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

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

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 ta

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

showing. >> i just want to say that i'm very proud to be muslim and i'm very proud to be married to daniel boyd. and i'm very proud of my children. >> sabrina boyd alleges that the fbi played what she calls a dirty trick on monday. she says an acquaintance showed up in the doorstep in a bloody shirt was a state policeman telling her there had been a bad accident, involving her husband and son. she said when she and her pregnant sister-in-law were take on the the hospital they were nut handcuffs and treated crudely. she said it was a ruse so the fbi could search their house unimpeded. the fbi would make no mistake. >> the story continuing to unfold. jeanne meserve in raleigh, north carolina. thanks so much for that. >>> health care on the agenda and the president is taking his message to a supermarket in virginia today. but the people who need convincing are members of his own party. democratic leaders sent six hours last night negotiating with house blue dogs, fiscally conservative democrats who have the most to defeat any bill that comes from the energy and commerce committee. jim acosta is di

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

fbi agents raided this house in willow spring picking up 39-year-old daniel boyd. tells us its swat teams from washington, norfolk, atlanta and charlotte all swooped in for the arrest. the fbi tells us boyd was the ring leader of the alleged terrorist operation. according to this federal indictment, boyd called himself sword of god. his two 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 tw

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

the fbi raided the rural home of the alleged ringleader, 39-year-old daniel boyd.he indictment accuses him of recruiting his two sons and four other men, mostly americans in their tents. neighbors say -- 20s. neighbors say they are bewildered. >> it's scary to me. i'm nervous for my children. i spoke with him on several occasions and never was there an idea he was involved in something like that. >> reporter: according to the indictment daniel 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 afghanistan. >> the recruitment both into radical jihadist movements as well as home-grown terrorists who want to attack us here 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. the fbi is investigating why more than 20 young m

investigators say daniel boyd, who went to high school in alexandria, was the leader of a group that plotted terror attacks overseas. university of maryland law professor michael greenberger is here with more. he is also a former justice department official. professor, thank you very much. seven suspects are now in custody and authorities are looking for an 8th. you said this is a fascinating, very interesting and disturbing case. >> it is very fascinating because the facts are so mixed. i thought there was an excellent article on this in the "washington post" post today and what really caught my attention is this gentleman, daniel boyd, was well embedded in his community and all of his neighbors vouched for him and one said i will be shocked if anything more is nonbut he certainly has an unusual life. he had actually gone the afghanny pakistan area, he was charged in afghanny court an sentenced to have a hand and foot removed and he got that overturned on appeal and he had been assembling all of these automatic weapons and dealing with field exercises in rural, virginia county. you

daniel boyd, a drywall contractor and his two sons among the seven people arrested so far. accused of planning a violent jihad overseas. boyd the son of a marine and the american citizen was the group's ring leader and he spent three years in the middle east buying guns and recruiting groups to kidnap and kill people. >> i think the reason why they wrapped up the case at this point is they were thwarted in throwing jihad overseas and with a massive arsenal they collected, they believe the u.s. was an infidel country that could all be targeted and that meant that 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 says the boyd family tried to get into israel two years ago, but 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 e

daniel boyd, a drywall contractor and his two sons are among the seven arrested so far. they are 00 accused of plotting a violent jihad overseas. investigators say boyd, the son of a marine, and an american citizen, was the group's ring leader. they say he spent three years in the middle east secretly buying guns and recruiting groups to kidnap and kill people. they say their family is good and decent and had weapons because they enjoy hunting and shooting. sabrina boyd says she's 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 thouknow we're okay, we're innocent. just trying to being muslim and in a country that's supposed to assure us our freedom of religion. >> all the suspects were supposed to have a hearing tomorrow. that has been rescheduled for next week. >>> self proclaimed white supremacist james von brunn now face as murder charge and also hate crime charges. von brunn is accused of killing a guard at the national ho

daniel boyd, a drywall contractor and his two sons are among the seven people arrested so far. hey're accused of plotting a violent jihad overseas. 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 i

showing. >> i just want to say that i am very proud to be muslim and i'm very proud to be married to daniel boyd and i'm very proud of my children. >> reporter: sabrina boyd alleges that the fbi played what she is calling a dirty trick. she said on monday an acquaintance showed up on her doorstep with a state policemen and they told her there had been another bad accident, this one involving her husband and son. she rushed to the hospital with her daughter and daughter-in-law where she was put in handcuffs, interrogated and treated rudely and she said it was all a ruse. the fbi would not comment on this or anything else pertaining to the investigation. tony, back to you. >> jeanne, appreciate it. thank you. >>> an investigative journalist who focuses on terror and islamic extremism. these north carolina arrests represent a new phase what he calls the radicalization of americans. >> i think the reason why they wrapped up the case at this point was that they were thwarted in carrying out jihad overseas and with the arsenal that they had collected, a massive arsenal, they believe the u.s. was an in

daniel boyd and his brother, charles, were also working back in pakistan along with afghan refugees backan you tell us about boyd? we understand there are charges against 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

one of the men in custody is 39-year-old daniel boyd. his two sons were also arrested. boyd was born and raised here in america, and until recently -- or until yesterday led a very low key life as a drywall contractor. not a much different picture. now a much different picture is emerging. david mattingly with details. 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 i

they tell us that daniel boyd's history of extremism goes back two decades. they say that the group practiced military tactics nearby. marianne silber is following us from our southeast bureau. what do we know about that missing suspect? >> hello. the person's name was rejected from that 14-page indictment that was released yesterday. the federal prosecutor is not saying much other than he confirmed that he or she cried -- travel to pakistan in order to participate in violent jihad shepard: are the fed's saying what a the group was really planning to do, if anything in particular? >> they have not talked about any specific targets, but i did talk to a terrorism expert who said that in cases like this, the feds have been doing a lot of work for months, gathering all the information they can. once they get the indictments, the one to make sure that they stick. shepard: now to kansas. the man of -- accused of gunning down a well-known abortion provider is in court today. prosecutors say that it led to a first-degree murder conviction. police say that whoever kil

. >> 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

they call alleged ring leader daniel boyd nice and well mannered. they were training with terrorists in pakistan. they were gearing up for a jihad but the group was not part of a larger network. >>> they want virginia governor to reopen a state commissioner report because of inaccuracies and omissions. the gunman's mental health file was found. they want it to be part of the new investigation. his file will be examined and the original report will be corrected if needed. >>> a federal safety study wants airplanes to be strengthened to withstand an 8- pound bird which is twice the current stand. bird air crash collisions have been under review recently. a southwest airlines flight returned after hitting a flock of birds on take off. changing design standards is a concern because it will increase the weight of the planes. >>> there is danger behind the wheel for those guilty of texting while driving. a new study shows the risks of texting on the road are much greater than previously thought. >> we pass a driver hauling a heavy load and texting. >> the

david, what do we know about this guy, daniel patrick boyd? >> reporter: anderson, what people are telling me tonight was he was a good neighbor, he was a good father, he was 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 homegrown 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, 20 years ago, he had converted to islam as a teenager and he went to pakistan where he got involved with the resista e 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 i

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

what can you tell us about daniel boyd's story? where does his life, being a part of violent jihad, begin? rick? >> that's a question that we're trying to get to the bottom of. he has a very colorful history. including to the point of fighting for the -- against -- in afghanistan, against the soviet union back in, i guess this was back in the '80s. his wife confirmed that today. she put out a statement saying, for the people of north court. decent people. his two sons, dylan and zack rye a were indicted yesterday. >> okay. how did the arrest come about? how did they find out this guy was allegedly training and recruiting other terrorists? >> this was an operation that was three years in the making. the fbi is reported to have had an informant within this cell. i think one of the things that may have moved the fbi to move was that over the last six weeks, this group of men have been training in caswell county, which is probably an hour from where daniel boyd lives. it's a very rural county, sparsely populated. although it's purely c

prosecutors say the alleged ringleader, daniel boyd, trained in afghanistan. they say he even recruited his own two sons. remember the octuplets born earlier this year in california? they're about to have their own reality tv show. their mother has hired a contract to make a reality tv series. they were born in january. a judge in california also appointed a guardian to look after their financial interest. >> a day in court for the mother of the world's longest surviving said of octuplets. they haven't signed up for big money to appear in a reality tv show with her other six children. lawyers representing a group that protects the interests of performing children are concerned about her babies. >> somebody has to protect the interests. we're looking at how are their financial interests protected. she has an inherent conflict of interest. >> ever since the babies were born, she courted publicity. her lawyer argued a court appointed guardian would invade the family's privacy. the judge says is necessary to make sure the children are not exploited by reality tv o

in custody after the fbi busted their dreams to commit jihad overseas. >> they include this man, daniel boyd and his two sons. 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

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 sciendz of care -- kind of scary to me. makes me nervous for my children. i spoke with them on several occasions and never was there any idea he was involved in something like that. >> reporter: according to the indictment daniel 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 afghanistan. >> the recruitment both into radical jihadist movements as well as homegrown terrorists who want to attack us here in the united states, and 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 m

but is there something that gives you second thoughts and some pause about a daniel boyd who allegedlywas able to operate in afghanistan and pakistan and the united states, put together a cell that he might escape notice because of his name, his looks, his background in this country? >> and the same would apply to the person who was arrested in long island. it would be a gem for al qaeda to have a caucasian recruit with a u.s. passport. first of all, they could get a tremendous amount of information to al qaeda about the way we live, about the railroad station wes go in, things like that. and then they can get into the country much more easily than others. so those are prime prospects for al qaeda and we need to take care not to racially profile because if you have too much emphasis looking for the obvious people that you think might be terrorists, you are going to miss people who don't stand out as those you might expect would be the perpetrators. >> suarez: ibrahim ramey, what do you make of that? >> well, i do agree with what mr. schanzer has to say. i would also say that, again, ou

martha: we are also hear from the wife of daniel patrick boyd. what is she saying?pparently her sons also involved. >> we did not hear from her directly but we heard through the muslim society in the area. she said that they are an ordinary family that cares about human beings. she says the charges have not yet been substantiated and people should not rush to judgment, although authorities say that he had deep roots in terror training in afghanistan and pakistan, and then brought that to the u.s. to train others. martha: how is the muslim community reacting in their area? >> we heard from the chairman of the mosque that he sometimes attends. he said that boyd was consulted by others for potential projects. in 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 unusu

daniel boyd's wife, sabrina, is blasting the way that she was told about the arrest of her husband and her two sons this week. boyd says federal authorities sent a person that the family knew to her home. she says the person was wearing a shirt that appeared to be covered in blood and told her her husband and sons had been in a bad car wreck. sabrina boyd says when she and other family members got to the hospital, they were handcuffed and told, quote, they are not dying. they are detained. the boyds' 16-year-old son was killed in a car accident two years ago. here's the thing, the fbi declined to comment on boyd's account. daniel boyd, a drywall contractor, his two sons and four others were arrested on monday accused of plotting terror attacks overseas. a detention hearing's been rescheduled for tuesday. >>> the man accused of killing a holocaust museum police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury in washington. 89-year-old james von brunn faces seven counts. gun charges and hate crimes. von brunn who was shot and wounded by officers returning fire has been hospitalized sin

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

. >> new information coming out that alleged ringleader daniel boyd and his son were denied entry into israel back in 2007. and may have been detained for awhile. federal agents claim boyd was trying to execute and attack in the jewish state during his visit. including north carolina, there have been three different cases of home grown terror arrests in the last few weeks alone. a long island man pled guilty to training in pakistan to blow up subways in europe. in minnesota another man pled guilty to being a part of american born somalis planning to carry out jihad in somalia. >> arrests have been made in places like minneapolis and north carolina. so, i think, better education about the breath of the threat and how it could be carried out is important. but even as we educate. we prepare. >> janet napolitano said the police, military, agencies need the help of citizens to report if there is anything strange going on in their community. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. . >> four u.s. senators reveal new legislation that would ban texting and driving nationwide. the alert dri

one man daniel boyd reportedly received military style terrorism training in pakistan and afghanistan. prosecutors say he came back and trained others. federal agents raided his house monday while the men appeared in court. the detail of their plot has not been released. >>> protecting the homeland during the olympics. the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver not far from the border. there will a building for security. >> you hope for the best. you plan for the worst. if you haven't prepared, exercised, done all those things in advance, you will not be in a position to protect human security, human life. >> secretary napolitano also met with state and federal officials to talk about port security and immigration issues. >>> take the number of students at d.c. public schools, subtract 2000. what do you get? a new plan to attract more students. get the edge on how the plan uses private money to create magnet programs. >>> plus, more people with less -- more people and less odr . for food. the federal government is stepping . we'll show you how they're helping out. >>> we're all over bsono

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 daniel boyd retrieved training years earlier in pakistan and came to recruit people in the united states. we'll look at how violent they are here in this country. >>> a harvard professor, henry lewis gates. the woman who called 911 in the first place trying to do the right thing in the first place, said she feared for her safety. she spoke at a passionate news conference today. >> the criticism at first was so painful for me. it was difficult. i was frankly afraid to say anything. people called me racist and said i caused all the turmoil that followed. and some even said threatening things that made me fear for my safety. >> joins me now from cambridge. has there been any concern, ron, else pressed from local law enforcement that in all the requests that people, if they see something to say something, to be a good neighbor and participate in the neighborhood watches, that this whole incident at all would discourage people from reporting what they perceive as a crime? >> reporter: i don't think there's that much concern. i think people see this as someone unique situatio

. >> daniel boyd went to pakistan and received training in terrorist training camps.also says he thought the soviets in afghanistan. >> the recruitment has well as homegrown terrorists who want to attack us here in the united states. the real problem is, how you figure out who they are? >> last week, in man was accused of joining al qaeda and given them details about the new york transit system. the fbi is investigating why 20 young men wage jihad in somalia. the north carolina men were willing to die as martyrs. they are not accused waging attacks in the united states. it could soon begin to direct air attacks here at home. >>> a quick run to bwi marshall. now you'll have to pay $2 for the first half hour of parking. airport officials blame the economy. the cell phone parking lot is still free. >>> a new study finds texting while driving increases their risk of a crash much more than previous studies have concluded. this latest study finds when drivers of heavy trucks text did come out there collision rest was 23% greater than one not texting. using a cell phone incr

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

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 united states we assimilate immigrant populations that were very unlikely to have subjects or citizens of the u.s. become radicalized. we have had a couple of investigations determine that we have had u.s. born citizens suddenly decide to become jihadists. >> why elsewhere? why would they want to go elsewhere to this holy war? wh

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

muslim convert daniel boyd is apparently the ringleader. n involved with terrorists for a long time. even fighting with the afghan muslims against the soviet union. boyd ran a drywall company south of raleigh and he was known in his community. >> great neighbors. we have never had any trouble with. they their kids play with our kids. gretchen: also arrested were these three men along with two of boyd's sons. who would have thunk, huh? defense secretary robert gates is in iraq today before his meeting with prime minister nouri al maliki. gates played a surprise visit to southern iraq. he visited with a unit that's advising iraqi troops. something more u.s. troops will be doing in the coming months. gates also ift scheduled to visit the kurdish region where it shows dominant party losing power there. secretary of state hillary clinton plans to visit africa on seven nation tour. the trip is meant to stress the obama's administration to the continent. state department says in each country clinton will highlight africa as a place of opportunity a

daniel patrick boyd attended t.c. williams high in alexandria 23 years ago. federal authorities arrested him yesterday and raleigh-north carolina along with two of his sons and four other men that are accused of engaging in military-style training while planning to carry out what's described as violent jihad overseas. boyd and his brother helped refugees in pakistan in the early '90s. they came back to the u.s. after being cleared of bank robbery charges in '92. fbi sources tell news4 that since then daniel boyd has been recruiting young men to carry out attacks on u.s. targets and other countries. the authorities say eighth suspect may be in pakistan. >>> relatives of the virginia tech shooting victims are now asking the state to reopen the investigation into that rampage. a student, a gunman, seung-hui cho, killed 32 people back in april of 2007 and then killed himself. last week, we learned that cho's missing mental health records have been found in the house of the former director of the university's counseling center. the state commission issued a report

. >> daniel boyd went to pakistan and afghanistan and received military-style training in terrorist training camps. he fought the soviets in afghanistan. >> the recruitment into radical jihad his movements terrorist who want to attack us, in the real problem is have you figured out who they are taxed >> last week, -- >> last week, one man was charged about giving details about the new york transit system. more than 20 young men from minneapolis and other cities have gone on to wage jihad. the north carolina men were willing to die as martyrs. the men are not accused of plotting attacks in the united states. young men like these could soon begin to attack us here at home. >>> 6:26. >> still to come, the latest on marion barry, his ex-girlfriend, and the job he gave her. hear what else he said as the fed stepped in to investigate. >> new home construction codul f ecomy. i wi have that story coming >> up> live in the weather center, only a 90-degreedegree in the 1930s, farmers planted nutrient-rich soybeans... to replenish the barren soil of the american dust bowl. today, we take that same hist

authorities say this man daniel patrick boyd is the ring leader. correspondent richard lui, what do we know about him? >> good morning, robin. 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 a

six people were arrested in raleigh, including suspected ringleader daniel boyd and two of his sons. he trained in afghanistan. they are all charged with conspiring to murder, kidnap and hurt people abroad. boyd and others are scheduled to appear in federal court in raleigh. >>> she's been labeled the bikini clad burglar. >> reporter: in morgan haley's mug shot a gown covers up her wardrobe or lack thereof. her bikini. >> reporter: this is where police chief said the 24-year- old bikini ran up to her first victim, a mother and her two children. the neighbors say the kids were in this car last thursday afternoon. >> basically we received a call about a car jacking. >> reporter: chief long says the bikini clad woman walked up to the car and was loud and aggressive. if the two kids were not in the back of the car, this story may have had a different ending. >> she would have reacted differently than the children would not have been there. >> but chief long says haley did get to a fight not too far away at south haven rv center. he says she tried to rob the place. >> we were sitting in t

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-

investigators say the ring leader is a 39-year-old patrick daniel boyd. he was in pakistan and after began stan from 1989 to 1992 where he attended terrorists training camps. prosecutors say he returned to america and organized a group with international terrorists aspiration. authorities have not said what they were planning, but boyd's sons were among those arrested. >>> and robert gates made a surprise visit to iraq today, and he met with the top u.s. commander as well as nuri al maliki. he says that the security situation has drastically improved since his first visit in 2006. >>> new at midday, a sign that -- prices may be stabilizing. they apparently posted their first monthly increase in tee years. that's the word from the standard and poor price index. it includes data from 20 major cities. home sales were still below the level compared to 2008. >>> the ceo says he will slash the bank's branches by 10%. bank of america spent the last 20 years expanding from coast-to-coast and now says more customers are using online banking. they have taken $45 bi

the alleged leader, daniel patrick boyd was arrested on monday in north carolina. he's been charged with conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad. 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

thank you, cal. >>> daniel boyd and his two sons, investigators say boyd attended terrorist trainingmens in pakistan and afghanistan and recruited others to train with him in north carolina. there are no known targets in the united states. six of the seven suspects are u.s. citizens and we heard earlier from a member of the muslim american society. >> we know that islam is always under the microscope and these type of situations cause the religion to be misinterpreted. i feel sorry that her sons have been indicted. they're young. they have the rest of their lives that they're going to have to deal with. i don't know if they'll ever be able to escape this, but, of course, we're sad and disappointed that this situation has occurred. >> the suspects are due back in court thursday. >>> the tour de france winner blasts lance armstrong. now armstrong is fighting back. the public war of words between two champions. we will show you what they're saying. you'll hear it for yourself in just moments right here in the "cnn newsroom." elp me breathe br all day long. and it's not a steroid. announ

case in point, seven men arrested in north carolina including the alleged ringlead daniel boyd. boyd is originally from alexandria, virginia. all are charged with noting and if you hadding terror tacks. boyd reportedly received terrorism training in pakistan and afghanistan and came back to the united states and trained others. federal agents are still looking for an eighth suspect. >>> researchers say a tanning bed can give you much more than a glow. the world health organization has moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the highest risk cat gory for skin cancer categorizing it as led a as arsenic or muse -- as as deadly as arsenic or mustard gas. the tanning industry disagreed saying there is no proven link between responsible tanning and cancer. >>> reagan national gets a boost courtesy of the stimulus. >>> first, one little one couldn't wait for police or an plans to arrive. born on the side of the road, how this new porn's name will always remind her mom and dad of one incredible birthday.  shh. shh! [ chattering ] delicious authentic iced lattes from dunkin

the justice department says daniel boyd trained and fought in afghanistan between ' 89 and ' 92. when he returned to the u.s. he started to recruit others. we will have more on the story as it becomes available. >>> now to a stiffer sentence for a man convicted of plotting to kill former president president george w. bush. ahmed alie was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison after convicted in 2005 but an appeals court felt that sentence was too lenient. so today a federal judge sentenced him to life. montgomery county executive ike leggett introduced a new pedestrian safety campaign today. powerful public service announcements target teen and inexperienced drivers who are at higher risk of being involved in collisions with someone on foot. >> when you see and listen to the testimony of the people who are involved in this video, it is my belief that emotional contact and emotional feeling that you have eck pressed will be conveyed to future drivers and current drivers as well as pedestrians who are trying to be protected as well. >> reporter: the new ps a's will be featured