a wannabe suicide bomber failing to cause the bloodshed he intended in the name of isis. officials for me that man s home looking for clues in brooklyn, where does the investigation go from here? a former member of the joint terrorism task force joins us to weigh in on this. thanks for coming on, a lucky break yesterday. luckily for us in the nation. jillian: something people have thought about, we are seeing terror attacks like we have seen overseas coming into the us. in large cities like new york and across the country how do you protect yourself from something like that? it is being aware of your surroundings was we are so engaged in social media, phones, earbuds, any coffee shop in new
pretty well that you know, oftentimes when someone is found in this country, you will. brian: jag officer and dealt with this thing 25 years. he has a different point of view. we have prosecuted these cases before. have you some of the best prosecutors in the world in the southern district of new york. and some of the best officers in the nypd and the fbi. brian: we re not talking about prosecution. we are talking about interrogation. to stop the next attack. well, i think prosecution dolls that as well. again, we have prosecuted over 500 of these cases since 9/11. and so i think that we have a pretty good track record of that. but if you wants to look to preventing it, look that merit based immigration sum. the president is absolutely on the right track here. ainsley: sarah, there s a guy we have been talking about in the news, his name is bruce ohr. doj official. worked at your agency. and he was demoted last week for having connections to that dirty dossier. obviously you can t
brooklyn now telling investigators that he did this because of the recent israeli actions in gaza that drove him to his act of terror. he s said to have made this explosive device at his workplace although it is unclear what he does for work after leaving his former job as a taxi driver. let s go to brynn gingras, our correspondent near times square and near the scene of the explosion. we are hearing that the suspect is talking. what are investigators sharing with you? reporter: brooke, we are learning a lot through those conversations as the suspect 27-year-old akayed ullah is sharing with them from his hospital room. he did this because of the recent israeli actions in gaza. he also told investigators he did this in the name of isis. that s another thing that law enforcement now is going look into. if there s any sort of background to that, any social media interactions and visits to
all right, joining me now is a man who knows new york city very well, former new york city police commissioner bill bratton and brett stevens, an msnbc political analyst and op-ed columnist for the new york times. commissioner, i start with you, what s your take on this? the preliminary information coming ought of this event this morning is that this was a sole actor. 27 years old is correct. the early information is a bangladesh native and been in the country for seven years and supposedly committed this act in the name of isis. that s all preliminary law enforcement source information at this time. they will be doing the rollbacks to where he live, trying to determine as much information as they can. was he acting by himself, was he acting with others, that will all be part of the now expanding investigation. this investigation, apparently a terrorist act, will be taken over quickly by the fbi joint terrorism task force with the
one of the busiest transportation hubs in the country. a suspect is in custody and that suspect was the only person injured in that explosion. bill: we get word from the white house president trump has been briefed on this and reports the f.b.i. is investigating it as a possible terror attack. the former nypd commissioner bill bratton on television an hour ago saying he sees so far there is evidence suggesting this appears to be isis-inspired. this is what he said on that. preliminary information from police services, i emphasize they re preliminary and subject to change. it is a man in his middle 20s probably. possibly from bangladesh, been in the country about seven year who supposedly was setting the device up in the name of isis, definitely a terrorist attack, definitely intended. sandra: rick leventhal at the scene in mid town manhattan. good morning to you. i remind everyone this happened