jonathan toebbe, with lots of access to secrets of the navy, wrote a letter in april 2020.ved in a foreign country with a package, sent to a foreign government. it said. now, that package was actually passed to the fbi in this we do not know what the signals were that were sent, but allegedly they agreed to do drop—offs of this information where they would be present but they would leave them in items such as the peanut butter sandwich, for which he got $20,000 in return so that he would give the password to the fbi. they did a second one in a chewing gum wrapper. the third one on the saturday, they caught him and his wife. she is a teacher in america, teaching humanities, and she was acting as the lookout for these drop—offs, allegedly. $20,000 for a summit, i thought my lunch was extravagant. what were the secrets that they managed to get out, if any? they were on the way to finding out about the designs of nuclear powered warships. these are the type of warships that can go silently in the water and propel themselves so fast that not even a chinese submarine could potent

jonathan toebbe had been working in the navy between 2012 and was active until 2017. did have his passport and some cash ready in order to be extracted, but in fact he was caught by the fbi before he could escape for attempted espionage, detained under the atomic energy act. so of course he is innocent until proven guilty and he will appear in court with his wife for the first time on tuesday. let's now take a look at some other stories in the headlines. 16 people have died in a plane crash in russia nearly 1000 kilometres east of moscow. a further six people who were on board the light aircraft were rescued, with serious injuries, and have been taken to hospital. the plane, owned by a local flying club, crashed soon after take—off. most of those on board were members of a parachute team. state media in yemen say that six people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the city of aden. it's understood that a convoy accompanying the local governor and a government minister was targeted. both men are reported to have survived but a press secretary and a photographer di

obviously, jonathan toebbe was a navy engineer. his wife was a ph.d. in philosophy, who was teaching at a private school in annapolis. and that school said in a statement today they are shocked and appalled by these charges, shep. >> ken dilanian, thank you >>> a business says at least two people are dead tonight, two injured after a small plane crashed into a california neighborhood it happened in the town of santee, just outside of san diego. a spokesperson for u.p.s. said one of those killed was an employee after the plane struck one of its trucks. officials describe it as a brutal scene, with debris extending almost a block away. the plane was a between engine cessna c340. the plane was heading to yuma, arizona and trying to land in a nearby field local coverage now, nbc 7 san diego and their reporter, dana griffin, is live on scene. dana >> yeah, behind me you can see the aftermath of this horrific plane crash. the debris still stretches at least another block. we know two homes appear to be destroyed, five others sustained some sort of damage. be

well, jonathan toebbe had been working in the navy between 2012 and was active until 2017. between 2012ive until 2017. he thought he might get caught doing this, so he did have his passport and some cash ready in order to be extracted, but in fact he was caught by the fbi before he could escape or attempted espionage, detained under the atomic energy act. so because he is innocent until proven guilty and he will appear in court with his wife, for the first time, on tuesday. one last brief— first time, on tuesday. one last brief question. - first time, on tuesday. one last brief question. what i last brief question. what happened to the sandwich? i think we will have to find something to hide in their of significant importance later. they will leave you to take over. thank you very much, mark labelle. still to come: so just sojust mourn so just mourn the loss of biodiversity is risking global supply chains. —— scientists warned the loss. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more c

we know jonathan toebbe asked for up to $5 million for those secrets that he possessed.ere's something else going on with this case. was there an idealogical motive? both seemed to be very left leaning. >> ken delanian, thank you. >>> meanwhile, this is a live look now at where any second nancy pelosi is set to give her weekly update to reporters. there are plenty of topics including the scheduled vote for the house to raise the debt ceiling and also where democrats stand on the nation's build back better bill. we'll take you there live in a moment. one of the questions the speaker and her caucus will have to answer is what cuts are going to have to be made in order to get it passed? democrats have laid out 35 billion in funding for child nutrition programs. right now it's not clear if that figure will ultimately make it into the final bill. what is clear is the need for programs like this. this happens to be national school lunch week and the biden administration is hoping to highlight the role the program plays in helping students across the country. the president says

as a result we have an unusually detailed criminal complaint in which jonathan toebbe incriminated himselffered this material to this country in exchange for $100,000. the fbi arranged these dead drops as they are called in the spy world including one where toebbe allegedly hid a memory card inside of a peanut butter sandwich between two halves of bread. they were arrested in west virginia on saturday, and they make their first appearance in federal court tomorrow. >> what was his job? >> he was a navy nuclear engineer with a top secret clearance. she has a ph.d. in anthology and was a teacher at a private school in annapolis. they have two children. in that sense, this is a very sad story. they are facing life in prison. >> wow. an extraordinary story indeed. ken dilanian thank you so much for bringing that to us. >> you bet. >>> the house is going to vote on raising the debt ceiling tomorrow after the senate approved a temporary two-month fix last week. this as negotiations on president biden's agenda are intensifying behind the scenes. the latest compromise is zeroing in on a $2 trillio

using highly classified nuclear technology the fbi says naval engineer jonathan toebbe attempted to sell its secrets to an unidentified country according to a criminal complaint, an fbi agent in that country obtained a package. on saturday, the 42-year-old along with his wife diane in arrested their neighbors in maryland left stunned. >> wow. it is pretty incredible it is out of a movie. >> everybody talks to everybody, except nobody has ever really spoken to that family. >> reporter: toebbe worked with the navy since 2012 and was directly involved in naval nuclear propulsion according to court documents, he made multiple drops that restricted information believing he was selling it to a foreign spy when in fact it was an undercover fbi agent one drop included an sd card stashed inside half a peanut butter sandwich another in a band-aid wrapper. the fbi says his wife was in on the plan and acted at times as a look-out in an encrypted message referenced in the complaint, he claimed he had a cash of information including thousands of pages in schematics that were slowly and carefully colle

navy engineer jonathan toebbe and his wife appeared before a judge in west virginia tuesday.rt documents claim toebbe told an undercover fbi agent that it took years to collect the information and smuggle out a few pages at a time. toebbe allegedly said they had passports to flee the country. a hearing friday could determine if they will be held without bond. >>> a motive remains a mystery after a shooting at a u.s. postal facility near memphis. three workers were killed including the gunman. the fbi says the man shot two co-workers before taking his own life. >>> winds up to 70 miles an hour are fueling a wildfire burning in santa barbara county, california. more evacuations could be ordered today. the fire has burned 21 square miles and has shut down part of highway 101. former president ronald reagan's ranch is among the properties threatened. >>> time now for a look at your wednesday weather. some violent storms rolled through the plains overnight. a possible tornado slammed an airport damaging hangars, planes and vehicles in the city of clinton west of oklahoma city. no

navy engineer jonathan toebbe and his wife are accused of trying to sell america's submarine secrets to a foreign government. but officials say the couple was actually communicating with an undercover fbi agent as they hid files in several items including a peanut butter sandwich. their neighbors in maryland are stunned. >> i was shocked, very shocked, disappointed that someone would betray the country. very disappointed. >> we'd see them, we'd say hi and it was always like they'd look up. look away. never eye contact. never would say hello. just very much kept to themselves. >> you know, it's just such a nice peaceful neighborhood. i guess you never know what's going on in people's homes. >> prosecutors believe the toebbes are a flight risk and want them held without bond. if convicted, they could face life in prison or death. >>> a major headline overseas, the top isis official has been captured. iraqi officials say they capt captured sami jsaim who served as the terror group's financial chief. the u.s. was offering a $5 million reward for him. jasim is a top deputy to abu bakr al

the justice department says jonathan toebbe and his wife were arrested in west virginia saturday.s say the man tried to give information about the design of u.s. subs to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government. that person was actually an undercover fbi agent. the foreign government was not named in the court documents. >>> ultra marathon runners in utah hit some bad weather, and there was a deadly shooting inside a bar. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." >>> the minnesota pioneer press reports three men are now under arrest after a shoot-out in a st. paul bar left one woman dead and 14 people hurt. it happened early "sunday morning" at the 7th street truck stop bar, which was filled with customers. several people fired shots. a 27-year-old woman was killed, and three people arrested were among those wounded in the shooting. all those hurt are expected to survive. there is no word on a motive for the shooting. >>> the "houston chronicle" said a 3-year-old texas boy was found safe in a wooded area three days after he disappeared. chr

defendants jonathan toebbe, a nuclear engineer for the navy and his wife dianna were arrested over the accused of selling nuclear secrets to a foreign government official who was really an f.b.i. f.b.i. agent. >> our submarine program is the biggest defense capability that the u.s. has. >> reporter: eric o'neil worked as an operative. >> this is a trusted insider within the network who had access to the secrets and decided he was going to sell them to a foreign power. that is the most dangerous thing we find in counterintelligence >> reporter: toebbe, who lived on this quiet street in annapolis, maryland, is charged with selling an unnamed country sub secrets in exchange for a ce $100,000 in crypto currency. the f.b.i. was tipped and began an elaborate investigation, with agents telling toebbe to drop off the stolen date in a rural area in west virginia. among the most sensational details that toebbe passed information on a data card hidden inside band aids and even a peanut butter sandwich. >> it's a very novel approach to an old traditional spy method >> reporter: federal prosecutors

and jonathan toebbe was insured —— sure adfa so they sent him a suite of $10,000 through cryptocurrencye embassy of the unnamed foreign country on memorial day, they caught his trust and he made three crucial errors on their drops. dead rubber where you are not there, you don't have to meet them in person. the first one was leaving the data inside a peanut butter sandwich, portugal paid $20,000 through the currency. he then sent the password to the fbi to get the secrets. there was a second drop—off in a chewing gum wrapper, he got 70,000 us dollars for that, and it was the third drop—off on saturday with the fbi finally caught both jonathan and with the fbi finally caught bothjonathan and his wife, a school teacher in america, was apparently in charge of the lookout for these drop—offs. what were the secrets are so important to hide inside a peanut butter sandwich and a chewing gum wrapper?- peanut butter sandwich and a chewing gum wrapper? well, this menu does _ chewing gum wrapper? well, this menu does what _ chewing gum wrapper? well, this menu does what do _ chewing gum wrapper? we

it begun last april when jonathan toebbe began to sell a restricted data concerning the design of nuclearwer. he wrote... but, the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was passed the letter which had a return address in pennsylvania and used encrypted e—mails to smoke the sender out. after sweetener attempt of $10,000 in cryptocurrency and further diplomatic gestures to win trust, jonathan betts. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data in a secret location and west virginia with his wife, a humanities teacher, on the lookout. there, at data code was fed into a peanut butter sandwich, for which he received an additional $20,000. then in august, a further drop of an eastern virginia involving a chewing gum package and a $70,000 payoff. finally, the fbi pounced during a third drop—off in west virginia on saturday. the secrets were up for sale on these nuclear powered warships weeks before america agreed to sell similar secrets to the australians in an attempt to counter chinese influence in the asia—pacific region. but, no more as the spy who has been dragged in from the cold will n

but tonight, their neighbors are wondering if jonathan toebbe and his wife diana have betrayed their country, willing to sell some of the nation's most sensitive secrets about our most sophisticated nuclear submarines. >> i was shocked. you never know what's going on in people's homes. >> reporter: according to the fbi, the story begins in april 2020, when the couple reached out to an undisclosed country, allegedly pitching the elaborate scheme. at one point, writing, "please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency. this is not a hoax." allegedly up for sale? the design of the virginia class nuclear submarine, which utilizes the latest in stealth technology at a cost of $3 billion each. >> it's some of the most closely held technology and the deepest secrets the u.s. government has. >> reporter: toebbe was a nuclear engineer working for the u.s. navy with a high level national security clearance. several times over months, the fbi says, he allegedly left computer files at secret dropoff locations in west virginia, pennsylvania and virginia. his wife, an annapolis sch

toebbe asked for $100,000 in crib toe currency for payment. cryptocurrency for payment residents in their maryland neighbors say jonathan and diana toebbe kept to themselves. >> wow no, it's pretty incredible it's like out of a movie, you know >> it's a quiet neighborhood and everybody is very law-abiding, so it was a little surprising. >> the investigation is still under way. the couple is scheduled to appear in federal court tomorrow that should be an interesting appearance just a half a peanut butter sandwich >>> it is now time for a check of the weather al is not here dylan is out but we are so lucky. janis is here, meteorologist at wnbc hey, girl, we missed you >> i miss you guys let's get to the weather because it's been wild across the central portion of the country today and last night this video coming in from parts of oklahoma, around shawnee of lightning, tornados, gusty winds, damaging winds and large hail across that region. they've seen up to 11 reports of tornados just last night from the severe weather rolling through that part of the country that is now moving towards the east tonight, today. here is a low spinning up south of

defendants jonathan toebbe, a nuclear engineer for the navy and his wife diana were arrested over the weekend, accused of selling nuclear secrets to a foreign government official who was really an fbi agent. >> our summary program is the biggest defense capability that the u.s. has. >> reporter: eric o'neill worked underanother as an intelligence oper operative. >> this is a trusted insider who had access to the secrets and decided he was going to go sell them to a foreign power that is the most dangerous thing we find in counter intelligence. >> reporter: toebbe, who lived on this quiet street in annapolis, maryland, is charged with offering to sell an unnamed country nuclear secrets in exchange for $100,000 in cryptocurrency. the fbi was tipped by that country and began an elaborate months long investigation with undercover agents telling toebbe to drop off the stolen data in a rural area in west virginia. among the most sensational details, that toebbe passed information on a data card hidden inside band-aids and even a peanut butter sandwich. >> it's a very novel approach to an ol

for nearly a year, investigators say, jonathan and diana toebbe were selling information to who theywas actually an undercover fbi agent. nbc's ken dilanian joins me now. what's more intriguing about this case, the broad strokes of it, or the details of how it happened here and how the fbi cost these folks? >> because of the way this unfolded, we have far more detail than ordinarily in a spy case. they were talking to jonathan toebbe and he was laying out the extraordinary nature of his crime, saying he had been secretly gathering this information for years. they paid him $100,000 in cryptocurrency and induced him to do what's called in the spy world a dead drop or multiple dead drops where he placed a memory card in a peanut butter sandwich, that's how he transmitted the image. you can't make this stuff up. it's deadly serious, these charges could result in life in prison. >> do we know anything about toebbe and his motivation? the whole case is weird to me, the money involved. >> he had these secrets because he was a navy nuclear engineer. we don't know a lot about his motivation o

it began in april last year, when us navy nuclear engineer jonathan toebbe offered to sell restrictedgise for this poor translation into your language. "please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency. i believe this information will be "of great value to your nation. this is not a hoax." but the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was passed the letter, which had a return address in pennsylvania and used encrypted e—mails to smoke the sender out. after a sweetener of $10,000 in cryptocurrency and a further diplomatic gesture to win trust, jonathan bit. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data injune at a secret location in west virginia with his wife, a humanities teacher, on the lookout. there, a data card was fed into a peanut butter sandwich, for which he received a further $20,000. then, in august, a further drop off in eastern virginia involving a chewing gum package and a $70,000 payoff. finally, the fbi pounced during a third drop off in west virginia on saturday. the secrets were up for sale on these nuclear—powered warships weeks after america agreed

federal prosecutors allege jonathan and diana toebbe sent thousands of government documents about nuclearanut butter sandwiches to someone they thought was a handler, but actually was an undercover fbi agent. i want to bring in nbc news intelligence and national security correspondent, ken dilanian. ken, good morning. what can we expect to happen when the toebbes appear in court? >> reporter: good morning, jose. as of recently, they have not had lawyers, at least according to the court records. so we may see public defenders appointed on their behalf, and there will be a question about whether they should remain in detention. the government is arguing that because these charges carry a term of life in prison, that at least jonathan toebbe should remain locked up, pending trial. so the judge may take a look at that question. and we're all looking to learn more about this bizarre and intriguing case, this middle class couple. she, a ph.d, who taught at a private school in indianapolis. he, a nuclear physicist who worked for ten years for the navy. why they risked everything in an attempt to

the engineer's name is jonathan toebbe.eir own were to provide information on virginia class submarines. this is the set of secrets that the united states agreed finally to go share with australia about a month ago, the thing that sent the french government up the wall because they had a deal with australia. it's considered to be among the great secrets of the united states because this is the neck tolling that allows the submarines to run basically limitless distances and very quietly. what the indictment doesn't say, though, is who he tried to sell it to. but as you read between the lines, it seems like it was a friendly country. it doesn't seem like he was trying to sell it to the russians or chinese. >> how did they get caught? >> well, i want was a mix of some very sophisticated methods used by mr. toebbe and his wife and some really sloppy ones. so in their communications back and forth to this foreign government, and it looks like the foreign government immediately handed the package of frgz over to a legal affairs o

so this nuclear engineer, his name is jonathan toebbe, he is now under arrest along with his wife, andthird dead drop of this top-secret information in west virginia. now, they had already been paid more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency, this by an fbi informant, over several months of this operation. so this really all started in june when the fbi tracked toebbe and his wife as they traveled to a dead drop location in west virginia where they actually left this sd card with these government plans and government secrets contained inside a peanut butter sandwich. there was also another dead drop handoff in august. that's where toebbe allegedly handed over these schematic designs for the virginia class subm submarine, a nuclear-powered cruise missile fast-attack sub. then it was this past saturday. toebbe was attempting a third dropoff of information, again all the while believing he was interacting with a foreign government agent and not an undercover fbi agent. that's when he was arrested along with his wife in west virginia. toebbe, he thought he would get away with this. in fact, he t

jonathan toebbe was in front of the judge about five minutes., diane, is a teacher, a fierce feminist with a progressive outlook. the couple allegedly sold classified top secret nuclear material about nuclear reactors above the newest submarines in exchange for cryptocurrency to who they thought was a foreign power but what was an fbi agent. they were arrested last week in west virginia attempting to leave a memory card wrapped in a peanut butter sandwich. they used band aid rappers in previous drugs. they had anti-trump ramps and black lives matter materials. that's all we have right now from the pentagon. trace? >> trace: thanks, lucas. let's bring in general jack keane, chairman for the institute of the study of water. we'll get to the peanut butter sandwich and the chip a little later on. my question to you is, the indictment says country one. any insight, any speculation about who country 1 might be and what they were looking for? >> yeah, that's pretty much an interesting part of this case. certainly here we have middle class family, schoo

the navy engineer, jonathan toebbe, and his wife, have a court date later this week.ort of the initial legal shot at him, and, you know, there's going to be an indictment down the road almost certainly. and that indictment will probably have more charges in it because this was a years-long investigation. but, you know, e v he's facing really serious jail time out of this, so, you know, you always have to look to what degree does someone decide to plead guilty, especially when a spouse is involved. they have to try and be more lenient on the spouse. >> devlin barrett, appreciate you joining us. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, democrats grapple with a growing problem. as the president's agenda and approval rating stall. i always had a connection to my grandfather... i always wanted to learn more about him. i discovered some very interesting documents on ancestry. this is the uh registration card for the draft for world war two. and this is his signature which blew me away. being able to... make my grandfather real... not just a memory... is priceless. his legacy...lives

april of 2020 prosecutors say jonathan toebbe and his wife die an in sent a package to a fortune countryy which is not identified in the complaint offering to sell secrets about nuclear submarines. a few months later is an undercover fbi agent who responds and begins building a relationship. toebbe according to the complaint wants to carry this out with a cryptocurrency called manero and he's drop off encrypted sd cards, once he receives the payment he'll give the pass ward for the sd card. here is what he says. i was extremely careful to gather the files i possessed slowly is and naturally in the routine of my job so nobody would suspect my plan. we received training on warning signs to spot insider threats. we made very sure not to display a single one, and i do not believe any of my former colleagues would suspect me if there is a future investigation. in april 2021, a year after this relationship begins building, toebbe asks, according to the complaint, for some sort of physical sign that this can move forward, that being said and with that done in june 2021, he carries out a dead dr

diana and jonathan toebbe allegedly thought they were dealing with an unnamed foreign power.oebbes heard the charges in martinsburg, west virginia, but entered no pleas. the judge ordered them to remain in custody. and on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost 117 points to close at 34,378. the nasdaq fell 20 points, the s&p 500 slipped 10. still to come on the newshr: the rth korean leader shows off his country's missile technology, some that can reach the united states. house intelligence chairman adam schiff weighs in on the tenuous state of america's democracy. one judge's decades-long pattern of wrongfully arresting and jailing children of color. plus, much more. >> woodruff: today, the u.s. and south korean national security advisors are meeting in washington to discuss north korea. it was earlier today when north korea's leader, kim jong-un, surrounded by missiles and other weaponry, put his nuclear-armed state front and center, and the biden administration on notice. nick schifrin explains. >> schifrin: the stars were out on pyongyang's red carpet. i

it began in april last year, when us navy nuclear engineer jonathan toebbe offered to sell restrictedelieve this information will be "of great value to your nation. this is not a hoax." but the fbi says one of its foreign undercover agents was passed the letter, which had a return address in pennsylvania and used encrypted e—mails to smoke the sender out. after a sweetener of $10,000 in cryptocurrency and a further diplomatic gesture to win trust, jonathan bit. the fbi says he agreed to drop off data injune at a secret location in west virginia with his wife, a humanities teacher, on the lookout. there, a data card was fed into a peanut butter sandwich, for which he received a further $20,000. then, in august, a further drop off in eastern virginia involving a chewing gum package and a $70,000 payoff. finally, the fbi pounced during a third drop off in west virginia on saturday. the secrets were up for sale on these nuclear—powered warships weeks after america agreed to sell similar secrets to the australians in an attempt to counter chinese influence in the asia—pacific region. but n

jonathan and diane toebbe are due in a federal court for a detention hearing today. they were arrested earlier this month and charged with allegedly trying to sell military secrets to a foreign government. in one case, they allegedly hid the classified information in a peanut butter sandwich. the couple could face life in prison.fbi assian billionaire with close ties to vladimir putin. officials wouldn't say what they were looking for yesterday at a washington, d.c., mansion or new york city townhouse. a spokesperson for the man said that the searches were connected to u.s. sanctions. they also said that he didn't own the homes, but his relatives did. the russian man's name was mentioned multiple times in robert mueller's report on interference in the 2016 presidential election. >>> and this morning, an investigation is underway into a fiery plane crash in texas. officials say the private jet crashed just outside of houston yesterday as it attempted to take off. the aircraft rolled about 500 feet and slammed into a fence. all 21 people on board were able to get out.

almost a year, jonathan toebbe, a nuclear engineer and his wife, diana toebbe a school teacher sold topexchange for cryptocurrency to a person that they thought was a representative of a foreign power. that person was an undercover fbi agent. the couple lived in a quiet unassuming neighborhood in annapolis and drove a mini cooper. the toebbes have been charged with violating atomic energy act. the navy engineer worked for the top secret naval reactors program in april 2020. he sent the first package of classified documents to a foreign government, which passed the information back to a u.s. defense attache suggesting the country may have been in fact an ally. the package had a returned a dress in pittsburgh according to the criminal complaint. i apologize for this poor translation into your language. forward this letter to your military intelligence agency. i believe this information will be of great value to your nation, this is not a hoax. in one of the more unusual details from the criminal complaint, toebbe visited washington d.c. over memorial day posting as a tourist. he asked his

jonathan toebbe who had a national security clearance and his wife were accused of reaching out to aion and offering to provide classified information about the submarines in exchange of $100,000. federal prosecutors said that the couple did not know the undisclosed foreign nation dimed them out and the fbi was contacted and a sting was set up with the fbi posing as spies. the couple established secret dropoff locations. and the fbi claims in at least one instance toebbe's wife diana served as a lookout. and, get this, according to the fbi, in one case, the couple hid an encrypted file in a peanut butter sandwich. in another they allegedly placed a secret file in a chewing gum package. sounds like a movie. >> boy, it sure does. those details are something. we don't know the nation involved, but we know the stakes are high. >> reporter: indeed. the attorney general put out a statement over the weekend, it's serious when you're talking about a fleet of the nation's most sophisticated submarines. if convicted, the couple faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for what the government

this morning, federal prosecutors are asking that jonathan toebbe and his wife diana be held without their tri flee. stunned neighbors of the suburban couple say if the allegations of trying to sell military secrets are true, they're disgusted. >> i was shocked, very shocked, disappointed that someone would betray the country, very disappointed. >> reporter: according to the fbi, the toebbes reached out to an undisclosed country in april of 2020 allegedly pitching the elaborate scheme. the message included sensitive information about the design of the virginia class nuclear submarine which utilizes the latest in stealth technology at a cost of $3 billion each. >> some of the most closely held technology and the deepest secrets that the u.s. government has. >> reporter: toebbe, a nuclear engineer working for the u.s. navy with a high security clearance allegedly left computer files at secret dr drop-off locations in three different spots and was creative at one point leaving the files in a peanut butter sandwich and chewing gum package in another. his wife, an annapolis schoolteacher

the fbi claims they discovered this exchange allegedly written by jonathan toebbe, a nuclear engineers. navy laying out how he conducted his plot. toebbe allegedly writing, this information was slowly and carefully collected over several years to avoid attracting attention and smuggled past security checkpoints a few pages at a time. the fbi claims toebbe appeared so comfortable with the spies he thought he was dealing with, he allegedly wanted to meet for drinks. toebbe and his wife diana a humanities teacher at a local private school are accused of trying to sell classified information about some of the nation's most sophisticated nuclear submarines. >> the nuclear reactor technology that the u.s. navy has on its nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers has taken billions of dollars and decades to develop. >> reporter: prosecutors asking that the couple be held without bond, claiming they're a risk to flee. authorities pointing to this exchange toebbe allegedly had within an agent he thought was a foreign spy but who was actually conducting an fbi sting operation. writing, quote, i'

but the information that jonathan toebbe and diana toebb we're trying to sell was about the virginia class attack submarine which is our new most modern high-tech submarine or the information was about the nuclear propulsion system which toebbe worked on for the navy. what kind of information bonanz would that be for somebody who is a potential adversary or eve an ally of ours? >> it's a dealbreaker and any kind of a contract for this is submarine that could carry nuclear weapons, or conventiona weapons, but they key to this kind of nuclear powered submarine is they can be underwater for months, even years because it has self-sustaining energy system and it's also silent. it's the one weapon system that could attack an adversary or defend against an adversary where the adversary doesn't see it coming, doesn't hear it coming until it's too late. this is the crown jewel of american nuclear technology right there be a hit. >> you know come out when you look at the money that was involved. a grand total of $100,000 for the first two drops, that's not a lot of money if you've got th keys

appearing in court for the first time now a federal judge ordering jonathan and diana toebbe to stay in jail until their next hearing on friday. they asked neither defendant to enter a plea prosecutors say they are a flight risk. they ask the judge to keep the couple locked up as they await trial. now former u.s. navy engineer and his wife thought they were selling closely guarded submarine propulsion technology to a foreign country but the buyer was an undercover fbi agent. according to the feds, the couple had memory cards in both a peanut butter sandwich and a pack of chewing gum and they dropped them off in various locations. >>> a man in new york city tried to kidnap a 3-year-old in broad daylight, according to police surveillance cameras caught it on video witnesses say a grandmother is walking with three kids in the bronx. it shows a man scoop up the little girl and bolt away. the grandma tries to chase him while two young boys stay behind people nearby join in the chase moments later, according to police that part's off camera that's when the man lets the girl go. police say

yesterday the government released a series of photographs and videos that prosecutors say showed jonathan and diana toebbeet drop off locations in west virginia and pennsylvania. diana serving as her husband's lookout allegedly. the fbi claiming they were trying to sell classified information to a foreign country about nuclear submarines. authorities believe they were ready to flee the country, they had $11,300 wrapped in $100 bills a go back, latex gloves and their children's passports. authorities suggesting they were in it for the money at one point writing a series of messages to each other. it's not morally defensible either. we convinced ourselves it's fine, but it really isn't. diana allegedly responded i have no problem with it at all. i have no loyalty to ex tractionists. robin? >> thank you for sharing those details, pierre. michael? >>> we turn now to new details on that fiery plane crash in texas, that miracle that all 21 people onboard managed to get out alive. zohreen shah is in houston with more on the investigation and how it was possible everyone could survive with no serious injuries. go

jonathan and diana toebbe made a brief appearance in federal court.nding a detention hearing friday the navy engineer and his wife are accused of selling sensitivf information to an undercover fbi agent. they passed along secrets hidden in a peanut butter sandwich and gum packages >>> the braves and the brewers all tied up at four apiece until this happened. >> freddie freeman with the brewers and a shift. it's a fly ball to center field. lorenzo going back left the yard and put the braves on top in the bottom of the eighth >> you heard it right there, freddie freeman has left the yard he gives the braves a 5-4 lead they will hold on to win it. the braves will face the winner of tomorrow night's dodgers/giants game. in the american league, the houston astros are moving on after crushing the chicago white sox 10-1 that's jose altuve getting revenge. he had gotten beamed earlier in the game this is the fifth year in a row houston will appear in the american league championship series they're playing another team from boston that -- some people on the "t