Post it on instagram and tell us who youre voting for wi with myvote. If you do, your picture could be featured in cnns election coverage. Thanks very much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news, prime suspect in a series of terrorist bombings charged with attempted murder. Did he act alone . Plus, new details tonight about the suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami. Multiple trips to afghanistan and pakistan. Was he isis . Donald trump says the u. S. Should start racial profiling. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the breaking news. Charged. Ahmad khan rahami charged with five counts of attempted murder of a Law Enforcement officer. This is just the beginning here. Bail set at 5. 2 million. That suspect now wounded, under arrest in a new jersey hospital tonight after a bloody shootout. Authorities believe rahami is behind a series of bombings this weekend in new york city and in new jersey. So far, rahami is not cooperating with investigators and it is not clear whether he had accomplices or acted alone. Police responding after a man resembling the bombing suspect was spotted sleeping in the doorway of a bar. Hear the gunshots continuing here. According to new jersey police, rahami then pulled out an automatic gun. He shot one officer, striking him in his protective vest. A second officer then shot through his Police Cruisers windshield. That shot nearly struck him directly in the head. Moments ago, cnn spoke with jamie who was friendly with the family, the rahami family, describing the suspected bomber as a friendly, easygoing, young
father. I saw him, like, two weeks ago. I say hello to him, i spoke to him, how are you doing, hows your daughter, hows everything . And everything was fine. I mean, he looked a little stressed out, but nothing of concern. His last known residence was an apartment above the familyowned chicken restaurant you see right there in elizabeth, new jersey. Investigators raided the apartment just hours before rahami was captured today. Elizabeth, new jersey, is also where multiple bombs were found in a trash can on sunday night. Just 500 feet from a commuter train station. Evan perez begins our coverage outfront. This is the beginning of the charges. You have new york, you have federal. This is now starting. Hes been charged. Thats right, erin. Five charges for attempted murder, thats for the Gunfire Exchange with the Linden Police officers. These charges were filed tonight by the Union County Prosecutors there in new jersey. We, as you mentioned, we do expect that the federal prosecutors will file their own
charges. Now, its not clear whether that will be brought in new jersey or in manhattan. The u. S. Attorney for manhattan mentioned this morning at a press conference that he fully expected that there would be terrorism charges, additional charges that would be brought against this suspect, and as you mentioned, there could be the possibility of state charges here in new york as well. Evan, you are also learning a lot more about something so crucial to this. When you think about the fact that this person, perhaps with help, was able to place bombs in multiple cities over a twoday period. Youre learning more about what was in the bombs. The bombmaking material. Reporter thats right, erin. The crucial part of this is what went into making these bombs. This is somebody who had enough expertise to make at least two different types of bomb, maybe three different types of bombs. The question is, how did he learn to do this . Now, the two Pressure Cooker bombs that were found in chelsea, one was unexploded. They analyzed it and found an
explosive known as htmd. Its not a very common use of these explosives in these jihadi attacks, these terrorist attacks. Weve seen it weve seen terrorists use tatp in multiple attacks in paris and here in the United States, even, but this one, hmtd, weve last seen it in 2005 in the london bombing. So the question that authorities have right now is where did he get the chemicals, the precursor chemicals that he used to make these bombs . We know he included ball bearings and b. B. S in the Pressure Cookers to make them more lethal and so the question is, did he have training, perhaps from some of his travels in afghanistan and pakistan . Or was it something that he took off the internet . Theres a lot of recipes for these bombs on the internet, erin. All right. Thank you very much, evan. Jason carroll is outfront in elizabeth, new jersey, where the suspected bomber is last known to have lived. Jason, i know youre learning about rahamis travel out of the United States for extended periods of time. Afghanistan and pakistan. Even marrying a woman in pakistan. All of this in the past few years. Reporter what were doing is were piecing together information that comes to us, erin, not just from u. S. Government officials, but from people out here who knew the family as well. And, yes, once again, this man visited afghanistan and pakistan several times for several years during the last several years. I can just give you some of that information right now. He spent time in both countries in 2011. He married a woman in pakistan also in 2011. Went back there in 2013. He actually filed paperwork at one time to bring that woman here to the United States, but apparently never followed through on it. We should also point out that according to some of the folks that we spoke to out here, erin, he also had a relationship with a woman here in new jersey, the two of them had a baby girl. As far as we can best tell, they never got married. There was a question in terms of
why he initially went to afghanistan, and i spoke to two people who know the family. They say its because actually that ahmad khans father told him he wanted him to go back to afghanistan because he needed, quote, discipline. And when i asked one of these people, i said, what was he like when he came back . Was he a different man . Was he a changed man . This young man told me he felt as though he was different and when i asked him to define how he was different, was he more reclusive, was he radicalized . He said, he couldnt put a finger on it, but he said culturally, he said he was, quote, different. Also, we should tell you, since weve been out here, we noticed a lot of Law Enforcement officials coming in and out serving the search warrant, brought out several boxes. A bombsniffing dog was out here as well as investigators continue to try to put together a motive for what happened. Erin . All right, jason, thank you very much. Outfront now, art, former assistant director for investigations for the u. S. Marshals. Bob bear, former cia operative. Former bof eer boston police, e. And tim clemente, former fbi counterterror agent. Art, heres what we know. We have charges. We have a suspect who is not cooperating right now. And we have a lot of uncertainty over whether there are others who were intimately involved in this. They know we know who additional men were on surveillance camera taking one of these bombs out of a duffel bag. Right now, police are saying theyre not sure these guys were involved. Theyre moving away from that idea. What do you make of that . My gut feeling is telling me that theres no way this guy could have done this by himself. I mean, he made if he was the one that made the bombs and planted all these bombs, i mean, there is evidence that he did have fingerprints on them. I just cant imagine that this guy all by himself did this in three different cities and made the mistakes he made by planting them in the wrong location, planting them in places where wbr id wbr4790 there wasnt much traffic. b
if you looked at the bomb in seaside, new jersey, all it basically did was blow the bottom of a plastic trash can off. When you look at these wbrid wbr4890 devices, only really two of them went off. The third one went off based on the robot cutting a wire. So, i mean, when youre talking about ten explosive devices, only two actually went off. One of them went off in an area that was pretty secluded. The other one just went off on its own and didnt really cause any damage. I mean, this guy made a lot of mistakes. Hes pretty inept at being a terrorist. And commissioner, let me ask you, though, because, you know, you heard what evans reporting. Look, yes, and it is miraculous that these bombs, you know, in the case of the one in new jersey, was placed the race, the marine race started a few minutes late so nobody was running by at the moment. I mean, some of this was luck that something horrible didnt happen. But three different types of bombs, evan is reporting, that he may well have made. Do you think he could have done
that on his own . Well, erin, i would tend to agree with art. I think that the it does appear as though there was someone else involved. You know, theres a big repetitive issue here about being able to make these bombs by looking at the internet. Ive done work, this Technical Work before. Trying to find out where exactly to put the trigger inside a cell phone is a very dangerous thing to do. Especially if youre hooking that stuff up to explosives. A lot of these guys blow themselves up. The fact that they didnt blow themselveses up, the fact they were using cell phones as detonators shows a level of sophistication that we didnt see in boston. And i really believe that they dont do this by looking at the internet. They have to have someone show them how to do it. And its strange to me that there are so many statements coming from the investigators that these are lone wolves, that theres nobody else involved in it. It just doesnt seem possible. What do you say, tim . I would agree. It looks like this individual with no experience that we know of probably was not capable of building these devices without losing three or four fingers, at least, in the experimental phase. Generally, bomb builders are known by the fact that they either have their hands in tact or they dont. The ones who do have their hands in tact are the experienced ones that learned from other experts. For somebody to be a newcomer to the game and be able to make eight or nine devices with a highly sensitive explosive, like hmtd, is its not plausible to me. And what do you make, bob baer, of that explosive as evan is reporting . Hmtd used in the london bombings but not in some other recent bombings. What do you make of the use of that . Not as common as tatp, for example. I find it highly disturbing. I agree. He probably wasnt alone in making these bombs. Ive made hmtd. Very unstable. Its a great initiator. Youd have to know your explosives. Its not somebody that went out
and bought black powder and played around with it. This guy knew what he was doing. He was either taught when he was in afghanistan or pakistan or theres an accomplice. All these bombs, i totally agree, pipe bombs, youve got to know how to put the top on them or you do blow yourself up. The chances of this guy waking up one day and getting on the internet by himself and putting this together are close to zero to none. So, commissioner davis, i mean, from what all of you are saying, time is of the essence here. As they are trying to find acome politici accomplices or anyone who may have helped. Right now we understand he is not cooperating. What next . How do they find others . Well, they drill down into all of the social Media Connections that he had. They speak to all of his friends and all of the people around him to see what he was speaking about and what he was doing in his daytoday life. Then they look very closely at his foreign travel. If he was in tribal areas of pakistan or in afghanistan and
maybe at a in some proximity to a Training Camp. The other guys on the panel are much better at answering those questions as to how that works, but all of those avenues are being pursued now by a whole raft of federal, state and local agencies. They will get the information. Theres a lot going on right now, still. Make no mistake about that. Were going to talk about that foreign travel because it is so crucial. He went through secondary screening. No flags raised. The latest on the condition also of the bombing suspect. We now have that. That is him today after the shootout going to the hospital. And we are learning much more about him. Was he radicalized overseas and was he near a Training Camp . That report next. Plus, should rahami be held as an enemy combatant . That debate heating up tonight. The attacker who stabbed nine people in a minnesota mall wearing a Security Guard uniform in the name of isis. Is sw isis claiming them as one of their own. Was he . I just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. Start at the new carfax. Com show me used trucks with one owner. Pretty cool. [laughs] ah. Ahem. Show me the carfax. Start your used car search at the allnew carfax. Com. Youthats why you drink ensure. Sidelined. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Always be you. At bp, we empower anyone to stop a job if something doesnt seem right, so everyone comes home safely. Because safety is never being satisfied. And always working to be better. Cleasee ya ake off. Because safety is never being satisfied. When youre living with diabetes. Steady is exciting. Oh this is living baby only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. And try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. Breaking news tonight about the suspected new York New Jersey bomber. A Law Enforcement official telling cnn Ahmad Khan Rahami so far is not cooperating with authorities after shot by police on the streets in a town called linden, new jersey. Were outfront life outside the hospital in new york, new
jersey, where rahami is being treated and obviously heavy police presence. What can you tell us about him tonight . Reporter yeah, erin, actually there are cops at every entry point of this hospital making sure vehicles that are going in are supposed to be in there. We know rahami has undergone surgery according to a local county Prosecutors Office here. The hospital, though, will not comment on if hes out of that surgery or what condition he currently is in. They will only say that he is being treated here. We do know, though, from the video he certainly sustained some sort of injuries to his arms and to his leg but he was alert when he was put into that ambulance. As you already mentioned at that point we know he had not been talking to authorities. We dont know quyet if he has talked to authorities since hes been here at the hospital so were still working to find that out. I also want to mention also being treated are those two officers, Linden Police officers who encounter rahami and got into that shootout. One an 18year veteran. She was shot in the bulletproof vest. Were hearing its possible she may be released from the
hospital tonight. And then the second officer, a 23year veteran of the Linden Police department. Were told by the Linden Police department that he was actually hit by bullet fragments in his forehead. Its they say rahami actually shot at his patrol vehicle and the bullets hit his windshield and lucky for him, it looks like those bullets ricocheted and how he got the grazing wound. We know, erin, president obama did call both of those officers to thank them for their bravery and service. Brynn, thank you. Disturbing new details are emerging about ahmad rahamis history, including numerous visits to afghanistan and a taliban stronghold in pakistan. He then came back to the United States. Pamela brown is outfront with the breaking details tonight. Reporter 28yearold bombing suspect ahmad rahami bloodies as hes carried away on a stretcher moments after a shootout with police in linden, new jersey, a few miles from his apartment where his family lives above this chicken restaurant they run. The sound of gunfire captured on this amateur video. Hes a very friendly guy. Youd never suspect this. I went there so much, hed give me free chicken here and there. Reporter the family is from afghanistan, according to Law Enforcement sources. Rahami was born in afghanistan and came to the u. S. In 1995, several years after his father arrives seeking asylum. He became a naturalized u. S. Citizen in 2011. Rahami went to high school in new jersey and attended Middlesex College there majoring in criminal justice, but he never graduated. Law enforcement Officials Say rahami traveled to afghanistan several times in recent years. A family friend tells cnn rahami went there on vacation. He left his kcountry, afghanistan, four years ago. How do you know that . Thats what his little brother told me. Hes on vacation to afghanistan. I was like oh, all right. Reporter cnn also learned rahami spent a year in pakistan from 2013 to 2014. Although rahami underwent
routine questioning upon his return to the u. S. , that never raised any red flags for u. S. Officials and he was not put on any terror watch list. Cnn has learned rahamis family filed a lawsuit against the city of elizabeth in 2011 claiming discrimination based on their muslim religion. The family said city officials harassed them, arbitrarilily ticketing their 24hour restaurant, First American fried chicken, and claimed Community Members taunted them saying things such as, muslims dont belong here and muslims make too much trouble in this country. The city council was getting complainted from the neighborhood at which time they voted to close it at 10 00 which led to some clashes with the Police Department because the police were enforcing the city council ordinance. Reporter the lawsuit was closed without a clear ruling. And in 2014, rahami actually contacted a new jersey congressmans office saying he was having issues getting his wife to the United States. This congressman tells us it turns out her passport was
expired so she wasnt given an immigrant visa. Once her passport was renewed, it turned out she was pregnant