first, to new york city and brian yenis on that terror bust and what could have been. brian? >> reporter: good morning, neil look and a reminder how real these threats are every single day, and releasing new details about a terror plot last summer thwarted by an undercover fbi agent posing as an isis sim far thighser. three men living outside of the united states including a u.s. citizen were arrested last year for planning isis-inspired types of attacks here in new york city in 2016. the attacks included plans to detonate a bomb in times square, shooting people in the new york city subway system and at concerts last year. now the three men allegedly used internet chat apps to communicate with one another about launching these attacks in the city that would "create the next 9/11" and plans include detonating car bombs in times square and one of the men messaging"we seriously need a car bomb in times square" and the plan included gunning down subway riders including women and children before detonating suicide bets. they call the subway a "perfect target" and the men marked ma