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At the forensics and the shrap nell to get a sense of who the suspect is and theyre turning to the public. thats why you have $100,000 looking for information. if we look at the history of serial bombers in the past theyre very difficult to track down unless and until they make a mistake. >> sandra: >> eric: and they have the political motive, you have ted kaczynski, the unibomber going after people 20 years and the mad bomber in new york city angry because he was fired from the city government....

At the fedex facility in san antonio, texas. an update on this and the big question, eric, if theres going to be ties -- any ties to the serial bomber in austin. four explosions. >> eric: its frightening and t terrorized the people of the lone star state. you have to wonder if thats one of the reason the bomber has been targeting the state capital. theres been militants in the past so we dont want to speculate but well see what authorities say when they have the news conference. theres been a va...

Specific group of bomb makers working together. its important to know that subtract the backpack trip wire, theres something consistent there. something to say the trip wire was to set off the narrative and distract police. theres a lot to consume and a lot to understand. theres a lot of keys and signs and even forensics. weve taken fingerprints off of tape of bombs that have blown up in afghanistan. >> you can try to -- for the components that have exploded, you can look and see where those mig...

Update. anything theyre learning on the most recent explosion. >> eric: it would be the big break authorities are hoping for if the suspicious package is a bomb device that did not go poch it could give authorities and investigators clues about the possible identity of this mad bomber who has now caused five potential bombs the trip wire and a potential bomb and package at the fedex facility after the one in san antonio exploded. so authorities obviously were expecting to hear if theyll announce...

One, the geographic proximity to austin and the timing of the other explosions. and austin still reeling from the explosion. yesterday the scene behind me here where two young men accidentally hit a trip wire, set off the explosion. both of those young men quite seriously injured. heres the grandfather of one of them. listen. >> they were bleeding profusely and they called 9-1-1 real quick. and before long [indiscernible] >> now were looking at five explosions over the last few weeks. the latest...

It is making the city nervous the governor told martha mk callum he has two messages for the community. >> law enforcement at all levels in a way bigger than what weve seen before and two, is to remind everybody and that is be careful about your surroundings and any type of package. >> as for who may be responsible for these bombings, the authorities, if they have clear ideas they are not sharing them with us at this point but obviously they say these devices are sophisticated. when we went to t...

The residents here were told to shelter in place but since then, the roads have reopened and police have allowed people to come back in. the explosion itself happening literally just right back in that yard behind me. more than 500 federal agents, boots on the ground, are working this case in texas. thats only at the federal level. we are not even talking about all the state and local law enforcement resources being diverted to austin. it gives you a sense of how urgent this is. especially when ...

At tactics and technique. its to too vary and broad. we can speculate is it someone that worked with the government or someone angry at the government in general and happens to be a resident in texas. we dont know at this time. the motive would be pure speculation as to the similarities between the devices. all we really know based on what the authorities have told us -- and keep in mind some of this theyll withhold for good reasons from the public, the device triggered by individual that had a ...

The residents here were told to shelter in place but since then, the roads have reopened and police have allowed people to come back in. the explosion itself happening literally just right back in that yard behind me. more than 500 federal agents, boots on the ground, are working this case in texas. thats only at the federal level. we are not even talking about all the state and local law enforcement resources being diverted to austin. it gives you a sense of how urgent this is. especially when ...

Radical islamic terrorism or group or person or just too early? >> it can be all the above or someone with mental health issues like ted kaczynski, who you followed extensively or the afln or the puerto rican terrorist bombing or someone with a personnel vendetta against companies or individuals. its yet unclear. it will be run down to ground. it could be law enforcement is getting close and were seeing an up tempo in deployment because the individuals afraid to be taken into custody. the chief ...