Nashville blast targeted infrastructure, mayor says

An RV exploded Friday morning in downtown Nashville. Before it did, a warning was heard from the RV that a bomb was going to go off, complete with a timed countdown.

Whether or not the blast was intended to target the AT&T building, it did disrupt telecommunications in Tennessee and neighboring states, including air traffic controls. It also wrecked businesses already hurt by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

“The damage on Second Avenue is not dissimilar than what the tornado inflicted on Nashville and bigger parts of Nashville rather than just on one street,” Cooper told host Margaret Brennan.

Though reports have indicated that law enforcement had identified a person of interest in the case, no arrests have been made.

“I think there’s a lot of public interest,” Cooper said, “because it’s so shocking that on Christmas morning, this time of greatest hope, you have a bombing, a deliberate bombing. How can this be? And the public, I know, is anxious to try to understand it better.”