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Threatening. yes? >> [ inaudible ]. at which home depot -- [ inaudible ] >> we are not going to talk about where the home depot was rented from just yet. do we know how many people were on the bus. >> two adults and two children. >> there were two adults and two children on the school bus. in the back. >> [ inaudible ]. >> dont know. thats part of the investigation. >> [ inaudible ]. >> we dont have that yet. >> as we said there is a lot of information to be gotten. we wanted to give you a preli...

>> sure. as you know through the shield program we do a very wide outreach. we have just under 20,000 members in the private sector. after isis, reaumia magazine came out with an issue about two years ago around this time of year suggesting car attacks. you will recall one of the targets it suggested was the thanksgiving day parade. we went and did extensive outreach to the truck rental business. we visited over 148 truck rental locations in this area. the obvious ones, u-haul, ryder, home depot...

Is he conscious? >> we dont know the extent of his injuries. we are not getting very much information about that at all from police. we dont know whether he is -- whether he is in fact alert, awake, whether or not he may be in a position to speak to police, and whether or not he wants to do that at all. at this point there is going to have to be an determination whether there is going to be a terrorist investigation in the federal courts or something handled locally in the manhattan district att...

Citys top law enforcement and government officials with the governor of new york, andrew cuomo and we know the joint task force is involved. separately we heard from joe val death who works with us in the investigative unit that the fbi will be a major part of briefing that you see at 1 police plaza the headquarters of the n.y.p.d. the fact that the briefing is occurring there, the fact that the comments that this suspect allegedly made who is currently in the hospital -- this is a right now a v...

David. >> by the age of -- and the victims -- [ inaudible ] . was there any indication that the -- [ inaudible ] >> hes a 29-year-old male. im not going to talk about the truck right now. right there. >> have you heard that the suspect said allah akbar or anything like that? is this the only indication that this may be an act of terrorism? >> he did make a statement when he exited the vehicle. if you just look at the m.o. of the attack, thats consistent with whats been going on. so that along wi...

Want an identity on this person. i dont know if they have that yet, certainly if an individual screams allah akbar that puts it into the realm of international terrorism, isis or al qaeda inspired. as soon as that happens, the joint task force and the n.y.p.d. are really a seamless web in new york city. i hate to say that this couldnt have happened in a better place. >> i know what you mean. >> in that sense, in terms of immediate response and overall counter-terrorism effectiveness new york is ...

You have to be careful. the n.y.p.d. although they have received some criticism has also done some of the best local intelligence in the world and cities across the united states, and really governments across the world have gone to the n.y.p.d. to learn about that. and thats built by people like bill bratten and ray kelly and names that others dont know. and mike bloomberg did a fabulous job. >> as you can see here, theres a lot of -- a lot of folks at the briefing that are very recognizable. s...

Guys that would quietly give us information he wasnt supposed to be doing -- im teasing. >> that is not true. >> unfortunately. he brought up the world trade center. first year of the clinton administration, there is an attack on it, first year of the bush administration there is an attack of the world trade center. here we are, trump and there is an attack near the world trade center. obviously new york is very important to al qaeda, isis. it seems as if -- you cant not connect that. >> yeah, i...

You kidding me? it is terrible news and you want it covered. thats what these guys are looking for and theres a balance out there. this is really, really a big challenge for the american people. how do we deal with it? how do we not terrorize people and keep people safe? new york city is having a halloween parade which is starting in 90 minutes and it is going ahead as far as i can tell. >> let me bring in someone who has dwelt this before. the halloween parade. theres always a parade in new yor...

And that shock and that pain is going to be very real. and our thoughts and our prayers are with all of them. our first responders did an extraordinary job. the n.y.p.d., the fdny, the fbi, the new york state police, ems, they -- we have the finest security on the globe. and to see them in action today proved that once again. the new terrorist tactic, which they have called for publicly, are these lone wolves who commit an act of terror. this is all very preliminary. its only been a couple of ho...