o'donnell, mike bloomberg and ray kelly are not going to get anywhere with this senate, this united states congress on gun control. >> reporter: what they did get is, of course, a lot of acknowledgment for the quick work that was done in new york. but this is a narrow issue. and it's interesting, because this hearing was scheduled long ago. and it really ties into a very current and critical moment with what's happened in the last several days. so the question is, if you are on a terror watch list, can the federal government step in and prevent you from buying a weapon when it goes through the typical process of having those background checks? at present the answer is no. they may identify it. and they may be able to watch that person. and we've been told today that more than 1,100 times between 2004 and 2010 that has occurred. someone identified on a watch list being able to purchase a firearm in the united states. they were not able to tell us if there is any tie between any of those persons who then go on and get accused of actually committing some act of terror. democrats senato

the commissioner of police ray kelly gave a comprehensive press r conference. fox 5 in new york an all time colleague of mine. while you are here in times square i understand you see police activity where you are. >> geraldo i was standing 20 feet from where the suv the bomb that didn't go off is right behind me there. tonight i saw a number of new york city police detectives guys who have been in this hot weather. canvassing the area might find merchants who have more surveillance video. see that possible suspect the commissioner talked about. >> have you heard if there are any closer it seemed to me from the tone of the commissioner's remarks today he was getting closer going along a logical progression and he was in the offing. what do you think? >> i have to tell you a i agree with you we got a lot of information from the fingerprints and vin number. they know the plates were not stolen. the police commissioner said that. the source told me that plate was given to somebody to dispose of. that was done in connecticut. they are getting a lot of information th

we heard ray kelly allude to this. hope for funding for a program of cameras. the argument in new york city is post-9/11 funding went to all kinds of places where let's just say al qaeda attacks were unlikely. there are towns in illinois that got funding and new fire trucks that ray kelly's position is we should spend the money and try to follow the odds. and do you think that he will now get his way? he has created his own internal anti-terrorism division. >> that's right. but do i think the u.s. senate is all of a sudden going to get enlightened and ship sources to new york city away from other states? i'm a bit dubious. we've been fighting this battle in new york city for eight or nine years now with little success. the money is spread around politically really with very little relation to the threat. i think this is a time let's try again, and try toçÃget the resources shifted to where the targets are. hopefully we'll get a little more success. i'm a little doubtful. >> roger, 30 seconds. what do you look for next in this case? >> i think, brian, the ques

the commissioner of police ray kelly gave a comprehensive press r conference. fox 5 in new york an all time colleague of mine. while you are here in times square i understand you see police activity where you are. >> geraldo i was standing 20 feet from where the suv the bomb that didn't go off is right behind me there. tonight i saw a number of new york city police detectives guys who have been in this hot weather. canvassing the area might find merchants who have more surveillance video. see that possible suspect the commissioner talked about. >> have you heard if there are any closer it seemed to me from the tone of the commissioner's remarks today he was getting closer going along a logical progression and he was in the offing. what do you think? >> i have to tell you a i agree with you we got a lot of information from the fingerprints and vin number. they know the plates were not stolen. the police commissioner said that. the source told me that plate was given to somebody to dispose of. that was done in connecticut. they are getting a lot of information th

the commissioner of police ray kelly gave a comprehensive press r conference. fox 5 in new york an all time colleague of mine. while you are here in times square i understand you see police activity where you are. >> geraldo i was standing 20 feet from where the suv the bomb that didn't go off is right behind me there. tonight i saw a number of new york city police detectives guys who have been in this hot weather. canvassing the area might find merchants who have more surveillance video. see that possible suspect the commissioner talked about. >> have you heard if there are any closer it seemed to me from the tone of the commissioner's remarks today he was getting closer going along a logical progression and he was in the offing. what do you think? >> i have to tell you a i agree with you we got a lot of information from the fingerprints and vin number. they know the plates were not stolen. the police commissioner said that. the source told me that plate was given to somebody to dispose of. that was done in connecticut. they are getting a lot of information th

>> charlie: new york police commissioner ray kelly on the attempt to plant a bomb in a vehicle in times square. >> cops rakes is -- cooperation is the best i've seen among the federal agencies. another lesson for us is that new york remains in the crosshairs. we've had 11 plots against this city since september 11th, 2001. if you ask most people even new york residents how many events or plots do you think have happened in new york city since september 11th? people think that number is way too high. >> charlie: we conclude with a great golfer, tom watson. >> to me it was failing and hating failure. hating the failure. wanting to prove to people that i was not a choker, that i did not -- that's a terrible moniker to go around in life with, not being able to handle under pressure. and i had that moniker. i think that was -- that inspired me to be a tougher competitor and to understand from a strategic standpoint when i'm under the pressure how to play the game and take some of the risk out of the game. >> charlie: kelly and watson, next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from ou

that's a tremendous lesson learned, tremendous credit to commissioner ray kelly. he had this whole -- he has this whole see it, say it program. the vendor who identified the problem mentioned it. you showed it early. citizens taking responsibility, notifying police officers so they can respond quickly and effectively is the success here and the lesson we ought to take from this disruption. bomber incompetent? absolutely. the only way you identify, thwart, disrupt these attacks is by community-based efforts. >> bomber incompetent, to stick on that term, means bomber who left a lot more evidence? >> sure. it would be one thing if, let's say the fertilizer was properly treated with fuel oil, then you still need a detonator to set it off. an m-88 is not a significant detonator. if they used the traditional, al qaeda, explosive of choice, tapt. it's found in traces of the underwear bomber in december and the shoe bomber, richard reid's shoes back in 2001. so that is a highly volatile explosive. that could actually be detonated even by dropping something. so, there are

here again, here is ray kelly. >> we are currently examining video that shows a white male in his 40s, in the alley looking back in the direction of west 45th street. he was also seen shed ago dark-colored shirt, revealing a red one underneath. he put the darker one into a bag he was carrying. this happened about half block in where the vehicle was parked. >> reporter: the bottom line here, this is still very much an ongoing investigation. again, underscoring that point, police commissioner said there would be additional patrols in the times square area. one of the reasons is to heighten ability to reassure people that they are on the job to keep new york city safe. >> juliet: thanks very much. also mahmoud ahmadinejad is coming here tomorrow --. >> gregg: disaster in the gulf. president obama is in the gulf. he is getting a firsthand look to contain and clean up the massive oil spill contaminating the gulf of mexico. bp america, the company responsible for the slick, saying it does not know just how much oil has spilled and how much is gushing right now from the well or even when it

alongside him the mayor of new york city mayor bloomberg and police commissioner ray kelly. they will also be testifying about firearms and terrorism. the hearing was scheduled before saturday's attempted bomb attack in times square. no doubt that incident will be a main focus in today's hearing. we want to given you breaking news we are now learning here at msnbc, a spokesperson with the u.s. attorneys office in new york says faisal shahzad's arraignment will not happen today. it is not scheduled to happen today. it's likely as our justice department correspondent pete williams is reporting because shahzad has been providing new information in the course of interrogations with authority. they do not have to have that arraignment. it has to happen without unnecessary delay. that's exactly why they are going to keep questioning him before that arraignment takes place. >>> today there are new changes to the no-fly list after the alleged times square bomber managed to get a boarding pass and physically get on that flight, just 24 hours after investigators learned about his conn

. >> here is commissioner ray kelly talking about the potential lethal combination of material found inside the s.u.v. >> the n.y.p.d. use add explosive charge to breach the gun locker found in back of the vehicle. it was 55 inches tall, 32 inches wide and contained eight bags of an unknown substance. as well as inverted metal pipe containing a bird's nest of wires and m-88 firecrackers. we're working with the city's department of environmental protection to further identify the bag of material. next to the locker, in the rear cargo area of the pathfinder were three propane tanks weighing between 15 and 17 pounds, one of them had m-88 fireworks attached to its side. some of which detonated inside the vehicle. on the back seat of the vehicle were two full five-gallon red plastic gasoline containers. between them was a 16 ounce can filled with between 20 and 30 m-88 devices. >> commissioner kelly says clocks were connected to the cans and possibly to the gun locker as well. times square of course a tourist mecca, one of the world's famous landmarks. police evacuated thousands of people

kelly we get it before the top of the hour obviously we are going to run it. even if we don't they will run it on fox news sometime this evening. let's go to david lee miller. what else is new since i left you an hour ago. >> it's almost like that there' party atmosphere they are teaming with thousands of people. most oblivious to the fact that the investigation is underway. they are making progress on several fronts. they are releasing video of a man presumed to be the suspect. authorities have their hands on a great deal of forensic evidence wells incendiary device as well. they are talking to witnesses so there is an air of optimism whoever is responsible for this will be held accountable. that said authorities have pointed out that new york city got very lucky. yes to a great extent you do make your own lot there are no better police and fire departments than those in new york city. but the police commissioner and others have under scored geraldo that if things had gone the other way there would have been a significant fireball a disaster and the consequen

on the very top happening any moment on capitol hill, new york city police commissioner ray kelly as well as the mayor michael bloomberg will testify about that bomb plot. also protests in greece turn deadly today. thousands are demonstrating against government spending cuts. >>> and help is on the way, but will it work? is it enough in the gulf? a barge carrying an experimental concrete and steel vault will be hauled to the site where tens of thousands of gallons of oil are flowing into the water each day. as we said new details and developments into the failed times square bombing attack. 30-year-old suspect could appear in court where he faces a series of terror-related charges. authorities are saying faisal has been cooperating. this father of two admits to carrying out the botched terror attack claiming he acted alone. but shahzad says he received training on how to make bombs during a recent visit to his native pakistan. >> he is cooperating. he is talking. i think investigators want him to talk at his own pace. he's an individual by all indications wouldn't be involved in some

new york city police commissioner ray kelly says shahzad continues to cooperate. >> he is cooperating. he is talking. i think investigators want him to a certain extent talk at his own pace. he is an individual that by all indications wouldn't be involved in something like this, but obviously he has been. he's admitting it freely. >> nbc's ron allen is live at the courthouse in new york for us. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: good afternoon, alex. >> all right. so the arraignment was supposed to have happened. it's been pushed back. why is that? is it because he is still talking and they're trying to get information? >> reporter: well, that's what we're being told by the federal government that he's talking, providing vital

. >> new york police commissioner ray kelly told the submit homeland security committee times square suspect faisal shahzad bought his gun only six weeks before the attempted attack. >> and he had it with him in the car that he drove to jfk airport. >> this hearing was scheduled before saturday's attempted car bombing and in large part due in this government accountability report which had disturbing findings when it comes to how easy it's been for people on the government's watch list to buy firearms and explosives. in the last since years, 1200 background checks have been run on people on the fbi's watch list. it resulted in only 10% of those ap cases being denied. >> they may be about to go kill some americans. >> they are talking about a second amendment right. some of the people pushing this idea are also pushing the idea of banning handguns. >> but grease itself drew fire for not send more homeland security money to big terror targets like washington and new york. the only thing we have to make sure is we don't willy-nilly give everybody homeland security when they don't really

and so ray kelly was the one who invoked the famous jack bauer from 24 fame. it was his job to point out that this moved along very quickly. it's our job to look at other ways when it came close to not moving along well or quickly. i.e., a guy gets on a wide body commercial aircraft on emirates airlines at jfk, leaves the gate, and is forced to turn around. you heard the secretary of homeland security saying, it could have gone further than that. we were prepared to call them and have them turn around in mid-air and come back to jfk. good luck dealing with all the ramifications of that. >> brian, we're going to have our terrorism panel talk about the fact this man paid cash for that ticket, he was placed on the no-fly list on monday. you're right. those are the hard questions. the big question i think a lot of people at home are wondering is if this man acted alone and where does the investigation go from here? we know that there have been raids in pakistan today. >> tamron, that's the thing. and you have a raid in front of you, as i know you're going to be ta

kelly will be on capitol hill today to talk about terrorism and guns. michelle, back to you. >> tara mergener in washington. tara, thank you. >>> and as we reported, shahzad was very close to getting away with about 24 hours after the bomb-laden suv was discovered in times square that shahzad was identified. he was located in connecticut, but slipped away. >> so they may have been trying to balance two things. but again, their competing goals, and the management, the people that are conducting the surveillance, they have to make a decision early on, what is our primary goal? >> he was able to board a flight to dubai, even though his name was added to the federal no-fly list some 11 hours before the flight was scheduled to depart. apparently airline workers failed to read the updated list. alarms were sounded just 30 minutes before takeoff, when federal agents discovered his name on a final passenger list. >>> authorities say shahzad, who was born in pakistan, has admitted he returned to his native country to get explosives training. pakistani officials

it was only a short77 time ago that the nypd commissioner ray kelly noted, i think relishing the fact, that his troops, his guys on the streets were able to make this arrest. as he said, 53 hours and 20 minutes, while jack bauer on the show "24" does it, he said 53 hours ain't bad. what did they do right and what are they doing right now? >> we by no means should slight the investigative work after it was discovered down in times square. it was fantastic. they used every technique that they had available to them as investigators and pursued it with vigor. everything from any type of forensic evidence they may have found inside the car, a fingerprint, some dna evidence, other things, to tracking down the disposable cell phone -- >> what are they doing right now? what are they doing right now? >> now they're trying to piece it all back. they'd like to find out who else was involved. it's incredibly important. there are certainly suggestions that others in pakistan have been involved. we need to clearly understand that picture. from the new york city's perspective, they're going to try t

another videotape at this hour ray kelly said his detectives were on their way to pennsylvania wanted to talk to a man who was a tourist this individual claiming at least while here at night he may have captured on his home video camera pictures of the suspect. forensics kiev den sha ks -- ke evidentiary evidence. >> there are tens of thousands of people in the cross hairs of the world every other person has a flip camera. you can image what a wealth of data and information must be in all of these home videos and home movies. we will talk more about that and about the 40ish year old white male that connects 45th a45th - street. we are in the heart of the theater district. as with the failed underwear bombing of the airliner, you remember last christmas the fact that the device did not ignite is a blessing that keeps on giving in this case that is leaving behind a vast treasure trove of forensic evidence. to whom does it point? joining me is cath ridge heritage in dc. katherine, does it seem to you not similar to that failed nightclub attack a couple of years ago an the glascoe in scot

new york police commissioner ray kelly testified before congress today that might have been the beginning of shahzad's alleged plot. >> he came back from pakistan in february 2010 this year so it may very well be an indicator of putting something, you know, catastrophic in motion. >> investigators certain add house in pakistan believed to be connected to shahzad's family. >>> metro's new g.m. calling for big changes on the oldest rail line around here. find out what this means for you. >>> plus, a local family demanding be. who shot and killed their dog right in their own backyard. >>> you have seen this? an actor almost got shot by cops who thought he was a real criminal. the tense moments on the movie set. >>> that's a little too close to reality. temperature right now 72 degrees. it's a beautiful night here in d.c. halfway through the workweek. can we keep it going into the weekend? we have changes to that weekend forecast. i'll have it for you coming up on fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> metro's interim g.m. wants the red line to change. it hasn't been updated in six years and most

we saw ray kelly saying, 53 hours, we got the guy. >> well, look. the united states of america is at war. that's number one. and this is a reminder that the war is not just in afghanistan and iraq and pakistan. it is here. that's the most important thing that comes out of this. secondly, the united states federal and local authorities are competent. all right? they know what they're doing. thank god. the technology helps out. we got cameras all over the place. >> 82 cameras in times square. >> the aclu doesn't like that. but i said it from the jump, i don't like it, either. but these guys want to kill us. if we're going to save lives, you have to have the cameras. i don't like the political correctness. i think mayor bloomberg made a mistake going out and saying, you better not bother pakistanis. nobody wants to bother pakistanis in new york city, mayor. he goes, it's just a few bad apples. it's not just a few bad apples. this has been going on for 20 years. >> we have been in a new phase in this war. i agree with you. it is a war. we've heard for m

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kelly we get it before the top of the hour obviously we are going to run it. even if we don't they will run it on fox news sometime this evening. let's go to david lee miller. what else is new since i left you an hour ago. >> it's almost like that there' party atmosphere they are teaming with thousands of people. most oblivious to the fact that the investigation is underway. they are making progress on several fronts. they are releasing video of a man presumed to be the suspect. authorities have their hands on a great deal of forensic evidence wells incendiary device as well. they are talking to witnesses so there is an air of optimism whoever is responsible for this will be held accountable. that said authorities have pointed out that new york city got very lucky. yes to a great extent you do make your own lot there are no better police and fire departments than those in new york city. but the police commissioner and others have under scored geraldo that if things had gone the other way there would have been a significant fireball a disaster and the consequen

ray kelly described it as a glance. watch. he comes right there. there he comes. he's walking up. he turns back toward the area where the pathfinder was. inside the pathfinder, we now know that apparently there were a couple of analog clocks just really simple clocks. there's one of them right there. they were to work in tandem. one was going to blow up three propane tanks. and the other was going to blow up cans of gasoline, some m-88's and some nonexplosive fertili r fertilizer. >> thank goodness this guy didn't have the same information that tim mcveigh had as far as what kind of fertilizer to buy. he did not buy the ammonium nitrate that could have caused a humongous explosion, not that this would not have killed people. it would have including all the pedestrians walking up and down 45th street in times square. but luckily, first of all, luckily the vietnam vet who was working nearby the vendor that saw the car smoking, luckily for him -- is he going to be on the show coming up? >> he was booked yesterday. yeah, he'll be on. the t-shirt salesman, the veteran and dwayne johnso

god bless ray kelly and the new york police department and the fbi, they have nailed this guy. we're also i think going to give you an update on the gulf oil spill. you're watching a special edition of the kudlow oig report. we'll dig into the u.s. economy. is the dollar going to remain strong and will we ever hear from the federal reserve and will they keep handing out free mother? i'm cuddly. we'll be right back. >> i believe free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. >>> breaking news. an arrest was made late last night in conjunction with the failed times square terror attack. jonathan dietz joins us with the details. >> reporter: the latest information is that the suspect according to the fbi has admitted his role in placing that vehicle in times square to set off the explosion and not only that, he admits traveling to pakistan for bomb training. so now the question is who else may have helped him set off this bombing plot if anybody else was involved. investigator s we've spoken wit said there does not appear to be anybody at this early stage inside the u.s. w

thank you. >>> ray kelly is the commissioner of new york city's police department. commissioner, good morning. and congratulations on the work of your department on this. 53 hours. that's pretty amazing. >> the fbi, joint terrorist task force and nypd did a great job. >> this investigation is ongoing even though mr. shahzad is under arrest. at this point, ray, do you think he was part of a larger group? are you looking for other people living in this country or elsewhere? >> as you say, the investigation is just beginning. i think it is too early to say that. obviously the destir get this information as quickly as possible certainly by the media but this is going to take a while. he is cooperating. he is talking and i think investigators want him to talk at his own pace. >> we've heard by several reports that officials in pakistan have either arrested or detained several people. can you confirm or deny that? what do you know about that? >> i don't know that. i don't know that for certain. >> but you are sharing information with federal authorities? because obviously

ray kelly, the city's top cop, told senators since 11 new york has been the subject of 11 terror plots. 11 plots that we know of, he says. i also want to show you a fascinating chart from the study of terrorism and responses from terrorism. from 1970 to 2007, new york was hit by, get this, 284 terror attacks. most of which occurred in the 1970s. now, remember now, these are attacks i'm showing you, not victims of all the people killed in terror attacks in new york, 98% died on september 11th, 2001. look at this map. take a look at this. we picked out the top five u.s. terrorism targets over the past four decades. miami is a distant second. with 70 attacks. san francisco had 66. washington, 59. los angeles, 54. unbelievab unbelievable. 284 in new york city. next closest, miami, with 70. >>> trying to get a job? trying to qualify for a student loan? it may be getting easier for you. our stephanie elam tells you why, that is straight ahead. >>> plus, we'll also take stock of the stock market. >>> welcome back. we have breaking news to tell you about here on cnn. take a look at these live

it's a tremendous credit to commissioner ray kelly. he has the see it, say it program. the vendor who identified the problem mentioned it. you showed it early. citizens taking responsibility, notifying police officers so they can respond, it's the success here. it's the lesson we ought to take. bomber incompetent? absolutely. the only way to identify and disrupt these attacks is by the community based efforts. >> bomber incompetent, to stick on that term, means bomber who left more evidence. >> sure. it would be one thing if, let's say the fertilizer was properly treated with fuel oil, then you still need a detonator to set it off. an m-88 is not significant. if they used the traditional, al qaeda, explosive of choice, tapt. it's found in traces of the under wear bomber and the shoe bomber back in 2001. it's a highly explosive detonator. there are signatures. it strikes me as odd. it could be a disgruntled employee trying to create an incident. we shouldn't jump to terrorism. it doesn't become terrorism until you have a political connection and what they are trying to a

new york mayor michael bloomberg and police commissioner ray kelly were already on that guest list. the hearing on proposed security upgrades gets under way this hour. we're following it. >>> one hour from now the view from pakistan. authorities there are working with american counterparts to chase down leads from the accused times square bomber. we'll have the latest from karachi, as well. >>> on the gulf coast, they're waiting for the oil to come ashore, and the big bell to leave port. the oil slick is out there growing by 210,000 gallons every day. today we're seeing better weather, which means skimmer boats and booms can be put to good use. also the big bell, the dome the bp plans to drop over that leak. earlier on cnn's "american morning's" bp's ceo gave us a time line for that fix. >> i'm confident we're going to do everything to make it work. we've got the best people in the world working on this. the cofferdam will leave port this morning or late morning around noon, we think, and it'll take about 12 hours to get to the scene, and then a couple of days to get to the bottom.

new york city mayor michael bloomberg and new york commissioner ray kelly are testifying. democratic senator frank lautenberg introduced legislation, what he calls, the terror gap. thank you for joining us today. >> pleased to be here. >> for people at home that don't know what the terror gap is, explain that to them? >> there is a way that someone who is on the terror watch history -- these are people we ought to be careful about, can get a gun. right now it's just an open thing. there is a check that goes on, routine. guns are given. we had over 1200 applications from people who were on the terror watch list. 90% of them were able to get a permit to buy a gun. that is not a satisfactory situation. >> senator, i think that bears repeating so people truly understand. 1,228 times someone on the terror watch list -- they are on the list. they are suspected of perhaps having some kind of tie to terrorism, they tried to buy guns. and in 91% of those cases, they were given the okay. i think a lot of people at home, sir, would find that to be unbelievable. how could this loophol

the nypd, my father was a member of the nypd years ago, under ray kelly they are doing a phenomenal job. but we have a thousand police officers in new york city working on counterterrorism. the average city has two or three. but this is extremely expensive. and we have tunnels. we have bridges. we have roadways. we have a subway system we have ports. we have icons. we have wall street. we have so many churches and synagogues. we have times square. and yet we don't get the federal support. i'm not making this partisan. i could be critical of both administrations. one thing pressing right now, as we saw saturday night, the real fear is an attack would be launched from the outer boroughs or the suburbs. and christian kelly wants to set up a secure the cities program that would have radiation detectors on all the entrances to the city and this year the administration has cut off all funding for that. last year that happened too and charlie one of those that supported funding the program. this is true of both parties. if the administration would stop look agent this in the strictly accountin

. >> brown: new york city police commissioner ray kelly acknowledged that agents lost track of shahzad, but he played down its significance. >> i think, you know, he was lost for a period of time. that's not unusual in investigations. i know everybody thinks it's easy to do, but it's not particularly easy. you can't get too close to the individual, you don't want to tip him off. these are judgment calls that are made. >> brown: with the manhunt on, shahzad was placed on the federal no-fly list. still, he managed to purchase a ticket for cash on a flight from john f. kennedy international airport bound for dubai. he was already on board when u.s. customs officials spotted his name on the passenger list, and then took him off the plane. >> there was no skirmish, there was no incident of that nature. >> brown: in fact, reports today said shahzad told the arresting agents, "i was expecting you. are you nypd or fbi?" as for how he managed to get on the plane, it turned out that emirates airlines was only required to check the no-fly list every 24 hours. but today, in washington, white house

>> i am very pleased that ray kelly and the new york city police department acted swiftly, and that's why secure the cities is such an important program. and i'm pleased that the pakistanis working in cooperation with all the intelligence apparatus are able to pursue the information in moving towards a conclusion as to who did what when and who participated. >> congresswoman nita low, i thank you so much for joining me. >>> we've been talking online about this debate over what legal rights faisal shahzad should have. some lawmakers are arguing against reading him his miranda rights since he's a terror suspect. but i think the constitution guarantees due process for a reason. and guarantees it for all americans. dean fox responds. when people say we shouldn't mirandize people like shahzad, they're saying they don't trust our justice system. one that has worked for 200-plus years. carlos jaurez writes if we have to go by our laws these idiot terrorists will run all over. mr. shahzad will get his in a trial. jaded skeptic tweets it is disconcerting to watch the republicans move the ban o

>> commissioner ray kelly: yeah, absolutely. i mean, they're... they're mobile. they're relatively easy to... to put together. you don't need much space. you can do it by yourself. >> kroft: we were lucky. >> kelly: yes. a lot of good investigative work here, but we were lucky, no question about that. >> kroft: new york police commissioner raymond kelly says the poorly constructed device might have killed hundreds of people if it had gone off. instead, it took the nypd and the joint terrorism task force just 53 hours to identify and arrest the man who built it. according to the complaint, 30- year-old faisal shahzad, a freshly minted u.s. citizen who had lived here for a decade, slipped off to his native pakistan, where he received explosives training, and returned here on his american passport to carry out the attack. >> kelly: that is sort of a gold standard. that's what al qaeda and their surrogates look for-- someone who can travel, someone who has clean paper, someone who can go to pakistan, come back and get into the united states because they're a citizen

you had ray kelly, commissioner of police in new york city, his people did a textbook fashion. bob mueller from the fbi. eric holder from the justice department. they all worked together. and they got the person. they got the person, apparently, from what we have read, they've gotten cooperation. the president even reported -- i don't know if it's true or not, but we're even getting cooperation from pakistan. but the most important thing, we got the person who did this. they crossed all the ts, dotted all the is. but what i find frustrating are the people, mr. limbaugh, of course, says he wants the president to fail, even though the country would fail. and this really bothers me, because after 9/11, even though the ball had been dropped, even though 9/11 could have been avoided if everybody had done what they should have, democrats and republicans came together and said, okay, that happened. let's make it better so this doesn't happen again. we have steadily improved the law enforcement and the intelligence agency's, working the best today they have worked in my 35 years here i

here is the police commissioner talking about the clues they had early on, ray kelly, roll this. >> detectives also are enroute to a town in pennsylvania, where a tourist believes he may have captured the suspect's image on his videocamera. bill: so now we're trying to figure out what clues they have and what clues are missing, but there is breaking news out of washington, eric holder saying they made substantial progress on this, they have good leads in the probe, all that i think is very good news at the moment. that lawmaker, with me now, rishz mp pete hoekstra, ranking member of the house celebrity committee on intelligence. and sir, welcome back to "america's newsroom". a quick comment on what you're hearing from eric holder. you normally don't hear comments like these unless there's progress, and it appears there is, sir. >> yeah, i take that at face value. i would think that we would be making substantial progress. i mean, we got this suv, we got it totally in tact, film video. this is an all hands on deck local fbi, law enforcement, the new york police department is very, very good at

attorney general, i all the commissioner ray kelly to applaud the new york police department for their work on the times square bombing, and i have spoken to you. i applaud you and the department of justice and the fbi for what they've done as it is one of those things where it is nice to see everybody working together. i should also applaud the citizens who in this case the vendor who saw something suspicious and reported it to the police. the police reacted immediately and i won't go into all the things you were able to do and tracking phones and everything elsen this hearing. it was a pretty remarkable to see all the pieces come together. i was rather surprised to hear members of congress criticize law enforcement for dng what law enforcement has always done since the miranda decision came down and offering up and giving miranda warning to the suspect. now, the fact that you had to give miranda warnings, which is requir, did that in any way hinder your investigation? >> no, it did not. as we have seen in prior investigations, the giving of miranda warnings has not deterred people fr

attorney general, i all the commissioner ray kelly to applaud the new york police department for their work on the times square bombing, and i have spoken to you. i applaud you and the department of justice and the fbi for what they've done as it is one of those things where it is nice to see everybody working together. i should also applaud the citizens who in this case, the vendor who saw somethg suspicious and reported it to the police. the poli reacted immediately and i won't go into all the things you were able to do and tracking phones and everything else in this hearing. it was a pretty remarkable to see all the pies come together. i was rather surprised to hear members of congresscriticize law enforcement for doing what law enforcement has always done since the miranda decision came down and offering up and giving miranda warning to the suspect. now, the fact that you had to give miranda warnings, which is required, did that in any way hinder your investigation? >> no, it did not. as we have seen in prior investigations, the giving of miranda warnings has not deterred people fr