disturbing new report about the growing strength of al qaeda. the terror group is being fueled in part by more than 100 american citizens from all over the world, including syria. here s brian ross. reporter: they come from small towns and big cities. law enforcement officials tell abc news, including, they say, a man who lived here on monta vice a road in phoenix. 30-year-old eric haru was in the u.s. army on the day of the 9/11 attacks but this year he became one of about a dozen americans who authorities say are fighting in syria with a group that has sworn allegiance to al qaeda called al nusra. you re going down in flames. his father says he fell in with the wrong people. the furthest thing from a terrorist that there could be. but lured back to the u.s. by the fbi, he will soon stand trial on charges he helped al qaeda. i think that s the most disturbing thing, to see
me. reporter: nine weeks ago she contracted a brain eating infection at an arkansas water park. there have only been 128 known in effect shuns like hers in the u.s. in the past 50 years and miraculously kaylee is the third person to survive. i can feel i ve gotten better. reporter: more miraculous, she s going home. what are your thoughts going to be when you get home? play with khloe, my dog khloe. i love her since she s been about one. reporter: kaylee has undergone intensive therapy. three more. three more, you can do it. reporter: and takes special medication flown in from germany. doctors say it was the speed with which her mother brought her to the hospital after being infected that made all the difference. that quick thinking mother said she couldn t be more relieved. do you remember what you said the first time you spoke to me? momma, i m ecstatic. reporter: now with a renewed
year, but he s not missing anything thanks to the vgo robot. he s getting a year long treatment for a rare form of cancer. the whole classroom, so it s basically just like i m there. the robot allows kyle to participate in class and hang out with his friends. he even wears his school uniform and eats lunch with his classmates every day. it s kind of weird having my mom be the only person i really can see every day. reporter: the robot costs about $6,000 and students helped raise that money to pay for it. he probably wants to learn even though he can t be here. he wants to see his friends and stuff. reporter: the cool thing about this robot, it doesn t just sit in the classroom. kyle maneuvers it up and down the hallways of the school. is it easy to do? yeah, it s easy.
matt cordle s video confession implied it would be. when i get charged i ll plead guilty. reporter: the 22-year-old quickly made headlines claiming responsibility for a fatal drunk driving crash. my name is matthew cordle and on june 22nd, 2013, i hit and killed vincent canzani. reporter: his attorneys tell abc news now that a new judge has been appointed cordle will plead guilty. they say the not guilty plea is a common maneuver to get the ball rolling. it had judge judy lynch annoyed on tuesday. i m sorry you all came to this whole big thing. reporter: judge lynch told abc news they may have wanted to change judges. he s facing between a 2 to 8 1/2 year sentence. despite the fact a bond was posted today, he could stay in jail until he enters a guilty plea. cordle s attorneys say that s
thing, to see an american switching side. reporter: alleged american recruits to al qaeda are showing up on hot spots across the middle east. at least 50 young american men, many from minnesota have been tracked to the al qaeda group fighting. reporter: a small man from daphne, alabama, became a top commander. our main objective, one of the main things we seek for is to die a martyr. reporter: along with men from walk can i shaw, wisconsin, brooklyn, new york, buffalo, new york, and adam guddon of orange county, california. he once tore up his u.s. passport on camera is now in al qaeda s leadership in pakistan regularly producing videos that urge americans to buy guns and kill their own.