west side highway are on thethe- edge. >> they were in the bike lane by the west side highway. and i see another gentleman over on the other side laying on the floor while ems was trying to assist him. >> reporter: did you at any point see the suspect a man with a jack with stripe across the back running? >> no. i didn't see anybody. only saw those three people who appeared to be injured. >> reporter: we now hear there are seven fatalities, 15 injured. >> reporter: they interview witnesses. let's listen. >> just can't believe there were so many people. i saw those three people and i thought maybe they might have been somebody in the truck. but i couldn't believe there was so many. i walk over there when you looked it didn't look like there was that many people. >> as we continue to listen to this i should note that the news conference from the new york city police department is beginning. our eric sean is letting us know we're expecting the governor, the mayor, the police commissioner and others to give us an update. we know some of the details of what's happened. we know that t

a horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear, based on the information we have, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. over a dozen more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit, but we also know new yorkers are strong. new yorkers are resilient, and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence, enactment to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near the site of today's tragedy, and new yorkers do not give been in the face of these kinds of actions. we will respond, as we always do, we will be undeterred. i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all of our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing. all of the f

right next to the west side highway. there are fatalities. the nypd is telling cnn the driver then got out of the truck and has been apprehended. he may have had a gun. he is in police custody right now. he is, we are told, alive. again, i could caution all viewers, all listeners, this is a breaking news situation. we just learned of this about a half an hour ago. a lot of times in incidents like this a lot of the information the authorities have that they share with us turns out not to be completely accurate. they are doing the best they can and we are sharing with you what we are getting from law enforcement and other authorities. i want to bring in cnn law enforcement analyst james gagliano. he's on the phone. he's a retired fbi supervisory special agent. first of all, james, thanks for joining us. tell us about this area of manhattan. >> so, jake, i come at this two ways. one, i spent about 20 years of my 25-year career stationed at 26 federal plaza. the streets that we're talking about here, so we're talking about west street and chamber

west side highway and chambers. it's on the river. dson river and in a very active area. if you go just east of here, the right-hand side of your screen from here, you'll get into the west village and the village. that's where all of this halloween traffic is. brand new video just in in the last couple of seconds. this is from that region. we know that multiple people are confirmed shot. one person confirmed in custody. there are reports of fatalities. police have not confirmed that. therefore we would hesitate on this. i know you're seeing it on social feeds. hang on. coverage continues after this. and winking emojis. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happening... just try again. uh, i think i found your problem. thanks. hmm... the award-winning geico app. download it today. ththe next energyngs toto power our dreams,re will be american energy. >> shepard: new york city, the update. no active threat. th

it's near the west side highway. and there's a bike path. i'm with probably 100 people or more just sitting on the corner, not being permitted to go through. there's a lot of police sirens. i just saw one of those big nypd hostage negotiation vans go through, i'm not suggested that it's a hostage situation, but it's the kind of emergency vehicle you might see in a situation like this. but there's plenty of police activity. this is a very residential area of tribecca. i was just about to pick up my daughter from school and take my kids trick or treating. this is an area that would have been filled with kids leaving school. my pastor's son goes to school right here at p.s. 289. i heard from his mom that he heard gunshots and ran all the way home. that's all i know at this point. but this seems like an active scene. >> new york city is known for its rapid response, can you describe if you have the sense that people are still rushing to the scene, or if they have already -- >> reporter: you're cutting out a little bit, but it is absolutely -- it

most of the streets around the west side highway in that area of town that feed into the west side highwaylosed. that's a live picture. we do, as i mentioned, have at least six people dead. some of those injuries, though, are reported to be quite serious. so that death toll may rise. the mayor and the governor are being briefed right now. we expect a 5:15 or so briefing to the press as they continue to move as you can see there, people who have been injured in this particular incident. and it's starting to get a little bit darker, too, so that will make the work a little harder for all those first responders in the lower part of manhattan. kelly, let me just check and see if there's -- sarah sanders no u s now saying the president has been briefed on the incident by chief of staff kelly, general kelly. we'll be updated as more details are known. the president sends his thoughts and prayers to all those affected and that's what we have right now. and as soon as i get more on that, sarah -- sarah kelly, i will send it back to you. that is a picture that you're looking at live of the truck th

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horrible tragedy on the west side.e at this moment, this was an act of terror. a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives, who had no idea of what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. and over a dozen more are injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit, but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient. our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence, an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city, very near the sight of today's tragedy and new yorkers do not give in in the face of these kinds of actions. we'll respond as we always do. we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing, all of the first responders who came to t

jason: it is a beautiful day on the west side. i'm looking right at the hudson river. little south and west of you at global headquarters. what you see behind me, the biggest commercial development in the united states. it has even more significance because of the names moving here. the decision to move kkr from midtown has caught a lot of peoples'attention. larry fink is moving his firm's headquarters here. you have a lot of buzz about the fact these big titans will be moving here the hudson yards and marking a shift at how this city does business. vonnie: i still have not been to that side of town. shery: tell me about history repeating itself. is not the first on all these big names followed kkr. jason: that is exactly right. westade its name it 9 57th street. there were a lot of firms that went that way. oft you see is an extension something that has been happening in manhattan for quite a few years. i'm standing on the high line. it is one of the most popular tourist destinations. it has changed the way manhattanites and people in the tri-state area really work an

there is the center divider of the west side highway. the suspect reportedly, after striking another vehicle, left his vehicle and produced what appear to be a lethal weapon. the early reports are it might have been a paint ball gun or bb gun. police responded with gun fire. the suspect was taken into custody and taken to a hospital. as we look at these aerial views now of the west side highway in new york city. we have not gotten an official police statement or a briefing. we do expect one at some point. we know the mayor made his way to the scene, mayor de blasio. so, we would expect some kind of briefing, but this may be a case where the crime scene extends for quite a di this is a -- looking, again, battery park city area and between those buildings is roughly where the point of impact was as this vehicle hit another vehicle and the driver exited and was engaged by police. our savannah guthrie remains on the scene. she is joining us by telephone. savannah, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: i just saw an officer from n.y.p.d. wh

there are high-rises that line the west side highway. and you go from west townsend street where it looks like this started down to chambers. these are long blocks. lots of people out with their families. lots of people out walking dogs. actual lie along that west side highway, you know, park and walk, there are play grounds, there are dog park runs, there is a miniature golf course on one of the piers. i mean this is a place that people go, you know, all day long to enjoy themselves, to get away. and it's right along the water. and you know, you can see the world trade center the whole way through. so it is a very iconic spot for people to come to. you can get a view of the statue of liberty. you can also walk there fairly easily. there are multiple train stops there. and like i said it's pretty spread out. i mean these are long blocks. for this truck to have traveled from canal or even four blocks north of canal, west howster street all the way down to chamber street that's an extremely long way. and this driver, this suspect would have

as a motorist plows down pedestrians on the lower west side of manhattan.olice now say this was an act of terrorism. take a look at some video from earlier today. this happened just after 3:00 o'clock. they say that motorists with a rendered home depot van went down a very busy bike path for 20 now city blocks striking more than a dozen people. at one point ramming schoolbus, injuring four people there including two children. he emerged screaming arabic and waving a paintball and pellet gun. that suspect believed to be a lone wolf was shot by police and is now in the hospital under going questioning. >> the new terrorist tactic which they've called for publi publicly are these lone wolves who commit an act of terror. this is all very preliminary. it's only been a couple of hours. at this point there's no evidence to suggest a wider plot or a wider scheme but the actions of one individual who meant to cause pain and harm and probably death and the resulting terror. and that was the purpose. >> we have been tested before as a city very near the site of today'

highway a major interstate that runs along the west side of lower manhattan at that point. and the driver of the vehicle after going the wrong way for an identified a period of time got out of the vehicle police immediately responded and opened fire at that point details of this very unclear we do know that there were many shots fired at least by witnesses there are we spoke to at least between five and eight again according to eyewitnesses and that we saw people down on the bike path it's unclear if the driver of that vehicle did actually drive on the bike path or not but there were people down on the bike path that is what essential what we know at this point now where did this actually happen in the tri peckover neighborhood of new york city in lower manhattan we're just about five or six blocks north of the world trade center site where the nine eleven terrorist attack happened i will say an issue an issue a new york city police were saying that this was not thought to be a terror related however they have just changed that and now saying they are investigating it as a

was he just driving along the west side highway there and decided to jump over the curve onto the west side highway and onto the bike path? it would seem like he would know the area. but who knows? so all that again the a part of the investigation and so we'll see what hopefully some of our sources will be telling us,fully, we'll get updates soon. >> do we know it was a relatively small pickup truck. it had a home depo on the side. i'm sure nypd are all over the home depot, they want to determine if this suspect is the actual individual who rented that vehicle or if someone else rented the vehicle and wound up in the hand of this suspect. we don't know the answer to that yet we are working our sources, stand by. ewant to bring in chris coons from delaware, disturbing information, senator, i know you are following this as well. what's your reaction, first of all, to this clear act of terror? >> my first reaction is to say my thoughts and prayers are with thoses who have losted ones and family members in this attack in lower manhattan and to pray for those injured in their recovery and e

this is lower manhattan to the west side highway to be exact. you are seeing the live picture. an active investigation underway right now. early indications that one person is now being reported dead after a road rage incident. here is how the vents unfolded according to the police and the witnesses. we understand that one person got in a road rage incident with another driver. that then led to a verbal altercation. then after that, we understand that shots were fired. you are looking live at a live we understand four people were hurt in all of this. apparently a truck of some type went up the west side highway on what is being described as a bike path. that is where the four people were hurt. we understand one person is dead. according to nypd, they put out a tweet not too long ago and they say the situation is under control, there is no current threat to anyone else in the area. but they do have one person in custody. at this time we are not sure if that is one of the drivers who opened fire or if it is someone else. but according to nypd, they are no longer looking for anyon

a horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear based on the information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror. and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them. we, at this moment based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. and over a dozen more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit. but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence, an act meant to sb intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near the site of today's tragedy. and new yorkers do not give in in the face of these kinds of actions. we'll respond as we always do. we will be undeterred. i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing

this is by the west side highway n chambers street and west side manhattan where a truck reportedly drovea bike path hitting cyclists. there was reportedly a shooter. the mayor is an route to the scene of the incident. we will keep you posted on further development. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: you want to bring you an update in lower manhattan. people were struck and killed and several others struck and injured. west side highway near chambers street -- chamber street. there was reportedly a truck that drove down the bike, hitting bikers and pedestrians. the mayor is on his way downtown to the scene. in the meantime, let's bring you to emma chandra. president trump gave a timeline today for when he expects to have a tax bill delivered to the white house ready for him to sign did the president spoke at a white house in a meeting attended by administration officials and industry leaders. want the house to pass a bill by thanks giving. i will all of the people standing by my side when we get ready to sign a christmas, hopefully before christmas. a: republicans are time to fast-track the bi

six people were reportedly killed when a man drove a pickup truck into a bike path on the lower west side of manhattan let's get to sue herera. >> reporter: this is obviously still a very active scene, still a developing story it happened about an hour and 15 minutes ago. here is what we know we have six people dead, at least 15 injured we do expect that number possibly, that death toll, to rise, because we're told those injuries, some of them, anyway, are severe we are told that as this driver entered the west side highway pedestrian and bike path, he mowed down multiple people then he apparently, according to multiple sources who told wnbc, he deliberately targeted a bus with schoolchildren on it. that is why the front of the truck is so damaged. he got out of the truck. we suspect that is the suspect he ran across the west side highway, multiple lanes, stopping traffic if you look closely at the video it appears as though he has something in his hand. police are identifying that as a weapon that they now know is a fake weapon, it was not a real gun. but they were far enough back so tha

horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear that based on the information that we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea of what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives, and over a dozen more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit, but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient, and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence, an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near the seat of today's -- site of today's tragedy, and new yorkers do not give in, in the face of these kinds of actions. we'll respond, as we always do. we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer wh

and there's a canyon the west side of the vacas from atlas peak. the smoke is so dense as you look from my vantage point, down towards the silverado connecticut -- country club, that you can't see as much flame as you originally could see. how the fire jumped from where it was up to atlas peak, i watched it erupt, but i don't know how it did it, because it did it against the wind. >> bill, watt would be your biggest concern right now. there are a lot of houses in the path of these flames? >> reporter: well, yes, soda canyon road has houses all up and don't. it's a rural community, but there are houses and vineyards and what knot all the way up to the top of soda canyon road. >> bill, from where you are, are you seeing any firefighters, any crews there, perhaps, trying to get to the fire from a different angle, and trying to tackle it? >> i don't see -- have seen flashing lights and what not, and still do on occasion. but i don't -- there's no nothing in the air. the wind is blowing extremely forcefully. that's what week my wife up was the wind. we

the west side. that happened in august, popped up on the website. >> this is not very far from 9/11 actually. just write up the street from the site of 9/11. but look, this is an issue that is going to have to be confronted, balancing the demands for free life. >> bret: and capitol hill deals with the 702 renewal, which by the way is listening in to terrorist, even if they have connections with u.s. citizens. >> the question is we will find out in the coming days, was this person a u.s. citizen, did he have any ties to isis in some way, was he here legally, there will be a lot of questions answered. then you can design the precautions accordingly. i don't know if every single rental car place in america has to have a list of people who can't rent a car. >> bret: guy? >> especially if the person trying to rent the car has no record whatsoever. that's what i think is so frightening about the style of attack. going back to what julian was just saying, in the past with al qaeda, around 9/11, uss cole. t

and this happened on the west side highway in lower manhattan. people are confirmed dead and many more injured in the massive scene and investigation. >> among those injured is the shooter, they put the shooter into custody and believed he was shot before being taken in. sharrie mentioned the governor and mayor on the scene and police officers. and there is no active threat that is the word but police are of the belief that this was an intentional act that the suspect drove the car down the bike path with the intention of hurting people and did. six people dead at least, and numerous others hurt. >>> well, other news knew amid a damaging storm that hit new england, an entire home was swept off the foundation and carried down the river. a neighbor captured the video of the home floating away and eventually crashing into the bridge in new hampshire. the owners just spent the weekend there and left the day before the storm truck. they feel fortunate nobody was hurt but mourn the loss of a home in the family for decades. >> devastating, it's only a s

this is essentially the corner of houston street and the west side highway. the bike path is over here. as you can see, completely unguarded, there aren't barricades or anything like that. the whole point is its accessible for people to come to. the route then that this attacker, the 29-year-old man starts here and drove down about 20 blocks. 20 blocks is about one mile. he drove and was able to do so unapprehended. the bike path itself, the highway along side it, no bar areas and a few trees. this is where the bike path is. this is an old picture but obviously on a day like today, a beautiful fall day was packed with people and this is where it ended and this is how it ended as you can see. that home depot truck completely smashed in the front. that was the vehicle the terrorist used to attack and kill innocent people who are just out on a bike path on a beautiful halloween day. my panel back with me. that juliette is what is so striking. the whole point is about a -- about a place like this is about accessibility and people coming out and leaving their live

abdomen —— west side highway. the police were then kneeling. inaudible... sorry to interrupt you, dimitry, the line was breaking up but we got a vivid description. you are clearly incredibly close to this attack. it must have been very frightening? the people who were mowed down, they we re people who were mowed down, they were two road lengths from me, very, very close but separated by two lanes of other cars. i haven't seen people actually being mowed down, but i saw it right in the next second after it happened. presumably the pavements were packed with people, or it was busy at any rate? it was normally busy, it wasn't very busy. it was 3pm or something, around the time when parents... when people are not leaving work yet. there wasn't too many people but definitely it was crowded, new york is always crowded. what was the reaction of those people? i saw people running in pointing. i saw people running in pointinglj presumed this was some sort of halloween performance because today, early in the day, so many pe

horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear, based on the information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror. aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them. we at this moment based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. and over a dozen more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit. but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence and an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near the site of today's tragedy. and new yorkers did not give in in the face of these kinds of actions. we'll respond as we always do. we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from cont

currently burns on the west side of highway 29. by adding crews to the west side of the valley it will help them get the upper hand. cal fire plans on having some crews at hand lines. >> the nuns fire is responsible for this damage on castle road. overnight the containment increased by 10%. although there are mandatory evacuations in this area, they hope to lift as soon as possible. >> after all the devastation we are lucky. we have a house to come back to. >> reporter: dan says the nuns fire came dangerously close to his home. he evacuated on two separate occasions. he is thankful that cal fire is getting things under control. cal fire says is in part due to the change in weather which has reduced the need for red flag warning. >> you're going to see good progress on the next couple of days on the west side of the valley. at this point i don't see a threat of highway 29 corridor. >> reporter: after a week full of tragedy and heartache, local leaders are looking for the silver lining in hopes they can start rebuilding soon. >> i lo

we walk there every time. >> right on the west side highway? >> yeah. >> people who don't know new york city -- >> i just moved here four months ago, this is something shocking for me to see this in new york in front of one world trade center. >> reporter: right there. >> right there. right in front of me. it was something shocking for me. >> hamza, thank you so much. george, you're hearing it right here, so many students in this area and what makes it so dangerous in this particular area, we're talking about this world trade center area, you think it's just a financial district. not true. there's a park right there we saw kids playing in this park. this is very much a community here, george. >> people are saying before he did this, he said allah akbar. >> what? >> the thing, he was from the middle east and muslim and said allah akbar. like many say right now. want to clear he was not from middle east. you can tell someone was from middle east. he was wearing a hoodie and all, white and spanish and all and you couldn't tell he's from middle eas

horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear that based on the information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives like no idea what was about to hit them. we at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives, and over a dozen more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit. but we also know new yorkers are strong. new yorkers are resilient. and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence and an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near the site of today's tragedy, and new yorkers do not give in in the face of these kinds of actions. we'll respond as we alwa and i want to thank everyone at the n.y.p.d., all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing, all of the firs

the lower manhattan attack along the west side highway. authorities tell us that the driver entered the west side highway right about there at the children's museum of the arts and went the wrong way on the bike path 10 to 15 blocks before it all comes to an end. now a different view. take you closer in. this is where it happened. and i'll going to close it quickly so we'll give you a 3d view to take you closer. there it is there. an elite public school is this is right there. all that this just blocks north of the 9/11 attacks. a terrifying reminder of that dark, dark day 16 years ago. >> thank you. we first let people know about the incident with a push alert. the violent incident investigated as a possible terror attack. for immediate updates on breaking news, download the nbc 7 app. >>> we have some breaking news coming in from sunny veil. this is near highway 101. chris wynn just arrived at the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good afternoon. sunnyvale police tell us this is an active scene. police officers are going door to

that, as we pointed out, is on the west side of highway 101. this fire is still moving in that westerly direction. . . it is still moving from east to west. >> alex, i'm not sure who is your photographer, but he was zooming into, looks like, i'm hoping a water tank, and not some sort of fuel situation there, and i know earlier you heard explosions. what are you hearing now? . >> a gas line on fire. >> reporter: that does lock like some kind of fuel in that. i can ask the battalion chief. it looks like we have a gas line on the right-hand side. i don't know what's in that big container on the left side of your screen. >> are you still hearing explosions? . >> reporter: you know, we're not as much anymore. >> okay. >> reporter: yeah, before we moved over to this location, we were right outside the emergency room at kaiser, and we could hear some very large explosions coming from this mobile home park. >> you know, alex, this would have been propane tanks, things that were exploding in this fire. looks like you got a fuel line right there that's po

horrible, tragedy, on the west side. lit me be clear, based on information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror. and, particularly cowardly act of terror, aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives, who had no idea what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. and over a dozen more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit. but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient. and, our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence, an act meant to inestimate date us. we have been tested before as a in the city very near to the site of today's tragedy and new yorkers do not give in, in the face of these kinds of actions. we'll respond as we always do. we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first-responders, for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this trag

horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear.n information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror. and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives, who had no idea what was about to hit them. moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives and over a dozen more injured. action wast this spirit, to break our but we also know new yorkers are strong, resilient, and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence and an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near to the site of today's tragedy. in yorkers do not give in the face of these kinds of actions. we will respond as we always do. we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for their extra ordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing, all of the first responders who came to the aid of those who are injur

it happened this afternoon after 3:00 on a bike path that runs along the west side highway. city officials believe it's deliberate. bill de blasio on the act of terror. sources telling abc news the suspect screamed "allahu akbar." abc news reporting that the suspect is identified as 29-year-old man from florida. the truck which was a rental from home depot hit a school bus after running down the bike path hurting two adults and two children there. >> today there is a loss of innocent life in lower manhattan. dead and injured going about their days enjoying the sun. greatest magnitude. >> president trump tweeting new york city, looks like another attack by aic sick and deranged person. law enforcement following this closely. not in the usa, he says. despite the horrifying number of the people kill and injured here it could have been far worse. an officer stationed nearby stopped the carnage moments after it began. we'll continue to monitor for the latest. nancy chen, abc7 news. michelle: a lot of folks calling that heroic officer a hero tonight. this statement coming from the

authorities say a pickup truck makes a, quote, purpose full turn onto a bike path on the west side highway. the crime scene stretching several blocks. ending not far from one world trade. tonight here, the video of the suspect. reportedly shot by police. seen outside the truck. and this evening, we've learned that truck was a home depot rental. new york city police on high alert tonight,it millions out for halloween. and this was one of their worst fears. that someone could use a vehicle as a weapon. and at this hour, we've learned president trump has now been briefed on the act of terror in his hometown. a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >>> good evening on this tuesday night. halloween. and sadly, it will be remembered for what the mayor declared late today was an act of terror that ended not far from ground zero here in new york. a pickup truck turning down a pedestrian path for runners, walkers, bicyclists, and it appears that driver was aiming right for them. authorities revealing that suspect in a rented pickup truck made a deliberate turn onto that path. it is th

they are partnering up with community cultural organization during the performance of "west side story." you can make donations in the kimmel center. >>> officials say simon ridecki asked senator toomey to confirm whether or not his daughter had been kidnapped. he was pulled away and investigated for that question and they say the question was inappropriate and falls under freedom of speech. ridecki says it was a question about daca. >> you know, daca kids being kidnapped is abhorrent. >> daca is a program that minors could get a two-year deferment from getting deported. >>> president trump is stopping in harrisburg to talk taxes. the visit comes as he and congressional republicans work to pass legislation to overhaul the tax code. lauren mayk spoke with lawmakers. >> reporter: the president's next stop is pennsylvania. >> we're going to cut taxes for the middle class, make the tax code simpler and more fair for every day americans. >> reporter: but not search buying it. >> the trump administration's proposal is wrong on process and wrong on procedure. >> and we think we could work wit

: notices were posted saturday at camps on both sides of the track. >> people living here on the west side filed a court order to delay the eviction process, but those just on the other side of pthe tracks on the east side di not, and that's why they were evicted this morning. morgan hail says about a dozen people did not leave the east camp before the 72 hours ran out. james davis sr. was one of them. >> i'm kind of like confused or whatever because this is the first time i've ever been through things like this. >> reporter: davis lost his apartment after a rent increase and he moved to the camp. >> i mean, i work, i have a car, it's just that i couldn't afford the rent. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. employees wore has mat suits and gloves. several dump trucks were brought in and fences were erected to keep trespassers out of the property. >> everyone left without any incidents. no arrests. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. spokesperson says this land belonged to b.a.r.t., but it's been maintained by berkeley. recent complaints bay nearby school prompted today's eviction. where are you going to go from here?

a horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear, based on the information we have at this moment, this was an act of cowardly act of terror, aimed at innocent civilians. aimed at people going about their hives who had no idea what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit. but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient, and our spirit will never be moved by an active violence, and an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city, very near the site of today's tragedy, and new yorkers do not give in, in the face of these kinds of actions. we'll respond as we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from continuing. all the first responders who came to the aid of those whoe

>> reporter: we are north of where this happened near chambers street on the west side highway. there is a big police presence. fbi agents are here. the investigation is ongoing. he was shot in the abdomen as -- and is in the hospital. authorities are hoping to talk to him about his motivation or if he was working by himself. new york governor, andrew cuomo has said it is a lone wolf situation. we are also getting new information that the individual may have rented his home depot truck to plow down the pedestrians near the west side highway. at a home depot in jersey city. across the hudson river in new jersey. it seems like his original vehicle may have been found at a home depot in passaic, new jersey. that means he may have rented one vehicle and got to jersey city and rented a separate vehicle to avoid detection. the mayor has called it a cowardly act of terrorism. new york city is always a potential target for terrorism. it will not deter new yorkers>> can you talk about the mood. this is where people like to get enjoyment on a bike trail near the hudson river. people feel

.>> reporter: there is still concern on the west side of downtown napa. we have been seeing claims often on and the hills. which is north of domain winery. there is some people here firefighters who have come back from fighting the fire out here on the west side. one of the things that is good is that it is cooler here. the winds have not picked up. there have been some relief crews that have come in to help. >> west of highway 29 orange flames near oakville a reminder the danger looms for napa. >> this is the worst.>> reporter: volunteer fire chief one of many battling the fire since sunday. fire threatened napa from the west.>> we have had significant fire activity the last couple days. is working down to dry creek.>> reporter: reinforcements from ventura county arrived parking near homes for protection. a welcome relief. flareup threatened nearby veterans home. this photo showing smoke looming over the landmarks where veterans were told to shelter in place. a public meeting in napa was held. >> there are many target areas. dry creek. those are prioriti

on the west side we saw emergency evacuations just a day before. strike teams monitor flames. >> it is extreme. it is unpredictable. the weather is constantly changing. it is making it difficult for us to get containment sooner than later. we are very concerned. we continue to be surrounded with the fire activity.>> reporter: just in the past hour cal fire issued an update on the partridge fire on the west side of napa. so far right now it appears 9500 acres have burned. it is only 2% contained. >>> we also saw evacuations today in calistoga. have the city was told to leave early this morning. the rest got the order later in the day. it is home to 5000 people. it is usually full of tourists. paul chambers says it looks like a ghost town tonight.>> reporter: with the exception of this flood of emergency vehicles the streets are deserted. lincoln avenue is known for its shops. but not tonight. the empty sidewalks come after cal fire posted this notice telling people they need to leave as fire conditions have changed.>> embers could rain over everythi

it killed his west side project.his used to be described -- koch used to be described as unavoidable for comment. [laughter] >> donald trump has taken that stick national. i would say cosmic. he is the compulsive communicator. everything is transactional. he holds grudges, he ascribes moral characteristics to positive and negative press. if you write something positive about him, it is immediately transformed into a moral virtue. if you write something negative, it is transformed into a negative moral virtue. behind the scenes, he is willing and dealing. it's like negotiating over buying a used car. he wants to sell you on an idea. more than anything else, people misunderstand him in a fundamental way. he is, at heart, not a real estate guy, not a politician, not a businessman. he is the salesman. he is what willie loman would have been if he were successful. he has that same characteristic of not only wanting to sell you the product, but every great salesman, and donald trump is a phenomenal salesman, maybe one of t

the latest i haven't is on the heat side in that area. >> that is great news because we see on the west sidere not densely populated at least as far as i can tell with the vineyards but on the other side of 29 you have jericho canyon and wine company with amici sellers on the east side of 29. certainly they will make a stand 29 is the face to do it. we should tell people that this map gets updated every so often but the fire has certainly crept in here beyond the napa river which you see here right up to highway 29 in this area with maybe 5 miles north of the city of calistoga. >> as grant continues to publish the map giving a better sense of where you are, cal fire has been very careful about deploying resources so clearly they are making a big stand because they think they can push back. describe how many people were out and what kind of support did they have? >> first of all, the firefighters i talked to was from contra costa county with these other agencies helping cal fire and the local agencies as well. i would say there were at least five trucks out there and then they had the big hea

so far we've seen that the fire has stayed on the west side and the south side of that dozer line. that is the hope tonight. even as the winds may pick up that they can keep this fire on this side, the west side of the highway. as we speak larry, there's a helicopter above me about to make another water drop. this activity is continuing. folks down the way are keeping a close eye on things. >> there's a lot of concern that the winds will increase. let's get more on the conditions and the winds that may be coming. >> the winds are really going to increase later on tonight. right now firefighters are getting a much needed break. live doppler 7 showing you clear conditions across the bay area. the winds are 15 miles or less. they will ramp up later on tonight. as they do the humidity values you're seeing here are not going to be this high. actually right now we have teens for fairfield, santa rosa, concord. some of those will go down to the single digits which is a big concern as we head towards tomorrow. red flag warning for the north and east bay hills begins for 5:00 tonight. gusts

mayor de blasio: it is a painful day in our city, horrible tragedy on the west side. let me be clear that these have information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror, aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives, who had no idea about what was about to hit them. we, at this moment, based on the information we have, we have 8 innocent people who have lost their lives, and over a dozen more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit. but we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient, and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence, an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near the site of today's tragedy, and new yorkers do not give in in the face of these kinds of actions. we will respond as we always do. we will be undeterred. and i want to thank everyone at the nypd, all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy, starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from

. >> reporter: reverend howard beckham helps run west side works a job training program just down theom the stadium. falcons owner arthur blank invested 15 million in the program as part of a deal to get the stadium approved. graduates actually helped build the stadium and now many more work inside. like many of the nearly 600 graduates, spent decades in and out of jail but found full-time work. without this program, do you think you would have been able to turn your life around? >> no. because as i walked the streets and i was wondering, whaktd i do to change that? i never imagined that going to school on west side works would put me here. >> reporter: arthur blank saw the positive impact the program has made and his foundation more than doubled the initial investment. he says, he's not done. you sound like you're in this for the long haul. >> you have to be when you're talking about changing, you know, behavior and patterns of living for have been engrained over the last 30, 40 years, there's no quick fix. there just is not. how y'all doing today? >> reporter: former drug addict nic

this is all on the west side of highway 29. really good progress is going along here. fire is holding really well along the dry creek road area backing into the road. a little area we need to continue to work on. that's not coming down quite as fast. we're getting enough resources, we may go in there and start to cut the area out and go direction on that fire and meet it where it is. then we're continuing to put a lot of dozer lines in along the bottom. we have primary holding lines in this area on dry creek road. we have a secondary line, which is farther out in case something gets across and we're not able to pick it up. we even have additional lines to include the areas around our veterans home. those areas are looking really good, really secure. we're getting a lot of help. i was out there yesterday. we were dumping so much water on that mountain to keep things in check, to keep things under control as it got to our control line. same thing going on up toward rutherfo rutherford. we're putting dozer lines in. we're pumping it with engines. you are going to see prog

of the migrants have been coming throughout last year interesting that target audience for this west side are exactly same people that just a couple of years ago were so welcomed here in germany following uncle merkel's so-called open door policy you all remember those pictures where germany's chancellor who was opposed. in with the refugees and you'll remember that warm welcome that they were getting at the railway stations throughout germany so that this website shows a dramatic political shift but a very long one because that policy was not quite popular you remember following. the. elections here in germany the far right and turn to for germany enjoyed historic success and anti migraine sentiment very high even now while merkel was party and their allies in germany suffered their worst results in more than half a century so it's quite close to me now there and some extras say trying to fix the situation to show that they're ready for some changes in that poll is the it's very fair to mention that the west side does an only give a green picture of what life could be for migraines came

a horrible tragedy on the west side. let m clear based on the information that we have at this moment, this was an act of terror and a particularly cow adderly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea of what was about to hit them. at this moment, based on the information we have, we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives and over a cuss more injured. we know that this action was intended to break our spirit, but we also know new yorkers are strong. new yorkers are resilient and our spirit will never be moved by an act of violence and an act meant to intimidate us. we have been tested before as a city very near the site of today's tragedy and new yorkers do not give in kinds of actions. we'll respond as we always do. we will be un deterred and i want to thank everyone at the ny p pd, all our first responders for their extraordinary efforts in the midst of this tragedy starting with the officer who stopped this tragedy from beginning, all of the fi