new reports are just servicing that. Then. Vice
President elect Kamala Harris was inside DNC
headquarters in D.C. On january 6th when a pipe bomb
was discovered outside the building. According to
politico Secret service evacuated Harris from the
building just moments later. Despite that near miss,
the pipe bomb investigation is sitting tonigh
Unsolved a year later, the day of the insurrection
police found two pipe bombs within minutes of one
another. FBI footage shows the suspect planting the
bombs a day earlier, but the suspect is still at large
and seemingly unidentified. Thi is exactly where the
bombs were found. It's really not far from the capital.
Just walking distance tonight, have a deeper look at
where this complicated investigation stands. Newsy
National Security correspondent Sasha Ingber has been
following this story closely. She's outside DNC
headquarters tonight, Sasha, wh did you find Good to
see you chance So, the FBI says this is a top priority.
More than 800 interviews, conducted thousands
thousands of video files and now new details from their
investigation. It may be the biggest unsolved mystery
of january 6th who planted a pair of pipe bombs. Just
steps away from the U.S. Capitol. What was the purpose
of those devices being planted Wasn't a diversion. Ery
type of a tactic used by some of these riders, A person
captured in videos in a hoodie, face mask glasses and
gloves placed two pipe bombs near the Republican and
Democratic National committees the cold dark evening
before the capitol siege. After they were found
undetonated. The FBI turned to the public. I'm coming
to you today to once again ask for your help without
pipe bomb investigation, little has been revealed about
that federal probe but a Newsy investigation reveals
several theories. The FBI is pursuing a source familiar
with the FBI's investigation says Asians have
repeatedly retraced the bomber' path on foot. The most
recent visit to Washington's Capitol Hill neigh
On December 22 after piecing together a route primar
with ring camera footage from nearby homes, they
believed the suspect first drov into the city with the
explosives and parked a vehicle in a rare surveillance
blind spot. The source tells Newsy agents think the
ball material which includes galvanized pipe in kitchen
timers was acquired outside the nation's capital. The
FBI is also said to believe that the bombers seen i
the videos, maybe an anarchist or someone who felt
wronged by the government. Unlike television,
cases are rarely solved in 60 minutes. These are
complex investigations. That's Barry Black, A retired
FBI special agent and master bomb technician. He says
the suspect was clearly trying to avoid detection but
the pipe bombs themselves could give investiga
valuable information as you create devices like this.
You're you're leaving forensic evidence. The potentia
for fingerprints hairs, D.N.A. Even touch D.N.A. Which
is down to a cellular level and the FBI's explosive
unit can examine materials like that in very fine
detail and clean a lot of information and then as the
investigation continues. Would have something to match
what was recovered on the scene with a potential
subject. There are conflicting opinions about whet
the person was connected to the pro trump mob that
stormed the seat of us. Democracy. I would imagine they
probably know who he was and I guarantee he wasn't one
of the people that were at that protest. I think there
was a significant coordination with this attack. The
FBI declined to comment on specifics and pointed Newsy
to its public releases. Its offering a $100,000 reward
for information that can help them catch the person
who's so far has eluded arrest and prosecution.
mm hmm. Chance. I'm standing right by where one of
those pipe bombs was placed. The benches behind me had
been removed. But that was where the person sat to
place one of those pipe bombs by the D.N.C.I recognize
that from the picture. Now that you say that Sasha, do
we know if these bombs were intended wired up to reall
go off Seems like that could be valuable informat
then we'd know. Okay, were they really targeting both
parties Right. Well, that is a key question and we just
don't know for sure. Now these pipe bombs, they are
made with readily accessible materials. They're
designed to fragment and so they can damage buildings.
They can be fatal. But this is among many things that
we just don't know. We don't know the age of the person.
We don't know the race of the person. We don't even
know the gender of the person or their nationality
This person could perhaps have been working with
someone else to construct and distribute the bomb. Now,
Ted Kaczynski, it took 17 years for the FBI to find him.
Make no mistake just because this wasn't a fatal attack.
This was a bipartisan attack on the U.S. And its
democracy. F.B.I will not let it go. They will keep
working to find this person.