Terror Nexus News Today

this is cnn breaking news. . >> im victor blackwell, thank you for staying with us. we are of course covering the breaking news, this man hunt happening right now for the man who opened fire at a july 4th parade in highland park, illinois. hes described as armed and dangerous. at least six people are dead. more than two dozen have been taken to hospitals. now, a briefing a short time ago, police described this suspect. >> the suspect is currently described as a male, white, approximate...

Regard is probably underway right now. i would expect that we will see some progress or some developments on this in the next few hours. >> chris, without a terror nexus and the commissioner not investigating this as an act of terror, is this still led by nypd? we have seen a myriad of law enforcement agencies here on scene. is this a new york city police department investigation primarily? >> i think it is at this point. the fbi is always going to be on the scene of a mass casualty event like t...

This was someone who was embraced and had been vetted through the process that exists, nearly a thousand saudis are in similar positions in bases across this country. now theyre wondering whether this was possibly terror related. what was your take given right now what you heard the sheriff say that the head of the fbi has been briefed and the fbi the lead agency tonight. >> obviously, the question is, of course, motivation and heres whats interesting about this case, is hes been here for two ye...

Detained? we were told from london police that there was somebody in custody or detained. >> no, but what i assume is, just like previous incidents, they are on top of things and from what we understand is there was some sort of commotion, some sort of fight happening further up the bridge, which we now heard was somebody with a knife, basically, attacking people, and that police shot the attacker. but, again, this is all speculation. this is what we know from social media. nobody in here actual...

But again, we have to indication that there was any terror nexus here. there were no other injuries that we know of at this point in time to anyone in the building or on the ground. and i want to just say, thank god for that. this could have been a much worse incident. and thank god no other people were injured in this absolutie i shocking, stunning incident. i want to lastly say that the first responders performed an extraordinary effort here. i want to thank the fire department, police departm...

I have checked in with the fire department, police department and buildings department. theres no danger of any kind to new yorkers at this point. after what im going to tell you and what my colleagues are going to tell you is all preliminary information. im going to emphasize a full investigation is ongoing. we only have preliminary information at this point in time. what we do know, one person died in this helicopter crash. that person is presumed to be the pilot. were still waiting for absolu...

Ive checked in with fire department, police department, and buildings department, there is no danger of any kind on new yorkers at this point. and what im going to tell you and my colleagues are going to tell you is all preliminary information. im going to emphasize to everyone a full investigation is going on, we only have preliminary information at this point in time. what we do know is that one person died in this helicopter crash. that person is presumed to be the pilot. were still waiting f...

>> good question. either hes deranged -- doesnt seem that as a terror nexus. an alaska flight, as you said, with a long flight in between, why? this is probably going to be -- someone is going -- youll find out hes a deranged individual most likely. when you have a compromised cognitive ability, its hard to make rationale sense of a crazy persons thoughts. thats where im leaning right now. doesnt seem to be an act of terrorism -- >> and youre the expect. thats what i want to pick your brain. see...

Our homeland security correspondent in d.c., and she is in touch with contacts. what do you know? >> well, ali, we know that president obama was briefed on this situation by john brennan, his counterterrorism secretary. and they dont believe there is any indication of terror nexus here. officials have identified the individual involved as joseph andrew stack. we are told that he is the owner of a house in the austin area set on fire earlier today according the a federal law enforcement official....