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 theodore kaczynski, he was talking about the unabomber. under rated thinker, people should look into him. people should look into an under rated thinker who would influence people in a good direction. unabomber fan, reportedly trump's choice to lead the atf, which despite its acronym is responsible not only for alcohol, tobacco and firearms

sure, why not put the unabomber fan in charge of the federal agency that regulates explosives?lso had news in the last few days that trump has his choice made for his special envoy for hostage affairs, incredibly serious job, literally life or death stakes every single day and circumstance in which that envoy works, an unbelievably sensitive position in the u.s. government. for that job, his special envoy for hostage affairs, donald trump has reportedly chosen jared kushner's college roommate. sure, why not? i mean as long as we're talking about the news intruding on this revelry, we've just had the fall of syria and exile of the long time syrian dictator considered responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians in his country, the torture and unjust incarceration of tens of thousands of people, many in secret prisons, bashar al assad just thrown out of office by an uprising in syria. he's fled the country. russia said he's gone to moscow and maybe he has, but here in the midst of the trump transition bashar al assad's highest profile champion and apologist an

. >> murder suspect who repeatedly praised the unabomber. >> this is an outfront exclusive. and new details tonight about the relationship between vladimir putin and the failed dictator. he's hiding in russia. and what bashar al assad's son was doing on the very day aleppo fell. let's go out front and good evening. i'm erin burnett outfront tonight, we begin with breaking news, more charges. the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, says he's confident that the alleged killer, luigi mangione, will be extradited to new york and quickly, and that he could face more legal trouble. telling abc news moments ago, and i quote the district attorney, as we learn more about motives and other things like that, there may be additional charges. it comes as troubling new details are emerging about the alleged killer luigi mangione and the months leading up to the assassination in midtown manhattan. our jon miller this hour is reporting the suspect's mother told authorities that she last spoke to her son on july 1st. so july 1st, she speaks to him 140 days later. november 18th is when

did you turn him onto the you know unabomber? it sounds like it?ldn'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 activities. it's two completely different human beings. >> jesse: that's why i asked you if he took drugs because it looked like he snapped at some point and went haywire. but we'll see how it shakes out. r.j., thanks so much for coming on and sharing your insights about this disturbing story. really appreciate it. >> you're welcome. have a good night. >> jesse: so while luigi's facing murder charges, the left's treating him like a healthcare robin hood. sticki

of some real delving into dark places including aligning himself with some of the ideology of the unabomber and he read his manifesto fairly recently and reviewed it and even concluded there are times ethically when you can murder somebody and still be moral particularly around corporate greed so we can see that and we see references in some of his social media to mental illness treatment but no evidence that that is about him necessarily and we do see he read a book or about to read a book about back pain and the theme being you will get strung along by the medical system if you have chronic back pain. that could be the connection but we are still looking for that direct connection to unitedhealthcare. am certain that corporate security at unitedhealthcare is poring over files to see if they ever ensured him or decline the claim from him and we will wait to hear that but this is somebody you had a cause and he didn't have a personal passion about somebody but rather he has a large ideology against corporate and particularly in the healthcare industry. >> and i am just thinking that you wer

>> yeah, this is eerily similar to the unabomber case, which i touched on. i was assigned to san francisco division and the fbi that was headquarters for the unabomber investigation. we all had a piece of that, and yes, the manifesto has been read by the mangione of the unabomber, and yes, he said i concluded that there are scenarios where it's ethical to murder someone. very damming, by the way, as is his own mini manifesto where he basically confesses, i did this, it had to be done. they deserved this. and for evidence, let's not forget, reportedly nypd got dna off of the water bottle and possibly the cell phone, so they may have already -- pennsylvania may have already taken his dna swab. if that's a match, this fighting extradition is going to be real quick. >> berit, you just mentioned the gun investigators say mangione had on him when they took him into custody, and they're looking into whether he made the gun or maybe whether somebody sold it to him. how does that impact the potential charges here? >> yeah, so these ghost guns are guns that are sold a

in this particular instance, he's talking about the unabomber in his thoughts on the unabomber. that's one thing they're looking into as they try to make sure is this, in fact, his account. and then what does this mean? does it help us with motive or help us understand and could we be looking at other people in the future that want to do what he wants to do? one thing they've been looking at also is a photo of a spine that has screws in it. is that his spine? was that somebody else's spine? is that another type of thing that could have helped fuel this? when we look at this, it will take a while to sort through all of this. that work is ongoing. we're reporting that. we just have to see what i think in the coming couple of days where this all goes. one of the downsides of him being in the new york court system is they typically don't put a lot of that information in their charging documents. that's going to be a bit of a challenge for us. normally if this was in the federal system, even in pennsylvania, we might get a lot more information as far as what they were uncovering as i

. >> 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 and i believe the washington post as well, because of threats that the that the unabomber made.ut it was so different because the printing the manifesto actually led to his capture. he was still at large at that point. >> you know, i would say this it's the question about, do you allow mein kampf, for example, to be disseminated? right. hitler's yes book. and it inspires some really bad actors, but it's also really i mean, i read it and i didn't become a neo-nazi because if you study history, it's a primary source of information. and i think if you are somebody like you who studies the psychology of these of these people, these shooters, then i think it's important to have. >> an analysis of their mindset. and from what we know now from the database of what these shootings are about, we know that there are certain people who shouldn't have those sorts of writings. we know that there are youth who may be at risk, that we don't want to see that or have them study that because they may just be too vulnerable at this point in their lives. >> i think the worst thing would be to take

she's a former fbi criminal profiler who worked on the unabomber case. she's also the former head nurse at the institute of psychiatry at northwestern university hospital. and the host of the podcast. the podcast rather killer psyche. thank you so much for being here. you just saw and heard mangione outside the court talking about, uh, i'm not really sure what he was talking about. maybe you can shed light on it, but his former classmates call him a al and easy to approach. great guy, thoughtful guy. so with your vast experience in sort of profiling suspects such as mangione, what do you make of that well, um, i think his friends are describing the young man that they knew before a lot of mental illnesses. >> emerged in the late teens, early to mid 20s, and this young man had a meteoric rise. and he was a star academically, athletically, culturally, with his friends. and now he is the subject of the biggest story, certainly in america and possibly the world. what happened and my experience as a psychiatric nurse makes me think something emerged, some kin

that's how they got the unabomber. the brother reads the manifesto, recognizes the brothers style of, you know, harvard. >> but but there's a protocol. >> to his buddy john. >> hold on one second. let me jump in here. i'm really glad you brought that up, because david kaczynski has been quoted. someone reached out to him to say, how do you feel about this idea that he's alluding to your brother, your late brother's, um, comments? and he basically said, it gives me a great deal of personal pain to think my brother's actions have in any way contributed to influencing a man like this to kill an innocent human being. i bring this up because i can't think of anything with kind of a longer legacy entail. on the dark corners of the internet than the unabomber manifesto, which many shooters across various political ideologies have cited or are in that world. yeah. who who still quote from it and still read it. >> but that's no, i mean, there are people who take dark inspiration from columbine. look, generally there's a protoco

review from january of this year apparently written by mangione praises some of the writings of the unabomber michael: yeah, you know, this is a classic mistake: you never want to start your book club with the unabomber. you kick it off with some sally rooney, then a little jonathan franzen, then when everybody's like, "i'm so [bleep] bored," that's when you hit them with the mail bomb stuff. but if you're looking for something that will make you a hit with your book club, try this one: "lucky loser: adventures in tennis and comedy" by me, michael kosta. [cheers and applause] this an actual, real book i wrote, and it's available to pre-order now for the holidays. consider it my manifesto for wanting your money. [laughter and applause] [laughs] so his medical issues could have been a motivation. the ted kaczynski love could've been a red flag. and recently, there 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: "

. >> jesse: and he was obsessed with the unabomber? read and reviewed on-line the unabomber's manifesto and said something to the effect of this was a horrible crime -- unabomber -- this guy took lives. he deserved to be locked up. but he has a point there when it comes to technology. so the question jesse now is how did mangione become radicalized and why did he, you know, if we believe this scenario, pick this man, brian thompson? >> jesse: do we know if he had back surgery or did -- there was some item in the news about a relative who might have been denied claims. >> well, something happened. now, we don't know yet with relative -- there were references in some of his on-line missives about back pain, reading a book about spine issues. he didn't seem to have any problems in the videos we've seen. we found out that he had grandparents who died in 2013 and 2017 respectively. but there's nothing so far to link anyone in his family to some bitterness against the health insurance industry. >> jesse: all right. we need to take a look at

at one point posting a four-star review of the manifesto written by unabomber ted kaczynski.ant to bring in gary who is in altoona, pennsylvania, greg is a former fbi profiler, dunk kan, a former federal prosecutor. thanks to all of you for being here. i understand there's an extradition hearing in a half hour or so. get us up to speed on the latest from where you are. >> there will be an extradition here at 1:30 in blair county and this is expected and much more of a formality here. it should be a fairly quick process. both sides could agree to an extradition and mangione is off to new york to face his charges there. if there is some pushback from mangione's attorneys, it could be a little bit of a longer, more drawn out process and that is where we could learn a little bit more about what the d.a.'s office has found in terms of their investigation here in blair county. he could be back in new york as soon as tonight or tomorrow. this is an old-fashioned courthouse, pen and paper, we will not have electronics inside but get the information out as soon as possible. as it rela

. >> the ceo murder suspect praised the unabomber. >> posters were put up praising thompson's murder. >> our hero, our vigilante. >> if you're an executive saying, get me more security guards. wrong answer. >> celebrating this conduct is abhorrent to me. we will be vigilant the suspected ceo killer was arrested at a mcdonald's with a hash brown in his hand. >> now what? the assassin bought at a starbucks is tying luigi mangione to the scene of the crime. good evening and welcome to laura coates live on this wednesday night. the nypd is saying that they have matched mangione fingerprints to a discarded water bottle and a kind bar wrapper near where brian thompson was murdered. now, you probably remember the pictures of the suspect at starbucks, right? buying those items about 30 minutes before the shooting. he was bare handed, no gloves at all. and those fingerprints are not the only connection that puts mangione, apparently, at the midtown manhattan sidewalk we got the gun in question back from pennsylvania. >> it's now at the nypd crime lab. we were able to match that gun to the thre

manifesto, the unabomber. ted kaczynski, who's been in prison for those bombings that took place between 1978 and 1995, and his infamous manifesto that kaczynski wrote well luigi mangione did right on the website goodreads about ted kaczynski and his manifesto here's a quote from what luigi mangione wrote on that website. quote. 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 befo

mangione wrote that in january 2024, in support of the notorious unabomber ted kaczynski. it's part of the goodreads review. mangione wrote of kosinski's 1995. antitechnology manifesto industrial society and its future. >> we just hope that this might be of additional assistance in obtaining leads regarding the unabom suspect, kaczynski terrorized the nation for years. >> he served eight life sentences for sending mail bombs that killed three and wounded 23 others. from the late 70s until the mid 90s. according 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, 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

his reference to ted, ted kaczynski, the unabomber. people remember also was a well-educated man who evaded police for a very long time in a campaign that was also anti you know, big brother, big man. so i can see where he would view his his connection to kaczynski and the unabomber in terms of that sort of mythic aura that these that these people create, want to create around themselves and that social media and people on social media were more than willing to run with the former new york mayor, bill de blasio is with us as well. >> mayor de blasio, what do you make of his arrest today and his background as an anti-capitalist? ivy leaguer well, this this young man seems filled with contradictions. >> i mean obviously he grew up in privilege and i can't make rhyme or reason of why he decided to go after this one individual. and you know, say it had to be done. and then express remorse at the same time for the human cost. it just it's incoherent. but i'll tell you what we are seeing in this incident is three things. jump to me real simp

it apparently apparently he has his cause, like the unabomber did. and others like him. eric rudolph and others, they always seem to have some deeply held ideology and you know that as was just mentioned, i mean, we're going to build out his social network, his electronic devices, his friends, his family, and the picture will emerge in greater, you know, in more clarity tomorrow. but, you know, we have an ideologue here, someone who felt so strongly that he went out and killed a human being. and maybe as john points out, maybe there were other targets. so, i mean, it begs the question, i mentioned it earlier whether this falls under the rubric of domestic terrorism, whether he's that deeply steeped in his ideology, that he wants to go out and commit violence to, to effect change well, and john, on that, i mean, you were looking at his social media. >> i think everyone immediately started looking that up, you know, and 20, 24, that's what people do. when his name comes out. there was at one point that you found he wrote a book review on the unabomber manifesto, and part o

manifesto the unabomber, ted kaczynski, who's been in prison for those bombings that took place between 1978 and 1995. and his infamous manifesto that kaczynski wrote well, luigi mangione did right on the website goodreads about ted kaczynski and his manifesto. here's a quote from what luigi mangione wrote on that website. quote. 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 hi

and apparently, apparently he has his cause, like the unabomber did. and others like him. eric rudolph and others, they always seem to have some deeply held ideology and you know that as was just mentioned, i mean, we're going to build out his social network, his electronic devices, his friends, his family, and the picture will emerge in greater, you know, in more clarity tomorrow. but, you know, we have an ideologue here, someone who felt so strongly that he went out and killed a human being. and maybe as john points out, maybe there were other targets. so, i mean, it begs the question. i mentioned it earlier whether this falls under the rubric of domestic terrorism, whether it's that deeply steeped in his ideology that he wants to go out and commit violence to to effect change. >> well, and john, on that, i mean, you were looking at his social media. i think everyone immediately started looking that up you know, and 20, 24, that's what people do when his name comes out. there was at one point that you found he wrote a book review on the unabomber manifesto, and part of w

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

among them was him giving 4 stars to the unabomber's manifesto.nski sent mail bombs around the country, murdered three people and hurt dozens of other people but one of 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 drafte

he reviewed the unabomber and he reviewed steve o's autobiography. he gave that three stars.aybe if steve o had written a better book, he'd have just hit the guy in the nuts with a tee ball bat instead. we are going to be hearing a lot about this suspect over the coming months. diddy is like "thank god!" someone else, please. the other big story in new york is the new highest-paid athlete in the history of sports. the new york mets last night signed outfielder juan soto to a $765 million dollar deal. stealing him from their hated cross-town rivals the yankees. and as a mets fan i have to say, i am very excited to see how terribly this will inevitably go. it's especially fun that they took him from the yankees. the franchise that invented the art of stealing superstars away from lesser teams. but that bit of justice did not penetrate the thick, jeter-infected head of blue bloods star and yankees fan nicholas turturro, who posted this -- >> hey, juan soto? i got two words for you. [ bleep ] you. that's right. and the horse you rode in and the cavalry you rode in on. that's righ

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 means that for

so being a unabomber fan is not a good thing. >> what could possibly go wrong? >> yeah. god bless him. >> thanks, rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> 50 years of the assad family dictatorship came to an end yesterday in syria. president biden made this statement at 1:39 p.m. >> at long last the assad regime has fallen. this regime brutalized and tortured and killed literally hundreds of thousands of innocent syrians. the fall of the regime is a fundamental act of justice. it's a moment of historic opportunity for the long suffering people of syria to build a better future for their proud country. >> president biden made the point assad's support from russia collapsed under the pressure of the war vladimir putin decided to start in ukraine. >> russia's support for assad also failed. that's because ukraine backed by our american allies put up a wall against invading russian forces inflicting massive damage on the russian forces. that has left russia unable to protect its main ally in the middle east. >> president biden describes his administration's policy on syria which has

his other writings on social media that show his empathy towards the unabomber? >> two things there, andrea. the first one are the writings this individual apparently had on his person or in his backpack at the time he was taken into custody. as you just referenced. there's two specific quotes of it, which may be helpful. one says to the feds, i'll keep this short because i do respect what you do for our country to save you a lengthy investigation, i say plainly i wasn't working with anyone. to be clear, andrea, while law enforcement officials believe he acted alone, they have not ruled out anybody else. so just want to be clear on that point. secondly, he apparently wrote i do apologize for any strife or traumas, but it had to be done. frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. it's three pages, but it's only approximately 300 yards. in there, he does specifically reference the healthcare industry. large corporations in the united states in general and then also specifically and criticizes those companies also criticizes united healthcare. so that's what's i

over the course of 17 years, ted kaczynski the unabomber, mailed or hand-delivered bombs across the u.s killed three people. he was captured in 1996 after his brother tipped off law enforcement. both rudolph and kaczynski had eluded capture by hiding and surviving in the wilderness. >> they can find ways to live off the land, especially if they're experienced right rudolph was experience some notorious manhunts have been resolved when relatives of the suspects came forward to give law enforcement crucial information that led to their capture as what occurred in the unabomber case, analysts say that's a possibility with the new york manhunt, but that could depend on whether this suspect might have tried to avenge a relative who may have had a bad experience with unitedhealthcare brian todd cnn, washington well, weeks before president-elect trump takes office, two federal judges decide not to retire instead, to stay on the bench why? >> some in congress are angry this holiday season, find the perfect gift at cnn, underscored from the latest fashion to expert approved tech to the best beau

could be reviewing ted kaczynski's industrial society and its future book, ted kaczynski is the unabomberew 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

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

. >> but mengoni's social media posts revealing a darker side, he commented on the unabomber manifesto, he refers to him in a way that that people have taken as as almost sympathetic. >> we don't know how he went from thinking that the world was broken to taking the action he allegedly took. >> he really just stopped communicating with people. and then two weeks before the shooting, his own mother filed a missing persons report referring to him. in san francisco. >> investigators say mangione's mother later telling the nypd she could envision her son committing this crime. >> they had a conversation where she didn't indicate that it was her son in the photograph, but she said it might be something that she could see him doing. >> mangione's online post revealing his anger had a specific target. >> the nypd intelligence bureau put together a confidential assessment that abc news has obtained. they believe that in his mind, this was, quote unquote, a symbolic takedown of the health care insurance industry. >> he kind of ruminated on ways in which to carry out this attack on the health ca

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

um, he had posted a review for the unabomber manifesto online, and that's been available for a while for people to see. right. and i know as part of the book club that he had started with you at surf break, um, you know, he had also put the unabomber manifesto as something for that group. what did he say about that? at the time? >> um, you know, we had a lively discussion about the manifesto as a group, a collective discussion. um, but nothing about it, i think, stood out more than other conversations that we had. and, you know, frankly, i think after reading and skimming part of it, um, i don't think the ideas in it were that original in terms of, you know, um, you know, how we're destroying our planet and how we need to reevaluate our systems. um, so nothing about that conversation stuck out. he wasn't upset. he wasn't angry. i've never seen him upset or angry even, um, definitely would put him in the chill, like, nonviolent category of people. >> so, um, last night, we. when when we spoke, you talked about his back and how much that was just weighing on him and the pain, and that

. >> mangione may have been inspired by the unabomber.w enforcement analysis. like ted kaczynski, whose 17 year bombing campaign killed three and injured 23 people. the nypd's analysis says 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 beha

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

over the course of 17 years, ted kaczynski the unabomber, mailed or hand delivered bombs across the us people. he was captured in 1996 after his brother tipped off law enforcement. both rudolph and kaczynski had eluded capture by hiding and surviving in the wilderness they can find ways to live off of the land, especially if they're experienced right rudolph was experienced some notorious manhunts have been resolved when relatives of the suspects came forward to give law enforcement crucial information that led to their capture as what occurred in the unabomber case, analysts say that could happen in the current new york manhunt, but that could depend on whether this suspect might have tried to avenge a relative who may have had a bad experience with unitedhealthcare wolf. all right, brian todd, bringing back a lot of memories with all those cases. thank you very much. also breaking tonight, the judge overseeing the trial of daniel penny, the ex-marine who killed jordan neely with a chokehold aboard the new york subway last year, has dismissed the top manslaughter charge in the case af

i did this by myself, which is something he probably learned from the unabomber manifesto, because we did struggle with that originally, thinking that the unabomber could have had some help and this guy wanted to make sure, no, no, it's all me. >> i wonder what that says about his psychology, of course. and thinking about this really quick. jeremy, he could face the death penalty if found guilty in the federal murder charge. you see that happening? >> yeah. i don't see that happening. well, for two reasons. first, it's bifurcated. assuming he's convicted of that charge in federal court, not state court, then there would be a second proceeding to see whether or not, assuming there's approval from the attorney general to pursue. and ultimately, that jury says, yes, we want that death penalty. we know in new york state that this is not a death penalty state, though it would be a federal charge and allow for it. the constituents here are the jurors that make up that jury in federal court are the same jurors that would make up that jury in a state court, so they would have to approve it. t

that profile also reviews the anti-technology manifesto of the unabomber. he was a violent individual, rightfully imprisoned, who maimed innocent people. the post says, but it also calls him an extreme political revolutionary and notes how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out. >> is it someone that was individually aggrieved? someone whose family members suffered as a result of a decision that this company made? or is it a broader sort of activist person that is rebelling against capitalism on the one hand, analysts say the crime was carefully planned. >> he definitely did his operational planning pre-attack surveillance knew his knew the location of this meeting and knew where he was going to be. >> but on the other hand there are a number of mistakes that the shooter made to include leaving forensic science evidence behind the dna all the videos taking off his mask what exactly is the suspect been charged with right. anderson. according to the criminal complaint that was just filed at this courthouse, he's got five counts agai

over the course of 17 years, ted kaczynski, the unabomber, mailed or hand-delivered bombs across the.s. that killed three people. he was captured in 1996 after his brother tipped off law enforcement. both rudolph and kaczynski had eluded capture by hiding and surviving in the wilderness they can find ways to live off of the land, especially if they're experienced right. >> rudolph was experienced some notorious manhunts have been resolved when relatives of the suspects came forward to give law enforcement crucial information that led to their capture, as what occurred in the unabomber case. >> analysts say that's a possibility with the new york manhunt, but that could depend on whether this suspect might have tried to avenge a relative who may have had a bad experience with unitedhealthcare brian todd, cnn, washington coming up, paris is ready to host dozens of heads of state and thousands of others. >> the iconic notre dame cathedral is reopening after a raging fire almost destroyed it you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> luther never too much n