phone. when they picked up the second individual, did they have a laptop, cell phone so you re talking to him about not only his relationship with the suspect, right now they re exploring that digital media to put together a three dimensional picture of the lives of these guys. did they have chat rooms that involved other individuals. the information to this case, when you multiply one person to two people is going to explode overnight and that might be because they might be acquiring information from the second guy. they said the cell phone had approximately 3,800 images of isis propaganda, pictures of the isis leader and an image of an isis person standing next to someone who had been shot. it s not typical that you find this material. but joon kim said something very
worshipers and family and friends looking for clues to explain saipov s loyalty to the islamic state. if you examine the component pieces of his attack, obtaining the vehicle as outlined in the complaint, testing the vehicle for the high-speed attack, learning to use it properly, having secondary weapons inside multiple knives, and trying to achieve maximum lethality, certainly is indicative, along with the amount of material in his telephone, that he was a follower of isis propaganda. reporter: late this afternoon the damaged home depot rental truck was hauled away from the scene by the nypd on a flatbed truck, very quick work by investigators, who are now focusing on saipov s cell phone, his internet history, his association with others and is travels to see who else might have been aware of what he was
we already know a fair amount about this. this investigation is moving very, very quickly. there is a lot known about him. certainly a lot of questions and things to fill in, but the broad strokes seem to be falling into place. as you heard, the head of counterterrorism for the nypd, john miller, said it appeared he had been planning this for weeks. we do know from local and federal officials that he had been consuming isis propaganda on line, so this appears to be a case of domestic radicalism. there is no indication at this point of why he began turning to isis propaganda. there doesn t seem to be any turning point in his life. some of his friends say he was in financial difficulty, but they also say they never heard him talk about supporting terrorists or thinking that isis was doing the right thing, but from all indications he certainly became a true believer in the isis message. there doesn t seem to be any indication that he had any help
the suspected driver, sayfullo saipov charged with violence with a motor vehicle and said he was inspired to carry out the truck attack by an isis video. one of 50 videos containing isis propaganda found on one of his phones. saipov allegedly told investigators he began planning the attack in the united states approximately two months ago and rent add truck october 22nd making turns, practice this, before making the attack. joined by colleague, our chief foreign correspondents and making a rare appearance right here in this nation s capital. good to see you. a lot of news going on here. a big foreign story these days, by the way. i can imagine. would love to spend an hour with you talking about that. let s talk about the state of isis. there s two simultaneous things it appears going on. right now isis, when can um tos the caliphate appear to be as weak as ever and all interrelated s what we see happening in central africa
years. here s the point, craig, which is the president s immigration policies have consisted of building a wall. this guy came through john f. kennedy airport. they consisted of stopping illegal immigration. this guy came in legally. the president s policies have insisted on a travel ban and this man came from uzbekistan so there s nothing the president s quote unquote, tough immigration policies would do to have stopped this person coming in. the issue isn t stopping people like him from coming in, the issue is stopping people from him who are living here from becoming radicalized, from being attracted to the isis propaganda and al qaeda propaganda and weapon iedsiizing everyday life malcolm, the target. what do you make of the target? here s a guy, one who assume if he lived in jersey, knew new york city. one would also assume if he was hellbent on wreaking the most amount of havoc possible, claiming the most lives possible, that he may have gone to a different part of the city.