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Ago. we proved it on 9/11. were going to prove it again today. the terrorists cannot win. were going to keep being new yorkers. lets get back to work. thank you. >> all right, these are the preliminary facts. so just happened a couple of hours ago so you have to understand these are preliminary facts. at approximately 7:20, an above ground walkway which connects the line at 42 and 8th avenue with the rit line at 14 and 7 and thats the shuttle at times square, the 1, 2 and 3 train. police were ca...

New yorkers. lets get back to work. thank you. >> all right, these are the preliminary facts. just happened a couple of hours ago, so you have to understand, these are preliminary facts. at approximately 7:20 in a below-ground walkway, which connects the ind line at 42 and 8th avenue with the rnd line at 42 and 7, and thats the shuttle at times square and the 1, 2, and 3 train, police were called to a reported explosion. responding units found an injured 27-year-old male. weve identified him as ...

Former taxi driver. brynn, what have you learned? >> reporter: yeah. weve learned a lot, brooke, from those conversations with the investigators in the hospital room, the fact that we learned that he made this bomb it appears a week ago in his apartment. its possible he was making this at his work, as well. he actually did some electrical work with his brother in this area of port authority and not long ago, so it may give some reasoning as to why he possibly picked this area as a target, but on...

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 thats not like standing in one of the lines where people are waiting to board a bus or a train or gathering to buy a ticket. so it sounds like it went off prematurely. it wasnt intended for that spot, because it didnt inflict probably as much damag...

Foreign countries to support that claim that he made to investigators in those initial conversations. i know you just mentioned that he said that he made this bomb at his work, a little bit of conflicting information there. we are also hearing its possible he made this at his home, a home that he had in brooklyn in a building that he shared a separate apartment with his brother. we are told that he made that pipe bomb about a week ago in his apartment. again, it is now up to investigators to go ...

To explode his device. the suspect is it former delivery cab driver from brooklyn, came to this country from bangladesh. his name is akayed ullah. he arrived in the united states seven years ago on a so-called chain immigration visa, a visa that president trump wants to end because it allows family members to enter the country. ullah after the bomb, burns on his arms and stomach from the pipe bomb that was attached to his body to velcro and subtype. three passerbys also wounded. one woman was te...

>> 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, wha...

Others on a bus, investigators saying theyre hoping to have this area opened by rush hour. john, poppy? >> jason carroll appreciate the reporting all morning, there moments after this happened, thank you very much. joining us now, republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. of course a key member of the judiciary committee. senator, we appreciate you being with us over the phone. your reaction to what should happen at this point? we know that the suspect is a 27-year-old male named akay...

Were learning more about this mornings rush hour terror attack here in new york in times square and the man suspected behind it. a 27-year-old man lives here in the city originally from bangladesh. law enforcement say he detonated a low-level explosive device. nobody died. the suspect injured himself and four others. going to chris jansing whos near where it happened. is the suspect in condition to talk to investigators? >> reporter: sources tell nbc news he is indeed talking to investigators. a...

We have identified him as akayed ullah. he had burns to his body. investigation says that it was indicated that he was wearing a low-tech explosive device attached to his body. intentionally dead to needed the device. >> jesse: greg leventhal at the scene in manhattan with the very latest on what happened. and what we are learning about the 27-year-old apprehended. >> and if the suspects goals was to kill himself and others as he apparently told authorities, well, then he failed miserably. and l...