alexander blair will be the 22nd considered american arrested for any potential isis activity. is that a big number to you? i don t think it is fredricka. you know when you re talking about 20 people in a population of 300 million in the united states there are going to be strange actors out there. and this individual seemed to fit in that category. what concerns me more about him is his background and some of the things he participated in before he actually thought of this plot. so this alexander blair, the second person arrested you know charged with failing to report booker s plans to authorities. so the complaint alleges that blair and booker shared extremist views and that blair loaned booker money to rent space to build and store a bomb. so what kind of message in your view might these charges be sending? the message being that you may be you know allegedly
accounted for. the governor signing a disaster declaration that will allow the state to receive federal support. new details on an alleged bomb plot at fort riley military base in kansas. john t. booker jr., the 20-year-old kansas man, is accused of planning to kill american soldiers there. he is being described as mentally ill and acting strangely days before his arrest. this as we are hearing a second man, 28-year-old alexander blare, has been arrested for failing to report a felony in connection with the alleged bomb plot. we have more about the other man charged and are joined from our west coast news room. reporter: according to the federal complaint, these two men shared the same extremist views and were kind of business partners in booker s plan to carry out a suicide attack at fort riley. the complaint saying blair loaned booker money to rent a storage unit to stash his bomb
kind of business partners to carry out the attack. the complaint says blare loaned booker money to stash the bottom-making materials. booker mean thai could get life if he is found guilty, including attempting to provide material support to isis. he had been on the fbi s radar ever since he joined the army in february of this year and took to the internet to post his jihadist aspirations, writing, quote, i will soon be leaving you forever, good-bye i will wage jihad in the hopes i will die. a few days later getting ready to be killed in jihad is a huge adrenaline rush. booker admitted he only joined the arm to commit an insider attack. he even made a propaganda video in arabic and english to be played after his death. that included this warning to families.