distance between himself and of course ahmadinejad and they are talking about what do they think about all of this, how does it affect them and they are sending messages to folks in the united states. here s a little bit of a sample of how they feel about this moment. translator: this talk that we re making about is completely false. as far as i m concerned, i don t think they re making bombs. translator: don t you make one yourself? why did you make a bomb? we are dangerous. we are dangerous. the iranians are most civilized people. how many, how many wars do we have? did we have? can you tell me? can you tell me? people of iran, they are friendly, outside of the perception of the america. so much passion in that group. and many of the i raranians we heard of talked about the international economic sanctions that we had talked about before, it s really difficult to live there, just to get the basic
the united states. let me say this. a separation between government scandal and the government trying to keep us safe. these are programs that actually do work and kept american people safe. if they work, this whole thing about a needle in a haystack, the most classic example, the tsavraevs, and all we had to do is look for c confirmati confirmation, grab their phones and websites to see if they are making bombs, buying pressure cookers. we were tipped off and even with that information we couldn t oh, i m livid about that, greta. because i had asked a question of the fbi, did we check out the islamic society of boston? the radicalized mosque he was part of? the fbi chose not to talk to people connected with that
the united states. let me say a separation between government scandal and the government trying to keep us safe. these are programs that actually do work and kept american people safe. if they work, this whole thing about a needle in a haystack, the most classic example, the tsavraevs, and all we had to do is look for c confirmati confirmation, grab their phones and websites to see if they are making bombs, buying pressure cookers. we were tipped off and even with that information we couldn t oh, i m livid about that, greta. because i had asked a question of the fbi, did we check out the islamic society of boston? the radicalized mosque he was part of? the fbi chose not to talk to people connected with that
luckily, in this incident. somebody had the courage to come forward and say this is what i know, reported that to us, and we were able to investigate that. and because of that information, we were able to stop a horrific event from occurring in our community. joining us is captain eric carter of the albany police department. captain, welcome. good morning. can you tell us where the tip came from? a friend or family member who called 911? i m not able to state at this time specifically who it was. it is somebody who is a friend with grant cord and that information passed on to a person who reported that to us. because there were interviews done with a couple of students who said, yeah, this kid came up to us, said he was making bombs, but we never thought he was going to bomb the school and they didn t share the information with their parents or teachers or police. and that s something we ll follow up on getting today, to get into the school, talk with students, to fin out w
passengers are accounted for and that it will compensate and fly home all of those passengers. matt gutman, abc news, miami. an oregon teenager accused of plotting to blow up his high school heads to court today as his classmates head back to class. 17-year-old grant acord will be charged as an adult. police say they found six homemade bombs hidden under his bedroom floorboards. other students say the high school junior had been talking about making bombs before his arrest and allegedly wanted someone to film this attack. a memorial service has been planned for the mother of the gunman behind the newtown, connecticut, school gun massacre. nancy lanza was murdered by her son, killed before adam lanza opened fire at sandy hook elementary school, killing 26. children and staff members. the service in new hampshire where she grew up. family members wanted to wait six months out of respect to victims. incoming rutgers university athletic director julie hermann will keep her job despit