that is it for us tonight. i'm don lemon and thank you for watching. "ac360" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com thank you for joining us tonight. the jurors in the american sniper trial tells us how the man chris kyle called straight up nuts was not convicted of being insane. >> and how three men were arrested trying to join isis and two of them trying to leave the kuncountry. and the commissioner of police in new york city says this is real. >> the lone wolves of trying to go to the middle east or the acquiring the fighting skills and then attempting to return to

the kuncountry. >> one suspect was trying to go to turkey and another suspect booked on a later flight was arrested in brooklyn and a third man was ar are rested in florida. all three talk ded about carrying out attacks, and one talked about killing the ing theing the president. we are joined by deborah feyerick. and what do we know about the suspects and what they are accused of. >> we know that two of the three were here at federal court this afternoon, and anderson one of the men had asked for an uzbek translator delaying the hearing. the 19-year-old was picked up on the jetway as he was ar are rested to try to board the plain to syria. the third man, the money man, owns a series of kiosks in philadelphia and virginia beach

and florida by selling kit canchen kitchenware. now, they did have a backup plan anderson and one of the reasons is because the 19-year-old, his mom had confiscated his passport fearing that is what he wanted to do. so he came up with a plan b according to the court documents, and he allegedly was going the join the military and funnel information to isis and if that failed or he was caught, he would simply open up fire on troops troops. then he had a plan to buy an ak-47 and go out the shoot police officers as well as fbi agents. the the 24-year-old was focused on getting to syria, but he said if not, he would be in touch with isis through a website, and once they gave him the go ahead, he would attempt to shoot president obama. they were both in court. they were rather small, anderson.

no taller than 5'4". both wearing hoodies. the 19-year-old had a pair of black and red leather high tops with the laces removed. both understood that the charges against them are extremely serious, anderson. >> and the government sources that you're talked to, they are describing this as something they have not seen before. how is it, the dual plans? >> reporter: i think this represents an elevation of what they believe was a real threat and what you hear from law enforcement, from what we've heard in the past couple of years, especially with regard to isis, was this concern about americans traveling over there, getting, you know, some kind of know-how about fighting and bringing it back here. in this case, what they're talking about is a real sell. if you leave the court documents, a real act of sell, which had plans. again, there were plan bs, but plans to do something here and that was something they haven't seen before. and also something different here, we've seen a lot of these

cases come from around the country. i talked to prosecutors recently about exactly why we hadn't seen anything out of new york city, the biggest city in the country and now we've seen that. that's something alarming to them because they know that once you see it in new york, there could be other types of cells around the country. >> deb, do we know much about how law enforcement got on to these three suspects and do they feel they got everybody involved in this? >> reporter: well, anderson, they do feel they got everybody involved in this. one reason, the 24-year-old who worked at a gyro king was caught on a web site talking about some of the things he wanted to do including joining isis and so through him, the fbi was able to get to others, to this 19-year-old, also to the money man and then they sent in a confidential informant who was crucial in helping the fbi make this case against the three men. but also, it was the confidential informant who was able to help the 19-year-old get a new passport and he told him that he had to go down to the immigration office in manhattan and get photographed and

fingerprinted and that's exactly what the 19-year-old did. he said he felt joyful, his soul felt happy. >> deborah feyerick, evan perez, thank you very much. we are joined now by fran townsend former president bush's homeland security adviser on the ciae ternl advisory boards now and is a former fbi directive assistant secretary. one, they wanted to go to isis but had plan b and plan c in some cases. >> remember, in the case of the ottawa bad guy, he couldn't leave the country. he couldn't leave canada because the authorities stopped him. and so, this is, we have to remember, this is a learning organization. these guys watch the news, understand what the contingencies are. so they're planning for it, very concerning.

look. the fbi, i don't know it's fair to say they identified everybody in this ring. deb was saying that they had. they certainly identified the immediate ring through the informant but they took this down not because they identified the complete word, but the guy at the airport ready to get on the plane and if they didn't arrest him then, they wouldn't have had that option so they took it down because they had to. it's not clear to me that they actually had identified the entire network. >> so you think that a group like isis actually prefers that people like these guys would actually stay in the united states? they're actually more valuable to them here? >> i think it's certainly something we need to look at. that's one of the things they look at. the fbi and the jtts are looking at that those who are inspire and those looking to cause harm here. should they go back to syria or the middle east, because they can inspire others and they will be trained and then we will lose visibility on them, and come back through europe and elsewhere to get back into the united states but if they can't

get back out, if they can do something here to raise their profile and get back. omething here to raise their profile and have an impact? >> shawn, from a law enforcement standpoint, you know, there are people who are very skeptical when they hear about a case like this and hear, wait, a confidential informant told this guy how to go down and get a passport. how smart can this guy have been if he didn't know how to go down and get himself a passport, is there an element set up or a path? from a law enforcement standpoint, how do you defend that? >> when you've got people making these type of statements talking about the jihadi cause, talking about traveling over supporting isis, talking about hurting americans, killing the president, you've got to follow all these leads to their logical conclusion. in a case like this, it's very often difficult to prosecute these cases.

there's a balance, a freedom of speech in what somebody says and aspirational of what is real. the fbi about introducing confidential informant is looking to get overt acts to demonstrate he was intending to go over. he wanted to cause harm. so that's a balance part of the investigation. you can't turn the head. you've got to follow these to their logical conclusion to make sure you keep americans safe. >> if you don't do that, if you don't go down the road with them, and do something, god forbid something happens, you get blamed for not having fully investigated. >> i mean, the fbi is looking to collect evidence of their intentions. they were very clear on what their intentions were. they had to provide the capability to record that activity, so it was very clear that it was not aspirational. it was not just puffery. it was somebody who wanted to take acts to harm americans. >> anderson, i'll tell you. the track record of the fbi in this sort of an incident is very good. they understand very well, they work with prosecutors. they understand where the line is. so their ability to defend these cases in these investigations is virtually unparalleled. right? they haven't gotten these things reversed because they understand well not to over-lead the

individual. >> i want to play something the fbi director said today. >> i have homegrown violent extremism investigations in every single state. until a few weeks ago, it was 49 states. alaska had none. i couldn't quite figure out but alaska has now joined the group. so we have investigations of people in various stages of radicalizing in all 50 states. >> it's really interesting i think a lot of people to hear that. because you don't, as much as we know of what we've seen happen around the world and in the united states with the number of incidents, it's shocking to hear every state of the union, there are investigations going on. >> what he didn't say in every state of the union there's one. in certain communities like new york, there's many more than one. the fbi's investigative resources are incredibly stretched, so it's important in places like new york. but they're working with the local police department to develop sources, to develop leads and to do surveillance and follow them.

and so this is a real problem. let's remember, isis said they want to bring their brand of terrorism here to the united states. you've got to take it seriously when the fbi is. >> fran townsend, shawn henry. thank you. a verdict that caught everybody by surprise, at least the quickness of it after deliberating for 2.5 hours, the jury in the "american sniper" trial returned a guilty verdict. what they saw to help them make up their minds. i talked to two of the jurors. you'll hear from them in a moment. were you surprised how quick it was, ultimately, about three hours, i think. >> i wasn't. because, in my heart, no. i wasn't. i wasn't surprised. when i heard all the other jurors speak their peace, i was not surprised. x absolutely helped me quit smoking.

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welcome back. in a moment you'll hear two jurors about ow they reached the verdict that eddie ray routh was guilty in the killings of chris

kyle and chad littlefield. for the first time, we can see and hear what transpired in the room where mr. routh was first interrogated. ed lavandera has all of that. >> reporter: this is eddie ray routh confessing to the murders, wearing the clothes he wore to the country side country range that day. chad littlefield's blood still staining his boots. >> what happened out there today other than shooting sports? >> i was reasonable and fair with them boys. i can't just keep eating my soul up about this. you know, you can't just keep letting people eat your soul up for free. you know. >> it's not what it's about. it's about having a soul that you have to you for yourself and there are. i do have a ton of people that are eating on my soul right now. >> you talk to your sister today. >> i told her i had to kill men today. it wasn't a want to. i had to, a need to.

>> reporter: a jury heard from chris kyle's wife, taya. >> who were you married to prior to february 2nd, 2013? >> chris kyle. i'm sorry. i'm not nervous. i'm just emotional. >> reporter: emotional as she remembered the last time she saw her husband. >> chad was at the house, and chad just wanted to have an extra set of eyes, and then i said hey, maybe make sure that this guy e foes that chad can be trusted 100% so that he is comfortable saying whatever he wants to say, and he said, oh, no ehe deaf fitly will. and then that we loved each other, a kiss and hug like we always did. >> reporter: later, called kyle and said something was wrong. >> something at left creek, it's beautiful. he feels good about helping somebody, usually making their day and he knows it. which is what, you know, happened earlier. he thought that the guy sounded really excited to go, and so he

thought he was doing a good thing. >> he sounded irritated when you talked to him that afternoon? >> it was short. it wasn't like short like you were interrupting a good time, but it was like, i wish that i could say more but 'm not going to because there were people around. >> reporter: that was the last time they would ever speak. she texted him, are you okay? i'm getting worried. chris kyle never responded. a few hours later, eddie ray routh would be surrounded by police in the truck. and in the police interrogation tape, routh is questioned by texas ranger, danny briley. [ inaudible ]

she reacted publicly to the verdict? >> reporter: we haven't heard any public reaction. in fact, she wasn't even in the courtroom when the verdict was read last night, anderson. as defense attorneys were giving their closing arguments toward the end of that, taya kyle got up and left the courtroom after having sat through two weeks of testimony. obviously, excruciating for her. sounds like she couldn't be in

that courtroom anymore. she got up and left. wasn't even around for the verdict, anderson. >> incredible. thank you, ed lavandera, very much. two members of the jury, i spoke with stacey matthews and heidi correa earlier tonight. so heidi, i know this case hinged on whether or not the shooter knew he was doing right from wrong. you as a jury decided he did know right from wrong. i'm wondering, what convinced you of that? >> reporter: it was just kind of an overall, it was you get so much information in the matter of, you know, the 10 or 11 days of the trial. you hear one side and then the other. it was the preponderance of the evidence that he admitted he knew it was wrong, and the one thing for me, everybody has their own hinge thing that convinced them, but for me, it was when he admitted that when he was riding in the back of the truck on the way to the shooting range that he said he considered

killing them then. but he knew if he did that, that the truck would wreck and he would get hurt. the other thing was the chad and kyle thing. he shot chad, which was a murder. it wasn't the american sniper but it was a human life. and he knew if he didn't shoot chris, he would kill him. >> did you know he suffered from some mental illness? >> the thank is hard about it sis that if you think that in the back of your mind the dude was definitely not right. he definitely was an unhinged person and every time he got in trouble for something violent behavior and the police were called he was taken, and he claimed ptsd and said he was a veteran and they took him to the

v.a. instead of taking him the police instead of arresting him. and every time he went to the v.a. they tested him for drugs and alcohol, and he tested positive. they could not say what was causing the psychosis until he was off of the drug ss and the alcohol. when we get the charge as a jury, the defense had to prove beyond a preponderance of reason or preponderance of the evidence, 51-49 is all it had to be, the defense never proved that beyond the preponderance of the evidence he was clinically insane. >> the defense psychiatrist testified that he had paranoid schizophrenia. the prosecution rebutted that with their own experts. >> yeah, i did. and i'm not saying any of the psychiatrists were wrong in their diagnosis. they probably felt like they were as correct as they could be

given what they saw of mr. routh when they interviewed him. but the bottom line is there are all levels of mental illness. his mental illness was not severe enough that he did not know what he was doing was wrong. >> he was released from a v.a. hospital just shortly before he ended up killing chris kyle, and his mom talked about that. i think it was just a week before the shootings, he was released. his mom talked about that, trying to keep him inside the hospital because she said he wasn't ready to be released. i want to play that for our viewers what she said on the stand. >> did you ever plead with the dallas v.a. not to release him? >> absolutely, i did. they called me at school and said on thursday that they were go g

going to release him and i needed to pick him up. because i objected and said he's not ready. >> a long period of time, didn't you? >> yes, i did. >> and in fact you begged the u.s. government not to release your son, and they still released him? >> yes, sir. >> what impact did the statement the mom made on you? the fact the son was hospitalized, pleaded with the v.a. not to release him. did they weigh in your thinking at all or does it come back to the never really understanding or getting a sense of what his actual psychiatric diagnosis was? >> well, i think the mom was pleading because she knew every time he would stay for the v.a. a certain amount of days, he was free of the drugs and alcohol and got out, he was normal for a couple of days. she just didn't want him released because when he was out, he would go back to old behavior. >> the conversation covered a lot of ground. when we continue, we'll have more of their impressions of the trial, the evidence that they heard and the testimony that moved them. what it was actually like in the

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verdict against "american sniper" killer eddie ray routh 24 hours old, we are getting a much better idea tonight of what jurors saw and heard and how they decided the case. more of my conversation with juror stacey matthews and heidi carilla. she described what she saw the last time she saw chris kyle alive. >> he said he was inviting chad to come along. >> you said chad had come to the house? >> chad had come to the house. had an extra set of eyes. and then he maybe make sure this guy knows that chad can be trusted 100% so that he's comfortable saying whatever he wants. he said, oh, yeah. no. i definitely will. and then that we loved each other and gave each other a kiss and hug like we always did.

>> you know, heidi, trials are such personal things. particularly for jury members. what went through your mind when you heard taya saying that? >> sorrow. sorrow for her. and her family. how you can't sit there and not feel sorrow for her, and empathy, but that is not what made our decision. >> there's a lot of sad things that happen in the world and you can't base it just on the emotional fact. we were given the facts. we were given evidence. our charge was that you have to consider the facts and the evidence only and no emotion and no outside influence, and your charge is the state does not have to prove their case. he already admit odd the murder. the state's case was already done. he committed the murder. it was on the defense's burden

to prove a preponderance of the evidence that he did not know what he did was wrong, and there were three prongs that he had a mental defect at the time of the murder at the time of the conduct, and he had a mental defect and what was the other one? >> disease. >> and that he did not know what he was doing was wrong, and they could not prove it. even if he was whack-o, they could not prove that he did not know what he was doing at the time of the murders. >> we did not take that decision lightly. >> there were a lot of tears. >> there were a lot of tears in that deliberation room. we felt very -- we felt a lot of sympathy for eddie. we felt sympathy for the family, and for his family and we took it very seriously. >> when you got into the jury room as you said you have not been able to talk about it, and

then suddenly you have ideas in your head and you can talk about it was it apparent right away that everybody is on the same page here this in terms of what they now believe, or was it that sometimes -- >> oh, there were people -- and everybody was -- >> we passed the kleenex box instead of the stick, and all 12 jurors got to talk and state their peace without interruption and then we got to question an discuss, and it took a while, and we had to weigh the evidence and make sure that we believed what we were doing was right. >> and then we took a vote. >> that was it. >> that was it. >> heidi and stacie, thank you

so much. >> thank you. >> so having heard all of that, i want to bring in our panel. mark geragos and danny cevallos and host of dr. drew on call. one of the problems was the alcohol abuse and something the jury picked up on. >> yeah, i'm actually fascinated. the jury in this case seems to have hit on all the issues. they would have been read an instruction that was essentially this. voluntary intoxication is not a defense to any crime in texas. so every shred of evidence that was evidence of intoxication or drug use negated that insanity defense. that's why the prosecution pushed so hard to get that in and the defense was left in an awkward position of trying to separate the two, saying, yes, he used drugs but that was separate and distinct from his mental disease that he labored under. which is interesting because i'm sure as dr. drew will tell us, it's almost impossible to separate in the case of a dual diagnosis a mental illness with a drug addiction or abuse.

>> from what i understand about mental illness, a lot of people mask it with drug abuse. a lot of people who are suffering from mental illness will turn to drugs to kind of self-medicate, isn't that right? >> right, but they are making things worse. it does not make things better. it may feel better in the moment and it's common, you're right. and i'm amazed as danny was these women have picked up very astutely connecting the dots from the volitional use, unwillingness to get treatment for his addiction to the uncontrollable psychotic episodes and he wouldn't stop the drugs and alcohol long enough for the doctors to make a diagnosis. there was a direct line from the drug use to psychosis and the psychosis he had was almost a delirium. they could have made more of that and say he didn't know what he was doing but he showed remorse, thought of killing them in the car. there were subtle points they picked up, further damning evidence. >> life in prison without parole is the only option the judge had after the guilty verdict.

do you believe it's the right outcome? >> well, you know, i get that question today a lot and i've answered, it's the legal outcome. it's what the judge had to do. is it the right outcome? i don't think so. i don't think you should ever in a situation like this when you've got mental illness and i've said other times anderson discussing with you, we turned our jails and prisons into mental institutions, which is awful, and i think at a certain point, we have to better understand what mental illness is and how to handle mental illness, because clearly, law enforcement should not be dealing with mental illness. >> dr. drew, do you believe he could know right from wrong even if he was mentally ill? >> yes, there is such a thing but there's two points. he resisted treatment. the time for this man to do something about this is before the legal system had to step in.

everybody has to learn something about this. the time to get help is before you hurt yourself or somebody else. the other issue is his, as mark was saying, we don't want the jails being the mental illness last resort, but i heard he harmed animals as a kid. conduct disorder, not able to empathize with other people and cause to do things heinous above and beyond his mental illness made worth by mental illness but separate from it. >> danny, it's interesting. we're accustomed to innocent until proven guilty but it was on the defense. >> it's still innocent until proven guilty but the prosecution was required to prove each and every element of the crime of murder. but the defendant was raising what we call an affirmative defense. essentially said yeah, all that stuff is true but i had additional facts that should excuse me. court said that's proper to put the burden in texas on the defendant to prove in other states they have to disprove insanity, the prosecution downside.

but in texas, a preponderance of the evidence, which is commonly thought of as 51% of the evidence, whatever that means, is up to each individual jury. you heard them, they got the standard right, but it is proper and allowed. that's what texas applies. other states use different tests. but when it comes to affirm the defense, we can hold the defendant to a burden to prove that affirmative defense. >> mark, it's interesting because a lot of people are asking, i know you were wondering about this, what kind of impact with the hollywood effect would have on this, the movie of chris kyle's life, the trial coinciding with the oscars, at the oscars. as it turns out, one or two jurors actually seen the film and they said to them, it was completely separate from their commitment to the trial. >> right. that's, they're always going to tell you that. jurors will rarely say, hey, i was influenced by outside items. i will tell you one other thing. one other observation i make and

maybe echoes both danny and drew, is they're smart and they take this stuff seriously and always, i'm always refreshed whatever goes on that jurors take it seriously. once they take the oath, next to military service, people take this stuff seriously. >> that was one of the things heidi said. we were talking about this off camera. she was saying she would go back and forth. the prosecution would argue with something and say, i can see that point. the defense would argue and say, i can see that point as well. and i think that's the mark of a good juror. somebody with an open mind and is listening to both prosecution and defense and ultimately finally make up their own mind. >> exactly right. >> mark geragos, danny cevallos, dr. drew. thank you. ahead, a star not shy about jet setting lifestyle but who has been footing the bill? that's the question. a new report says maybe taxpayers in way tas you might

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the first rising political star tripped up by a glittery lifestyle but like others before him, he's finding out too much luster in personal life lead to questions about who's paying for it. athena jones with more on whether a report reveals and what the congressman has to say about it now. >> reporter: jet setting illinois congressman aaron schock never shied away from publicity. boasted about his travels online, meeting the pope at the vatican, hanging out with buddhist monks in myanmar and parasailing in argentina. not your typical member of congress and if photos raise eyebrows? >> taylor swift said haters are going to hate. >> reporter: he even showed off the toned abs in "men's health." and now those very visible

photos are leading to questions. the very instagram photos posted by him leading to questions about who's funding his lifestyle. schock used taxpayer and campaign money to pay for flights on private jets and even tickets to a sold-out katy perry concert, according to the associated press. the a.p. said schock took at least a dozen flights worth more than $40,000 on planes owned by key donors since mid 2011. the fresh-faced congressman, just 33, has been seen as a rising star in the republican party. but stories about his spending and his relationship with donors are now raising questions. >> it comes down to a lot of smoke, but repeatedly over and over again and you know what they say, when there's a lot of smoke, there's often fire. >> reporter: schock isn't commenting on the latest report which comes after a series of stories on the lavish decorations in his capitol hill office. dark red walls, a bouquet of pheasant feathers. nicknamed the downton abbey office after the popular pbs show and at least partially funded by the taxpayers.

and he is accused of selling his home in peoria to a donor for significantly higher than market value. critics called for ethics review in both cases and while the office won't comment on the allegations, schock is already facing an inquiry over an accusation he broke fund raising rules and federal law by soliciting higher than allowed contributions for a political committee. back in illinois, schock's thousands of dollars in car mileage reimbursements, 18,000 since 2013, are among the highest in congress. >> well, athena, i understand he hired legal representation? >> reporter: that's right. he hired two lawyers from a prominent firm here in d.c. one of them has represented members before in the house and senate ethics committee and the other is a former federal e election commission chairman and an expert on federal campaign finance law. that team will be reviewing the finance procedures in his congressional office and his campaign and leadership packs to

see whether they can be improved. schock has also hired two gop communication strategists to help him out with the press and i should mention, anderson, the citizens, left leaning group, filed third complaint in less than a month with the office of congressional ethics asking for an investigation. >> athena jones, thank you very much. ahead, gary tuchman on ice tonight reporting from the frozen great lakes in the thick of the battle to keep ship lanes open. plus, a house explodes. this is incredible. captured on dash cam video, what caused the explosion and how many hurt. ahead, new series, "finding jesus" surrounding jesus's life and death. an unprecedented cnn event. he didn't vanish without leaving a trace. >> for the first time in history, we're able to place these relics. >> and grasp something that changed the world. >> this is really the moment of truth. >> this is the story of jesus. >> a rock upon which the church

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>> reporter: this is the coast guard cutter hollyhock, anderson, in the middle of lake huron, one of the five great lakes in the city of port huron, michigan, a hundred miles northeast of detroit and this is lake huron. it's impossible to believe a few months from now, people will be jumping in this water and water skiing. right now, it feels like we're on a glacier. we're crunching the ice as we go. this is a coast guard mission. nine coast guard ice breakers like this one and their mission every year is to clear the shipping channels in the five great lakes. they do it with a canadian coast guard, four of the great lakes are shared by canada and the united states. the only one entirely the united states is lake michigan. right now we're on a 20 hour mission to go to two canadian commercial vessels trapped by ice in the northern part of lake huron. we're heading there, be there by sunrise tomorrow. the idea to clear the ice so they can continue back to their home port in ontario. they're not in peril or danger,

but just can't go anymore. that's typically what happens in the winter. anderson, last year at this time, very cold winter, 70% of the great lakes ice surface was frozen. right now, same week, 85% of the five great lakes frozen just like lake huron where we're standing right now. >> and how long is a mission like this? >> reporter: this particular mission is going to be about 20 hours. we expect to arrive tomorrow morning and then head back with the canadian vessels, but sometimes there are 45 coast guards, men and women on this ship and it's incredible the sights and the sounds. it almost sounds like an earthquake, anderson, when you go over the ice. this ice is about a foot deep and about ten inches of snow on top of the ice, but most missions they go on could be between five and nine days where they sleep in their bunks aboard the ship and stay on the great lakes and then go home for a day and go out for another mission. >> long day. gary tuchman, thanks very much. more happening. amara walker with a 360 bulletin.

anderson the fate of jodi arias is this in the hands of a jury at a sentencing trial. to decide whether she should die or get life in prison for killing her boyfriend. the jury that convicted her in 2013 deadlock over her punishment. the source close to the family of bobbi kristina brown took her off medications but put back on because she began having seizures. brown in a medically induced coma after being found face down in her bathtub nearly a month ago. in ocean city, new jersey, a gas explosion captured on a police dash cam. one home was completely destroyed in tuesday's blast. 15 people were injured. many of them workers from a national gas company who were investigating the leak and take a look at this. all that remains now of the destroyed home is its foundation. debris was scattered all over the area. incredible that nobody was killed in this. anderson? >> could totally disintegrate. thank you. more reaction from the new york neighborhood where men

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returning to the breaking news from the top of the broadcast, three men charged tonight attempting to aid isis. jason carroll tonight is outside the apartment building where two of the suspects lived. i know you spoke with the travel agent who actually booked the flight for one of the three men. what did he have to say? >> reporter: right, that was for 19-year-old akhror. apparently last thursday he walked inside and said he wanted to by a round-trip ticket to istanbul and it would cost around $900, but then he said that he didn't have that much money. the travel ago offered a different option. said if you make a stop in kiev, i can get you on for $579. that's what he did. i have a copy of the itinerary here the travel agent gave me. according to the travel plans, he was supposed to fly wednesday, today, just after midnight on ukraine international airlines flight 0232. obviously, anderson, he never made that flight.

that travel agent also telling me saying how shaken he was. he actually said my hands are still shaking knowing that i spoke and dealt with someone accused of such a terrible crime. >> you were also speaking to one of the guy's landlords. >> reporter: right. actually, two of the suspects. both of the suspects, which appeared in court, actually lived in the building here behind me. spoke to the landlord late in the afternoon, said nothing out of the ordinary. said they paid the rent on time. one thing he did say, the younger suspect, the 19-year-old said he was about to take a long vacation. anderson? >> some vacation. jason carroll, thank you very much. just incredible story. obviously, there's a lot more that police are trying to learn about those three, and about those three men and exactly what their plans were. they believe they were operating as some sort of a cell. it is not clear if they believe they got everybody associated with this group, and no doubt,

we will be learning a lot more in the coming days about exactly what law enforcement say they have on these three that warranted these arrests. that does it for us. and thank you very much for watching. anthony bourdain parts for most of my life, libya was a word with bad associations. libya meant gadhafi. libya meant terrorism. >> pan am flight 103 went down in a blazing fireball. >> libya meant a bad place where a comical, megalomaniacal dictator was the absolute power. nobody in libya, however, was laughing. >> reports of explosions. >> clashes between rioters and security forces. >> in 2011, what was previously unthinkable happened. the libyan people rose up and fought for their freedom. >> heavy battles raging around the libyan capital. >> they fought like hell. >> the rebels are about to