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Something, this is a reminder of how important this is. >> you know this kind of reality. you ran the jerusalem post. we see these types of things happen there. whats life like then? >> one of the things i find striking is when i returned to new york from jerusalem i thought this is the biggest city in the world, its the most attractive terrorist target. and yet coming from 9/11, apart from a few relatively minor incident, the citys been extraordinarily safe. so to some extent, this incident is ...

Thank you. >> bill: -- >> these are the preliminary facts. at approximately 7:20 in a below ground walkway that connects the irt line at 4, 2 and 7. thats the shuttle at time 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 akayed, ullah. he had burns and wounds to his body. preliminary investigation at the scene indicates this male was wearing an improviseed low tech explosive device. he intent...

Neighborhood here for about a year or so. again, investigators carrying a lot of material out of the building trying to get down to the bottom of this guys life, find out everything they possibly can about him. back to you. >> thank you both so much. appreciate it. for more now i want to bring in clint watts, nbc news national security analyst and former fbi special agent. clint, great to see you. authorities say this is an improvised low-tech explosive device. it didnt cause too much damage. ...

Police stopped the bus and said, everyone, get off and seek shelter. so you can imagine how some folks felt, poppy and john, when this explosion happened beneath the ground. again, nypd is here. they are giving us instructions at the press conference as about to get underway. were going to get more information about exactly what happened. poppy, john? >> you have to say, given how densely packed port authority is, particularly during rush hour, 9:00 a.m., its a miracle that only four people were...

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...

If you see something that makes you uncomfortable, make the phone call or talk to a cop. give us a chance to investigate. in the back. [ inaudible ] the question is, was it intentional where he detonated the explosive device? we dont know that yet. right here, miles. >> reporter: commissioner, i understand that -- [ inaudible ] >> the question is, are we at different locations in brooklyn? im not going into this right now. this is part of what we do. we are investigating his background to see th...

And james talk to us a little bit about the suspect this twenty seven year old man from brooklyn what more do we know about him and do we know anything about his motive what motivated. yeah we know you got a lot of information about it already given. a twenty seven years old and from brooklyn released the name that. he was injured in the attack in the way. and he did custody and he can help but at the moment im really worried that he detonated a low explosive device and thats what injured and he...

Are going to do. so as we go into the christmas holiday, we will see ramped up security in places like new york. so while it has been scaled it down to one and a two man operations and that sort of thing, i tell you, what concerns me the most is still at the threat, which is their crowning jewel, and this laptop explosive device, their ability to get it on an airplane. and go to an airport like jfk. >> bret: and we are lacking when it comes to tsas ability to track that. >> i think the disturbin...

Time square. buck sexton. there is a photo circulating on the internet. we dont have access to it and wont share it with our viewers, it is graphic. it shows a man down i would guess he is probably mid to late 20s with dark hair and you can see clearly a shirt that had covered his stomach has been removed and there are charred black marks on his abdomen level. if all that appears to be what it is, then he did indeed have some sort of explosive device on his body and either he set it off or it we...