so i know that it is the verrazano-narrows bridge. final answer. >> spoken like a tour guide. you got it. >> [laughing] >> the longest suspension bridge in america. well done, $7,000. >> [sighs] breathe, i'm okay. i'm okay. >> i feel like i need to breathe watching you. i'm like, whew. okay, $10,000 question right here. [dramatic musical flourish] ? ? introduced in 1914 and still in use, whose ad slogan was designed to emphasize that an anti-caking agent kept it flowing freely >> hmm, well, uh, that is a great question. [laughing] >> thank you. >> and i'm trying to think which one of these, um, products-- what would we care about flowing freely in bad weather? um, an anti-caking agent... introduced in 1914 and still in use. this is an older product. so salt is old. um, mrs. butterworth's syrup seems kinda old, but i'm not sure it's 1914. and an anti-caking agent kept it flowing freely even in bad weather. huh. if you're eating syrup in really cold weather. like if you're in vermont and you're trying to pour your syrup outside. um, an anti-caking agent. i'm just trying to think

individuals should call police. >> they believe the people arrested on the verrazano-narrows bridge l night were connecteded to him. >> they were family members. they pulled them over for questions. they're not necessarily suspects. they want to know more about the 28-year-old. >> a lot of information on the cell phone? >> exactly. the cell phone found in the unexploded bomb led them to rahami's father and the home in new jersey. >> all of us here in new york got the alert moments ago. their phones. we're going to go to linsey davis in elizabeth, new jersey, just 15 miles from new york. >> reporter: that's right, robin. the fbi is currently conducting a search of a fried chicken location here this elizabeth that's believed to be connected with the chelsea bombing. still, a big police presence here at the elizabeth train station where those two men last night f containing the five explosiveses. they say they initially thought the backpack contained something valuable. then they saw wires and a pipe, they dropped the bag in the street and called police. as police attempted to disarm one

. >> what can you tell us about the five individuals detained apparently on the verrazano-narrows bridge last night? >> there was a car that came to the interest of the nypd. that car was followed. they were pulled over. those individuals have been questioned. there's definitely a situation information. >> and as we said, as well, you talked about the preparation because of the u.n. general assembly. you have president obama here today. a lot of nervous new yorkers. the police out in force. but let me go back to the original question. do you believe there are more attacks possibly coming? or do you believe the threat is contained? >> i believe a couple of things. first, the amount of anti-terror capacity we have on the streets is of any police force in the country. you're going to see it. that is one of the ways to make sure there are no further situations. until we have pulled all the pieces of the case together, it's premature to say what might happen next. i do feel that we're getting information literally hour by hour. this situation is speeding up. i'm very confident we're going to

. >> what can you tell us about the five individuals detained apparently on the verrazano-narrows bridge last night? heading to maybe kennedy airport? >> there was a car that came to the interest of the nypd. that car was followed. they were pulled over. those individuals have been questioned. i'm not going to go into more detail than that. there's definitely a situation there where we're learning more information. talked about the preparation because of the u.n. general assembly. you have president obama here today. you have got world leaders gathering, and a lot of nervous new yorkers. the police out in force. but let me go back to the original question. do you believe that there are more attacks to believepossiblyr do you believe the threat is contained? >> i believe a couple of things. first, the amount of anti-terror capacity we have on the streets is extraordinary. the largest anti-terror capacity of any p country. you're going to see it. that is one of the ways to make sure there are no further situations. i think until we have pulled all the of the pieces of the case together, it

. >> then late sunday evening, the fbi stopped a vehicle near new york's verrazano narrows bridge. five members of the rahami family were questioned. but no one was detained. then around 8:30 p.m. on sunday evening, five pipe bombs were found in a backpack near a train station in elizabeth, new jersey. while attempting to disarm the bomb in the train station, a bomb squad robot instead sets it off. behind the scenes, the investigators moved fast. surveillance video, a fingerprint on the pressure cooker, and records from the cellphones used as detonators all pointed to rahami as the suspect in the new jersey and new york city bombings. at 6:00 a.m., fbi agents gather at the rahami family restaurant, first american fried chicken, in elizabeth, new jersey. at 7:27, the nypd releases a photo of rahami, wanted for his role in the bombings. minutes later, the fbi releases its own wanted poster for rahami, warning he is armed and dangerous. at 8:00 a.m., authorities issued a cellphone alert via wireless emergency alert system. it hit all the mobile phones in the new york city area. and it

it also led to members of his family being stopped and questioned near the verrazano-narrow bridge. it's not known this morning whether officials think he was the only one involved in the weekend bombings, whether others think he had help. i think this talk of a cell is a little premature at this point until they have some idea of whether he was the only one involved. but stepping back from this a little bit, the isis a remarkably fast moving investigation. these bombs were just planted over the weekend. they already have a chief suspect that they believe was involved here. and that's because of the devices that were not -- that's because of two factors. one, the devices that didn't blow up that have so much evidence, and secondly, the fact that two of them were planted in new york, which is a city bristling with surveillance cameras. >> pete, just one more time. you mentioned five people were detained. i think you said on the verrazano bridge. they were his family members. they were detained and questioned. are they in custody? >> i don't know where they are right now. i believe th

this morning they were stopped on the verrazano-narrows bridge and they were driving and looking for a certain vehicle they knew the family owned. it's my understanding of a sequence that once they determined that rahami was the suspect, they put the residents under surveillance and they saw a car leaving there and they followed it and pulled it over and questioned the family members. they said that no one was detained as a result of that interrogation or that questioning. no one was arrested. obviously the federal authorities are still keeping a close eye on family members. as our graphic says, rahami was born in afghanistan in 1988 and came here at 7 years old. the family members sought asylum and it was granted in 2011. as a result of the citizenship for the parents, he was made a u.s. citizen. he has been a u.s. citizen -- this was the data on him put out this morning. he was 5'6" and 200 pound when is they were trying to get people to phone in tips. the authorities in linden said they had seen the wanted poster and when they saw him sleeping in the doorway of a bar the shootout

. >> then late sunday evening, the fbi stopped a vehicle near new york's verrazano narrows bridge. five members of the rahami family were questioned. but no one was detained. then around 8:30 p.m. on sunday evening, five pipe bombs were found in a backpack near a train station in elizabeth, new jersey. while attempting to disarm the bomb in the train station, a bomb squad robot instead sets it off. behind the scenes, the investigators moved fast. surveillance video, a fingerprint on the pressure cooker, and records from the cellphones used as detonators all pointed to rahami as the suspect in the new jersey and new york city bombings. at 6:00 a.m., fbi agents gather at the rahami family restaurant, first american fried chicken, in elizabeth, new jersey. at 7:27, the nypd releases a photo of rahami, wanted for his role in the bombings. minutes later, the fbi releases its own wanted poster for for rahami, warning he is armed and dangerous. at 8:00 a.m., authorities issued a cellphone alert via wireless emergency alert system. it hit all the mobile phones in the new york city area. an

searched is the rahami family home and my understanding is that the people stopped on the verrazano narrow bridge are members of his family. that is the best information that we have at this point. in other words, he is key to a lot of this investigative activity. now, independently, the explosive devices near the commuter train place in isn't clear to us whether that was additional bombs somebody was planting. you are seeing one that went off when the robot was trying to disable it in the group. whether this was somebody trying to pitch a bunch of stuff and get rid of it or another bomb that was planted. we don't know the answer to that. >> pete williams on this. obviously a lot of developments. we'll keep tabs on those throughout the morning. pete, thank you very much. >>> let's go to nbc's tom costello following the investigation including the jersey overnight. tom, good morning to you. >> good morning, this location i'm at is critical because this is the location saturday fwliegt they found the unexploded pressure cooker bomb that pete was just mentioning, they believe the suspect was right i

separately, authorities stopped a vehicle of interest near the verrazano narrows bridge in new york.nd the five people in the vehicle are being questioned by the fbi about the explosion in chelsea on saturday night that injured 29 people. the explosion sent a dumpster flying more than 150 feet down the sidewalk and shattered windows more than a block away. investigators are analyzing possible similarities between the devices found in manhattan in one that detonated saturday morning in the seaside park, part of new jersey there along the shore. the devices contain old-style mobile flip phones. >> as detonators. >> we'll talk to bernie kirk at the top of the hour, the former police commissioner. >>> a man stabbed nine people at a shopping mall on saturday before he was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer. the attacker mentioned allah and asked one victim if he was muslim. the fbi is still investigating whether the attacker had connections or contact with any foreign terrorist organization. all nine victims are expected to survive. >>> and back to business news now, the long a

going to the airport, the newark airport, they nabbed them as they were getting off the verrazano narrows bridge from elizabeth. is it related? >> could be. >> they are not suspects, they were taken in for questioning to see if they were connected to the explosions in new york, what happened in new jersey. this is the third incident happening in the elizabeth, new jersey, area which all five of those guys are from that area. >> of course, the similarities, seen the new jersey prior to the one with the robot blew up where all the bombs were fitted to bow up with flip phones. they're looking at that as a key similarity. democratic senator chris coons has been here. president obama nominated him to be the democratic representative to the u.n. general assembly. got a series of big meetings. thanks, senator, for stopping by here first. >> appreciate it. >> i'm sure you didn't expect to talk about this, this morning. what is your reaction that you're able to tell us? >> i'm so grateful for the men and women in law enforcement. for the talented and capable folks at the fbi now following up on the lead