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In just a few moments. >> all right, jason, thank you. were having a hard time hearing you. obviously, we understand, there are a lot of people around and theyre moving you. we are awaiting a press conference from the nypd commissioner. we will get to that in just a moment. im sorry, the control room, what did you say? all right. our brynn gingras is with us as well, working her sources. what are you learning? >> reporter: well, i think what you guys are seeing on the screen there. we just learn...

Battery, christmas lights and matches. that tells you just how amateur-ish it is. governor cuomo said it did not fully detonate, that it did, in fact -- the chemicals detonated but it did not explode the pipe. the five-inch pipe he had strapped to himself with velcro. you can just imagine the scene it caused underground, just below the sidewalk where i am. a tunnel that links 7th and 8th avenue when it filled with smoke, chaos ensued. there was a large police presence quickly. we learned since t...

Resident thanks to the program that president trump is trying to scale back. he detonated that explosive device at 7:20 this morning in an underground pedestrian tunnel that connects sports authority to times square. the device was a pipe bomb attached to his body with velcro and zip ties. he was the only one seriously hurt with burns and lacerations to his midsection and hands. five innocent people suffered minor injuries. >> this is new york. the reality is that we are a target by many, who wo...

Of the busiest transit hubs in the city. at 42nd street and 8th avenue. it was caught on surveillance video. authorities say it happened at 7:20 a.m., just as the work week was beginning. that is called rush hour. officials say a pipe bomb strapped to a man exploded as he was walking in a tunnel between the subway stations at the port authority bus terminal and times square. he was quickly taken into custody and rushed to belleview hospital with injuries described as minor. hes identified at 27-...

Authorities, senator lindsey graham says investigators need to gather intelligence from akayed ullah finding out what makes a terrorist take. to do that you cant treat the suspect like an ordinary criminal. >> he was trying to commit an act of terrorism, he should be held as a suspected enemy combatant. soldier of the caliphate. >> reporter: the white house would limit the extended family that can be sponsored for visas cutting legal immigration in this country by half. donald trump wants to hir...

Heavy weight outside help, former president obama and vice president biden, former nba star charles barkley flew in for a rally as jones continued to frame this as a referendum on mores behavior and something larger than one candidate. >> i think it is time we say no more to putting people down, no more to treating people as second-class citizens, no more to discriminating against the least fortunate among us. it is time that we say no more! >> reporter: polls open in a few hours at 7 am local a...

Worse. the suspect is under close watch at bellevue hospital where he is being treated for burns and lacerations. a law enforcement source telling cnn the suspect had pledged allegiance to isis and that he was motivated by recent actions in gaza, most recently investigators say ullah worked near the port authority doing electrical work along with his brother. he had been licensed to drive a taxi in new york, but its unclear if he ever did. his license expired in 2016. ullah is a permanent legal ...

Poured over by law enforcement. the president has been briefed. new york officials briefed the mess moments ago. this was mayor bill de blasio. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goal. thank god our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe. thank god the only injuries that we know at this point were minor. >> all right. lets go to the scene, jason carroll is live there. jason, you ...

People still on edge. what more have we learned about the suspect? >> that rush hour should be a little smoother this afternoon then it was this morning, the suspect has been identified as akayed ullah, still working to confirm his immigration status but we can tell you he did hold tlc license which meant he could drive a delivery cab. he told authorities after he was taken into custody that this attack was revenge for u.s. strikes on his country although bangladesh has certainly not been a targ...

Where were told a press conference will be scheduled. poppy? >> all right, jason, see what you can find out while youre there. meanwhile, i want to bring in shimon prokupecz, our crime and justice reporter to get a sense of what youve been hearing from your sources, shimon. >> hey, john, poppy. so, obviously, treating this as they would anything of this nature, as a terror attack right now. we dont have any indication that it is or isnt, but look, it doesnt take a lot to figure out that this cou...