i want to go right to our justice reporter evan perez and our cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin. evan, first to you. >> this is some really stark findings by the justice department civil rights division against what it said were systematic discriminatory practices by the ferguson police department and the city's municipal court. i'll give you some statistics that the justice department findings say show how much african-americans were targeted for tickets, for jail fines, for municipal court proceedings and so on. 85% of vehicles stops between 2012 and 2014 were of african-americans. 93% of people who were arrested were black during the same period. and here's another couple statistics. 90% of all citations were against african-americans during this time.

cnn justice reporter evan perez has been scouring this report he broke the news yesterday about these doj findings and he's joining me live. evan what else is in this report? >> ana, these findings are really stark when you hear all the complaints when you and i were in ferguson from people and they describe the encounters they had with police and you see what the justice department is reporting here it really does back up what a lot of those people were talking about, and i'll give you the example you gave of this person who gave his name as mike and the police officer charged him with lying, because his name was michael and because he provided an address that was different from the driver's license that he had. in the end, this man lost his job with the federal government contractor as a result of the charges that were brought by this officer, which were without any basis whatsoever according to the justice department. that's just one example that's provided in these 105 pages. another example from 2013 an african-american man was in a

let's bring in evan perez. are the allegations here? >> eric holder in one of his final acts before he leaves office has signed off on prosecutors' requests to bring charges against senator robert menendez. this is a case that's been going on for several years. prosecutors here in washington for the justice department's public integrity section have been focusing on his relationship with a doctor an ophthalmologist. and some lavish trips according to the government that the doctor provided to senator menendez along with campaign donations. according to the government the senator got these gifts and these donations and in exchange for that he tried to influence things in the government on

louis, justice reporter evan perez is in washington to talk about what attorney general eric holder said. also joined by senior white house correspondent jim acosta live at the white house because the president may have something to say on this as well. let's go to st. louis. sara, i want to start with you, what has the reaction been to this scathing report on the police department and the news that there will be no charges against officer wilson? >> reporter: the reaction has been fairly cam here. there's certainly disappointment about the fact that they are not going to be charging daryn wilson, officer wilson with any sort of civil rights violations. there were a few protesters out last night, about 15 or 20, a couple people detained. it has been pretty calm. there's a sadness that has sort of hung over the city and those who have been protesting and some of the residents who have been upset. but they're also encouraged. we heard the same thing in a statement from the family of michael brown who talked about being saddened about the darren

. >> evan perez is out front live in washington. and evan you've got two police officers here now out. obviously there is more than 70 in the department. what do you know about these people? and of course that court clerk, what they did. were they responsible for all the e-mails or are more people going to be fired? >> well erin these interest people that the city claims were behind these racist e-mails, the more outrageous ones that we've seen including the one that compared president obama to a chimpanzee and basically calling african americans born criminals. mary twitty, the head of the court system, she the chief clerk was particularly -- was particularly outrageous because she was in the room in the last few months as the justice department has been trying to negotiate with the city to try to fix its ways. so that's particularly -- she was the highest ranking official who has lost her job so far. we don't know how many more are yet to come. >> wow. we don't know how many more yet to come. there were a lot of e-mails. we underst

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i want to bring in cnn's justice correspondent evan perez and cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes. evan, you've been working the story. what more do we know at this hour? r >> reporter: ashleigh, we know that the nsa police shot and killed one man and injured a second when they believed these two in a vehicle tried to ram one of the outer perimeter entrances for the nsa complex there at fort meade. the two men were dressed as women, they were in drag. so that's one of the stranger details to come out of law enforcement officials on this one. they don't know what intent they had. the fbi is now on the scene. and they're running this investigation. they don't believe it's terrorism related, but everybody's scratching their heads to try to figure out what exactly was on the mind of these two people trying to get into one of the most secure complexes in this capital region. and one which, you know, there's plenty of warning as to what you're entering. so it's not clear whether they entered the complex by mistake, the compound by mistake, or whether this was intentional. we do know tha

let's discuss further and with me now is cnn's evan perez as well as cedric alexander, member of the white house task force on 21st policing and leads the national organization for black law enforcement executives. evan thanks so much to both of you for joining us but evan i want to start with you as we await the attorney general's remarks here. i know we've outlined a couple of these specific charges and claims within these documents, but they're also demanding changes which is even more important. what types of changes do the ferguson police department need to make? >> well ana, the justice department sent out about 26 recommendations to try to get the department to fix the way it handles the weigh way it interacts with the african-american community, requiring the police to be trained to ensure officers aren't using bias in their police work. seems like a general recommendation but there are specific steps that they have to do to make sure the 60 or so officers on the force are able to do their jobs and protect and serve the minority community there. another recommendation is that

i want to go to evan perez in washington. there were two things that happened here, the scathing, blistering report on the pattern of prejudice inside the police department and also the justice department essentially clearing officer darren wilson of any federal charges, or the possibility of any federal charges in this case. evan, let's start there. what did eric holder have to say about officer wilson? >> reporter: john, he basically said the justin department couldn't find the evidence to be able to bring charges, the civil rights charge that the federal government would have been able to bring has a very high bar, as you know. the question is, the witnesses they were relying on were very unreliable. there are people who said certain things to tv cameras, to cnn, for instance. when they went to talk to the fbi, they said completely different things. that was an issue for the fbi. the question for bringing charges like this is always dependent upon the witnesses and whether some of the things that we heard about, for exampl

thank you very much evan perez. and "outfront" now, derek johnson, the president of the mississippi state naacp. derek, thank you for being with me tonight. you just heard the details of otis bird's death, we're now reporting we believe that his name is otis bird. he was found a quarter mile from his home in the woods hanging with bedsheets around his neck as you just heard the sheriff say. does this sound to you like a hate crime? >> well anytime you find an african-american hung from a tree in the woods, it has the specter of a hate crime. we are proceeding cautiously with our judgment. we are hoping that federal and local investigators do a thorough investigation and if it is in fact found to be a crime, we would like for them to pursue this in a matter in which if the perpetrators committed this crime because of racial hate that they be charged as such. sheriff lucas, the local sheriff of claiborne county as the president of the naacp, i'm sure he'll do a thorough investigation and we'll be very concerned with t

i want to bring in cnn's justice reporter evan perez. evan, what's the latest? what do we know right now? >> john, the fbi is now at the scene and is now investigating this incident which occurred at fort meade where the headquarters of the nsa is located. now there's a lot we don't know yet. it's not clear what these two people were thinking, whether they were intentionally trying to get on to the grounds or whether this was something of a mistake. we do know that according to the nsa officers on the scene, they believe they were trying to ram through the gate and therefore an nsa officer opened fire, killing one of these people and wounding the second. now, that is what we know at this time. the fbi, like i said, is at the scene trying to investigate. they're looking at camera foot raj, trying to resue where this vehicle came from. whether it possibly could have been a mistake or whether this was intentional. obviously it's something that will happen v to be investigated fully before we find out more information. >> at this point from the images we can see, it

let's bring in cnn justice reporter evan perez on this. sman schock had studies -- he's resigning. he will be gone from congress very soon but this may have eliminated some ethics issues for him in congress but there was still this outstanding issue of criminal -- possible criminal issue. and here we go. we have a little bit of an answer that they're looking into this. >> reporter: right, brianna. this means that his legal problems are just beginning, even as he makes his way out of congress. we are told that the fbi and prosecutors in springfield, illinois which is his home district are now looking into these allegations that he misused his campaign funds or improperly accounted for donor contributions and other in kind contributions that he has filed with -- you know with the federal campaign records. this is something that's still in an early stage. the first subpoenas have just now gone out and so now prosecutors and the fbi are going to start digging in to something that journalists here in washington have already done a lot of work on

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we will go if ferguson and ed lavandera is there, and also e e evan perez is in washington for us if this evening. and evan walk us through the details of the justice department finding. >> el well, don, there is stark findings from the the justice department investigation. you just hit just a few of the high points, but or rather the low point, right? but this is the department according to the justice department investigation was using traffic stops, jail sentences, and targeting african-americans routinely for very minor offenses and they went p beyond the ferguson police department accord ing to the justice department investigation, the ferguson municipal court system was also used to essentially raise the money off of the backs of african-americans, and low income people in that area, and hi will give you one quick statistic that we expect to hear more of when the justice department releases the findings but according to the justice department 21,000 people who lifve in ferguson, 16,000 people who have outstanding arrest warrants and most of these are for very minor offenses like

. >> early, i spoke with correspondent evan perez who goes into specifics. >> reporter: zain, the justiceepartment said that there was a pattern and practice of discrimination against african-americans by the ferguson police department, and the city's municipal court system. i'll give you a couple of statistics the justice department discusses. 85% of vehicles stopped by the ferguson police department were of african-americans. 88% of the cases in which the ferguson police department used force to make an arrest was against african-americans. and 93% of all arrests were of african-americans. this is a city with 67% african-american population. it goes beyond the police department, because according to the justice department's investigation, they found that officials, both at the police and courts, were exchanging racist jokes, including one in 2008 in which someone sent a joke saying that president obama, who had just been elected, wasn't expected to last very long, because after all, how many black men are able to keep a steady job for four years? that's underscoring what the justice dep

let me bring in cnn justice correspondent evan perez. evan it doesn't sound like there's actually any headlines coming from that press conference except to disavow, disabuse anyone of the notion that in addition to having been found dead by hanging, that he had been shot. the fbi special agent in charge said that he did not know of any shots fired upon otis byrd. why was the fbi called in so quickly when at face value, we do not yet know that this was not a suicide? >> well jake it's because the local sheriff there immediately saw a scene that he was not familiar with that's not something that happens very commonly and given the history of mississippi, southern mississippi, i think he immediately had some concern. he wanted to get some help brought in the mississippi bureau of investigation and the fbi to come take a look bring their forensic experts and then the fbi decided quickly to bring in its civil rights people to make sure that it could handle this scene. i'll tell you this. the scene tells us a lot. from what i'm talking to law e

joining me now is cnn justice reporter evan perez. we also have tom fuentes, law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director. so what really is the latest here evan? >> well brianna, it's still a very strange case. we have two men, both wearing wigs apparently in this vehicle that tried to breach -- >> wigs meaning dressed as women? >> yes, dressed as women, correct. >> okay. >> women's wigs. and they tried to crash through one of the outer perimeter gates to the complex that houses the nsa headquarters at fort meade. it's clear exactly what their intention was. no motivation is known. the fbi right now says that they have no indications that this is terrorism related. we have pictures of one of the wigs down there found at the scene. one of the men was shot dead by an nsa police officer who responded to the incident. the second has been taken to the hospital and is being treated. now, when they're able to try to interview this person they try to figure out what exactly was happening. they found uggdrugs inside the car. that

let me bring in our evan perez.else are the feds saying and is there anything that you're seeing that can sort of help to answer some of these issues that are on the table? >> reporter: ashleigh, the justice department just issued two reports. the first one i'll tell you about is the decision to decline to bring charges against darren wilson, which is something we knew about. but this one report explains why that is. and i'll tell you what they've concluded is that there is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove darren wilson's stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety. there are two key parts of the controversy that we focused on in the last few months, which is, was michael brown an aggressor? did he have his hands up? was darren wilson shooting him while he was trying to give himself up? according to the justice department, they could find -- they talked to many witnesses who gave varying accounts. they could not find anything to disprove darren wilson's account that michael brown wa

according to evan perez's sources, they say in the next coming weeks. we should also underscore what we're talking about here are allegations that vary from the fact he allegedly helped his friend and donor trying to get rid of some charges of overbilling. he's a doctor overbilling for medicare payments and tried to allegedly help his friend secure some business deals and dominican republic and we also know that in the past, he senator menendez had to pay back almost 60,000 in plane trips that he took to the dominican republic with this dr. salman melgan. an oversight, he shouldn't have done without paying his own way. >> thank you. >>> to ferguson earlier today, attorney general eric holder said he wouldn't rule out dismantling the police in light of what's uncovered. shaking down citizens disproportionately african-americans through justice department fines and harassment every complaint protesters made against the department itself except concerning this. >> hands up. don't shoot. hands up. don't shoot. >> as you know hands up don't shoot became the

our justice correspondent, evan perez, is here with me. the details are stunning when you look at this. >> it's a damning report. when we went to ferguson, we saw reports of their experience with the police department and now we have statistics from the justice department which indicate what those protesters said their experience is exactly what happened. we have a few of them right here. 85% of vehicles stopped made by the ferguson police departments were of african-americans. 93% of arrests were of african-americans. 90% of citations were african-americans and 88% of the times they put ferguson police department to use force, it was against african-americans. these are findings that the justice department is going to be releasing tomorrow as part to kick off a legal process to try to get some fixes made with the ferguson police department. >> it's hard to believe in this day and age but police officers court officials, they were circulating racist jokes, if you will racist comments on their official e-mail accounts. >> on their official

cnn justice correspondent evan perez digging in on that angle. what's the latest they're learning about the co-pilot's mental state and what, if any, psychiatric screening he went through? >> anderson, the mental state is really the key issue here for investigators. the airline says that they don't do any continuous monitoring of psychological state of their pilots. he was tested when he was hired. but after that, there's nothing further. now, we do know according to the airline that he did pause his training that's something interesting for the investigators to look into. why was that? was there a red flag there perhaps missed by the airline? >> the actual pilot training he got, at least some of it was in the united states. >> right, exactly. some was in arizona. lufthansa has a facility down there and we know that the fbi is planning to go talk to the people there to see if anybody trained him, any students or perhaps anybody who may have noticed anything who now has something to draw on. >> trying to track red flags on e-mail or somewhere onli

let's get right to cnn justice correspondent evan perez. the fbi is on the scene.u tell us about what officials are saying? >> right now they have two parallel investigations. obviously this man was found hanging from a tree in some woods in property behind the residence where he was living and because of the circumstance this is in southern mississippi near the louisiana border the fbi was called in by local authorities. they found him this morning about 10:00 this morning. they were looking for him because he had been missing since early this month. the fbi is in charge of checking to see if there's any federal violation, civil rights violation, you know. obviously the circumstances are very suspicious hanging from a tree and so on. they haven't ruled out that it's possibly a suicide but it is suspicious and it is something that the fbi's looking into. at this point, all they know is that it is a suspicious death. they are looking into it. both on the local authorities side and on the fbi side. >> evan perez, we will continue to update you with news from that hor

>>> we will begin the breaking news with evan perez who has the late west the hanging case. and we have the latest with the martese johnson case. and now, a black man hanging from a tree brings up the worst for many people in the country, what is the latest? >> yes, this is down on the border of mississippi, and local authorities say they found the african-american man with bed sheets hanging from the tree. this is all about 500 yards from the property of a man who has been missing for a couple of weeks now since early this month. the body according to a law enforce enforcement officials that we talked to is believed to be the body of otis byrd who is 54 years ole. he has been missing since earlier this month. we don't know exactly what happened. the authorities believe it could be a suicide or foul play. he was reported missing in earlier in the month. and his family says that, don, that, you know, at the time there was nothing wrong. he didn't portray anything amiss at all. they heard from him regularly until he disappeared, and so now the justice department and the fbi ar

again, the nsa still not commenting but law enforcement commenting to our own evan perez. look like an attack an attempted attack but no motive determined at this point. no nexus to terrorism determined at this point. just that the security officers at the scene made a judgment that that vehicle was attempting to ram the gate and they fired, they were able to kill one, injure the other, and, of course stop the threat that they perceived at the time. >> it's interesting that two men were inside of that vehicle. i wish we could see the license plate so we know where that vehicle was from but we don't know much else about the suspects other than one is dead and one injured? >> that's exactly right. and, again, this gets to -- and tom fuentez raised this question before as well. what is the most separation? you have -- you know this is a security incident. security officers judged them a threat. you don't know what their motivation is, it could be terrorism, it could be something else it could be mental illness. but when we have two people present that raises more questions be

first, let's go to evan perez.general eric holder speaking out about the ferguson police department. >> that's right the attorney general is not mincing words about what he wants to see happen with the ferguson police department in light of this report from the justice department. here is what he had to say. he was traveling with the president a few minutes ago. >> we are prepared to use all the power that we have to ensure that the situation changes there. and that means everything from working with them to coming up with an entirely new structure. >> does that include dismantling the police force? >> if that's what's necessary. >> you know one of the things that they discussed some months ago was that in the future after the justice department investigation was over that perhaps the ferguson police department would cease to exist. the st. louis county police would take over policing duties in the city. >> what are you hearing about the resignations at the police department? two police officers today, the pressure

cnn justice reporter evan perez. a 17-year-old, evan charged trying to leave canada to join isis.t do we know? >> that's right, this is another example of the recruitment isis has been able to -- foothold it has been able to gain both in the united states and in canada. this case comes out of edmonton and this 17-year-old is charged by canadian authorities with trying to leave canada to try to join isis. edmonton apparently has been a bit of a hot bed for isis recruitment. they are three teenagers, three cousins last year who died fighting with isis after leaving the country and so this is something that the canadian authorities are very much keeping an eye on something akin to the hot bed we have had here in minneapolis with the recruitment of shabab and more recently with isis. >> you know paul our friends in canada they've got some serious problems up there when it comes to canadians being recruited, young ones and heading off to try to join forces with isis. >> that's absolutely right. about 130 canadians believed to have traveled overseas to join jihadi groups many of them go

our justice reporter evan perez is here in "the situation room." pretty shocking.rning? >> yes, wolf. this is going down in southern mississippi, about an hour from jackson, mississippi. according to the fbi, the local authorities there called them in after they found this african-american man hanging from a tree. it's about a half mile behind the last known residence that he had. it's in some very deep woods and the local authorities have been looking for him because he was reported missing on march 2nd. now, there is at this point no indication of what happened. they don't know if it's a suicide or if it was something that -- whether he was killed by someone. so that is something now that has gotten the interest of the fbi. they have got their civil rights inspectors there, their investigators there, they've got the justice department civil rights division involved and the attorney's office is investigating. obviously the context here is that there's not a lot known. they know it's a suspicious death but they don't know more than that. they have to do all the for

joining us evan perez. he broke the story for all of us. for the michael brown family. our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin antonio french and law enforcement analyst tom fuentes. evan you've been talking to your sources. what are they telling you about this justice department report? >> wolf we expect this report will be made public tomorrow. the justice department met with officials from ferguson this afternoon to tell them what they are about to publish and really this portrays a department that has deep deep problems. i'll give you a few statistics from the report that is going to be revealed tomorrow. 85% of the vehicle stops from 2012 to 2014 the justice department took a look at their books. 85% were of african-americans. 93% of arrests were of african-americans. 90% of citations were of african-americans. again, going back to michael brown and the incident there, the killing of michael brown by a police officer, 88% of use of force the ferguson department use of force was against african-americans. you can see that what people w

still ahead, right now, evan perez standing by. forgive me. i know you spoke with the former tsa administrator asking questions what investigators would be looking for. what did he share with you? >> i talked to former administrator of the tsa and also a member of the fbi. he was the lead investigator for the 1999 egypt air crash brooke. over 200 people were killed. the conclusion the fbi reached in this case was that it was air suicide operation by the co-pilot. the pilot left the cockpit, and the co-pilot crashed the plane. the pilot got back in the cockpit, and they fought but he was not able to stop the crash. investigators are looking at building a profile of this co-pilot his entire life. looking at everything from his genetic background medical mental history. they would look at what kind of things turned up when the german carrier did a background check to determine whether or not he was fit to become a pilot. the last thing he mentioned was whether there was anybody on the passenger manifest that had a relationship with the co-pilot.

let's bring in our justice reporter evan perez, our law enforcement analyst tom fuentes and cnn anchorn doing about this? >> wolf they work for the philly police department. now what they are working with is to try to implement recommendations to improve training to make sure that the police on the beat are able to respond to these situations and, you know without the use of force. >> so do the police have enough training if they go to arrest somebody and somebody is going to reach in their pocket and get their driver's license or something, sometimes they think they are going to go for a weapon or a gun and they shoot and kill them. >> that may be wolf but it's not strictly a training thing when you're in the dark and somebody pulls that out and that happens. chief ramsey did a smart thing here. he knew that there had been so many police shootings, he ordered the study and the study says do more training. now he can say, pay for more police training and policing and if they don't, they've got him and the department -- >> it can't hurt right? >> no it can't hurt. but the city is going

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evan perez is outfront in washington. what is the bottom line they are saying happened in ferguson? >> erin the bottom line here is this police department and the court system in ferguson according to the justice department was rived with racism. according to the justice department, 85% of the vehicle stops between 2012 and 2014 were of african-americans. 88% of cases where the ferguson police used force in making an arrest was against african-americans. 93% of arrests were of african-americans. this in a city that's 67% african-american. this report is really as you said scathing. it shows this is a problem that goes beyond just the police department into the court system because people were being targeted not only for traffic stops but also thrown in jail when they couldn't pay their fines. >> it goes beyond that. they have e-mail offense officials trading racist jokes. >> that's right. they uncovered e-mails on the ferguson city computer system where people were trading jokes. i'll real one of them that refers to in 2008 in november right after the election of president barack ob

let's bring in evan perez. are the allegations here?eric holder in one of his final acts before he leaves office has signed off on prosecutors' requests to bring charges against senator robert menendez. this is a case that's been going on for several years. prosecutors here in washington for the justice department's public integrity section have been

want to bring in cnn justice reporter evan perez. th us, former fbi assistant director and cnn justice correspondent tom fuentes. evan, the fbi called in to help. what will they be doing? >> it's not just the fbi, but also u.s. intelligence agents going all over the databases to see if there's anything they can find that indicates anything that could explain perhaps what this pilot was thinking in the last couple weeks, in the last few days before taking this flight. the fbi is going to be assisting the french with anything they ask for. we know for a fact one of the things they'll try to do is talk to the lufthansa training facility, talk to people there to see if they can provide any information about perhaps the mindset indicating anything wrong with this pilot. >> and that is something the fbi is going to do here at home. beyond the fbi, we know the nsa and other intelligence agencies have databases that capture a lot of foreign communications, which has been something of a controversy in germany and other parts of europe. now tho

let's go to cnn's evan perez who broke the story and has the details. prosecutors allege this democratic powerhouse did? >> well jake he had this very apparently lucrative relationship with a friend and prominent democratic donor, solomon melgin a doctor down in florida who has had many many issues with the federal government including being accused of defrauding medicare and according to the justice department according to prosecutors investigating this for nearly five years, he was using his office the senator was using his office to try to help his friend and donor in exchange for gifts. >> when can we expect the charges to be officially unveiled? >> we expect it to be announced probably by the next attorney general, loretta lynch. attorney general eric holder has already approved the request by prosecutors to go forward on this. >> this is not the first allegation of wrongdoing against senator menendez who we should point out has been on the show many times to talk about foreign relations and other issues. has his office responded to this allegation

let's bring in our justice correspondent pamela brown and evan perez.ts to collect money. >> they were under pressure. the city government of ferguson apparently was running a booming business in writing traffic citations against motorists who went through the city. in 2010 -- i'm sorry, in the past year the city has written 50% more citations than in 2010. also in 2010 the ferguson courts collected $1.3 million in fines and fees. in 2015 they are expecting $3 million. it's a big increase. attorney general eric holder had some criticism of this practice. here is what he had to say. >> the city relies on the police force to serve as a collection agency for the municipal court rather than as a law enforcement entity focused on maintaining and promoting public safety. >> wolf beyond the practices of the police department and the courts the justice department uncovered really shocking e-mails that really describe what the attitude within the police department was. i will give you one e-mail from 2011 which described a woman in new orleans going in for an ab

cnn's justice reporter evan perez is joining us now from the justice department. you've gone through the actual report, evan. there are two key components we're told. first, what has the justice department decided about charges against that former police officer, wilson? >> reporter: wolf the justice department has decided not to bring charges against darren wilson in the shooting of michael brown. the key finding by the justice department is this that there is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove darren wilson's stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety. this turned on a couple of key pieces of evidence things really that have been at the center of the dispute over the shooting. whether or not michael brown was the aggressor, whether darren wilson shot and killed him as he was trying to give himself up with his hands up. the justice department decided that they could not disprove that darren wilson feared for his life in a struggle over his gun, as he reported. and also that in the end, michael brown was moving towards the officer.

i want to get your reaction to what evan perez our justice reporter reported.more americans including one u.s. army national guard reservist apparently seeking to go off to egypt and head over to syria, hook up with isis. what do you make of this? >> it's very disturbing to see our national guardsmen going to join the enemy in syria and his cousin plotting to attack a military base in the united states. we have that isis kill list that's been out there. and remember, just last week u.s. air force veteran was arrested for trying to go join the enemy and isis in syria as well. this is a strangs development of our u.s. military personnel wanting to join isis. the fbi and homeland security officials have been able to detect and destruct and stop these potential plots. >> i know you and other homeland security experts here in the united states you're really worried about aqap in yemen given their track record and wanting to attack targets right here in the u.s. how does it affect the u.s. ability to deal with these terror threats? >> the administration called yemen

cnn's evan perez reporting this new information.w firm. so far they haven't gotten back to us. schock in recent days announced plans to resign effective at the end of march. at that time citing the controversy surrounding allegations he improperly accounted for travel and other contributions from donors and reimbursements for campaign use of a personal car. that probe managed by prosecutors and the u.s. attorney's office in springfield means the legal troubles are now just beginning. the fbi beginning to deliver subpoenas seeking testimony before a grand jury and springfield, illinois there had been cause for a house ethics probe, however his resignation could have made that more or less unnecessary. a federal investigation is a very different story. likely not to be affected by his employment status. brianna? >> just a -- he has a former chairman who he hired and is trying to make sure he protects himself from what could be criminal charges here. joe johns, thank you for the update on this. we'll be right back. ♪ building aircraft,

this just came into cnn from evan perez.ard along with his cousin have been arrested. get this, they are facing charges of providing material support to isis -- this coming into cnn via a government official. one man was apparently arrested to trying to yet again get on a flight to join isis ranks. apparently the second was plotting to use his cousin's military uniform in order to carry out an attack on a illinois military facility. the army national guard specialist's name is hasan edmonds. arrested without incident. apparently the people who made the arrest were chicago's fbi joint terrorism task force. he was apparently trying to fly to cairo in egypt. the cousin is jonas edmonds. he was arrested without incident. not in any airport, but instead at his home in illinois. hasan edmonds is a current member of the illinois army national guard. apparently the charges document suggests that he was planing to use his military training to fight on behalf of isis. jonas edmonds apparently asked the fbi undercover employee to assis

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cnn's evan perez working the story. joining us with more. it seems obviously a lot of caution should be done on reporting the story. frankly, this very well could be a suicide. what else have you learned from law enforcement? >> that's right, anderson. this otis byrd went missing on march 2nd according to authorities. his family reported him missing on march 8th. and they started looking for him. they went to search this area. this area where this body was found today. was searched before. however, they hadn't searched this exact area. about 500 yards behind where it was a wooded area. it was 10:00 this morning. the local authorities called in the fbi immediately and the justice department for obvious reasons. the circumstances in which the body was found. >> also evan the sheriff said they'd been raining in the area so that is why they haven't searched in that part of the woods. that would, if there were any traces of footprints that would make it more difficult for law enforcement to figure out what had happened. >> right. it would complic

cnn's evan perez joins me live now from washington with that story. van, this is one of those stories we didn't expect we were ever going to report. a united states contractor who was accused and charged with espionage and took off where he's been cooling his heels in russia apparently wants to come home. what's going on? >> reporter: i'm not sure if it's the winter or he just misses home. but edward snowden's lawyer according to a reuters report out of russia today is saying that he is in discussions with the u.s. government on possibly returning home. we do know the justice department attorney general eric holder last year sent a letter to snowden assuring that he would not get the death penalty if he were to return and face these charges for revealing sensitive national security documents, obviously thousands and thousands of documents from the national security agency. this is something that the government really wants to try to resolve because they believe that snowden still has access to or control over many, many more documents, perhaps millions

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cnn's justice correspondent evan perez is live in d.c. details. >> good morning, michaela. police say they've arrested a suspect responsible for as many as five shootings in the suburbs between washington and baltimore. now this includes one yesterday that caused damage to a building at the headquarters of the national security agency in fort mead maryland. the suspect is a 35-year-old, arrested during a traffic stop in anne arundel county. he was driving a blue lincoln town car, a car that was seen in the area of shootings. the local police analyzed bullet casings recovered from the scene. police say shortly before the shots were fired yesterday near the nsa, someone fired at a truck on a suburban highway in laurel maryland. now on march 2nd shots were fired at a walmart store and at a movie theater in columbia maryland. a series of shootings began february 24th the same suspect is believed to have fired shots at a car driving through a mall in the same area. back to you. >>> do you hate obamacare? do you love it? either way, today is a