The officers. They did what they were trained to do. Heres a tweet from his brother, pray for my younger brother, shot three times in his back by Boston Police then dying. His last words i cant breathe. With me now, former fbi special agent and Police Officer Jonathan Gilliam and our National Correspondent deborah feyerick. Let me begin with you, deb. Tell me what you can share. What we can share is the mans name is usaama rahim. Mid 20s. His brother is giving a very different account of what happened. He said his brother was waiting at a bus stop on his way to his job when, in his words, he was confronted by three Boston Police officers and subsequently shot three times in the back. Nowhere does the brother say he had a knife, what authority describe as a fairly large militarystyle knife, and nowhere does he say he was the aggressor. The imam his brother, said he called his father and was on the phone with him, in his words, needing a witness. Weve been speaking to authorities all day
Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us and joins me this morning. Good morning. What do we know . Reporter we have five different aircraft today that we are told were affected by a bomb threat threats called in have all been deemed to be not credible, and four of the five flights were already on the ground safely. American 648, san diego to philly delta flight 55 los angeles to atlanta, united 995, which was San Francisco to chicago, and youre looking right there at the scene of philadelphia, by the way, thats american 648, san diego to philly. Last flight 939, portland to guadalajara, mexico also were told on the ground. One flight still in the air, korean air 23 seoul, south korea to San Francisco. That flight is still in the air, landing 2 20 p. M. Eastern time in San Francisco. That threat deemed not credible. Korean air is continuing on with the flight. All of these threats are, we are told, very similar to the ones that were phoned in over the past couple of weeks in which the
Investigators for more than a year. This morning, a new arrest connected to that case. Details ahead. Time running out for the desperate search for survivors in that capsized cruise ship. Hundreds are still missing this morning. Were live with the very latest. A stunning turn in soccers Corruption Scandal, fifas president stepping down just days after he was reelected. What inspired this sudden aboutface . We are live with that. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Great to see you today. Im john berman. It is wednesday, june 3rd. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking overnight, Police Arrested one man in massachusetts, they searched a home in rhode island. Law enforcement sources say both are connected to a man the fbi thinks was radicalized by isis. A man shot and killed by Boston Police in a joint Terrorism Task force unit on tuesday. Boston Police Officials say the televisionyearold usaama rahim lunged at officers with a footlong knife. Rahims family tells a radica
Yesterday. A man who is the secretary general of fifa blatters chief of staff, his right hand man. It was reported this man, not indicted that the point, not accused of wrong doing. It was revealed in 2008 he transferred roughly 10 million to an account of another fifa official. This particular official by the name of jack warner who was indicted last week other. According to the indictment, it is believed warner was instrumental in making sure south africa landed the games. Again, at this point, the chief of staff not indicted not accused of wrong doing. A lot of folks inside fifa and who watched the organization closely are surmising says this is what caused blatter to step down. The News Conference a few minutes ago said quote fifa needs profound restructuring. It was not a mandate he felt he could enact because a lot of players to help him were not on board. A lot of people saying thats probably hogwash. It will be interesting to see how the organization continues after this. 79 ye
Just days after he was reelected. So why the United States what happened in the last few days that sent sepp blatter running. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im Christine Romans its wednesday, june 3rd. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Police have searched a home in rhode island. Law enforcement says both are connected to a home the fbi thinks was radicalized by isis. A man shot and killed by Boston Police on tuesday. Police say the 26yearold lunged at officers with a footlong knife. His family tells a different story. Deborah feyerick has the latest. Reporter john and christine, investigators from the task force have this man on surveillance because of what they describe as an alarming uptick in his activity. Now, he was being investigated for possible threats against police officers. Two members of the joint Terrorism Task force approached him only tuesday morning. They did not have their guns drawn. And were surprised when he turned and brandished a militarystyle kn