he is accused of killing 19-year-old brendan tevlin, a story we followed. finished freshman year at college. stopped at a traffic light last june and ambushed and shot multiple times. rick leventhal is live outside of the courthouse in newark. rick? >> reporter: harris, brendan tevlin was home for the summer from the university of richmond. he borrowed his grandfather's suv, visited a friend on his way back to his parent as house when he was executed by a self-avowed muslim. ali muhammad brown in his jailhouse scrubs and religious skullcap pleaded not guilty to nine counts of terrorism and murder. he confessed to violent killing spree, saying the murders were justified for actions by u.s. government in iraq, afghanistan and syria. brown's goal was to travel there to join the fight against the u.s. and coalition partners. eventually brown will be brought back to washington state to face charges in murders of three men last april in june. two he shot execution-style as they shot in their car. the third as he walked down the street of a seat tell sub is a bush

on august 14th they announced the arrest of him and two accomplices for the murder of brendan tevlin. they later dropped the charges against the two younger money but in the first of the state of new jersey brown is being charged with terrorism and a host of other offenses. when authorities took a closer look, they realized they had seen just a tip of the iceberg. ballistics testing linked his 9 millimeter handgun to three previous homicides. all three committed on the other side of the country in seattle, washington. on the night of april 27th, 2014. 30-year-old leroy henderson walked home when he was murdered in a hail of ten bullets. one month later early in the morning of june 1st two men were murdered in a neighborhood. >> terrorism came to my front door and took my son. >> his mother and grandmother shared memories of the young man. >> he was the son that everybody wanted to have. >> he didn't wait for opportunities to come to him. he created his own opportunity. as he grew into his own, he was struggling with his sexuality and he came out at 14 and he told me that he was guy. >

on august 14th they announced the arrest of him and two accomplices for the murder of brendan tevlin.ey later dropped the charges against the two younger money but in the first of the state of new jersey brown is being charged with terrorism and a host of other offenses. when authorities took a closer look they realized they had seen just a tip of the iceberg. ballistics testing linked his 9 millimeter handgun to three previous homicides. all three committed on the other side of the country in seattle washington. on the night of april 27th 2014. 30-year-old leroy henderson walked home when he was murdered in a hail of ten bullets. one month later early in the morning of june 1st two men were murdered in a neighborhood. >> terrorism came to my front door and took my son. >> his mother and grandmother shared memories of the young man. >> he was the son that everybody wanted to have. >> he didn't wait for opportunities to come to him. he created his own opportunity. as he grew into his own, he was struggling with his sexuality and he came out at 14 and he told me that he was guy. >> on t

this is why this happened in west orange, referring to the ten bullets he fired at 19-year-old brendan tevlining him eight times. tevlin was simply driving home for a friend's home. brown hoped to travel to syria or iraq and join the fight but instead he will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. >> and he's still facing charges in washington state, right? >> reporter: yeah. once brown is tried here, he will be sent back to seattle to face three murder charges there. two men shot execution style as they sat in a car. leroy herndson shot as he walked down a sidewalk. all of them killed with the same 9-millimeter handgun used in the tevlin murder. after court brendan's parents were asked how they were holding up? >> it's going to be a long process. >> it's a parent's worst nightmare and it happened to us. >> your reaction to seeing the defendant in court today? >> reaction? he doesn't deserve a reaction. >> reporter: tevlin was a straight-a student who loved to surf, play lacrosse and hoped to become fluent in spanish by studying abroad. his parents say they want to honor his memory by

brown is indicted for gunning down a college kid. 19-year-old brendan tevlin. he was sitting at a traffic light waiting for it to turn green to go home to his parents' house. last year brendan's parents went "on the record" today his parents appearing in court. fox news rick leventhal is in newark, new jersey. rick? >> greta, it was a very brief appearance by mohammed brown in courtroom 604 this morning. started about an hour late. he was only in there for a couple of minutes wearing his jail house jumpsuit. a religious skull cap and a beard. we only heard him say two words good morning when the lawyer greeted him. pleading not guilty to nine counts. robbery, carjacking, murder and terrorism. brown is a first murder defendant in new jersey to be charged with terrorism under state law. the acting essex county prosecutor pursued the terror charges in part because of what brown said when he was busted, telling detectives, quote, my mission is vengeance for the millions of liars lost every day. all these innocent lives being taken. this is why this happened in west

alley mohammad brown on charges of murder and terrorism and the shooting death of brendan tevlin. the 19-year-old college student killed last year as he sat in his car at a traffic light in west orange. his mother delivering a bold statement after the emotional court appearance. >> it is our believe that -- belief that brendan was senselessly executed for no reason other than he was an american and that this outrageous fact will be proven at trial. >> investigators say brown admitted to killing tevlin as vengeance for lives lost in iraq, afghanistan, syria and iran. >>> new york city health officials tonight trying to ease growing concerns about the legionnaire's outbreak in the bronx. mayor de blasio says the disease is slowing even though the number of cases grew overnight. there are now a total of 86 cases of legionnaire's, that's up from 81 yesterday and at least seven people have died. all the cases have been in the south bronx. >> we are going to keep emphasizing to all new yorkers particularly folks who live here in the south bronx, if you have symptoms that might be associ

frank, brendan tevlin who was murdered by aly mohammad brown, that was terrorism, wasn't it and that'sig. your reporting may have played a significant role in getting people to open their eyes in terms of connect all of these dots. so i do think it's significant. at the end of the day, hopefully he gets the death penalty regardless of the crime. but it is important because it was an act of terrorism. when others are looking to that activity, it should serve as a deterrent. >> the awful thing is we don't know it's terrorism until we go back and look at the clues. >> that's not preelse. it's very, very difficult to do particular whi when you've got ways of convincing young people to join this movement when you can't even name the movement. >> what is with that. i mean radical islam -- >> look it. you and i know what it is. it's like pornography. i know it when i see it. this is terrorism. it is radical islamic terrorism. they can't say the name at the white house. >> why can't they say that, catherine? >> i'll tell you why. >> based on what i see is a growing gap between the president an

brendan tevlin's parents are in court for the arraignment. when authorities arrested him he told them he was even ghaingd jihad and his goal he said was to go to iraq or syria and try to kill people who were trying to kill muslims. a source close to the investigation told me he did in fact want to travel there. other investigations reveal brown may have gone to one of the first terrorist training cams in oregon and had ties to a disrupted terror cell. back on june 2014, authorities say brown shot two men execution style. a month earlier april 27 he's suspected of guns down another man just south of seattle. ali mohammed brown is also a registered sex offender. he was living in a makeshift camp in the wood. he unless court this morning and will be arraigned on those charges. bill: rick, thank you headlines when we get them. heather: a ringleader in the benghazi attack is challenging his detention. they are asking a judge to send him back to libya. they say his arrest there violated the u.s. constitution. did his detainment violate internationa

ali muhammed brown admitted to shooting brendan tevlin eight times while he was at a traffic stop lastnew jersey. he was an honor student and a freshman at the university of richmond when he was gunned down. well, brown later told police that he was on a bloody crusade to punish the united states for its foreign policy. >>> another scary moment caught on camera. a road in china falling apart during some torrential rains there. take a look. ooh, wow. well, the cars in the muddy water below as the road simply just rips away. there were thunderstorms there, gale-force winds and also hailstorms pummeled the northern part of that country. amazingly, no one was injured when that road collapsed. toes are your headlines. see you back in about 0 minu30 minutes. >>> coming up, two illegals now up for city commission members in california. they're in the country illegally, but they're on the town council. how is that possible? we're going to talk about it. >>> the republican candidates gearing up for the big debate thursday night, but which ones would defend the constitution the best? judge napol