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they want the adl to be removed from certain social media platforms, those are the demands that the groups have made online. >> according to the adl last year had the most anti-semitic incidents in the u.s. in more than 40 years, and these calls are not a joke. the trolls use highly anti-semitic language. you can see and almost feel the kind of terror that it can engender. you know, if somebody says there's a bomb and get out of the building, that's not a fun thing to be involved in. that's not funny. talk a little bit more about the kinds of harassment and the implications of this that we're seeing throughout the jewish community. >> well, i think the goal is to engender fear, so in one particular call, california, they were told that there was a backpack bomb under a bench inside the synagogue. other people have called suicide hot lines and said that they were thinking about killing themselves and killing other people as well, so when the synagogues who are just in the
individuals to -- when you sit far away from something watching on the screen the aftermath it is hard to put yourself on the way and all of a signed you hear shooting and a panic response will set in for individuals and that was the intention here of using the smoke in this situation. and also attacking people on the subway in general. you mentioned that i have been assigned to the intelligence division of the nypd. my unit was very much involved, along with the f.b.i. and joint terrorism task force with an individual who was looking to use a backpack bomb to attack the subway. we understand that going after the subway is going after the artery of new york city and many ways the daily heart and soul of the city, which has been under a lot of duress from day-to-day crime for a while. already a perception that the subway is unsafe, violence on
i'm just assuming here but there is a risk of something like a backpack bomb or suicide bomber with a truck. the reason why the american government would tell americans to leave is if they can't afford not to tell people not to congregate around the entrances to the airfield. what else are they supposed to say? the challenge to close, chris, the challenge for people on the ground is, you have the americans saying there is a potential physical threat at the airport but if i go home there is a potential threat from the taliban coming after my family. the people at the airport have no good options, and nor do we. >> why isn't the good option to bring them in? >> you could bring them in if this is a target and you could walk through a turnstile but you have to certify who is who. those people have to go across town and go in concentrated areas that are prime targets for someone who is plotting a terror attack. what is your choice if you're an american? congregate around the gates because we have specific threats that say you're targeted or say go home?
until we start treating immigration as a national counterterrorism layering problem, then we are not going to effectively be able to deploy any type of israeli style security to prevent the next church attacker. >> i think there is something we need to discuss here, this was not about attacking one church. let's think about what he was planning. he was planting a secondary bomb after the church was attacked. we had discussed this with two fbi agents. >> laura: backpack bomb. >> he was going to wait for the police to get here. that's what they do, when i was in iraq and afghanistan, i covered the war, they would always say don't go right after the bombing because there's always a secondary. that means he was trained. i would like to know more about who he was talking to. >> laura: where is the digging by american reporters on this? did he go to a mosque? maybe he didn't, maybe he did.
immigration as a national counterterrorism layering problem, then we are not going to effectively be able to deploy any type of israeli style security to prevent the next church attacker. >> i think there is something we need to discuss here, this was not about attacking one church. let's think about what he was planning. he was planting a secondary bomb after the church was attacked. we had discussed this with two fbi agents. >> laura: backpack bomb. >> he was going to wait for the police to get here. that's what they do, when i was in iraq and afghanistan, i covered the war, they would always say don't go right after the bombing because there's always a secondary. that means he was trained. i would like to know more about who he was talking to. >> laura: where is the digging by american reporters on this? did he go to a mosque? maybe he didn't, maybe he did.
arrest tonight accused of trying to detonate a backpack bomb at lunch. he had researched information on isis. and in missouri, police officers are mourning one of their own. ryan morton fatally shot responding to a 911 call. a male suspect opening fire from inside. two other officers also hit, but survived. the suspect was later found dead in the house. and several injuries reported after a city bus collided with an suv in chicago. the bus plowing into a suv making a left turn. five passengers treated. the suv driver cited for driving without a license and failure to yield. when we come back tonight, the nba star and a high school surprise. it's "america strong." i've always wanted to share a special moment with my mom. i think surprising her with a night ski trip would just be the biggest gift i could give her.
last sunday. they had lunch at zizzi, an italian restaurant. then at 3:47 p.m., this image apparently showing them passing a security camera outside a gym on market walk. and 13 minutes later, they're found collapsed on a nearby park bench. skripal was arrested in moscow in 2006, then sent to britain in 2010 in a spy swap. at the time, vladimir putin issued a chilling threat. "traitors will kick the bucket. trust me," he said. skripal reportedly told friends he was worried for his safety. his wife died in 2012, his son, last year. investigators are now looking into those deaths. david? >> terry, thank you. when we come back, a student under arrest. a backpack bomb discovered in a cafeteria. and three officers shot responding to a 911 call for help. new reporting in a moment. new reporting in a moment. call for help. new reporting in a moment.
has. a couple questions, what has general flynn offered and what has he said about the white house and the authorization of conversations with the russians? what kind of e-mails has the team, the fbi team under mueller acquired around the meeting, the famous meeting last june with don jr.? what kind of financial transactions have they reviewed between russians or russian intermediaries? i'll go back to my career at the fbi, 30 seconds or less. i remember following a terrorism suspect who was communicating in code with a terrorism recruiter in europe. that subject was in a major u.s. city. that subject was he researching how to build a backpack bomb and he traveled to washington, d.c. how to use a bomb potentially against the u.s. capitol or other facilities. the u.s. public never knew about the case. what i'll saying is they're acquiring a ton of information. robert mueller has never spoken and he won't until they've dwhaermd to say. he knows a lot.
happening but not until she sort of pierces her own memory, realized that was what in fact was being planned. so these investigations will take a long time. definitely the sheriff has a theory of the case, so this investigation is going to move forward. >> phil mudd, to you the idea of the explosive left in the vehicle, and based on what the sheriff said, does it seem to you that there may be some idea in this person's mind that they had some sort of exit strategy? or idea of moving elsewhere? >> there's a couple characteristics about the explosives that i feel curious. ammonium nitrate that could potentially be used with other materials for a backpack bomb. why did he acquire that and never use it? was there a trigger that led him to pursue not building a bomb? there's a reference to tannerite. art probably knows more about that but that can be cinematic, dramatic. you put a small amount of that in a place, pop it with a rifle, you get a large explosive effect.
i think the authorities would have already known. the sheriff said yesterday within 48 hours we should have a bigger picture. they have this digital picture of his life that should clarify what he was doing and why he chose that venue, chris. >> also, phil, it seems clear at this point that he did as much as he could to give himself the best opportunity to kill as many boom as possible. he picked an elevated vantage point. he rigged the weapons to spray as many many bullets as possible. he put the cameras outside and privacy sign to give himself as much time as possible. what did that fit into what his objective was? >> obviously his objective, in my judgment, was to kill as many people as possible. we know he had explosive material in the car. that explosive material is commonly available. it is agricultural material. if you look on the internet, you can find ways to make that into a backpack bomb.