brian mooar, nbc news washington. >> elite units from 18 countries including the u.s. competing for world best's counter terrorism squad. jordan is hosting the competition. it opened today with the drill by the country's special forces. the team demonstrated rescuing hostages from a plane and then rapelling from a helicopter to chase militants. the u.s. russia china, saudi arabia and afghanistan were all participating. organizers say it's as much about networking as bragging rights. >> we are gathering the good people to fight the terrorists everywhere. it's an opportunity for the team leadered to meet and know each other as the terrorists have become international. >> jordan is a member of the u.s.-led military coalition against isis militants neighboring serra, iraq, and supports the saudi-led campaign against rebels in yemen? >>> the philippines today, thousands of cyclists rode through manila to campaign for cleaner air ahead of earth day and asking for more bike lanes. manila has very poor air quality because of traffic and factories. a report by the world health

nbc's brian mooar is on the ground in baltimore for us tonight as well. brian, give us a sense from your perspective -- we're trying to figure out, what was the ticktock this afternoon that led to the explosion midafternoon. at that high school. your thoughts your knowledge? >> well i've been sort of in tandem with tom costello all day, i'm about 75 yards away from his stand-up position right now, as our satellite truck was pelted with rocks earlier in the day. it appears that what happened was, if you go back to before there was this notion on social media of a purge. some businesses closed down the mall was closed and it looks like kids were sent home from school early right around 3:00 is when we got first word at that mall that had been closed about police facing off with what were called a group of unruly mischievous juveniles. and it very quickly escalated from something that looked like a couple of kids to a lot of kids, to a crowd that was on the verge of getting out of control and then rocks and bottles were thrown, in a very dramatic scene. we sa

>> it's brian mooar. i can tell you, reverend al this is not an issue of the police being underresourced. the baltimore police have called in multiple jurisdictions prior to today. i spoke with a police source of mine who two days ago knew he was going to be in downtown baltimore today. and what they're doing, they're deploying these assets. and as we're going from one location to another. we passed the area that is sort of the epicenter right now, and saw probably about 30 40 police officers standing by, as you were talking about that cell phone store, being pillaged looted, these officers were standing by. what this looks like from you know albeit looking through the key hole this looks like a controlled burn. police officers are allowing certain people to get out of control. but as far as young people doing this for a reason my photographer and i saw a group of probably about 15 young kids in their teens very fresh-faced, young kids, wearing clothes, it looked like they were heading to a baseball game.

joining me now is nbc's brian mooar. brian, do we have you there? likes like we don't have brian. let's go back to the presser. >> mainly towards the west side of baltimore. we're not going to tolerate that. the police department is not going to stand for that. we're fully deployed at this point. we canceled leave for all our police officers. so they are deployed on the streets as we speak. each shift is fully staffed. we called in outside resources from all over the state of maryland to give us an assist here. we're not going to tolerate this. our priorities right now is to restore order in the city. our priorities right now is officer safety, and the safety of the community. thank you. >> good evening. i am deeply saddened by what's taking mace in the great city of baltimore. this reminds me of 1968 when the riots were taking place after the assassination of dr. martin luther king where people were destroying their own stores and properties in their own community. this is unacceptable. this is not what freddie gray's family wanted. they asked that there be no protest marches or

brian mooar on capitol hill with new details. brian? >> reporter: a sophisticated plan this was not. one of the suspects tried to travel to greece without luggage. another booked a getaway vacation to spain for one day. federal court documents described six minnesota men on a mission, a coordinated but amateurish effort to join to syria and join isis. >> these are focused men who are intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible. >> reporter: recruited over social media by a friend believed to be in syria. >> it's a combination with an individual they know and trust. this is how many of these radicals are now being lured into places like syria and iraq. >> reporter: the minneapolis area and the somali community targeted by terror recruiters before. >> what we need to do is really engage the people ahead of time as a community and americans. it's not a somali issue. it's a minnesota, global issue. >> reporter: al shabab behind the matsds kerrs earlier this month and the westgate mall in 2013 has not only recruited from

brian mooar is on capitol hill where it looks like there may be a tough sell ahead. brian? >> absolutely doreen. the white house is already beginning to reach out. president obama calling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu from air force one and then will will be calls to members of congress. house speaker john boehner leads those skeptics who demand more details on this deal but they say right now they do not like what they're hearing. after a final marathon bargaining session in switzerland, iran announced that it had agreed to scale back its nuclear program in principle. but it's far from a done deal. >> no agreement has been reached so we do not have any obligation yet. >> reporter: iran and western powers including the united states signed off on a framework for continued talks and a formal agreement that has to be put in writing by june 30th. iran would have to give up more than a third of its 19,000 centrifuges, but not its nuclear facilities. >> the proud people of iran would never accept that. >> reporter: president obama hailed the deal as good for the unit

brian mooar on capitol hill with the latest. brian? >> reporter: jim, the white house is downplaying a strategic move that could turn into a showdown. with yemen descending into civil war, president obama ordered the aircraft carrier theodore roosevelt and normandy to join an international blockade. the goal? preventing iranian arms shipments. with the white house still negotiating a nuclear deal with iran is downplaying an ultimatum ultimatum. >> the specific mission of the roosevelt is to ensure the free flow of commerce and freedom of navigation in this part of world. >> reporter: the humanitarian crisis in yemen is escalating as luge houthi rebels battle the government. >> by putting our forces offshore, not allowing more weapons to come into the fight hopefully we're sending a pretty strong signal that ultimate the best path forward is talks and diplomacy rather than escalation of this proxy war. >> reporter: but it's not without risk. >> this is really now a game of chicken. will the iranians in effect continue their arms flow? w

live at capitol hill brian mooar. news 4. >> it is earth week at nbc 4 and nbc universal wants you to know how to reduce the amount of food you waste. it's something that can also save you a lot of money. we have a special section on nbcwashington.com dedicated to earth week and posting new stories for you to share on social media and including how to stop wasting food. use #nofoodwasted. >>> watching for some stormy weather on this monday afternoon. vj in the storm center. >> we have a long way to go. it's a very long evening here. five six hours where we could see again those storms fire and move through with the threat of high wind and hail in the area and a risk of isolated tornado. the areas here in yellow that's where the tornado watch, stretches north down to the south. stafford and fredericksburg. charlottesville showing up there. not seeing the lightning as of yet but look at the cells coming down heavier in western montgomery county. charles county too. headed off to the east and northeast and right across 2

as brian mooar reports, things were a bit more lively at the annual easter egg roll today. >> reporter: it's a beloved washington tradition, kids rolling eggs on the lush lawn of the white house. >> we rolled an egg with a wooden spoon down a path. >> reporter: thousands of kids were egged on so to speak, by president obama, who scored on his own court but was upstaged when bees crashed his book reading. >> they won't sting you. it will be okay. wait wait, wait! >> reporter: aside from that there was something that pleased just about everyone. music, cooking, dancing, a galaxy of sports stars. >> i'm going to go with the obstacle course. >> reporter: this year's egg roll focused on health and fitness, the core of first lady michelle obama's let's move campaign. but was it enough to convince kids to give up their gadgets? which is better an ipad or an egg roll? >> ipad. >> ipad. >> reporter: still fun and fitness in the president's backyard. the story of this event goes back to 1878 when members of congress were so mean they told egg rolling kids to get off of their lawn. president ruth

joining us now is nbc's brian mooar, who is with us -- brian, can you hear me? >> reporter: yeah, richard. we just finished speaking with billy murphy the attorney for the family. he says that this is the gray family's nightmare scenario. this is exactly what they don't want to happen. he made an appeal to the people out there to stop what they're doing. he says it is counterproductive. it is not helping anyone. in fact, he says it is traumatizing the family trying to deal with immense loss and trying to lay freddie gray to rest today. >> and the family and the mayor have been so consistent, brian, as you've been reporting over the past few days. they did not want this to happen. and we've seen waves. it's gotten quiet where you see five or six individuals running in and out of the cvs pharmacy with items in hand. and then after a period of time it will increase to what you see now. what are you seeing? >> i am at the church where the funeral service took place today where there were so many calls for peace and constructive change. about five blocks away from he

nbc's brian mooar is live in baltimore. you tell us about how these demonstrations began, with the

as brian mooar reports, the fbi was already investigating terror recruiting in the minneapolis area. >> reporter: federal court documents describe six minnesota men on a mission. a coordinated but amateurish effort to join isis. >> these are focused men who were intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible. >> ages 19 to 21 the men were recruited through social media by a friend now believed to be in syria. one had second thoughts and turned informant. >> it's a combination of online recruitment with an individual that they know and trust. this is how many of these radicals are now being lured into places like syria and iraq. >> the minneapolis area and somali community have been successfully targeted by terror recruiters before. and local leaders say they're working with u.s. authorities. >> the fbi will not stand idly by and permit these recruitment efforts to go unchallenged. >> the group behind the massacres at a kenyan university earlier this month and the westgate mall in nairobi back in 2013 has not only recruited from the minneapolis area but named the nea

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nbc's brian mooar has the story now from washington. >> reporter: family friends and supporters are saying their final farewells to freddie gray. he'll be laid to rest on monday but questions surrounding gray's death of a spinal cord injury after being arrested by baltimore police have in this community on edge. on saturday thousands of mostly peaceful protesters demanded answers and arrest of the officers they believe spom. dozens were arrested among occasional clashes with police and isolated acts of violence. in another maryland community, a protest march of a very different nature. families and supporters of police officers rallied in annapolis in an event planned months ago. their message, law enforcement is under fire. >> thank you for all that you do and as my 4-year-old twin daughters say to their daddy every day, be safe. >> reporter: officers in blue and back communities with very different views of justice on the street. congressman elijah comeummings who represents baltimore said friday's demonstrations could have been more violent. he's crediting community leaders for keep ang

nbc's brian mooar is live outside the church.ch here but really a intimate feel inside piano music, choir singing, the last few people streaming in going up by that casket and paying their last respects, but we might get the feel for the sermon on either side of the white casket there's a projection on the wall black lives matter and all lives matter. contrast that to a sign i saw just about a mile away from here that said they did it to freddie gray, they'll do it to you, too. there's tremendous distrust in this community and that is a big problem. the family is urging the community after a weekend of unrest to be peaceful. fredricka gray the twin sister of freddie gray says that freddie gray would not have wanted violence. she and city officials are calling on demonstrators to keep it peaceful. jose? >> brian mooar, thank you very much. >>> i want to take you now to washington and live pictures of history in the making. at the top of the hour loretta lynch will be sworn in as the nation's 83rd attorney general, first african-am

in washington, brian mooar, nbc 10 news. >>> there are no longer any visible human remains at the crashite of germanwings flight 9525. that's according to investigators on the scene. officials say it will take months to identify the remains of the 150 people on board. today company executives for germanwings visited the crash site. that's where investigators say the co-pilot deliberately flew the plane into a mountain. investigators say medical records for andreas lubitz showed suicidal tendencies before he finished flight training. >> we are learning more every day about the cause of the accident. but i think it will take a long long time for everybody, all of us, to understand how this could happen. >> lufthansa, the parent company of germanwings, was supposed to celebrate its 60th anniversary this month. the company postponed that celebration. two of the three americans killed during the crash have ties to our area. emily selke is a 2013 graduate of drexel university. her mom graduated from a delaware county hospital. >>> police in palm meadow, florida florida, say a van crashed into

brian mooar joins me now from baltimore. brian, of course, now seeing a pause in these protests as the funeral begins but are we expecting another night or another week of protests there? >> well that's the big question now, isn't it tamron? this is an oasis of calm in a city on edge right now and the mayor of this city was not too proud to stand with faith leaders last night and literally begged for peace. and that is a message being echoed by freddie gray's family today, fredricka gray freddie gray's twin sister said he would not have wanted this violence and the family largely seems to be standing with city officials, with the police department giving them the benefit of the doubt, at least as they say they continue this investigation into freddie gray's death. he, of course died of a spinal injury after being arrested by police. six officers on leave, and as this investigation goes forward, the question is how exactly did freddie gray get those injuries and was it a criminal act. tamron? >> and as we mentioned, we are wai

nbc's brian mooar is live in baltimore. brian, what can you tell us about how these demonstrations began, with the youths in baltimore? >> the demonstrations more than that at this point, going on just a couple of blocks away from us. the first reports were a couple of kids at a mall who appeared to be up to no good. the police showed up and confronted them. it looked at one point like they were dispersing. and then more and more and more people started to show up and get involved to the point where we were just a few moments ago looking at large numbers of young men throwing objects. the reports were that there were rocks or bottles at police. at one point, we did see what looked like an officer being carried away by a number of officers. it looked like they were in a very defensive kind of posture. circling, closing the ranks on each other carried this person to an armored personnel carrier, and then that person was driven off. "the baltimore sun" is saying that it was a police officer who was injured. we cannot confirm th

brian mooar reporters, community leaders are now calling for calm amid these violent protests. >> hundredsa baltimore church to say final farewells to freddy gray and call for justice in his death. >> freddy's death is not in vain. after this day, we going to keep on marching. after this day, we going to keep demanding justice. >> the attorney called on the community to tear down what he called the blue wall of justice. peacefully. >> you know, most of us are not here because we knew freddy gray. but we're all here because we know lots of freddy grays. >> while gray was laid to rest, there were fears of unrest following scattered acts of violence and 30 arrests in large and largely peaceful protest on saturday. the gray family joined baltimore officials in calling for peace as police continue their investigation. gray died of a spinal cord injury after being arrested by police. officials say it may be early next month before the investigation is complete. while mourners were paying their respects baltimore police revealed what they called a credible threat. rival gangs like the crips, bloo