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Anybody could have set it off. so initially there was talk about this could have been potentially racially motivated crimes because the previous victims were black or hispanic. but the fact that the trip wire is in play and the two people injured last night were white males, they dont believe theyre targeted to specific groups. austins top cop went on to say this strong message to those responsible. listen. >> i will reach out to the suspect or suspects and ask that you contact us, communicate w...

Of continuing threat, right? >> sure, it does. in this case, i have a i couple questions im not sure were going to answer. one rule of thumb. when you get one individual, if we determine that there are not other people involved in this, the likelihood of mental in stability is a lot higher. you get two, three, four five people you get conspiracies like i used to see that had some sort of political motivation. here clearly he is not targeting someone based on race, ethnicity because we have trip ...

Morning, and they have reason to believe, and it has not been explained to me yet what the reason to believe is, but pre m preliminary information shows it may have been shipped from an austin address to an austin address. if that is the case, you can imagine the amount of fear that is going to continue to raise in the city of austin which has already been a city on edge for the past couple weeks. >> absolutely. yesterday we were looking at the neighborhood where that trip wire device was found,...

Anybody else being killed. >> sandra: when you read through the stories and i see my aunt patty quoted in it. its a hugely populated city where most people feel so safe and it has a huge work population. we know a lot of technology firms have relocated there recently. when you talk to people on the ground, are people choosing not to go to work or send their kids to school? i keep hearing from you the fear of the residents of austin. >> i think people are naturally very fearful. the packages and ...

Package that was left on the door step with a bomb inside. the one here in this affluent neighborhood known as travis country, well, it was just placed sitting next to a fence, authorities say. the two men were walking by with their bikes. they believe they were the ones that hit the trip wire causing the detonation. so as this investigation ramps up, authorities are imploring the public, harris, imploring the public to help out. if you see a backpack, a package, normally we have to keep our eye...

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>> nick watt, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn law enforcement analyst and former u.s. marshal art roderick and in new york, cnn law enforcement analyst and former supervisory special agent at the fbi, james galliano. this is now the third different tactic that we have seen. this is a bomb that was shipped, it was on a conveyor belt. it was filled with shrapnel. what does that tell you about the suspect here? >> sure, we know the bomb e expanded his portfolio. started out with deliverin...

A trip wire in that bombing and were injured. today the man blamed for those bombings is dead and some of his victims now know that his last moments on earth were marked by the same explosive agony that he inflicted on them. lets get to the chief correspondent jonathan hunt. hes live in round rock, texas, a suburb of austin where the suspect died. jonathan, talk us through how they tracked this guy down. >> it was an extraordinary and combined effort by federal and local law enforcement. they go...

This is confirmed to be another explosive device. >> reporter: well, anderson, the call came in at shortly after 7:00 p.m. local time of a reported explosion here on brodie lane. now, there is a large good will center on this road about 300 feet behind me. we do not know yet if that is the location. but in terms of the location within austin, this could be significant. we are in south austin right now, brodie lane has already featured in the investigation here because those two package  bombs t...

Substantial trip wire. we have other capabilities were trying to build militarily to come in the need be. that kind of thing and hardening our electoral machinery against russian shenanigans like we saw in 2016 is crucial. worrying about cyber attacks. thats crucial. that has to continue. we need to walk and chew gum together. we need to think about whether theres any kind of broader dialogue to engage in over time. that might allow both sides to air their grievances and rethink the basic way in...