Page 40 - Path Finder News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Taken away on a tarp. another question was whether or not they could rule out the original owner of that suv, whether the registered owner of that path finder, he again telling me that that person was not a suspect at this point as well. do we know more about the car bomb itself and why it malfunctioned? >> reporter: of course, forensic experts will continue to work on that. part of the reason is that the kind of fertilizer that they had inside that vehicle simply wasn't good enough to put together a good explosion. plus, there apparently wasn't any kind of explosive debt ton nay tore cap or s...

Something, say something. that is the mantra. someone followed those instructions yesterday flagging down an officer after seeing a smoking suv in times square. many lives may have been saved. joining us is a new york homeland security advisor. you heard about the press conference today. it was fairly lengthy press conference with a lot of detail. police commissioner ray kelly talking specifically about somebody seen in a dark sweatshirt or dark shirt who was seen in the alley where the pathfinder was smoking. taking the shirt off revealing a red shirt, looking around, seeming to be suspicious...

With hundreds of others. >> tell us how big of a deal it is to catch this person soon. some folks made a mistake possibly here. they learned quickly. >> reporter: well, they do. the good news for the people of new york city is that in is no finer law enforcement organization than the nypd. they will have success to hundreds of surveillance videos. they'll exploit the forensics on site quickly. i know they welcome phone calls from alert citizens who may be aware of something to do with the green pathfinder. some of the leads pointed towards connecticut. the public can render assistance by calli...

They have a treasure-trove of information and evidence that whoever left this thing thought it was going to be blown to bits by the bomb. it was not. that's the green path finder parked on times square. the person who notified police, he reached out to wayne ratigan of the new york police department. we're starting to see the first pictures of the police officer first on the scene to check this out. in the baseball cap, i believe. walking to the mayor and the governor in there as well. this was the police officer who was first alerted to this vehicle by this t-shirt vendor. then this man, this...

That. there is obviously a circle of bomb experts that communicate about this type of device or anything else that surfaces in other areas of the world. >> commissioner to recap the investigation, environmentalists you are not ruling out the taliban. it was may 1st, is there anything else? >> we don't have enough information to say yes or no at this time. >> and other avenues, is that accurate? >> we wouldn't rule them out. >> to the letter that you are mentioned and the lead with the pathfinder, are they going in the same direction? >> they are going forward. >> i mean as far as the same indi...