jarrett williams smith shared bomb making techniques on facebook and other online platforms. they also say he plotted to target cnn, and he talked about targeting presidential candidate beto o rourke. in at least one of these plots, an fbi bomb tech who was later consulted said if the bomb had been properly constructed it could have detonated. reporter: the 24-year-old u.s. army soldier is accused of sharing bomb making instructions over facebook and talking about blowing up an unidentified major news network. according to two sources, the network he named was cnn. he also talked about killing members of the far left group antifa and destroying cell towers. prosecutors say jarrett william smith while stationed at fort riley in kansas was discussing building bombs and conducting attacks. the fbi began tracking smith on facebook in march, but soon discovered smith s conversations
who understands how to get a difficult partner like iran over the line. and that is the president of the united states. i think that s why he is a winner. that s why he is a man that s going to be successful. in the u.k. and you re talking about boris, right? talking about boris. boris is number one he is a friend of mine and number two, he is very smart. so it all comes following the recent attack on saudi arabian oil. yesterday in a joint statement, germany and the u.k. all echoed the american conclusion that quote it is clear that iran bears responsibility for the attack, adding this, there is no other plausible explanation. iran though denies the allegations. back here in the u.s., u.s. army soldier in federal custody, after allegedly discussing bomb making techniques to target a major news network. the 24-year-old man stationed out of fort riley in kansas was charged over the weekend with one count of distribution of information related to explosives and weapons of mass
into a whole new stage of investigation. house chair adam schiff were talking over the weekend. they spent time in close contact and schiff, who has been very reluctant in going down that path, schiff saying there may no longer even be a choice for impeachment, wolf. he says that may be the only remedy. sunlen serfaty up on capitol hill, thank you. more breaking news, a very disturbing development, u.s. army soldier charged with delivering bomb building instructions over social media and suggesting high-profile targets including a major news network. our justice correspondent is joining us. jessica, what are you learning? reporter: he ll be held in detention at least until his detention hearing on thursday. the fbi says 24-year-old jerrod william smith shared bomb making techniques on facebook and other
and security equipment from airports, they could help refine their bomb making techniques to ensure that they can come up with something that could make it through the security screening process. that s really what s elevated this concern and how prompt this ban. we have seen in somalia last year of a laptop was used to carry a bomb to board the plane. the plane suffered some damage but was able to land. it is a tactic that s been used before. with the new equipment, they re refining the process coming up with a great bond and make through security checks. what do you know about that. how sophisticated are the bomb s s? it is sophisticated. al-qaida and yemen, they long been, they have sophisticated bomb makers and they perfected
including information pertaining to safe havens, pertaining to training techniques, bomb-making techniques and al qaeda targets. now, president donald trump has said that vital intelligence was gathered during the raid, but the raid has continued to court political controversy, particularly with regards to the death of a navy s.e.a.l. and civilian casualties that the pentagon admitted has occurred. u.s. officials say that additional actions will be taken based off of the intelligence that was obtained in the raid, but the u.s. also conducted 20 air strikes against al qaeda last night in yemen. targeting what they said were al qaeda militants and al qaeda infrastructure. now a u.s. defense official tells us that those strikes were not related directly to the intelligence carried out in the raid, and we re now hearing that also additional air strikes were carried out overnight last night, friday, in yemen, potentially targeting additional al qaeda strikes. all of this comes as the u.s. m