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A best seller. bernie, from day 1, you said they would catch him between 48 and 22 hours. -- and 72 hours. you were dead on the mark. you said last night it was imminent. >> right. there was an enormous amount of evidence. the packaging. the devices that should have a trigger mechanism to explode upon opening. that didnt work. when you take the technology that we have today and the unbelievable working ability of the joint terrorist task force and the fbi and the new york city pd. you cant beat ...

City safe. and thats for anyone who has information about the incidents this week in new york. we dont underestimate the difference even one person can make towards our collective safety and neither should the people of new york city. i want to reiterate as i did yesterday or anytime we talk about far reaching investigations of this nature of any other kind, that nothing we do in law enforcement we do alone. were a joint terrorist task force comprised of professionals from the agencies you see h...

Kirsten nelson and dan coats and fbi director, christopher wray. joining me now, agent on the joint terrorist task force, the author of "messing with the enemy," clint watts. they did alert law enforcement this week of a fishing attempt to access voter files. this attack was detected on tuesday. we dont know how much else is out there. clint, there is a lot of noise here, the social media, google and facebook and twitter are being invited -- theyre not being invited, theyre told to come to a sen...

-- from the president earlier, it seemed like the shooter who seems like a ghost in manyh way. we have long distance rifles, he had modified them but he also had handguns. it seems like he probably wanted to escape and get away, would be my assumption. >> actually, they said and i dont understand how he would have. there was some type of escapee may have have had planned.y i dont understand how that would have happened. the thing that we did learn in that press conference was the bravery of that...

The president earlier, it seemed like the shooter who seems like a ghost in many ways -- we have long distance rifles, he had modified them but he also had handguns. it seems like you probably wanted to escape and get away with the maia simpson. >> actually they said and i dont understand how he would have. there was some type of escapee may have have had planned. i dont understand how that would have happened. the thing that we did learn in that press conference was the bravery of that security...

The president earlier, it seemed like the shooter who seems like a ghost in many ways -- we have long distance rifles, he had modified them but he also had handguns. it seems like you probably wanted to escape and get away with the maia simpson. >> actually they said and i dont understand how he would have. there was some type of escapee may have have had planned. i dont understand how that would have happened. the thing that we did learn in that press conference was the bravery of that security...

Lines with a gun. but, you know, he might not have been intending to murder when he did, but just had access to it it. earlier theres some feeling of spontaneity, whether that holds true well just have to see. he was not suicidal, and thats a factor we have to look at here and the commanders have to look at, and im sure the fbi agent in charge and the terrorist task force looking at it as well. okay, why did he shoot this group of people at this baggage claim? targeting is always important. whet...

Ones. hooe posted about traveling to the islamic state and purchasing a female slave. authorities say the teenager had been on the sites of the joint terrorist task force for a while, but action was taking against him when there was e evidence he had become radicalized. >> how many similar arrests have been made across the nation? i know that number is growing. >> yes, this year alone, 59 people, u.s. citizens and legal non-citizens have been arrested and charged under federal law in connection ...

They saw the plane slam into the trade center. police were called to the building by other neighbors and found 8 men celebrating. six o building. the fbi and other terrorist task force agencies then arrived and the investigators on the task force recalled that they had been to this building before eight years ago when the first world trade center attack led them to shake omar abdul rockman whose jersey center mosque lies between the two building getting attention today. >> now, i played that rep...

But they can only keep these fingers in the dam so long, megyn. think about it, thats why weve been complaining, ive been complaining for years now, for a decade, that weve got to close the border. these sanctuary cities have to go. we need the cooperation of the muslim community. the first line of defense really, ive said the state and local police, but its really the citizens that live in these communities. when the day comes that the muslim community is turning in those to get radicalized, an...