Im still pulled over. And his inspiration for one of the hottest shows on television. That purse and that leopard and those hoops and is that you or sirachi . It issis me. Come on. Now, with more on these three men trying to join isis, we have more with can Deborah Feyerick . If they were unable to get to syria, the plan was to carry out the attacks here in the United States. The 19yearold wanted to go to syria, but his mother confiscated his passport so he decided to take out attacks on the military and then he would join and funnel information to isis and if he was caught he had a plan to open up fire on the u. S. Troops. Another plan to to get money and purchase a gun and open fire on the Police Officers and fbi agents. The 24yearold, and the older of the two in court today, his goal was to effectively get to syria and if that failed he would get isis to sanction the attempt on the president s life, and the third man was at a hearing in florida, and he is the money man who owns kios
Custody charged with the alleged plot to join isis in syria. The men discussed committing acts of terror on u. S. Soil including an attempt on president obamas life. Fbi agents arrested one of the men, a 19yearold from kazakhstan at jfk preparing to board a plane to turkey. Officials say his 24yearold friend from uzbekistan was due to follow later. A 30yearold allegedly helped organize and finance this operation. Deborah has the latest. Reporter the hearing was delayed a couple hours. One wanted a translator to understand all of the charges and documents filed against him. The 19yearold, he was picked up as he was on the jetway ready to board the plane to turkey. The money man was at a hearing in florida. He owns kiosks in philadelphia and virginia beach. He sells kitchen wares and fixes mobile phones. All three facing conspiracy charges to provide support to terrorists. Two here in this court, they actually wanted to get to syria to join the terror group. Both of the men did have back
The debate offer the u. S. Drone program in the region. Also b, is this the first time an american citizen has been killed by a drone attack outside of Anwar Al Awlaki who was an american who became a terrorist and taken out by a u. S. Drone strike. To be clear white house statement says counterterror operation. They do not specify that it was a drone strike. So we should hear from the white house and im reaching out now to specify what kind of operation this was. Was a drone strike aircraft or elements on the ground involved. Thats one thing we have to look into. Keep in mind all those things have inherent risks. Drone strikes killed civilians before. You mentioned al awlaki strike the one previous weve known before pesifying drone specifically. Keep in mind there was another operation on the ground in somalia with Ground Forces that killed not an american but an International Hostage from south africa. So all these options at the president s hands, all of them are risky in these cont
World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It is a war seemingly without end as we were reminded today with word a u. S. Drone strike targeting al qaeda militants along the afghanistan pakistan border killed two western hostages including an american aid worker the u. S. Had spent years trying to free and an italian aid worker. Their deaths happened in january but were publicly revealed today by president obama. We also learned today two other americans working with al qaeda were also killed. We have two reports and start with Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter . Reporter lester, good evening. The president today said that he deeply regrets the loss of two innocent lives and that he demanded the information be declassified insisting the victims families deserve to know the truth. In an extraordinary statement, president obama today confessed that the u. S. Accidentally killed two hostages,including an american they had
Good evening. And we begin tonight with new developments. What we now know about that deadly drone mistake, meant to hit al qaeda, those cia drones also killing two innocent men. An american and an italian man. The american on the left there, Warren Weinstein, a father and grandfather. His transformation after years in captivity. This is one of the last images his family would see. Tonight, what his family told me about the last time they saw him. And their message to the Obama Administration tonight. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl takes us step by step through the Dramatic Mission and the moment it went wrong. Reporter the two hostages, Warren Weinstein and italian giovanni lo porto, were hidden deep in the mountainous and lawless region near pakistans border with afghanistan. The cia had been watching it continuously for hundreds of hours, becoming convinced dangerous al qaeda operatives were living there and that there were no civilians inside. January 14th, cia