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All the questions are going to come up, not in the actual detective work that found him which was brilliant but what happened after that? that's where all the questions are going to come up. >> you know, we do know and he told investigators that he did get bombmaking know how in pakistan in that area that we have targeted with the drones but, you know, he did pick up enough stuff to try to cover his tracks. for instance, we had a graphic up a moment ago, for instance, he did pay -- he peeled off 13 $100 bills to pay for the pathfinder. he didn't want a paper trail. that's why he did not take a...

And his father, in fact, was a big shot in the military in pakistan. but you know what? this guy almost got away because after they traced, you know, the hero nypd detective who got under the car, under the pathfinder, found the hidden vehicle identification number or v.i.n., they were able to figure out, ok, the car used to belong to that woman. she said i sold it to this guy on craig's list. they found the thumbprint. next thing you know, this guy was actually under surveillance but sometime on monday, apparently he realized, you know what? the noose is getting tighter. i got to get going. h...

We know there was a gun, anderson. >> appreciate it. a source familiar with the investigation tells us faisal shahzad waived his miranda rights and has been talking to officials since his arrest. he's still talking tonight apparently. as joe said, it took less than 54 hours for law enforcement officials to track him down. he left behind those clues. the first was discovered underneath that suv abandoned in times square. drew griffin takes us up close. >> reporter: the moment the danger was over, the wires removed, one detective looked underneath the nissan path finder and wrote down the clue f...

In a nissan path finder parked on the street. the camera picks the guy up right around here, the entrance to schubert alley as it's called. the suv was parked just about one block that way. it's not at all clear why the authorities focused on this guy, but we do know there was something about his body language, his actions that makes them want to sit down and have a conversation with him. the evidence left behind the nissan pathfinder giving authorities a surprising amount of information to start with. much of it would have gone up in smoke and flames if the bomb had gone off, but it did not. ...

We'll get more on that in a moment. in the meantime, i'm joined by nbc news nightly anchor brian williams. we've also assembled a panel to give some analysis of what we heard. the heavy hitters, if you will, regarding national security. it's incredible it was noted and you picked up on this as well, 5 53 hours and 20 minutes from the pathfinder to what we heard last night. >> -- kind of lighten up the mood by -- first of all, it was his job to stress the job that nypd detectives had done. they get first whack at it. they come in first wave. one of them got on their back on a hot night. the e...