ann pernald and asked what she thinks of clinton now. she did a great job. looks much more vibrant, more bouncier, fresher. i like her. now we asked mary ann what she would like to see in this clinton re-introduction tour. she said she likes to see she s empathetic likes her more human side and what xeingquestions. what role would bill clinton play in your campaign and your white house? we ll see if secretary clinton answers that question. jake? thanks. and now to shocking news in the national lead. hours ago the fbi laid out details of a major undercover sting operation. all americans lured through a network of friends to travel to syria to join the barbaric
appeared in federal court today in minneapolis and san diego. they were not confused young men or edasily influenced. focused men intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible. reporter: according to this criminal complaint, the six men spent the last year trying repeatedly to reach syria. even after some were turned away by authorities, they recently concocted a plan to travel to san diego from minnesota. cross the border into mexico and then on to syria. one of the men allegedly told his friend turned fbi informant, the american identity is dead. even if i get caught i m through with america. one friend in this group decided to leave. and to cooperate with the fbi. that cooperating witness agreed to record meetings of the co-conspirators. reporter: helping the men with their plans another young somali american who the fbi says
others from doing the same thing. but again we do need to point out the attorney for the 19-year-old suspect says these are just allegations and an indictment for the three men has yet to be filed. that s not unusual. the indictments can grow over time. we ll see how they build this case thank you for the reporting. let us know what else you find out about this. what we just learned about the true identity of jihadi john and that that was known and that authorities were in contact with this young londoner when he was still there, when he was getting his degree in computer science, yet they couldn t stop him from going to syria. show house difficult it is even with the clumsiness we just saw with these guys in brooklyn. let s bring in evan perez to discuss this investigation, because it speaks to what we re dealing with with jihadi john evan and how difficult it is these cases are to make. let s start with the lynchpin of the arrest of the terror investor what is that?
in custody in new york. a third accomplice arrested in florida. at least one of the alleged aspiring terrorists lived in this brooklyn new york apartment complex. the building s superintendant said they didn t seem suspicious. federal prosecutors say 24-year-old and his 19-year-old friend planned to fly from new york to turkey and cross into syria to join isis. the team s attorney says the fbi is rushing to prosecute. this is all information that is delivered to the fbi from a confidential informant that the government says in their own complaint they can t rely on the credibility of. the third brooklyn man, a 30-year-old business own frer uzbekistan allegedly funded some of the efforts. the men had a secondary plan if they were unable to reach syria. if they were unable to go they would seek to acquire weapons here and guns and
say the back-up plan was to bomb coney island and to shoot the president. isis hostage numbers rise sharply in syria and assyrian group says that isis is holding 262 assyrian hostages fears they could be forced into sex slavery or killed. all of this as clashes intensify between kurdish forces and isis in one town where many abductions happened. net neutrality gets a long-awaited vote today. the divisive issue being taken on by the fcc. it s expected to approve new rules meant to preserve an open equal access internet and prevent service providers from discriminate discriminating. many republicans say the plan to regulate it as a utility much like landline phone service is overkill. more on the breaking news as we continue to get new details about the identity of the man known as jihadi john.