The delusion that they have just latched themselves to trump and to this presidency. So frankly, i would be surprised if they ever get off the ship. Its going to be an issue in 2018. The voters have a say. Jennifer rubin, great to have you. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, thank you, my friend. A bunch of news has broken late today and into this evening, stories were continuing to follow as developing news stories. That includes the federal court in washington, d. C. , unsealing a new batch of documents in the Special Counsels criminal case against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump Campaign official rick gates. The 12count Felony Indictment against them was unsealed yesterday alongside a guilty plea from a more junior Campaign Official who now admits he lied to the fbi about his russia contacts during the campaign. That was all yesterday. This new filing Unsealed Tonightby the Federal Court In Washington Lays Out the first overt russia connections to the manafort and gates indictment as well as the russia connections that were spelled out in the guilty plea for that more junior Campaign Official, George Papadopoulos yesterday. So this new document about manafort and gates, its actually a new set of documents, a whole docket thats been posted this evening. That means it includes Arrest Warrants, it includes the terms for the release from custody of manafort and gates. Theres a lot, theres a lot there. Well have more on that new filing coming up shortly this evening. As well as the new nbc news scoop that the Trump National campaign cochair, the top Policy Official on the Trump Campaign, has begun speaking with the mueller inquiry, and he has now given testimony to the grand jury in that case. So as i said, theres a bunch of developing stories that are breaking this afternoon and into
novehicle zone. He was able to drive southbound 20 blocks, hitting people on bikes and pedestrians along the way. Then down at Chambers Street he collided with a school bus. That was at the first cross street that he hit, Chambers Street right near stuyvesant high school. Police say two adults and two children on the school bus were injured when the truck ran into the school bus. The attacker got out of his truck. Law enforcement sources tell nbc news the man yelled allahu akbar before fire off what appears to have been a bb gun or a pelle eliminat gun. A Police Officer shot the suspect in the abdomen. Police tell us hes being treated in a hospital, we dont know which ones. The authorities have not yet released the names of those killed today. Among those injured, some of them in the hospital are in serious conditions. We dont believe the remaining injuries are lifethreatening,
even though theyre serious. The suspect in todays attack has been identified by nbc news as a 29yearold man, Sayfullo Saipov is his name. Hes of uzbek origin. Federal authorities tell nbc news that saipov came to the United States in 2010 from uzbekistan. The Drivers License he was carrying tonight was apparently from tampa, florida. Wnbc reports saipov is believed to have been staying recently in new jersey. He believe he rented the truck used in todays attack from a home depot in passaic, new jersey. Nbc news reports the suspect rented that truck at around 2 00 p. M. Today, then drove straight to manhattan to carry out the attack. The attack happened just past 3 00 p. M. New jersey Advanced Media reports late tonight authorities surrounded a block in paterson, new jersey, in a parking lot at a home depot in pa ssaic, new jersey. Police also surrounded a mosque in new jersey. Officials are calling this an act of terror, based on the mode of the attack and what the suspect said when he got out of the truck. In the past hour, wnbc is reporting that in addition to all of that, a note was found in the suspects truck, and according to wnbc, that note claims that the driver, the suspect in the attack had done what he did for isis. Wnbc is sourcing that report about the note tonight to Law Enforcement officials. Now, the nypd and the fbi have opened what theyre describing as a joint investigation into todays attack. Well have more on what that means in just a moment. But there are still some basic unanswered questions. We dont yet know what brought this suspect from florida to new jersey and how long he had been in the tristate area. We also dont know the details of how this New York CityPolice Officer came upon and stopped the perpetrator. We dont know exactly why the perpetrator got out of his
rented truck in the first place, which gave that Police Officer a clear opportunity to shoot him. New York Police Commissioner james oneill noted that in an issue of the Isis Magazine that came out a couple of years ago, isis not only gave detailed instructions to its followers to use trucks to kill pedestrians, they specifically suggested a gathering like, as you see on your screen here, new yorks Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade as a good target for terrorists to target in a vehicleborne attack. This is not thanksgiving, but it is halloween. And as it turns out, New York City does have a big event going on tonight. The annual Halloween Parade which you see here. New york city did not cancel tonights annual Halloween Parade after this attack in Lower Manhattan this afternoon. But New York Citys mayor and new yorks governor, andrew cuomo, announced that revellers at the Halloween Party tonight should expect an increased Police Presence, not just at the parade but around the city, as a precaution. Joining me is nbc reporter
kristen dahlgren, thank you very much, kristen, we appreciate your time tonight. Reporter thanks, rachel. Yeah, you talk about halloween down here, this is supposed to be a joyous time in this neighborhood, around manhattan. Throughout this night, its been so upsetting to see all of the Police Activity and the Flashing Lights and everything, and you see a little kid walking by in their halloween costume, parents pushing strollers with their kids out here, others headed off to the Greenwich Village parade tonight. And so people are still out there on the streets. But having to walk past this crime scene, and knowing what happened here, and that eight people lost their lives here. As you can see behind me, were still blocked off. There is an active Crime Scene Investigation going on right now, because there are still those unanswered questions. So police combing through the scene, trying to figure out exactly the path that this
suspect took coming down that bike path. We know there was like a 15block area along the path that he came down, leaving victims all along the way, until he ultimately crashed and got out of that rented truck and began trying to run and evade police. Weve talked to eyewitnesses here who say they heard the shots, Police Taking him down, and they actually had to shield the kids that they were picking up from school at that time, because this happened around 3 30 in the afternoon. So telling some really terrible stories, and then the carnage that they saw afterwards, strewn along that bike path. Tonight also the investigation is going to tampa, florida, trying to figure out what happened there with this suspect, to new jersey where he rented that truck and where he was apparently staying most recently. So a lot of unanswered questions, a lot of investigation going on. And then a definite steppedup Police Presence here in new york tonight, both around this area,
around the Halloween Parade going on tonight. And then in other tourist areas, police and Authorities Say theyre going to be very visible tonight, rachel rachel. Kristen, weve heard it was a uniformed new york Police Officer who was able to shoot the suspect once he got out of the truck. Do we know anything about what the Immediate Police response was in terms of how quickly the police were on the scene, where the Police Officer was stationed, where he or she was able to make this confrontation. Do we know anything about the initial Police Response that stopped the attack . Reporter it was apparently a Police Officer who was on duty at the time and happened to be nearby, im not sure exactly how close. But the eyewitnesses we were talking about to said that the Police Presence was almost immediate. They said as soon as they heard something going on and saw what was going on, there were police
around. You spend a lot of time around here, and in new york there often is a Police Officer not very far away, a block or two blocks away. And the witnesses describing sort of the chaos that was going on. I imagine that they would have gotten here very quickly. Kristen dahlgren, nbc news correspondent. Kristen, thank you for helping us through this thing, much appreciated. Joining us here in studio is bill bratton, new York City Police commissioner until last year. Thank you for coming in. You heard kristen saying in that part of new york You Dont Have to go far to find a patrol officer. What do you know today, what have you been able to learn in terms of the Immediate Police response, the way the police are handling this, and what it means for this to be a joint police fbi investigation Going Forward . On any day, New York City and particularly manhattan is the most heavily policed place in america. Probably more so than washington, d. C. Its something that the nypd has
consciously done since 9 11 in particular. And down in the World Trade Center area, this awful tragedy, the idea that it occurred within sight of those horrific events of now 16 years ago, its so ironic be. This was like a mile from the trade center. If not actually planned by this individual. So the fact that Police Response was so quick is not surprising. During my time as Police Commissioner, we created two new units, Critical Response command, sig, almost 1300 officers equipped with long guns. What does sig stand for . Strategic response group. They deal primarily with crowds, et cetera, and the count counterterrorism group. The intent is, anywhere in New York City, in the event of a lone wolf gunman, we can have
teams of officers there with equipment. But in New York City, you cant look around without seeing a Police Officer. The city has invested a lot of money in that, 36,000 Police Officers. As to the unfolding events today, the investigation will be multifaceted. Right now it involves apparently three states, florida, new jersey, new york. The Rollback Investigations will attempt to recover does he have a computer, does he have a smartphone, did he have one with him, try to get information from that. Several news sources including the local news station here in network, channel 4, are reporting a note or notes were recovered at the scene, indicating some type of allegiance to isis, which would be critical in the investigation, because so many of these things are inspired by, enabled by, or directed by, those are the three terms. This one would have been at a minimum inspired by if not enabled by. The investigation will also seek to determine does anybody else know about this, was anybody else involved in the planning. And thats critical to try very early on to see are there other threats we need to be mindful of, particularly with the half Million People down there watching the parade, Little League 300 yards from where this occurred. What do you make of the decision to go ahead with that event tonight . Again, im somebody who lives in that part of the city, i know how big and celebratory and edgy that event can be, i mean that in a positive way. The city did have to make a decision. Its the right thing to do. Boston after the marathon, new york, resilience, unundaunted, l the time, after 9 11, after every one of these incidents. Theres been over two dozen attempted efforts, times square
attempted bombing and others. Commissioner oneill, his first day after succeeding me, he had a bombing on 23rd street. And the bomber in that case just convicted. Thats correct. 13 months later. The pace of these attacks is increasing, which is of concern. Because of nypd is so big and capable and a multifaceted force, it makes one ask questions about how they work. I ask specifically about the fbi, when the n ychypd and the work together, is there a Force Multiplier effect, those two organizations get more done together than separately . Could the nypd handle this on their own . One of the things i take great pride in during my time as commissioner, you wont find a Law Enforcement agency that says it doesnt work seamlessly with the nypd. Its critical that you have what
you saw tonight at the news conference, bill sweeney from the fbi, commissioner oneill, the joint Terrorism Task force. Theyll quickly determine whether this is to be led by the fbi, led by the nypd. No matter who is leading, everybody is working all together. Thats a Force Multiplier. The fbi has the capability to reach to florida, to reach to new jersey. Nypd has the capability with 14 detectives, a program initiated by my predecessor, ray kelly, to reach out overseas, who will be notified about this incident, asking for information and giving information to our allies overseas about what we know at this time, preliminary, but trying to exchange as much information as possible. New york city is the kind of city that has overseas detectives. A special place. Bill brat whereton, Police Commissioner in New York City until last year, now an msnbc
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