the fbi, associative press that the fbi is that this is not a credible threat. kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> one passenger on that flight give us live updates. and two people were taken off in handcuffs from the back of the plane. he used his cellphone 2 will what was happening. >> it is this but the plane down on the airline and then at the turn to the round. it has been pretty column with the pilot saying that there is a security threat and another of the news conference the started let us listen and. >> again, waiting for officials from the fbi in an san francisco police to update the police and reporters in the public of why the arrests were made. weather those people that are taken into custody were still held. we were understanding that that was going to start. we will go back when it does begin and a minimal, web producer kimberly sakamoto is been following updates online. -meanwhile. twitter? >> at 10:45, that stop on a runway i cannot wait to get home. and the next three hours, she took us to experience, with tweet, tweet pacics , jay sears also mentio

the fbi does not know who called in the hoax. as far as any security enhancements as a result of that hoax, we have not noticed any here. reporting live at s ffshfo, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> a drunk man lost control of his truck leaving behind a trail of destruction. kimberly tere is live with the details. >> reporter: the damage was done about 100 yards from where i am standing. his pick-up truck went careening after hitting a tree, then hit a couple of parked cars, went up on the sidewalk, across the grass. the pick-up truck finally came to rest against the house after bringing down with it a ten-foot tall trellis. this happened about 12:30 this morning when a 25-year-old burlingame man lost control of his vehicle. there were people inside the home when this crash happened. they did not want to talk on camera but they said they heard the crash and nobody was hurt. the driver was treated and released at the hospital. police did arrest him and are charging him or arrested him for dui, that is. they have not released his

we begin this noontime with a raid in fremont involving the fbi and san francisco police. they were searching a townhome overnight and we have learned there is a connection between this police activity and the fatal shooting of a german tourist near union square. jade hernandez joins us from san francisco with an update. good afternoon, jade. >> reporter: good afternoon. we just finished talking with san francisco police, who tell us they were fondling a promise inch lead which led them to fremont. we caught them in action raiding an apartment last night. free nonet police pulled evidence bags from this apartment on lake tahoe terrace. neighbors were told to stay inside or leave the area. once officers left a neighbor described his fears. >> i took my baby from the upstairs and brought him downstairs because i didn't know if there was gunfire or not. they were all in their body armor and weapons drawn. >> reporter: author ramirez told us the apartment raided has been problematic for him little did he know at the time earlier this evening the gang task force alerted fremont

one was lying to the fbi. >> larry: there was one, supposed to be two results, right? >> well, he actually was just found guilty on lying to the fbi and really there is two parts to it. if that is what you are referring to. excuse me. one part was there a fire wall between politics and fund-raising. the other was he keeping track of all this stuff. they decided to commit on one and not the other. that's where we sit. the bigger news of course is that all the other charges, whether bribery, extortion, racketeering went by the wayside. that means he wasn't acquitted on these. it means he could potentially and will most likely face all of them again or some in a reconfigured form in a retrial. >> larry: blagojevich also strongly denied that he lied to the fbi let's listen to that. >> i want the people of illinois to know, i did not lie to the fbi i have told the truth from the very beginning. this is a persecution. we have police officers being gunned down on the streets, children who can't play in front of their homes in the summertime they might get gunned down and a pr

the fbi has not been able to identify. so far they're not telling white house made the call but they are saying this was a hoax. as far as security changes here at sfo as a result of this hijacking hoax, we have not noticed any. reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> new this morning, a lot of cleaning up to do in millbrae. look at this mess. police say a drunk driver caused all of the damage. it happened just before 12:30 last night. they say a man driving a pick-up truck took out a row of hedges, hit three parked cars and a house that man with you arrested for drunk driving. >>> a form oakland high school student convicted of first degree murder will be in court for sentencing this morning. tony tran shot and killed a 15-year-old alameda girl at a park on halloween night in 2007 it happened during an attempted robbery. tran will be in court in oakland at 9:30. >>> the egg scare is getting bigger and perhaps more frightening for you at breakfast time. federal health officials say they b

by the fbi. that is what we have so far this morning. if you have any questions about the incident at the campsite we will address that. >> did he make a comment. >> he had the opportunity he had his gun in his possession he could remain aggressive move. >> what's your feeling today that the ranger who in fact some of these individuals called in and check the license plate what you think about the ranger today as he the truth hero? >> he is the true hero he made the contact he was out there doing his job. he saw these to boot fugitives that is when he tipped off the shore of the spiriof the sheriff's office. i commend him for being vigilant. >> how does it feel to know that this is a county that captured those fugitives. >> i feel great about to say that we got these two in custody before they hurt anybody out there again. they were dangerous fugitives we were able to capture them without anybody being hurt or any lives in taken again. i commend my officers here for doing an outstanding job. we d

. >>> the fbi is investigating an incident caught on tape where two officers were seen beating a young man. >>> slowly but surely, we are moving in the right direction. we are on the right track. >>> poll numbers reflect growing disappointment in the handling of the economy. today, president obama took his discussion directly to a backyard in the midwest. >>> the mayor of it denver is now asking the fbi to look into a police beating caught on tape. this happened last year as it shows officers arresting one man while his friend is talking on his cell phone. police then grabbed the friend and throw him to the ground. the cops were later disciplined for fastly claiming the cell phone talker attacked them first. a city official overseeing the investigation wants the officers fired. the f p i will now decide on that or whether any charges should be filed against the officers involved. >>> a new poll is giving president obama his lowest marks ever on how he is handling the economy. a new survey by the associated press shows just 41% approving down from 44 in april. 56% disapprove and 61% say

. >> reporter: i talked to the fbi, they haven't made an arrest in this case. they are tracing the call to find out who made t the threatening phone call was made this morning. >> it was not your typical thursday morning, the front desk clerk received a strange phone call. >> the gentleman was hard to understand. broken words, yelling, screaming, almost a rant. >> reporter: the clerk picked up on american airlines, flight 24 and hijacked. it was a threat. >> he saw it was departing within 15 minutes from the phone call. >> reporter: the clerk called the police who called the fbi. in a matter of minutes, flight 24 sat to sat in a remote area. >> it was frustrating. >> i lived across the trade center in 9/11. i was there that day. i was like, that can't happen. >> they turned him toward the wall, handcuffed him, and shut that gate. shut that door. went back up to the front and started taking us off six at a time. >> who made the call? why here? >> that is the question we started asking. at the same time, we are happy that they called here. my staff is well-traine

: fbi special agent specializes in identity theft and works with the southern california high-tech task force and says with so much identification on the internet, it's easy to pretend to be somebody else. >> the more believable you are when you steal their identity taking over their identity, more successful you will be. >> reporter: diane soloman's impersonator was good and the real one was even better. she shut down her facebook account within four hours of the breach, saving her friends from sending money overseas. >> i felt completely violated. i felt like i put my friends, my contacts in jeopardy. i feel responsible they could have lost a ton of money. >> reporter: no one did this time but everyday several times a day, someone gets conned by a scam like this. >> i think all of us will eventually become a victim. >> reporter: soloman thinks she downloaded a worm and someone put a virus on her computer from the internet. >> i think i downloaded a worm. >> that's why you should change your password regularly and use anti-virus software and never give out personal information. >>> one

. >> reporter: the jury did find blagojevich guilty of lying to the fbi. >> i did not lie to the fbi. i've told the truth from the very beginning. this is a persecution. >> reporter: among the charges the jury failed to agree on, that blagojevich tried to sell the senate seat vacated by obama. u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald says there will be another trial. >> we are in the mode of being close to jury selection for a retrial. >> reporter: blagojevich didn't testify as promised at the beginning of the trial, but the jury did hear audiotapes of the alleged corruption. >> i've got this thing, and it's [ bleep ] golden, and i'm just not giving it up [ bleep ] for nothing. >> reporter: now partial vindication for the former politician with rock star status who as of yesterday is also a convicted felon. leanne gregg, nbc news. >>> well, a south carolina mother will be arraigned today on charges that she murdered her two young sons and then tried to cover up the evidence. authorities say shaquan duley confessed this week to suffocating the toddlers, strapping them into her car, and then ro

so alameda police called the fbi. the fbi put the brakes on that plane. >> it was a little tense because it was quiet, but everybody was calm and everybody handled themselves really well. nobody got upset. >> i turned around and i saw a big sort of black garbage bag being taken off. supposedly two people were taken off, one wearing a lakers shirt. >> reporter: this picture was taken of a man who appeared to be handcuffed and taken off the back of a plane. we're also told a woman was detained and questioned. >> they allowed people to use cell phones. they said no laptops, no ipads, but people were on their cell. at one point i got a text from a relative of somebody on the plane saying a passenger was taking pictures and e-mails them to a media outlet. >> no one was arrested. no one was placed in any handcuffs at this time that we know of. however, there is information that we are investigating. >> i'm very happy to be in the terminal right now. >> reporter: now, that passenger is already on a plane heading back to new

police and fbi officials say everyone on the plane in their bags were screened and then taken back to theí?u american airlines terminal. the question of philip gregos mental health could delay his trial on this of philip gregos mental health could delay his trial on this charges ofñno carrierringconnec >> he was allegedly holding j.c. do guard captive. then there's the gps monitoring official say agents ignored information from a gregos monitoring bracelet. the tried tracking map here to spend more time in his backyard that this house. now there's a new state task force that reviews gps monitoring. the new policy that dictates how often agents check parolee's daily electronic tracks. there's also a new policy mandating that agents because friends and neighbors familiar with the pro league. something official say was never done in the credo case. new legislation has also led to it the change in the department of corrections supervision model. the legislation that was passed last year allows low-level offenders to be placed on on supervised parole it's reducing agents caseloads from

heyward police joined the fbi at a fresno area home yesterday. they searched david jensen's home digging up the backyard, where they found some bones, later determined to be animal bones p.m. investigators reason the saying much more because of privacy issues, but they are still there and still digging. >> the type of crime is one that's a sensitive nature, and we do have to protect the victims in these types of crimes due to certain penal code sections that provide them rights. >> it will be about a week before they're ready to submit their case to the district attorney's office. >> the state attorney general is trying to close the loophole in a state law that he says enables hundreds of sex offenders to live in california without registering with local governments like they're supposed to. jerry brown's office tells us he's seeking emergency legislation to close that loophole. marty francis is live in san jose with the details. monty. >> reporter: as many as 450 out of state sex offenders moved to california each year, they don't have to regist

we'll tell you how a threatening phone call unleashed a chain of events involving passengers and the fbi. >>> we are live at briar wood elementary school in santa clara. you will see an increased police presence. we'll tell you why they were out here and why a canine was going to the school early this morning. . >>> welcome back to the morning news. master chef over there at the nasdaq. that's a show that airs right here on ktvu wednesday at 8:00 p.m. there -- that's a bay area favorite. that's a bay area favorite. there is somebody from the sacramento area feldon. fox's master chef there on the big board on the nasdaq unfortunately, there is a down day. there are concerns about the u.s. economy. >>> welcome back and thank you for joining us. time now is 6:30. there is a significant police presence at a santa clara elementary school right now. the officers are not taking any chances because of a threat made to briarwood elementary school. claudine? >> good morning, pam. i want to show you what is happening right now. you are taking a look at the canine just leaving the parking lot. they

. >> lying to the fbi. >> he faces up to five years for that. >> he says it is a bum rap, charles. >> fitzgerald, the prosecutor, charges him with 24 charges. he gets one count returned, which was a secondary, a process count, not any of the actual crimes, but something he said about them to the fbi. mickey mouse. everybody understands it. this is a huge embarrassment for fitzgerald. he did that with scooter libby. he did not get him on a charge of leaking, because he was the actual weaker. he got him on processed charges. this is the guy who went after conrad black and all those charges are now in question. the supreme court reviewed that a debut. he has a bad losing streak. >> half a corrupt politicians in illinois in jail -- >> including the republican -- >> republican governor who was his predecessor. patrick fitzgerald, the son of a doorman in new york, got a scholarship and has been a distinguished public. -- distinguished public servant. what looks like it is some of the total loss of confidence in -- institute -- brought the boy -- rod blagojevich is a symptom of the total los

. >>> a majorince death penalty gets a san francisco airport, the fbi says the threat was a hoax but for several hours more that 160 people were stuck on board a jetliner after a threatening phone call targeted a spectacular american airline's flight. we have live team coverage for you with the latest information and going to start with jana katsuana. >> reporter: we were here when the passengers were brought back to terminal 3. american airlines terminal. right now the police are telling us that they believe all of the passengers have been released from custody. >>> the 767 sat for four hours surrounded by police officers and federal agents. the flight 24 was diverted shortly after it left the gate at sfo and redirected to a remote part of the tarmac. >> there was a verbal threat and it involved a threat of a hijacking. ktvu learned it was phoned in from a hotel. the hotel clerk contacted the police and they then alerted the san francisco police bureau. american airlines says there were 163 passengers and 11 crew members on flight 24 heading to new york's jfk airport and then to bar

the fbi needs to rethink what they're doing. >> reporter: the planned islamic center is about two and a half blocks from the world trade center site. a bit of a walk. took us 2:45 to walk here where the center is going. you know, one of the things people, some people say is that, look, this isn't at ground zero. >> yeah, but what is ground zero? and -- this building was damaged by the landing gear of the plane. >> reporter: just too close, he says. >> i just don't know if this is the place to do it. this is sacred ground here. this is -- it's too hurtful, you know? why do we have to do that here? >> reporter: what about that? why here? couldn't it be a bit further away? >> it should be here because it presents a face of islam that is consistent with american values, thats spouses some of the ideals of religion that i also adhere to. i think it can be part of the rebirding process and establishing peace, looking to the future, instead of looking to the past. >> reporter: you do acknowledge that some of the families are hurt by this? >> certainly. and the families are to be respected. t

the fbi's developed a wmd directorate to manage the fbi's wmd operational response. and other activities. the fbi has developed plans and handbooks to guide its staff in responding to a wmd attack. the fbi also regularly participated in exercises and provides training specific to wmd incidents. in contrasto the fbi, however, we found that the department as a whole did not have adequate policies or plans for responding to a wmd attack. we concluded that the management of the department's response program was uncoordinated and fragmented. in addition, we found the department personnel, other than in the fbi, received little training in the unique requirements associated with responding to a wmd incident. while the department and its components conducted some training on continuity of operations and all hazards response, little of the training focused specifically on a wmd operational response. planning specifically for a wmd incident is important, because the actions taken to ensure public safy and security may differ from those taken when responding to an incident inv

when i heard about it, i was in very big shock. >> reporter: the fbi said he tried to make a run for it, but was caught in an air security system already on high alert. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> turning now to the weather and another day of extremes. from heat and humidity across the midwest to a fast and violent storm that brought flash floods and a mass of power outages to the washington, d.c., area. nbc's tom costello is in washington tonight. >> reporter: ann, good evening. it's going to take some time to clean this region up. we've got power lines down, trees uprooted. the governor of maryland wants an investigation. why is it the region loses power for prolonged periods of time after virtually every storm? but across much of the country, it's been a week of heat, humidity, and bugs. the morning rush hour had just begun in washington when a massive storm rolled in from the north, bringing with it more than 800 lightning strikes. at one point the white house was lost in thick fog and heavy rain. when the storm finally moved out, it left behind a trail of destructio

>> dan, because of what's happened, civil rights complaints will go against the tsa, the fbi and san francisco police. they say they want an investigation, but they want to leave this country first. >> they are very, very shaken and very traumatized. they couldn't believe this would happen: >> reporter: she is with the council of american-islamic relations. she is speaking on behalf of the pakistani couple in these photos as they were taken off american airlines flight 24 yesterday. the plane was held in a remote part of sfo after a high jacking threat. police focused on this couple after a flight attendant pointed them out. >> for some reason, two people more than others alerted the suspicions. >> they said they were not doing anything suspicious. one was sleeping and the other was trying to rebook their flight with their airline in english like various other individuals on the plane. >> tonight the couple is still in the bay area. they are afraid to speak publicly. but they do say while passengers were taken off the plane and searched, they were kept apart and forced to sit in sepa

. >> reporter: the 12 men indicted in the case are now on an fbi "wanted" poster. they're not in custody and are believed to be fighting with al shabab in somalia. two women charged with raising money for the terror group by going door to door in somali neighborhoods in minnesota were arrested. minneapolis with the largest somali population is ground zero for al shabab recruitment. terror experts say over the past ten years, three dozen men from that area have left the u.s. to join al shabab's ranks. many families have turned to the fbi for help. >> it's their kids that have been recruited. in some cases, ended up as casualties in somalia. you know, parents are parents and they're very concerned. >> reporter: al shabab, with links to al qaeda, has primarily focused on conflicts inside sew pal yeah but the group took credit for the twin bombings last month in uganda, which killed more than 70 world cup soccer fans. now al shabab is threatening to spread its violence to the west. with so many al shabab fighters carrying u.s. passports, the threat to america cannot be

was supported by the fbi director special agent james robinson and the fbi community relations director. here we are. here we are on june 12 at the regal set amount. we provided giveaways, t- shirts, t-shirts, chopsticks. a lot of this bus "karate kid" paraphernalia, the kids had the opportunity to win these things through creative means, by using a new -- or rental, chinese box, rubber bands, and a set of chopsticks. the senator took rubber bands and cut them into noodles and they put prices on them. the kids had to use the chopsticks to pick them up. the adolescent treatment service provides and additional supply. here are some of the materials that were brought by some of our partners. it is important to note, we did not only give out information on volume, but we gave information on our respective agencies, whether it was big brothers big sisters talking about the mentor program, mcnec, we had a variety of information. these are some of the things that you saw in the package. the nfjc are holding a unit to walk as one, which is a large event in the new york area. here are some of th

to be some other person. >> reporter: this fbi special agent specializes in identity theft and works with the southern california high-tech task force and she says with so much identification on the internet, it's easy to pretend to be somebody else. >> the more believable you are when you are stealing that person's identity or taking over that identity, the more successful you will be. >> reporter: diane soloman's impersonator was good and the real diane soloman was better. she shut down her facebook account within four hours of the breach, saving her friends from sending money overseas. >> i felt completely violated. i felt like i put my friends, my contacts in jeopardy. i feel responsible that they could have lost a ton of money. >> reporter: no one did this time but every day, several times a day, someone gets conned by a scam like this. >> i think all of us will eventually become a victim. >> reporter: soloman thinks she downloaded a worm or monitoring virus on the internet. >> i think i downloaded a worm. someone monitored my key strokes for a week. >> and that was how the hack

the former governor was already under investigation when fbi wiretaps captured this conversation. >> i mean, i've got this thing and it's [ bleep ] golden. and i'm just not giving it up for [ bleep ] nothing. i'm not going to do it. i can always use it. and parachute me there. >> reporter: juror erik sarnello said one holdout prevented the panel from convicting blagojevich on more charges. >> to me it was obvious we were going to end like this basically. >> reporter: legal expert say the jury count could bode well for prosecutors next time around. the former governor's brother was also allegedly involved in this scheme, but a hung jury was also unable to convict robert blagojevich of the four counts against him. emily? >> whit johnson in washington, thanks. >>> investigators in north texas want to know why a heavily armed man with a trailer full of explosives attacked a police station. it happened tuesday in mckinney, texas, about 30 miles north of dallas. 29-year-old patrick gray sharp drove his pickup and the trailer into a police station parking lot and open fire. he retreated int

when they -- before they issue a visa, they check with the fbi that also against our system as well. they look at the watch list, the 5 million people watch list but they look at the 15-number and growing list of people shopping for visas at in another country. people try to get visas in multiple countries. the state department did a good job of ended -- interviewing different people and using information. valuet see how much expanding the program would be. >> you touch and as briefly, but how does immigration or even more specifically, immigration politics complicate your national security mission at the southwest border in a particular. >> it complicates it a great deal because it is interlinked. i would like to think that everyone would agree that immigration policy is linked to the demand for border enforcement. if people can come into the country when we would like them to come into the country and they would, the demand to come in illegally goes down. these two things are interlinked. one thing that is frustrating for us is we are not so foolish as to think that by looking just

the fbi is extremely grateful to the members of the somali- american community. i finally went to join the attorney general in recogniz ing and thanking the u.s. attorney's offices in diego, mobile, and minneapolis. while today's indictments and arrests are significant steps, they remind us that our work is not finished. the fbi will continue to work side-by-side with our partners to see that justice is done and that the u.s. remains safe. thank you. >> in light of that and in light of the ongoing recruitment, how you assess the threat from al- shabab directly against this country? >> we do not have any direct evidence that they are threatening the homeland o. the fact that they have expanded their range of operations outside of somalia to uganda gives us pause and we are monitoring it. >> since the first indications that people in the u.s. were willing to go to somalia for support al-shabab until now, do you think that you have a pretty good handle on the extent of their recruitment and the willingness of people in the u.s. to join or argue still in the early st

i should keep to myself right now. >> reporter: he also responded directly to the secretly reported fbi tapes in which he talks about getting a job or campaign contributions in exchange for the vacant seat of obama. >> you know what i mean? i got this thing, and it's [ bleep ] golden. and i'm just not giving it up for [ bleep ] nothing. >> politics and routine politics and horse trading and discussing what may or may not be available is how the business works. >> that's just routine politics? >> absolutely. >> reporter: he says even though he has no money left to pay for defense lawyers, he's ready to go to trial a second time, more optimistic than ever, he says, of a future not behind bars. >> you sometimes have to trach a deep breath and realize the blessings you have. i have been blessed with a wonderful wife, and -- >> can you imagine ever being in politics again? >> if she's watching the show, the answer would be no, but if she's not, no, i'm not ruling it out. i'm not ruling out something i did my whole adult life doing. >> the former governor with brian ross. >>> still ahead as w

the fbi is also looking into a $360,000 grant given to a different political action group in maywood agurrie alleged will had ties to that group. it calls for removal of lead from some homes in maywood that never happened. two federal grants given to a sitting city council member and the fbi has some questions. >> why don't they investigate beverly hills or brentwood? all the [ bleep ] rich who stole all the [ bleep ] money from the poor people? >> reporter: he told me he still didn't know how to get ahold of the councilman. aguirre did tell the "l.a. times" he regrets taking the federal money. meanwhile in bell -- >> they will not get away with what they are doing! >> reporter: -- the city council for hours listened to the public berate them again and then at 4:00 in the morning adjourned but not before taking a vote 5-0 to find a way to give back some of the money that home owners overpaid in their property taxes to the tune of almost $3.5 million. and the controversy rolls on. from bell, dave lopez, cbs 5. >>> in sacramento, lawmakers trying to prevent a repeat of the bell fiasco.

the fbi is also investigating the case and apple has filed a civil suit against devine. >>> novato high school is setting new requirements for graduation. the high school students there must now do at least 10 hours of community service each year to get a diploma. under a proposal approved tuesday, students must finish 40 hours of service over four years. that includes activities such as volunteering at a retirement home or interning at an nonprofit. students who volunteer more than 40 hours will be able to receive course credit. >>> time now 5:06. up next, new information on that officer-involved shooting in burlingame. >> and the stun gun wasn't enough. coming up, how a call for help ended in a bay area man's death. >>> after 30 years, dr. laura says she is leaving. not retiring, not quitting. the reason behind the decision. ,, [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking about. if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and archer. next stop hamilton. [ brakes hiss ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now y

he is joined by officials from the fbi and several u.s. attorneys. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. today, the department of justice on sealed four separate indictments, charging 14 individuals with terrorism by elections for providing money, personnel, and services to al- shabab, a terrorist group operating in somalia with ties to al qaeda. two of these individuals have been arrested. these indictments and arrests were in minnesota, alabama, and california, and they shed further light on a deadly pipeline that has sent funding to fighters of al-shabab from across the united states. the indictment was unsealed in minnesota charging 10 men with terrorism offenses for leaving the united states to join al- shabab as foreign fighters. seven of these defendants had previously been charged with either indictment or criminal complaint. the remaining three in the district of minnesota, a total of 19 defendants have been charged in connection with this investigation. with this investigation. nine of these defendants have been arrested in the u.s. or ove

i want to applaud the tremendous work of the fbi's joint terrorism task force in san diego and mobile, alabama and i want to thank the dead klgp, the dutch office of international affairs, the state department including the united states -- the united arab emirates in the hague, the netherlands, and for their assistance in the minneapolis case in particular. these indictments and arrests would not have been possible of the gulf contributions from the national security division led by assistant attorney general david chris and attorney's office in minnesota, alabama and the southern district of california. all of them are here with me on the stage today. i would now like to turn it over to the fbi executive director for the national security branch. >> thank you, attorney general, and good afternoon to everybody. today marks a significant milestone in our efforts to bring justice to members and supporters of the terrorist group al-shabab,, and to deter others who would seek to follow their example. as the attorney general just noted, today's charges and arrests give us greater insight

not because they didn't want me as an artist, but they didn't want the cia or the fbi on their doorsteps. that's why you're out of work, without even realizing it. q: and what we have found out since then, thanks to some investigative reporting, is there were in fact both cia and fbi agents looking into you. ek: yes. q: they . the dossier, i think the most ugly thing they could find to say about you, let's see, was . you were a sadistic nymphomaniac. that was . (laughter) ek: i think i lost a page in my life somewhere, but . yes. q: which some would regard as a compliment. (laughter) q: but . that was . that was the ugly thing they asserted about you. ek: and that's all they could come . back with, because they're doing . they're doing investigations behind your back and you don't even know it. and all you know is that you can't work and you don't know why. nothing is ever explained to you. q: by all accounts, you spent about eleven years without stateside work. when did you know that the curtain was lifting that you were . you were in effect able to come back and work in the united stat

we are looking at the port of entry and fbi. now we know more about that and we can take appropriate action >> all of this was very controversial when we first started this. still a goal this travels and so forth. >> thank you. >> policy, many entities outside contribute to border security. originally, the secure border initiative was an attempt to get a hand will. as it evolved was the pieces of the program. manufacture you for example for the fact that there is 700 miles of fence we go back and look at where we have it right. there's more to technology than sbi net. more to border enforcement than fence. there's more that we understand there are pieces that come together. personnel and technology. >> i suspect we are going to focus a little bit on sbi net. focusing on putting censores along the border. they now can act. there's a trade between the personnel and technology. i hate the term virtual fence. people think you can substitute technology for a fence. a physical fence delayed progress and creates a persistent impedance.

now the fbi has been asked to investigate. before we speak with the two men that were beaten, here's what happened. >> reporter: the video shows 25-year-old shawn johnson on the ground being arrested by police when his friend 24-year-old michael de herrera immediately called his father, a sheriff's deputy for advice. it was then that another officer grabbed de herrera and slammed him to the ground, repeatedly beating him with a metal club. >> many times a small section of a video does not tell the whole story. and that's what we have in this case. >> the officers contend the two men were severely intoxicated and started an altercation that was not seen on the tape. >> doesn't explain and doesn't show the actions of the complainants triking one of the officers. that's a big factor if why they were arrested. >> reporter: the city's independent investigator calls the police report purification and a cover-up. he says the officers should be fired and not suspended for three days. >> the only way they were justified is if the offic

a jury convicted him today of lying to the fbi. but could not reach verdicts on 23 other more serious counts of corruption. and among allegations he tried to sell the senate seat vacated last year by president obama. the former governor declared victory late today. >> this jury just shows you that notwithstanding the fact the government threw everything but kitchen sink at me on every count except for one, every charge except for one, they cannot prove i did anything wrong. but i did break laws except for one charge from five years ago. i did not lie... to the fbi. i told the truth from the beginning. this is a persecution and jury agreed that the government did not prove its case and let me point out, let me also point out that we didn't put a defense on and the government couldn't prove it's case oo. nebs -- -members of the jury did not stick around to explain why they are unable to reach a verdict. blagojevich plans to appeal one conviction. the judge set a hearing to decide how to proceed with other counts. >> and dr. laura sle

i did not lie to the fbi. i've told the truth from the very beginning. this is a persecution. and we have a prosecutor who is wasting and wants to spend tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money. i didn't let you down. the jury has shown that the government couldn't prove that i did anything wrong. we're going to appeal that lying decision. and we're hopeful that the law's on our side with regard to that. >> reporter: of course that verdict means he could possibly still face time in prison. he has vowed to appeal. vinita, rob? >> all right, thanks diana. later this half hour, more reaction from the jury from our "american landscape." and stay with abc news as we cover the blagojevich verdict. we'll have more live coverage later on "america this morning" and additional insight from the jurors on "good morning america." >>> a south carolina mother is in court later today to be charged with killing her two sons. police say they were suspicious of shaquan duley's original claim that the toddlers drowned inside her car. they say duley later confessed to suffocating the children

. >> el fbi anunciÓ la captura de un buscado ladrÓn de bancos en luisiana. el ladrÓn, que hasta ahora no habrÍa sido identificado, resultÓ ser michael, de 53 aÑos. fue detenido en las inmediaciones de su casa tras un cerco policial en el que no se registraron disparos. >> steven, el auxiliar de vuelo, logrÓ hablar con varios periodistas y agradeciÓ el apoyo que le brindÓ su mamÁ y el pÚblico. estÁ siendo considerado por muchos por un hÉroe popular al atreverse a maldecir a una pasajera por el altavoz porque era mal educada, luego, tomÓ una cerveza y escapÓ por el tobogÁn de emergencia cuando llegaban al aeropuerto. >> recomendaciones. >> esas prendas que llevan aÑos guardados en bolsas pudieran sacarle de un apuro. la crisis financiera ha hecho que muchos busquen alternativas. >> ¿porque quisiste vender este oro? >> porque lo necesitaba. >> ¿en cuanto estÁ valorando? >> $ 890. >> como nunca antes, la compra de oro se anuncia en todas partes. en las tradicionales casas de empeÑo, joyerÍas y hasta por internet. se organizan ademÁs las fies

comenzamos contÁndoles que unas jovencitas mexicanas sufrieron terribles abusos y el fbi lanzan un alerta sobre el modo que operan unas bandas que les prometen un paraÍso para convertirlas en esclavas sexuales. >> tenÍan entre 15 y 17 aÑos, estaban llenas de ilusiones cuando las trajeron a houston, pero pronto descubrieron que para poder comer tenÍan que pasar por maltratos, a tal punto de prostituirse en cantinas. >> me dieron ptatadas y saltaron sobre mi cuerpo, me llevaron por los pelos. 15 hombres me rodearon y empezaron a saltar sobre mÍ, literalmente saltando sobre mi cuerpo. >> esta mujer se expuso al peligro de los traficantes de humanos. cuando una organizaciÓn las trajo engaÑadas desde mÉxico en el aÑo 2005. >> esta organizaciÓn se encargaba de buscar jÓvenes, todavÍa en la escuela, de 14, 15, 16 aÑos, acecaba en las escuelas, buscaban las bonitas, cuÁles eran las que ellos pensaban que iban a poner sus esfuerzos en conquistar. >> despuÉs de enamorarlas, las sacaron de sus pueblos y las trajeron a este apartamento, tan pronto como llegaron las pusieron a trabajar.

police relayed what was determined to be a quote credible threat to san francisco lease and the fbi. officers and fbi agents boarded the plane and approached a pakistani couple aboard the boeing 767 then handcuffed and escorted them off the plane. a tip from a flight attendant led police to handcuffing that couple. >> everybody looks equal to the police department in a situation so we treat everybody as a suspect until we determine otherwise. several passengers were interviewed yesterday. and every passenger was released there were no arrests. >> neither american airlines nor union representing flight attendant responded to requests for an interview but another union points out that it's members are trained to recognize certain suspicious behavior autos nearly half of the student body of briarwood he school stayed thom because of a graffiti threat that an explosive would be set off on campus. police say it was discovered more than two weeks ago. 200 students called in sick today. extra police were on campus all day long. including a k 9 unit. >> sadly, i mean we both know there have

. >>> the fbi says that a suspected al-qaeda operative who has lived more than 15 years in the u.s. has now become the chief of al-qaeda global operations. the suspect has taken over the job once held by the september 11th mastermindwho was captured in 2003. this is the first time a leader intimately familiar with american society has been put in charge. >>> the white house is demanding that wikileak stop publishing classified documents. they have told them to pull the thousands of documents about the war in afghanistan. so far, wiki leaks has not said whether it would comply. the pentagon's demand is demanding the documents which the site says it possesses. >>> in about an hour, the job numbers will be released. >> reporter: economists are expecting a slight increase in the number of private sector jobs created last month but not enough to show that a big economic recovery is underway. president obama will weigh in on the economy while visiting a factory late they are morning. he has been out in campaign mode this week, talking up his commitment to job creation in the u.s. he says

. >> the fbi says that a suspected al-qaeda operative to lived for more than 15 years in the u.s. has now become chief of al-qaeda's global operations. fbi counter terrorism experts say that the 35-year-old man has taken over a position once held by the september 11th master hand, halid sheik muhammad. thinks the first time a leader so intimately familiar with american society had been placed in charge of attacks >>> the pentagon is now demanding that wikileaks take down classified documents. they are also demanding that the site take down several documents already posted on the site. so far, the site has not said whether it will comply. the pentagon's demand hopes to stop the release of 15,000 more documents. >>> the labor department released the latest employment nussments al some burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau. she knows all about it. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning, dave. let's get right to the july report. 31,000131,000 jobs were lost in the you had. but private employers added 71,000 jobs. the rate stays the same. president obama has been out t

. >> the fbi is taking a role in this matter and also conducting an investigation. >> reporter: authorities boated the plane and removed this couple. everyone else on board was asked to deplane. all of the emergencies were rescreened and rebooked on other flights to new york. authorities made no arrests and nothing was found on the plane. the couple that was detained, they are believed to be of pakistani decent. authorities told them they were randomly selected for security screening. the couple was never arrested. they were already on another flight to new york. live in san francisco, reggie, kron 4 news. >>> we talked with a few passengers, here is what they had to say. >> i could tell he was tense. he said everybody needs to stay put. don't move. tense situation. >> i knew something was going on. and then we saw a police car and they kept on moving the plane furtherer out and away. so -- but for us, you can imagine how you are feeling when you are making a connection. >> looked surprised. >> the guy was 30s, 35. the woman i couldn't tell. from the far east. >> they didn't look suspicious

traspatio del pais mas poderoso del mundouede existir razon, pero eso no es una justificacionste martes el fbi en la cadena cnn dijo que los carteles de la droga en mexico, son mas violentos que el grupo terrorista al qaedae le compara con la guerra de gangsters en chicago en los años 30n nuestros noticieros le hemos preguntado a usted si piensa que parte de la solucion pueda ser la imposicion de la pena de muerte nos ha dado la respuestaadie, a la vista tiene una solucionolo hay que confiar en el combate abierto y decidido que ha empredido el gobierno mexicano ---gracias daniel...nueva pausa en el noticiero y continue llamando para opinar o preguntar sobre el fenomeno ovni...y la vida en otros planetas... ---el fracaso de la lucha contra el narcotrafico llevaria a la legalizacion de las drogas.. por lo menos el debate comenzara en mexico. ya volvemos... ---en mexico, el presidente calderon acepto el debate sobre la posibilidad de legalizacion de las drogas .... ....---- ayer, una organizacion contra la delincuencia plantÓ ese debate ... "como plan b, ante el fracaso de la lucha contra el na

según el agente del fbi. >>> eviten en todo momento, dar cualquier tipo de información personal. que vaya a dar datos acerca de usted. >>> se calcula de 8 de cada 10 usuarios de la internet es de alguna red. y de ellos el 60% de las consulta al mes una vez al día. algunos hasta se han convertido en adictos. >>> si no mehmme meto y veo que pasa. no estoy alerta a las últimas notas, o no sé. es como mí gaffe del día. >>> ella pertenece a los 300 amigos que tiene en facebook en ocasiones, comparte información muy personal. >>> mehmet r en problemas. pongo todo. pongo hasta que quiero usar el baño. >>> según barbosa, hay datos que no se deben compartir. ni aunque creas que conoces a tus amigos. >>> usar su fecha de nacimiento nunca usar su número de seguro social. y tratar de nodo ficar a nadie que se van a ir de vacación. que van a dejar la casa sola. que cuídame el perrito vamos a estar lejos por una semana. lo que sea con mi familia. y especialmente los jóvenes que tienen tendencia de conversar más, que otros a veces. y que van a dar información que no deben dar. >>>

. >>> el fbi realizara autopsias, pero 5 de las familias de las víctimas extranjeros, pidieron que los restos regresen a afganistán para ser enterrados en washington. univisión. >>> el presidente barack obama, destacó como su gobernada prestamos para que los estudiantes norteamericanos puedan ir a la universidad. el discurso fue en la universidad de texas en austin. y el presidente también, participó en eventos en texas para recaudar fondos para candidatos demócratas. y un nuevo estudio en méxico. dice que las niñas norteamericanos se están desarrollando más rápido que en el pasado, en particular las niñas latina y afroamericanas. lourdes del río nos dice por qué ocurre esto. >>> un nuevo estudio revela que las niñas estadounidense se desarrollan físicamente más rápido. tendencia que predomina por décadas y cada vez preocupa más a los expertos. en la calle este desarrollo prematuro es un secreto avo ceso. >>> hemos notado en niñas de 3 y medio a 4 años de edad que han desarrollado su busto mucho más que usualmente que se veía antes. >>> un 15% de las hispanas en

the fbi, is actively taking a role in this matter and there also conducting an investigation. >> some of those passengers were interviewed. others had to go back to security again if there were going to go to other flights. once they got to the airport after hours of waiting on the tarmac ahead with for their baggage again for screening. another 30-45 minutes many people spent the entire day at the airport going to test. flye and kron4's craig sklar spoke to many of those passengers as they exited off the bus. >> yes rumors started spreading, the guy next to me was on twitter, telling what was going on how and internal texting. >> what kind of rumors? >> rumors of potential hijackers. potential bomb, that there was a credible threat. >> it was tense because it was quite ever but it was called and they handle themselves really well. and nobody got upset. columalm >> i merely happy to be in the terminal i want to be get back to new york. >> and i am glad to see that everything is back to where it should be. and it is scary, because we are from australia on our return york and we're goin

y finalmente 196 millones, serÁn para reforzar agencias del departamento de justicia, como el fbi, la dea y el servicio del marshall. no han asumido un servicio real, henin de atender las justas exigencias y recomendaciones que hemos planteado. >>> defensor de los inmigrantes calificaron de demagogia la aprobaciÓn del presupuesto que no hace nada para resolver el problema de la inmigraciÓn indocumentada >>> esta es una condiciÓn que establecieron los republicanos, no de esta administraciÓn, si no de hace varias, para negociar algo como una reforma integral. mientras tanto, un nuevo estudio, ha puesto en duda los resultados del programa conocido como comunidades seguras. >>> por hacerle creer al pÚblico norteamericano, que efectivamente los estÁn protegiendo, deshaciÉndose de in ni graptss peligrosos al centro del debate estÁn las Últimas cifras de ice, que 47 mil inmigrantes fueron deportados del paÍs. como resultado de huellas digitales en cÁrceles. >>> se abusÓ de la seguridad, deportando un 25% del total que deportaron siendo inocentes lo muestra de forma contundente en

pesan contra el ex gobernador de illinois, lo encontraron culpable del cargo 24 dicen que le mintió al fbi, que interrogó al ex mandatario los 20 meses hace, que el ex gobernador fue arrestado en su casa al norte de chicago el juicio comenzó hace 7 semanas y como dije antes los miembros del jurado deliberaron por 14 días, este juicio podría decir se una derrota para la fiscalía porque sólo lograron comprobar su culpabilidad en uno de 24 cargos esto podría acarrear un castigo de 5 años tras las rejas, y una multa de 250 mil dólares, dentro de un par de semanas se sabrá cuál será su castigo y la fiscalía anuncio que lo planeó enjuiciar a él y au a su hermano por los cargos restantes. >>> gracias paula gómez desde chicago un violento ataque ocurrido en bagdad que dj o decenas de muertos y herido aviva el debate sobre si el país está listo para el abandono de tropas norte americanas, las tensión a aumentan desde las elecciones de marzo. lourdes nos dice más desde washington. terroristas suicida mató a más de 60 personas en bagdad. el ataque ocurre 2 semanas antes que de l