by the fbi's joint terrorism task force was shot and killed after allegedly pulling a knife on boston police and federal agents. moments ago commissioner bill evans spoke briefly to reporters. have as listen. >> 6:59 this morning, officers in conjunction with joint terrorism task force had a suspect under surveillance at this location. at that time, along with the fbi confronted the suspect, identified themselves as boston police and fbi. at that particular time, the suspect turned, he pulled out a military-type knife. the officers asked him several times to put that knife down. they gave him several commands. he -- the officers tried their best retreating.

this and not listen to somebody else 3,000 miles away. >> "the boston globe" was reporting rahim made threats on social media towards police. what made them decide to move in on this man? >> the joint terrorism task force run by the fbi and 20 other agencies belong to it in the boston area they would be receiving these information broadcasts and jihadi postings going back more than a year where isis has been calling for followers all over the world to behead people. it happened on the streets of london where two soldiers had their heads cut off in front of witnesses, and it almost happened in australia, but they were able to thwart the plot. if they had 24/7 surveillance on rahim and they probably had electronic surveillance as well and they may have intercepted a message to him saying carry out the attack and how he goes with that giant knife, and it would take one-tenth of a second for him to plunge that knife into somebody at the bus or bus stop whether it's a police officer or not. in the original broadcast they requested not to only cut somebody's head off but video it and they would make sure it goes viral around the

when officers from boston police and fbi approached him early this morning, boston's police commissioner says he turned on them with a huge knife. >> the officers asked again, gave several commands for him to drop the weapon. unfortunately he came at the officers and they did what they were trained to do. >> that is one side of this. you have the victim's brother imam saying this -- "pray for my younger brother usaama rahim, shot in the back by boston police and dying, his last words "i can't breathe." with me deborah feyerick and national security analyst jowl yet kayen once -- juliet kayen, once a police officer. let me turn to you with the latest. he's been under surveillance for a couple of years and apparently radicalized among other influences isis. >> that's what the fbi official is saying telling evan perez out of washington. rahim was at the bus stop this morning when he was confronted by two investigators. apparently he had time according to his brother a facebook posting, to call their father on the phone because he needed a witness. now the brother makes no mention of this so

agents and the boston police did that day preventing a tragedy and keeping the city of boston safe. at this point i'm going to turn it over to pat to show the video and i'm sure we'll have some questions afterward. just to give some perspective and context of what we are looking at. this is a surveillance camera at the burger king. it's affixed to the burger king. this is washington street. just to give some context and perspective. this is headed inbound upon washington street toward the forest hills station. this direction is street head outbound, the next cross-street the west roxbury parkway. jon: what you are about to see is a videotape surveillance camera capture of the scene that happened last tuesday morning in suburban boston when a 26-year-old man named usaama rahim who had been under surveillance on a terror investigation had an encounter with an f.b.i. officer and boston police officer in a parking lot. his family said he was shot in the back, that he was talk on his cell phone. police say it didn't happen that way. we are about to see the actual chain of events that hap

boston police say they stopped a terror plot after taking out a suspect, police say he charged them withveillance for years, and a second man is due in court today in connection with the investigation investigation. alexandra field is in boston with the latest. >> reporter: of course the question of everybody's mind why did police move in when they moved in? this is somebody they were watching 24 hours a day, and recently they had noted changed in his behavior, and they approached him with what should have been a conversation and that confrontation turned deadly. they turn to two people that appear to be his associates as one man heads to court. police making the arrest last night in connection with the fatal shooting of a terror suspect in boston by police on tuesday morning. it all began around 7:00 in the morning when fbi and boston police descended on this cvs aiming to question the he had been under 24 hour surveillance by the joint terrorism task force, radicalized by isis and other extremist influences. the fbi said he made threats against police on social media. when officers app

boston police finally revealing this -- the disturbing video. a military knife gunned down in a confrontation with counterterrorism police. also this hour, two dangerous killers on the run, a community on high alert after a daring prison break in upstate new york. 250 police officers now joining the search, but they admit these guys could be anywhere. >>> and outrage over the police takedown of a teenager in a bikini. but why were police

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 ab

williams has details on the 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 usaamah rahim of boston, as the fbi revealed new details about the investigation. nbc news learned three weeks ago based on rahim's social media postings and messages the fbi put him under 24-hour-a-day surveillance. agents disclosed that were watching as he went online may 25th and 27th ordering three knives with long blades on amazon. they say rahim and two others met on sunday to talk about rahim's plan to behead a victim in another state, someone not named in court documents. the fbi says rahim changed his plan saying in a wiretapped phone call 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 the call the fbi decided to break cover and question him before he got on a bus with one of his knives. officials reveal that when five boston police officers and fbi agents approached, he drew this

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. >>> has a police shooting in boston blown open a home grown terrorist cell? this is the lead. >>> breaks news in the national lead today. police were watching him for a long time, then this morning he came at them with a knife. now we're finding out that the man shot and killed by a police officer and an fbi agent may have been radicalized by isis. were there other? >>> also in national news new bomb threats made against u.s. planes in the air other the u.s. packed with passengers coming the day after he found out that airport screeners really stink at stopping dangerous things from getting through the scanners. now the tsa making a change that may be as cosmetic as the security itself. >>> and the sports lead he has been depicted as everyone from a mafia overlord to the semp sons mr. burns, to temp roar from star wars the man at the top of a crumbling pyramid of alleged soccer kruchgs as ongled himself out of the game. >>> good afternoon. welcome to the lead. law enforcement officials saying a man fatally gunned down by boston police and the fbi this morning

here's a tweet from his brother, "pray for my younger brother, shot three times in his back by boston police then dying. his last words i can't breathe." with me now, former fbi special agent and police officer jonathan gilliam and our national correspondent deborah feyerick. let me begin with you, deb. tell me what you can share. >> what we can share is the man's name is usaama rahim. mid 20s. his brother is giving a very different account of what happened. he said his brother was waiting at a bus stop on his way to his job when, in his words, he was confronted by three boston police officers and subsequently shot three times in the back. nowhere does the brother say he had a knife, what authority describe as a fairly large military-style knife, and nowhere does he say he was the aggressor. the imam his brother, said he called his father and was on the phone with him, in his words, needing a witness. we've been speaking to authorities all day. he was under surveillance by the joint terrorism task force, investigators. unclear as to whether this was part of a long-term investigation or wheth

police. the father of one of the teens involved speaking out about what happened and why he is furious. >>> also terror takedown. our first look at what happened in boston as police shoot and kill a terror suspect who they say charged them with a knife. >>> and a major development after a cnn investigation into nine infant deaths at this one florida hospital. stay with me. this is cnn. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ...stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara® your doctor should test for tuberculosis. stelara® may increase your risk of cancer. always tell your doctor if you have any sign of infection have had cancer, or if you develop any new skin growths. do not take stelara® if you are allergic to stelara® or any of its ingredients. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems including headaches, seiz

boston police wanted to question him early tuesday morning. >> this is the weapon police say the 26-year-old suspect was holding, a black military style knife they say he pulled on them in a c.v.s. parking lot yesterday. >> we have a gentleman black mail coming out with a knife. >> the f.b.i. said it had been tracking the man for sometime, but recently, something changed. >> the level of alarm brought us to question him today. i don't think anyone expected the reaction we were going to get out of him. >> boston's police commissioner said he was ordered to put down the knife. >> they kept retreating, verbally giving commands to drop the weapon, drop the weapon, and at some point the individual came close so their lives were in danger. >> the suspect was shot in the torso and abdomen taken to a local hospital and called dead. his brother said he was confronted by three officers at a bus stop and shot in the back three times. later in the day police searched a home in nearby everett where they arrested david wright, who they said may be connected to the case. >> we'll continue until we're satis

agents and boston police tried to question rahim. police say rahim pulled one of the knives on the officers and threatened them. boston police commissioner william evans says a surveillance camera nearby shows what happened next. >> and then all of a sudden, you see five f.b.i. agents and boston retreating, backing on their feet, backing on their feet with their hands up like this, and from the witnesses' accounts, from officers' account, giving commands, "drop the weapon. drop the weapon." and then, unfortunately, we see the suspect shot. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell us the suspects had discussed an attack on pamela geller. she was the organized of a contest in garland texas. last month two isis sympathizers were shot and killed in a failed attack on that event. >> rose: thanks, >> rose: thanks, jeff. the u.s.-led coalition is keeping up air attacks on isis targets in iraq and syria, yet the islamic terror group still controls important territory and cities, including palmyra in syria, as well as mosul and ramadi in iraq

correspondent, pete williams reports. >> reporter: investigators were back today at the scene where a boston policefficer and an fbi agent yesterday shot the man authorities say of plotting to kill police. 26-year-old usaama rahim of boston. the fbi revealed new details about the investigation. nbc news has learned that three weeks ago based on rahim's social media postings and messages the fbi put him under 24-hour-a-day surveillance. agents disclosed they were watching as he went on line may 25th and 27th ordering three knives with long blades from amazon. they sarah he will and three others met last sunday and talked about a plan to behead a victim in another state, someone not named in court documents. just yesterday, the fbi says, rahim 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." yesterday, alarmed by the call, the fbi decided to break cover and question him before he got on a bus with one of his knives. officials revealed today that when f

arrested late yesterday after police and federal agents searched his house in the boston suburb of everett everett. a shock to neighbors. >> say hi to them every day, and they're out it hurt us. to hurt the police. >> reporter: wright was charged with encouraging rahim to get rid of evidence by destroying his smart smartphone. investigators say wright told them he knew of and supported the plan to behead someone in another state said to be a prominent person in new york. a plot one official dismisses tonight as a fantasy. as for how many people like rahim are under constant surveillance the fbi will say only that it's well over 100. lester? >> all right. thank you. >>> another big story we're following tonight, new development in that anthrax scare at labs all across the country. the pentagon now revealing they mistakenly shipped potentially live anthrax bacteria to at least 51 locations in 17 states and three different countries. more people put at risk than we knew. our pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski, reports. >> reporter: the announcement out of the pentagon was a shocker. the

boston police units were dispatched and arrived at that location. when we did. we identified eight victims in the church that suffered gunshot wounds. we told you that there were two victims transported to m u.s.c. and there was one victim transported to m u.s.c. and that individual is deceased as well. we have a total of nine victims involved in this tragic situation that occurred last night. of the victims, there are three males and six male victims in this tragedy. as we told you last night, we have a - we have a unified

boston police have video showing a man identified as osama has seem. >> a second suspect has just arrived. federal court in boston. is you look get the knife, what could be an isis inspired plot to be had police officers as the terror investigations spreads to rhode island where the fbi working with local police have searched a home there. molly line is falling breaking developments in boston. >> we have to get more details in federal court about this alleged attack on law-enforcement including a possible be heading plan. it may have been inspired by isis propaganda on line. the man taken into custody afternoon was david right from everett, mass.. a nearby suburb of boston. he arrived with pretty heavy security facing federal charges to stand before the judge at 3:30 this afternoon. these charges are related to the joint terrorism task force investigation, in killed in boston early yesterday before 7:00. osama rahim was under surveillance for terp related information, he was shot and killed by a boston police officer after allegedly lunging at those investigators with the big military sty

rahim the man who was shot and killed by boston police and the fbi earlier this week they directed him to go out to amazon.com and purchase three large military style knives to go ahead and kill police officers and also behead pamela geller? >> you know wolf i really can't get into the details of that. i think probably you've already reported some of the open source reporting that's been on that. certainly, the proposed victim was specified by isis. how that was done directly and beyond that i really can't go into it. it's classified. but they are getting more bold in identifying targets, dates and methods of how they want to see things done. and, unfortunately, i think we can only expect that that's going to increase rather than decrease. >> very quickly more than three individuals involved. we know there are two, one is

nbc news is worried that he was considered an isis inspired attack on boston police. when they went to speak to him they say he lunged at them with a knife so they shot him. in about 15 minutes tracie potts has a look at the widening investigation and questions about what happened when he was shot. >>> you can take part in the special vigil to honor a reporter who was killed in washington. charnice milton wrote for the hill rag and east of the river newspapers. she died in a shoot-out in washington last week. today, you can remember her at a silent vigil on alabama avenue. one of his co-workers talked to jackie jackie bensen. >> she told the stories of a meetings that a lot of us don't want to go to. stuff that it's very important. >> police say milton was an innocent bystander. they say a shooter used her as a human shield. if you want to go to tonight's vigil it's at the washington seniors wellness center. that's at alabama and 30th streets. the vigil starts at 7:30 and organizers said you should arrive by 7:15. they told us participants will join hands. >>> we're t

to a boston police shooting that killed a man police suspected of having terrorism ties. also tonight. the on-going drought takes aim at the green grass of a southbay city. and next ,,, another sign of how expensive it's gotten to live in the bay area. ♪ ♪ ♪ it took serena williams years to master the two handed backhand. but only one shot to master the chase mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >> pam: yet another sign of just how expensive it is to live in the bay area. according to a new "zillow rental index" the median rent in san francisco is now a whopping 4,225 dollars. that's the highest in the nation. the figure takes into account all types of rentals from single-family homes, to condos to inlaws. the median price for a rental in san jose 3,080 dollars. in oakland.the median price is 2,535 >> pam: more news ahead. the devastating oakland hills fire of 1991 sets over new sparks. on controlling trees. a hate crime investigation is underway. after a huge swastika is found on the football field of a south san francisco h

boston. another search going on they think may be related in rhode island. it started yesterday. police shot an armed man outside after cvs. >> we have a gentleman black male coming out now with a knife. martha: molly line is live in boston. molly, what do we know about this second suspect and whether there they were connected in this alleged plot? >> reporter: we're expecting to learn more here in federal court when the second suspect david wright is expected to be arraigned in relation to the j.t. tf, joint terrorist task force investigation. he is linked in some way to a man killed yesterday by an fbi agent and police officer officer here in boston. that man's name 26-year-old, usaama rahim who attacked investigators with a military-tile knife. they spent much of yes, sir in everett, massachusetts, suburb of boston. local and federal authorities all over the scene in the neighborhood. wright was taken into custody in the afternoon. they are looking for a link at rahim and wright and possible connection in a plot to harm a law enforcement officer. here is what neighbors in the area ha

. >>> we have new information about the man killed tuesday in a confrontation with boston police and the fbi. the bureau ace usaama rahim ordered three hunting knives from amazon. changed his plans in a wiretap phone conversation he says he was going to go after police officers in the following days. because of that call the antitrust task force followed him. and a relative encouraged him to get rid of evidence. >>> the entire ordeal captured on dash cam, we want to warn you this video is graphic. it shows police walking over to talk to the driver. he gets back inside his car. suddenly it explodes. you see the officer is thrown back from the car. the driver is quickly covered in flames. he opened the door manages to get out. struggles -- officers say the man had a lighter in his hand and said quote, i think i'm going to set the car on fire. the driver is recovering today from his injuries. both officers are expected to be okay. >>> in south carolina a police officer risks his own live to pull a driver from a burning car. reports show the driver was extremely intoxicated and had no rec

third individual at a beach in rhode island where they discussed plans but they decided that the boston police -- the boys in blue, as he said, would have been an easier target and just decided to try -- that morning he would go ahead and target the police. >> and it is the belief of the police, according to the reporting of your newspaper that they thought he was about to go out and do exactly that in one way or another. >> that's correct. they decided they had enough information they had to act then. he was approached in the cvs parking lot because they felt, like you said there was a credible threat and had they let him go any further he might have made good on his threat. >> as for the provoc tour who set up the draw muhammad caption thing in texas that was more, according to your reporting thing his was thinking about doing, something that made him angry but nothing he was go to do. >> the boston police commissioner said this morning that was withinful thinking. that was want attack they would have liked to have pulled off but tuesday morning he called his nephew and told him that i can't

that's the one thing that we know about the statistics gathered. >> what do you make of what boston police are doing today? they are allowing members of the community and family to see this surveillance video because some raised questions about police tactics and question the police account of what went down. it sounds unusual. it's not the first time boston pd has done it. what do you think? >> it's not the first time and it's extremely important. the idea that openness and transparency when you have this heightened of situation that involves ethic tension and racial tension and national security concerns and the more the public knows, the better. the idea that we can't know because it could reveal some kind of secret has to be used very sparingly and this is very important in terms of going forward particularly in a situation where we have so many instances of police using lethal force against individuals in the united states. >> perhaps they're willing to show it so quickly indicates they are confident in what happened. thank you for being with us. >>> coming up for us, with the clock t

you've been working the phones talking to your sources within the boston police department. what more can you tell us about this case? do you expect more arrests? >> this is clearly an ongoing investigation. when you have 24-hour-a-day, seven day a week surveillance coupled with what appears to be a wiretap authorized over here you clearly are looking at a whole bunch of people. every one of the associates of these guys are going to be looked at very closely. i can't say whether or not there will be additional charges. but this was clearly a very active plot. and the jttf did precisely what they're charged with doing, stopping an active terrorism plot from going forward. >> these court documents show that raheem planned to randomly kill police officers in massachusetts either yesterday or today and that in a recorded conversation he said quote, i'm just going to go after them those boys in blue, unquote. how does that impact the decision to approach osama raheem in the daylight when he's outside as opposed to to the evening when he's confined inside -- the decision to approa

the police say that they then shot him dead. straight to boston and alexander that's reporting live. the police officials are showing video of this shooting and body cam video potentially, and they're doing this to members of the boston muslim communities and the lead ers. can you explain what is happening and why? >> reporter: yes, this were cameras in the plaza where it happened in the cbs. that answered a lot of questions on what went down outside of that store. we know the account from the police that the suspect lunged at them with the knife, and they shot twice hitting him once in the chest and abdomen and killing the 26-year-old. there's a conflicting account on facebook by the brother who says that rahem was shot three times in the back while talking on the phone and waiting for the bus. right now this video is a key part of this investigation into the death. it's been closely guarded by the district attorney that has a job to do in investigating this. in the meantime, what we're seeing here is steps from the boston police department and t

we have details on the shooting of a tear suspect in boston. >> police arresting a man last night in se. the suspect david wright accused of expressing interest in attacking police. he will be in court today facing serious charges. for more now, let's turn to elizabeth herr. >> terror suspect take-down in a cvs parking lot. >> we have a gentleman, black male, six feet coming out armed with a knife. >> the bloody chaotic scene in massachusetts playing out around 7:00 tuesday morning. an fbi agent and a boston police officer approach usaama rahim for questioning not arrest. their guns still holstered. but then the officers say rahim pulled a large knife. >> he turned. the officers gave several commands for him to drop the weapon and unfortunately he came at the officers. >> the agent, an officer, opened fire hitting rahim twice. >> all right, there's shots fired. units, shots fired. >> the suspect died. the black military style knife left laying on the asphalt. the joint terrorism task force had been watching rahim for a while. he attended a mosque in roxbury but not considered a meanin

a man shot and killed by police in boston on tuesday. ay 26-year-old usaama rahim lunged at officers with a foot-long knife. rahim's family tells a different story. national correspondent deborah feyerick has it. >> reporter: john and christine, investigators from the task force have this man on surveillance because of what they describe as an alarming uptick in his activity. now, he was being investigated for possible threats against police officers. two members of the joint terrorism task force approached him early tuesday morning. they did not have their guns drawn. and were surprised when he turned and brandished a military-style knife. now, they repeatedly ordered the man identified as usaama rahim, he refused and lunged towards them. one officer fired a shot hitting him in the torso, another in the abdomen. now, his brother is giving a very different of the what happened saying his brother was simply wait tiger bus to go to work when he was confronted by several officers engaged in a conversation. apparently rahim, according to the

with a deadly confrontation outside boston today between law enforcement and a man they feared might be preparing to launch an isis inspired attack. that man who police and federal agents had gone to question is dead, shot after he came at them. authorities tonight still on the move in the boston area, trying to piece together what he may have been involved with, and whether others might be connected to it. our pete williams has late details. >> just after 7:00 aime officials say, a boston police officer and an fbi agent approached a man they wanted to question in a terrific expert when they say he drew this knife, came at them and refused to drop it. >> we saw the video, it appears that the law enforcement officers were backing away before they exercised deadly force. >> reporter: the man was identified as osama rahim. age 2669 roslindale section of boston. officials say he had been under investigation for weeks by a jttf, a joint terrorism task force. >> the subject had been under 24-hour surveillance. this investigation had been working side by side from minute one with the jttf partners, including the boston police department. >> reporter: offici

boston police at this hour searching the home of a suspengted terrorist gunned down today in boston. investigators believe the 26-year-old may have been part of an isis terror cell. police say that when they approached rahim this morning for questioning, he turned suddenly pointing a large brack knife at him. the officers said he backed away ordered him to drop the weapon. he refused. they opened fire and hit him twice. they say they have the video to prove it but rahim's brother, an imam tells a different story. he says his brother was waiting to go to work at a bus stop when police approached him and shot him three times in the back. breaking newed outside of rahim's apartment where a search is under way right now. >> that's right, erin. officers have been outside of his apartment all day long since the morning hours. they're now inside. we can see the tents set up on the back side of the apartment as investigators begin their search of his home. this is a man who police say was inspired by isis. they say he had recently used social media to make threats against police officers. the

boston. on the left in the blue cap, the police commissioner.investigation and trying to figure out why this man made it on to their radar. >> so i think a lot of people immediately want to know if he was in the midst of conducting some kind of terror attack, because there there was -- the fe feds were on him and the police were on him -- >> what we are learning in vague terms apparently this man made threats against police officers. it's unclear whether he intended to act today. it's unclear whether these were posted on social media. but authorities did believe it was sufficient -- >> act, today. he had a military style knife. who knows how big a big military style knife is but that is disconcerting to say the least. i will let you get back and let us know if you get more details. on that story for us, thank you for that. other big breaking news story, the fbi, its eyes are in the air. i'm going to talk to you a little bit now about secret surveillance planes you might not have known about until now. senior law enforcement officials are telling

boston police say agents stopped him this morning i front of a drugore. that's when they say raheem pulled out a military style knife. police released a picture of the weapon. >> he turned. the officers gave several comman for him to drop the weapon. and unfortunately he came at the ficers and they do what they were trained to do. unfortunely, they had to take a life. and that's never an easy decision tore any officer to do. >> reporter: police did not fer any detail, only to say the shooting was under investigation. >> and i do believe that once his family meet they will make a statement for the press. >> reporter: the imam is said to be traveng back to boston. in oakland leanne melendez, abc news. >>> a new report finds californians are using less water but we have to conserve a lot more. state officials say we cut water use 13 1/2% in april compared to april of 2013. but the statewide target is 25% now that mandatory cuts are in effect. abc 7 news reporter david loui takes a look at two cities feeling theheat. >> reporter: millbrae thought it was kefrk

. >> a man radicalized by isis shot and killed by police in boston. what you're looking at right now is new video of david wright's arrest in the nearby town of everett. >> yeah, this comes hours after police shot and killed usaama rahim who authorities said was at the center of the investigation. police pulling the trigger on him after raheem lunged them with this large military knife. rahim had been under 24-hour surveillance by the joint terrorism task force. >> yeah, we have a gentleman, black male, 6 feet, coming out now armed with a knife. >> reporter: shortly after 7:00 tuesday morning, an fbi agent and a boston police officer approached rahim in a cvs parking lot to question him when he came at the officers with a large, military-style knife. >> he kept retreating, verbally giving commands to drop the weapon, drop the weapon, and at some point, the individual's proximity came close. their lives were in danger. >> reporter: the agent and officer opened fire, hitting him twice. the suspect died with the knife left lying on the ground next to him

abraham rahim is traveling to boston today to bury his brother. police say they have surveillance video show rag home advancing toward the officers with a knife before he was shot dead. and last night president obama signed into law legislation to restart most of the surveillance and anti-terrorism programs enacted following 9/11, but there are major changes. the bulk collection of private bone records was eliminated. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell called the action a step in the wrong direction. mark albert is in washington. mark, good morning. >> good morning anne-marie. these are the first major curbs since the 9/11 attacks and it comes after a bitter battle in snanlt where delays and maneuvering caused some authority to expire for about 48 hours. a lapse the president called inexcusable. the national security agency is getting a green light to resume critical parts of its anti-terrorist surveillance program with new limits. president obama signed the new freedom of information act into law tuesday night thanking the senate via twitter for

. >>> police today telling us that we may have just been hours away from another day of terror in boston. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." >>> the national lead, new information today about the man who police shot dead in a working lot, under 24/7 surveillance by the fbi and why police thought hethey could not wait another second to stop him. we'll talk to the woman who said he wanted to behead. >>> also in national news. two dead another shot in the neck. police fearing they may have a serial sniper on the loose. >>> and they claimed they were told to target black and hispanic customer, and consider all of them potential shoplifters. did cvs order employees to profile shoppers by their race? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good afternoon, everybody. a plot to kill cops from isis. could have been a terrifying reality, we're told. today we found out that a father was called so he could say good-bye. the suspect may have been hours away from using military-style knife to murder "those boys in blue" as he described them. they believe he initially wanted to go out of state and

a man is dead following a police involved shooting in boston. the suspect may have had links to terrorism. molly? >> reporter: hi, john that is right. they had this man under surveillance. the shooting happen 7 o'clock in the morning in a suburb an boston neighborhood. this is a quiet residential area of the city. we are getting word that both the fbi and the boston police department were involved in this investigation. they approached the man intending to ask the questions and he pulled a black military style knife and lunged at investigators. >> officers asked him several times to put that knife down and gave him several commands and the officers tried their best retreating, again several more put down and at that point he came in the proximity that the officer used deadly force. >> reporter: both the fbi agent and boston police officer opened fire on that individual. he was shot and transferred to brigham hospital and it is a trauma center. he did pass away despite his treatment. we are waiting on what the jtf was interested in this man for.

investigation had been working side by side from minute one with the jttf partners including the boston police department. >> reporter: officials tell nbc news they were concerned rahim had become radicalized by isis inspired social media and was actively considering an attack on police officers in boston within the next few days in a city still traumatized by the terrorist bombings of the 2013 boston marathon. although they had no warrant for his arrest they wanted to question him, fearing he was preparing to take action soon. >> obviously there was enough information that we thought it was appropriate to question him about his doings today. >> his brother, a former boston area imam said the family is grieving but wrote rahim was shot in the back three times, while talking to his father on the phone, saying i can't breathe. police say he was shot twice in the abdomen and torso, not the back. federal agents searched his home today, another address in the boston suburbs and rhode island. officials say they're investigating whether rahim was in touch with others who might also have been radicali

sources tell cnn a man shot and killed today by boston police was being tracked around the clock as partn. it's believed 26-year-old usaama rahim was radicalized by isis. police say he brandished a large military-style knife when he was approached by police officers. republican presidential candidate former new york governor george pataki, he is here. we'll talk about the terror threat and much more. and our correspondents and analysts they're also standing by as we cover all the news breaking right now. first, let's go our national correspondent deborah feyerick. she has the very latest on what happened in boston. deb? >> local authorities are questioning two men they believe are in contact with the knife-wielding suspect. and the suspect's own brother is disputing the official version of what happened. [ siren ] >> reporter: the shooting occurred just before 7:00 a.m. in a cvs parking lot in a boston disturb. investigators from the joint terrorism task force approach suspect usaama rahim, sources say, to question him about threats he had made against police officers. >> the level of al

community leaders have now seen security camera video of a police shooting in boston. police shot and killed a man after they say he lunged at them with a knife outside of a pharmacy on tuesday. there are reports that the dead man may have been planning to attack officers and behead one of them. the man had been under- 24-hour surveillance by an undercover task force. >> this is the weapon that the police say the 26-year-old suspect was holding. a black military-style knife that they say he pulled on them in a cvs parking lot yet yesterday. >> the fbi said that it had been tracking him for some time but recently something changed. >> the level of alarm brought us to question him today. i don't think anybody expected the reaction we would get out of him. >> boston's police commissioner said that he was ordered to put down the knife. >> he kept retreating, verbally giving commands to drop the weapon drop the weapon, and at some point the individual came close to where their lives were in danger. >> the suspect was shot twice. once in the torso and once in the abdomen. he was ta

boston police and federal agents say they were forced to open fire only after he came at them with anife the footage is not expected to be released soon but was shown in boston to help clear up confusion. >> the video reveals that the individual was not on a cell phone the individuawas not shot in the back. and that nchgs reported that thais the case was inaccurate. >> musli leaders calling the footage, quote, inconclusive. >> we see a vague video that is t clear. >> boston police commissioner says rahim was under around the clock surveillance leading up to the shooting. rt of an investigation involvin suspected extremists. >> we never anticipated what his reaction had been and military nights. >> the second suspectcould reveal more about the case. this only hours after the death. >> today the second suspect appearedn court and prosecutors seek to conceal or destroy the cell phone e fbi says rah called him about a plot to randomly kill police >> a police ofcer in cleveland found not guilty two weeks ago of a fatal shooting in a car has been arrted again. he allegedly beat up his twin

in fact boston police say he was coming at them threatening them with that knife you saw there. that's why they say that shooting was justified. >> tracie potts in washington. thanks so much for that update. >>> shedding light on the secretive surveillance program, involves ordinary looking planes with extraordinary capabilities including recording video and locking on your cell phone video. nbc's stephanie gosk has the story. >> reporter: fbi investigations often rely on surveillance to either find criminals or catch them in the act. don't realize how many come from the sky. planes mounted with video cameras and often cell phone tracking devices called cell tower simulators. >> these are fake cell towers that send out a signal and force every phone within their range. >> the planes possibly more than 100, are registered using fake companies. the ap identified at least 13. the fbi flue above 30 cities in one state in one month. this plane with a camera underneath was used to conduct surveillance over baltimore this spring after riots broke out over freddie gray's desk. tracked t