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joseph hunter, extradited for thailand on friday, told a federal judge he was not guilty when asked about his plea in an unsealed indictment describes the 48-year-old hunter as a contract killer and a leader of a trio of former soldiers that are trained snipers. >>> a "new york times" report says the nss has been mapping data. if you thought your facebook was private, think again. newly released documents show that the nsa used vast amounts of phone and internet data to create complex webs of information about just who is connected to whom and to what exte extent. "the new york times" reports that by analyzing e-mails and phone metadata it can map out details about online friends and associates. it can pinpoint a location at any begin time and know about who a person traveled with in addition to other details. >>> the pacific northwest is dealing with rain and lots of it. let's check with our meteorologist. >> i know you like the sunshine. there will be plenty of sunshine in new york city, but in the pacific northwest we have dealing with a monster of a storm. cold front is pushing throug

joseph hunter who was ex-extradited from thailand was held after the previous appearance in federal courtmanhattan, an indictment unsealed friday described the 48-year-old hunter as a contract killer and leader of a trio of former soldiers who were trained snipers, for almost three years the national security agency has been collecting dat to map on dt the social connection of his many americans, document connected by edward snowden showed the nsa had complex weeks of information about just who is connected to whom and t whom ant extent. the new york times analyzing the date the agency can map out details on someone's online friends and associates. it can even pinpoint an individual's location at any given time and know about whom a person travels with and much other information. poor communication is partly to he go blame for the deaths of 19 arizona fighters in june. authorities announced saturday that the crews radio failed between the men and support staff. causing a 30-minute blackout just moments before the men were taken over by flames. the findings also reveal an air tanker was ho

now, the leader of this plot is joseph hunter, according to prosecutors.s a former army sniper instructor for 20 years in the u.s. army. and since he left the military in 2004, according to the prosecutors, he has been working essentially as -- carrying out murders and getting paid for them. there was this exchange earlier this year by a dea undercover informant, who sent an e-mail to hunter asking him whether he was willing to kill a dea agent and an informant? and it goes something like this. the informant asks him, are you guys willing to carry out this -- kill these guys? and hunter replies, my guys will handle it. are you talking about both the captain and agent? the informant replies they could do either. hunter replies back, they will handle both jobs. they just need good tools. according to the diemindictmentt was announced today, these guys were traveling all the way from africa to thailand, having these meetings. they were recorded by an informant by the dea, and they have quite a bit of detail as to how this is all going down. >> all right, evan

joseph hunter was being arrested in thailand and is being extradited to the u.s.the men were offered as much as $800,000 for the job. >> the motive here was money. greed, plain and simple. as alleged, joseph hunter had killed before for money and he and his men wanted more of it. >> two other people were arrested in connection with the plot. >>> new jersey may soon become the 14th state to allow same-sex marriage. a judge ruled friday that the state must allow gay and lesbian couples mair beginning next month, but governor chris christie, well he says he's going to fight that decision. adriana diaz has the story. >> reporter: it's a big prewedding party for supporters of same-sex marriage in new jersey after a state judge ruled to make them legal. >> we've been saying all along that marriage equality in the state of new jersey was not a matter of if. it was a matter o when. >> reporter: the court's decision found new jersey's civil unions unconstitutional because they deny federal benefits to same-sex couples. the ruling would make new jersey the 14th state to all

joseph hunter was being arrested in thailand and is being extradited to the u.s.the men were offered as much as $800,000 for the job. >> the motive here was money. greed, plain and simple. as alleged, joseph hunter had killed before for money and he and his men wanted more of it. >> two other people were arrested in connection with the plot. >>> new jersey may soon become the 14th state to allow same-sex marriage. a judge ruled friday that the state must allow gay and lesbian couples mair beginning next month, but governor chris christie, well he says he's going to fight that decision. adriana diaz has the story. >> reporter: it's a big prewedding party for supporters of same-sex marriage in new jersey after a state judge ruled to make them legal. >> we've been saying all along that marriage equality in the state of new jersey was not a matter of if. it was a matter o when. >> reporter: the court's decision found new jersey's civil unions unconstitutional because they deny federal benefits to same-sex couples. the ruling would make new jersey the 14th state to all

. >> investigators say joseph hunter ran a hit squad for what he thought was a colombian cartel. but part of them were informants. he's accused of leading a security team of former soldiers from around the world who are ready to kill whomever threatened the cartel. >>> the u.n. is looking to wipe out syria's chemical weapons arsenal. they passed a resolution last night designed to remove those weapons by the middle of next year. >> tonight, with a strong and forcible precedent-setting resolution, requiring syria to give up its chemical weapons, the united nations security council has demonstrated that diplomacy can be so powerful, it can peacefully defuse the worst weapons of war. >>> u.n. inspectors are already on the ground in damascus we should point out. officials believe there are almost 50 chemical weapon sites in syria. getting to some of them will require them to move through rebel-held areas, too, so they may ask for third-party troops to help with security during the mission. >>> not to a not so diplomatic welcome for iran's president as he returned home to tehran. a pr

joseph hunter, who was extradited from thailand on friday, told a federal judge he was not guilty when asked about his plea in an unsealed indictment. it describes the 48-year-old hunter as a contract killer and leader of a trio of former soldiers that were trained snipers. >>> the search for survivors a building collapse in india is over. the final toll is 61 dead and 33 injured. al jazeera reports on how illegal construction makes incidents like this one all too common in many parts of india. >> reporter: rescue workers rush to a pile of debris after a body is spotted under the rubble. there's no cheers for celebration. the person is already dead. the last survivor pulled out alive was a man in his 40s on saturday afternoon. people who live in the area sand and watch along with those who have missing family. some mourn while others stay optimistic. >> reporter: we will be okay once all of our family have been found. >> reporter: the rain has slowed down res could yous efforts. the five-story building housed about 100 people. police arrested the man that rented the ground floor. it's

joseph hunter was arrested in thailand and appeared in a new york federal court. prosecutors say he's a contract killer who plotted to kill a dea agent and import cocaine. >>> the number two navy officer has been suspend friday duty this morning. navy vice admiral tim di giana was suspended more than three weeks ago but it was not publicly announced until now. >>> ready for relay. the olympic flame lighting ceremony for the 2014 winter games went off without a hitch in southern greece. the torch is set to make its way to russia. it will arrive in moscow october 7, then journey some 40,000 miles across russia's nine time zones before the games officially begin february 7. that's 130 days from now. that's the news. >> i didn't know you had that in your newscast. do you know erica, one of her fantasies is to carry the olympic torch. >> it's on her bucket list. >> you did it with a broken footed, too. >> my goal is to get you with the torch -- >> start of the campaign. >> i'll sign up for that campaign. thanks, lester holt. you guys are the best. >>> dylan is back now

joseph hunter allegedly led a team of soldiers from around the world.ected to appear before a judge today. >>> just weeks before tough new abortion laws go in effect in texas planned parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the most restrengthive parts of the legislation. now, this portion requires doctors who performed abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. a call for clinics to upgrade surgical centers. >>> number 4, more twists and turns in the murder case of former football star aaron hernandez. now, apparently, his fiancee has been indicted for furg gore. his cousin was also indicted on a single count of accessory to murder. authorities say the two had alluded law enforcement and made attempts to hide evidence. arraignment dates have not yet been set. >>> number 5, snow in september. >> come on! >> it sounds crazy, i know. but an early winter storm brought several inches to montana this week. look at this. >> wow. >> people have not put away their shirts and t-shirts. it's great. this is georgetown lake on thursday. th

. >> reporter: federal prosecutors says joseph hunter has spent the past eight years out of the military arranging for murders. he was arrested friday in thailand accused of hiring a team to kill a dea agent in africa. >> bone chilling allegations in today's indictment read like they were ripped from the pages of a tom clancy novel. >> reporter: prosecutors says hunter, nicknamed rambo, hired four soldiers one from the united states and one from poland and two from germany. court documents say hunter met with two men he thought were from a columbia cocaine cartel but who were actually undercover informants for the dea. hunters launched a global operation sending members of his team to the bahamas and meeting with the team in thailand and plotting to kill a drug agent and another man they were told was an informant and sending two team members to liberia on wednesday to kill the agent. one of them was recorded saying, actually, for me, that's fun. i love this work. they were arrested when they landed. they called murders for hire bonus work and said they need a total of 800,000 dollars. >

drug enforcement administration agents arrested joseph manuel hunter. a sting operation in thailand. handed over to dea agents this morning and sent back to the u.s. >> the jury begins a full day of deliberations in the michael jackson death case today. they met for two hours yesterday after attorneys wrapped up closing arguments. the plaintiffs in this case jack kaplan jackson and kathleen jackson. a unanimous verdict is not required. only nine of the 12 jurors must agree. >> she's known for hot pink tennis shoes. we learned that texas democrat wendy davis plans to run for governor. two with knowledge of her decision told associated press. state senator that catapulted to stardom with 15-hour filibuster in the texas capitol. if you remember she was wearing the pink running shoes. that blocked new state-wide abortion restrictions. >> 6:48. nasa said curiosity rover discovered water on mars. before you get too excited it's only molecules of water in the soil. nasa scientists say the water molecules are bound to tiny soil particles and that means more are

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