the suspect, officer ryan nash, a notably humble hero. >> i appreciate the public recognition of the actions of myself and my fellow officers yesterday. although i feel we were just doing our job like thousands of officers do every day, i understand the importance of yesterday's events and the role we played, and i am grateful for the recognition we've received. i just want to thank my family and friends for their support and all the responding officers who assisted me. >> officer ryan nash, one of new york's finest. i want to bring in our security experts, former fbi and cia senior official, phil mudd, also former fbi supervisory special agent, ali soufan, also nada bakos, the former cia analyst and the newest cnn national security analyst. ali, you were on the fbi joint terrorism task force. just in terms of the investigation, where it's at now, what are they facing in terms of what's ahead? >> i think they are trying to figure out if he is connected to others, either in the united states or outside. they are trying to probably