An NYPD officer points to the dark SUV which is where a bomb was discovered in Times Square (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Federal authorities arrested an American citizen of Pakistani origin, who is alleged to be behind the failed bomb attempt at Times Sq. on Saturday. Faisal Shahzad is a 30-year-old man living in Bridgeport, Conn. He was arrested early Tuesday morning as he tried to board a plane at New York's Kennedy airport.
Shahzad is scheduled to appear in federal court later today to face formal charges. For more, we turn to Bob Hennelly, reporter for WNYC. We also speak with BBC reporter, Aleem Maqbool from Pakistan.
Below: Audio from Attorney General Eric Holder's press conference on the arrest
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As a regular NPR listener, I would like to express my feelings about "The TakeAway". I was out of the country for several weeks and when I turned on my car radio and heard this program, I thought my husband had switched the station and had been listening to one of his "loud, annoying, Rush Limbaugh (sp?)-type" programs. For several days, I kept hearing this on MY station and finally decided it was a new program. I have heard some interesting pieces on the show, but the format is definitely the type I am used to, and prefer on NPR. It just seems like it needs to be "toned down" a bit.
John Hokkenberry's flippant interview during this morning's broadcast concerning the car bomb in Times Square was in poor taste. There is nothing amusing about an attempt to kill innocent people. I am surprised that NPR broadcasts such unreasoned, ignorant reporting.
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