bonus points in heaven if you do it now. i spoke with a journalist michael daley, about 30 minutes ago. he talked about a possible terror cell in new york that is of particular interest. i heard the members were allegedly researching how to make pressure cooker bombs. what do you think after hearing that conversation? i heard that interview. that was a case that had been going for a while with the fbi. two cases, the one in boston involving usama rahim. the attack he was going to do and he was later shot that day was intercepted on an fbi wiretap when rahim called his partner, david wright and said, i can t wait to go out of state to do the beheading, which they later found out was pamela geller. i want to attack the boys in blue today. as he left his house as quick as the fbi and boston p.d. get
to them, he did. he pulled out the giant hunting knife he had just purchased and they shot him dead. that had nothing to do with fourth of july. it only had to do with rahim in his head deciding that was the day he wanted to attack. the other plot in new york was also taken down a week or so ago. it was similar to that. these were not related to fourth of july. this he were not related to soft targets that will be out there today and tomorrow at various events. talk to us about the soft target. what does that mean for today and tomorrow? how can protections be put in place when we are talking about large crowds? the reason we call them soft there are no real protections that go beyond vigilant police officers and vigilant public. once you go through a security checkpoint and they have run the security wand up and down your body or you have gone through the magnatometr machine, that
attack over the weekend in the united states. that s how serious this is. okay. that bulletin specifically speaks to recent attacks such as a failed attack in garland, texas as well as a confrontation with a machete-wielding suspect and a man by the name of usama rahim, part of a takedown and he challenged police in boston and that s why he was shot julie. this is part of, if you will, a ramped-up series of arrests, and this really reflects the fact that the fbi has made a pivot from surveillance to taking down these individuals that they think could be a risk before the holiday. wow. what can you tell us about the latest suspects? well according to these court documents released within the last hour the fbi and the joint terrorism task force also known as the jttf have been investigating a group of individuals from new york as well as new jersey who they say allegedly conspired to provide material support to isis. in this case the suspect is just 23 years old and goes by the
originally wanted to go after escaping prison before their master plan fell apart, and just a couple hours from now a prison guard accused of helping the two men will be arraigned in court. that s him right there. now, prosecutors say gene palmer delivered tools to the killers in their cells. senior correspondent rick levanthal is live in plattsburgh now. let s start with think details about the escape. you covered all day yesterday. what have you learned? reporter: well julie, despite being shot twice sweat is talking to investigators according to new york governor richard cuomo saying he and richard matt were relying on prison employee joyce mitch toll pick them up when they emerged from the prison at dan mora and planned to kill her husband and drive to mexico and live happily ever after but their dreams did not come true when mitchell got cold feet and did not show so they tried to make their way to canada. sweat saying he split up with matt five days before matt was ki
terror take-down in boston. grainy surveillance video showing confrontation between suspect usuma rahim and anti-terrorist agents. rahim s family says the video reveals part of the story. abc s tom llamas reports. reporter: this is the moment five fbi agents and boston police officer approached the terror suspect, usama rahim. watch closely as officers back away. rahim, seen circled in yellow coming toward them. you can then see two officers move toward him. rahim goes down. police say the two anti-terror agents shot rahim though you can t see it in the video he was arm ed with the large knife and allegedly threatened to kill police officers. there are questions asked why didn t the officers use any other force? you know this guy had a malicious intent and our officers were really faced with that. reporter: they approached him because the fbi listening in on his cell phone conversations allegedly heard him say he was about to go after the boys in blue. we intercepted a communic