she also confirmed this is being investigated as a terrorist attack in new york city. i can't tell you enough, 9:21 a.m. eastern time. this city is shut down as a results of what happened about two hours ago. major arteries into this city have been shut down. the nypd doing anything they can to answer all the unanswered questions we have at this moment. >> bill: this math is critical. for viewers watching us, you could go right to the middle of that map and that's time square. you move one avenue to the west or left side and that's port authority. sandra, 42 and 8th avenue. that is chock a block for morning and evening rush hour. this time of year it's crowded all day long. you can imagine how many people are moving through that part of new york city that time of the morning. >> sandra: security measures that may change in the next couple of weeks because you are also talking about the area for the ball to drop in new york city which will attract, as you know, huge crowds. so we'll see what happens between now and then and we want to bring in former new york city police

so it is new york city. ome ways are used to dealing with security, you know, things that happen like this, in the city, new york cer you keep hearing it over and over, a resilient group of people. and that's what folks are dealing with this morning. >> again, we're looking at live pictures from outside port authority right now. we are waiting for this news conference which is about to begin. >> let's bring back in our law enforcement analyst, tom fuentes is our senior law enforcement officer, and joseph giacalone is back with us. we're waiting to hear from police commissioner o'neil. i don't know if we'll hear from the mayor of new york city, we well may. four injuries at this point in time. how close of a near miss, tom, was this? >> i think, poppy, if it was detonated in a passageway, as we heard, then it probably would have the ability to touch a lot fewer people. so, yes, we have, you know, it sounds like four people injured, including the person with the bomb. but that's not like standing in one of the

new york city police department is terrific. combine them with the fbi and the jttf, they'll know a lot about this guy within the next five to six hours. it's really a tragedy. thank god is a huge tragedy that was avoided. as many, many bomb makers are, they just do a terrible job at making bombs and destroy themselves. the 1993 bombing was a typical example. he also exploded some bombs prematurely, which prevented him from doing the plot. so these guys, while they read about it, they try to do it, they try to make bombs, they're not always successful. many times get hurt themselves. >> jim, to bill's point, the police and fbi may be peeling this guy apart piece by piece, but the pipe bomb didn't. you and i spoke earlier today. you said he is not a master bomb maker. i want to share this picture of what appears to be the suspect. he's on the ground being apprehended. it is posted on twirtter and ben confirmed by senior law enforcement officials. step by step, jim, tell us what is happening here. >> this guy is a bone head. this

bernie, you know new york city well. you had to keep new york city safe. what can law enforcement do right now to make sure a guy isn't successful doing this? >> well look, they're doing the best they can. first you have, this is new york city. you have more investigative resources, more intelligence resources than any other municipality in the country. they're constantly working with the joint terrorism task force, the fbi, the cia who is coming in. trish: how can you stop isn't. >> you will not get everyone. the unfortunate thing it is impossible. you will not get everyone. fortunately this guy was less effective but buck is right, i mean you've got to stay vigilant. nobody should be surprised by this. when i got up this morning i got a text this happened. nobody should be surprised this happened. they're promoting it. they're coming to do this. unfortunately for us we're a substantial target. trish: what does it gain them, buck? why do they want to do it so badly besides bragging rights how many americans they kill? what is the goal here? attention? >>

the city including new york city boosting security in the wake of the attacks. andrew cuomo increasing security at high profile locations including airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems. of the big cities across the us following suit. in boston there will now be an increased police presence at all transit stops. officers and canine unit standing by at north station and south station, philadelphia, stepping up patrols across mass transit lines. k9 and police around suburban stations in center city. authorities beef up security across the country, we are learning about the four heroic cops but took down the new york city bomber, port authority police officers, sean gallagher, jack collins andrew preston credited with making the split-second decision and putting their lives on the line to save others running towards the panic, leaping on top of the suspect and removing the device before he could set off another explosive. thank you to those four men. roy more making a last-minute push hours before voters hit the polls. >> i want america great but i wa

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new york city failed suicide bomber. breaking news here. the new york bombing suspect told officials he was inspired by isis and that he chose the new york city subway because of its christmas-themed posters. also invoking isis stripes in europe against holiday markets. he injured himself and three others after detonating a pipe bomb in a underground subway passageway at the port authority near time square. this is the third terror attack in new york city since september 2016. and now this. the failed suicide bomber entered the u.s. on a chain migration visa because he had family ties here. it has been called an abused back door into the u.s. that president trump wants to shut. we've got the details and more. also, this story for you. to the special election showdown in alabama. the polls all over the map on the senate race between republican roy moore and democrat doug jones. the vote is tomorrow. we break down the latest fox results on who is in the lead. now, this race could affect tax reform and your with all the. and bitcoin stock price

people have talked about you running for mayor of new york city. you have considered it yourself. thinking of your next step is it more education? empowering yourself in another way? >> i care deeply about the city and public service and elected office. it is incredibly important we have strong public servants and i might do that at some point but right now i am really focused on reimagining public education k-12 and providing that point of what is possible. i think we have settled for a diminished reality when so much more is possible i am hoping to inspire all of you here and in all five boroughs to civic lead be engaged in this issue. we must have a world-class social system -- school system so i am truly focused on reimagining what k-12 could be and we could do a tremendous service to our kids and they will be better prepared in this complex world we live in. tee4 . . . . of scores of the passionate about education, the exact standards which i think has drawn people to her to let's say try to temper her enthusiasm that she has transcended all and appreciates the chance to talk

so it is one of the key transportation nodes in new york city and that's why so many people have been affected by this. but it does seem like new york has dodged a pretty serious bullet here, stephanie. >> all right, joining me now is a man who knows new york city very well, former new york city police commissioner bill bratton and brett stevens, an msnbc political analyst and op-ed columnist for "the new york times." commissioner, i start with you, what's your take on this? >> the preliminary information coming ought of this event this morning is that this was a sole actor. 27 years old is correct. the early information is a bangladesh native and been in the country for seven years and supposedly committed this act in the name of isis. that's all preliminary law enforcement source information at this time. they will be doing the rollbacks to where he live, trying to determine as much information as they can. was he acting by himself, was he acting with others, that will all be part of the now expanding investigation. this investigation, apparently a terrorist act, will be taken over

bill de blasio said they new york city subway is the lifeblood of the city, and it strikes at the heart of new yor new york. >> let us be clear, new yorkers, our lives revolve around the subway. when we hear of an attack in the subway, is incredibly unsettlin unsettling. let's be also clear, this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. >> 2010, here in times square, it does attempted terrorist attack that also fizzled thankfully. ullah is expected to have terrorism charges in court. the same federal courthouse which six weeks ago terry suspect appeared. as you mate recalled, carrying out the isis inspired terrorist attack in the bike lane by driving the home depot pickup truck, killing eight people. >> neil: eric shawn, thank you very much. what are investigators focusing on right now? form fbi fbi assistant director. ron, what do you think? speak i think they will be starting with people in the links of a chain migration that eric mentioned. that is a starting point. they certainly will be conducting a detailed search of his hous

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the port authority bomber who targeted the largest transit have been new york city.lian: he used chain migration to come to the us seven years ago. he bought the botched pipe bomb online and planned to do it in the name of isis. rob: police forming his home in brooklyn searching for new clues, todd pyro live outside manhattan. what do we know about the motives? >> reporter: that is the question, it is quiet here now but investigators spent yesterday pouring over every single detail of the suspected terrorist's life, his -- he lifted the us in 2011 from bangladesh on chain migration visa available for those in the us. he was a licensed, the license was not renewed after 2015. he was inspired by isis but did not appear to have direct contact with the group and likely acted alone. he was upset with the way muslims have been treated by the us and recent israeli actions in gaza and became radicalized by islamic state media. a lawyer spoke about the attempted terror attack but ended up condemning law enforcement. >> we are heartbroken by the violence targeted at our city t

in new york city a terror related attack bomb at new york city port authority. four injured.uch more on this straight ahead. they came out of nowhere, sir! how many of 'em? we don't know. dozens. all right! let's teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, captain! thanks! but i don't need luck, i have skills... i don't have my keys. (on intercom) all hands. we are looking for the captain's keys again. they are on a silver carabiner. oh, this is bad. as long as people misplace their keys, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. man's inner voice: why talking property taxes.ere? ♪ woah. go over there! then, make a mountain out of that reddi-wip. i'm out. made with real cream. reddi-wip. instant greatification. >>> all right. the breaking news this morning, a terror related attack in new york city. a bomb that went off in a subway passage way near the port authority. four injured the man a 27-year-old in custody wearing some kind of crude device, a pipe bomb strapped to his body. to jason carr

for everybody in new york city to keep in mind this is a huge and vibrant city. it also has one of the most effective police forces in the world. when you have this array of cameras, this is now the holiday season. the city has really stepped up anticipating any type of possible attacks. of course, you cannot stop everything but the response is there and if you want to try and new york coming to take that into account. you're going to be stopped and if you do have something happen, you're going to arrested and taken into custody if not other means can take you out because this is a very secure and safe city given its size and unfortunately the target it's always been in some of them stepping up patrol, the port authority, we are talking with fairies, buses, it's much more than just this one terminal. the port authority is a massive operation and obviously all the airports and world trade center sites, george washington bridge, the tunnel and the port authority bus terminal. but also the railway lines. the metropolitan transportation authority runs that. there pol

it's the deadliest fire in new york city in at least a quarter century. >>> and in new york as well ashere around the country, tightened security ahead of new year's eve celebrations. police have positioned concrete barriers, sand trucks, canine teams, and heavy weapons squads. other cities like las vegas and chicago are also beefing up security. >>> airlines are now testing new technology to improve security and speed up the boarding process. soon you may have to show only your face to board a plane. kris van cleave has those details. >> you can board without presenting your boarding pass, passport, or other documents. >> reporter: this plane has passengers taking a trip to the future without a boarding pass. >> you're going to walk up and take a picture and that's it? wow. it amazes me. every year things change. it just amazes me the technology. >> reporter: in seconds facial recognition technology can take a picture and compare it to a passport stored in the government database. francis sadowski is sold. >> reporter: delta is testing the technology in new york and atlanta and is als

is the united states, is new york city, are we taking the threats seriously enough? >> not just new york, but as the report just mentioned, all around the country and all around the world for these massive celebrations for new year's eve. the unfortunate reality is, we've had a lot of experience in understanding how to improve security in beefing up the resources necessary, so yes, new york as an example, look, long-term and intelligence elements there in new york city are the most experienced in terms of counterterrorism. so they're absolutely right. go out, if you want to go out in 10-degree weather or whatever it will be and locked into a pen for all those hours. by all means go out and enjoy yourself, but it's also important for people attending the events to think about it. think about where you're at, a large public gathering and be a little more aware. that's about all you can do. keep your eyes out and look for anything that is unusual. if you see something, as the saying goes, it's trite but absolutely true, say something. adam: i'm curious, mike, years and y

they have now coveraged an area larger than new york city -- scorched an area larger than new york city, boston combine. the worst is the thomas fire. it is threatening hundreds of homes including property owned by ellen degeneres and oprah winfrey. a community in san diego is in shock after this. a single engine plane crashed in a home. two people were killed but the house that the plane crashed into was empty at michelle: still to come, honoring the heroes. how the brave men and women first on the scene of the summer's congressional baseball shooting are thanked by the community. >> in takoma park, someone is vandalizing christmas decorations. the grinch is afoot in at least two neighborhoods and police are looking for answers. the latest coming michelle: new at 6:00, state police in maryland want to know if you saw something the could help in a teen hit by a car in road rage incident. these are if cars involved on the afternoon of november 28. we are told a man in the gray b.m.w. that we showed you stopped behind a red honda civic on 198 east in laurel. the teen got out. alison: ther

what motivated a would be suicide bomber who detonated an explosive in the heart of new york city police say the twenty seven year old suspect moore a homemade pipe bomb attached to his body when it detonated in one of the city's busiest transport hubs he survived and is now in custody also coming up a mission accomplished russian president vladimir putin declares victory in syria and announces a partial withdrawal of russian troops and do what trump did that was the message today from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the european union over jerusalem the response from brussels thanks but no day. plus political leaders here in berlin are being warned that they are the target of chinese cyber spotters germany's intelligence service says that china is using the social networking site linked in to spy on thousands of german officials. i bring golf it's good to have you with a star ninety eight twenty seven year old man is in police custody after detonating an explosive device in new york city's port authority bus terminal officials say that he was inspired by so-called islamic s

if you are a bad guy looking at new york city new york city looks and vulnerable.re is the shield around the city. on october 31st that shield was pierced and it was demonstrated that an attack can be carried out in new york city and we have less than six weeks later a second attack, the first suicide bomber in new york city. >> that is what he was attempting to do and he was incompetent and we got lucky. >> only the fact that he couldn't make it work but there's nothing to stop him from exploding a few blocks from here. >> is the nypd as you observed doing something differently now than it did in the past? >> there is a political question that has to be asked, bill diblasio ran for mayor, he ran to some degree against the nypd. that is who he positioned himself against and shortly after coming into office a lot of media attention was garnered because they issued a press release when they shut down the demographics unit. don't know how many times when the unit of half a dozen people is shut down, justified a press release. >> what did that demographics unit do and

allison gormly is going to check out the situation regarding the homeless in new york city as new york city is now under a code blue, meaning the tops are getting the homeless off the streets into shelters, it that is cold. but first, we'll check win dan zarrow, who has all the forecast details. dan? what do you say. dan. bill, the problem is cold it will get but it is going to be cold for long. i don't see a warm-up until the fourth of jn railroad acor the tenth of january. a week enough to two week of extreme cold. remember, it is not just the cold, but the wind. tonight, potentially dangerous windchills may fall below zer roy by the morning. >> let me ask you. how far back do you have to go in terms of record cold? each reporting site is a little bit different. it is central park you have to go back to 2005 to find a streak of eight consebtive below freezing days but newark airport. you have to go back even further then in south jersey back to the 70's. >> what about snow too dolled know see? the big artic high will push the storm front out to sea but still a chance we see some snow

if you are a bad guy looking at new york city new york city looks and vulnerable.the shield around the city. on october 31st that shield was pierced and it was demonstrated that an attack can be carried out in new york city and we have less than six weeks later a second attack, the first suicide bomber in new york city. >> that is what he was attempting to do and he was incompetent and we got lucky. >> only the fact that he couldn't make it work but there's nothing to stop him from exploding a few blocks from here. >> is the nypd as you observed doing something differently now than it did in the past? >> there is a political question that has to be asked, bill diblasio ran for mayor, he ran to some degree against the nypd. that is who he positioned himself against and shortly after coming into office a lot of media attention was garnered because they issued a press release when they shut down the demographics unit. don't know how many times when the unit of half a dozen people is shut down, justified a press release. >> what did that demographics unit do and why wa

and we continue following that breaking news out of new york city's times square. you just heard that special report. i want to go over the latest information we have as we have been tracking this throughout the morning. i also want to show you the live images coming in. they have at least one male suspect in police custody and he was injured. we just learned seconds ago that speck was from bangladesh and had been living in the u.s. for about seven years and did have a pipe bomb on his person. apart from that police are now saying there were no other injuries so that is a bit of good news considering, and these are images from new york that i've been watching all morning long and i can tell you, you see some cars starting to come through the area but for the most part that area has been evacuated throughout the morning and we have seen a ton of people just trying to get out of that area, times square, where so many tourists are consistently in that area and you can see right now starting to pick up a little bit more traffic there. the good news is that situation is

bill: okay, i want to bring in someone who knows new york city commute too well, new york journalist, john, is joining me welcome back to "chasing news." >> how are you. bill: my take is new york bounced back, within hours of this attack, even after commute yesterday, morning today, right back to normal. >> i checked top trend on twitter, less than 24 hours, nothing, twitter with 10 trends nothing related to the attack. are we ready to accept this perhaps as new normal in new york city? some will avoid tunnel, and some will walk on 42nd street, but most complaints i heard yesterday, stems from delayed commute. >> i see it on other side that new yorkers, just tough resilient place, and some terrorist with a pipe bomb, is not going to disrupt our normal day-to-day activity, because life goes on, law enforcement is doing their job. >> absolutely, i was in lower manhattan with new yorkers after the attack on halloween, i was talking with them, and in chelsea last year, after the attack, i heard, then, and i hear today, is what can you do about it. bill: theabout? the ho halloween attacker

stature as well, it holds a special place in the president's heart because of growing up in new york city and what the "times" went to new york and manhattan and how important that all was for him. the the roy moore situation is interesting because the president had an out. if he didn't think that roy moore could win after the revelations from the "washington post" on the sexual misconduct that he was accused of, the president could have easily you sat this one out. it might make some republicans in an odd way feel good that the president felt he had to stick by republicans because of his leadership of the party. that's never stopped him before. he has beaten up republicans left and right when it suited him. it has hurt had his own agenda at times. it helped his agenda that he didn't beat up members of his own party. i think that's the president trying to save face. he does not like to use or be associated with a loss. >> yes. of course we know that. but i think that that plays into one of the other headlines of this interview, chris. he talks about the russia meddling and what bothers hi

>> a terror attack in new york city. leave several new yorker injured. the terror suspect is in custody. is he being tried as a criminal in new york, or shipped off to gitmo? that plus trouble in moloch, the town has decided and the judge agreed the teepees have to come down. i'll speak with one of the representative tonight. and cupcake wars, home baker in new jersey are suing because jerseys illustrate the country where it is not legal for homemakers to sell their goods. this lawsuit might change it. the new york yankees have a new 265 million-dollar man. george will have the sports on the show tonight. i'm bill spadea, and this is chasing news. >> we have a chasing alert for you tonight. as you know the terror attack in new york city during morning rush hour. a suspect in custody. several injured in the attack one a pipe bomb went off but did not fully explode. the full story right now. >> at 7:20 a.m. this bus terminal became the site of an attempted terror attack. the buses are back running on schedule but enhance security and transportation hubs acr

council in new york city's history and the woman who helped lead the agenda, speaker melissa mark-viverito. she holds the second-most powerful post in new york city. >> 12 years ago when i was first sworn in as the first latina to represent my district of east harlem and the bronx, i try to process what that all men. i was a labor organizer, community activist. not a politician. amy: her term winds down at the end of this year due to term limits. we will look at how under melissa mark-viverito's sickrship, expanded paid leave, and municipal identification card for undocumented immigrants, and got mayor bill de blasio to agree to close the city's notorious rikers island jail. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a "new york times" investigation has revealed how the department of homeland security is increasingly going global, with thousands of ice ages and thousands of tsa agents to point to more than 70 countries around the world.

of american ballet has removed its long-time teacher peter martins, while the school and the new york city ballet conduct a joint investigation into a sexual harassment claim against him. in new york city, john hockenberry, the recently-retired host of public radio station wnyc's "the takeaway" has been accused ofsed touching, and bullying by several female colleagues. and vice media has fired three of its e employees over what the company called "verbal and sexual harassment" and other unspecified behavior.

he says the tax reform bill is terrible for the citizens of the city, but the $186 billion new york city pension funds he overseas could see solid gains and those pensions are for city workers. we'll ask him about his rock in a hard place here in a fox business exclusive. on wall street, i already mentioned the s & p right there, both are ready to snap a two-day losing streak when you include the dow both headed for new record closes. on this thursday, we're less than an hour until the closing bell let's start the countdown. and it might be the shortest day of the year, but traders on wall street are working in over drove as he look to close out the year with a bang, and so far all three major indices are on track to snap a two-day losing streak with the dow once again looking to make history at the close, we're above what would be the record close right now. the dow stands up 96 points, and this would be the 71st record close of the year for the dow as it races toward 25,000. three dow all-stars, goldman sachs, caterpillar, home depot. they're all hits lifetime highs, goldman up 2.25, t

city. new york. and an important city but the thing most incentive and global and national context that we already worked out. so we did. it took a while to change course and a lot of the work that we've done was available or nestling inside of that there was a lot of it had to be done so we did it and that was "gotham". and now we have an event, got two and the question immediately arises, new , where is volume 3 going to be? somebody says that the rate you're going it will be 2042 before you get around to it . and mildly reassuring, you just say that in fact he had or i had now because it was a solo operation, i had the second volume would go tothe end of the second world war, 1945 . and it became clear that, this is a know another reason it was so bloodied big compared to the other one in terms of time duration, there was an avalanche of work that's been done on all of the arenas in which i tried to keep up. economic history, political history, social, architectural, poetry, etc. so there was a flo

terror striking the heart of new york city. [sirens] >> this is new york. the reality is we are a target like many who would like to make a statement against democracy, against freedom. melissa: the second attack in just two months. a man wearing explosive device detonating a bomb inside of the city's subway system. an investigation is currently underway into the suspect. his background and his motive. how the effects of the attack are spreading across the country two weeks before christmas. >>> plus president trump is looking to deliver on tax reform. new details on the president's closing arguments to overhaul our nation's tax code. >>> we'll take to you the alabama where it is the final day of campaigning between republican roy moore and democrat roy jones. david: less than 24 hours away. meanwhile a recap of the markets. the dow shrugging off a attempted terror attack in the financial capital of the world, closing at a new high for the 66th time under president trump. nicole petallides, any sign at all there was a terror attack in this town? >> you're a

brent: this is the second attack in new york city. at port authority, people can go in and out as they please. our authorities l -- are authorities looking to increase security? correspondent: new york is no stranger to terror attacks. it is the home of 9/11. and there was an attack eight weeks ago when a man ran a car into a biking park. there are police and soldiers patrolling the area. and the mayor cuomo said there will be patrols on the street. we do not know if this was an isolated event or things are coming in the next few days. brent: thank you very much. our correspondent from new york city. russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria. he made the announcement after he met with the syrian leader bashar al-assad. it was putin's first trip to syria since russia launched a air campaign there in 2015. >> russia was tasked to fight a military group in syria. it was achieved brilliantly. i congratulate you. brent: putin also made stops in turkey and egypt. journalist rick michelson

breaking news authorities in new york have just held a press conference after an explosion at new york city's port authority building one suspect has been taken into custody new york mayor bill de blasio said that authorities knew of no more credible or specific threats to new york now this incident occurred during the morning rush hour at the intersection of forty second street and eighth avenue not far away from times square for people suffered minor injuries. of the area by police and other first responders immediately followed the blast appears mayor de blasio speaking at a press conference just moments ago. and let's be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not she is ultimate goals. thank god our first responders were there so quickly. are u.s. correspondent carson vaughn naaman carson you've been following this incident the mayor just called it an attempted terror attack but not a very successful want to sounds like what more can you tell us. yes thank god not a very successful attempt apparently that suspect which was identified as a twenty s

better and more peaceful and harmonious it would make us safer. ,i'm proud to say that today new york city is the safest city in america. [applause] mayor de blasio: if you hear the examples of change everything i , told you happened in four years or less. if you hear these examples of changed and say it is a different world or different place, let me remind you of something that will give you a little heart. i just got reelected. i was the first democrat reelected mayor of new york city since 1985. [applause] mayor de blasio: 20 years preceding the there were republican mayors. and the things i am telling you , about would have been impossible. during those 20 years, there were many times when we felt the same frustrations that i heard talked about a short time ago. i can't tell you. you we always thought that change was right around the corner. i knew that change was coming. i knew we had to give people a reason to believe. i knew we had to reach people in their neighborhoods. we have to show them what is possible. like what you face, we have a long road in my city. but here is the reali

now when the incident took place at the new york city police department immediately on the screen on the scene the swat team moved in swat teams were in the area and it's important to keep in mind that this is just a block away from times square this is one of the most heavily policed sections of new york city this is in manhattan but not so far from times square just a very very sour widely policed area kind of a center of tourism however you know on a morning like this and right now it is it is just now nine o'clock with the blast happening maybe about an hour and a half ago. you know this is just this is this is commuter prime time there are thousands and thousands of people pouring into manhattan to begin their work day and and areas like this you know eighth avenue the train stations below that avenue the bus stations coming in from new jersey these areas are going to be packed full of people ready to. begin their work day on monday morning so when a blast goes off in an area like that the potential for a tallit is rather large as these individuals are very tightly packed into a

tonight what motivated they would be suicide bomber who detonated an explosive in the heart of new york city police say the twenty seven year old suspect wore a homemade pipe bomb attached to his body when it detonated in one of the city's busiest transport hubs we'll go live to new york for the latest on the investigation also coming up. do want to donald trump did that was the message today from the israeli prime minister to the european union over jerusalem the response from brussels a unanimous thinks but no things plus mission accomplished russian president vladimir putin declares victory in syria and announces a partial withdrawal of russian troops and germany accuses china of using these social networking site linked into spying on thousands of german politicians and officials. i'm off it's good to have you with us a twenty seven year old man is in custody tonight after an explosion rocked new york's port authority terminal officials say that he was inspired by so-called islamic state and that he learned to make his crude pipe bomb on the internet new york city mayor bill de blasio to

. >> a man tries to set off a bomb at a subway station in the heart of new york city creating chaos during the morning commute. thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. right now, we know at least four people are hurt, including the suspect in this developing story. he is akayed ullah. just within the last hour we learned while the blast was intentional, the pipe bomb did not completely explode. abc news reporter linda lopez takes us through the terrifying morning in new york city. >> reporter: during the height of the morning rush hour, police evacuating the port authority bus terminal in new york city after reports of an explosion. a crude device set nated in the passageway passageway below ground at the largest bus terminal. >> hear about a bomb in a subway station, many ways one of our worst nightmares. >> reporter: one person is in custody, pour people injured including the suspect. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. >> reporter: the suspect, according to sources, is 27-year-old man named akayed ullah from bangladesh

if you think about, for instance, new york city, on average new york city has witnessed a moderate earthquake every hundred years. and that goes back about 5 or 600 years. and it was really fairly regular almost to the year, right? hundred years, moderate quake. the last moderate quake in new york city was in 1883. and so using this sort of historical precedent, this sort of back dating of earthquakes, one could say -- and seismologists who study the return rate of earthquakes say, listen, new york city is about 40 years overdue for a moderate earthquake. now, we can't predict earthquakes, we can't say it's gonna happen, and the it is 40 years later. but based on historical averages, this is true. a moderate earthquake, the kind that has happened many new york city every hundred years, would create more rubble than september 11th. think about that. and it's not necessarily the high-rises, the steel and glass structures. it's the brownstones, it's the unreinforced masonry, it's the rubble that sort of prevents first responders from getting places, it's the ripple effects of the fires that are

heather: a very busy morning, new york city's finest under growing pressure as terrorists take aim. city council push legislation that would make it harder for officers to do their job. joe borelli, we had a terrorist attack, a suicide bomber, six weeks prior to that, the terrorist used a van to attack people on the west side highway but city council is planning to do what? >> why the city council would choose this moment. passing a bill that basically constrains the desire to be proactive and do the kind of thing we are hoping police officers are doing. heather: we hear from people like if you see something say something, we want to get that message out but when officers see something by this their hands are tied. >> it would require an officer to get a person's consent, and you have a situation where a person decides to say to the officer i don't want to be searched or need to be searched and that could cause a problem. the other side of the bill each person who gets searched or interact with police officer get a business card with the officer's identifying information and encoura

i want to show you these live images just coming in from new york city. you can see a far away look there at the times square and a map here of the area being monitored. i think that just swi 7:00. don't forget that today is a spare the air day. wood burning ban all the way up until midnight. here's sue. >>> we have a sig alert in the sonoma/napa area. we'll get right to it. we had some sig alarms. it looks like they may have gotten out there and fixed that. both directions of 37 and especially westbound. cars were actually driving around those, and that's a bad idea. so smart train was sent out there to see if they could repair. we'll check back. it looks like the roadway is clear. you will find slowing in the westbound direction through skaggs island and heading to 21. we'll update in a couple of minutes. >>> another update here from our live desk. another story i'm watching closely, those fires in southern california. a lot of firefighters there exhausted in the bay area responding and are head to go the thomas fire in santa barbara county where three

at this time we're hearing that there has been some kind of last in that bus station now the new york citypolice department is telling us that that the trains in the area are being evacuated and that is that is the most free recent update that we have from the new york city police department that the a train. the other trains that are in that area that go to a tavern on forty second street are being evacuated in response to this blast and we are hearing the blast as somehow you know it came from a bus station but as of yet it's not clear that this is very close to times square times square is just one block away from this location times square located on seventh and eighth seventh and forty second street so this is this is the in of the center of midtown manhattan this is a place where a lot of tourists who come into the city come from they come from the buses though the buses that come over from new jersey in the morning it's a it's just this place is just swarming with people that they at the time of day that we're seeing right now i mean it's this is this is this is morning this is the

emphasize what you heard from the commissioner, there are no credible and specific threats against new york city at this point in time. lauren: still the city is take nothing chances. we will tell you about the unprecedented security cautions that are in place and from new york city to las vegas, what you need to know for your new year's party. you're watching fbn:am. ♪ [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. my "business" was going nowhere... so i built this kickin' new website with godaddy. building a website in under an hour is easy! 68% of people... ...who have built their website using gocentral, did it in... ...under an hour, and you can too. type in your business or idea. pick your favourite design. personalize it with beautiful images. and...you're done! and now business is booming. harriet, it's a double stitch not a cross stitch! build a better website - in under an hour. free to try. no credit card required. gocentral from godaddy. lauren: got

i'm chelsea ingram for cbs news. >>> they'll see heightened security here in new york city. the extra measures are already being put in place. tony dokoupil has our report. >> reporter: days before the ball drops in times square, security is already building up. new york police commissioner james o'neilo'neill. >> and the takeaway from our preparation is this, people will be safe, and they should feel safe too. the nypd is promising stepped up patrols, canine teams, and heavy weapons squads. the old barriers are back along with sand trucks to guard against the vehicle attack. but the nypd is putting on new focus with aerial security and spotters on buildings and for the first time officers in hotels up and down the avenue to stop inspired attacks. three months after las vegas suffered the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, new york city has been designated a sear 1 threat. they're taking no chances adding snipers and armed rapid response teams on top of 800 steel pylons. >> i'm very confident that we're making sure this new year's eve will be safe. >> reporter: other ci

eastern that suspect is now in custody we recap the breaking news new york city officials confirming imes square and port authority manhattan sway platform reports say possible pipe bomb the explosive device reportedly strapped to suspect new york police department just giving update saying only the suspect is injured, and he is is in custody. the explosion took place during height of rush hour, subways skipping times square, part authority temporarily closed white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders we had the president has been briefed new york governor andrew cuomo on seen of the incident we will report as we get information final thoughts from you are a all star panel after this short break. even if you're healthy. pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that in severe cases can lead to hospitalization. it may hit quickly, without warning, causing you to miss out on the things you enjoy most. prevnar 13® is not a treatment for pneumococcal pneumonia... it's a vaccine you can get to help protect against it. prevnar 13® is approved for adults

will we get snow here in new york city tomorrow? i don't think so. seeing some snow. again, we are in to this trough pattern which means the potential for snow, guys, not only this week but in to christmas week as well. so we might have a white christmas here in the northeast. steve: fantastic. got a good start on it this weekend. j.d., thank you. >> you got it. steve: a bit coin bananza on wall street. the digital currency is driving the markets wild officially today. here's the thing everybody is talking about. should you buy bit coin. we are going to talk about it. ainsley: liberal comedian chelsea handler taking a disgusting swipe again at white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. >> this is foundation. and just like the foundation of america, it's republican, it's strong, and it's white. ainsley: congresswoman mia love says there is a double standard for conservative women. she is walking on the set right now. ♪ ♪ what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ♪ of green mountain coffee roasters sumatra reserve. let's go to sumatra. the coff

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we are continuing to follow breaking news out of new york city. we want to take you there live as we have been. an explosion rocked an underground terminal close to times square, three blocks away. a senior new york police official says one person was taken into custody and suffered minor injuries after that explosion. it appeared to be a pipe bomb. no others were hurt. >> so, despite all the cars and trucks you are seeing and the rescue, it does not seem like a lot of people were injured underground, 42nd street, 8th avenue, the port authority terminal near times square. in the last five minutes, the nypd commissioner who now works for nbc news said on msnbc the blast was carried out by a man in his middle 20s, who detonated that device in the name of isis. this is a former nypd commissioner. nbc bay area is reaching out to local transit agencies. as we get another update, we will bring it to you. >>> developing in the south bay, the search is under way for the person who set a series of fires along 680. new this morning, overnight police activity

we are continuing to monitor social media as well as our affiliate there in new york city trying to get the very latest on this explosion. again, that explosion happening at around 7:30 new york time at port authority. this would have been during the height of the morning commute with the potential for lots of injuries in that area. we will continue monitoring those developments and bring them to you throughout the morning. >> thank you, christien, for that update. >>> our time is 6:01. we are going to check on our weather. we will get back to that in a moment but steve is right here to talk about our weather. >> record highs in december, why not? >> amazing. >> gosh, crazy. >> probably maybe some more today. certainly down around santa cruz, over by the coast, the easterly breeze not as strong as yesterday but still in place meant for very warm temps yesterday. salinas 80, monterey was 75, half moon bay hit 70 and san jose hit 70. those were all records on sunday. there are a few high clouds coming in from the west and from the southern california area but they are just that, just high

we have breaking news we are following for you in new york city.here was an explosion less than two hours ago near times square. you're looking at the pictures of that area. coming up, what police are telling us about it and also we are hearing about a suspect in custody. custody. >>> plus, new evacuations in southern california. we have the very latest on the wildfires and what to expect this week. >>> good morning. you can see traffic is moving along pretty well in some areas and very slow in others. we will sort it out for you coming up. >>> well, wish i could say there was some rain on the way. there's not. this looks like a quiet week but if you are enjoy near 70- degree temps, the coast will be the place to be again today. ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ >>> good morning. an explosion this morning near times square in new york city right at the height of the morning rush-hour. we are going to take you right there