kaczynski.hen all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. it's not terrorism, it's war and revolution. mangione saying he found it interesting. thompson's murder triggered a backlash online against health care companies, many sharing their anger with the industry. some people even celebrating the killer. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota, the company put up temporary fencing and today a private funeral was held for the 50-year-old father of two, brian thompson. stephanie gosk, nbc pennsylvania., >> joined now by tom winter who has been following every step of this investigation. what else are police look at to piece together what happened? >> investigators from the nypd detective bureau and intelligence analysts will try to figure out what the motive may be in the case. we're told they're looking at a post on social media with x-rays and screws in the back. is that his back, a relative? does it have connection to the case? one of many items they're looking at. and why

news confirmed they also uncovered an online book review from the suspect, giving the unabomber ted kaczynski'ss four stars. cbs's lilia luciano leads us off tonight from the scene of that arrest. good evening, lilia. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this mcdonald's, this is the place where that multistate six-day manhunt finally came to an end. let me tell you, we just got here, and it still feels quite active. we are seeing neighbors show up asking questions, and just minutes ago, i saw a large 6 to 7 nypd convoy rush through with sirens blasting towards where i assume is the courthouse. investigators say a mcdonald's employee in altoona, pennsylvania, called police at around 9:15 a.m. today after recognizing the man in these photos, who was eating at the restaurant. >> members of the altoona police department arrested luigi mangione, a 26-year-old male, on firearms charges. >> reporter: responding officers said mangione was acting suspiciously and carrying a fraudulent u.s. passport along with a fake i.d. police say was used to check into a new york city hostel before the shooting. also in

news has confirmed he also uncovered an online book review from the suspect giving the unabomber ted kaczynski'sr stars. mangione has not been officially charged with thompson's murder gets, investigators credit alert citizens who adhere to the advice "if you see something, say something." cbs's lilia luciano leads us all from the scene of that arrest. good evening, lily. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this mcdonald's is the place where that multistate a six manhunt finally came to an end. and we just got here, but it still feels quite active as we seized neighbors show up asking questions and just minutes ago i saw a large 6-7 nypd convoy rushed through with sirens blasting towards what i assume is the courthouse. investigators say a mcdonald's employee and altoona, pennsylvania, called police around 9:15:00 a.m. today after today after organizing the man in these photos who is eating at the restaurant. >> members of the altoona police department arrested luigi mangione, 26-year-old male on firearms charges. >> reporter: responding officers said manji county was acting so suspiciously and ca

. >> reporter: about a year ago, infamous manifesto by unabomber ted kaczynski, saying he was "a violent individual -- rightfully imprisoned -- who maimed innocent people." in this new grainy video obtained by abc news, brian thompson's killer is seen moments before the murder, waiting for the unitedhealthcare executive. when the gunman sees his target. he runs across the street and opens fire, leaving thompson to die on the sidewalk. >> our nypd investigators combed through thousands of hours of video, followed up on hundreds of tips, and processed every bit of forensic evidence. >> reporter: police stitched together a timeline of the suspect's movements from the moment he arrived in new york ten days before the shooting. he kept a mask over his face at all times, except for this one unguarded moment when he checked into that hostel. surveillance cameras catching the suspect near the hilton, at a starbucks, escaping on a bicycle, and finally, getting into a taxi for a ride to the bus station, where he vanished. at the shooting scene, police found bullets with the words "deny," "defend"

think one person who would agree with you that it is a good idea to get a college degree would be ted kaczynskie unabomber. i'm sure he put his degree to good use. >> what do you think? >> thank you for the question. thank you for the opportunity to clarify what i think about this. i agree entirely that you can be successful in a number of different careers without going to college, and i don't think that everybody should go to college. and i think it's very important for us to recognize that as a country and for academic institutions as well with the government, who can support people who make other choices. on the other hand, what i do believe, and what i did say is that for people who want to go to college, and people who make that choice, it's going to be a spectacularly good investment to go to college. if you look at the data about my institution, the institutions in the aau or four-year college degrees more generally, the return on investment just in economic terms is very strong, and it provides you with other opportunities, as well. doesn't mean it's the right choice for everybody, but

x-ray that the 26 row posted on social media, he is also said to have expressed a fascination with ted kaczynski, writing in the quote, more accurately seen as those as an extreme political revolutionary. tonight here is what we have been able to piece together, from the alleged killers past, he graduated as you pointed out, thompson -- top in his class in maryland before earning a bachelor and a master's degree in 2020. then after working as a data engineer and living in hawaii he suffered a serious back injury. after which his three youtube accounts were terminated by the platform, all before reviewing the manifesto on good read, giving it 4 out of 5 stars. according to the ap tonight luigi mangione has apologized for the shooting but he also said quote, it had to be done, adding frankly these parasites simply had it coming! >> trace: kevin live for us in d.c., thank you. let's bring in criminal defence attorney and federal litigator, along with former fbi special agent and fox news contributor nicole, thank you both for coming on. nicole i want to go over very briefly what cabinet laid out th

on good reads, he shared someone else's take on the manifesto written by the unabomber ted kaczynski. when all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. it's not terrorism, it's war and revolution. he said he found it interesting. at unitedhealthcare in minnesota, the company put up temporary fencing well today a private funeral was held for the ceo. >> this evening, the mangione released a statement, we cannot comment on the news reports regarding luigi mangione. we only know what we have read in the media. our families shocked and devastated by the arrest. with that, let's get smarter with the help of the lita panel, and we need them tonight. former prosecutor and civil rights attorney is here. a national health reporter for the washington post. cnbc contributor and host of the on the tape podcast, charles, this young man has been arrested, charged with murder. what stands out? >> for me the biggest thing is the manifesto. when you're talking about charging someone with murder, particularly higher degrees of murder, you need to show intent. as a prosecutor

attention today is an enthusiastic review he appears to have given to the manifesto of the unabomber, ted kaczynski who killed three people and injured 23 others in a bombing campaign that spanned more than 15 years. this young man arrested today, he has not been charged with the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson, we don't know if he will be charged with that killing. if it is him, the fact that he's a professed unabomber fan is unsettling. i might venture that it's more unsettling that donald trump's reported choice to run the atf is also a self-professed fan of the unabomber. >> do you have a subversive thinker that you think people should look up, look into, know more about that's, you know, underrated and would, yeah, would influence people in a good direction? >> subversive thinker that's under rated? >> yeah. >> i'll probably get in trouble for saying this. i mean, i'd say, how about like theodore kaczynski. >> blake masters later admitted, quote, probably not great to be talking about the unabomber while campaigning. just to be clear that he knew that when he was talking about t

books he has read this year include ted kaczynski, the uni-bomber.concludes after reading kaczynski's writings, yes, there are circumstances where it's okay to kill someone. typically, around the issue of money and corporate greed. so we are beginning to get a picture of someone who may not have ever been denied -- probably not hurting for insurance coverage. so what we have got here is perhaps in his own mind an activist killer. the question arises, was he on his way to kill again? why did he keep that gun? was he really interested in fleeing or getting caught? why does he have his so-called manifesto in his backpack? what was he ready for? where was he going or had he given up or wanted to get caught? if he is an activist, he'll be talking. unlikely that he'll shut up because he'll want to say why he did this. >> we are now going to bring in to our conversation my colleague nbc news national law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter. sam started off with some extraordinary reporting about who the individual arrested in altoona is. l

he also seem to respect the unit bomber ted kaczynski, posting a book review about him, praising hima terrorist and more of an extreme political revolutionary. an employee at a local motel here in altoona, pennsylvania, says mangione try to check in on the morning he was arrested but was turned away because of a lack of space. the employee said mangione was cagey and kept his mask on. sources tell fox and investigators are now searching or going to all the hotels and motels asking for surveillance video and they're also asking these hotels and motels to look for the name mark rosario, the name that he allegedly used on a fake i.d. to see if he checked in using the at -- that i.d. he's currently in a jail cell being held on his own and he's not on suicide watch. >> neil: thank you very much my friend. i had the chance to talk to the new york police department. he had another theory on what could have been going through mangione's mind as he did what he did. >> back in july fourth of 2023 he may have suffered storms -- some sort of back injury. he was posting an x-ray on his social med

it doesn't surprise me that this guy was somehow a fan of the univar, ted kaczynski. he has in many manifesto of three pages. we will see if there's as much evidence there as there was in the 56 page manifesto of the univar but i'm sure there will be valuable evidence they can use against him. >> martha: what strikes me is when i saw his face and you can see it more clearly if we have the picture of him smiling at the woman, there he is, big smile on his face. i thought when i saw this picture, paul, he's a young man. he's smiling this photo. i thought anyone in his family, they know that that's him as soon as they see this photo. he went to, if these reports are correct, a prestigious prep school. it's all over social media. that photo. that's really what broke this. so kudos to them. kudos to mcdonald's and kudos to the altoona pd who took the call seriously and that would've been an easy call to be little dismissive. they took her seriously. they eyeballed him. they see the eyebrows. it's like the accused in idaho, the eyebrows are distinctive. >> martha: it's extr

he likes ted kaczynski, as well. maiming people. the unabomber, sure.e is reading him for guidance. so that tells you a lot. >> thinking it made a difference in the industry, the guy who is the new ceo of unitedhealthcare said that what they are going to do to make sure we acknowledge and honor the legacy of brian thompson, we will make sure care is safe when people need it and guard against the pressures that exist for unnecessary care. they are not changing the policies, guys. that's something y'all need to keep in mind. thank you very much. >>> up next, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries joins to discuss how he and his caucus are planning for the second trump administration. don't go anywhere. trump administration don't go anywhere. my name's keegan and i'm a wish kid. keegan was diagnosed with t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in november of 2018. he takes chemo on a daily basis and sometimes up to nine pills a day. my wish was a hockey ice rink. i wish for this rink because i get to practice more and just be a better skater. every 20 minutes

bombers brother expressed concerns that a legend assassin luigi mangione may have been influenced by ted kaczynskio expressed concern that people will always referred to him as the unit bombers brother. share has reportedly fled her malibu home as wildfires wage in nearby. it is a smart move because plastic has a low melting point. a british member of parliament has argued against a proposed a law banning marriage between first cousins. one american observer asked why stop there? now to my searing monologue. doomscrolling is a fairly new word and to disappearing a lot in the news lately mostly in articles about how to avoid it. like this one. wait a minute? isn't rocking our brains a bit much? even articles about doomscrolling are filled with doom. this is why i try to approach the news in the spirit of my mentor greg gutfeld. here is his reaction to the daniel penny verdict on monday. hooray for daniel penny and those heroes who risk everything to help others. and to more than deserved f you to alvin bragg. that is how you do it, greg. and kudos on only swearing once. unlike dana perino. this is

an unfortunate thing, but we seen it with things like columbine, this offender identified with ted kaczynski the media need to be very careful with how they present him, and very careful with the messaging so that they are not part of the problem, but part of the solution. >> thank you for that advice, and your assessment of all of this. chris, thank you. >>> coming up next, the new steps being taken to bring an end to the war in ukraine. in . ♪ over 600,000 usps employees working in sync to ensure everything sent on its holiday ride ends with a moment of joy. ♪♪ the united states postal service. [music playing] interviewee: my son is winston, and he is eight months old. my son has a brain tumor. my parents have donated for years, ever since i was a child. i remember my mom talking about st. jude. i just never thought that i would ever need them. narrator: today, you can give a gift like no other, a gift that can help st. jude children's research hospital save lives. interviewee 2: anybody who is supporting this organization, i'm not sure that they know the impact that they're having. narrat