luke, let me strt with this specific charges. xwa investigators are opening an investigation against al khazzani for attempted murder of a terrorist nature for possession of weapons and belonging in a terrorist organization. they gave details about both the attack and attackers. attack, we know that khazzani boarded the train in brussels but specifically wanted to board the train, we learned from the investigators, that the sales officer offered to board two trains before that but he wanted that particular train. we don t know yet why. then we know that he went to the bathroom, spent three minutes there. he emerged shirtless with an akm machine gun, with 270 rounds, 9 millimeters pistol, and a bottle of fuel. well, all that, of course, was enough to cause what
suspect was doing minutes before he boarded the train. nbc s claudio lavanga is in par wis the latest. reporter: the investigators here opened the investigation of charges of attempted murder with terrorist of a terrorist nature, possession of weapons and the participation in a terrorist organization. now, they gave a lot more details about that attack and the attacker. they said that the attacker khazzani boarded that train in brussels bound for paris with an incredible amount of weapons, ammo. now he had an akm which is an assault rifle, some kind of short ka lash cough and cam mo and 270 rounds, a hammer, a bottle full of gasoline, box cutters and so forth. well, enough to cause or to
parade and a hero s welcome for the three americans who helped thwart that attack. joining me now from paris is nbc news correspondent claudio lalagna. tell us about sadler s return after attending the red carpet event last night. reporter: thomas, a source in the u.s. embassy here in paris told nbc news that anthony sadler and his family left paris this morning at 11:00 a.m. that s about this time, local time, that s about eight hours ago. we don t have confirmation but that s what we believe will get confirmation if we get it. meantime, of course, french prosecution has formally opened an investigation into that attack and has charged khazzani of with attempted murder of a terrorist nature, possession of weapons and participation of a in a terrorist organization. now we learn a lot more details
they fight every cause for the world s worst actors. this is the same man who warns that a china that is a prosprr s tyrany will impose problems for us. lame duck russian leader fired back. it is very reminiscent of hollywood. my first advice is to listen to reason. reason never harmed a presidential candidate. my other advice is to check their clocks from time to time. it is 2012 and not the mid 1970s. hold on. calling romney hollywood? sort of interesting considering his boss, vladimir putin enjoys hollywood himself. there in 2009 vacationing in the rugged siberian region riding a horse shirtless and the ancient jugs he retrieved that were planted for him ahead of time. the russians weren t the only ones tough on romney today. the speaker of the house, john boehner had something to say to his party s likely nominee. clearly the president is overseas and at a conference. while the president is overseas i think it is appropriate that people not be critical of him or
politics. mitt romney sent off alarms from washington to moscow when he said this about russia. this is without question our number one geopolitical foe. they fight every cause for the world s worst actors. this is the same man who warns that quote, a china is a prosperous tyranny will pose problems for us. and lame duck russian leader medvedev fired back. it is very reminiscent of hollywood in a certain period of history. my first advice is to listen to reason when they formulate their positions. reason never harmed a presidential candidate. my other advice is to check their clocks from time to time. it is 2012, not the mid 1970s. hold on. medvedev calling romney hollywood? sort of interesting that his boss likes the hollywood staging, including the taming of this tiger that was a tame cat. and riding a horse shirtless as we all do. and those instant jugs putin proudly retrieved off the coast of greece late last year that were planted for him ahead of time? well, vla