boyd's wife sabrina is talking about this. she says her family traveled to the middle east for peaceful reasons, including praying for a son who had died in a car crash. she goes on to say that her family's good and decent, that they had weapons because they enjoyed hunting and shooting. and she says, she has been in contact with her husband. >> i spoke to him. he seemed okay. he said they're innocent. the truth will come out. they're making a lot about nothing. and just for us to be strong because we know we're okay. we're innocent. we're -- we're just trying to be muslim in a country who is supposed to assure us our freedom of religion. >> zoo we want to get to you cambridge right now. the news conference we were telling you about just beginning. this is the attorney, wendy murphy, for the neighbor who called in a report to possibly report a possible break-in at gates' home. >> leave her alone. please, you know, she's had a lot of folks at her house. it's been really hard for her. and she's doing this primarily because it's

daniel boyd is in custody in north . ronali audrey barnes nahas been lookin into boyd's background and has this report. >> reporter: school officials have confirmed that daniel boyd attended tc williams high school from december of 1984 to june of 1985. his wife was a student there. the couple was living in this quiet north carolina community when federal authorities swooped in, arresting boyd and charging him with training and recruiting others for terrorist attacks. >> everybody in the neighborhood is just shocked. >> reporter: sources say boyd played on the tc williams football team had they won the state championship in 1984. he and sabrina married and moved living in pakistan and fghanistan fr om1989 to 19. brand 1, he other were arrested for robbing a bank in pakistan. we went to the condo complex in silver spring, where boyd's mother, patricia sadler, still lives. a man answered the phone when we called but refused to complex. neighbors in north carolina are talking, though, about the religious meeting as the boyd

boyd, the son of a marine and an american citizen was the ringlead ringleader.he spent three years in the middle east secretly buying guns and recruiting people to kidnap and kill people. >> the reason why they wrapped up the case at this point is they were thwarted in carrying out jihad overseas and with the arsenal they collected, a massive arsenal, they believed the u.s. was an infidel country that could be targeted. they were prepared to die in the course of carrying out suicide bombings. therefore the possibility existed that they would train on the united states and carry out attacks here. >> a security official said the boyd family tried to get into israel two years ago but were denied entry. the the official didn't say why they were stopped. boyd's wife says her family travelled to the middle east for peaceful regions. including praying for a son who died in a car crash. she said their family is good and decent. she's been in contact with her husband. >> i spoke to him. he seemed okay. he said they are innocent. the truth will come out. they're making a

now the mother of those boys, the wife of daniel boyd -- her name is sabrina boyd -- is now offeringcusations being made by the government. daniel boyd fought in afghanistan in the early 1990s, but has settled in willow spring, north carolina. he and his two sons were among seven people arrested monday on terrorism charges. his wife sabrina tells cnn they are innocent. >> i know that my husband and my sons are free of guilt and i'm hopeful that the truth will come to light. >> reporter: in court documents, the government says the group stockpiled a cache of high--powered weapons. boyd's wife says they were only responding to news reports that guns and ammunition were becoming scarce. >> they'll say we do own guns in our home as our constitutional right allows us. and i don't think there is a crime in that. >> reporter: the government says the group trained for jihad in rural north carolina. but sabrina boyd says her husband was just helping his boy scout sons with marksmanship. >> one of the merit badges they use to become an eagle scout and so it wouldn't be beyond thinking to take

the alleged ringleader, daniel boyd, is a drywall worker, the son of a u.s. marine, and a convert to islam. among those held are two of his own sons, also muslim. i want you to watch this. cnn has talked to the wife of daniel boyd and heard a different version of what the family was up to, different than what the feds are saying. here is jeanne meserve. >> reporter: prosecutors say that daniel boyd, a u.s. citizen, the son of a marine, conspired to wage jihad overseas. they explained he recruited among other things two of his own sons. the mother of those boys, daniel boyd's wife, sabrina, is offering explanations for the accusations being made by the government. daniel boyd fought in afghanistan in the early 1990s but settled in north carolina. he and his two sons were among seven people arrested monday on terrorism charges. his wife tells cnn, they are innocent. >> i know that my husband and my sons are free of guilt and i am hopeful that the truth will come to light. >> reporter: in court documents shall the government says the group stockpiled a cash of h

boyd is the son of a marine and an american citizen. he spent three years in the middle east secretly buying guns and recruiting groups to kidnap and kill people. >> i think the reason why they wrapped up the case at this point was they were thwarted in carrying out jihad overseas. they were prepared to die in the source of carrying out suicide bombings. the possibility existed that they would carry out the acts here. >> a security official said the boyd family tried to get into india two years ago. they were denied entry. the official didn't say why they were stopped. her family traveled to middle east for peaceful reasons, including praying for a son who had died in a car crash. she says her family is good and decent and had weapons because they enjoyed hunting and shooting. sabrina boyd says she has been in contact with her husband. >> i spoke to him, he seemed okay. he said they're innocent. the truth will come out and they're making a lot about nothing. and just for us to be strong because we know we're okay. we're innocent. we're

federal authorities say boyd is a u.s. citizen and the son of a marine but they also say his roots in terrorism run deep. according to documents when boyd was in pakistan and afghanistan back in the early '90s he trained this terrorist camps and fought against the soviets. the indictment says he spent three years traveling to the middle east, secretly buying guns and leading a group of men planning to kidnap and kill people. that's skruft some of the acts here. >> the arrests shook up a quiet community outside of raleigh, north carolina, where he lived. >> people who know boyd described him as a quiet, family-oriented man. they say, kwoetd, if he's a terrorist, he's the nicest terrorist i every met in my life. he and others were practicing military tactics in north carolina but his wife says he was helping the boy scout sons with target practice. >> one of the merit badges they use to become an eagle scout and so it wouldn't be beyond it for him to take them out and do target practice. it's not unusual. >> now, boyd has no

daniel boyd went to school in alexandria and his mother lives here. audrey barnes has the details. >> reporter: daniel boyd is charged with military-style training and plotting terrorism overseas. it may have started soon after he left alexandria when his high school sweetheart who told him hours before the wedding she was converting to islam. alexandria public school officials have confirmed that daniel boyd attended the high school here from 1984 to june of 19 85. his wife sabrina was also a student there. the couple was living in this quiet north carolina committee when federal officials swooped in, arresting him and charging him and others for training for terrorist attacks. >> everybody is shocked. >> reporter: sources say he played on the state football team had they won the championship. an and sabrina married and inant ghtaanafn isst and afghanistan from 1989 tost 1992 in 1991 he and his older brother were arrested for robbing a bank in pakistan. we went to the condo complex in silver spring where boyd's mother still lives. a man answered the

according to this federal indictment, boyd called himself sword of god. sons, 20 and 22 years old, are also charged. the other four men charged are all north carolina residents. according to the indictment, daniel boyd wend to pakistan and afghanistan and received military-style training in terrorist training camps for the purpose of engaging in violent jihad. he also fought in afghanistan. the indictment also says the men obtained automatic weapons they allegedly used while practicing military tactics on private property in caswell county. the fbi says the defendants trained in the u.s. for battle and were willing to die as martyrs. they raised money to support their training and in some cases recruited and radicalized others to further their cause overseas. on facebook we discovered pictures of two of the defendants. the facebook account says the men were in alexandria, egypt in omar's house in 2007. the indictment says they conspired to kill people on that trip to the middle east. tonight people in johnston county are in disbelief. federal agents desce

at least daniel boyd was not. and one mosque in the area, the islamic association of raleigh, is distancing themselves from boyd. so a lot to come out. >> john hendren this morning. thanks. >>> we'll have more on these terror arrests coming up later on "good morning america." >>> also this morning, there's major developments in the criminal investigation of michael jackson east death. abc news has learned that the investigators will likely list the powerful drug propofol as a contributing factor. and sources say there were other prescription drugs in jackson's system. according to the associated press, dr. conrad murray injected jackson with propofol just after midnight on the day he died. attorneys for murray deny he caused jackson's death. >>> the race debate that exploded after the arrest of herry louis gates may play out thursday evening. that's when president obama, professor gates, and sergeant crowley will meet for a beer at the white house. >> reporter: cambridge city officials say they are releasing the t

boyd went to t.c. williams high school in the mid ' 80s. his carolina neighborhoods reacted to his arrest. >> everybody in the neighborhood is just shocked. they are just going through the house and probably bringing things out. >> just don't know in this day and age. you just knt n' t who your neighbors are. >> reporter: boyd's mother still lives in the washington area with her listed address at a condo in silver spring. when 9 news now called her residence a man answered the phone but refused to comment. boyd and six other defendants in the case are due in court tomorrow. >>> today, the house is scheduled to debate the $636 billion pentagon spending bill. the white house is threatening a veto if it includes funding for f-22 fighters and the replace presidential helicopter. the obama administration and military leaders are trying to end both programs. >>> five republican senators have said they will vote to confirm sonia sotomayor to the u.s. supreme court. the senate judiciary committee voted yesterday to approve sonia sotomayor with one

daniel boyd is the most recent one. in long island, there was a man who pled guilty to having trained in pakistan to blow up europe's subways. in minnesota, you have a case of a man who pled guilty on tuesday to have the better part of this group by minnesota of somalis who were going to somalia to carryout jihad. these are three prominent cases of americans training inside the u.s. to carry out jihad. rick: what do we know about daniel boyd? >> he went to my local high school in alexandria, va. it was made famous by the movie "remember the titans" about the famous high school football team that was integrated in the 1970's. it is now best known for being a school where daniel boyd went to high school. he had a of bringing where he trained in pakistan. he took his son to the gaza strip at one time. rick: hopefully that high school is best known for turning out jennifer griffin. thank you. more on a possible deal on health care on capitol hill tree of the blue dog democrats. we will tell you what we are le. ♪ singer: buc

david, what do we know about this guy, daniel patrick boyd? >> anderson, what people are telling me tonight was that he was a good neighbor, he was a good father, ef the son of a marine officer, a marine veteran of vietnam. they say that there was nothing about him that was suspicious. he seemed like a good friend, someone that you could count on, someone who wouldn't ever be in trouble. you're looking at his mugshot right now. listen, though, to what is in the indictment, and you hear that what federal officials are saying, that this is possibly a face of home grown terrorism. this light haired, strapping man who does have this deep americana background. what his neighbors do not know about him is that at the age of 19, to years ago, he had converted to islam as a teenager and that he went to pakistan where he got involved with the resistance, the rebels who were fighting against the afghanistan government that had been set up by the soviets. he aided and assisted them in their fight against that government. now the government is calling that

this shirt, paired with the famous pink boxers put boyd's name on the world wide map, asleep when he got the call that friendly units needed help. >> a friendly unit got pinned down so we had to help them. >> reporter: the president commended boyd but at home his parents had a different initial reaction. >> the first time i saw it i just started laughing out loud but the more it goes i realize that this is something that shows the character of the guys that are there. >> reporter: now boyd is autographicking his shirt. >> it started out with one little picture. now it's gone viral. >> people look me up on facebook, myspace, stuff like that. from all over the world, like china, austria, different places like that. >> when i first saw it i thought, you know, this is something comedic, you may laugh a day or two and it will be gone but every time it's on the tv it explodes again. >> reporter: for boyd it's not all about the attention. it's about what these pink boxers did for his unit. >> of course they gave me a lot of hard time so i mean, i helped the morale around there. >> reporter:

he's 39-year-old american daniel patrick boyd. he was arrested yesterday, along with his two sons and also four other men. an eighth suspect is being sought. federal prosecutors say boyd trained in terrorist camps in pakistan and afghanistan. what are the thaneighbors think? >> it is kind of scary to me. that makes me nervous for my children. i spoke with him on several occasions and never was there and idea that he had the capacity to be involved in something like that. >> an indictment says they provided money, training, transportation and men to help terrorists. they'll be back in court thursday. all of these sus effects, for a detention hearing. >>> survivors and families of the victims want an investigation into the virginia tech shootings we opened because the gunman's mental health records were recently found in a doctor's home. the doctor was the director of the counseling center. the families and survivors say this panel got erroneous information, worked under a strict time constraint and did not consider the newly discov

prosecutors say boyd and the others took part in military-style training at home and that boyd trained in terror camps in pakistan and afghanistan two decades ago. a federal indictment does not detail any specific terrorist plans or targets overseas. however, it claims some of the defendants traveled to israel in '07 with the intent of waging a violent jihad. the eighth suspect went to pakistan to engage in violent jihad. one of boyd's neighbors reacted. >> if that's true, it's kind of shocking because this is a quiet neighborhood. kind of shocking that -- to me it's shocking that anybody would want to be a terrorist. >> if convicted, all the suspects could face life in prison. combatting the threat of terrorists among us. the suspect in north carolina are just the latest of alleged faces of home grown terror. just yesterday a virginia man was resentenced to life in prison after plotting with al qaeda to kill george w. bush. last week we learned a new york man who pleaded guilty to launching a rocket attack on a u.s. military base in afghanistan said he provided information to al qaeda

boyd, e silent cell's alleged mastermind, is an americ-born muslim convert.the indictment clas that he traveled to afghastan and pakistan in the late 10s to ain alongside islamist fighters then btling the soviets. the north carola case-- and silar recent incidents-- worr american law enfoement officials,ncluding attorney general ericolder, who spoke a.b.c. news. >> e whole notion of radicalition is something that didn't loom as large a ew months a as it does now. and tt's the shifting nature of threats that keeps youp at night. >> suarez: ia memo issued shortly aft monday's arrests, the f.b.i. anthe department of homeland security cid the boyd case and otrs as evidence of a grong trend. d.h.s. secretary janet napolitano addressed the iss yterday. >>we need to comprehend and anticipate an expanding nge of threat now d.h. monitors and shares formation about potential homegrown threats as wl. these can be inviduals, radals radicalized by events abroad, or lone-wolf attks. suarez: federal prosecutors recently disclos that an american ised on long island was curre

team swept down on this house to arrest daniel boyd. two of his sons and four other suspects were also picked up. >> they had all sworn to be martyrs. they had all sworn to be -- carry out jihad operations. and they had all sworn their hatred of the united states. >> reporter: in the early 1990s, daniel boyd fought against the soviets in afghanistan. more recently, the government alleges he used his street cred and experience to recruit young men in the raleigh area to wage jihad overseas. according to court documents, they amassed a cache of weapons and trained with them in rural north carolina. >> i would compare this potential in this case that they could have conducted another mumbai-type attack. they could have traveled to a more populated area in the united states, and in using that tremendous arsenal could have killed hundreds of people before being stopped by the police. >> reporter: but they did not target the u.s. the government alleges members of the group traveled to gaza, jordan, israel, kosovo and pakistan to wage violence

boyd, the silent cell's alleged mastermind, is an american-born muslim convert.the indictment claims that he traveled to afghanistan and pakistan in the late 1980s to train alongside islamist fighters then battling the soviets. the north carolina case-- and similar recent incidents-- worry american law enforcement officials, including attorney general eric holder, who spoke to a.b.c. news. >> the whole notion of radicalization is something that didn't loom as large a few months ago as it does now. and that's the shifting nature of threats that keeps you up at night. >> suarez: in a memo issued shortly after monday's arrests, the f.b.i. and the department of homeland security cited the boyd case and others as evidence of a growing trend. d.h.s. secretary janet napolitano addressed the issue yesterday. >> we need to comprehend and anticipate an expanding range of threats. now d.h.s. monitors and shares information about potential homegrown threats as well. these can be individuals, radicals radicalized by events abroad, or lone-wolf attacks. >> suarez: federal pros

. >> josh boyd w wasn n al amamican, small town kid f fro monroe, washington.. i i srted playing baseball and got really into itit my l le e evtually just revolved ound that. >> in colllle,e, t talented soututh w w drmed of playing for the majors untntile e gohurt. >> collided with the shoho stop and separatat m my rve that ru f froyour spine through your deltoid. >> boyd was x-raraye g giv pain pipis, and sent on his wayay. >> vicodin andnd iveventlly ran out of those and whateter r i could get frfromy y frnds becacae e itas 24 hours a day papain >> his b basalalcareer was over and so was cololle.. once i didn't have ththat anymorori i ki of didn't know who i was. but if i w wasatatg pills all day long it minimized d evytytng el that was going on deeee inside me. >> nothihingolollong you at all. >>>> nonone uld touch me. noththg g cod hurt me. >> for josh h bo t theescent into oblblivn n s gradual. hehe mededack home, got married, went to o wo f foris dad. but he kept gettininhihigh. >> it went from just thohose vicodin to oxycocont a a once i to it to that lev

. >> reporter: daniel boyd fought in afghanistan in the early 1990s but has settled in willow spring, north carolina. he and his two sons were among seven people arrested monday on terrorism charges. his wife sabrina tells cnn they are innocent. >> i no that he my husband and my son are frefree of guilt and hopeful that the truth will come to light. >> reporter: in court documents the government says the group stockpiled a cache of high-powered weapons. boyd's wife says they were only responding to news reports that guns and ammunition were becoming scarce. >> i will say that we do have -- we do own guns in our home, as our constitutional right allows us. and i don't think there is a crime in that. >> reporter: the government says the group trained for jihad in rural north carolina. but sabrina boyd says her husband was just helping his boy scout sons with marksmanship. >> one of the merit badges they use, you know, to become an eagle scout. so it wouldn't be beyond him to take them out for target practice. not usual. >> reporter: the government alleges boyd and one of his sons travel

>> what more can you tell us about boyd? him in pakistan as well. >> there were, yes. back in the early '90s, there were a lot of newspaper articles and magazine articles written about daniel boyd and his brother charles. they were convicted of robbing a bank for the equivalent of $400,000. and they were sentenced to have a hand and a foot severed as punishments until the verdict was overturned. their lawyers say the charges stem from a bank teller who promised to cash a check on the black market for a higher exchange rate, kyra? >> kelcey carlson, thanks so much. >>> side stepping a tough question on the future of iraq. defense secretary, robert gates, did just that after arriving in baghdad today. nuri al maliki suggested last week that he might ask that some american troops stay beyond 2012 when all are scheduled to withdraw. gates' response, the u.s. will cross that bridge the next year or the year after. >>> a major focus of his visit to see how american troops are handling the shift from combat to support now that the

boyd, they say, attended tactics. and he wanted to recruit others who were willing to die as martyrs, but he didn't have much luck. boyd and the others traveled to israel in 2007, hoping to conduct terror activities. they returned to the u.s. a short time later without success. still, neighbors in north carolina were stunned by the arrest. >> i really can't believe. you don't see anything around here, except tobacco and cows. that's a little much, don't you think? terrorists? >> authorities are looking for an 8th person involved in this terror ring. they say the person may be involved in pakistan but say there is no real public threat. >>> a man will soon be sent to a florida jail. the 28-year-old is a former staff sergeant in the air force. juan says stalworth arrived from alabama. he will be jailed with this man, leonard gonzalez junior, the alleged ring leader. they are two of eight people charged in the ninja-style killings. police say they were pictured on surveillance video, breaking into the home. police say st

the fbi declined to comment on sabrina boyd's account of what happened, but daniel boyd, his two sonsand four others were arrested on monday. they're accused of plotting terror attacks overseas. a detention hearing's been scheduled for tuesday. >>> and the man accused of killing a holocaust museum police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury in washington now. 89-year-old james von brunn faces seven counts in connection with the murder of officer tyrone john. von brunn who was shot and wounded by officers returning fire has been hospitalized since the june 10th attack. but a hearing scheduled for later this afternoon and von brunn is apparently well known as a holocaust denier. he spent six years in prison for trying to kidnap members of the federal reserve board in 1981. this time around von brunn could face the death penalty in four of the charges against him. >>> six teens who disappeared after innertubing on a river in washington state have been found safe and sound now. authorities say all of them seemed to be in good condition, thankfully. but they went rafting yeste

and daniel boyd and six other raleigh men are accused of plotting attacks abroad. >>> president obama due to land in north carolina this hour. he will hold another town hall on health care reform. >>> remember last summer's fuelishness? yes, the government tries to head off another streak of run-away gas prices by cracking down on speculators. i'm tony harris and you are in the "cnn newsroom." >>> first, this hour, homeland security secretary janet napolitano outlining the obama administration's strategy to prevent the next 9/11. it's not a wholesale revision of bush policies rather tweaks for instance napolitano announced a program to improve communication between federal, state and local authorities. it would close information gaps by bringing bureaucrats together under one roof. napolitano calls them fusion centers. she wants 70 of them nationwide. the secretary spoke at the council on foreign relations in new york. >> the threats we face are, by their very nature, a symmetrical. terrorism has become privatized violen violence. not rely on links to an army or a sovereign state. we

let's hear from the straightshooting sean boyd.gle's ceo, i regard him as a good friend of the show about what's in store for his company going forward. mr. boyd, welcome back to "mad money." >> great to be back, jim. >> all right, sir. i think a lot of people who know i recommend the stock are goes to be confused. they're going to see initially that the company made one penny. they're going to see that there was a non-cash foreign currency translation issue. can you break it down why you just don't see agnico-eagle at 16 cents a share? >> essentially we've got a significant component of our balance sheet. there is a deferred tax item there that gets translated every quarter in canadian dollars, so we see a swing there. i think quite rightly you disregard that. as you pointed out in the introduction, what investors should be focused on is the ramp-up in production which, as you said, will continue as we bring in mines in the third quarter and in the first quarter of next year. and what we also announced today was two more expansion

boyd returned to the u.s.settling in north carolina and then traveling with his son to the gaza strip in july 2006, and back to israel in 2007, at which time he was refused entry by the israelis. it's not the first time terrorists have undergone training here. >> one training camp that was on u.s. soil was in bly, oregon. a second instance of people training domestically is known as the virginia jihad network, a group of muslims in northern virginia who ended up getting convicted for trying to undertake fighting abroad. >> then there were the fort dix six, who were convicted of plotting against a u.s. military installation, and seen here training in upstate new york. homeland security chief janet napolitano said law enforcement needs to use the public to miss its own communities to avoid homegrown terrorists training in the u.s., and being exported abroad. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. bret: the woman who basically started the cam cambridge, massachusetts police controversy with a phone call bre

he said that boyd was consulted by others for potential projects.n our dealings with him and his family, we found them to the people of good moral character. martha: thank you. according to the indictment, they are accused of conducting military-style training at home and planning terror the talks abroad. judge andrew napolitano is our senior judicial analyst. no word on exactly what they are planning. >> that is what is unusual. normally when someone is indicted to providing material evidence, there is a target. the target is a building, a population center, soldiers overseas. the government has not named a target. that is interesting. what is also interesting, and the leader, daniel boyd, he fought with the taliban andin afghanistan to fight against the soviet union. we may have trained with these people, but we train for improper purpose. martha: it is fascinating. his neighbors said that he would walk his dog, they had no idea. this is precisely the thing that people have been worried about since 9/11. people with american passports could travel

daniel patrick boyd, a father, was the leader of the group. he led a quiet life near rolla as a building contractor. but he also had terror ties dating back to the 1980's. what do we know in terms of what the suspects are being charged with this morning? >> seven suspects, including boyd and his sons, 20-year-old zachariah and 22-year-old dillon, appeared in court yesterday on a federal indictment saying they are charged with material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder and maim a broad. also charges relating to the stockpiling of weapons. jane: they have been training for jihad as recently as last month. >> according to this 14-page indictment, the ringleader and his sons were practicing military tactics in castle county, n.c., on the border. this is as recently as last month. jane: daniel boyd is being described as a mild-mannered guy. his background is fascinating. he had a run and with law enforcement and pakistan in the early 1980 prospered what we know about that? >> he and his brother were there in the early-90's, accused of

boyd went to t.c. williams high school in alexandria in the mid-80s. his carolina neighbors reacted to the arrest. >> everybody in the neighborhood is just shocked. they are going through the house and probably bringing things out. >> just don't know this day and age. you just don't know who your neighbors are. >> reporter: boyd's mother s in the washington region. her listed address is at a condo in silver spring, maryland. when 9 news called they are residence, a man answered the phone and refused to comment. boyd and the six other defendants are due in court tomorrow. >>> a month after the deadly crash and the commute could be a slow one on the red line. metro has advice, take the bus. metro has been checking signals since the crash and that is causing the delays. a metro spokeswoman is reminding commuters the bus is another option and sometimes it can be faster than the train. metro says delays could go on l even after the investigation ends. >>> fairfax county is cracking down on truck safety. officers and soldiers from ft. belvoir were doing insp

this shirt paired with the famous pink boxers put boyd's name on the worldwide map.e was asleep when got the call that friendly units needed help. >> a friendly unit got pinned down so we had to help them. >> the president commended boyd, but back at home his parents had a different initial reaction. >> the first time i saw it i started laughing out loud, but the more it goes, i realized that this is something that shows the character of the guys there. >> reporter: now he's autographing his shirt to hang on the wall. >> they're from all over the world, china, austria. >> when i first saw it, i thought this is something that may last a day or two and then be gone, but every time he's shown on the tv, it explodes again. >> reporter: for boyd it's not all about the attention. it's about what the pink boxers did for his unit. >> of course they gave me a lot of hard time, so i helped the morale a little bit. >> we're going to find out what this high-tech gadget protection is all about when we come back. fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole buil

we see boyd and three other men, alleged coconspirators all living in north carolina. all accused of violent jihad abroad. we have a former assistant director in the fbi. what first jumped out at you? >> the biggest news is that they are all u.s. citizens. six of the seven born here. one naturalized. all u.s. citizens become radicalized and particularly daniel patrick boyd himself making his first trip in 1989, when he was only 19 years old. we didn't have tens of thousands of internet jihadi websites. a person born in the united states, son of a united states marine houchlt did he get converted to jihad? >> we don't have that answer. should we be worried we don't have that answer? terrorism has been around a long time. 9/11 changed a lot of things. to think all these years before 9/11 that in 89, in young american could have been radicalized. should we be worried we are missing something? >> not that we are missing something. this is the u.s. government's worse fear in my years with the fbi traveling overseas. i continuously heard that how jealous they were in the uni

boyd is originally from alexandria. >>> residents in mexico will soon have a new photo i. d.. the president says the country will start issuing the cards this year and by the year 201, everybody should have one. those cards will include a magnetic strip with information on fingerprints and facial and iris scans. authorities hope those new cards will help in the fight against organized crime and ensure transparency in government aid programs. >>> colin powell says henry louis gates may have reacted too quickly. during an interview, he said the harvard scholar probably could have prevented getting arrested but he says he understand gates a frustration and has been racially profiled many times in his own life. powell says he was taught as a child not to argue with police officers. >>> police say they are cracking down on a real steal of a deal. >> people do for the buy products new in the box and then come to a pawnshop and sell them at 10 cents on the dollar. >> coming up next, police raid some local pawn shops. >> but the shop owns are say they're being unfairly targeted. we'll

at the center of it all, this man, daniel patrick boyd seen there in the checkered shirt on the right. tonight his family is asking people not to rush to judgment. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say daniel patrick boyd worked as a drywall contractor by day but was the ring leader of a small north carolina-based terrorist group. they say he spent the last three years traveling to the middle east secretly buying guns, recruiting and training others for jihad across the globe. today a spokesperson from the raleigh chapter of the muslim- american society spoke on his family's behalf. >> i have raised my sons to be good people and we are a good family. indictments always seem factual in their appearance but to rush to judgment is not a part of the process. and we kindly ask for our right to defense on the charges alleged by my family. >> reporter: the boys' neighbors watched in disbelief as federal agents raided the family's home looking for evidence. some defended him calling him a good neighbor. others weren't so sure. >> you don't see anything around here except tobacco and cows. terr

prosecutors say boyd brought his training and terror back to the u.s. where he recruited and instructed followers to carry out a holy war across the globe. neighbors watching truckloads of agents raiding the home on monday couldn't believe the news. >> they're great neighbors. their kids play with our kids. >> reporter: the seven men made their first court appearances in raleigh on monday, charged with providing material support to terrorism and conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad. prosecutors are not releasing details of what exactly the group was targeting overseas. boyd and some of the others traveled to israel back in 2007 hoping to wage jihad but were unsuccessful. it alsindicated they provided cash, training, transportation, and men to help terrorists. the news of a suspected terror plot so close to home brought chills to some locals. >> it's scary as hell, man. it's scary. >> you just don't know this day and age. you just don't know. who your neighbors are. >> reporter: according to the indictment, the suspects were stock

shepard: we're not showing the boyds there because they're younger. we don't really have their pictures quite frankly. and now to kansas. and the murder of the controversial abortion doctor george tiller. the suspect was in court today, scott roder is accused of killing dr. tiller at a reformation lutheran church in wichita, kansas. one witness says he and george tiller were chatting inside that church when the shooter walked up, pulled out a gun. that witness described the moment of the shooting. for his protection, the court is keeping him off camera as he speaks. >> there was a pop, a loud pop. and i wasn't sure if it was a cap gun or what. and then george bell, and in my mind, oh, my god. i couldn't believe what i was seeing. it was surreal. shepard: roder pleaded not guilty today but a few weeks ago he gave an interview to the associated press. and during that, he said he thought the -- that doctor tiller's shooting was justified. but he has never actually admitted that he's responsible. you'll recall protesters had targeted dr. tiller for decade

the alleged ringleader is dan yet patrick boyd.indictment just unsealed, boyd has two adult sons and four others are charged with conspireing to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons abroad. sources say the fbi used wiretaps to infiltrate the group as the men stockpiled weapons at a north carolina compound. boyd's prosecutors say he attended terror training camps in pakistan 20 years ago and fought alongside afghan forces against the soviets and wanted to recruit others willing to die as martyrs. but he didn't have much luck. boyd and the boys traveled in 2007 hoping to conduct terror activities. they returned to the u.s. a short time later without success. still, neighbors in north carolina were stunned by the arrest. >> i really can't believe it. you don't see anything around here except cows. terrorists? that's a little much, don't you think? >> reporter: sources say the men do not appear to be connected in any way to al qaeda or any other larger terror group, and there's no evidence at all they ever plotted against u.s. targ

boyd matson, thank you so much.ild chronicles" online. we'll be right back. help each other out.merie and when you open a checking account, bank of america helps you with $100 when you use your new debit card and online bill pay. plus you get free services and products you can only get from bank of america. this offer's for a limited time so visit a banking center or log on soon. we'll give you a hand -- and $100. it all starts with a checking account at bank of america. an eleven sixteenths wrench over here? here you go. eleven sixteenths... (announcer) from designing some of the world's cleanest and most fuel-efficient jet engines... to building more wind turbines than anyone in the country... the people of ge are working together... creating innovation today for america's tomorrow. thanks! no problem! howard county executive is live in our studio for a segment. and products to help seniors may -- they say four independent living. -- state safe for independent living.

daniel boyd is the father of two and is a contractor. in pakistan in the 1980's and received some training and even fought against the soviets. they say he brought that turning back -- training back here, including his sons. bill: what are the suspects at the moment, what are they being charged with? >> the suspects include his son and two other individuals. a federal indictment says there are charged with providing material support for terrorism. all sell conspiracy to maine, kidnap, or kill others abroad. bill, thank you. that story is still developing. -- bill: thank you. megyn: the folks currently lending us all the money in stimulus are getting worried about their investment. we showed you how top u.s. and chinese officials are meeting to discuss economic cooperation. remember this? those meetings involve timothy geithner your reassuring the chinese that we are working hard to cut the deficit. china currently holds more than $800 billion in u.s. treasury bonds. bill: tim geithner isç the treasury secretary dealing with an economic

the investigators say boyd attended terrorist training camps in pakistan and afghanistan and recruited the others to train with him in north carolina. there were no known targets in the u.s. >> it's a huge problem in the united states. recruitment both into radical jihadist movements as well as home grown terrorists who want to attack us here in the united states. >> now, tonight, the search continues for the eighth suspect who's name is being withheld. so the big question tonight, how big is the threat from home grown terrorists? and we thought steve emerson joining us tonight from washington. right here in new york with me, r.p. eddie, director of global issues for the white house national security council under bill clinton. welcome to both of you. steve, let me start with you on this. and just talk specifically a little bit about this group. what do we know about them? how much danger do you really think they really did pose? >> well, the group was instigated by daniel patrick boyd who had fought himself in the afghan jihad against the soviets in the late '80s and early '90s. he be

boyd ma, tektsanouthon yo y mu.h m eorne"dvecoisries wit co boyd," cckut o o ild chronicles" online.when you open a checking account, bank of america helps you with $100 when you use your new debit card and online bill pay. plus you get free services and products you can only get from bank of america. this offer's for a limited time so visit a banking center or log on soon. we'll give you a hand -- and $100. it all starts with a checking account at bank of america. an eleven sixteenths wrench over here? here you go. eleven sixteenths... (announcer) from designing some of the world's cleanest and most fuel-efficient jet engines... to building more wind turbines than anyone in the country... the people of ge are working together... creating innovation today r america's tomorrow. thanks! no problem! if we don't act, thanks! medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees.

daniel boyd was arrested monday along with six others. investigators say the men were gearing up for a violent jihad. though prosecutors haven't detailed any specific targets or time frame. prosecutors say boyd attended terror training camps 20 years ago and fought alongside afghan forces against the soviets. in 2007, boyd and a number of others traveled to israel, hoping to conduct terror activities. they returned to the u.s. a short time later without success. >>> anti-terrorism officials are increasingly worried about american-bred extremists who travel abroad for terror training, then return home, waiting to carry out their violence. >>> we have an update to the fbi corruption bust in new jersey. political consultant jack shaw has been found dead inside his new jersey city apartment. he was arrested in an unprecedented corruption and money laundering scandal. >>> a mentally handicapped and hearing-impaired man, is tazed by police in alabama. tonight, his family calls for justice. >> i'm mad. >> reporter: phyllis love says her 37-year-

the fbi raided the rural home of the alleged ringleader, 39-year-old daniel boyd. the indictment accuses him of recruiting his two sons and four other men, mostly americans in their 20s. neighbors say they are bewildered. >> it's scary. that makes me nervous for my children. i spoke with him on several occasions and never was there a idea he was involved in something like that. >> reporter: according to the indictment boyd went to pakistan and afghanistan and received military-style training in terrorist training camps for the purpose of engaging in violent jihad. it also says he fought the soviets in dwans. >> the recruitment both into radical jihadist movements as well as homegrown terrorists who want to attack us in the united states. the real problem is how do you figure out who they are? >> reporter: last week a 26-year-old long island man was charged with joining al-qaeda, attacking u.s. soldiers in afghanistan, and giving al-qaeda details about the new york transit system. and the fbi is investigating why more than 20 young men of somali descent from minneap

. >>> the alleged ring leader is daniel patrick boyd. two adult sons and others are charged with confiring. sources say the fbi used wire taps to infiltrate the group. boyd, prosecutors say attended terror training camps in pakistan 20 years ago. and fought alongside afdan soldiers. he and others traveled to israel in 2007, hoping to conduct terror activities. they returned a short time later without success. >>> still, neighbors in north carolina were stunned by the arrest. >>> i really can't believe. and not in caswell county. you don't see anything around here except tobacco and cows. terrorists, that's a little much, don't you think? >>> sources say the men do not appear to be a plot against u.s. targets. prosecutors say he is not considered a danger to the public. >>> an unthinkable act. police say a man got into the arm. he refused to say where the 8- month-old and 23-year-old were. 13 hours later, two men at an electric company heard crying and found the babies, the trash can, outside. the two children were sweating and muddy, but