He met with undercover agents on multiple occasions to plan a poernl terrorist attack and made statements about threeing to mexico. In just the last hour he received this statement from his lawyer. Hes not antiamerican. Antiame. Hes completely nonviolent and took no actions to harm anyone. Reporter his family also released a statement late this afternoon. They say he was young when he got into those online conversations, imma chur and dont believe he intended any harm. His next appearance has not been scheduled. Thank you. Richmonds mayor is demanding answers after he witnessed teens beat up a man outside a bart station. Richmond police are taking over. Reporter were here in oakland because we just got done talking to bart police about security concerns. They mentioned that the victim in this latest instance was not rocked unlike some others we had seen. We want to be really clear here. Even though bart police got the initial call and responded, they say this was not in their jurisdict
They arrested him in november and hes been in custody ever since. They lived in this west oakland home. Took him into custody last november after watching him purchase merchandise they say he purchased with a stolen credit card. Court records reveal startling details about the case. They say he spent significant lengths of time in yemen and met with undercover agents on multiple occasions to plan a potential terrorist attack and made statement s fleeing to mexico. In just the last hour we received this statement from his lawyer. He is not antiamerican and does not support isis. He is completely nonviolent and took no actions to harm anyone. Hes a very young and naive man and it appears he allowed himself to be drawn into conversations that he should have been far more suspicious of. They also released a statement today. They say he was young and immature when he got into the online conversations. They dont believe he intended any harm. In oakland, abc 7 news. Evacuations were lifted to
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Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Weve got breaking news. We want to get right to it. That is a live look at the hijacked egyptairplane, sitting on the tarmac. The hijacker is reportedly carrying explosives and making demands. Rehema ellis has the latest. This situation has been unfolding all night and into the morning. Authorities say the hijackers motive appears to be of a personal nature, not terrorism. Nonetheless, Officials Say they cant take any risk and theyre proceeding with extreme caution. Reporter egyptair flight ms181, from alexandria, was hijacked. An early hopeful sign, most passengers, including women and children, were allowed to get off the plane, leaving the hijacker, plane crew, one Security Officer and three foreigners on board. Eight americans originally on the flight, according to egypts civil aviation. Not clear if t