charged in a terror plot in new york city. investigators today shedding new light on their alleged plot and what exactly they intended to do. this as yet another woman in philadelphia the third in just two days is arrested on charges of trying to join isis. laura ingle is live in our new york city newsroom with the latest. authorities say the latest arrest is another example of how the far-reaching arm of the islamic state is making an impact on followers here in the west. this woman turned to social media to seek out support of her dreams of fighting for isis and as she put it become a martyr for the cause. she was arrested yesterday and is now in federal custody charged with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization. she could get 15 years in prison if convicted. the criminal complaint alleges that thomas did online research on indirect travel routes to
organization and could get 15 years in prison if convict. the criminal complaint alleges she did online research on indirect travel routes to turkey which is a common transit point for hopeful isis fighters. in one tweet she reposted a photo of a small male child with an ak-47 assault rifle around his neck with the following statement. in another tweet, she allegedly wrote the following. now, thomas will be back in court this coming wednesday for a detention hearing. well, of course, bring you those details when we get them. what more are we learning with the two women arrested in new york? it just goes on pap few days before the philly arrest. these two who were once roommates were arrested for conspiracy to use a weapon for mass destruction against person
live. laura? hi uma. terror experts say this is proving another example how the far reaching arm of the islamic state is making an impact on followers here in the united states. 30-year-old ke no na thomas used the nickname young lionness as she reached out to become a martyr for the cause. she was arrested yesterday and is now in federal custody charged with attempt to go provide support to a terrorist organization. she could get 15 years in prison if convicted. the criminal complaint alleges that thomas did online research on indirect travel routes to turkey which as we know, is a common transit point for a hopeful isis fighter. the complaint cites some of her tweets she post eded on twitter. one shows a picture of u.s. currency with the following quote. u.s. dollar note donated by kuwait nationals to the isis
obtained in that 22-page statement from him. jenna: what would you want to know? i would want to know everything from the beginning, going back to 2000 because he was among the last of the afghan arabs with bin laden before bin laden gave the disperal order in late 2001. i would like to know his travel routes. how he got into iran, as has been reported. was he under house arrest? was it part of the modus operandi of tehran? communication systems and then contacts with others that he . jenna: why would he tell us any of that? well, with a skilled interview and interrogator that has deep background about his particular case i myself and partners have had terrific success getting that kind of information. a lot of it boils down to motivations, tapping into those motivations. i would think in this his case quid pro quo of cooperation of some kind. jenna: what would that mean though? what would we give up? what kind of cooperation, what stage would we set, if
atlanta on the phone with me. david, why? why allow these? why the change in policy? tsa explains it simply, they re trying to bring their restrictions more closely in line with international standards. because you can get on a plane in one part of the world, come to the united states, might have some things taken away from you that were allowed in other countries that closely align and travel routes with the u.s. so they wanted to do that. also, when i called the tsa today, spoke to their spokesman, and he really focused on one particular thing here, one thing that was driving all of this, why are you having certain knives, not others, why are you allowing lacrosse sticks and hockey sticks when we still have to give up our drinking water and things like that when we go through security? he says what they re allowing now, going into effect in april, what he s allowing now, he says these items will not pose a