attica, went out, and went on the internet. he became the proponent of one of the terrorist isil groups and pledged allegiance to the isil group and had a specific plan to assassinate people. reporter: but his neighbors say that s not the man they knew. he s a street kid. he s not a hard-core terrorist. you know, he jumped on a bandwagon being stupid. reporter: if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison and a quarter million-dollar fine. prosecutor to re forrest sanchez, cnn, new york. a massive fire at a luxury hotel in dubai is under investigation. a source with knowledge of that investigation told cnn the blaze started when curtains caught fire on the 20th floor. meanwhile, witnesses to the fire are still reflecting on what they saw. we were really shocked because it was burning right up the building all the way.