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All the questions are going to come up, not in the actual detective work that found him which was brilliant but what happened after that? thats where all the questions are going to come up. >> you know, we do know and he told investigators that he did get bombmaking know how in pakistan in that area that we have targeted with the drones but, you know, he did pick up enough stuff to try to cover his tracks. for instance, we had a graphic up a moment ago, for instance, he did pay -- he peeled off ...

And his father, in fact, was a big shot in the military in pakistan. but you know what? this guy almost got away because after they traced, you know, the hero nypd detective who got under the car, under the pathfinder, found the hidden vehicle identification number or v.i.n., they were able to figure out, ok, the car used to belong to that woman. she said i sold it to this guy on craigs list. they found the thumbprint. next thing you know, this guy was actually under surveillance but sometime on...

We know there was a gun, anderson. >> appreciate it. a source familiar with the investigation tells us faisal shahzad waived his miranda rights and has been talking to officials since his arrest. hes still talking tonight apparently. as joe said, it took less than 54 hours for law enforcement officials to track him down. he left behind those clues. the first was discovered underneath that suv abandoned in times square. drew griffin takes us up close. >> reporter: the moment the danger was over, ...

In a nissan path finder parked on the street. the camera picks the guy up right around here, the entrance to schubert alley as its called. the suv was parked just about one block that way. its not at all clear why the authorities focused on this guy, but we do know there was something about his body language, his actions that makes them want to sit down and have a conversation with him. the evidence left behind the nissan pathfinder giving authorities a surprising amount of information to start ...

Well get more on that in a moment. in the meantime, im joined by nbc news nightly anchor brian williams. weve also assembled a panel to give some analysis of what we heard. the heavy hitters, if you will, regarding national security. its incredible it was noted and you picked up on this as well, 5 53 hours and 20 minutes from the pathfinder to what we heard last night. >> -- kind of lighten up the mood by -- first of all, it was his job to stress the job that nypd detectives had done. they get...

Overseas. so this has been quite a job for these investigators, and apparently moving quite rapidly, anderson. >> weve seen this one surveillance video. i know obviously a lot of stores have their own cameras and stuff. have they been able to check all the surveillance video they want or are they still looking, do you know? >> its not clear. we do know, in fact, theres been a possibility of another surveillance video being released from down here. quite frankly, its very clear there are a lot of...

Who else in the united states was he working with? even in a tangential manner. >> they call it a no-fly list for a reason. we as americans believe that these names are on that list to prevent the people from boarding, not just perhaps capture them when they get to their destination. >> no, absolutely. the keep point to keep in mind here as commissioner kelly said, 50 hours from the moment in times square when the path finder was identified to when shahzad was ultimately apprehended. in the coun...

>> nbc news chief justice correspondent pete williams. thank you so much for that breaking news, that update. just to update you all at home, if you ear tuning in, within the last hour, officials have arrested shezaz fazid. pete williams suggesting that arrest happened on long island. no word on what he was doing there. pakistani, american citizen from connecticut. police believe hes responsible for the car bombing attempt on saturday. they say they have evidence from the scene, the pathfinder t...

Ths yet to be played out. but it is certainly one of the scenarios that the federal government will be looking the into as well as judge napal ton know -- napolitano pointedd out, there could be othersr that helped him. heav the gun casing locker is very wh heavy and filled withtwo o fertilizer. it may have taken a few moreinto people to lift it in the poi. nissan path finder. t >> good point. you are talking about then,th pakistani connection and whether or not there was one. hv we have a terro...

He came to them or they went to him. well hope to learn that in the next day or so. >> you know, we heard from homeland security secretary janet innapolitano on "the toda show" this morning saying no suspects or theories had been ruled out. and the possibility that there could be somebody else out there not that we know that there is, but lets talk a little bit about the evidence thats been taken from the path finder there at the scene, the possible of material that could link to another person....