Reference to allah before being killed. Isis now calling the suspect a, quote, soldier of the Islamic State. A night of violence raising new questions and concern about the homeland threat. On the campaign trail, quick and differing reactions from the candidate. It always is wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. We are going to get tough and smart and vigilant. Are out showing who the voters think is more qualified to be president. Well dive into the numbers and take you out on the campaign trail and bringing you the latest breaking developments of the ongoing terror investigations. This is your sunday edition of special report. Good evening. Welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Bombings in new york and new jersey, nine people stabbed in minnesota and the fbi investigating all three. New investigative details tonight. We start tonight in the big apple where correspondent peter doocy is on the ground with the latest. Hi, peter. Hi, bret. There is a bomber or bombers on the loose tonight. And authorities are trying to track them down before they have another opportunity to try and blow up innocent new yorkers. A bomb exploding in new york is obviously a an act of terrorism. And now the terrorists are threatening to plant more devices in the city. A 911 call reportedly placed minutes after saturday nights explosion and published by the New York Post includes the following line quote, im looking at the explosion down the block. There will be more. That is a frightening pledge allegedly coming from someone capable of making a few blocks of manhattan feel like a battlefield. I heard boom, boom and everything started shaking, like if i was in iraq and a bomb dropped. Thats what it sounded like. Investigators spent sunday poring over surveillance footage. On 23rd street where it sent 29 people to the hospital and shattered nearby glass windows and doors and on 27th street where a similar Pressure Cooker device left on the sidewalk failed to detonate. Right now we dont have enough information to make any final conclusion. We dont know if there is any political or social motivation. But we do definitely had a bombing last night on 23rd street. If the fbi is sending some evidence to their lab at quantico in virginia. And the nypd bomb squad carefully analyzed the unexploded bomb in their facility and this gives them a major advantage in the manhunt because there is not that much evidence left behind after a bombing. We think back to lockerbie when the forensics and the technology wasnt anywhere near where it is at. And in this crime scene they found this dingy thing with a serial number on it and traced it back to a place in germany and solved that case. Since no arrests have been made yet, new york leaders are taking no chances. We will be deploying close to an additional 1,000 new York State Police and National Guard people to police the bus terminal and airports and subway stations. I want new yorkers to be confident when they go back to work on monday. Weve spoken to the woman who found the second ied and called it in. Her name is jane shrivner and shes 66 years old. She saw a Pressure Cooker and knew it could be used to build a bomb and her call that got a bomb squad there within minutes likely saved a lot of people from serious injury or worse. Bret. Well follow this investigation closely. A lot of video cameras in that area. And well see what investigators have. But have they, peter, directly discovered a connection between the bombings in new york city and new jersey earlier yesterday . Not yet, bret. There are obvious similarities in proximity. A twohour drive between the blast locations. And timing, just about 11 hours apart, but there are differences as well. In new jersey it was pipe bombs and here is was Pressure Cooker bombs and at this hour we still do not know if there is a common person at the two locations or if there is anything that links the town in new jersey to the spots in chelsea. Bret. Peter, thank you. 1200 miles to the west of new york city, the motivations behind the stabbing seemed to be immediately clear. Isisrelated media are claiming the minnesota attacker was one of their own. And fbi investigators are viewing it as an act of terrorism, home grown and inspired or otherwise. Dan springer has been following this investigation. Bret, it had to be five chaotic and terrifying minutes inside that minnesota mall. Now the fbi says this is a possible act of terrorism. The joint Terrorism Task force is conducting the investigation along with the st. Cloud police department. Isisrelated media has claimed responsibility putting out this statement. The executor of this attacks in minnesota yesterday was a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls to target the citizens of countries belonging to the crusader coalition. It happened just after 8 00 last night at crossroads small in st. Cloud. A man wearing a Security Guard uniform pulled out a knife and started stabbing people. Police say one person who was attacked was asked if he was a muslim. Others heard the attacker reference allah. Police found the attackers car in the parking lot and have conducted two property searches at nearby apartments. The suspect lived in st. Cloud but had only a few contacts with police for minor things. Nothing more serious than traffic violations. They have not released his name. We are currently investigating this as a potential act of terrorism. And i do say potential. There is a lot we dont know. We do not at this point in time know whether the subject was in contact with or had connections with or was inspired by a foreign terrorist organization. We now know nine people were stabbed, seven men and two women ranging in age from 15 to 55. Three victims are still in the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. Police are crediting an offduty officer for saving lives. Jason faulkner was shopping when he saw the commotion. He ended up shooting and killing the suspect in heroic fashion. We are a strong community. We are a united community. And there is, in this individual, evil acts, unjustifiable in any means it will not shake the resolve of this community. St. Cloud is just an hour drive from minneapolis which has been a major focus of federal terror investigations dating back years. Its home to the largest muslim so maly population in the u. S. And the fbi said isis and al qaeda have done heavy recruiting in the area. In the last year nine somali men have been convicted of terrorrelated charges. Well have to wait and see if this knife attack is in any way related. Bret. Dan, thank you. This weekends incidents are just the latest examples of why many terrorist experts in and out of the government are on high alert in recent weeks. Kristin fisher is here with Historical Perspective about the issue of Homeland Security. Good evening. If what happened in minnesota does indeed turn out to be inspired or directed by isis, it would be the fifth attack in u. S. Soil in just under two years. And when you add in similar attacks in europe, that number more than doubles. Here at home, the fbi said it has close to a thousand open cases in all 50 states focused on people who are at some stage between consuming the poison of the group we call isil or isis and acting on that poison. At the same time the Obama Administration has Just Announced plans to allow an additional 110,000 refugees into the u. S. Next year including an unknown number from syria. Critics like retired general and trump adviser mike flynn are deeply concerned. You have got the director of the fbi that said we have a thousand cases going on in this country in all 50 states. I mean, whats going on . So we have to Pay Attention to the refugees that are coming into this country. We have to pay tension to the undocumented or the illegals in this country. Last week on the anniversary of 9 11 the secretary of Homeland Security said the u. S. Is safer but challenged by a different kind of attack. We are safer now when it comes to another 9 11 style of attack but challenged when it comes to the prospect of the lone wolf actor. The home grown violent extremist. And that requires a new whole of government response. And while we still dont know who was behind the bombings in new york and new jersey, investigators say they do fit the profile of a lone wolf attack. Bret. Kristin, thank you. From new york to talk about the uptick in violence is Wisconsin Republican senator ron johnson, chairman of the senate Homeland Security committee. Senator, thanks for being here. Hello, bret. You know, it is disconcerting obviously for people over the weekend to hear about these attacks. And to hear about the people injured. There is the question about connecting all of these and if that is happening with investigators. What can you tell us . Well, just in open news reports, it sounds like the new York City Police have connected the new jersey and the new york bombings together. But bret, what is so disconcerting is these are three attacks in literally 24 hours and you start seeing attacks in st. Cloud, minnesota. When i travel around wisconsin, i often ask audiences have you ever heard of Sami Mohammed hamza. Very few have. In january just of this year he told police and fbi informants that hed be 100 happy if he could slaughter 30 people at the Masonic Center in wisconsin. Were finding out that the terrorist attacks are occurring far too greater frequency and all over the country. No place is safe. Weve heard, senator, isis is claiming responsibility or applauding the efforts in minnesota. And we dont know about the bombings in new york and the device in new jersey. But we do know that homegrown terrorism inspired by isis seems to be on the minds of intel officials the most. Knowing what you know, is that your biggest fear . It is. Its the inspired lone wolf. But lets face it, bret, were now talking about wolf packs that are directed by isis. Thats what we think happened probably in brussels and istanbul. And weve seen this occur in far too many places. In San Bernardino and orlando and, again, a foiled plot in milwaukee, now st. Cloud, minnesota, new jersey, new york. We have got to defeat isis. It has been over two years since president obama laid out americas goal toward isis, which was to defeat it. And we may be nibbling around the edges and doing some damage, but the analogy i use is a beehive in your backyard. We know what you need to do. You need to take out the hifb. President obama in effect is poking the hive. Doing some damage but he is stirring up the nest. They are spreading. Isis is metastasizing and evolving and spreading. And you dont just believe me, you can believe the cia director john brennan who testified before the cia the Senate Intelligence committee about a month ago. He said that our efforts have not reduced isis terror capability and their global reach. They remain a formidable and large lin intact enemy. That is not very good after two years of effort. Your partys nominee is very concerned about Syrian Refugees specifically, refugee over all being accepted into the u. S. What is your level of concern, first as Homeland Security chairman in the senate, but also as a republican running for reelection . In terms of isis operatives coming into this country, im more concerned about them coming in through the porous southern borders. But that is my concern. But it is a legitimate concern to be wary of refugee that are not fully vetted. So the first thing we need to do with any refugee is we need to set proper criteria. We cant let refugees in with zero risk. And what ive said about Syrian Refugees, why not set criteria, for example, women and children relatives of syrianamerican citizens who have the financial wherewithal to support them. If there is any question, you dont let the refugee in. Im the sponsor of the safe act in the senate that would require the department of the Homeland Security and fbi director and head of the Terrorism Center to certify whoever we let in poses no risk to america. And we really cant vet people that well. Just take no risks. Senator, you are up there in new york, to be part of the United NationsGeneral Assembly as an invited guest. Do you expect security to be increased exponentially because of what weve seen over this weekend . It will be increased. There is awful lot of security and barriers set up but this bombing obviously occurred outside of that security zone. And so no, im sure there is heightened security but we have to remain vigilant. If you see something, say something, is not just a trite phrase. Americans have to be wary unfortunately because we have not addressed islamic terror. We have not been relentless in tracking them down and defeating them and what we have to do. First and foremost and we have to defeat isis and syria in iraq and then weve got to track down islamic terrorists wherever they may have taken up safe haven anywhere on the globe. Senator last thing, i would be remiss if i didnt ask you the question. And i alluded to donald trump and what he is saying about refugees, but in wisconsin, donald trump trails Hillary Clinton by three to five points. Most senators up for reelection, republican senators are outperforming the nominee in their states by a number of points. Youre roughly down to Russ Feingold by about three to eight points. What is happening in your race in wisconsin . Well, i think the race is definitely tightening. Most wisconsinites enjoy their summer and they turn their attention after labor day. That is why you see the race tighten. I feel good about the race. Im a citizen legislator, a guy with 31 years in manufacturing and im chairman of the Homeland Security and gotten results and running against a 34year career politician who has very little to show for it and i think wisconsinites see two individuals, senator feingold actually believes Hillary Clinton is honest and trustworthy. So i think theyll make the right choice and i actually feel good about the election. Senator johnson, thanks for the time tonight. Have a good night. 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A day off the campaign trail for donald trump but hardly a day off work, according to sources. He huddled with his closest advisers to prepare for that allimportant first president ial debate. With just a week to go until his first facetoface meeting with Hil