good evening. as so many in this country look on with revulsion at the atrocities and brutality of isis overseas, there has been a slow trickle of others who have been compelled to travel to syria to join the movement. and that said the fbi alludes arrested two new york men arrested here in the u.s. today allegedly were preparing to join the fight there or wage war on u.s. soil. in all three people were arrested today and conspireing to help isis to the point of supporting or car out attacks here at ho. we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. reporter: at new york s kennedy airport fbi arrested a brooklyn man headed overseas to join isis fighters. they accuse him of plotting with another brooklyn man, juraboev to get to syria through turkey. authorities say if the men couldn t get there they talked of staging attacks here perhaps a planting a bomb at coney island or killing police or attacking president obama. it was the raw statements t were not a
good evening. as so many in this country look on with revulsion at the atrocities and brutality of isis overseas, there has been a slow trickle of others who have been compelled to travel to syria to join the movement. and that said the fbi arrested two new york men arrested here in the u.s. today allegedly were preparing to join the fight there or wage war on u.s. soil. in all three people were arrested today and charged with conspireing to help isis to the point of supporting or carrying out attacks here at home. we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. reporter: at new york s kennedy airport fbi arrested a brooklyn man headed overseas to join isis fighters. they accuse him of plotting with another brooklyn man, juraboev to get to syria through turkey. authorities say, if the men couldn t get there they talked of staging attacks here perhaps planting a obama at coney island or killing president obama or the police. it was quite plain based on the
news with lester holt. good evening. help is coming from as far away as the east coast to fight wildfires in the west. an epic season of destruction that reached a new milestone today. 7 million acres torched this summer so far. across several states right now it s an all hands on deck effort. soldiers, even jailed prisoners enlisted to join the fight, with so many homes lost and so many others at risk. one of the worst fires continues to burn in chelan, washington, which is where national correspondent miguel almaguer leads us off on this busy tuesday. reporter: these are the conditions firefighters are facing on the front line. flames shooting closer and closer to homes in washington state. the national guard has moved in, bracing for a monster day tomorrow. winds expected to kick up dramatically. there are still hundreds and hundreds of houses that could be in the line of fire. reporter: the air attack key. dozens of drops every hour. four helicopters have been