Poisoned. How many others might be at risk . Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin today with breaking news in our National Lead. Hours ago, an fbi sting operation was announced, they had caught an american allegedly trying to commit acts of terror on behalf of isis but unlike others who had been snagged by the fbi, others who wanted to join the terrorists in syria, or iraq this individual allegedly wanted to import that terror right here on to u. S. Soil. Lets go right to cnn justice reporter evan perez. Evan tell us who this 20yearold man who was apprehended is, and what did he intend to do . His name is john t. Booker jr. He also goes by the name Mohammed Abdullah hassan. He is 20 years old. He was arrested this morning as he tried to detonate a van bomb or tried to arm a van bomb that he planned to drive on to fort riley in kansas hoping to kill as many u. S. Troops as possible. This bomb was not active. It was a fake bomb that was constructed by the fbi and
And breaking down the headtohead polls, are democrats underestimating trump in the general election . Were going to win, win, win. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for chris hayes. Big news on this friday with developments of flight of egypt air crash 804. It indicates that smoke was filling the front end of the plane and that systems were failing. There are also big developments tonight in the president ial race. Donald trump getting an endorsement from the nra as he calls Hillary Clinton the most antigun candidate ever. Were going to talk to her press secretary about that. But were going to begin by bringing you up to date on a situation that happened earlier at the white house. This is when a secret Service Agent shot a man as he approached a check point with a weapon. Nbcs jim mick la chefky was at the white house. He joins u now with more. Mick, what can you tell us on this . Steve, you know, its pretty calm and serene here tonight but earlier to
Headtohead polls, are democrats underestimating trump in the general election . Were going to win, win, win. Reporter . All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for chris hayes. Big news on this friday with developments of flight of egypt air crash 804. It indicates that smoke was filling the front end of the plane and that systems were failing. There are also big developments tonight in the president ial race. Donald trump getting an endorsement from the nra as he calls Hillary Clinton the most antigun candidate ever. Were going to talk to her press secretary about that. But were going to begin by bringing you up to date on a situation that happened earlier at the white house. This is when a secret Service Agent shot a man as he approached a check point with a weapon. Nbcs jim mick la chefky was at the white house. He joins u now with more. Mick, what can you tell us on this . Steve, you know, its pretty calm and serene here tonight but earlier today this pl
As searchers from several countries including the United States are scouring the sea for the flights main wreckage, and, of course, those vital black boxes. For the latest, lets go to Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent live at Charles De Gaulle airport in paris. Greg . Reporter hi, gregg, hi arthel. Yes, today french officials confirmed what we first told you about late yesterday. Data messages coming from the plane, coming from the egyptair flight 804 detailing those tragic last minutes before the crash. Here is how they broke down. 26 minutes after the hour, a sensor on a side cockpit window alerts to overheating, possibly the start of a raging fire. A few seconds later, smoke was detected in the forward bathroom. Thats right next to the cockpit. A minute after that, smoke is detected in the electronics bay. Right below the cockpit and below the bathroom. Two minutes later the main computers that steer the plain break down. The plane is lost. The question is, as the debris from the
We begin with the showdown over north korea. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson about to kick off urgent meetings at the United Nations as diplomats try to find a way to force kim jongun to give up his nukes. Great team to break it down. Jeff mason, one of the reuters correspondents, who spoke to the president and mike panel, evan mcmull lin an cia operative and ran for president in 2016, bob url lick, a congressman from maryland and Steve Clemens at the atlantic and an msnbc contributor. Good morning to all of you. Jeff, let me start with you with this interview with donald trump. Everyone is focusing on the remarks he made about north korea. He said its theres a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflictithorth korea. Absolutely. Jeff, how did you hear those remarks . Is it a warning . Was it a threat . Well, its a good question. Its hard to say whether it was a warning or threat. It was certainly an acknowledgement of the fact that President Trump and his team are seri