Diaz as cases snowball, ski resorts work to stay open. Can you pull up your mask for me . Diaz and later, a timely honor for an aspiring innovator we first met three years ago. Has it sunken in yet, or are you still flying high . Im still flying high. This is the cbs weekend news from chicago. Heres adriana diaz. Diaz good evening. There is breaking news tonight. Investigators have identified a person of interest in the Christmas Morning bombing in nashville. Today, agents combed through a severely damaged downtown looking for clues after a parked r. V. Rigged with explosives blew up. At least three people were hurt. Cbs news chief justice and Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues is at f. B. I. Headquarters tonight with new developments. Jeff, good evening. Reporter adriana, Law Enforcement sources tell cbs news that the leading theory right now is that the person responsible for that bomb blast may have been killed in the explosion. Were also being told d. N. A. Tests are being
Last 24 hours authorities were seen collecting evidence from a home outside of the city. You can see it there. It is unclear what red them there but a picture of the property in may of 2019 shows an rv parked in the backyard. It is similar to the one used in fridays bombing. More than 500 tips have come insofar. I am confident in the team we have. That we will get to the bottom of this. We will find out the story of this individual or individuals. We dont know right now. Reporter the explosion wiping out cell phone and Internet Service for many people across the south. At t is working to bring the system back online this morning. Tennessees governor is now seeking an Emergency Declaration from President Trump. Back to you guys. Will thank you, jackie. Good morning on fox friends will cain along with Rachel Campos duffy and griff jenkins. Information is coming in quickly. It is reasonable to assume well have answers who is behind the attack, between the motive and tips as jackie said. 5
Favor to 134 against. The politics of it fascinating with President Trump and top Congressional Democrats all pushing to get this done. To this point, Senate Republicans appear to be what could hold americans back from getting more help. Every Senate Democrat is for it but unfortunately, we dont have the republicans on board. Today i am telling donald trump, dont just talk about it, act. Some Senate Republicans sound skeptical about spending more this point. How can the republicans vote against more aid when millions of americans are still unemployed through no fault of their own . Yeah, because its terribly untargeted, right . Why would we be sending 2,000 to people with a sixfigure income who have had no suspension, no reduction of their income at all . But i House Democrats as this is about helping those really in need. It is not for the wealthy. This will be for individuals of 75,000 or less, so yes, we absolutely need to do that. Some republicans are calling for cuts elsewhere or
Back towards that rv and you are watching the video, you can see that moment of clarity for me when i heard guys say, go and check. I saw the biggest flames i have ever seen. The biggest explosions, i mean, and i just saw orange and saw them stumble. And i felt it, i felt the heat and the waves. We will speak to the director of the Tennessee Bureau of investigations in just a moment. But first mike tobin is live in nashville with the latest. Mike. Hi, alicia. They know who bombed downtown nashville, but escaping is the answer why. Lets start with this dramatic footage of the officer you just heard from him. Officer james wells in the area of the blast and he says he heard that voice telling him to check on his fellow officer. And the debris from the blast overwhelmed the area where the officer was standing. This is one time the public giving credit to the police for the fact that the only person killed was the bomber. One of the people who escaped, Jeffrey Rasmussen escaped as the blas