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>> former columnist e. jean carroll returned to the stand today in a manhattan courtroom. >> carroll faced cross-examination after telling her side of the story to the jury wednesday. >> one round. >> norah: crime in america, the agf shows us how cheap the parts are making guns deadlier and the streets more dangerous. how often are you seeing these now? >> about 50% more than last year. >> norah: 50% more? >> absolutely. >> norah: a new diabetes drug use to lose weight. but what about ...

>> former columnist e. jean carroll returned to the stand today in a manhattan courtroom. >> now carroll faced cross-examination after telling her side of the story to the jury wednesday. >> one round. >> norah: crime in america, the atf shows us how cheap parts are making guns deadlier and the streets more dangerous. how often are you seeing these now? >> about 50% more than we saw last year. >> norah: 50% more? >> absolutely. ♪ ♪ >> norah: a new diabetes drug used to lose weight....

Thats being tested now down stairs so the mail room area is contained while we go through the various steps to test that. On a field test. Package it up safely for removal and decon that area and anybody that came in contact with it. Im going to take just keep in mind it happened a couple of hours ago and still ongoing and going to take some questions and not going too deep into it. Yes . Can you talk about how concerned you are the connection of these targets . People who have been criticized b...

There is new data from the cdc that reveals eight in ten murders in the u.s. involve a firearm. we are about to show you, small changes in these weapons are making guns more deadly, and mistreats more dangerous. to see for ourselves, we went to the atf lab right here in the nations capital. what kind of gun are we firing? >> glock 17. >> norah: this type of gun on its own is legal. but a simple device can make it more dangerous and illegal. >> norah: explained what a glock switch is. >> so, thes...

To school. there are answers that need to come. as far as physical evidence, let me tell you with ten bombs not detonated, all that wrapping, all that tape, we take the tape off at the atf lab, with little tweezers to get the fingerprints under there. its very difficult to put tape on with surgical gloves. ive tried to do it sometimes working on my hot rods. i can never unroll the tape. i have to take the gloves off because its too hard. and if the bomber intebded for these bombs to go off, ali,...

What is the atf and what are investigators looking at with respect to the bomb? the package. the envelope that apparently is shared amongst all of these packages, the fact it has stamps. the return address. maybe fingerprints. the idea of the white powder e here and the fact it likes like a pipe bomb looking at it. based on the physical evidence what do you think were looking at? >> well, its always great for bomb investigators to find an intact device. i mean, we train every single agent traine...

>> could it be the copycat that doesnt have the sophistication of the serial bomber but is trying to get in the game, if you will? go to be the serial bomber trying to try different methods? the good news is that we have a device that w hasnt been detonated. >> sean: two, one of the devices also from earlier today didnt go off. >> correct. we have these devices that they are going to take to the atf lab in virginia, totally traced, totally take apart, see how they work. like you said, they have ...

>> sean: makes no sense. >> could it be a copycat that doesnt have the sophistication but is trying to get in the game? possibly. could it be the serial bomber trying different methods? possibly. the good news is that we have a device -- >> sean: we have two. one of the devices from earlier today didnt go off. >> correct. we have these devices that theyre going to take to the atf lab in virginia, totally trace and take apart and see how they work. like you said, they have a signature. by that si...

>> tucker: a serial bomber is terrorizing the city of austin, texas. on sunday night, two cyclists were injured after setting off what appears to have been a tripwire connected to a bomb. its the fourth bombing in that city in just three weeks. terry turchie is the former fbi assistant director of counter terrorism and he joins us tonight. terry, thanks for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: from what we knowr about these explosions, is there anything that connects them, a theme? >> wel...

>> tucker: a serial bomber is terrorizing the city of austin, texas. a trip wire set off a bomb. fourth bombing in three weeks. terry turchie is director of counter terrorism. thanks for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: from what we know about these explosions is there anything that connects them, a theme. >> well, i dont think we know of a theme that connects them. right now the best information, tucker, were going to have is the forensic aspect of them. thats whats going to help us ...