e the nation left long ago or will you go forward? unfinished business tonight in that state. i cannot believe north carolina is thinking about going back to that but they are absolutely considering it. it's >> it's thursday, june fourth. right now on "first look," law enforcement sources tell nbc news the boston terror suspect was plotting to kill police officers and behead an activist. speaking out the duggars revealing for the first time that four of five of josh duggar's molestation victims were his sisters. plus the most fascinating story you will see today, guitar surgery. and today jeb bush sets the day to jump into the race. >> thanks for joining us us. it is described as an isis-inspired plot to kill police officers in the u.s. but for the terrorism suspect killed tuesday in boston was it plan

b? law enforcement sources tell sources they had a plot to kill the conservative activist behind the draw muhammad contest. it appears that plot was just talk, a fantasy. officials don't know whether the suspect even knew where to find her. geller has released a statement saying they targeted me for violating sharia laws. it won't end with me or the cops. it's just the beginning. with thing that's being ignored is that isis is here. islamic terrorism is here. our correspondent pete williams that has details on this investigation. >> reporter: investigators were back at the scene where a boston police officer and an fbi agent shot the man authorities say was plotting to kill police. 26-year-old of boston as the fbi

released new details. we have learned that three weeks ago based on social media postings and messages, the fbi put him on 24 -hour surveillance. they were watching as he went online ordering three knives with long blades from amazon. they say they met last sunday and talked about a plan to behead a victim. they say he changed his plan saying in a wiretapped phone call that he wanted to attack police tuesday or wednesday adding i'm just going to go after them those boys in blue because it's the easiest target. alarmed by that call the fbi decided to break cover and question him before he got on a bus with one of his knives. officials revealed that when five boston police officers and fbi agents approached he drew this knife and refused to drop it. hoping to calm community leaders, boston police showed them surveillance video of the

shooting. those who saw it called it inconclusive but disputed a claim by the suspect's brother that he was shot in the back while talking to his dad on the cell phone. >> what the video shows is that the individual was not on the cell phone or shot in the back. >> reporter: one of the men the fabz says was in on the plot appeared in federal court was arrested late yesterday after his house was searched. >> we say hi to them every day and they're out to hurt us hurt the police. >> reporter: wright was charged with encouraging the suspect. >> that was peel williams reporting. the duggars are speaking out for the first time since reports of sexual abuse allegations against their eldest son, josh. the duggers sat down for an exclusive interview.

they say when their son was a minor he improperly touched five victims including four of his younger sisters and another person outside of the family. >> 12 years ago we went through one of the most darkest times that our family has ever gone through and our son josh came to us on his own and he was crying and he had just turned 14 and he said that he had actually improperly touched some of our daughters. and it was -- >> we were shocked. we were devastated. i don't think any parent is prepared for a trauma like that. >> the duggars say none of their daughters was aware of what happened saying the girls were asleep at the time. it wasn't until josh admitted to touching one of his very young sisters that the parents sought help outside of the home. >> that same day he just was weeping and shared immediately what he had done and so we were weeping and the little one was

like what's wrong? where's -- why is daddy and josh leaving. as we're all leaving, the next day and for days and days i was saying josh has done some very bad things and he's -- he's very sorry. >> when asked why the police weren't called right away they said they wanted to handle the matter themselves. they eventually reported josh's actions to authorities but not before the statute of limitations had run out rendering his actions unpunable by law. tlc has pulled their show from the schedule. it's been on the air for ten seasons. they say they don't know if the show will resume. >> it's like pulling a ball of yarn. new information this morning on just how massive this fifa corruption scandal could be. they unsealed a transcript when a top official confessed he said that he and others accepted

bribes involving the bidding to have france host the 1998 world cup and the 2010 world cup in south africa. they say they involve a top ranking official from fifa and south africa. >> there are new details in an anthrax scare. it is now twice as bad as it was thought to be. it was fedexed to dozens locations in at least 17 states and three different countries. tracie potts is live in washington. how is the pentagon responding? >> >> reporter: they're trying to figure out how this happened. it's pornt to note that no one has gotten sick yet as a result of the live anthrax spores. it is more widespread than the military first thought and they admit that number could grow. a ground in utah sent potentially live anthrax to 51

labs in 17 states and three countries. twice as many as first reported. >> we expect this number may rise. >> reporter: the pentagon is testing more than 400 samples, four so far tested positive for live anthrax. this is how the samples were shipped packed in dry ice and sealed containers via fedex. >> the chances of getting anthrax in the form they were in is virtually null. >> reporter: 31 lab workers are being medicated as a precaution. the military and cdc are trying to figure out how samples that were tested still contained live spores. >> those tests did not detect the presence of live anthrax. we need to know why. >> reporter: the cdc is expected to halt all anthrax shipments until they figure out what one official calls a complete mystery. back here koch is expecting to get an update in a few days. we saw a statement from some

house leaders, two democrats and two republicans, all of them urging the military to deal with this and figure out the house before someone gets hurt. >> all right. thank you. now to brazil. >> all right. take a look at this. a hospital posted this remarkable video of a man performing yesterday by the beatles while he was undergoing brain surgery. the patient was kept conscious as the surgical team removed a tumor. he also performed a song he wrote himself after his newborn son and he did such a great job that the doctors asked for an encore. that is fascinating. time to get down to business with landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning to you. a new taco bell restaurant in chicago will be the first in the u.s. to serve alcohol. it's only for dine in customers and will be served in special

cups. no word on whether this will go national. it's part of a major revamp. he's your chance to bring home the bacon. the indiana lottery is selling bacon scented tickets. they get $250 worth of bacon a year or $10,000 a cash. an egg prices are at record prices as bird flu is wiping out millions of chickens. the eggs are skyrocketing. they resorted to buying eggs normally sold in super markets driving up costs for consumers. >> forget the eggs. let's put our money on the bacon lot toe. >> i'm with you. >> now to sports and the stanley cup finals. lightning get their early lead but the hawks rally in the third to score two goals in two minutes. hawks win. the french open, djokovic making

it look easy winning three straight sets. the loss is only second in nadal's winning streak. florida gators beat the michigan wolverines. they are the third program to win back to back national championships. a massive donation for the nation's richest school. plus new details in the d.c. mansion murder investigation and the hunt for other suspects. you're watching "first look" on msnbc.

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california but there's a more stable layer and the thunderstorms won't be able to blossom blossom. most likely only a tropical storm and it may miss it to the west and most of the computer molds models take it to the west. virginia eastern california ugly day today. thunderstorms are dying out a little bit here but still a few strong storms that will try to approach linking and omaha and late today most likely the same spots of yesterday with storms. >> our thoughts are with them. me de new details in a murder case in d.c. a suspect was later arrested after a multistate man hunt but now the focus has moved to who else may have been involved. peter alexander reports. >> reporter: d.c. police are

zeroing in on records from three cell phones stolen from the victims and their housekeeper that might lead them to another killer. search warrants show how they think the suspects forced themselves into the mansion breaking a window pane and breaking a lock. police now searching for the fat wear that matches a print. darren went is the only suspect currently charged. the documents show detectives are focusing on an assistant who police say admitted about when he was first contacted to get the 40,000 money and how he delivered it. police now combing his phone history. wallace wallace has not been charged with any wrong doing. report records detail the evidence they were searching for inside the car that wint was arrested in.

weapons used in the murder duct tape and a red bag used to carry the money. also on the list clothing or shoes with blood of them. credit cards and paperwork from the home and digital recordings from surveillance cameras at the house. investigators have not said what items they've found. the family's two teenager daughters are left to grieve. >> rescuers continue to search for survivors after a cruise ship capsizes in the yangtze river. divers are searching the ship's cabins one by one. so far the death toll has reached 65. more than 300 people are still missing. don paulson as donated the largest gift to harvard

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prepare to be shocked. could jeb bush be running for president? well the tampa bay types reports he'll announce his candidacy on june 15th. who would have guessed? meanwhile, lincoln chafee announce announced he'll run for president. his speech focussed on a way to wage peace. ted cruz is apologizing for making a joke about joe biden less than a week after a week after the death of his son. he said vice president biden, you know the nice thing, you don't even need a bunch line. he posted an apology saying it was a mistake to use an old joke about joe biden during his time of grief and that his prayers were with the vice president. would the conservative base of the gop be shrinking in a poll shows only 42% of people describe themselves as social

and economic conservatives. that is the lowest since the poll began in 2005. the house 'approved a request for money for a deep space mission to mars. kathleen matthews will run as a democrat to replace chris van hollen in the house. she also happens to be the wife of chris matthews. governor chris christie was on the other side of the george washington bridge at yankee stadium for a benefit softball game. he was named the unofficial mvp for his outstanding play at third place. that is the morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined now by bob franken. good morning. >> makes you want to go out and play a little game of softball. >> a little bit. it looks like jeb bush will jump in the raise. why not continue raising a whole lot of money?

>> well the fact that he has announced that he's going to actually announce means that he's decided that he's squeezed out every bit of money that he could kout being a candidate. he's going to make official what everybody knew and he's going to make his announcement in the middle of june. >> is he the one to beat among this ever expanding list of presidential hopefuls? >> well, the -- many of the republicans have problems with him because he's presenting himself at the relative moderate even though he has quite the conservative record which he likes to talk about. i suppose with his name recognition, he is the one to beat but it's kind of hard to spot the one to beat in that field which is growing every single day. >> speaking of former texas governor rick perry is set to announce that he is running today today. it's his second time. can he recover from his missteps the last time. he did forget a key piece of his

own platform in a debate the last time around. >> can i see a situation where he comes and says i'm here to announce -- oops. >> i forgot what i was going to say. >> well the truth is is that he's been trying to overcome that but any number of successful candidates including bill clinton had been ridiculed he made a speech that was so long that he was pretty much laughed out of the party and that he ended up getting the nomination the next time around. can rick perry overcome that? sure. will he? he's been studying how to be a president, sort of president for dummyies and we'll see if it's taken. >> bob, this is a man who had quite a successful career in texas. he's got a lot under his belt. when it comes to running, there is a chance here though. you have to admit that. >> it depends on how you define success. rick perry and the republicans would say because the state has had a very positive employment

picture and has welcomed any number of industries to the state of texas that that means success. however, his critics will say that that has come at the cost of the every day citizens. they have very, very low taxes, a lack of regulation which means you have to worry about the water that you drink in texas and the air that you breathe. >> all right, bob. i'll let you keep the last word with that one although i'm from texas and i kind of disagree with that. especially the water and the air. it wasn't too bad for me. just ahead a "first look" at caitlyn jenner's reality saerzeries, and an epic "seinfeld" reunion, next.

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that's what you said. >> finally the washington monument will reopen today. it was closed for several years after it was damaged in an earthquake in 2011 but it will open for business once again. "way too early" starts right now. disturbing new details e plerj. the boston plot foiled before possible attacks on police officers plus a view from the capitol. house majority leader hopefully calls into "way too early" if he wakes up for the gop agenda and he's back briefly, that is a bearded stephen colbert checks in three months ahead of his debut on cbs. >> good morning. it's thursday, john 4une 4th. welcome to "way too early."

all the fun stories you slept through and sports and weather. we're coming to you live from washington d.c. and we begin this morning up north in boston where new details are emerging about the disturbing alleged plot to behead police officers in an attack possibly inspired by isis. one of the suspects is in custody after facing a judge wednesday. the other dead after he confronted authorities with a military style knife. police believe execution of the plan could be hours away. pete williams has more on the latest case of civilians akuszed of targeting police officers. >> reporter: investigators to were back at the scene where an fbi agent shot the man they say was plotting to behead police. nbc has learned that three weeks ago based on soc