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Senior law enforcement analyst, andrew mccabe, and cnn law enforcement analyst, jonathan wackrow, former senior service agent. let's talk about frank james first. he's in custody. he's charged. about to face a judge. what's your big question now? >> my big question is the same as everybody. what was his motive here and unfortunately, right now, the motive remains unknown. but i think it's important for everyone to understand with this case that james had a level of premeditation that he put toward this attack. some detailed planning. and what i mean by that, you have to take it a step backward...

Facing. we want to solve this problem, it is about all of us getting on board, not those who are living in alternate reality of what is taking place in reality on our streets every day. >> mayor eric adams, i appreciate you being with us this morning. thank you for your time. i know you're positive for covid. we wish you a speedy recovery on that as well. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. back with me, jonathan wackrow and mitch, one of the things the mayor did say was that there was no specific reporting that he can tell us about that there was anything more planned than the atta...

Have, you know, come about as far as criminal prosecution and being able to prosecute those who are, you know, committing violent crime. it all starts with putting the cops back on street, fighting crime, to make communities much safer. >> we have seen a focus on subway stations, jonathan, for a number of years in new york, not just with the rising rates of violent crime there, but as potential terror targets. this goes back to 9/11 for the new york city police department. tell us when you have a situation like this, what steps do they take to determine what exactly happened here? >> well, lis...

Explosive device described. jason carroll, thanks so much. jonathan wackrow with us, sorry, anthony barksdale, former police chief with us now. we're get something details. it is early, chief barksdale, but the idea of a shooting with the possibility as i just mentioned there of a smoke grenade being used prior -- i don't know if complex is the right word, but gives you a sense of a planned attack here. >> absolutely. this is definitely a disturbing event. you have the mass casualty shooting, and we also are seeing signs of this being planned with possible devices being planted. a huge concern...

The ground. it's a very busy scene. trying to set it up quickly and safe and moving all the journalists, brynn's in the thick of it and get to the press conference under way very shortly. chief charles ramsey as well as jonathan wackrow. chief, talk to me, since we see the chaos on the scene. how big and complicated this investigation is now. can you talk us through why that is? >> he's been through this twice, so he certainly understands and knows the complexity of it. but new york is such a large city. the transit system is so large. it is the target for terrorism, obviously, anything that h...