to be a fact about usaama rahim. we are a muslim-american community. you know i think you have to start speaking more about the muslims of america and not the muslims in syria who are doing bad things who don't like america. speak about the muslims who actually live here and love america. that's me. >> new this morning, a remarkable setback for isis. a top air force general revealed that one prop beganganbegan prop began difficulty revealed an isis headquarters. we have the latest from nick paton walsh. >> reporter: this looks like good news given the torrent of bad news that iraq was yielding in the past weeks. this as air force commander stating what they call a moron of a building and they were able to use the geo tagging which you can leave on your device or geo location. but 22 hours after the post three explosives slammed into the building. one success story there highlighting after days in which the state department said 10,000 isis killed since the start of the campaign. the air force says it is 13,000. it is

rahim told wright: rahim then told wright something was, "like thinking with your head on your chest" an apparent reference to beheadings carried out by isis. on may 27, f.b.i. agents intercepted the amazon package and x-rayed it before it was delivered. that same day, court papers allege rahim went back on amazon and purchased another knife. he would buy a total of three. this past sunday, may 31, rahim and wright went to a beach in rhode island and discussed with a third person their plans to behead someone but yesterday investigators say, the plan changed. at 5:00 a.m. rahim called wright and told him he was planning an immediate attack on police. according to the recorded calls, wright said, "you're attempting to go on vacation, i see." a terrorist code for committing jihad. rahim replied, "i'm just going to go after them, those boys in blue." that prompted law enforcement to act. shortly after 7:00 a.m. in a drugstore parking lot, f.b.i. agents and boston police tried to question rahim. police say rahim pulled one of the knives on the officers and threatened them. boston police c

one of rahim's brothers did not want to comment today, but yesterday, another brother claimed rahim was shot in the back while on a cell phone. in an effort to be transparent, police showed surveillance video of rahim's deadly confrontation to about two dozen civic and religious leaders. >> the individual was not on the cell phone. the individual was not shot in the back. >> reporter: and david, tonight, we now know why agents considered rahim armed and dangerous. they say they intercepted a package sent to his home. they actually x-rayed it, and when they looked inside, there was that military knife. david? >> tom llamas in boston. tom, thank you. >>> we're watching two major weather headlines tonight. a hurricane growing. and 10 million americans from denver to kansas city under tornado threats. tornado watches in at least three states now. flash flood watches in the plains. and look at this super cell in north dakota. buckets of hail, the images coming in from tennessee. just incredible. and we're also watching that hurricane i mentioned, powering up tonight in the pacific, headed to

rahim was put under 24/7 surveillance ten days ago. that is when he apparently bought the three knives on amazon.com. authorities were growing concerned he was becoming operational and on tuesday, apparently there was a heightened concern because they believed he may be boarding a bus with one of those knives and launching an attack. that is why we are told the five officials approached him in the parking lot. john and christine. >> thank you, pamela brown. usaama rahim's brother is backing off his initial claim that officers shot his brother in the back. after police showed security video of the shooting to rahim's family his brother admitted his social media posts were wrong. when he told erin burnett that the family is not convinced that rahim has links to isis. >> we dispute it. we don't know that to be a fact about usaama at all. we are a muslim-american community. you have to speak about the muslims of america and not the muslims in syria doing bad things who don't like america. speak about the muslims who live here and love amer

it's clear from that affidavit rahim's phone and e-mail were being monitored. for more on this, let me turn to former fbi special agent mike german. to deb's point, i want to ask you from your experience when you hear a plot changes so quickly in a 48-hour window generally why is that? >> well oftentimes these are not the most sophisticated individuals, and they often have grandiose plans that are hard to accomplish. so it's easy to then just say, well that's too hard let's try something different. i think what we have to keep in mind with the details that we know so far is that they're government allegations. there's probably far more to this story that we need to learn more about. >> the language that they were picking up as he was under surveillance phrases like "going on vacation," meaning committing violent jihad. how do you, as you're listening to these conversations, begin to connect the dots and figure out really how they're communicating? >> so if you're talking about a title three warrant, that's something that's manned constantly. so there are people

rahim replied, i'm just going to go after them. those boys in blue. about two hours later, fbi agents and boston police confronted rahim in this parking lot. police say rahim pulled one of 3:00 three knives he had purchased and lunched at them. surveillance video backs up their claim. >> the video clearly shows these four or five officers, backtracking away from the suspect as he is coming at them. >> reporter: wright is charged with conspiring to help rahim destroy evidence. danielle nottingham, cbs news. >>> and the criminal complaint against wright also revealed that he and rahim met with a third person in rhode island to talk about their plans. >>> the florida man who landed the gyrocopter on the capitol lawn says the u.s. postal service is going to fire him from his job. he said the agency intends to fire him for unacceptable conduct after he flew through restricted air space to call attention to campaign finance reform. the post service isn't commenting. hughes faces charges that face 9.5 years in prison. >>> the national park service says the w

one is rahim, what did rahim actually do and there is a pretty strong case, and then who told rahim to do it that is going to come out or is coming out in sort of leaks and dribbles right now. >> isn't that second part where the plot falls apart? why would isis tell rahim to go and buy a knife to kill police? on what planet is that a good plot? >> well it's a good plot in terms of isis. the people -- i mean to understand isis is that they are not asking people to act on their behalf with specific kwreubgz. they have a number of outlets in which they are saying kill cops kill these people, and support the caliphate and come here women, and be our wives. they have so much going on in terms of media out reach that that is essentially what their recruitment effort is and different than al qaeda which is a one-on-one specific recruit recruitment with training and people went to afghanistan, and that would explain, well the connection between isis and rahim, even if you don't find a certain guy in isis saying to rahim do this. >> i guess my point is -- it's reminiscent of the attack the inco

that evidence was rahim's smartphone after rahim allegedly told him about his plan to kill officers yesterday or today. wolf? >> is there a third suspect out there as well or others involved based on what you're hearing? >> reporter: what i'm hearing from law enforcement officials i've been speaking with is they raided that third suspect's home in rhode island. it was in direct connection with this network that we're talking about. but that a third arrest has not been made. as we speak, authorities are trying to build a case. >> pamela brown in boston, we'll get back to you. there's growing concern that isis is able to influence and activate lone attackers here in this country through its sophisticated use of social media and its use of encrypted messages proving especially worrisome to u.s. counterterrorism officials asking congress for help right now. let's go to jim sciutto who's getting new information. >> with these cases in boston, the shooting in texas last month, you get a real sense of deep, deep concern from counterterror officials. we heard the fbi in effect pleading for help conce

rahim. >> especially after events in other jurisdictions around the country, there's a growing public interest in transparency and accountability when local, state, and federal law enforcement officers use lethal force. as a result we in suffolk county have put in place a series of policies that far exceed what's required by law. few of them are in place in other cities around the country, and, in fact, i'd put them up against any other jurisdiction in the united states. i have assigned this investigation to first assistant district attorney patrick hagan who will work closely with assistant district attorney edmund zaban, chief of our homicide unit, in directing the investigation. together they will work with the boston police firearms discharge investigation team which draws senior investigators from the boston police department homicide unit and other specialized units as well as the shooting team from the fbi which came in from around the country after these events occurred. they also ha

rahim replied, you drop yours. boston police commissioner william evans says surveillance video of tuesday's shooting shows the two officers acted in self-defense. the video was shown to others. federal authorities say rahim's online alias shows he liked isis on facebook. the week before his fatal encounter with police, rahim purchased three fighting knives on amazon.com. one of the weapons had a blade more than 9 inches tall. he told wright i got myself a nice little tool. you know it's good for carving. federal officials say on sunday rahim and wright met on a road island beach with an unidentified third person who has not been arrested or charged. federal investigators are still looking into whether the plot included more than just the three people we know about. charlie? >> jim thanks. >>> this morning the supreme leader of iran is accusing the united states and ids f israel of supporting isis. the group is called eded un-islamic. this morning general david petraeus says thelosing. i sat down with the former di

rahim in this plot to behead a police officer. that there was some kind of contact intelligence of communication between these two individuals that indicated that they were going to make some kind of assault on a police officer. and that's why officials moved in. i think the mood here is, you know, people have come to the grim reality that there are terror threats. after the boston marathon bombing, thing that shattered people's sensibilityies about it couldn't happen here. i think people are concerned. i think there's some shock, we talked to a number of people who knew the man who was shot by the place. they said -- police they said he was a nice guy. worked at best buy and other drugstore in the area. no one had any inkling that there was any tendencies of being a terrorist. so people are really shocked -- and also mr. wright who is due in federal court this afternoon, people in everett said the same thing. they had no idea he was involved. i think he was living there with some family, and people couldn't believe what was trans

, officers and fbi agents approach rahim. he suddenly turned around with a large black knife and lunged at them authorities say. police ordered him to drop the weapon before officers opened fire killing him. wright appeared in federal court today to face conspiracy charges. his neighbor told me this. >> the no thatmonth that we have been here every time we said hi he just would look at you. he just would not say anything to you. it's just very eerie. >> reporter: and we have learned that the fbi is still investigating that third individual who allegedly was part of this beheading plot. but so far, we're told that no other arrests have been made. this investigation still very active. erin? >> pamela thank you very much. and pamela geller the target of that planned attack, that planned beheading, joins me now on the phone, the president of the american freedom defense nishltive and stop islamization of america. pamela, look thank you very much for coming on here and talking about this for the first time. cnn's reporting you wer

abraham rahim is traveling to boston today to bury his brother. police say they have surveillance video show rag home advancing toward the officers with a knife before he was shot dead. and last night president obama signed into law legislation to restart most of the surveillance and anti-terrorism programs enacted following 9/11, but there are major changes. the bulk collection of private bone records was eliminated. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell called the action a step in the wrong direction. mark albert is in washington. mark, good morning. >> good morning anne-marie. these are the first major curbs since the 9/11 attacks and it comes after a bitter battle in snanlt where delays and maneuvering caused some authority to expire for about 48 hours. a lapse the president called inexcusable. the national security agency is getting a green light to resume critical parts of its anti-terrorist surveillance program with new limits. president obama signed the new freedom of information act into law tuesday night thanking the senate via twit

rahim was killed after lunging at officials with a combat knife. rahim, who was under constant surveillance changed his plans hours before he was killed. the new target the boys in blue a reference to law enforcement. now this man, 25-year-old david wright who police say is an associate is facing terror related charges, and we are hearing from pamela geller the target of the initial plan. geller recently made headlines herself after she organized a controversial cartoon prophet contest. >> drawing an ainnocuous cartoon warrants chopping my head off? they are going to come for you, too, chris. the media should be standing with me particularly in light of foley, by submitting to islamic law, that's what you are doing. people need to understand the jihadic doctrine and it's coming for you, and mainstream muslims should be standing with me shoulder to shoulder in defense of free speech. >> and tell us more alexandra. >> reporter: that big question about why police intervened in front of the cvs has been answered. authorities said they noted changes in

just two days before rahim was shot and killed by police. this third individual is being called an individual of interest and he's been taken in for questioning and investigators have searched his home. here's a lack at the latest developments. >> reporter: indications usaamah rahim became suspicious the fbi was on to him in 2012 and ha bugged his home. on facebook under the alias abdur-rahim, he wrote, "i heard some flicking noises on my phone." he said an fbi agent called him and told him, sir, we have some allegations regarding you. i came by your house a few times but kept missing you. law enforcement officials confirm rahim, who police shot and killed in boston on tuesday, had been on the fbi's radar for the past couple of years. they say he met on a rhode island beach sunday with his nephew david wright and an unnamed 24-year-old man. that man lives here in rhode island with his parents. police searched the home wednesday, and a law enforcement source tells cnn agents have spoken with him and but he has not been arrested. three alleged

they had nothing to say after viewing the video of usaama rahim's death. a family lawyer said they saw no signs that he had been radicalize radicalized. >> reporter: this morning the family leaves the suffolk county d.a.'s office after watching the surveillance video. >> this is our mother/sister. >> earlier they held a news conference where their lawyer said seeing that tape of rahim being shot by police would help answer many questions here tuesday morning. >> they want the con very saying at this point to turn on the fact that a very young man is dead and whether that shooting was justified. >> reporter: the family, he said, was shocked to hear claims that rahim was an isis sympathizer with active plans to behead boston police officers. >> that comes as an absolute surprise to the family. they had not perceived any conduct or change in demeanor with usaama consistent with those reports. >> reporter: rahim's widow left the roslindale news conference without saying a word but his aunt suggested rahim was carrying this knife that day because he felt threat

. >> reporter: ibrahim rahim is here at the lighthouse mosque in oakland. he says as soon ibrahim found out his brother was shot and killed, he left immediately for boston. >> ibrahim rahim and his family are grieving. >> reporter: devastated by his brother's death, ibrahim took to facebook saying his brother usaama rahim was confronted by three officers and shot in the back three times. >> it is a shock to hear that. >> reporter: boston law enforcement say they have been keeping close surveillance on usaama rahim for three weeks accusing isis extremists of radicalizing the 27-year-old muslim online. this morning officers approached him at a bus stop in boston. police say he brandished this knife. >> the individual's proximity came close to the officers in danger. >> reporter: police shot and killed usaama rahim. back in oakland at his brother's mosque during afternoon prayer, there is disbelief. >> it is unfortunate. it peoples like we become a place where we shoot first and ask questions later. >> another black man killed by law enforcement and a muslim k

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they say rahim and two others met on sunday to talk about rahim's plan to behead a victim in another state, someone not named in court documents. the fbi says rahim changed his plan saying in a wiretapped phone call he wanted to attack police tuesday or wednesday adding i'm just going to go after them, those boys in blue because it's the easiest target. alarmed by the call the fbi decided to break cover and question him before he got on a bus with one of his knives. officials reveal that when five boston police officers and fbi agents approached, he drew this knife and refused to drop it. they say he was shot as they were backing away. hoping to calm community leaders, boston police showed them surveillance video of the shooting. those who saw it called it inconclusive but disclaimed a claim by rahim's brother he was shot in the back while talking to his father on the cell phone. >> what the video does reveal to us very clearly, the individual was not on the cell phone, the individual was not shot in the back. >> reporter: one of the men the fbi says was in on the plot, 25-year-old d

rahim is shot. jon: these are the events of last tuesday morning in the cvs parking lot in boston as a man who is the center after terror investigation was shot and killed by an f.b.i. agent and a boston police officer. you are watching the release of this video for the first time. it is grain crane obviously difficult to see exactly what transpired there. police say they pulled their weapons, one fbi agent one boston privilege pulled their weapons on 26-year-old usaama rahim. he had been under police observation and surveillance for quite some time in connection with a terror investigation. we don't know a great deal about it other than that. but they got word that morning as we heard the district attorney say they got word that morning that some part of their plan was about to be acted upon, so when they saw usaama rahim when they saw him going to a bus stop they decided to talk to him before he actually board the bus. instead they say he pulled a knife, they pulled their service revolvers. he cam

and the rahim family. let's go to boston this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the rahim family taking one important step forward as this investigation continues. they have now seen the surveillance video that captured the death of their son shot by police after authorities say he lunged at them with a military-style knife. his brother went on and said he was shot in the back and now the video changed their impression they are no longer disputing how or where he was shot. they are calling for a thorough investigation into rahim's death, and they are also calling for an investigation into the plot he is accused of. family members say they saw no evidence he was inspired by isis and the allegations come as a shock to them. >> if it wasn't for him being muslim then we would not be hearing terrorism, we would not be hearing isis. what i heard on the media is that they said at the last minute at 5:00 a.m. he decided to -- he mentioned a last-minute discovery, and there was no plot or scheming a

apparently two other people were discussing the plot with rahim. one is david wright, the other has not been charged or named. jim axelrod is at the federal courthouse in boston with how recorded phone calls led police to act. jim, good morning. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell us the calls they recorded captured mr. wright saying "you're attempting to go on vacation i see" which sources say is code for committing jihad. they tell us wright instructed rahim to both destroy his cell phone and wipe his computer clean in an have had a of this confrontation with boston police. federal conspiracy charges were drawn up for david wright also known as daoud sharif abdul khalif after he had a conversation with rahim about an imminent isis-style beheading plot. rahim, under surveillance phoned wright saying he was going to go after the boys in blue allegedly calling them the easiest target. a law enforcement official believed it was a reference to police officers. in turn federal authorities say they heard wright directing rahim to erase his digital

it's very interesting, i mean a couple more details on rahim. he went to saudi arabia. he was there for about a year. he was a followers of the muss loom brotherhood and attended a college at the university of miami, miami dade county. >> usaama rahim not ebra him. >> correct. >> he frequented isis websites. they're looking at this closely and again, it's the beheading plot that has everybody on edge. we know there's security outside the home of that individual. >> of pamela geller. >> she's mentioned it to chris cuomo yesterday, my life has changed because i have 24-hour security i didn't have before. >> thank you for that. keep us posted. >> you bet. >> appreciate it. >>> some other members of usaama rahim's family spoke to reporters and police screened the surveillance video of his death for those family members and seemed to calm their earlier suspicions about what happened but still, they're urging the public not to jump to conclusions. and they say they're convinced police targeted rahim for only religious reasons. >> when you add the factor of islam, now everyone

a few days later rahim comes back and says he has changed his mind. no longer planning that attack in another state but instead intends to go after quote, the boys in blue. that attack was reportedly planned for either yesterday or today. wright advised rahim to wipe his cell phone and laptop clean of any damaging information and be sure to destroy both. they also reference this third person. they say that rahim traveled to another state to meet with this third person outside on a beach in inclement weather to discuss the plan. this third person is not named and we don't know who that is at this point. wright told investigators that he agreed with rahim's plan and supported it. he said the two would talk in code. they believed when they said they were going to go on vacation, that they were actually saying they were planning to carry out this attack and reference a time are where rahim said something was thinking with your head on a chest, a reference to beheading, very chilling details right now. the arraignment for david wright now getting under way

right before rahim died he called his father t

rahim. stop the video. just to clarify, the yellow circle is around mr. rahim. the yellow circle with remain around mr. rahim until the actual shooting takes place and it will reappear after mr. rahim is in the shot. >> i'm going to play the video one more time all the way through without any commentary, at least from the part where mr. rahim comes out from hin thebehind the bus stop. >> i'll stop the video at a certain part and this is just to clarify one part that two officers who were discharged is the officer here that appeared to be backing up to the light post, and the officer to the immediate left of that officer right here. mr. rahim at this point is partially covered by the light post. >> what you're going to see here is the second video we made available for all of you. this is an enlarged version, a zoomed-in version. it will also have a yellow circle that will show you where mr. rahim is during the encounter. when we zoom in it does become somewhat pixulated. and that is mr. rahim walking now toward the area of the bus stop. this is the approach of l

usaamah rahim's family also has hired lawyers. they say they want to ensure that a complete investigation into rahim's death is completed. rahim was killed outside a drugstore earlier this week after officers say he pulled a knife and lunged at them. he was under 24-hour surveillance at the time because the fbi believed he was planning ang imminent attack. sources tell nbc news rahim wanted to target police officers and behead a conservative blogger who planned the prophet muhammad cartoon context in texas. police have also arrested david wright for conspiracy with rahim and have been questioning a third man in rhode island since tuesday. there is surveillance video of that shooting. police say that it will be released only after rahim's family has seen it. chris, back to you. >> thanks, erika. >>> the man convicted of killing shandra leafy will get a new trial. this morning, the same judge that presided over the original hairing granted his request for a retrial. the defendant has been pushing for this and say hez conviction was

before rahim's death. that person has not been charged and authorities have not publicly identified who that person is alison. >> thanks so much for that. joining us now to discuss it is cnn national security analyst and former homeland security adviser from massachusetts, juliet guy yam and darnell bms who was one of the community leaders who saw that surveillance tape of rahim's shooting. good morning to both of you. i want to begin with you. when you and i were talking yesterday we did not know what had been the catalyst to make police move in at 7:00 a.m. that morning. now we do. it turns out that two hours before he was killed they heard him say that he wanted to do an attack on the boys in blue. what does it say to you? >> that's exactly right. the affidavit released yesterday, it was the missing piece which is what sped up the process that the police would do an approach in public in a cvs parking lot. and it's clear now because of the surveillance and wiretapping of the phone lines between wright a

two officers tried to stop rahim before he got on a city bus. when they approached him, police say rahim pulled the knife and was shot. >> we believe he was a threat. >> reporter: boston police commissioner william evans says there is surveillance video of the shooting. >> the officers are retreating and they kept retreating verbally giving commands to drop the weapon, drop the weapon. and at some point, the individual proximity came close that the officers were in danger. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say that rahim, who was 26 years old, had been on investigators' radar for several months and had been under 24- hour surveillance for about three weeks. an official briefed on the investigation said rahim was radicalized online by isis extremists. throughout the day, police searched his home and a nearby location. rahim's brother, who is an imam in oakland, california, posted on facebook that at the time of the shooting, his brother was on the phone with his father and his last words were, "i can't breathe." a law enforcement source says

why authorities decided to zero in on rahim when they did. we go live to boston. >> reporter: authorities were developing a lot of resources to following usaama abdullah rahim all day everyday so when they noticed a change in his behavior it was time to step in and the confrontation turned deadly as we know and police are turning their attention towards his possible associates. today in everett, massachusetts, a man in custody and police making the arrest last night in connection with the fatal shooting of a terror suspect in boston by police tuesday morning. it all began around 7:00 in the morning when the fbi and boston police descended on this cvs, aiming to question the suspect, and 26-year-old rahim. >> a black male coming out with a knife. >> raw >> he had been radicalized, according to one official by isis and other extreme influences. he made threats to police on social media. raw rahim lunged at police with the knife and they shot him. >> they gave several commands for him to drop the weapon and unfortunately he came at the officers

sources say usaama rahim once had a plot to behead a controversial activist. the 26-year-old changed his mind and decided to target police instead. let's get the latest from correspondent pamela brown in boston. >> reporter: john, we have learned that the terrorism suspect killed in boston tuesday morning, usaama rahim, a second suspect arrested david wright and a third suspect met on the beach this past sunday to talk about the plan to go to new york and behead pamela geller. she organized the prophet muhammad cartoon drawing contest in garland, texas where the attempted terrorist attack was held. they wanted to go there and behead her as part of the plot. according to authorities, rahim changed his mind on tuesday morning and called his friend david wright and said he did not want to wait to go up to new york and he wanted to do something in boston and kill police officers. it is unclear exactly how he planned to attack but according to the documents, he said he wanted to target and go after the boys in blue. he said i'm going to be on vacation right here in

police questioning two associates they believe who were in communication with rahim, they believe rahim was radicalized online by isis and other extremist elements. right now, all of this under investigation, christine, john. >>> happening now, the iraqi government more or less begging for help with the fight against isis. at a meeting in paris, iraq's prime minister haider al abadi complained that he received more criticism than support. this after accusing syria of actually aiding isis with air strikes. that as militants advance on the key see of aleppo in northern syria. ian lee is tracking the events for us. ian, what's the latest? >> reporter: well john we're hearing right now that in the city of ramadi that isis is stopping or slowing the water coming from the dam, which would create a humanitarian crisis in the cities the government-controlled cities downstream of khalidiya and habbaniyah. we're hearing that water is cut off from the euphrates. one side we hear it's a humanitarian crisis. but on the other, isis is going to use that to their strategic advantage to be able to move

nbc news has learned that three weeks ago based on rahim's social media postings and messages the fbi put him under 24-hour-a-day surveillance. agents disclosed today that they were watching as he went on line may 25th and 27th ordering three knives with long blades from amazon. they sarah he will and two others met last sunday and talked about about rahim's plan to behead someone in another state. someone not named in court documents. just yesterday, the fbi says rahim changed his plan saying in a wiretapped phone call that he ack police tuesday or wednesday, adding "i'm just going to go after them. those boys in blue, cause it's the easiest target." yesterday, alarmed by the call the fbi decided to break cover and question him before he got on a bus with one of his knives. official revealed today that when five boston police officers and fbi agents approached he drew this knife and refused to drop it. they say he was shot as they were backing away. hoping to calm community leaders, boston police today showed them surveillance video of the shooting. those who saw it called it inconcl

according to the authorities, rahim changed his mind on tuesday morning and called his friend david wright and said he did not want to wait to go to new york. he wanted to do something in boston and kill police officers. it is unclear exactly how he planned to attack. according to the documents, he said he wanted to target and go after the boys in blue. he said i'm going to be on vacation here in massachusetts. i'm just going to go after those boys in blue. according to the court documents. again, he was killed after he was approached in a parking lot by police officials and he allegedly had a military-style knife on him. officials say he lunged at him and they opened fire. we know the other suspect appeared in court and facing conspiracy charges for attempting to destroy rahim's

they say that tuesday just before he died, rahim called wright and said he was about to go after the boys in blue calling them the easiest target. >> is there anything you want people to know about your brother. local muslim leaders that knew rahim says he was not radical. >> i have no comment. >> were you surprised when you heard that? >> there is surveillance video from this parking lot from that deadly encounter, but local leaders say that rahim was not on a cell phone or shot on the back like one of his brothers claimed on social media. >> back here the funding crisis in philadelphia schools is front and center in city hall and powell elementary school and principals gave a message to city hall, principals also testified against a city council bill to spend $60,000 on a new prison when the district faces an $80 million deficit. >>> there is much more ahead on "action news" at 12:30 a devastating scene in ghana where dozens of people were seeking shelter from flooding were killed in an explosion. >>> and a hiker was plucked off an arizona trail after going days without food and wa

rahim had been under 24-hour surveillance after spreading isis propaganda online. in a call secretly recorded by the members of the joint task force, rahim told wraith he was going to quote randomly kill police officers in massachusetts that day. he also instructed wright to destroy his cell phone and wipe his computer clean. that's when the officers had to step in. >> over the last couple of weeks we had put out several notices on our brick report about the threat of law enforcement and military bases being attacked. >> police tried to question rahim outside to have cva where he worked but they opened fire when he charged at them with a nearly 10-inch knife. that attack was caught on surveillance video. and now we're learning that police officers were not the terrorist's first target. instead, rahim wanted to behead activist pamela geller the woman behind the muhammad contest in texas. she says this is not going to intimidate her. >> this is a showdown for american freedom. will he stand against them or bow down to them and silence ourselves. >> police also search

police say rahim gets dangerously close to the officers. that's when they both fire, hitting him in the torso and abdomen. law enforcement sources telling abc news, they're investigating whether rahim, who lived in this roslindale apartment complex in boston, had been inspired by isis through the terror network's social media campaign. rahim's brother, a local imam, took to social media, claiming his brother was on his way to work when boston police shot him in the back. the shooting comes months after a lone wolf terror-related attack in new york city. surveillance video capturing this man attacking uniformed officers with a hatchet before being shot dead by police. law enforcement says he was inspired by isis through social media. and david, tonight, that new arrest in connection with the terror investigation that brought authorities right here to usaama rahim. there are a number of related searches connected to this case happening right now in boston. david? >> tom llamas leading us off from boston tonight. tom, thank you. >>> and author

rahim responded i'm just going to, ah go after them those boys in blue. authorities who had rahim under 24-hour surveillance decided to move in and question him. they shot and killed them when they say he lunged at them with a knife. >> when you see them retreat with a good 15, 20 yards with a threat coming at them. >> the case has new concerns about individuals radicalized by militant groups like isis through social media. the cia says the terror group has lost a third of its forces as a result of ongoing air strikes in iraq and syria. boston police yesterday showed surveillance video of the shooting to muslim community leaders. they say the video shows rahim was not shot in the back as his family had claimed and was moving toward officers as please said. his alleged accomplice david wright is due back in court in two weeks on a conspiracy charge. >>> now to politics. former texas governor rick perry is making a second run for the white house. his campaign released a video earlier this morning. he kicked off his campaign in texas later today and has even

. >> reporter: the man was identified as osama rahim. age 2669 roslindale section of boston. officials say he had been under investigation for weeks by a jttf, a joint terrorism task force. >> the subject had been under 24-hour surveillance. this investigation had been working side by side from minute one with the jttf partners, including the boston police department. >> reporter: officials tell nbc news, they were concerned rahim had become radicalized by isis-inspired social media and was actively considering an attack on police officers in boston within the next few days, in a city still traumatized by the terrorist bombings of the 2013 boston marathon. although they had no warrant for his arrest, they wanted to question him, fearing he was preparing to take action soon. >> obviously there was enough information that we thought it was appropriate to question him about his doings today. >> reporter: his brother, a former boston-area imam said the family is grieving but wrote on facebook that rahim was shot in the back three times while talking to his father on the phone say

and the court documents, refers to rahim being asked to drop his weapon, and rahim allegedly tells them no you drop yours. that's when police opened fire. it's a real effort to be transparent to ease the tensions, to tell them exactly what happened at this shooting scene, saying the shooting was justified. >> mike bello with "the boston globe," thanks for that. >> thank you. >> the story out of boston is not the only surveillance story in the news. the associated press is reporting this week that the fbi is regularly sending scores of of low-flying planes hidden under fake companies to circle and surveil american cities. the planes are equipped with high-tech cameras and sometimes with technology capable of tracking thousands of cell phones. those planes, which officials say are used in only limited situations can identify thousands of people on the ground through cell phones that they carry, even if they are not making a call or even in public. one of these fbi planes was spotted in baltimore during protests following the death of freddie gray. >> it was dark out. i saw the lights flas

the alias abdur-rahim. he wrote, i heard some clicking noises on my phone. sir, we have some allegations regarding you. i kept missing you. law enforcement officials confirm rahim, who police shot and killed in boston on tuesday, had been on the fbi's radar for the past couple of years. they say he met on a rhode island beach sunday with his nephew david wright and an unnamed 24-year-old man. that man lives here in rhode island with his parents. police searched the home wednesday and a law enforcement source tells cnn agents have spoken with him, but he has not been arrested. the three allegedly plotted to behead pamela gellar in new york before rahim changed his plan and decided to attack police officers in massachusetts on tuesday, according to the fbi. >> the trick of this is frankly let the person get close enough so that they're taking a substantial step forward, that their efforts, their actions are prosecutable. >> cnn communicated with the third individual through twitter back in march as part of re