terrorism. a taste of that earlier. three new york men arrested for allegedly planning to support isis or even fly to syria. now a fourth man questioned in connection with that investigation. attorney general eric holder told our own pete williams the threat has changed since he came to office. it s a difference in the homegrown component. that there are people in this country who get radicalized either by looking at social media, interacting with people who are espousing jihadist views. it is a different environment in which we now operate. joining me on the phone this morning, jonathan dienst chief investigative reporter for wnbc in new york. monitoring developments. tell us more about the so-called brooklyn isis threats? well the three men arrested and charged criminally in the new developments overnight, it s that there s a fourth man in norfolk, virginia who was picked up. he is currently held on
quit punching me. [ bleep ]. wow. that s just a part of this 11-minute video. what else is in this video? it is so bizarre. from what we ve been able to listen to the video that mr. sa leem took on his cell phone, this passenger s name is ed. he wanted to cab driver to renounce the perpetrators of 9/11. he called the cab driver of jihadist views. according to mr. sa leem, the passenger threatened to kill him and broke his jaw in this
and as joy said, this part of the world this r that we re talking about, when dagestan and chechnya are not the main thing at issue here in immigration reform. let s face it. as joy says, it is mostly about south of the border. it is about mostly mexico and latin america. and it s time to do something about that. i think most people in the republican party and the democratic party agree on that. i m just saying that in terms of general attitudes towards immigrants, one thing can get conflated with the other. and that s the danger here. let me play devil s advocate here, because we just had david remnick on who knows russia. he said just because a person has sort of radical views, jihadist views and doesn t do anything, there is nothing wrong with that you don t commit the guy to jail. fair enough. but do you let him in the country? that s a question. and chris, you know, i think this does bring up questions about our asylum system, and about our relationship with
project, which is immigration reform. and as joy said, this part of the world this r that we re talking about, when dagestan and chechnya are not the main thing at issue here in immigration reform. let s face it. as joy says, it is mostly about south of the border. it is about mostly mexico and latin america. and it s time to do something about that. i think most people in the republican party and the democratic party agree on that. i m just saying that in terms of general attitudes towards immigrants, one thing can get conflated with the other. and that s the danger here. let me play devil s advocate here, because we just had david remnick on who knows russia. he said just because a person has sort of radical views, jihadist views and doesn t do anything, there is nothing wrong with that you don t commit the guy to jail. fair enough. but do you let him in the country? that s a question. and chris, you know, i think this does bring up questions about our asylum system, and about ou
are we with respect to his activities abroad. this would be the first chechen attack in the united states. is this based on chechen nationalist views? probably not. is it based on islamic views, jihadist views? it may well be, but we don t know that. those are the two things that i think they re going to spend a lot of time on. all right. we spent a lot of time with you and i m glad for that. thanks so much. thanks, alex. the difficulty of keeping huge events like the boston marathon safe. an expert on big event like the super bowl or world series weighs in next. begins with arth. and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard.