Breaking news, major Breaking News out of lebanon right now hundreds of people have been injured and an attack thats targeting the pagers pagers of members of the iranian back militant group. Has valla, according to sources arounds ambassador to lebanon appears to be among the injured data according to an iranian news agency, cm has been wiedemann is joining us right now. What do we know about this attack then . This happened just a couple of hours ago, wolf, where there Was a series, perhaps hundreds of explosion small explosions in the southern suburbs of beirut in other areas of lebanon where his bella is present. It appears that these explosions were pagers exploding it simultaneously. These pagers belonging to we believe members of his butler causing hundreds, perhaps more than 1,000 injuries. Weve seen live pictures from the American University Of Beirut hospital where many of the injured have gone lebanese hospitals have called on staff to return to their places of work because this appears to be a nation wide emergency. They are calling for people to donate all kinds of blood and significantly among those injured is mastaba a money who is the running ambassador to beirut. Now according to the farce thats the iranian foetus news agency, he Was only slightly injured. And of course lebanese officials believe israel Was behind this rather phenomenal series of explosions the likes of which we have never seen before. Now, keep in mind, of course, will feel remember that on the 30th of July Israel carried out a Drone Strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut Killing Senior Hezbollah Commander for odd sugar. But that Was one individual. This appears to be targeting hundreds, if not more than 1,000 members of his butler. This is by far the largest incident in turn heres a mass casualties since the august 4, 2020 beirut port blast, wolf. Has there been any reaction from israel, ben no, there has been no reaction from israel. Normally these ready government refrained from commenting on reports in foreign media. So we cannot say with absolute certainty that it Was israel. But of course what we know is that going back to October 8th there the tensions have been very high between Israel And Hezbollah as they daily exchange, fire across their common border will very high indeed are wiedemann will stay on top of the story for our viewers, were going to continue to monitor it for any new developments but i want to get to some new developments right now surrounding sundays, apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump, the florida governor rhonda santa, has now launching a new State Level Investigation saying the state of florida is in a better position to prosecute the suspect to the fullest extent of the law. Listen to this so i think its really important for the people of florida, but also for our country. That we pursued the most serious charges that are on the books to hold this guy accountable and say youre gonna do a couple of Gun Charges that is not going to be sufficient to do it. So they clearly have jurisdiction in the statewide prosecutor. We have a very strong interests and holding this suspect accountable to the full success of the law and we are in a better position in the state of Florida Thatd be able to provide answers to the public were getting a clearer picture right now of the suspect, ryan wesley. Ruth is currently facing to Firearms Charges in connection with the incident, but ruth had multiple runins with Law Enforcement over the years. And those who know him say hes long exhibited very odd behavior in an even delusions of grander or some sort of globe trotting Freedom Fighter our senior investigative correspondent can analyze joining us live from Los Angeles, right now, killing you and your team have been doing a lot of work looking into ruths background. What have you uncovered . Well well, if those runins that youre discussing there, we have learned that they go back decades in the state it up North Carolina, but were also learning in the last couple of years, he had been bitten by that global bug. And so then he took to the road traveling everywhere from taiwan to ukraine encountered ryan ruth. Its not shocking that he is suspected of attempting to kill a former president bryan warmer greensboro, North Carolina, Billy Sergeant Tracy folk, who once charged ruth says he Was wellknown to her department. We used to get what we call barometer reports, which are kinda like dangerous persons who had made threats either against elected officials, police officers, or community members. And we had gotten several alerts, barometer for reports on ryan roots, so i knew who he Was. Ruth had a long list of charges against him in the early 2000s including a serious incident that started as a Traffic Stop but ended with ruth barricaded in a business he reached over into the Center Seat and open the black defiled bag and there Was a Gun Land in there and he kind of held his hand over the bag for a second as im backing up an issue in commands and then he just put the car in gear and drove to businesses down and fold in his business and ran inside. Ruth would plead guilty to possession of a Weapon Of Mass Destruction A source tells cnn it Was for having an automatic weapon a father or three, ruth move from that troubled past in North Carolina to hawaii, where he started something called Camp Box working on tiny homes for homeless people and demonstrated how we built them on his website in 2018, local station interviewed him during a flood. We have Milling Materials under the house, so all the lumber under the house started floating out into the yard. Ruth claimed to have local political ambitions. He launched a website to run for mayor in his town, but never officially filed instead, he wrote on the website and across various Social Media platforms about another passion, the war in ukraine tweeting the same message more than a dozen times and One Day, but the Keyboard Wasnt enough ruth went to the region, arriving wearing a Hawaiian Lay once in kyiv, he spent weeks talking to reporters. My initial goal Was going to fight on 56, so initially theyre like, well, i have no Military Experience the, O Canada instead, Route Set Up Camp in a main square potent as a terrorist and heydays to be ended. So we need everybody from around the globe to stop what theyre doing and come here now, i think more emotional for me. Is also is just talking to the guys that have come here when you talked to 20yearold guy, thats sold everything to cover your fight. That is heroism. This singularly driven man is who Journalists Michael Was shira met, i dont find it difficult to believe he would take it upon themselves to attempt to assassinate Donald Trump will share i met ruth several times that year describing him as eccentric and dedicated to big global causes. About center to help people when they come from other countries around the world. This is someone who Was very committed to causes that he believed in. Devon straight it. A willingness to sacrifice personal Comfort And Convenience in order to further those causes. How does all of this now weve into the profile of someone who might take a semiautomatic rifle onto a golf course. Ryan Was not a normal guy. Theres something about but the combination of the times and the person that makes something like this, not just possible, but not surprising, because looking back Was sure it says there were so many clues. Im not sure that the world is as wonderful as i once thought it Was. I i thought everyone would respond very generously and unselfishly. And it seems like that would be a no brainer, but i increasingly get more disappointed in humanity ukrainian Officials Scene and spoke with says that ruth did met repeat, did repeatedly message the government and that ukrainian official described the messages as quote, delusional. We also were able to reach one of ruth children, his son, who says that looking at this Video Hearing about everything that this just simply woolf does not sound like the man he knows, Wolf And Karen were also hearing from some of ruths former neighbors who knew him when he lives in hawaii. What are they say . The neighborhood there in hawaii is almost at the edge of the world. Its very secluded, its very private. We have a producer who is there and they are telling our producer that it seems that he Was nice enough that he Was unremarkable. And in many ways that some of the children hold on. Would come in and out some visits. Adult children would come to visit, but i also want you to listen to what this neighbor told our Affiliate Brian came across to me is full. He Was doing things for the community and helping out in the sense that it Wasnt going to be so expensive to have a place to live so a lot of this profile, a lot of the mindset of this man wolf, we still dont quite know yet. Well im sure well be learning a lot more about him in the days to come. Canon law. Excellent reporting. Thank you very, very much still to come State Troopers are not patrolling schools In Springfield, ohio after bombs, threats linked to false claims about Patient Immigrants. Ill speak to the president of a college there. We just have to cancel inperson classes, stay with us 30 years, ive been saying publicly what people say and dreams out i have enough money. I could just shut off baptists i can carve saturday, October 5th on cnn with car gurus. You can buy or sell your car in person or online. 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Indeed, indeed. Com slash higher tv on the edge premieres sunday at nine on cnn happening. Now, ohio, The State Of Ohio is ramping up security at schools across the city of springfield following dozens of threats over the past week. Those threats have come after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, ohio senator j. D. Vance, have pushed baseless Conspiracy Theories about Patient Immigrants eating dogs, cats, and other pets. Governor Mike Dewayne says 36 troroopers are now monitoring all School Buildings in the springfield City District and to colleges In Springfield have also been moved to virtual learning according to officials, none of the threats have been credible joining us now is dr. Michael friends and the president of Wittenberg University, one of the colleges holding classes remotely this Week Dr. Wittenberg, thanks so much for joining us, your university has gone fully remote for the week after receiving these new threats what can you tell us about the nature of these threats and the dangerous potentially they pose to everyone on campus. Most of your students, i taken it actually left and gone home yes, thats true the threats have come to us by email they seem to come from the same source were of course, sharing those with city of springfield Police Department and all the way up to the fbi, so that they can help trace where these things are coming from some have been very general, some have been specific and actually named students by name threats of physical violence of bombing and im shooting. So lots of different sorts of threats the ones that have been specific enough, or our police along with City Police and other resources to really investigate, have proven to be he false. But there are some that we just havent had enough information to really pursue an investigation of chilling to hear that students are being named in some of these threats. Thats very chilling. How are the students or the faculty, your students and your faculty . Processing these threats . What are you hearing from them yeah. I think theyre curious about whats going on there shocked and disbelief given what are experience here In Springfield is every day yes. Weve seen tremendous growth in our population, primarily a haitian immigrants coming here legally to work and the interactions with those folks around town are positive and so the, the information thats being spread across Social Media by the political candidates is just not what our lived experiences and people are concerned clearly about these threats they should be we are, were taking them very seriously. But again, theres a sense of disbelief given what we experience here in the community as you know, Donald Trump and the center of j. D. Vance arent backing down on these baseless rumors about haitian immigrants In Springfield, ohio in your community. Whats your message to them . I think that they just theyre falsehoods and i dont know that Theres Anything i could say or anybody could say to change their opinion our governor has referred to them as garbage the comments as garbage. And i think i echo what our mayor has said repeatedly, we need help, not hate and whether its the governor of The State Of Ohio, whether its Vice President united states, or whether its a candidate for presidency of the united states. We need help, not hate. And i hope that those people who can provide that help will do so. Much. Appreciate the governors help to our community and the things that The State Of Ohio is doing for our Community Dr. Michael, friends and thanks so much for joining us. Good luck to everyone at your university, Wittenberg University In Springfield, ohio, will stay in very close touch with you. Appreciate your joining us. Certainly. Thank you very much im coming up by shawn, did he combs indicted today on federal charges of Racketeering Conspiracy and Sex Trafficking prosecutors are about to hold deduce conference. Were going to bring it to you live got news for you . A pretty odd yeah. What are the kinds we could run on the news before then . 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Hes also the former cochair of the nab, j chicago convention, resigning after trump Was invited to be part of the meeting, she told the journalist interviewing trump, quote, i wish them the best of luck. Karen, what do you expect a commonly harris is message will be when she speaks before the Nab J later this afternoon yeah. Hi, thanks for having me yeah. Of course. Obviously, im hoping particularly as a member, still, any bj, im hoping for for questions, yes, that do pertain to the black community questions about about policy. Im hoping for questions about strategy you know, less than a three months to go or so until the election itself im just hoping for were good journalism like any of the rest of us would be the questions that trump Was asked at the Ma Jay yeah, convention in chicago were serious important questions than you think it worked out in The End define worked out and for whom for the public didnt learn more about trump, for example, based on the serious, tough questions he Was asked anybody by now doesnt know that trump loves to attack black journalists and particularly black women journalists. That trump uses racist attacks to deflect from actual policy questions. I think theyve probably been asleep for the last ten years. It by useful, we say we were entertained, shocked by it, then thats a certain type of use. I suppose. But when it comes to harris journalisticall y, i do think when it comes to issues of race, of identity, i do hope that she does address again, the racist lies that have been going on around hate the haitian community in the u. S. I do hope that the black Journalists Today do address that and i think theres a lot of opportunity to gain a lot more political, journalistic value. Than frankly i think we got with trump yeah, well, thats an important Point Kamala areas holds a wide lead as you well know, over Donald Trump with black voters in the latest polls, with 89 of trumps just 9 . But some are raising serious concerns about enthusiasm among black voters. Are you seeing karen i think if were talking about specifically, lets say black woMen Voters, black woMen Voters have voted overwhelmingly in the high 90s Percentile for democratic candidates in the past. So im not particularly worried about black women is especially shout out to especialivine nine, the Sortie Community coming out i know that there has been questions about black Men Percentage points that being said at The End of the day, black voters also have a lot of the same questions and demands about the economy me about foreign policy about, about health care, about education. So i, like i said, i do hope that these issues are addressed in the specific ways that these issues intersect with black people in this community are addressed so well see i suspect those questions will come up during the Q A later this afternoon. The Executive Director of a group called black Men Vote recently told political karen that harris needs more outreach saying this, and im quoting now, we need to hear directly from the candidate because guess what . Neither one of them are speaking to black ben. You cannot say we need more black men to vote before you address our issues. Do you believe the Vice President has done enough to address some of those specific issues among black voters. Well, lets even start off today by some of the black journalists who will be moderating the panel is our themselves black men i do think its a broader question for the democratic Campaign Strategy and frankly for a long time, when it comes to outreach to to, demographics sometimes that people sometimes feel have been taken for granted by the democratic party as a whole given that harris has only been in the race, again barely even three months, if that it will be i wouldnt want to hear questions about what exactly the strategy is in this last in this last sprint. And not just about harris, but also about down ballot the know we have superstars, Democrat Black Men in the party who also could be and should be in hopefully will be making the case for harris i only put it on her in that way, but i think its definitely a broader question for democratic strategy when it comes to black voters, were just not all a monolith at all. I want to have live coverage of a Kamala Harris Meeting with these black journalists at the Nab J later this afternoon around 2 30 p. M. Eastern. Karen a. T or the Washington Post thanks very much for joining us thanks, jim, thanks for having me. Im coming up by. Shawn, did he comes charged with Sex Trafficking and Racketeering Conspiracy any moment prosecutors will be holding a Press Conference well have live coverage, our own Keras Goodell is outside the courthouse for us, kara standing by waiting for us. 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Any current lean at least 2008 and the present Combs Abuse threatened and coerce victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct as a alleged in the indictment to carry out this Conduct Sean combs lead and participated in a Racketeering Conspiracy that use the Business Empire he controlled to carry out criminal activity including Sex Trafficking forced Labor Kidnapping Arson bribery and the Obstruction Of Justice let me say a little bit more about the charges. The indictment alleges that Combs Abused and exploited women and other people for years. And in a variety of ways as alleged, Combs Use force or threats of Force And Coercion to cause victims to engage in extended sexual performances with male commercial sex workers some of whom he transported or caused to be transported over State Lines combs allegedly planned and control the sex performances, which he called free gfs and he often electronically recorded them. The freak off, sometimes lasted days at a time, involved multiple commercial sex workers and often involve a variety of narcotics, such as ketamine, ecstasy, and ghb which combs distributed to the victims to keep them obedient and compliant as alleged when combs didnt get his way he Was violent and he subjected victims of physical, emotional, and verbal abuse so that they would participate in the free gfs and that combs hit kicked through objects at and Drag Victims at times by their hair on one occasion in march of 2016, that conduct Was captured on video and later reported in the media. Specifically combs kicked, dragged, and through a vase at a victim in a Los Angeles hotel when the victim Was attempting to flee as alleged, these assaults often resulted in injuries to the victims which took days or weeks to heal in addition to the violence, the indictment alleges that combs threatened and coerce victims to get them to participate in the free coughs he used the embarrassing and sensitive recordings he made of the Freak Ofs as collateral against the victims and the indictment alleges that he maintained control over the victims in several ways, including by giving them drugs by giving and threatening to take away financial Support Or Housing by promising them Career Opportunities by monitoring their whereabouts. And even by dictating their physical appearance because of all of this, the indictment alleges that the victims did not believe they could refuse combs without risking there security or facing more abuse the indictment also alleges other acts of violence undertaken by combs and others, including violence against witnesses. So his Abuse Kidnapping and arson the indictment alleges that are more than one occasion combs carried or brand firearms who intimidate and threaten victims and witnesses do this all on his own. As i mentioned, combs has been charged with Rico Conspiracy he used his business and employees of that business and other close associates to get his way those individuals allegedly included highranking supervisors in the business, personal assistance Security Staff, and Household Staff the indictment alleges that those individuals facilitated the free coughs. They booked the Hotel Rooms and stock them with the supplies including drugs, Baby Oil, personal lubricant extra linens, and lighting when the Hotel Rooms got damaged, they help clean it up they arrange for victims and commercial sex workers to travel for the free golf and they delivered large quantities of cash to cones to pay for the commercial sex workers the indictment also alleges that they help combs cover up his crimes during the March 2016 incident at the la hotel that i mentioned earlier a member of the hotel Security Staff intervened and combs attempted to bribe the Staff Member with a stack of cash to make sure that what happened Was kept quiet and as the indictment alleges, in late 2023, after public allegations were made about combs his crimes, he and others pressured witnesses and victims to stay silent including by making Phone Calls to witnesses, and victims and giving them a false narrative of what they had experienced and as alleged, Combs Use others to help conceal his abuse by monitoring and preventing victims from leaving a location in order to hide their injuries. Or buy locating and contacting a victim who had attempted to flee as part of this investigation in march of this year, a Special Agents From Hsi Execute A Search Warrants at combs as residences and miami and Los Angeles they also executed a warrant for combs is electronic devices during those searches, Agencies Evidence of the crimes charged in this indictment they seize fire, arms and ammunition, including three defaced Ar 15s. And the large Capacity Drum Magazine they also sees evidence of the free coughs electronic devices that contain images and videos of the Freak Ofs with multiple victims and they seize cases and cases of the kinds of personal lubricant and Baby Oil that combs a staff, allegedly use a Stock Hotel rooms for the free gfs. More than 1,000 bottles altogether here are some of the items that we recovered during the searches here, this is a drum magazine, large capacity and it contains, i believe 59 rounds i mentioned as well, we recovered three Ar 15s this is a closeup shot of one of they are five teens, and you can see right here the serial number has been thoroughly defaced picture of more ammunition and parts of two Ar 15s right there now i want to be clear about two things first, this office is determined to investigate and prosecute anyone who engages in Sex Trafficking no matter how powerful or wealthy or famous you may be no one should doubt our commitment on that a year ago, sean combs stood in Times Square and Was handed a key to new York City today hes been indicted and will face justice in the Southern District Of New York second, we are not done. This investigation is ongoing, and i encourage anyone with information about this case, uh, come forward and to do it quickly. Anyone with information can call Tip Appreciation for the victims and witnesses who have used their voices and help bring this criminal conduct to light. We would not be here without them i also want to thank the dedicated case agents on the hsi, trafficking in Persons Squad in new york they had been with us his Day One and have worked tirelessly on this investigation they will continue to be invaluable partners to us. I also want to thank the incredible agents and analysts from sc and why who have also provided tremendous assistance on this case . Im deeply grateful for their continued work and finally, i want to thank the outstanding Career Prosecutors from sun. Why who were handling this case . Meredith foster emily johnson, christy slavic, madisons miser, and missy steiner. And their supervisors, jamie back leapt and Jacqueline Kelly they are members of the civil Rights Unit and our criminal division we created the civil Rights Unit when i became us attorney. Im deeply proud of their work on this. And so many other cases ill now take some questions erica, to risky abc. Thanks, nick damian. Thanks the indictment describes aggressive, Open Violin Hedonistic abuse that you say Was recurrent and widely known why did it take Law Enforcement so long to intervene . How many women were victimized by sean combs and how many others who are involved . Well, our investigation is ongoing. We are committed to bringing justice to everyone who has been victimized by the Defendant I Cant tell you why it took so long. I think the better focus is on the fact that we are here today and, we are committed to making sure that justice is done thats question thank you. Julie ainslie, nbc thank you for doing this. You said were not done and that cms did not do this alone. Do you foresee that there could be other charges related to this case . Im not taking anything off the table janitors, your News Day yeah. Whats the difference between the Sex Trafficking and promoting travel for the purpose of prostitution . Well, there are different crimes with different elements. I dont think we should get into the nittygritty of the legal discussion right now. But the Sex Trafficking. We believe theyre all serious offenses, but the Sex Trafficking conduct carry some significant penalties and we are gratified that we were able to bring that charge one more horses in the other im not gonna be able to get into that, but but you can look it up and yes, Sex Trafficking, especially when it involves Coercion Or Force is a very serious crime in the carries significant penalties good afternoon, darla miles, abc 70 york. Thank you for this Press Conference and for the details to questions in context of this indictment and the information that Was presented to the grand jury. Are you able to clarify the number of victims . Its mentioned plural. And the indictment. But can you specify the number of victims just for this particular indictment and secondly, can you provide details about the alleged arson . Unforced them unable to provide either the number of victims you are correct there we are intentional and saying multiple the details of the Arson Incident are limited to what we have in the indictment and also Contention Letter that we filed which contains more details and the indictment does at various points. But we dont have anything more beyond that. Next question. Lynne trans, cnn are any of his accomplices are associates under investigation . And additionally, could he face anymore charges so the investigation is ongoing. That means both as to him and to Anyone Else who we believe committed the crime with him. This question, Juliana Papa Hi good morning from 1010 wins. Any indication that some of the women or victims here were imprisoned in his residences. And did he have location . Where he kept them . And did they were not allowed to leave . And also hes indicted here, although there were searches and raids in La Miami why in new york . Well, im im biased on the u. S. Attorney in the Southern District Of New York. I think that we dont have an outstanding Track Record of bringing some of the most impactful sprawl calling complex, difficult Sex Trafficking, human trafficking, labor trafficking. You name it. The Southern District Of New York can do it. And so were very were proud of that. And so the Scope And Complexity of this Investigation Isnt Something that we ran from. Its something that we embrace and we will continue to do that ask your question about whether he imprisoned anyone all i can say is that i mentioned this March 2016 incident where if something Was caught on video where a victim Was attempting to flee and there Was violence that Was associated with it that Was at a hotel matthew leah, inner city press. Thanks a lot. Does your office intend to seek remand . Are you reaching a Bill Package and if youre willing, can you how would you contrast this with the r Kelly Case . In Ed And Wind in terms of the elements. Thanks so we will be seeking attention. We have filed a letter laying out our reasoning for seeking pretrial detention. Im not going to be able to expand beyond whats in the letter, but it contains all of the reasoning and contains the law as well. There Was a presumption of detention in a case like this, and we think thats warranted Johnnys Drt leaders thank you i Was hoping to get some more detail about the searches of his residence yeah guns. The cases of lubricant and the videos. Where were they found amongst his residence where they all scattered around the houses in one place. So i kind of wanted to just get the better picture of how that stuff Was found. Well, look, i think that some of the details that youre seeking are in the Detention Letter. So for instance, some of the Ar 15s, two of the three deface Ar 15s were bound in his Bedroom Closet and miami broken down into parts along with magazines with ammunition loaded in them. So some of the some of that detail is in the Detention Letter beyond that, im not going to be able to get into where other items were stored thanks for doing this your office Was the office that had been prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein before he died in custody i have not read your Detention Memo yet. Its the first thing im going to do after this. And but does it does the does the Memo Address or is your office concerned with with combs is safety in custody given given what happened with epstein so we are concerned with Anyone Safety whenever they are the team prior to trial hi, all is part of our obligations to keep people safe as well as part of the criminal justice system. So but i do not draw any sort of connection between Jeffrey Epstein suicide and what may or may not happen to any other defendant while they are the team pretrial and of course, the decision whether to attain the defendant will be up to a judge. Our position is that pretrial detention is warranted under the law. And based on the facts of this case and ill leave it at that or some of the prosecutors on this case, some of the same prosecutors that had been handling mat or that worked on the Max Focus . So im not going to get into the staffing. I will say that this team, this group of of of of a usas its incredible group has been working on this case around the Clock And Theyve had their hands full next question, i guess, rosen dale, Nbc News good morning, sarah comes. Attorney said that his client has been cooperative with investigators. He said that this morning i Was wondering if you whatever reaction to that let me just say this. I think that generally with increasing frequency, the word cooperative or cooperating has taken on tremendous elasticity and no longer really bears any relation to what the word means when we use it in a very specific contexts. So responding to lawful process and the like does not qualify as cooperation. When we use that term here make sense, Zack Api thanks to that end, Was there any discussion of mr. Combs surrendering . I understand he Was taken into custody at a hotel in manhattan last night, and maybe that Wasnt the plan. Can you elaborate on how that came about and why that Was . Im not gonna be able to get into any sort of operational details of how he Was taken into custody and when he is in custody right now, he will be appearing in court later today. Was there any discussion of him surrendering given they claim he is cooperating . Im not going to be able to get into Law Enforcement tactics or operations come theyre not charged for well, I Cant get into the charging decision. It is very meaningful to us that weapons were possessed as we alleged in the Indictment Part of the reason why pervasive and harmful Was because victims and others didnt necessarily feel comfortable denying him his wishes as we allege because of the presence of firearms i should leave it there. Thanks. Last question, jacob. Same seamus in Jacobs Gmc and Business Insider there, im given that hes the Soul Defendants in this case and that you lead, Shes Part of It Conspiracy that involves members of his companies. Do you anticipate a Superseding Indictment bring allegations against other numbers of his companies or other coconspirators as well. Again, I Cant take anything off the table. Anything is possible. Our investigation is very active and ongoing. I think a lot of you who cover this Office Know that when we say such things, that developments are certainly foreseeable. But i cannot predict them sitting here today. All right. Thank you, everyone thank you. All right. So there you have Damien Williams, the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District Of New York, which of course includes new York City, right there, outlying this case. So these charges that have been filed now, Sex Trafficking and racketeering against shawn, did he comes Keras Cannulas are corresponding shes just outside the courthouse. Youve been watching and reporting on this extensively. Kara, first of all, tell us what shawn did. He comes as lawyers are saying about this john did he comes as lawyers are saying that hes going to plead not guilty when he does appear before a federal judge later today, they say that they are going now fight like hell to try to get him released on bail. But you just heard from damon william c, us attorney for the Southern District Of New York. And that office is seeking detention they do not want Sean Diddy comes to walk out of this courthouse today. I Was just reading through the Detention Letter that they filed with the court and they lay out a number of reasons, including Combs History of violence report, according to their allegations that he is kicked, shoved, abused women and for years they also say that he is a Flight Risk because of his access to money and planes. They also know a number of weapons that they recovered in the search of his homes in la and miami earlier this year including some some serious weapons that they included pictures of at that Press Conference saying that he has access to weapons, both himself and through his Security Staff, noting that some of his Security Staff are criminals. In fact, they also say that another reason why they should be detained is because he is tried to obstruct this very investigation saying that he has tried to tamper with witnesses, had reached out to a number of witnesses in this investigation asking them to create what he said Was with the u. S. Attorneys office said Was a false narrative and some of those conversations were actually recorded on the phone of one of the coconspirators according to the u. S. Attorneys office, will mark Kara Standby going to get back to you, Ellie Honing is with us. Allie, your former assistant us attorney in the Southern District Of New York, you know a lot about this case. When we heard Damien Williams, the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District Of New York, just say they will seek pretrial detention. That means that theyre not going to allow bail to let this Guy Walk around. Is that right . Exactly. Well, if this is the memo that Damien Williams kept on referring to, ive now read it. Carriages talked a little bit about It Prosecutors are going to argue to a judge that sean combs needs to be locked up from now on until his trial and ordinarily, when you make that argument, well, if as a prosecutor, you are you either the person is a danger or the person is a risk of flight, might take off here in this memo, prosecutors argue hes both. They say hes a danger. Hes used physical violence. They talk about firearms and they say he might take off. They talk about the fact that sean combs is facing under this charge if hes convicted a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life. And prosecutors argue that given that he has an incentive to flee, in fact prosecutors say sean combs is offered up a 50 50,000,000 bail package, 50 and prosecutors say thats not even enough to ensure that whole returned to core and that whole remain safe. A couple other important details. Well, if theyre in this memo that Damien Williams alluded to, first of all, Damon Williams Was asked how many victims and he said multiple, while that doesnt give us much detail, but this document filed by his office says dozens of victims, plural. So were talking at least 24, 25 or more victims. And also it explains the arson, essentially, there Was a robbery that sean combs this Was allegedly involved in and they ended up throwing a Molotov Cocktail into an individuals car. So thats where the Arson Piece comes from. Yeah. Racketeering, Sex Trafficking, and arson. A lot of charges against Sean Diddy comes a standby. Josh campbell is with us as well. Joshua, the u. S. Attorney and the Southern District Of New York, Damien Williams just said theyre not done and by any means, this investigation is ongoing. Give us your sense of what hes suggesting well, theyre alleging that his business Was a criminal enterprise, and this is a racketeering case. So there were others involved, we know from this indictment, wolf, theyre alleging the members of the Security Staff, his administrative staff, as Household Staff, and others were also involved and so were waiting to see if others will indeed be charged. The u. S. Attorney theyre saying that this remains an ongoing investigation and well throw also calling on any additional witnesses to come forward if they have additional information very josh campbell, Eliana Kara is going out to all of you. Thank you very much into our viewers. Thanks very much for joining me. Im wolf blitzer. Ill be back later today. 6pm in the situation room. Stay with us right now inside politics with Data Batch starts right after a very short break from meat free monday to sunday so many ways to save life ready while it happy thats 365 by whole foods mark, i want in my car to feel like me, uh, cars or flexion of its owner, right . My Dream Car Was out there. 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