before we toss it over to morning joe, let s get a check on the stories you ll be hearing about in the day ahead. three men accused of planning a terror plot in kansas are due in court today. prosecutors say the three men are part of a small militia group that planned to bomb an apartment complex. the united nations is set to officially appoint wonder woman as an honorary ambassador for the power of women and girls today. this comes on the 70th anniversary of her debut today. those who portrayed the character are set to be at the ceremony. on the campaign trail today, donald trump will hold an event in north carolina before heading to pennsylvania for two stops. hillary clinton will be campaigning in cleveland, while her running mate tim kaine will be in pennsylvania. trump s running mate attends a rally in new hampshire. clinton surrogates will be out today, as well. former president bill clinton will have two events in florida, while vice president joe biden will be in pennsylv
more now on our breaks news. the arrest of a new york man apparently inspired by isis and charges he was planning a new year s eve attack. rachel spotts is outside the courthouse in rochester. rachel, really alarming some of the allegations from the fbi. it is saying this 25-year-old had planned to go inside a bar or restaurant in rochester, kidnap somebody and probably set off bombs to kill people there. reporter: yes, that s what they are telling us. now, 25-year-old emanuel lutchman did appear here in federal court this morning. he is now behind bars but that information is correct. a 25-year-old rochester resident accused of planning a terror plot, an armed attack on innocent civilians here in rochester today on new year s eve. we are told this would have happened as you said at a restaurant/bar here in the city.
just minutes from now, an iowa man is due in court to face charges of planning a terror plot. according to an indictment he traveled to syria to receive training with the terror group before coming back to the united states where he planned to kill soldiers at a military base. turning now to iraq where government forces are struggling to hold off isis. the rampage extremist fighters threatening to seize control of ramadi. joining me now is cnn national chief security correspondent jim sciutto. what is going on there with ramadi and what is going to happen? it doesn t look good. pictures today are so stark. people voting with their feet.
his speech. i hope they have a great night, she looks awesome, continuing coverage, stay with us. and the fox urgent, three suspected members of al qaeda are under arrest today in germany. officials say they are suspected of planning a terror plot. in word on specific targets but we are told they posed concrete and imminent danger to the nation, and investigators say they arrested them in and around the western german city and all three are moroccan under surveillance since last year but this month is when they had enough evidence for a criminal investigation. former c.i.a. covert operations officer joining us now. mike, how do we process this? the way they put it it sounds