been taking a look at these two men for at least the past six months, and they did, in fact, have some weapons, but they wanted more. and as you said, we do expect to discover a lot more information at a news conference that s scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today here in new york city. other things that we do know, the name of the two men, mohamed and ahmed surhani, a u.s. citizen of algerian descent. our source tells us that surhani is, in fact, a drug dealer, and he made a general statement about maybe wanting to attack a synagogue, and he was apparently hoping to sell drugs to make enough money to purchase additional weapons. the fbi tells fox they are not involved in the case. the manhattan district attorney s office is expect today prosecute under a state anti-terrorism law, and we ve learned possible charges could be arson as a terrorist offense and conspiracy to acquire weapons. the plot reportedly was planned
attack a synagogue with defense and hoped to sell drugs to make money to purchase the guns and the fbi says they are not involved in the case and the fbi has nothing to do with this and the manhattan district attorney s office is expected to prosecute under a state anti-terrorism law. bill: and, any indication, the plot is connected to the killing of bin laden? reporter: in fact the plot was planned before the killing of usama bin laden. it was not in retaliation for his death. and, it may have been more aspirational than operational. it all comes on the heels of a quinnipiac poll that found 24% of new york city voters are very worried about another terrorist attack here and 43% are somewhat worried. and they are more confident than ever the city is ready, and they approve 89% of the way they are handling terror and as more comes in on this, we ll let you know.