beefed up security around all los angeles area airports. it is the middle of the day. normally there s no wait to get into l.a.x. you can see the extra police presence. his package did not contain a bomb. rather an eight-page letter criticizing the united states and his recent suspension from his job. the fbi said he called twice, instructing to it begin evacuating terminals adding he would be watching. he was arrested outside a church about 65 mile away in riverside, california. he joined the-the joint terrorism task force is conducting searches near the apartment. and this afternoon traffic was blocked off while police investigated another suspicious package. an angry little guy so i left him alone. always mad at the world. he has been living in our communicate for a number of years and he works in the tsa. he has not displayed any an rent behavior. it turns out he is the same
federal court behind me on a single count of attempting to use a weapons of mass destruction which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. his arrest on friday evening a few blocks away ended a long sting operation, which the fed say saved many american lives. the f.b.i. says it was mohamud, naturalized citizen who chose this lighting ceremony as the terror target. he told an undercover agent he wanted to kill or injure all 10,000 people at the event, including women and children. police only made the arrest after mohamud dialled a cell phone number he thought would detonate a massive car bomb that would wipe out two city blocks. the bomb was a fake, assembled by the joint terrorism task force. the attorney general says it wasn t entrapment. there were a number of opportunities that the subject in this matter, defendant in this matter was given to retreat, to take a different
federal court behind me on a single count of attempting to use a weapons of mass destruction which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. his arrest on friday evening a few blocks away ended a long sting operation, which the fed say saved many american lives. the f.b.i. says it was mohamud, naturalized citizen who chose this lighting ceremony as the terror target. he told an undercover agent he wanted to kill or injure all 10,000 people at the event, including women and children. police only made the arrest after mohamud dialled a cell phone number he thought would detonate a massive car bomb that would wipe out two city blocks. the bomb was a fake, assembled by the joint terrorism task force. the attorney general says it wasn t entrapment. there were a number of opportunities that the subject in this matter, defendant in this matter was given to retreat, to take a different
under a law that passed in 1990? and later, we confront a man, a convicted child molestor who was kept in priesthood for years by the vatican, even though he had already been convicted. what s even more shocking, the man who hesitated to defrock him is now the pope. a bomb designed to kill. the white house calls it a terrorist act. the investigation moving quickly tonight. you probably already heard, the vehicle was bought on craigslist for cash. but we learned there may be a possibly international connection with the plot. joe johns joins us with the very latest. what are you hearing from federal investigators? anderson, sources have told cnn the joint terrorism task force is looking into the possibility that this was more than just a lone wolf and that there is a connection to pakistan. authorities believe this was an
authorities have found the v.i.n. identification numbers on that vehicle. they have cleared those and that is going to help certainly tremendously in the investigation. homeland security secretary napolitano spoke about the investigation a short time ago. we re taking this very seriously and with the new york city police department, with the fbi the joint terrorism task force, we are treating it as if it could be a potential terrorist attack. we do not know and that s what the investigation will tell us. and joining me now nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, a good morning. good morning to you, alex. welcome to washington. i m glad to be here. it was an hopper to walk into that event with you. it was a lot of fun. that was then. this is now. let s get to this pretty difficult news to talk about. the investigation here, the first assessment of this device indicates it was not a functional bomb? well, that s the, i think, initial assessment is the right way to p