since 9/11, authorities have issued warnings for mass transit systems nationwide, also hotels, stadiums and large enter tapement complexes. joining us now is michael sheehan, former counterterrorism chief for the new york police department. he is now a private consultant, michael, good to see you. >> afternoon. >> we are learning some interesting details from the indictment. one, that the terrorism suspect xblaz zi zazi plotted more than a year to detonate the bomb and he worked for a year to make the explosives. >> in a plot like this you will need a few guys to run the lab, takes a couple, three people to run a lab, tough cook these materials together, pull off the slurry and put it into the bomb and keep the material cool. so, it takes a few people to do that. to conduct the attack it looks like they were going to use multiple backpack-type bombs, probably another six to eight people, if they are going to have multiple targets, which is normally the modus operandi of al qaeda, a cell like it could get up to about ten people. >> when -- in the indictment when it says that the airport

a new warning is being sent out to mass transit agencies. why you may see more cops and be subject to search the next time you raide the rails. >> busd with booze. a local teacher arrested and charged with crimes against a student. what the woman was caught doing with a teenage boy that has her off the job this morning. >> commuter nightmare. no matter when you leave, it seems traffic only gets worse. why so much of the region is in gridlock and it's not getting better any time soon. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome. we're glad you're up with us. i'm barbara harrison. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs on this tuesday, september 22nd, 2009. let's take a live look outside. we do have some clouds above us right now, 67 degrees. let's see whether we have any rain on the way today. >> tom can tell us. good morning, tom. >> good morning. these are the last few hours of astronomical summer. equinox arrives this afternoon. we do have the clouds but no precipitation. a dry start. you shouldn't have any travel problems weatherwise. we're in the

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prosecutors have charged him with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. he tried to detonate a car bomb in the car garage with his cell phone, investigators say. he was not aware that it was a decoy and that an fbi undercover agent had given him. he was first identified for his violent comments on an extremist website. agents kept track of him for months. in an identical scene played out in illinois where 29-year-old michael finton is accused of trying to detonate a bomb twice in the federal courthouse in springfield. this one was also a fake given to him by an fbi undercover agent. he also wanted to hit congressional members nearby. he is charged with trying to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to murder federal employees. officials found a letter that he had written to an american, fighting for the taliban. michael finton later admitted that the finalized that man. and seven men in north carolina arrested for planning attacks on u.s. troops -- officials say they have specific targets, one on u.s. soil. daniel boyd is charged with planning

the 24 year old from denver to a brooklyn courtroom to face charges he conspired to use weapons of mass destruction. prosecutors want the afghan immigrant kept behind bars until his trial. they are convinced he poses a significant danger to the community and could plea the country. the judge orders him held without bail. he admitted traveling to an al qaeda training camp in pakistan and the fbi gathered evidence including bomb making instructions on his computer, and store surveillance video that appears to show him buying the ingredient to make explosives. >> at he is arraigned here law enforcement is closing in on possible co-conspirators. authorities identified three people suspected of traveling from new york to denver to help him with the plot. >> this case has a combination of allegations that we really haven't seen since 9/11. >> karen greenburg heads the center for law and security at new york university. she studied more than 800 terrorism cases and says the one against z az i is among the most serious. >> it is because of the weapons of mass destruction charge, because of his

that was shared, i believe, it's been known by the brits and the french, they had used weapons of massestruction, that he was, again, several intelligence agencies thought he still had them. and i believed -- i believed if he had a weapon of mass destruction, a radiological, a crude radiological device, nuclear device or something, for him if he had them, did i believe he would give them to al qaeda if he had them? the answer was yes. >> that's what you -- >> so i believed it at the time. >> you believed it at the time. >> yes. >> you don't still believe it, do you? >> no, it's pretty clear that the intelligence communities of several countries who had assessed his -- who claimed that he had weapons of mass destruction, we haven't found them. >> you think they might still be there and we just haven't found them? >> i doubt it. i think we covered that country. but there were other reasons to go in. that was the one everyone focused on and everyone was critical for the president going into iraq and said we never found them. but i think the president made the decisions based on the facts

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. >>> a federal judge in denver ordered 24-year-old -- consping to use weapons of mass construct -- mass destruction. he was going to set up hydrogen peroxide bonds on commuter planes. they say they foiled several other bombing plots. >>> one attorney wants these a timber 11 conspirator to get a new trial. they say he has a right to choose council that is restricted. he is now serving a life sentence. >>> supreme court justice ruth later ginsburg w back at work today after spending the night and hospital. she stayed in the hospital as a precaution. earlier this year, she underwent chemotherapy, treated for anemia. >>> it broken fire hydrants and low water pressure have d.c. residents concerned about keeping their homes safe. water district officials doing to make sure that firefighters are quick to keep residents save? -- safe? >> raging flames have council members asking questions. >> we need a full assessment. the manes, the water flow, the access, and a plan of action. >> they want to know what plan they have in place to make sure that this scene does not happen again. in this situati

a new air mass into the area. all of this moisture to the left is because of the area of low pressure that was pulling off of the heat and humidity up the 95 corridor. we have some cause and effect of the air mass, we have some moisture streaming in from the west. by tomorrow night, the front is sagged down to the south and the low is going the launch some moisture in over the top of it. that's what is going to give us steady rain tomorrow night and into sunday midday. i think we clear it out for the ravens game. 70 going to be the high. tonight we clear it out beautiful, we get this great challenge in, by late in the afternoon, here's a slug of moisture. monday, tuesday and wednesday, we mention a chance of showers. sunshine and the upper 60s. >>> thank you. out to sharon gibala in wjz traffic control. >>> we picked up two accidents since we last spoke. one on the harrisburg expressway. watch for that one. a second accident, route 24 at 95. we have slowdowns on 795 southbound in the red from owings mills boulevar

he will face charges he conspired to use weapons of mass destruction. prosecutors say najibullah zazi was poised to unleash a terror attack on new york city commuter trains on the anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attack. najibullah zazi is expected to enter a plea of not guilty. >>> today u.s. diplomates could find themselves accusing israel of war crimes against the palestinian people. for the first time ever the united states is a member of the united nations human rights council. the group will meet to discuss allegations that israel committed crimes against humanity when it bombed parts of gaza killing more than 1,000 palestinian civilians. hamas is also alleged to have committed war crimes by firing rockets at israeli civilians. now the meeting comes as diplomates are due in washington for talks meant to lay the ground work for renewed palestinian peace negotiations. israeli representatives are scheduled to meet today with a special middle east enjoy george mitchell. palestinian officials will hold separate talks with mitchell later this

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trace: we talked about the weapons of mass destruction. what does the government said zazi had planned? >> they say he learned in pakistan between august of 2008 and january of 2009 to learn how to build some of these improvised explosive devices, specifically bonds that were used in the 2005 london train bombing and the wind that the issue, intended to use. they consist of hydrogen peroxide, as a tune -- acetone. this is important because the fbi says it has surveillance video of zazi going into a hair supply stores trying to buy large quantities of ingredients that contain high quantities of hydrogen peroxide. they also have surveillance video of him going into a hotel, the same room twice on different days, requesting a suite that had a stove. they went in after he left, and they found residue of acetone potentially being cooked down. they were concerned he was cooking this component down. in the days prior to his going to new york, he started researching places that sold hydrochloric acid in new york, the thought being that he was trav

counterterrorism officials are warning the nation's mass transit systems to step up patrols. an of a can born -- afghan born immigrant under arrest in colorado may have been planning bombs all over new york city. we're going to have a live report at the top of the hour from penn station, how officials are keeping you safe and ramping up security right there. >>> the driver of a tractor-trailer is being treated at shock trauma this morning after his rig overturned. this is on 695. investigators tell our our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill that the rig somehow flipped. this is route 702 around 11:00 last night. no hazmat was called. that was not the issue, crews were able to reopen the road very shortly after this accident. the tractor was the only vehicle involved in the crash. >>> people in park heights are set to learn more about plans for a roundabout in their community. officials are hoping it will ease traffic at the busy intersection of park heights and druid park drive and also reisterstown road. and thursday night residents will get to have their sa

part of the money will also be used to modernize mass transit.yland will get more than $500,000 to help the mta go green. this morning's announcement comes on the heels of a report that shows a huge jump in marylanders using mass transit. environment maryland reports the increase in ridership saved the state about 60 million gallons of gas last year. maryland is the third in the nation for increased ridership. drivers drove 4% less last year. the governor will join the homeland security secretary for this morning's announcement in the inner harbor. linda so, abc2 news. >>> 5:44. the obama administration touches millions into transportation, also pouring money into making over cities like baltimore. it's part of the plan to strengthen the economy while creating jobs. abc2 news sandra endo tells us how it works by taking us to greenmount west. >> reporter: boarded up homes line this baltimore naibled street. >> that will change. you'll have young families here that create a sense of vitality. who invested in the community and therefore will take ca

i used to get paid to play oringen at mass when i was a teenager.ut it didn't mean that maybe i shouldn't have volunteered. but they offered. i was mowing lawns and doing other things, too. but back to normal topics here. are the entitlement rules for national guard or reservists limiting their eligibility for nca benefits? should those rules be changed to accommodate more guard and reservists? >> as long as they serve active duty and they serve honorably for the time they were called up for active duty, they actually have the full benefit of burial. if they're called up for one day, they're eligible for burial as long as they served that one day. if they're called up for a year and they served that year, they're eligible for burial. >> if a veteran with no other dependents is buried and his or her only survivor is a parent, should that parent be eligible or is that parent eligible for burial with the veteran? >> if the parent either one of the parents were a veteran, then they could be eligible and it would just be a burial arrangement in a nationa

does that sound to you like the bail of a suspected mass killer?nd as you heard sean calebs tell us earlier in the show, that -- i also want to tell you one more thing about this story, there's more frustration aimed at police for not even telling the public what's been going on, they are frustrated, the residents are who live in that request community. most of us would be too. listen to this woman. >> we're out here living our everyday lives without -- with a mass murder on the loose. we live here, we're not secure, we don't have troops or guards to guard us. we have to walk the streets and live here and, i mean, whoever did is still out there. >> again, this is the top story that we have been following for you. i also want to tell you about something i had gotten just a little while ago from cnn's sean calebs. he got a call from the police after we did a live report. the police tell sean they have no new information. wow. you like your health coverage, but worry what happens... if you get sick, or change jobs. eight ways reform matters to you. a

therefore, weapons of mass destruction. federal agents said zazi began to mix the chemicals he brought in the denver area. employees here said zazi lied to them about why he wanted the chemicals. >> did he say he was trying to color his hair? >> yeah, he said he had a lot of girlfriends. >> reporter: authorities say the same products used in beauty salons to bleach hair, create highlights and treat itchy scalps contain the set of chemicals listed in a homemade bomb recipe zazi got from al qaeda. >> it's so readily avaable and it flies under the radar, when you purchase it. who is going to question someone going in and buying something at a hair supply store. >> reporter: in documents filed in court today, agents said two weeks ago zazi sent messages to others, quote, each more urgent in tone than the last. >> this is as close we've come since 9/11 to having a major terrorist attack on u.s. territory. >> reporter: zazi and his family came to this new york neighborhood from afghanistan ten years ago. he w attended this high s

and houston. >>> homeland security officials are warning mass transit systems to be on the alert forerror attacks. >> this, as we're learning more about a man planning backpack bomb attacks. and other members of a cell are at large. >> reporter: the search for others center around this mosque, frequented by afghans in new york. agents are make nothing secret of their round-the-clock surveillance, of key locations and individuals in this neighborhood. >> the nypd and are holding bombs in a bombmaking facility. they believe there's bomb parts still being stored. >> reporter: the man at the alleged center of the plot, 24-year-old najibullah zazi, was arrested that he lied to the fbi, about bombmaking instructions found on his computer. according to court documents, agents fountdz nine pages of handwritten notes on the manufacture and handling of explosives. authorities say zazi learned all that at an alaka qaeda training camp in afghanistan, where he traveled twice last year, and was then allegedly sent back to the u.s. to carry out the plot. the fbi continued an urgent search for bombm

part of the money will also be used to modernize mass transit. maryland will get more than $500,000 to help make the mta go green. it comes on the heels of a report that shows a huge jump in marylanders using mass transportation. this morning's announcement will happen at 9:45 at the inner harbor. we're in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> atlantans are struggling to recover from days of deadly floods. at least eight deaths reported including that of a 2-year-old boy pulled from his father's arms by the rushing water. and this morning craig and bright crawford are remembering 2-year-old slayed. his mother says she put a life jacket on her 1-year-old but couldn't find slade because the water was too deep. craig says he tried to hold on but the raging river pulled the toddler right out of his arms. >> i just feel like i could have done better but it was just so hard. my son was dead. it was just so bad. i always want him to know that i love him. i'll see him one day. >> craig and bright clung to a tree limb with their 1-year-old son for nearly s

part of the money will also be used to modernize mass transit. this morning's announcement comes on the heels of a report that shows a huge jump in marylanders using mass transit. environment maryland reports the increase in ridership saves the state about 60 million gallons of gas last year. memorial day is the third in the nation for increased ridership. drivers drove 4% less in 2008. the homeland security secretary and the governor will be on hand for this morning's announcement at the inner harbor. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> the world has come to new york this week, represented by 100 world leaders and president obama will be giving his first address to the general assembly today. the president is expected to ask leaders to act together on nuclear nonproliferation and peace, especially in the middle east. president obama will also thank nations that have contributed peacekeeping troops to afghanistan where he's likely to ask for even more help. >> no sign of the cat? too bad, >> there's footprints. >> they were back at what was l

egypt has the market, has the labour force and the critical mass. >>: and why record spot prices are creating a golden opportunity for some quick cash. >>: i sold a couple of chains, a bracelet, a ring and some earrings and i think it was about 575 pounds i got for it. >>abirached: hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. over the next 3 years india is aiming to build 15,000 kilometres of new roads. the hope is that this project would free up transport and stimulate the economy. theexpected cost is high at 30 billion dollars; but the to attract as much as 10 billion of this from foreign investors. >>reporter: traffic volume in india is growing at12 percent a year with the country's brisk economic growth, putting a huge strain on its road network. but road-building hasn't kept pace, leading to choked highways and potholed roads. >>: that's all set to change, according to india's new highways minister kamal nath. he wants a fivefoldincrease in the length of

conspiring with others to build weapons of mass destruction to allegedly used on new york mass- transitk and a danger to society. it is likely that he will not ever be out on bail. jane: a pretty disturbing update in the case of casey anthony. we have been beating this dead horse for a long time. >> about 1000 patients of documents have been released from the state attorney's office. among them are dozens of fbi e- mails. listen to what one of the e- mails says. a stain on her car trunk liner appears to show a silhouette of a child in the fetal position, according to documents released today. an fbi intelligence analysts riding in an e-mail -- writing in an email. a very interesting photo exists of the inside of that trunk. it highlights a very large stain. it shows clearly, back, bottom, and legs. several of us -- this is inside the fbi -- can see this image and realize it is a good chance we're seeing something significant. our fox affiliate reporting that these documents are important in the death penalty case against casey anthony. her remains were found in the woods near her home t

he has been indicted for conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. he has allegedly bought large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and nail polish remover. he planned to make an explosive that was also used by attackers in the london transdyn bombings in 2005. authorities are not sure what targets he was planning to hit. in the meantime, a 19-year-old jordanian man is an custody for trying to blow up a skyscraper in that city. he planted what he thought was a bomb. he made a cell phone call that he believed would trigger the blast. he was being watched by the fbi. that bomb was a decoy. he was arrested immediately. in illinois, a similar scenario. the state capital, he was arrested. he attempted to set off explosives in a van outside a federal courthouse in that city. he was being closely monitored by federal agents. in north carolina, we're finding about a case that first and to light in july. authorities do not believe any of these cases are directly connected, but they are still investigating. martha: very strange that all of this is coming to light

. >> terrorists like bin laden are serious about mass murder, and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously. >> it's the politics of fear. and that i've seen being infective. because americans are naturally, all people are, concerned in terms of their security, they're concerned about their security generally, about themselves and particularly about their families and they're concerned about the security of homeland security. >> larry: but is the administration doing a good job in those areas? if you're playing to fear, are you doing it well in the handling of it? >> well, this is where, i think as we're seeing americans now, are, as i think they have been, when given the two kind of options, we'll go for the politics of hope and the possibilities. i think individuals, i believe very deeply do best individually when they're challenged. our country has always done best. when it's been challenged, coming out of the depression, the second world war. we always have, korean war. we'll go to the moon. we have always done best when we challenge. and when we are in this togethe

he's conspired to use weapons of mass destruction. authorities say zazi and two other men were targeting mass transit in the new york city area. >>> some floodwaters are beginning to subside in the area after the torrential rain. at least 243 people died in the floods and another three dozen are missing. >> director roman polanski says his lawyer is in a fighting mood after his arrest for the 1977 sex crime. he just filed a motion to try to get polanski out of bail, and he plans to fight his extradition from switzerland to the u.s. he was charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl but fled to france before sentencing. >>> welcome back. i'm natasha curry. robin meade is on assignment today. >>> the white house is pushing for new sanctions on iran. it's trying to round up international support for penalties against companies that do business in the country, especially in the energy, financial areas, and communications industries. now, those penalties would kick in if iran refuses to come clean about what it's doing with its nuclear

najibullah zazi is charged with conspireing to use weapons of mass destruction.horities say zazi and at least two other men stockpiled ingredients to make bombs and were allegedly targeting mass transit in the new york city area. >>> at least 23 people have been killed in vietnam here by a typhoon. look at this flooding. that's according to the associated press. the storm made landfall today with winds up to 104 miles per hour. some 200,000 people have been evacuated. disaster officials are warning about possible flooding and mud slides. >>> those are the top stories. welcome back. it's tuesday. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade today. she's on assignment. hope you're having a great morning so far. >>> in about 30 minutes we could see the key fight in the health care debate. whether to include government paid insurance. the senate finance committee will discuss the so-called public option. lots of liberal democrats want it. but moderate democrats don't. and so far not a single republican supports it except senator olympia snowe, of course, of maine. she would

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this mass of moisture is going to inch its way into our direction. here is how it breaks down on futurecast. seasonal conditions, mostly sunny. it is getting a little bit of bubbling up of moisture from the deep south. saturday, cloudy and a slight chance of showers in the late afternoon. the 9:00 saturday night looks like pretty decent rain coming through here. that will take us into sunday morning as well. but we should be dealing with heavy rain early on in sunday and then we will clear out of it. for game time, keep your first crossed. -- keep your fingers crossed. tuesday, aguilar 71. -- a cooler 71. >> you have just the cutest little dog here. >> little white terrier. she wants to be hugged. >> she wants you to older bridges a little lever. she's a beautiful little dog. >> i cannot imagine doing the heimlich maneuver on a cat. >> impressive. >> coughing in a cat is serious. you have to eliminate heart disease and infections. chances are it is not a hairball. if it is, it is easy to diagnose. but i would go to a veterinarian. >> what about ammon

china becomes the first country inhe world to start matt- a mass vaccinationor swine flu. welcome to bbc world ne. coming up later, the heavst rain in years these parts of is temple under water. -- anisn ball -- istanbul under water. > the ne few hours but crucial for bara obama and the serious debate in t u.s. ove health care reform. it is a measu ofow high the stakes are a rare event for amican presiden he nts to tend health insurae to 46 million who do not have it. their opnents have a bill to a campgn on ease oer by government-run health care. this is crunch time. his big y opened with th heroes of 9/1in new yo, t last time the psident called congrs together for a special adess was in the wake of the attack. is in washington putting th final touches on thepeech to sell th contversial idea that all americans should hve helped iurance. -- health iurance. >> i want to ge congre the ability to do the thing and not step on their toes, probably left too much ambigui out there which allow the opponents of reform come out there a fill up the airwavesith a lot of nonsense. >> t

china becomes the first country in the world to start matt -- a mass vaccination for swine flu. welcome to bbc world news. coming up later, the heaviest rain in years these parts of this temple under water. -- aniston ball -- istanbul under water. >> the next few hours but crucial for barack obama and the serious debate in the u.s. over health care reform. it is a measure of how high the stakes are. a rare event for an american president. he wants to extend health insurance to 46 million who do not have it. their opponents have a bill to a campaign on unease over by government-run health care. this is crunch time. >> his big day opened with the heroes of 9/11 in new york, the last time the president called congress together for a special address was in the wake of the attack. he is in washington putting the final touches on the speech to sell this controversial idea that all americans should have helped insurance. -- health insurance. >> i want to give congress the ability to do their thing and not step on their toes, probably left too much ambiguity out there which allow the op

his reported targets, mass- transit in new york area. matt, his accomplices are elected list of large, right? >> that is the case. they have not been charged or arrested but federal agency -- agents reportedly know who they are. an hour ago zazi pleaded not guilty in a brooklyn court. still prosecutors say he has terrorist training and plans to use it. >> najibullah zazi was the only suspect to be arraigned this morning but authorities stores for bombs supplies. the report of the travel from new york to denver and used stolen credit cards to buy acetone -- among the ingredients found on zazi's computer. videos reportedly show him buying bottles of duty products on several occasions in the summer. >> yes, he said he had a girlfriend. >> he reportedly admitted to having explosive training in -- through al qaeda. investigators say they do anticipate more arrests. zazi is due back in court december 2. >> thank you very much. those in new najibullah zazi in colorado say he showed no signs he had terror on his mind. he was born in afghanistan.

he did not start a mass murderer. he had his gradual criminal progression. you had to know something about columbine, he would have become a career criminal of some sort. he had sadistic streak. he wanted to kill people for the simple reason, his own aggrandizement and because he enjoyed it. he wanted to have fun. he wanted to show off. understanding a psychopath doesn't take a lot to understand, a fairly simple complex. it is hard to believe but it is true, that somebody will kill someone, hwanted to kill hundreds of people, but will do that for theost pet gain for himself. that was enough. >> deegan 20, 1999, the columbine massacre. eric harris started planning this in 1997. >> yes. how did he discover that? jefferson county release the thousand pages of writings of the killers, they left the journal, school assignments, eric harris wrote on his web site about what he wanted to do and they made video tapes explaining themselves but that wasn't enough. th fbi agent on the case deserves a major character in the book, underlining the impact the story, he said

bush's commission on intelligence of the united states regarding weapons of mass destruction, the worldsilver and commission. she is a member of the csis commission on cybersecurity for the 44 presidency. in 2002 appointed by then virginia governor mark warner to the secure commonwealth panelist after the attacks of september 11 to advise the legislature regarding preparedness and response issues to the commonwealth of virginia. she received undergraduate from the university of virginia. tom evans representative of delaware from 1977 to 1983 served as co-chairman operating at the republican national committee. deputy chairman of the finance committee and republican national committeeman from delaware. also chairman of congressional steering committee ranking for president committee served on the executive committee of the reagan-bush campaign and was the vice-chairman of the congressional campaign committee with responsibility for white house liaison. tom evans also served as an informal group of the kitchen cabinet that directly regularly advise the president on a broad range of issues

commission on the prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. in 2002, he became an assistant secretary of state, and from then until 2006, he headed at various times three bureaus of the department of state, including the bureau of arms control, and the bureau of international security in non-proliferation. and we have to note of course for the record that he has also helped physicians on the staff of the committee of international relations of the house of representatives, including deputy staff director and chief counsel, and we welcome you all, steve, we welcome you back beings and let's begin with mike matheson. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i have submitted a written statement. i suggest it be included in the record and i give a summary at this point. my statement attempts to describe where matters stand with respect to the various chapter 7 measures, which are still if effect, with respect to iraq and particularly in light of the provisions of the u.s.-iraq agreement from last year. you've already noted that article 25 of that agr

over time, and this happens in most mass emigrations. you have an immigration of labour that gets replaced by an immigration of settlement. today only a very small minority of immigrants admitted to europe are for labor purposes. a far larger number are for family reunification. >> how many of the 7.5 million in germany are turks? >> there were many different countries in the guest worker program. and turkey soon came to take up the preponderance -- came to be the major country in the guest worker program. in the course of the program, there it -- there were 18 million turks that came to germany. i am not exactly sure of the number. it is somewhere around 3 million. >> in france, how many are algerians? >> france is very difficult for statistics because france had since the french revolution a very radical idea as citizen equality. there is no such thing in the eyes of the state as an algerian frenchman or a muslim frenchman. there are only frenchman. it is not permitted to ask those questions. the best demographers and france -- the bes

that as security agents bring a completely separate plot to use weapons of mass destruction in the u.s. >>> kids across the country may be drinking water full of arsenic and lead. a new report that may have you packing bottled water as you send your kids off to school. and -- >> i think the smoke would have overtook her. >> total strangers run into a burning house to save an elderly woman. what nearly stopped them, though, from getting her. >>> today's top story. two u.s. cities targeted in two alleged terror plots. federal agents say the suspects in both were ready to pull the trigger. the arrests were in illinois and in texas. counterterrorism thortauthoritiy the plots were unrelated and neither were connected to the third alleged plot based in colorado that we've been talking about all week. first, though, in springfield, illinois, michael fenton is charged with trying to detonate a truck bomb in illinois. he was going to blow them up with a remote control. he was arrested as i pushed the button. in dallas, a 19-year-old jordananian man was arrested for a plot to blow up a 60-story

bringing psycho therapy to the masses. that's tonight only on 9news now at 11. but first, here's a preview of the cbs evening news. >>> they can save lives, but they are driving cost way up. are so many of these tests necessary? could they even be harmful? we'll have that cutting edge medical technology tonight only on the cbs evening news. we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> the suspect in an allege terrorism plot that stretch from denver to new york was indicted today. they are now charged with plotting attacks. they indicted the 24-year-old airport shuttle bus driver for conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. to a charge that involves life in prison. >>> and it is believed he was working with others. right now, the fbi, they are still trying to track them down. >>> firefighters, they surrounded several homes near california. they skoápblged 16 -- they scorched 16,000 out there. it's that time o

according to councilman gray it would impose -- >>> the fbi has issued alerts to mass transit systems and to stadiums across the country. the bulletins come as investigators look in to an alleged terror plot that may have involved setting off homemade bombs. karen brown reports that the feds insist the alert is just to raise awareness. >> reporter: mass transportation systems across the u.s. are on alert today. >> i try not to think about the possibility of what could happen. >> reporter: and it is not just trains and buses. the fbi and homeland security are also issuing security bulletins to stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels around the country. the warning comes after the arrest of an airport shuttle driver near denver and growing concern he may have been planning to detonate backpack bombs on new york city trains. >> our premise here is that the city is at the top of the terrorist target list. there are always those people that want to come here and hurt us. >> reporter: najibullah zazi and his father are already behind bars charged with lying to the government and ahmad

wmd's weapons of mass destruction.lonel, sir, do you know who has 99% of the wmd's consisting of nukes, chemical, and biological weapons? guest: russia and the united states have 95% of the world's nuclear-weapons. caller: i would say our colonial masters have 99% of the world costs weapons of mass destruction. that sounds very ingenuous and a status quo phenomenon. let me ask you one question. the 6 billion moral majority, how do they think this way? wmd's -- weapons of mass destruction -- in the hands of the white colonial masters. wmd's are white mob dittoheads, white mass media deceptions. the self righteousness about who is evil and who is good. i want to stop and listen to your honest and unbiased, on self righteous opinion. guest: in the non-proliferation treaty, it calls for the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons. president obama has talked about the zero option, which means we should be going toward a position that at some point in the future where all nuclear weapons would be discarded. and eliminate

cameras, very important to mass transit. now, the surveillance cameras come as part of a $78 milon -- $78 million in grants given by the department of homeland security. let's take a look at some of the other things this money is going to help pay for. we've mentioned the surveillance cameras. also the money will be used to hire additional police officers as well as bring in bomb-sniffing dogs, additional dogs. also will be used to purchase chemical detection equipment and provide emergency training to those who are likely to respond in the first 15 minutes of an incident along the rail system, along the mass transit system here. now, in terms of those surveillance cameras and having them actually onboard the railcars, monitoring people who are riding metro, that, of course, has raised some privacy concerns. we'll be talking to folks here who are riding metro this morning. we'll have that coming up for you later in the show. back tyou. >> okay. thank you, megan. >>> the manharged in the deadly shooting at the holocaust museu

a mass march is planned for late this afternoon, about 25 blocks to the north. town. jon: what have business is done to prepare? >> in many cases, they have closed for two days. some people liken it to a blizzard. some stores and restaurants are still open. others have boarded up. but everyone in this golden triangle is out of business. in the meantime, there may be more police officers down here that local residents or visitors -- and local residents -- than local residents or visitors. ohio state police, officers from georgia, charlotte, philadelphia, chicago, all playing a role here in maintaining a severe -- a secure perimeter for the g-20. jon: what was the protest about yesterday? >> 8 greenpeace protesters went on the west and bids -- west and bridge and unveiled a huge banner. it read, "danger: climate destruction ahead. reduce co2 emissions now." the protesters say they have identified numerous targets across pittsburgh, such as mcdonald's and starbucks, where they may or may not stage a protest, a demonstration, or worse. jane: tempers are flaring a bi

a warmer humid air mass and it is on top of us. so we can feel the humidity. we don't have any triggers in the atmosphere to dump the rain on us. that's a good thing. we are getting by with a humid sky but not necessarily the torrential rain. good job today pinpointing the rain across the eastern side of virginia. that's the target, taking it in to delmarva, later today northern neck. as we show you the forecast, throughout the day today, mostly cloudy and in to tomorrow, again, clouds around. a stray shower is possible. but toward the end of this time period look at what happens as we head in to friday. this clearing line comes down from the north. that's the trend for the friday forecast. all right. 83 today. tonight we will touch down at 65 and tomorrow's highs in the 80s we go. here's the seven day. looks like a rain-free fried friday. we like the sound of that. on saturday cooler and 70. nice football weather, though. we will push off the chance of rain until saturday night and sunday a little damp start and a nice finish. 78 degrees. back to you. >>> tod

the money will help upgrade fire stations, mass transit and port of baltimore. it's part of the massive economic stimulus package passed in february. the latest money is being used to modernize transit systems. maryland will get more than $500,000 to help the mta go green. this announcement comes on the heels of a report that shows a huge jump in marylanders using mass transit. environment maryland reports increase in ridership saved the state about 60 million gallons of gas last year. maryland is third in the nation for increased ridership. drivers drove 4% less last year. coming up in the next half-hour details on how the money will help also improve fire stations and the port. linda so, abc2 news. >>> let's save our children. what the naacp was asking last night as city leaders met with the community to fight juvenile crime. they met in union baptist church on druid hill. the goal was for the city and state leaders to listen to neighbors' ideas and in turn give juveniles the help they need to stay off the streets and out of the justice system. >> thema about

what's next for the man xarncha with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. >>> the trial of two people charged with trying to blackmail john travolta. >>> mackenzie phillips said she had a consensual long-term incest affair with her father. why talking about that now? we'll get your views about the shocking claims. a busy thursday under way. i'm chuck roberts. breaking news about a nationwide terrorism investigation. the colorado man, the 24 year old facing charges of lying to the fbi, faces a new count of conspireing to set off bombs. najibullah zazi will appear in a denver courtroom later today. court documents claim zazi plotted for more than a year to carry out a bomb attack and he stockpiled bomb making chemicals he bought from beauty supply stores. zazi was arrested last saturday. his father, mohammad, and a new york muslim cleric, also charged with lying to investigators. afzali has been released after posting $1.5 million bail. >>> two new jersey police officers are still recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during an early morning raid in lakewood in ocean count