Sure they understand what his motivations were. Hope to talk to him today after he emerges from his surgeries. And they also want to try to track down his wife. We know she let the country, perhaps going back home to pakistan. They want to talk to officials there in pakistan and the United Arab Emirates where she may be right now to try to conduct an interview and understand what she may have known before this event. Carol. All right, so im just digesting this now. We know police found him, like, sleeping in a bar vestibule, then he got into this shootout with police and he had this notebook the whole time . Thats right, and the question is, you know, when did he write these notes. Did he think about this some time before he carried out these attacks . All of this is frankly at the top of the minds of the investigators who want to interview him, you know, when he emerges from his surgeries. All right, evan perez, thanks for the great reporting, we always appreciate it. We knowrahami, the suspect, went to pakistan several ties. His family members recall those trips. They were like, hes on vacation to afghanistan. Like, all right. His father wanted him to go back there and get to know his roots, you know, everything, normal things. Cnns Jessica Schneider live in elizabeth, new jersey, with more on this, good morning. Good morning, carol. We know rahami went overseed sever overseas several times between 2011 and 2014. They spent nearly a year in pakistan. At that tyime, spending time in the area of pakistan known as quetta, which is known as a taliban stronghold. We also know he ended up marrying a woman from pakistan in 2011 and at some point she came here to the United States. We also understood the wife left the United States in just the past few days. So rahami having quite a history of traveling to afghanistan where he was born and pakistan. Rahami is a u. S. Citizen, a naturalized u. S. Sit stcitizen,e lived in elizabeth. He had a somewhat normal childhood. He went to high school here. Also Community College where he majored in criminal justice. But right now rahami is facing at least on the state level five counts of attempted murder of Law Enforcement officers and we understand he is not right now talking to investigators, not talking to federal agents. Theyre looking to glean more information as to what sort of ties rahami had overseas, whether or not he was tied to a foreign terrorist organization. So far, the taliban has disclaimed any connection with rahami but of course the investigation continues. Now, rahami did undergo surgery last night. We understand hes still in the hospital. All after that gunfight that happened in linden, new jersey, just one townway. In fact, this morning, i talked to the bar owner, who actually spotted rahami sleeping in the vestibule in the entrance to his bar. Thats when he thought something wasnt quite right. He recognized rahami and he called police. That bartender actually came here from india 22 years ago. He became a citizen ten years ago. And i asked him what it was like to be an immigrant and to be in this situation where, now, many people may be questioning whether immigrants should be even coming to this country and he said exactly this. These guys, you know, its hard to reason im from sikh faith, you know, we believe in equality, we believe in helping people out, and i think every american will do the same thing i did as my neighbor would do the same thing, any jew, christian, muslim. We cannot, like, suspect anybody just with their looks or their faith, you know. And one other note in just the past few minutes, the man we believe to be rahamis father cape out of the residence in elizabeth, new jersey, he came out and somewhat addressed the media but all he said was i called the fbi and i told him he was talking to him. Thats all he said. He didnt elaborate. He turned around and walked back inside the residence. We arent sure if rahamis father may have reaped o edreac the fbi. So a lot of question out here. His father did just come out and address the media very, very briefly. Carol. All right, Jessica Schneider, reporting live from elizabeth, new jersey. Joining me now to discuss, cnn Intelligence Security analyst bob baer. Also joined by cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. Welcome to both of you. Paul, lets start with the latest information we got this notebook that was found on the suspect. And it mentioned this islamic cleric al awlaki, say it for me. Anwar al awlaki. Yes, so tell us why it matters. Al awlaki is a pivotal figure, an americanyemeni who played a significant role in al qaeda in yemen. His adviso sermons, online sermons, helped inspire a wave of attacks on both sides of the atlantic, somebody with a degree of theological knowledge, and he mobilized that to send out a message that the United States was at war with islam and that muslims around the world needed to fight back by any means possible, deeply deeply influential. Lots of cases in which terrorist followers in the United States and europe listened to his sermons and then moved on and but this cleric has been dead for years. No, he was killed almost exactly five years ago. A lot of his followers have been wanting to avenge this. Weve seen on both sides of the atlantic where theres been a motivation to try and avenge his death. He was killed five years ago in just a few days in fact, on september 30, 2011, so were coming up to that fiveyear anniversary. That may be a significant data point here. But this points to somebody who was, indeed, likely motivated by extreme islamist ideology, by an al qaeda cleric. This al qaeda cleric, Anwar Al Awlaki has also since his death been embraced by isis. Theres even an anwa al awlaki brigade in isis in iraq. Interesting. He says the taliban said we had nothing to do with it, which was sort of surprising to me, they disavow it. But now we know why. What do you make of all of this . Well, the taliban is not an International Terrorist organization. It doesnt conduct operations abroad. But for me, the fact theres a couple things. One is the pressure cookers, used a pair of them. Its tactics hes imitating either taking from al qaeda or the islamic state, doesnt really matter. Anyhow, his presence in quetta is a city, its a forbidden city. Westerners cant go there. The pakistani government deters people from going there at the airport in islamabad. And the fact that he spent a lot of time in kandahar. The motivations are starting to come together for me. We are in a civil war in afghanistan. Its comprehensible what he thought he was doing. And, in fact, al awlaki, an inspiration, much more than osama bin laden, hes repeated over and over again. And i wonder about al awlakis threat connections with the 9 11 attacks. So were starting to get a clear picture this man was very angry and thought he was fighting against the enemies of islam and its as simple as that. So what happened . This guy essentially grew up in the United States, a naturalized american citizen. He goes to afghanistan to visit family and friends for whatever. He meets the wrong kind of what happens . Like . We dont know what happened. It may be he met some people in places he visited in pakistan and afghanistan who brainwashed him to a certain degree and used this radical ideology. He certainly would have had plenty of opportunity to be exposed to that kind of thinking in those regions. Also possible that there was some triggering things here in the United States which pushed him further towards confrontation with the United States well, then he meets a woman in pakistan, right . He marries her and that kind of reminds me of the San Bernardino shooter, he also met a woman in pakistan, married her. It turned out she, you know, took part in the massacre there. So is this like, you know, just something in the logical line that happens when youre radicalized . Well, weve yet to hear from investigators whether they suspect she had any knowledge of this attack. Theyve not said that at this point. Theyve not said that but she did leave the country a few days before the bombing and they want to question her. Thats right, so is that a coincidence, theyll certainly want to question her. This reminds me of the case in new york city, somebody who lived in the United States, well integrated over here, but spent time in pakistan. He was actually directed and trained by the pakistani taliban. They taught him how to build those explosives. He wasnt on the radar screen either of u. S. Law enforcement agencies when he came back here to the United States. And just like this bomber acted alone in actually going operational with this plot, a lot of similarities with this one. But theyre still trying to figure out all this international travel. The bombs, the pressure cookers, were talking about a bomb mixture with aluminum powder, ammonium nitrate. And its something that is pretty tricky to make unless up got some overseas training. Weve seen a few exceptions to that in islamic terrorists cases on both sides of the atlantic but not many exceptions and that could be a pointer to some kind of training overseas. You need to be taught generally how to make these things, to tinker with them, to experiment, to make sure youve got it right. So this suspect, this rahami, bob, he had family in afghanistan, so was there any reason for authorities here to suspect why he visited that country or suspect why in the world he would go to pakistan . I would have stopped him, giving him a secondary, carol. No doubt about it. In fact, going to quetta is a red frlag for me, you know, and kandahar as well. At the border, we dont really recognize these local conflicts. Were looking for other indicators like net activity, what site hes looking at. Apparently, i know of nothing coming out saying he was on net looking at how to make bombs. Paul is absolutely right, he probably went to that area, whether he was sponsored or not, learned how to make bombs. Think of tamir lynn tsarnaev. That bomb was fairly complicated as well. The wiring in the bomb was inspired by a magazine. He had knowledge of explosives and didnt get it in the United States. Were seeing this pattern of going back to pakistan, going to the kak cause sass where people become determined in their war against the United States and it doesnt the selfrecruitment doesnt entirely happen here and they get some aid overseas, whether its directed or not. You can see the president and the first lady now arriving at the United Nations, president obama set to address the United NationsGeneral Assembly for the very last time in his presidency. Michelle kosinski is covering this. Reporter hell probably speak for 30 minutes. Were going to hear him point to the bigger concept of the u. N. Itself, how working together solves problems. We feel like thats going to be his theme here. He wants to review his record, his push, his approach for deeper cooperation, his push for diplomacy. He also cant ignore the huge problems in the world now where diplomacy, however many efforts have been made, simply hasnt worked. Syria is the glaring example. Also look at north korea, russia having taken over part of its neighbor, and these are problems the world has been dealing with for years now. Its been a difficult way to get diplomacy to work. Think the president will try to make the case that doesnt mean that the world should give up trying to Work Together to solve these problems peacefully. And thats a tough case to make right now, especially in an election season in the u. S. Where you have republicans really criticizing president s approach and saying efforts at diplomacy have not been enough and are not going to be enough. That includes the refugee crisis and that includes the threat of terrorism both at home and abroad. The proesident is up against a lot, the world is up against a lot of problems, but youre going to hear the president forcefully make that case. Thats what weve heard in the last two years too. Making the case for why diplomacy has worked in the past and why it would work again in the future, carol. 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Hes going to want to review how he feels American Leadership has shaped the u. N. Over the last eight years and also shaped solutions to problems. Hes of course going to want to emphasize the positive. Hes going to say look where we were eight years ago at the height of the economic crisis globally. Just coming after, you know around that same time a poor world response to ebola. Hes going to want to say look at how the u. S. leadership and his own leadership helped solve those problems. Hes going to want to say look at the paris climate agreement. Look at the iran nuclear teal. Look at other ways that u. S. Leadership has brought solutions by involving other nations and by using diplomacy and avoiding war. Thats not always the case. The the war against isis is ongoing. Its not just the u. S. , it is an international coalition. Reviewing that, he wants to then look forward and say look at the inspiration we can draw from timings when that approach has worked, even though there are big problems that, you know, where solutions are not working right now. These are still examples that could be a template and a reason to move forward in that way, carol. All right, michelle kosinski, stand by. Want to turn my attention now to jeff zeleny. So president obama will speak before the General Assembly and hell outline all his successes on the International Front so how important will this speech, to you think, play into Hillary Clintons run for president . Think it is important. As michelle was going through the list of accomplishments, im struck by i think back to 2009, you know, nobel peace prize. Help sta he started his presidency with that. I remember traveling with him to oslo. Everyone was astonished he got that. Both candidates are focused on what is coming up. Both Hillary Clinton and donald trump also taking advantage of these u. N. Meetings to look president i president ial, if you will. Last night, Hillary Clinton for more than three hours met with the Prime Minister of japan, the president of ukraine and also the president of egypt. Making the point that she is, a, ready for these meetings, but with the ukraine president , shes trying to draw distinction with Vladimir Putin and trump. She said there are real problems with russian aggression. Donald trump, after he came back from florida last night, he also met with the egyptian president who is dealing with an activist situation of his own in egypt. Waiting to look president ial. All eyes on president obama were there photo ops . Being they let the photographers in. Donald trump doesnt always let the press come in. But he did last night in that meeting with the egyptian president. And Hillary Clinton did as well with her three bilat meetings as well. 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