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Something that he drives or in connection to this, the one live on the screen right now, and we will continue to get some more information as to what he is charged with. We should be hopefully getting that in the next hour or so. All right. Our justice correspondent pete William S Williams is also reporting that dna evidence played a role in his arrest. I am going to step aside and Andrea Mitchell reports starts now. Thank you, craig. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, and breaking news with the ...

Remotely. and just 30 minutes later, another attack took place, actually just down the hill from here. another some sort of package that police also believe was detonated remotely. police are calling this a coordinated terror attack, the likes of which jerusalem and israel have not seen in years. explosions like these, these were common in the first and second intifada. but israel and jerusalem have not seen the sort of package bombs being placed in several years. this is a deadly escalation, ro...

>> it really was the proverbial needle in a haystack. >> all authorities have to go on is a composite sketch of a white male believed to be in his 40s. >> he wasnt the only bomber we had investigated before. but his lone solitary operation as a serial bomber was so unique. >> unibomb hotline? >> so far thousands of tips phoned into the san francisco unibomb task force have led nowhere. >> we began an entirely new look at this, an entirely new strategy. we brought in a crew of analysts from fbi h...

>> all authorities have to go on is a composite sketch of a white male believed to be in his 40s. >> he wasnt the only bomber we had investigated before. but his long solitary operation as a serial bomber was so unique. >> unabomb hotline? >> so far thousands of tips phoned into the san francisco unabomb task force have led nowhere. >> we began an entirely new look at this, an entirely new strategy. we brought in a crew of analysts from fbi headquarters. they worked 24/7, but sadly it happened a...

Pattern and admits the long investigation has been frustrating. >> the 90s bring on a whole new challenge for law enforcement, lone wolves. it really was the proverbial needle in a haystack. >> all authorities have to go on is a composite sketch of a white male believed to be in his 40s. >> he wasnt the only bomber we had investigated before. but his long solitary operation as a serial bomber was so unique. >> unabomb hotline? >> so far thousands of tips phoned into the san francisco unabomb tas...

The platforms. but is that the right solution? should there be more oversight? those are questions for 2019. and the number one media story of 2018 was president trumps war on the press getting real. anti-media words from the president are nothing new. >> theyre truly an enemy of the people. the fake news. >> this year, we saw actions and consequences. there were physical threats, like a series of package bombs mailed by a trump supporter. the targets are some of the presidents critics and cnn. ...

>> our singular objective as a company right now is to increase the health of public conversation. >> conspiracy theorists like alex jones have been kicked off the platforms. is that the right solution? should there be more oversight? those are questions for 2019. the number one media story of 2018 is president trumps war on the press, getting real. antimedia words from the president are nothing new. >> they are truly an enemy of the people, the fake news. >> this year we saw actions and consequ...

On the president, getting real. anti-media words from the president are nothing new. >> they are truly an enemy of the people. the fake news. >> but this year we saw actions and consequences. there were physical threats, like a series of package bombs, allegedly mailed by a trump supporter. the targets were some of the presidents critics and cnn. >> the device was a package mailed that made it into the building. >> the suspect was arrested and so were at least two other men who phoned in threats...

Takes up an entire city block here. simone procupez or crime and justice reporter has been working with pd to get information. they took this seriously as they always will, but they were in the building for quite some time. in order for them to evacuate a media company, a building like this -- >> that is big undertaking for the nypd and thats not something, probably a decision they made lightly because they had to know we were on the air here at the time they were going to evacuate. but clearly ...

Something like that? on the ground everybody felt it was a transformational moment. coupled with the package bombs, enough that things had to change. did we reach a point at which the presidents hitting his limits to change the conversation in the country? >> sure. dangers of someones neighbor walk in to a synagogue and kill people. its just complete tone deaf. and just political gamesmanship to such an extent that if you were a supporter in and around pittsburgh, which there are many, you know,...