yesterday pleading not guilty. abc s elizabeth hur has more. reporter: with his hands behind his back and his attorney by his side, tairon pugh pleaded not guilty in federal court. prosecutors accused the 47-year-old seen in this facebook photo of plotting to travel to syria to join the islamic terrorist group isis. in a letter to his wife, he allegedly wrote i am a mujahid. i am a sword against the oppressor. i will use the talents given to me by allah. to establish and defend the islamic states. pugh s former landlord is in disbelief. he seemed like a nice guy. reporter: according to investigators the u.s. military vet was determined to become an enemy of the state. they claim 180 jihadi videos, including isis execution videos were found on pugh s computer. court documents indicate he had been on a long road to the dark side.
our museum, could our museum be next? reporter: isis made repeated threats to attack tunisia but authorities believe this attack was carried out by another terror group. whoever is responsibility the effects are being felt around the world and here in the u.s. with extra security assigned to two top new york city museums. brian ross, abc news, new york. an ex con with a long recorder is in custody charged in a deadly shooting rampage in phoenix. police released this mug shot overnight. that is ryan giroux. you see neck tattoos there and the words skin head are where his eyebrows should be. they say he killed a man during an argument at a motel and wounded five others in an hours long rampage that included a carjacking and home invasion a lot of buildings nearby had to be locked down. ryan giroux served eight years in prison for a number of charges including burglary, theft and attempted aggravated assault. a navy s.e.a.l. injured. he went down in river side county often used by
meant to protect? reporter: johnson seen in this video from tuesday night on the ground with several police officers trying to arrest him. blood can be seen dripping from his face, moments later a booking photo. johnson charged with obstruction of justice without force and public swearing or intoxication. he s a good friend. i was very upset about what happened. i wanted to see what the school was going to say about it and show love and support. reporter: many at this rally say they are disturbed by what they watched, including the university s own president teresa sullivan. i hate to see anything bad happen to any of my students. whether it is on the football field or in a case like this. it just my heart went out to him. i thought how i would feel if i were his mother. reporter: an attorney for johnson released a statement that read in part i have spoke on the him several times and he is absolutely devastated by these events. thank you for that story. want to turn
massacred as they got off a tour bus that brought them from a cruise ship. the parliament building was put on lockdown as defiant lawmakers sang the country s national anthem. the prime minister said the two gunmen were killed and police are searching now for two or three more who may have been accomplices. the location of the attack at the bardo museum also raised alarms that other museums an the world could become terror targets. it was just last month that isis destroyed priceless centuries old antiquities at a museum in mosul iraq and they said other museums including those in the u.s. need to be on high alert. they have to think now is isis going after cultural heritage, after museums and is
of saddam hussein from the islamic terrorist group isis. a jach aj sachlt a northern iraqi city, two hours from baghdad. it s a win but let s not make any mistake. isis still controls large swaths of the country and seems to have the momentum, at least many observers, and this does raise the question of how seriously the obama administration is considering escalating its military efforts in iraq. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us now. barbara, what is the u.s. military saying about possible next steps, if any? reporter: well, good afternoon, jake. you know, we had an extraordinary press conference here where the nation s top military officer made clear if u.s. interests are threatened the u.s. military still could be called in to action. general martin dempsey, the president s top military adviser, leaving the door open to possible deeper u.s. military