to burn the koran today. and sd he also said he won t do ever. this is not just postponed, that could come back at a later date. but he says, he s telling nbc that he will not be holding an event to burn the koran. this story has gone out across the world. there have been protests in other parts of the country, including excuse me, parts of the world, including afghanistan and pakistan. people protesting what this man was planning to do and many thought this would further hurt relations between americans and the musl a community. here and around the world. but, in fact, he is now canceled that event. in fact, just a short time ago live on an interview here with me commissioner ray kelly of the new york police department says they met him at the airport last night when he arrived and they re going to keep a very close eye on him while he s in new york. we met him when he got off the plane last evening. we had an extensive discussion with him. we believe we know what his plans are, a
at 18 minutes past the hour taking a look at the stories making headlines. promised release of an american hiker now canceled. you remember this young lady, you see her there, one of three americans held in an iranian prison for more than a year now. charged with spying. iran had said they were possibly going to be released or at least releasing one of them, the lady, but now the judicial process not complete just yet. there are also concerns for this young lady s healthnow. a lump habeen found in her breast. also this rning, i tol you this at the top of theor ho, bu pastor terry jones now says he will not burn any koran, now or in the future. you re seeing video of him arriving in new york city last night. new york city police met him k there and are going to ke up with him, they say, while he s in town. commissioner ray kelly say
who arrived here from florida last night to the surprise of a lot of people, to appear on a news broadcast to say that he will not be burninang the koran. there will be no koran burnings at his church in gainesville. he saidot today and not ever, according to his appearance on nbc s today show. however, the new york police department is making very sure that they keep tabs on him, and they metith him last al anight. they talked about that with d kelly.ner ray and he discussed that also earlier today on cnn. here s part of wlyhat commissior ray kelly said about the visit of reverend jones. we met him when he got off the plane last evening. we had an extensive discussion with him. we believe we know what his plans are, at least what he says his plans are. we re going to know where he is at all times. we ll keep a close tab on him. you know, it s difficult to say whether or not it s raised the
controversy, the controversy that is brewing over in proposed islamic center and mosque that they re talking about building about two blocks away from here. there will be rallies later this day about that. and also in new york, as you indicated, the florida minister who has flown here last night, but he got an frunexpected reception from the police department. and, in fact, new york city police commissioner ray kelly told us that they had a mting with him last night and they t of sed not to let him o their sight. we metfimwhen he got off the plane last evening. had an extensive discussion with him. we believe we know what he s plans are, at least what he says his plans are. we re going to know where he is at all times. we ll keep a close tab on him. yoknow, it s difficult to say whether or not it s raised the problem level here, if you will.