trace: breaking news. prosecutors say a coast guard lieutenant is a domestic terrorist that was dreaming killing every person on the earth. they had a hit list with democratic lawmakers including nancy pelosi and chuck schumer from new york as well as television abe doors from cnn and msnbc. christopher hasson in court today. this stockpile of weapons was found in court this week. he s a suspected white nationalist. prosecutors say he regularly read the manifesto of the norwegian mass murderers anders brevik that he wrote before he killed 77 people in 2011.
the sheer number and force and the weapons recovered in this case, coupled with the disturbing nature of his wrig writings appear to be a threat to our community. welcome back that was the u.s. attorney this afternoon talking about christopher hassin. a coast guard lieutenant and self described white nationalist. nbc asked the white house repeatedly today when and if the president was briefed on this arrest that happened on friday, mind you. there is a simple reason we want to know if he was aware of the arrest and target list when he said the new york times was the enmy of the people. the white house has yet to get
attack in norway in which he killed over 89 people, including an attack on atoya island, a political party children s summer camp where he shot 69 children to death so he said he could eliminate the next generation of liberals leadership from norway. this appears to be a person who wanted to copycat that attack. he said he followed breivik s manifesto, talking about taking steroids to pump yourself up for the attack. what i find most noteworthy, his arsenal, he had a lot of guns but he didn t have a lot of ammunition. there is most likely somewhere else caches of ammunition and weapons which he intended to carry out these attacks with. andrew mccabe appeared at 8:00 p.m. tonight on chris hayes show. chris hayes was actually one of the people on this hit list of this coast guard lieutenant who has been arrested, who is now in custody.
federal judge today. a dressing down. that s a visual i m not looking for at 9:13. ken, eli, everybody, thank you very much. a really important morning. we have to turn to a stunning story out of maryland. please listen to this. coast guard lieutenant christopher hason will appear in court today. allegations against him that he wanted to carry out widespread terrorist attacks and even drew up a target list that included prominent politicians and journalists. courtney kube, this is scary stuff. a coast guard lieutenant, junior officer based here in d.c. at coast guard headquarters. last week, he was arrested on both gun and drug charges. but when we dug into these court documents yesterday, some of the language was absolutely terrifying. it said that the current charges are the proverbial tip of the
this appears to be a person who wanted to copycat that attack. he said he followed breivik s manifesto, talking about taking steroids to pump yourself up for the attack. what i find most noteworthy, his arsenal, he had a lot of guns but he didn t have a lot of ammunition. there is most likely somewhere else caches of ammunition and weapons which he intended to carry out these attacks with. andrew mccabe appeared at 8:00 p.m. tonight on chris hayes show. chris hayes was actually one of the people on this hit list of this coast guard lieutenant who has been arrested, who is now in custody. chris hayes asked andrew mccabe if the how the fbi considers these kinds of threats from white supremacists like this suspect who is now in custody. let s listen to what andrew mccabe said about that. the fbi takes the threat posed by domestic terrorism in all its forms very seriously. does it take it seriously enough?