melaku was also purportedly interested in making bombs.o pounds of ammonium nitrate the material used in the oklahoma city bombing was allegedly in his backpack and a list of other i.e.d. components was at his home. since u.s. army major nidal hasan was charged with killing 14 people at fort hood the military has been on the lookout for radicalized troops. a marine spokesman says melaku showed no signs. >> there were no indications. this was a young enlisted marine serving as a reservist that was attending drills and other functions. >> reporter: but a military official says one month before the first shooting melaku failed a combat fitness test. he later did poorly on a personal fitness test and at some point was listed as nondeployable. the reason is not clear. when he enlisted in 2007, melaku would have been screened for terror ties. none were found. u.s. officials say they believe he was self-radicalized, that there are no overseas connections. now the marines are kicking him out of the reserves. wolf? >> when you say self-radicalized

melaku is 22 years old, an oath yoep man american who serves in the marine reserve.s a suspected criminal, having recently been charged with breaking into cars. so far, the fbi has not linked him to any known terrorist organization. >> we do believe, at this time, that this individual acted alone. >> reporter: but law enforcement is on edge about so-called lone wolves right now. people like the ft. hood shooter, who are not known members of terror networks, but inspired by them. at first glams, melaku seems to fit the profile. >> how can we empower local law enforcement in particular to prevent a lone wolf from being successful. >> reporter: those fears have been heightened in the wake of osama bin laden's death, leaving security officials and americans on alert, wondering if the terrorist threat is heating up this summer. >> right now, al qaeda wants to be able to demonstrate that they are a force to be reckoned with. >> reporter: and in the weeks since the raid that killed bin laden, there are signs that al qaeda is more determined than ever to attack america. adam

the fbi also searched melaku's home. one law enforcement source reportedly said that melaku may have some mental issues. >>> an update now to a story we have been following for you since yesterday that you saw right here onktvu channel 2 news. muni restored service after repair crews worked through the night. a train took down some wires in the tunnel of dubose. no delays during the morning commute >> the california highway patrol arrest add 21-year-old man in connection with the hit- and-run death of a cyclist. another cyclist found the cyclist and his damaged vehicle on empire grate road. chp officers say that their investigation led them to 21- year-old elliott death. death met voluntarily with officers and they arrested him on charges of felony hit-and- run and vehicular manslaughter. >>> you might say it's the swan song for one of the residents at lagoon near the palace of fine arts. bellow returned to lagoon after recovering from a foot injury but shies not exactly welcome back become her brother and sister-in-law.

nothing harmful was found in the car on on melaku. police say that he claimed to have explosives in the back pack that he was carrying. >> senator barbara boxer came to san francisco today to make a big announcement about the war in afghanistan. the democrat called on president obama to withdraw troops by the end of this year. although she worthed the war after 9/11, she says that changes need to be made. >> the u.s. cannot sustain an indefinite commitment and did for the afghan what they must do for themselves. >> senator boxer said that the u.s. must focus on targeted counter terrorism operations protecting u.s. and coalition personnel and training afghan forces. >>> calling them a critical bridge, the president is extending the national guard border deployment. the white house is keeping troops on the u.s.-mexico border for at least another three months. the soldiers are there to help the border patrol. it will cost another 35 million- dollar, says the pentagon. >>> a rare sight bringing out a lot of curious folks. a pod of killer

the official says melaku failed to pass fitness tests and was not recommended for promotion.bout all that melaku's neighbors could say about him was that he kept a hectic schedule. >> he wasn't really too much of a person that really said too much. just in and out, in and out, and that's about it. >> well, we do know that melaku never deployed overseas to places like iraq or afghanistan. fbi officials believe he was acting alone and they don't think there was any other location involved other than the one area where they found him. authorities also say at this point, look, the investigation is still going on, it's still early, but there is nothing to indicate right now that this had anything to do with terrorism. wolf? >> and do we know anything about his political views, his religious views? anything along those lines? his background? >> no, not yet, wolf. we're still digging into that. but, again, low-level marine, e-3, been in the marine reserve for coming up on four years. he did receive some medals early on, which suggests that at least for a time, you know, he was going

the suspect, yonathan melaku, a 22-year-old ethiopian-american. who served as a lance corporal in the marine reserves. he's recently charged with breaking into 27 cars. in suburban washington. it's unclear what he was doing at the pentagon in the middle of the night, but his actions set off alarm bells. police ran him down. and find something that leaves them deeply concerned. a backpack with four ziploc bags with a substance that looked like ammonium nitrate, a key bombmaking material. also inside, spent 9 millimeter ammunition, and a notebook containing the words taliban rules, mujahidin defeated coalition forces. >> we were able to locate a vehicle nearby which i was describe as a red 2011 nissan. >> reporter: but that nissan was found hidden in the bushes off the pentagon parking lot. police fear the worst. they worry that the suspect has planted bombs at the cemetery and the iwo jima memorial located just a mile from the pentagon. >> the question is is there multiple devices or devices at various sites around here? >> reporter: they shut down

this is yonathan melaku, a lance corporal with the reserve.ning he was arrested for being in the cemetery after hours. police say when he was taken into custody, he would not tell them why he was in that area. then a search of his backpack raised even more questions. >> it contained a non- explosive, unknown material which will require further investigation. >> the lance corporal's car was then found in a wooded area between the pentagon and memorial bridge. at that point, police say they decided to shut down several major roads around the pentagon. yesterday afternoon, they also called in bomb experts to search melaku's home. last morning he was charged with four counts of grand larceny. >>> it's day three for the defense to argue their side in the casey anthony murder trial. and yesterday one of their surprise witnesses dropped a bombshell. this is convicted felon vasco thompson. in 1988, he was sent to prison for kidnapping. the defense says phone records show he was in contact with casey's father on july 14th, 2008. but before he even took

the suspect, marine reservist yonathan melaku, a 22-year-old ethiopian american, is carrying a backpackled with four ziploc bags with a substance that looks like ammonium nitrate, a key bomb-making ingredient. also inside, spent .9 millimeter ammunition and a notebook containing the words "taliban rules," "mujahadin" and "defeated coalition forces." they also find the suspect's car hidden in the bushes off a pentagon parking lot. police fear the worst. they worry the suspect has planted bombs at the cemetery, and the iwo jima memorial, located just a mile from the pentagon. >> the question is, are there multiple devices and are they around here? >> reporter: they shut down traffic all around the pentagon. authorities later raced to maluku's suburban virginia home to search for bomb-making material, as the fbi launches an international investigation to dissect his life. as the morning wore on, a fuller picture emerged. the fbi initially could find no links to terrorist organizations. >> we do believe at this time that this individual acted alone. >> reporter: as for the material in the b

. >> the suspect was identified as 22 year old yonathan melaku serving as a lance corporal in the reservester it was closed. >> the person was taken into custody and in the course of interviewing this person, the nine state parks of police felt that it was appropriate to find the vehicle that this person may have been operating. >> the car was found a short distance away and the bushes of the pentagon parking lot. >> because of the proximity of the vehicle towards the pentagon, if we handle this in a suspicious situation. >> he was previously picked up for planting suspicious items at several government places. the fbi bomb experts entered his home but reported finding nothing there. his backpack contained ammonium nitrate, a chemical that could be used as an explosive but the homeland's security officials say that the substance was not a danger by itself. as for the car... >> it was searched, and there was no additional significant explosive it related items found. >> this is the second security scare at the pentagon this week, monday the police arrested a driver carrying a gun and a susp

>> his name is yonathan melaku. the thing is, he's also a u.s. marine. almost four years now. he's an e-3, fairly low level, a lance corporal. he's been assigned to a combat engineer battalion, never deployed overseas to iraq or afghanistan, but sources are telling us from the marines that he's sort of fallen off the radar where the marines are concerned. he didn't pass some of his fitness tests, they're not even sure if he actually showed up to take them, and recently, he was not recommended for promotion. when cnn crews went out to the neighborhood and talked to his neighbors, about all they could say is he didn't talk to much, kept a pretty hectic schedule, would always see him coming and going. t.j.? >> help us understand how we get from him being a suspicious character to getting to this suspicious vehicle? kind of piece this together for us? >> well, first of all, he was picked up overnight in arlington national cemetery. now, you can gont 't go to arli at night. it's closed. that's the first suspicious thing, when somebody's there while the park i

park police came across somebody behaving suspiciously. 22-year-old yonathan melaku.them. in his knapsack, he had four five-pound bags of explosive ammonium nitrate. and notes that mentioned the taliban and al qaeda. they did a sweep of the pentagon and arlington national cemetery. the man is now in custody and being detained. they believe he was acting alone. and thankfully, he did not have a chance to act. josh? >> jake tapper at the pentagon. >>> meanwhile, heavy winds and dry conditions are fanning the flames of several wildfires across the southwest. the fire in arizona is half the size of rhode island and growing. winds could erase reentd progress made by fire crews. >>> meanwhile, overseas 500,000 people have fled their homes to escape flash flooding in eastern china. people were rescued,ing hanging from poles above raging rivers. while dozens have been milled in landslides. in one case, the mountainside gave way, sweeping this truck right off the road. there's no word on the fate of its driver. >>> meanwhile, just hours after resigning from congress over his l