an affiliate, kusa in denver, has more., of course, their initial appearance, savannah and contessa, expected to be in court in 30 minutes, as you mentioned, probably in court several hours. we understand that the government may not ask to hold mohammad zblaz zpli, he may go home tonight that is according to our source, although the government will seek to detain najibullah zblaz zpli for several days. a detention hearing is expected to be held on thursday when the government will -- when he actually will be able to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty and at that point, the government will be able to present its case and say najibullah zazi is or isn't a flight risk and is or isn't a danger to society. >> and how cooperative is najibullah zazi being with authorities? >> last week, you may recall, he interviewed with fbi agents over a

one of our affiliates kusa talked to one of the owners. >> they were looking for a certain individual, if he rented in here and he hadn't. and we just talked for a few minutes and then this week, they came back with four pictures, one of the same individuals that's being interviewed by the fbi right now. >> reporter: so the first visit was last week, a second visit this week. he says four pictures, one of mr. zazi. one of the other three was a man, two of the pictures he says were of women. we don't know what they found when they talked to the owners of other storage facilities, but we would presume that would take place, it would be a normal investigative thing that we would have happen, when you're talking about explosiveses because someone could have hidden explosives somewhere away from their home and that's why they would have been looking there. >> my thanks to you for keeping us up to date on this thing. >>> in the meantime, we're getting some unsettling news here about a very important voice in the united states. this is news that's just coming in to me now, in fact i'm just g

i remember reporting last weekend and speaking with the kusa reporter who had spoken to zazi of the journalism crowd. that was tuesday. if i'm doing my math, that would have been the 15th. so he spoke to them. whether something was specifically disrupted for 9/11, it does seem somewhat hard to prove because he had yet to be in federal custody. he had yet to even start being questioned if it is my understanding by authorities at that point. >> well, he was in denver on 9/11. that much we know. he was to return his rented car on september 14th. he ended up leaving before that and flying back to denver after his car was towed away for a parking violation. so he flew back. i think it is safe to say they don't know why he was in new york then. the government hass told us he tried to build a bomb in new york just before 9/11. didn't succeed in doing it. he went to queens where he stayed overnight. best left denver, tried to research on the internet places where he could continue to buy some of the chemicals. what he intended to do in new york, i don't think is entirely clear. >> nbc news corresponde

speaking to our affiliate kusa in denver, the attorney insists zazi has nothing to do with this. >> the main thing he wants people to understand is that he had absolutely nothing to do with this. he's eager to cooperate with any questions that we have, that anyone might have from the federal government, from state employees. if they have any questions, please contact us, we want to clear any aura of suspicion around him at the moment. >> the police raided several apartments in the queens area acting on suspicion that a cell of afghan nationals. and that was the first time they had ever seen this, the afghan nationals were planning some kind of terrorist strike in the new york area. a source close to the investigation tells us there's growing concern that police may have actually jumped the gun on this one and that's what's going on here. a source is telling us no bomb making material or bomb making devices have been found, no arrests made yet. sources close to the investigation say more resources are actually being sent to the new york area right now. >> trying to flush out what went wr

cnn affiliate kusa in denver spoke to zazi and his lawyer. he says zazi went to new york to resolve an issue related to a vending cart business and denied that zazi has any ties to terrorism. >> i think the main thing he wants people to understand is that he had absolutely nothing to do with this. he loves this country. he loves living here. that's why he brought his family over here. >> reporter: during the trip, zazi was stopped by police before crossing the george washington bridge for what he was told was a random drug stop. later, his rental car was towed for alleged parking violations. police asked if they could search the car and examine a laptop while it was impounded. zazi agreed. zazi's return visit to new york prompted fbi agents to raid the two homes of people he contacted. one of the men questioned by agents spoke to us on conditions we not use his name. the man said, while not close, he has known zazi for about seven years. he ran into him at a queens mosque and agreed to let him stay at his place for the night. he said, quote,

cnn affiliate kusa in denver spoke to zazi and his lawyer.olve an issue related to a vending cart business and denied that zazi has any ties to terrorism. >> i think the main thing he wants people to understand is that he had absolutely nothing to do with this. he loves this country. he loves living here. that's why he brought his family over here. >> reporter: during the trip, zazi was stopped by police before crossing the george washington bridge, for what he was told was a random drug stop. later, he has rental car was towed for alleged parking violations. police asked if they could search the car and examine a laptop while it was impounded. zazi agreed. zazi's return visit to new york prompted fbi agents to raid the two homes of people he contacted. one of the men questioned by agents spoke to us on condition we not use his name. the man said, while not close, he has known zazi for about seven years. he ran into him at a queens mosque and agreed to let him stay at his place for the night. he said, quote, he's pashtun, you can't turn away

that haze courtesy of our affiliate there from kusa are from fires burning in california.de its way across utah, across the rockies and in fact looking the other angle you can't even see the foothills of the rockies from downtown denver. i-reporters throughout the l.a. area meanwhile continuing to capture stunning images of this. tommy says it looked like a volcano was erupting in the middle of los angeles. firefighters used flares to set a controlled backfire. the combination of that burn and the station wildfire made the valley look like a scene out of a disaster movie "volcano." the smoke was so bad that he had to make sure the windows in his house were closed. he doesn't think the fire will threaten his home but just in case he has his photos packed up and a full tank of gas. our thanks -- many thanks to tommy for a great i-report. a reminder, always put your safety about everything else but when you got pictures or video of breaking news or great stories of where you are go to ireport.com and you'll get instructions on how to submit your stories. more i-reports coming