i moved back to pakistan in 1982. i was one of the few journalists who was able to go and see the whole soviet set-up. as well as going to the mujahideen. that was unusual, because the soviets would say, if you are going to see the mujahideen who are fighting us, we will not give you a visa. >> who were the mujahideen. >> they fled after the soviet invasion and became refugees in pakistan or iran and other places. five million came into pakistan, and if you think of the afghan population at that time being 20 million, almost a quarter of the population fled, and they came into pakistan, and then of course they were aided and abetted by first pakistan to launch attacks against the soviet occupation, and then of course, the americans got into it, the c.i.a. got into it, the saudis, international help came to them, and then they became this guerilla force. >> the name came from where, mujahideen. >> the name is an islamic term which means you are fighting for the faith. at that time it was portrayed as a jihad much like

he was an american citizen who was naturalized here, born in pakistan. he had another home where he had lived for about the past three or four years, according to neighbors. it's about seven miles away from here in a town known as shelton, about a 20 minute drive. according to the neighbor at that home shahzad lived with his wife as well as two young children, a son and daughter. better idea of who he was, filling in the blanks, if you will, saying he was odd, he was quiet, in her words that he was strange. that he often wore blackgpç and went jogging late at night after dark. things that she found to be quite curious. she also indicated this man, faisal shahzad, had told her and her husband that he worked on wall street. and this afternoon there are some reports that he, in fact, had worked if not now but in the past as a junior financial analyst at a firm not far away from hereo+s in stanford, connecticut. at this point, the neighbors in this area say they really didn't know him very well. but the neighbors elsewhere say they got a good chance to get

pakist pakistan. we don't know if it's true but could tell white house al qaeda was behind the plot and had some hand in it. al qaeda operates in pakistan in camps where followers answer the call to jihad. among the fanatic warriors in this group's holy war, a young man from new york, a shy altar boy from the suburbs who became a terrorist. the question we want to know is how. nic robertson spent almost a year uncovering that answer. here's a preview of his special "360" report. >> reporter: this is penn station in the heart of new york. at peak rush, more than 60,000 people churn through here every hour. 60,000 every hour. for al qaeda, penn station and the potential for a mass killing is a prize and daunting target. but then it seemed they got lucky. that's when this man, a young american, who grew up only 50 miles from here, made his way to pakistan, to offer his help. he is brooi bryant neal vinas, and this is how a middle class kid suddenly transformed into a dangerous enemy of the state. >> brya

if it is pakistan, the taliban pakistan, this would be the first time they have projected a threat against the u.s. homeland and again, the capability of the threat was not that good. there is good news as well as disturbing news if this was an organized terrorist group. Äli3'íÑ let me bring michael sh back into the conversation. on "meet the press" on sunday, with very little notice as this was all%x/b3k]sn4 evolving, offe almost uniformly saying janet napolitano and all the other officials were saying lone wolf because the lack of sophistication of the device. now, it could be there are connections. they're not ruling it out. all the officials we've spoken to say they can't rule this out. we see "the washington post" reporting that there are suspects in pakistan who may have in fact traveled here. one suspect in particular, to meet with him. what is that telling you? >> my experience in these investigatio investigations, where there's smoke, there's normally fire. you're talking about a trip this guy made to pakistan, he comes back here and builds a bomb. without a doubt in my mind, h

none of those instances of travel to pakistan or phone calls to or from pakistan, of course, are themselves evidence of any kind of wrongdoing, but arrests in this case are reportedly being made in pakistan and the race is on to try to find and trace any real connections that may exist between faisal shahzad and the pakistani taliban. if he did receive bomb-making training in pakistan or anywhere else it appears that training was, thankfully, tremendously inadequate. >> it does not appear, from our opinion, to be the most sophisticated device. there are a number of opportunities for the device to fail. >> the justice department released a diagram today, this diagram, of the contents of mr. shahzad's suv, several white bags of fertilizer, two five gallon gasoline canisters, 152 commercially available m-80 fireworks, three propane gas canisters and two alarm clocks connected to wires. apparently it was the fireworks that were supposed to serve as a detonating device in this case. the problem is the propane tanks serving as the bomb's supposed main charge, the propane tanks are designed to be

pakistan's foreign minister believes the times square bombing is a reaction to u.s. drones targeting taliban followers. >> it is retaliation. and you could expect that. let's not be naive. they aren't going to sort of sit and welcome you eliminate them. they're going to fight back. >> reporter: though pakistan is a key ally to the u.s., the country is still seen as a fertile training ground for militants. faisal shahzad comes from a wealthy, well-educated family. his father is a retired air force chief. but, his failed bomb plot will only force pakistan to really crack down on the insurgency within its own borders. >> all right, mandy clark in islamabad, mandy, thanks. >>> ash from that volcano in iceland is causing more problems for european airline passengers. all flights into northern ireland and scotland have been canceled this morning due to the ash cloud. most flights in ireland were canceled for several hours yesterday, as well. >>> flights into and out of greece have been canceled for another reason. a general strike tied to the country's financial crisis. th

he trained at a terrorist camp in pakistan. this story has been moving at warped speed today, we have a lot of reports, starting with an up close look at the alleged bomber. joe johns is in time square. >> reporter: anderson, if you do the math, starting when authorities first responded to the report of a car fire, the suv on time square, to the point they actually arrested this man, something like 53 hours, almost now time at all. during that time, they learned an incredible amount of information about him. here is some of what we know so far. so who is the guy who, according to authorities, has admitted of trying to blow up an suv in time square. he's 30, born in pakistan and naturalized u.s. citizen. highly educated, has an mba, family man, his wife, huma mian, a graduate of the university of colorado. they have two kids, a boy and girl. shahzad left his job at a data and management company last year and got hit with foreclosure. a neighbor who does not want to be identified said the family was low-key. >> he was a very priv

and pakistan. most of his family is where he's from, northwest pakistan, the nosharera district, which is right next to peshawar. we've gone to his father's house, very interesting, his father a retired vice marshal for the air force. by all accounts, upstanding citizens. we've talked to friends and family members. all of them are shocked, wolf, at what this young man is being accused with. >> reza sayah's digging and digging in islamabad, throughout pakistan for us. we'll check back with you, reza. thanks very much. >>> this hour also, the trail of the times square bomb suspect has led investigators to a northeastern pennsylvania store. a federal law enforcement official tells cnn that is where faisal shahzad bought fireworks used in the failed bomb attack. the president of that company, by the way, the phantom fireworks company, is quoted as saying that the m-88s that shahzad bought, in his words, wouldn't damage a watermelon. the federal government has now called in its top terrorist interrogato

why was he in pakistan for five months? how does his neighbor feel about her children playing with a suspected terrorist's kids? didn't have a clue. the international investigation continues with this warning. >> in the eyes of terrorists, new york is america, and they want to come back to kill us. >> larry: next, on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. let's get right to the latest. cnn's mary snow is in bridgeport, connecticut. she is at the suspect, faisal shahzad's last known address. who live there's now, mary? >> we haven't seen anyone who has lived here, larry, and this block had been cornered off for most of the day, all of last night as federal investigators had been searching through the home. and some neighbors thought that the house was abandoned. they didn't realize that anyone was living there. >> larry: do we know where his wife and children are? >> you know, according to the court documents, he apparently said that his wife remained in pakistan after he traveled there. you mention head had spent a few

what was he doing in pakistan while he was here? faisal shahzad has admitted he did receive some training in making bombs and that training took place in waziristan. how much training and who was organizing it is a matter of investigation. >> richard, in terms of us trying to piece together the clues of how connected he may have been to militant groups, as you mentioned he has described -- he has said he received bomb-making training in pakistan. an official said he may have received military training. we are hearing reports he may have links to a military group. do any of those things sound important in understanding what we are dealing with and how connected he was? >> he was from a very prominent family as i just discussed. he was from an area where there was a lot of militant groups operating. his family has a home in pashar. he went to karachi, which has militant activity. when to pashar and to waziristan. the reason there have been suspected links to jasha muhammad, a kashmiri group, he is an ethnic kashmiri, and, two, the per

he's originally from pakistan and has family there. he travelled to pakistan last year. spent eight months over there. he's already confessed to training at a terrorist camp in waziristan. which is where the pakistan and taliban operates. as an american nothing is more depressing than the prospect that people who choose to join us and become naturalized americans then choose to betray us. to try to kill us. you like to think that when a person goes through the process of naturalization, that made a commitment to us as a country. here's a guy who changed his mind. >> what i hope doesn't happen, chris, is that there's this broad pendulum swing, that says we need to be on the lookout for every naturalized citizen who comes from an -- >> don't change my point to a general concern about profiling. that's not what i'm profiling. i'm disheartened to hear that an individual in this case, changed his mind. do you know why he changed his mind? >> no, none of us do yet. because he's still being questioned. he's still being questioned. we're going to find out the answer to that. was

that the pakistani government has targeted most aggressively in pakistan. there are a lot of militant groups operating there but this is one that they have actually been aggressive going after because of its history attacking the pakistani state. >> brown: brian fishman, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: still to come >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, the waiting game on the gulf coast; the republicans and new media; and the financial crisis in greece. but first, the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: the toll in death and damage grew today in nashville, tennessee, after record flooding. weekend storms that unleashed the floods were blamed for killing at least 29 people, ten of them in nashville. >> reporter: the swollen cumberland river began to recede today after swamping the music city. more bodies of people caught in the flash flooding were found. the extent of damage also came into focus at many of nashville's major attractions. water was nearly three feet deep in the grand ol opry hous

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you have talked about pakistan. the pakistan government is not honest regarding afghanistan. what is the new policy of the united states to solve this problem. i want to ask president hamid karzai, as well. [speaking farsi] thank you. >> i know you will translate that for us. [laughter] he is very good. [laughter] president hamid karzai and i have in the past met with the pakistani president. t, as well as their teams and emphasized to pakistan but fact that our security is intertwined. i think there has been, in the past, a view on the part of pakistan that their primary rival, india, was their only concern. i think what you have seen over the last several months is a growing recognition that they have a cancer in their midst, that the extremist organizations that have been allowed to congregate and use as a base the frontier areas to then go into afghanistan, that that now threatens pakistan's sovereignty. our goal is to break down some of the old suspicions and the old bad habits and continue to work with the pakistani government to see their interest in a stable afghanist

he's an american citizen who is able to travel freely to pakistan for explosives training and return home on his american passport. it's a case of home-grown terrorism, and it's an alarming trend. was this guy on anybody's radar? >> it doesn't appear that way. >> kroft: anything remarkable about him that would lead you to believe he might do something this? >> no, and that's a good word-- "unremarkable." these are unremarkable young men who made a decision to kill innocent people in their own country. >> we've made it very clear that if, heaven forbid, an attack like this that we can trace back to pakistan were to have been successful, there would be very severe consequences. >> pelley: we met with secretary of state clinton at the state department on friday morning. but we've had rare access to her for the last several months. after you. >> thank you. >> pelley: it is your airplane. on her travels from the white house to the united nations to the cradle of terrorism. >> amazingly, we have 16 out of the 44 houses on the street have foreclosed over the last year. >> safer: yours over

. >> tiene 30 aÑos, naciÓ en pakistÁn, se nacionalizÓ norteamericano y dice haber actuado solo en el ataque. fue arrestado casi a la medianoche en el aeropuerto kennedy. su arresto se produjo cuando estaba en el aviÓn, se ordenÓ a la nave que retornara a la puerta. el pasaje lo pagÓ en efectivo. >> su intenciÓn era matar norteamericanos usando una arma de destrucciÓn masiva. >> hubiesen muerto posiblemente ciento 50 o 200 personas. >> falta de experiencia? >> si. >> regresÓ de febrero en pakistÁn donde permaneciÓ cinco meses el abogado dice que podrÍa enfrentar la cadena perpetua. >> la jurisdicciÓn es tualmentaquÍ, se va a quedar aquÍ. >> esta tarde acompaÑado del vendedora ambulante de times square, los investigadores se preguntaron por quÉ el nombre del sospechoso no permanecÍa en la lista de las personas que no pueden viajar en aviÓn. las autoridades federales dijeron que desde el lunes el nombre sÍ estuvo incluido en la lista y fue un paso importante para detenerlo. son cinco los cargos que enfrenta, y de acuerdo lo que han dicho las autoridades estÁ colaborand

that flight to pakistan via dubai. at 7:35 p.m. shahzad arrived at the airport where he paid cash for his ticket. he gets on that plane despite being on the no-fly list. at 10:40 p.m. customs gets the no-fly list and it's learned that faisal shahzad is aboard the emirates airlines flight. just about 11:00 p.m. as the plane was about to leave the gate, shahzad is removed from the plane and arrested. joining me now from capitol hill is congressman adam smith, a democrat from washington. would you consider that a close call? >> absolutely. it's a very close call. now, i think the investigators do deserve some credit for so quickly identifying the suspect. but we do need to look at how did he get on the plane and why did he get on the plane? should we not have seen that information? so i think there is quite a bit that went right in this investigation, but we need to get better every time. we look at what didn't go right, learn from that and try to make the improvements necessary. >> we're just learning now at nbc news that it appears

in his travels in pakistan? and what i have been told in the last half hour is there's nothing decisive. whether those contacts are being scrubbed as much as they can be, as fast as they can be, both by the united states through its intelligence means and also in cooperation with pakistan. but i am told that there is nothing yet to indicate connections, although if you even read the charges, transcending national borders is one of the charges. a terrorist attack transcending national borders. what does that tell you? >> all right. bob, michael and roger we're going to ask you to stand by. we're going to get more information on what's happening on the ground in bridgeport, connecticut. authorities are still searching the suspect's home in connecticut. nbc's peter alexander is there now. what are you learning there? >> reporter: tamron, just as you were having that conversation at msnbc headquarters, they finished their search here. just wrapped up literally within the last few minutes here. it's about eight or ni

and he told them his wife was back in pakistan. though something about his travel profile at the time set off red flags. for example, we know he bought a one-way ticket for the flight and paid for it with cash. >> without getting into a lot of detail, he was screened when he came back because some of the targeting rules applied. >> reporter: what we now know is shahzad admits he had bomb-making training in pakistan on one of the trips. back in connecticut, shahzad moved to an apartment in bridgeport. one neighbor said she didn't even know he was there. >> so now we don't know that someone was on the second floor. i know someone living on the third floor. but still we never see the guy. >> reporter: he may have been invisible to the neighbors but he was apparently no expert in stealth and concealment. in some ways he was creating a neon sign for police pointing straight at him. >> looked like he come here last year and he bought a couple phone cards. >> reporter: court records say they traced his telephone calls that went to pakista

we would expect pakistan -- would fully expect pakistan will help us with that. but as to where the investigation takes us, this is still way too early to make the judgment. jill. >> a change of subject? >> no, wait. can we steve -- can we please stay on this? are you seeking access to anyone who might be detained by the pakistanis? have you requested -- >> since we are not aware of any specific rests at this point, but by the ku can safely say that our law enforcement intelligent relationship is very strong. should there be a rests and should we see where links to what happened here -- we have in the past asked for that kind of access, but that's more of an issue for justice. >> but what in the request come from you? and in the past you have asked for access and you've been turned down. >> this is part of the investigation and for that i would defer to justice but i think we are confident in our relationship we have and lets the investigation take its course. >> with the record is of cooperation in this area is not. you've never been able to talk to a.q. koln. >

it's mostly been focused on attacking inside pakistan. but as behind linsey mentioned earlier, this week in new internet videos it took credit for the times square attack and specifically said its main target was now the united states. shahzad's family lives throughout pakistan in the south and the northwest. abc news has learned at least eight people have been arrested across pakistan, five friends and acquaintances, including one who traveled to the northwest of pakistan along the afghan border with shahzad as well as shahzad's father-in-law. and in the development that linsey mentioned, it will be embarrassing to pakistan. shahzad's father himself is a former senior official in the pakistani air force, and that will help embarrass pakistan and really not help pakistan's attempt to convince the world it's trying to crack down on terrorists rather than what the u.s. accuses it of doing, which is exporting them. jeremy, vinita? >> certainly some surprising details about this young man. thanks to abc's nick schifrin in kabul for us this mo

now, to the pakistan angle on this story. earlier today, i talked with declan walsh, a correspondent for the british newspaper "the guardian." he's in karachi. >> thanks for joining us. it has become clear in the last day that faisal shahzad comes from a well-off background in pakistan. tell us what is known about him and his family. >>ñr indeed, that's one of the more unusual aspects of this case. faisal shahzad comes from a family ofçó privilege and a family of some prestige here in pakistan. his father was a fighter pilot whoñr rose through the ranks of the air force to become serving three-starçó0@6cs the commander ofçóÑi the frontier corps, which is the force that fightsÑi the taliban in the tribal areas along the border. this is a very unusual set of circumstances for a young man from this type of background to be involved in terrorist activity, either here in pakistan and certainly in the u.s. >> well, several people there have been arrested. what can you tell us about them? >> these are all people who are in

and yet, appears to have gotten some training if pakistan. does this to you bear the hallmarks of somebody who's working for a major terrorist organization? >> it does but in a new model. all right? for the years before and after 9/11, it was al qaeda main, al qaeda central, careful planning, complex plots. a lot of things going on. always shooting for the spectacular. frankly, we've become quite good at detecting and dismembering those kinds of plots. this is a learning enemy. and this enemy is now adjust together fact that if he does something very complicate tad takes a long period of time, by and large, we'll detect it and disrupt it. so what happened in times square this past weekend, what happened on christmas day is a new model. folks, we barely knew because al qaeda barely knew them. al qaeda did not spend a lot of time on their training, on their preparation, on their vetting because they now know if they hug them too close, too long, we'll find out who they are. we have less complicated attacks, frankly attacks that would probably b

and more activity from pakistan , reading more cooperation and more activity from pakistan -- we expect more cooperation and more activity from pakistan. >> it seems they have conducted an attack on the u.s. after this. it does not square with it? >> an individual with links -- an american citizen with links to the pakistani taliban attempted to execute a bombing in times square. the circumstances of that relationship are still something to investigate. >> did eric holder go too far? he specifically said they directed it, they were involved in setting it up, and secretary clinton said, the exact links and how deep and whether it was a direct attack or they just provided some training is clear. who is right, secretary clinton for attorney general holder? >> i do not find the statements today contradictory. >> they are completely different. one is saying, we do not know, and the other is saying, they were specifically involved in directing the attack, so is the u.s. government working under the assumption that the pakistani taliban directed this attack, or did they just provide training f

the fact he did spend five months in pakistan. the fact he may have -- may well have been up in waziristan, all of those are issues that are relevant. there are two people that have been detained and questioned as we speak on that side of the issue. if you can match these together independently, you could verify a lot more. and that's critical here just because somebody says something doesn't necessarily make it so. >> you have the najibullah zazi case and abdulmutallab case and what happened over times square and hack bull la mehsud. would you take that together as threats against the homeland? >> it's really hard to evaluate. what al qaeda has done or whatever terrorist group may be behind it is taking people like we arrested in times square, if they are willing to go, we're willing to send them. let's throw them out there and see what sticks up against the wall. that may be what we're seeing. and we need that tremendous vij lance -- >> he has admitted he was involved in this but he can always plead not guilty in a court of law.

pakistan taliban and says that he was part of linking up the suspect to the pakistan taliban. >> j.d., get your thoughts on this as well. do you think enough is being done that we are moving quickly in all of this in terms of utilizing the funding and sources necessary to put a stop to this? >> we heard at the beginning of the broadcast my old colleague peter king concerned about what is happening in new york and a failure to get funds there. >> right. >> i think you see two key areas where the obama administration has come up short. number one, the real concerns there in new york city which reason proves to be a very critical target to the jihaddists and the terror network. number works the border. it is interesting with all the massive increases in discretionary spending under contribution and in fact in the new budget from the obama administration, there is one glaring discrepancy and that is actually taking away money from border security. so you got the problems in new york that pete king talked about and you continue to have problems on the border. i'll say again, border securi

from pakistan to the united states, not when he's getting on a plane after the event back to pakistan. that tells me we've got a lot to do. again, my concern is, listen, they cain. they made i think some political perspectives on certain collection activities that we used to be able to do that we can't do today. >> congressman, let me ask. you and i have discussed this topic in part. yesterday we spoke. part of what concerns you is this pattern of terror, as you've described it. ft. hood shooter, nadal hassan, botched christmas day underwear bomber as he's described. now the times square attack. describe what about that pattern is most concerning to you right now. >> well, we've seen a switch in the al qaeda doctrine, if you will. this really is driven by at least through a gentleman named al awaki. preferable with a u.s. passport, u.s. citizens of some sort, radicalizing them and sending them on something -- still a lethal operation but not nearly as spectacular as flying planes into a building. that's a change for them. it's a change that we're going to have to deal with, which mean

he came from pakistan and made his home here last year. >> they had little picnics in the backyard. the wife looked happy. >> the suspect returned to connecticut in february after spending five months in pakistan. he's believed to have paid cash for the path finder that was found in time square on saturday. after the arrest, he admitted he had tried detonate a bomb and that he recently received bomb making training in pakistan in a region identified with the taliban. was this an ibter national plot emritz airlines failed to spot his name. authorities deny he was close to escaping. jo they had the authority if the flight had take ebb off to order to flight to turn around and come back. along with dublin and the south. the king has made a rare public appearance leaving to attend celebration that's mark the 60th anniversary the king and the queen attended the ceremony unfounded groomers mr. cane had already lost the top job following the collapse of two of his firm's hedge funds. serena williams has made a winning return to the tennis court. far more straight forward. >> back to you, g

a son of privilege in pakistan who built a life in the usa. but a great deal was hidden behind the public face, according to investigators. his father rose from these dusty streets to the top ranks of the pakistan air force. we found no sign of life. close relatives are believed to be in protective custody. members of the family say they are in shock. one told us that when he heard what happened in new york, in his hair stood on end. these are quite people with no history of involvement with militancy. what happened, he says, is a tragedy. his cousin says he was not an extremist. he told me he was not religious. he did not even pray much. but if you ask around here, there are hints of other things. this a friend from child school -- from childhood last saw him 18 months ago. >> he followed the american policies towards muslims. he was angry about that. did that anchor drive him into the arms of militants in pakistan. perhaps, but there is no confirmation he had links to the pakistan taliban or anyone else. three years ago, faisal grew a beard

that group has killed more people than any other in pakistan. and it's different from the group the u.s. is fighting in afghanistan. >>> there continues to be questions this morning about why shahzad came so close to making his mistake. the airline he was flying on failed to act on a last-minute message, asking all airlines to check their no-fly list for a last-minute addition. earlier, we talked to expert charles slepian. >> they're supposed to check the no-fly list regularly. it's been reported that emirates airlines chex it periodically, but not regularly. but the safety valve is, before the plane departs, that list is turned over to our border patrol. >> emirates is declining to comment on how shahzad was able to board the flight. but they may not have refleshed their computers of passengers on the no-fly list. >>> coming up on "good morning america," we'll talk to new york's police commissioner to get the latest on this unfolding investigation. >>> despite the epic flooding that's swamped nashville, last night's grond ole opry show, starrin

caliche momthe 9/11 bomber camem pakistan. yes, pakistan is a big problem. london, the subway bombings in london in 2005 -- pakistan. it's been a problem for a long time and remains a problem. right now, that is where al- qaeda is, in western pakistan. there's a group of organizations over their their their very prominent -- over there that are very prominent. host: as the u.s. needed domestic police force in pakistan? guest: i do not think so. the fbi is in charge of all these investigations. i've certainly had my issues with the fbi when i was at nypd. at the end of the day, we work very well together. i think the fbi has made great strides since 9/11 in shifting its culture to be one more on intelligence as opposed to investigation, trying to prevent a crime, rather than going after the criminals after some type of crime. now have to get in front of the crimin activity. i think they made progress. i would not recommend changing the structure. host: we will get a perspective from south dakota. guest: there were hearings a couple months ago on the unrwear b

trash discovered outside faisal's home today list schools in saudi arabia and pakistan. he had degrees from the private university of bridgeport in connecticut and worked as a junior financial analyst at a stanford, connecticut, firm. last year, he became a u.s. citizen. >> they seemed normal to us. i mean, there was nothing like, you know, they were danger to anyone or anything. >> reporter: yet authorities say today that shahzad had admitted he was the person who loaded this nissan pathfinder with explosives and tried to kill as many as he could last saturday night in new york's times square. there was nothing normal about him. >> this is another sobering reminder of the times in which we live, around the world and here at home. there are those who would attack our citizens and slaughter innocent men, women and children in pursuit of their murderous agenda. they will stop at nothing to kill and disrupt our way of life. >> reporter: as agents look for clues of shahzad's secret life at his connecticut apartment today, a parade of law enforcement officials in washington c

but he also says he was trained by militants in pakistan. joining me is our guest, now an msnbc terrorism analyst. thanks for coming on with us. let's talk about the fact we hear shahzad is talking. that doesn't mean he's telling the truth. >> absolutely not. and they're going to put him under polygraphs and all types of our systems to test whether he is lying or not. the nypd and fbi detectives are pretty good at that. i'm sure he is still lying at this point. >> how could it be possible he was trained at a camp and is acting alone? in itself doesn't the training mean he is working with someone? >> absolutely. he has already admitted to being in training and obviously it wasn't very good as indicated by the bomb with all of the errors he conducted. right now there is no evidence, no sign of any other complicity. i'm sure they're going to focus on that as they want to round up any cell he might have been associated with. >> let's talk more about this image we have about what is a terrorist in this country. i want to play what retired general

we do fear the consequences of a successful attack that can be traced back to pakistan. we value and more content -- comprehensive relationship. we expect more and the investigation is going well between our two investigative bodies. there is a lot of effort being undertaken on the pakistani side to provide information to our teams over here. we believe strongly that there is more pakistan must do to face what is now common enemy. the attacks by the extremists inside pakistan are no longer able to cross their borders. they are aimed at destroying and killing people in mosques, in markets, in every walk of society. this is a matter of great concern to the american people and to our government but we think that the concern is being reciprocated on the part of pakistan. >> we have time for one last question from someone here. although it back? all the way back. yes. >> mr. president, could you clarify something you said a few minutes ago -- what did you mean that by last week the approach to the kanduhar operation has taken the right tone? separately, did president obama or

he goes back to pakistan. as we've seen, the uk has dealt with this a lot, of pakistani nationals who return home every summer and go to these radical camps. if this is the case here, this is going to create a lot of other domestic questions and political questions that are going to be very troubling for our society. because you have so many millions of pakistani -- ethnic pakistanis here in the united states who are really wonderful parts of the texture and vie bransy of our society. here you've dwot got a guy like this who goes back and tries to join up, let's say. they say, here's an opportunity. we've got a guy with a u.s. passport. we can use him. we don't have to trust him. we don't have to give him the secrets of the temple. but let's send him back. >> i think in the past al qaeda and like minded organizations have done talk down talent spotting. finding people, bringing them in, training them and sending them on. >> deep imbedding. >> deep imbedding. 9/11 is a perfect example of that. then the evolutio

. >> 45 minutes ago the pakistan army said they down the pakistan any-taliban were connected to the times square attempt. the family man from the suburbs turned terror camp trainee said he got training in his native pakistan. tj winnick from washington. >> reporter: when faisal shahzad was in custody, he almost immediately admitted he drove the suv with explosives into times square saturday. >> i was never in fear we were in danger of losing him. >> reporter: abc news learned he almost got away. first an fbi surveillance team lost track of him on monday. >> i have a message for you to go back to the gate immediately. make the left turn when able. >> reporter: despite being on the federal no fly list, he was arrested late friday night at new york trying to flee the country aboard the flight for dubai. >> clearly he was on the plane and shouldn't have been. >> reporter: he's charged with attempting an act of terror and traveling to the united states to commit an act of terror. >> it was a great team effort. >> reporter: shahzad said he spent more than a month training in with the taliban an

with the taliban and probably other terrorist groups in pakistan? >> and -- >> do we -- >> do we have the tools, or are the intelligence geared to find a different kind of perpetrator? >> well, i think, you know, the director of national intelligence came in on february 2 and said, hey, within 90 days, three to six months there will be an attack against the united states. he missed that prediction by one day. the question is, over that period of time, has the intelligence community shown the sense of urgency to put in place the tools that we need to perhaps identify these kind of one-offs. i think that there are certain tools that we should have available that we're not using right now. and i think this administration is going to come under increasing pressure to explain why some of these tools are not available right now, and why they're not being used. >> congressman hoekstra, i'm sure we'll be talking more about this in the days to come. we thank you for your time. do appreciate it. >> thank you. >> it is now 7:14. we want to go over to betty ngu