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This morning authorities are identifying a man wanted in connection with those weekend bombings, both here in new york and in new jersey. That injured at least 29. Take a look, here is his picture. His name is ahmed khauhan raham. Said to be living in elizabeth, new jersey t town where five explosive devices were discovered near a busy train station and where police have been searching a building. We have complete coverage beginning with nbc National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Police have launched a regional drag net releasing the photo and name of a person they want to question. This as several Law Enforcement sources tell nbc news they fear a terror cell may be working in this area after three explosions rocked the region, and could have easily killed someone. Considered armed and dangerous Amad Khan Rahami wanted in connection with the bombing saturday night. Hes the man seen on video near the explosion and near a Pressure Cooker that didnt designate. The 28yearold afghan native lived in elizabeth, new jersey where overnight a blast sent shock waves through the community. Police startled, the public rattled. The smell of gun fire in the air. A back pack with five devices inside suddenly exploding, hours later heavily armed fbi agents arrive at this nearby home. Officials say all part of their investigation. Back at the crime scene, the mayor says the bomb squad accidentally triggered the blast. It was not a controlled explosion that occurred when they were cutting in order to make it safe. Reporter before 9 00 p. M. Sunday investigators say two men discovered the back pack in a trash can, pipes and wires inside, a few hundred feet outside of a neighborhood bar. Police shut down the adjacent train station, suspending commuter traffic for hours, the danger to the public soon became clear. Only one of five devices exploded. Thankfully no one hurt. But the blast powerful enough to kill. The loss of life could have been tremendous. The people doing this, they have no value on human life and its really difficult to understand their rationale. Reporter shortly before the explosion, 10 miles away, investigators stopped a vehicle of interest near the verrazano bridge. Five people taken in for questioning in connection to the terror investigation. No charges filed yet. The blast in new jersey comes after a powerful explosion in manhattan injuring 29 saturday night. Earlier saturday in seaside park, new jersey, an ied exploded along the route of a charity race before it got under way. This morning, several Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news they are concerned an active terror cell with multiple players could now be at work in new york and new jersey. Three explosions over the last 48 hours, and now a massive manhunt for this man. Its believe that rahami lived in the residence where the fbi is now searching, its only a mile from where we are from where the bomb was detonated earlier. Investigators have not said if they have a lead on the mans whereabouts and have not said what the connection may be to those five individuals pulled over and then questioned by investigators. Matt. Miguel almaguer, thank you. I want to turn to nbcs justice kors spoken debt Pete Williams talking to sources all morning long. Lets start where miguel ended off. Do they know if there is more of a connection between the five people, have they find this guy . Reporter five people questioned are members of his family im told that the questioning is about over now so he is the key to this, and youre right, matt, this thing moved so fast and im told there were three reasons that led them to him. First of all, two of the three devices that were planted did not go off. The cell phones were attached to them, they had numbers that were dialed, that was a piece of evidence and secondly im told a fingerprint was found on one of those unexploded devices that led to rahami and the third is surveillance vooxt Officials Say he is seen on Surveillance Video at both the bombing scenes youre looking at stills that the new Jersey State Police say were taken from the Surveillance Video in new york that showed him, this is the earlier picture of him that has the hair and the beard, they put out two other still pictures, but this is from the Surveillance Video. So those three things together, thefingerprint, the surveillance, and that explains all of this activity. Let me stop there because you mention the fingerprint. Is he someone who was previously known to Law Enforcement, pete . Reporter no. But because he came to the United States his fingerprint would be on file. He is born in afghanistan so they would have his fingerprint from that. But im told he was not really on any kind of terror watch list. I dont know exactly what the encounter was, the fbi had some peripheral knowledge of him but he was never considered not under surveillance, he was not on any kind of a watch list. All right. Pete, thank you very much. Richard engel is chief foreign correspondent. Sean henry is the former assistant director of the fbi now president of crowd strike. Good morning to both of you. Sean, let me start with you. Here we go, these undetonated devices create a wealth of opportunity and evidence for Law Enforcement. What do we know, what do you think about the sophistication of the devices and of the suspect or the bomber . Thats right, matt. The fact that those devices werent exploded is a treasuretrove for Law Enforcement. It will generate a lot of investigative leads. The fbi has a tdak which is a multinational or multijurisdictional center, fbi, atf, department of defense, they looked at over 100,000 ieds over the last 12 years and collected a lot of signatures so they are able to look at the type of components that made up those devices, look at the triggering devices, also be able to exploit as pete said if there are finger precipitates, dna. I think the fact that they were able to identify rahami is quickly it was a key piece of evidence in the ability to look at this to put out this all point bulletin. Look at the Bigger Picture for me, though, the fact there are four different forensic scenes, crime scenes, does that lead investigators in the direction that this one suspect or a one suspect acted alone as a lone wolf, or there is a larger cell at work . I think the investigation is going to bear that out. I think that they probably will be looking for multiple subjects. Thats not clear at this moment. But i can tell you that getting rahami is key to them because he is the link if in fact there are others out there, of course one of the most important pieces here is being pro active to try and disrupt any potential future acts. The fact he is his name is ot there, his picture is out there, Police Officers are looking for him, thats somewhat disruptive, perhaps keeping him away from his cell. I know they execute add search warrant on his home in elizabeth, new jersey. Didnt find bomb making equipment there. We dont know where that might be if there are other locations he may have been at. Richard, let me turn to you. This man hunt is early but we dont know how long he has had in terms of a head start. Its 48 hours to release his name but he could have been on the run for much of that time. He has been operating, according to the officials, believing that hes the main suspect. It doesnt mean he is still here. To answer the question you raised earlier when you compare this incident to brussels or paris or some of the other home grown or directed terrorist attacks, this seems quite on an amateur scale. Several of these bombs didnt work. They missed their target. The one that blew up in new york didnt succeed in killing any one. Still injured 29 people but its a quite amateur attempt to carry out a complex attack. Talk about the timing, though. These bombs were found some exploded, others did not, on the weekend before dignitaries from around the world arrive here in new york for the meeting for the United Nations. Is this designed in your opinion to send a specific message at a specific time . Hard to know. On one level its a very good time to carry out an attack because there is so much attention, so much security. On another side you could say its a disastrous time because there is so much extra security. I heard the bomb that went off on 23rd street. I happened to be two blocks away. In minutes there were police, fire departments, National Guard, fbi on the scene. In minutes. So, if you want to grab attention, its probably a good time. If you are actually trying to carry out an attack that has a big effect, its a very time when there is a lot of reinforcement. These five pipe bombs in a back pack in a trash can near what would be a busy train station, do you get the sense that that was the intended target, or that these were dumped there by a suspect who simply had to drop and run . You know, it sounds like that may be the latter. Of course, were not going to know. I dont know there were triggering or timing devices found there. The explosion that occurred was based on the robot trying to disable that device. But the investigation, talking to people in that general area, this is going to be another few days. Try and determine who in fact is involved, what their specific motivations are. Transportation we know is always considered a target. And there has been increased patrols, Police Presence at amtrak and subway stations around the country. Thats an important Critical Infrastructure and we know terrorists attempt to target those. Sean, quickly, richard, we hear see something, say something. That worked in a couple occasions. And on a massive scale. Its apb has been put out to every cell phone in the new york area. Everyones looking for him now, his picture. I think if he is detained, based on previous incidents like these around the world, generally the suspects are detained he will have a lot of the answers. Richard engel, thanks. Sean, as well. In the wake of all of this both president ial candidates are speaking out about National Security with the election 50 days away. So here is the state of the race right now. Hillary clinton is holding a News Conference right now, before heading to philadelphia where shell address young voters at temple university. Shell meet with several World Leaders at the United NationsGeneral Assembly, that takes place here in new york, including the president of egypt, don at trump planning to sit down with the ejimtion leader today. First he will hold a rally in florida, his third visit to that state in recent weeks. Peter alexander is at trump tower down the road from us. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. 50 days until the election, exactly one week until the first debate. And responses over the course of the weekend offering a real time point and Counter Point between the candidates. Hillary clinton and donald trump demonstrating striking differences on style and strategies on issues of National Security. After the explosions the sharp contrast from the candidates responses. Before i got off the plane a bomb went off in new york. Reporter donald trump quick to react even before new York City Police identified what happened. Nobody knows exactly whats going on but boy, we are living in a time we better get very tough, folks. Reporter later turning heads with the tone of his tweet expressing warmest regards, best wishes and condolences to the bombing victims and their families. Hillary clintons initial response more measured. I think its always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. Reporter later condemning the apparent terrorist attacks urging americans to choose resolve over fear. The nation remains bitterly divided. More people believe clinton would make a better commander in chief but trump is more trusted on terror. He is fending off criticism from another leading republican, robert gates, the former defense secretary under president s obama and bush. Gates calling on clinton to address her trustworthiness deficit but trump beyond repair and unfit to be commander in chief. And clown robert gates. Believe me i am so much better at what hes doing than he is you wont even believe it. Reporter as trump tries to bury five years of birtherism, his campaign facing a fallout of a claim viewed as racist. Hownd when did donald trump conclude that the president was born in the United States . Youll have to ask him that. Thats a perm decision. Reporter with concerns about lagging enthusiasm for clinton among democrats president obama calling on africanamericans to turn up the heat. I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. You want to give me a good send off, go vote. Reporter right now we want to show you a live picture, this is former secretary of state Hillary Clinton before boarding a plane. She told reporters the threat is real and so is our resolve adding im the only candidate who has been part of the hard decisions to take terrorists off the battlefield. Earlier donald trump said that the United States should seriously consider racial profiling to stop terrorism. He said he doesnt like the concept, but said it might be necessary. Matt. Peter alexander, thank you. Another big story were following, a major pipe line leak in alabama, fueling a spike in gas prices across the east coast and the south. Colonial pipe lines line 1 from texas to new york harbor supplying 40 of the fuel to the east coast. A quarter million gallon leak was discovered last week forcing it to shut down. Fuel supplies in at least five Southern States are threatped by the spill. Experts project prices will go up by as much as 20 cents per gallon. The company is constructing a bypass around the leak site. Cell phone video showing the moment when a small plane with an apparent engine fire fell from the sky near phoenix, arizona. It crashed into a house. Two people were home at the time. They were not hurt. 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