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Suspicious Package Detonated by Elizabeth, New Jersey Police; Traffic Stop Connected to Bombing in Chelsea, NYC; How Syrians in Aleppo Carry On Amid War and Ruin; Militants Attack Army Base in Indian-Administered Kashmir. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired September 19, 2016 - 02:00   ET

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[02:00:37] ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.

GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR: 2:00 a.m. on the U.S. east coast. We continue following the breaking news here on CNN, the latest of the investigation after the bombing in New York. I'm George Howell.

NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Natalie Allen. We live in Atlanta.

We're getting more information. The FBI said it made a traffic stop with police on Sunday with a vehicle of interest in the case. As of now we're told there were no arrest, no charges, and the investigation is ongoing.

HOWELL: There may be another clue as well. Investigators say a man was seen in surveillance video at the sight of that explosion.

ALLEN: And near where police found a pressure cooker four blocks away. It was rigged with wires, duct tape, but no cell phone. It did not explode and they took it apart.

We're also following a separate development now in New Jersey. Police detonated this right here -- is still New York City. We'll get to that New Jersey video in a moment. They detonated a suspicious device found in a wastebasket in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It was one of up to five devices discovered in a backpack. The mayor said the men who found it saw wires and a pipe and contacted authorities. The FBI say police are investigating.

And, I believe, you were covering this the past hour.

HOWELL: Yeah.

ALLEN: The device was found near a train station.

HOWELL: A New York train station and New York train service has been affected. Again, it's that old saying, "see something, say something."

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ALLEN: People are alert.

HOWELL: Their alert. The investigators are on high alert, looking for anything.

Our correspondents, we are out, as well, in full force. Our correspondent Deborah Feyerick following developments in New York. And Rachel Crane, she's in Elizabeth New Jersey more on that suspicious package that was found.

Let's go to Rachel first.

RACHEL CRANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: George, we're here in Elizabeth, New Jersey. We just spoke to the mayor about this on going situation. He described what happened here this evening. He said two gentlemen saw a backpack in a trash can, close to the train station here. They opened the backpack thinking they would found something valuable. Instead they found a suspicious looking device with wires coming out of it. That's when they dropped the backpack, went around the corner, the local authorities responded and that's when they also confirmed that package was suspicious looking. It's still an on going situation. That's when they also, then, the local authorities called in the bomb squad as well as the FBI. The mayor also told us that that backpack, the devices inside, up to five devices.

He also described to us, when one of the robots accidentally detonated one. Take a listen.

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J. CHRISTIAN BOLLWAGE, MAYOR OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY: The robots that were going in to disarm it, cut a wire and it exploded. I don't know that technology cal aspect of that. I know there were other devices. They'll have to be removed and all of the fragments from the other piece are going to have to try to be picked up so the FBI can investigate this.

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CRANE: The mayor went on to say there were no timers and no cell phone connected to those devices.

Now, the area here, the streets have all been closed down. We know that train service has been suspended between New York Liberty Airport and Elizabeth New Jersey, unclear when it will be restored.

But certainly everybody here in Elizabeth New Jersey, all the local authorities responding to the situation and on heightened alert.

ALLEN: It's about to be a Monday morning commuter time. This is, yet, another disruption.

Rachel, I'm curious, how far is Elizabeth New Jersey from Manhattan?

CRANE: It took us about 30 minutes to get here, Natalie, this evening. That's obviously with no traffic. It's not too far, but it's, obviously, not a stones throw away. ALLEN: Rachel Crane for us there in New Jersey. A very active scene,

investigation, with the fire truck going right past her as she spoke.

[02:05:07] HOWELL: A lot happening there.

And also important to point out the situation in New Jersey not being connected at this point to the situation in Manhattan.

Let's go live to Deborah Feyerick, following the investigation in New York.

Deborah, talk to us, if you could, about the latest, the traffic stop that was made on the bridge that was connected to the bombing incident, explosion.

DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's exactly right. It's unclear what led investigators to make this particular traffic stop. They were stopped on the bridge and that bridge connects Staten Island with Brooklyn, but if you go in the opposite direction from Staten Island you can also get to New Jersey, there are links in different areas where the devices seem to be showing up. You've got law enforcement, hundreds of men and women who are really thinking about what these devices are and how they potentially be connected and this is all part of the investigation.

We can tell you, sort of in totality, you had three devices that were found yesterday in Saturday, two in Manhattan, one in New Jersey, about an hour and a half from the location of the other devices, now you've got these in Elizabeth, New Jersey. To sort of put it in context, Elizabeth, New Jersey, is about five miles from Newark Airport, that's why you have that stretch closed down right now. But they're looking at all of this to see whether there are similarities in the devices. We know that the devices in Manhattan appear to have had a cell phone attached to them, certainly, the one -- the ones in New Jersey were one of the three pipe bombs detonated yesterday. That also appears to have had a cell phone. So these are the sort of commonalities that investigators are looking at to see whether in fact this seems to have a great incident or whether in fact this is something going on. I spoke to a senior law enforcement senior official yesterday who said, when you've got these kinds of coincidences, you have to look more deeply because it doesn't usually break that way.

ALLEN: Deborah, thanks a lot. As you were talking we're seeing this car they were investigating, you were standing there earlier, just to show us the breath of this investigation, but what can you tell us about that?

FEYERICK: The thing that jumped out to a lot of people that were there, this car had New Jersey license plates and there was an incident yesterday in New Jersey, the question was could that be connected, and why it was in the immediate area of where these devices were found in Manhattan. It could also be that this car has some sort of shrapnel in it. There was a woman there, she was taking photographs, sort of looking at different marks and different dings in the car, and a flat-bed truck came and took it away for further analysis. So that was a particular interest, the fact it was parked just a block from where that device detonated, that is also of interest, how it ended up there.

So investigators now from the FBI and NYPD are getting enough clues and enough details that they can begin to sort of, you know, sort of spider out from there and look at how the threads connect.

ALLEN: They have that video surveillance as well. They've got the work before them. It's certainly on going.

HOWELL: Yeah, and they have a lot of new clues.

Deborah Feyerick, thank you so much for your reporting.

Rachel Crane on the scene in Elizabeth, New Jersey, thank you as well. We'll stay in touch with you both.

Just before the explosion went off in New York, a stabbing at a shopping mall wounded at least nine people. The FBI is investigating that incident as potential act of terror. One witness worked at the mall described what she saw, listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED WITNESS (voice-over): And all of a sudden chaos just broke out. There was a bunch of people running into the JCPenney mall entrance and they were screaming that someone was going around the mall stabbing people and that there was blood everywhere. And it was just, honestly, a really scary experience. I dropped everything in my hand and booked it back to my coworker to notify her what was going on. I ran out a different exit out of our JCPenney, which led straight to the parking lot, and I just kind of jumped in my car and sped off as fast as I could.

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[02:10:04] ALLEN: It had to be terrifying. Police say the attacker appears to have acted alone. The city mayor's praised the off-duty police officer who shot and killed the attacker.

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DAVE KLEIS, MAYOR OF ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA: He clearly prevented additional injuries and potentially loss of life. His heroic actions are exemplary. And having witnessed what he did, as the suspect was launching at him with the knife, not only did he fire, the suspect went down, he came back up on three different occasions.

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HOWELL: If you're counting, there's the two situations in New Jersey, during the race, the situation there and what we're discovering tonight. And also certainly New York front and center, there's no clear link between all of these attacks throughout the U.S., but it's the timing that's raising a lot of concern.

ALLEN: Former FBI special agent, Bobby Chacon, joins us live via Skype.

Bobby, what is it about the timing that is interesting to you?

BOBBY CHACON, FORMER FBI SPECIAL AGENT: Well, first of all that it's all happening so fast, I mean, all within a period of 24 hours this is all taking place and ordinarily I would put the timing through October, because when in New York City for 17 years October was the month where we were not allowed to take as much vacation. You couldn't schedule things because you have several hundred heads of state around the world moving all around the city. You've got heads of security. You've got security from those countries coming in. And it was just a huge coordination effort and then when you have these things taking place at the same time that heightens everybody's awareness.

HOWELL: I would like to get your sense of things, so I'm sure you heard our correspondent reporting there in Elizabeth, New Jersey, this situation with five different devices discovered. What do you make of that? Again, this not being connected to what's happening, that investigation in New York.

CHACON: Yeah, I'm sure they're all of these incidences are being worked closely together. They're probably in constant contact. The bomb techs are probably trading information. All of these devices will go to Quantico fairly quickly to be examined for commonalities, and they'll know some of that very quickly, as quickly as they can get them down there. Nobody will rest. Everybody will be working on this thing constantly. But, as it's moving forward, more incidences keep happening, as we speak. So it's going to be a busy time for everybody.

ALLEN: Certainly, and the pressure is on to try to bring this to a conclusion and bring those in who are behind it.

What do you make, Bobby, the fact they have surveillance video, they have someone suspicious in the video but they're not releasing it to the public for any help?

CHACON: Yeah, I think that might indicate they have what their feel is enough of what they need to identify the person. You only go out to the public if you need to go out to the public. If there's enough in that video for them to identify the individual, or if they can do it in a less public way, they can go to certain people that they think might know this individual, then they'll do that. The less you can make public, if you're looking for additional conspirators, it's better in that situation.

HOWELL: I want to get some context from you, the precision that goes into a traffic stop that happens on a bridge, talk to us about that. And, again, no one has been charged with anything. But we do understand that this is being connected to the situation of that explosion in New York.

CHACON: Yeah, clearly, something led them to that vehicle and then they got on to the vehicle. And, you know, traffic stops are, you know, always a dangerous thing for any police officer engaging in. The bridge may have been the perfect time to do it because you have more control over where the car is going to go. They might have coverage at both ends of the bridge. They could delay traffic in the area easily, more easily on the bridge. They could easily delay traffic in the area on the bridge. It's a more controlled environment when you're doing something like that. And the fact that the NYPD and the FBI are doing it together, jointly, adds to the safety factor for the officers involved.

ALLEN: We really appreciate you joining us to help us understand this process. Bobby Chacon for us.

Thank you, Bobby.

HOWELL: Bobby, thank you.

CHACON: Sure.

HOWELL: You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. We continue following the breaking news out of New York and New Jersey, but other followings we're following and ahead this hour, it was in thriving city for thousands left it. We go inside of Aleppo to see how Syrians who stayed behind there are hanging on to a better future.

[02:15:11] ALLEN: Also, an army base comes under attack in Indian- controlled Kashmir with deadly consequences. This is a flash point region and there is reason for concern that it is heating up. We'll be back with that as well. Thank you.

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HOWELL: Welcome back to CNN breaking news, following news on multiple fronts this morning since that bombing in New York City.

First, the bombing in New York. The investigation, the FBI says that its agents and police, they made a traffic stop Sunday night in relation in relation to Saturday's attack. We're told that five people were stopped, no one, though, has been arrested or charged with anything as of now.

ALLEN: Also investigators say a man was seen against surveillance video at the sight of Saturday's explosion and near where police found this pressure cooker four blocks away. They say it was rigged with wires and duct tape. It did not explode.

[02:20:00] HOWELL: There's also a separate incident to tell you about in New Jersey, the city of Elizabeth. People there are on edge after police detonated a suspicious device that was found in a wastebasket. It was one of five devices discovered in a backpack. The city's mayor said men who found it saw wires, pipes and contacted authorities. Police and the FBI are now on the scene.

ALLEN: We'll continue to follow it and bring your more developments as they're coming, fast moving, finding out what's connected to what. But they have a lot of manpower and women power working on this in the police department.

We want to turn to other stories we're following around the world.

Air strikes have hit the city of Aleppo for the first time since the ceasefire brokered by the U.S. It's clear who is responsible for the attack. You can see right here how Aleppo keeps getting hammered. Officials say, at least one person was killed.

HOWELL: It wounded dozens of Syrian troops. The U.S. thought they were hitting ISIS fighters. But Russia is accusing the United States of defending ISIS and failing to meet its obligations under the ceasefire.

The U.S. secretary of state told CNN the other side is under mining the truce. Listen.

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JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: The opposition feels threatened because the bombs continue even though there's supposed to be a cessation of hostilities. Let me just say this clearly. Russia signed up to a cessation of hostilities. Assad said he would live by it. Then he needs to stop and let the Joint Implementation Center get set up so Russia and the United States can coordinate in order to avoid the kind of terrible thing that happened yesterday, which we all acknowledge and regret.

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HOWELL: The destruction in Aleppo from five years of war, it's sobering when you look at all of the images. You think of the thousands of people who are caught up in it. And the political bickering has stalled humanitarian aid that was supposed to go into that city days ago.

ALLEN: That was the point of the truce.

Fred Pleitgen is in Aleppo. He looks at how people are trying to carry on with their lives amid the ruins, including the children.

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FRED PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Driving through a battered city, the ceasefire is barely holding in Aleppo, breaches coming more frequent.

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PLEITGEN: Still, the residents are cleaning up, even the youngest.

Ali is 12 years old. He and his siblings, among the many displaced, finding shelter in a bombed-out hospital.

"We have to keeping work to clear this room and the room next door," he says, "because this is going to be our home."

As calm prevails, at least most of the time, the Syrian government is moving increasing numbers of displaced people into the bomb-out ruins of the district.

These families forced to move several times. The baby, Abdul, born in a tent.

"We lost three homes," his grandmother says, "Every one got destroyed now we're displaced. If we had the money, we would flee."

(on camera): Despite the fact that the ceasefire is very fragile, the people here aren't wasting any time. They're getting to work, picking up the pieces, hoping that against all odds, the truce may hold.

(voice-over): And while few are optimistic about the chances, some, also displaced several times, say even the current tenuous ceasefire is a blessing.

"The ceasefire is good so far," he says, "I've been here a few days and the situation is better. You can hear some shelling, but it's much less than before."

As the warring factions and their backers struggle to keep the truce alive, Aleppo's people, like 12-year-old Ali, hope the hard work they're putting in will not be wasted again.

Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Aleppo.

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HOWELL: Fred, thank you.

Tensions are ratcheting back up between India and Pakistan. This after 17 soldiers were killed with militants attacked an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday.

ALLEN: More militants also died in a gun battle near the border in this disputed region. This is one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in this area in the past three decades.

HOWELL: Let's go live to our New Delhi bureau chief. Ravi Agrawal joins us there live with more on Sunday's attack.

Ravi, why is this significant and what are the Indian ministers saying now?

[02:25:00] RAVI AGRAWAL, CNN NEW DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: That's right, George. Let me just tell you a little bit about where this attack took place. It happened in a town which is on the side of the line of control. It's a line that divides the Indian-administer regions. Now the attack took place very early in the morning, about 5:30. There were four militants who snuck into the Army base. They opened fire. About 17 Indian troops were killed, seven more are in critical condition, that's what we know so far. They have been very quick to respond to this attack. The minister who

is essentially number two in government, he tweeted on Sunday saying that Pakistan is a terrorist state. It should be isolated and dealt with as such. Strong words from him and he said that right as one of the top Indian Army officials came out and said that he had found what he called quote/unquote Pakistani markings on the gear that was found. Very serious allegations from India.

Pakistan has responded to the accusation. They said all of the accusations by India are baseless and irresponsible.

There you have it, George. Very serious words from both sides of the border. And this is very important for the region, but also for the -- as we know India and Pakistan are nuclear nations. India sending its foreign minister there as well. You can expect this will be a discussion that will be had there and will involve a number of other powers as well.

HOWELL: You can imagine, Ravi, the icy relations are icier there.

Ravi Agrawal, live for us in New Delhi. Ravi, thank you for your reporting and we'll stay in touch with you, as well.

ALLEN: We'll continue to follow the latest development in New York and New Jersey. Hear what New York's governor had to say as we push on here.

HOWELL: Plus, incidents of burned-up Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone went viral online. What the phone maker Samsung is doing now to fix the problem for millions of buyers.

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[02:30:31] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back for our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM, live from Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen.

GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm George Howell, with the headlines we're following for you this hour.

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HOWELL: Thankfully,

2:31 on the east coast. In the middle of night, in the U.S., a lot happening. A separate investigation playing out now in Elizabeth, New Jersey. That city's mayor says as many as five suspicious devices found in a backpack.

ALLEN: Rachel Crane is on the scene there, live in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

It's in the middle of the night, lots of lights flashing there. Rachel, what can you tell us about the investigation there? What they think they might have found? RACHEL CRANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Natalie and George, local

authorities, bomb squad, the FBI responding to the situation here. The mayor telling us that they're up to devices in a backpack found in a trash can here. That trash can being close to a pub where the mayor tells us there's surveillance footage. Close to the train station also.

Let me walk you through how this backpack was found. The mayor tells us that there were two gentlemen who saw a backpack in the trash can and they opened it thinking they might stumble across valuable, that's when they saw the devices in the backpack. They say they saw wires. They dropped the backpack and went around the corner to the local police station. The police responded, also confirmed that it was a suspicious package, that's when they called in the bomb squad, the FBI.

Now, the mayor also told us that one of those, up to five devices was accidentally detonated by a robot, that's when the robot was trying to cut one of the wires that was in that backpack. Now, service on the northeast corridor has been suspended between Newark International Airport and Elizabeth. Now, obviously, the northeast corridor is a very, very busy transportation hub. This as 750,000 people travel on the northeast corridor every single day. Obviously tomorrow morning. unclear of when that service will be -- will be reinstated.

Now, the streets all around the surrounding area have been closed down. The mayor told us that they did a second dare sweep of the surrounding area making sure that there were no other suspicious packages found. He said that there was nothing found and that they are just working on securing this area.

Also, it's important to note that there has been no connection made with any of the other instances of bombs either detonating or being found yet. But it is important to also point out that there are -- in the state of New Jersey, there have been two bombs, obviously, the one yesterday that was found in the trash can in seaside that detonated also in that trash can. Nobody was injured. That was at a Marine Corps base, and in both instances, nobody was injured -- George and Natalie?

[02:34:54] HOWELL: Rachel, again, early morning for you here. Investigators discovered this after a tip someone saw something and someone said something, that is the saying and it worked out. All of this happening and effecting train station and will that continue to effect people as we, you know, get into the rush-hour time with the morning commute?

CRANE: We don't yet know when the trains will be up and running again as I pointed out. This is northeast corner that 750,000 people ride daily. People should check into what their daily commute will be like. It probably will be disrupted by this incident.

ALLEN: Rachel, thanks so much.

I just got a text from the friend who was on the train from D.C. to New York City tonight. They were stopped, never made it to Manhattan. Doesn't know why. There's just one story there.

Rachel Crane for us there in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Rachel, thank you so much. HOWELL: Thank you, Rachel.

ALLEN: Governors in six U.S. states have declared states of emergency over rising of gas price. A pipeline that provides fuel for about 50 million Americans has been shutdown after a leak was found in Alabama.

HOWELL: That company that operates the pipeline says the spill is contained to a nearby pond. Some service stations have run out of gas. The company said it is building a bypass line to get that fuel flowing again.

People got this news and they're concerned the gas prices will go up and hard to get gas. That is something that's affecting many people in different states.

ALLEN: Look at the picture. There's a, you know, environmental concern, as well there.

HOWELL: Absolutely.

ALLEN: Other news we're following, if you have a Samsung phone, you know what we're talking about. Samsung has begun replacing the Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone. It was forced to recall devices sold worldwide after reports of battery fires surfaced online.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, YouTube. I just wanted to post this and share what just happened to my Note 7. Came home after work, it had charged a little bit before class and --

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ALLEN: That kind of tells the story. There are a lot of stories like that says it all, doesn't it.

Paula Hancock is live from Seoul, where the company is offering a make-good to its customers. That, of course, is the home base for Samsung.

Hello there, Paula.

PAULA HANCOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Natalie. It's a very big week for Samsung. You can't underestimate it. Today, Monday, is when South Korean customers can come into a shop like this in the business district and actually exchange their Galaxy Note 7 for a new one. As you can see, it's worth pointing out that there are hundreds of shops around the country that can actually exchange their phones. We haven't seen an awful lot of people coming in on the first day, which you might expect considering regulators, public transport, and some powered down these devices until you're able to exchange them. So this is one of the shops, you can see here, the Galaxy Note 7 also powered down here for safety concerns. But what we have seen is that three people so far have exchanged their

phone here. Many more have come in to see if they could exchange their phone. What they've been discovering you have to go to the place where you bought it from, many people didn't seem to realize. One woman had bought it in on, she said you have to send it back in the packaging. You can't come into any shop around the country. We also had one man, as well, who bought it from here and tried to exchange it but they said it bought it later on he has to wait another few days or weeks until he can get his replacement.

There's a little bit of confusion as to exactly can exchange their phone. But Samsung is hoping this is going to be a turning point for this pr disaster that they have undergone.

We have seen, though, a sentiment of loyalty from customers who come in here. You might expect, this is the birthplace of Samsung, and at least three or four people that we spoke to, even though they were annoyed, even, and they couldn't exchange their phone straightaway, they will stay with Samsung. They have that loyalty. It will be interesting over the next few days in the United States and Europe in the few days when those few days happen whether or not the loyalty extends beyond the home state of Samsung.

ALLEN: Well, I'm sure just those few reports about loyalty means a lot to this company after, as you say, this political -- excuse me -- P.R. nightmare.

Thank you, Paula Hancock, there.

HOWELL: Let's talk about busiest travel seasons in Japan. It's getting busier now. Another typhoon is headed to the region.

Our Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri is live.

ALLEN: Back-to-back typhoons.

[02:40:06] PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: I know, this has been a very, very busy guy. It's something that's really a lot of people concern, we're not getting much of a break. It's going to be within seven or ten days of one another. It's from the Philippines. It's where the name comes from. It means strong and powerful and certainly is the case equivalent to category three features.

Want to show you what that means here, now we're talking about six forms that have made land fall. Of course, when you consider that active pattern in the amount of days and you know the damage that's been left in place. We know the soil has been saturated a lot of these areas don't want anything else to do with another typhoon. This particular one, comes in and we think will make land fall sometimes in the overnight hours of Monday going into early Tuesday morning. We're still up there as far as active whether this time of year, that's what we're seeing takes an unfortunate track it parallels and impacts much of eastern Japan, if you're familiar with these region, these are populations of Japan. Gusty winds and rain fall across that region of Japan. Watch something else, closer towards Mexico and the United States,

this is what is left of tropical storm, it's expected to strengthen briefly to hurricane pain and more of a nuisance than a pain. It's going to actually parallels Baja, California, it can bring in some rain fall on the final day of summer. That will be on Wednesday afternoon across the San Diego, into southern Arizona as well.

Speaking of getting the last few days of summer in, we have a very wet weather pattern set up across the eastern United States from New York City and Washington. Heavy rain fall this afternoon going Monday night into Monday, Tuesday morning, get heavy rain fall. This is an area that has been stricken by drought and any rain fall is Beneficial across the region. Look at these temperatures. We get the rain that comes in on Monday in New York, keeps the temperatures to mid-70s and slight temperatures, George and Natalie, where we're talking middle 80s where it should be in the mid-70s, I think it's going to be the hottest summer on record when it's all said and done.

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ALLEN: 70, it looks good, though, to see 70s, doesn't it. Wow!

JAVAHERI: Yes. You can feel it. You can feel it in the air.

ALLEN: Pedram, thank you.

HOWELL: Thank you.

The U.N. General Assembly starts in New York this weekend, and all on sidelines, a first-of-its-kind global summit.

ALLEN: A summit aimed at ending scenes like this and finding a better way to handle the migrant and refugee crisis. We'll have more about that coming up here.

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[02:46:22] HOWELL: Welcome back. We're continuing to follow the breaking news and two separate updates this morning.

First, in New York, since the bombing in Chelsea, the FBI says that its agents and police made a traffic stop Sunday night in relation to Saturday's attack. No one, though, has been arrested or charged in that instant.

ALLEN: Also, investigators say a man was seen in surveillance video at the side of Saturday's explosion and near where police found that pressure cooker four blocks away, they say, of course this pressure cooker was big. They took it apart and, of course, the good news is that pressure cooker did not explode.

HOWELL: And another separate incident to tell you about, this one in New Jersey. Police there detonated a suspicious device that was found in a wastebasket, this happening in Elizabeth New Jersey. It was one of the five devices discovered in a backpack. The city's mayor said the men who found out, they saw something and said something. They saw on this device, wires, pipe was connected. Police there and the FBI looking into it.

ALLEN: Well, U.N. General Assembly gets underway in Newark, with Newark already busy with heightened security. It's one of the biggest diplomatic events in the world.

HOWELL: Security is extremely high with world leaders coming to the city.

CNN senior U.N. correspondent, Richard Roth, tells us more about what we can expect.

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RICHARD ROTH, CNN SENIOR U.N. CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Once again the world gathers in New York at the United Nations at a time the globe feels it is up in the air and in a state of upheaval. From presidents to prime ministers, political heavy weights come together this week for the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's the World Cup of diplomacy. It's the Oscars of diplomacy. It's also an interesting fashion week.

ROTH: The speeches inside the hall get rolling Tuesday morning. Brazilian President Michel Temer, who took over after Dilma Rousseff was impeached, will kick off. By U.N. tradition, Brazil is always the first country to speak. The host nation, the U.S., follows. President Barack Obama will likely reflect on what was and was not achieved during his White House term. It's the eighth and final General Assembly speech for the U.S. president.

It's also a farewell for the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after 10 years of service.

BAN KI-MOON, U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL: This year high-level week at the United Nations comes at a critical time.

ROTH (on camera): You can expect to hear a lot about several key global issues, including Europe's on going crisis, the war in Syria, and North Korea's nuclear tests.

(voice-over): Among the other highlights, we'll hear from the president of Turkey following the failed coupe attempt in his country in July. President Rouhani of Iran is scheduled to give his address on Thursday, followed just three speakers later by Israel.

This year's notable newbies include British Prime Minister Theresa May and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with high profile no shows including Raul Castro of Cuba, Bashar al Assad of Syria and Russian's Vladimir Putin.

Don't expect to see U.S. presidential candidates, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on U.N. grounds. It's possible either could appear at a sit down at a New York nearby hotel.

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ROTH: The U.N., again, reminding visitors of the need of peace. Unfortunately, some of the U.N.'s own member countries are unable to live up to that global goal.

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ROTH: Richard Roth, CNN, United Nations.

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[02:50:01] ALLEN: At the same time, the U.N. is getting ready for its first migrant and refugee summit to come up with a global solution, or try to, to the scenes we've seen like this.

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HOWELL: This is the type of scene you just don't forget, when you see a baby that's said to be less than a month old brought to safety in the Mediterranean. This is new video from Doctors Without Borders. It shows desperate migrants packed on a boat that sailed from Libya. According to one of the rescuers, the migrants came from more than 20 different countries.

We'll be right back.

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ALLEN: New York's governor is responding to the explosion in New York.

HOWELL: Andrew Cuomo spoke with CNN about the blast and how the government there is responding. Take a listen.

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[02:24:43] ANDREW CUOMO, (D), NEW YORK GOVERNOR: The mayor and I reviewed the site together we have the same information and same observation and same conclusions. Everything else is semantics.

There were two devices that were planted, one exploded, one didn't. They did tremendous damage. It was an intentional bombing. It was not accidental. It was criminal. It was violent. There was no apparent link, at this time to any international terrorist organization. No international terrorist organization has taken credit for it. And there was no apparent political purpose. There was, also, no apparent target besides the general populace, and that's -- you don't get to set off a bomb in New York or any city in this country, without -- to try to frighten people cause terror, period. And that's -- do you call that terrorism until it's linked to an organization or not, that's semantics. All the facts are the same.

Our message is very simple, we are going to find who did this, and we will bring them to justice.

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HOWELL: That wraps this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. I'm George Howell.

ALLEN: I'm Natalie Allen.

We're right back after a short break with another hour of news from around the world and the story in New York, of course.

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