extremist. authorities reveal the gunman downloaded videos of al araqi. he was killed in a drone strike in 2011 in yemen. we are expecting an update on the investigation at noon today. we re hoping to learn more about the timeline of the attack. this really is a community hungry for information, hungry for answers. in this growing memorial behind me, it has become a meeting place of sorts for the community. thousands have visited over the past days. you can see the ocean of american flags. in between them are more personal mementos for example, the mother of one of the fallen leaving his baseball mitt and ball behind playing tribute to a cross that was left there in his honor. jose, this really has become a physical example of the collective grief asknd shock here in chattanooga. the grief and shock the nation expresses as a whole. talk to me about the family of abdulazeez because we ve been hearing about arrests and
it s a technical issue during posting later in the video, and we are working to correct that. now to chattanooga, tennessee where we re about to get new details from authorities on last week s shooting massacre at two military facilities. in just the past hour new details from jordan about the uncle of gunman mohammad youssuf abdulazeez who has been detained in connection with the case. let s get vet latest from nbc s sarah daloff in chattanooga. sarah, welcome. lots of moving parts here. there really is jose. new details about the uncle detained in jordan. authorities are describing him as a radical. they want to know if he influenced the gunman during a 7-month trip there in 2014. his lawyer is now speaking out, the lawyer of the uncle jordan he disputes the situation as a radical. he also says during abdulazeez s trip there in 2014 he spent the majority of time with family and playing sports not as an
arrested not yet charged with anything and investigators believed to have been a radical over in jordan. they re investigating if he had an influence over the gunman here. you will remember that abdulazeez traveled to jordan last year april to november. his family indicated through a representative that was to get away from some bad influences, kind of get back on track following drug probables here. now investigators asking the question if that uncle may have influenced him in this case at all. so remains to be seen thomas. interesting developments at this hour. okay. sarah in chattanooga, tennessee, please keep us posted. thank you. personal information for about 37 million people about to go public? yes. you heard me right. this is the demand of hackers because they have been able to compromise the cheating website ashley madison. and they are threatening to go public. plus prison break. the new york times breaking
to pay your respects and to honor their lives. reporter: meanwhile, here the memorial continues to grow. it started small and as you can see, behind me it has significantly increased. we have seen people break down as they bring flowers and flags to plant in the ground. military members standing stoically and saluting the five crosses there to represent the fallen. that is very physical expression thomas of the grief, the shock and the feeling of unity and support that this community is experiencing right now. sarah, also you have new information about the background of the shooter and a connection. reporter: yeah. they ve discovered an audio recordings that abdulazeez listened of al awlaki s speeches. the suspect in this case has cds of the sermons, as well. he had an uncle in jordan
that was president obama last hour on the chattanooga shootings and right now we re looking at live pictures. flags flying at half staff to honor the five victims. on the left side of your screen looking at the u.s. capitol. on the right side of your screen, i believe the left side of your screen is the white house. isn t that the white house, guys? yes, it is. yeah. all right. so anyway. the left side yeah. take down the banners. the left side is the white house. the right side is the capitol. thank you. earlier, president obama issued an order for flags at military posts and embassying to be lowered through july 25th. meanwhile, there is a new twist today in the investigation into the rampage in chattanooga. the fbi searched an apartment for clues. a family spokesman tells nbc news the gunman mohammad youssuf abdulazeez held anti-american views. sarah dallof joins us from chattanooga covering the story.