director mueller was frustrated. his agents resorted to a technique rarely used by the fbi-- calling in bloodhounds. >> and their secret weapon has been a three-member team of bloodhounds. >> just stand still. don't move, please. >> many people in the fbi would say this was probably one of the low points. >> the team includes this dog, named lucy, from the long beach california police department, and two others from california, tinkerbell and knight. >> narrator: the anthrax letters had an unusual scent. the fbi said the dogs picked up that scent at the exact same place-- steven hatfill's apartment. >> ...former u.s. government scientist, steven hatfill... >> to the people who saw him as a viable suspect, the dogs were just one more piece of a matrix of circumstantial evidence. >> narrator: then, after a tip, the fbi thought the bloodhounds had found the location of hatfill's bio-weapons lab, supposedly hidden near a pond in the maryland woods. >> it seemed a bit of a stretch that you could track an odor or a smell t

remember fbi director bob mule -- bob mueller is briefing the president every week. remember the ambassador's relationship to the king of saudi arabia makes him a particular target here. i will tell you saudi arabia understood -- has understood very well the capability of the iranians because for the longest time they would not post a saudi ambassador to iraq because they feared for his safety and that he might be targeted by iran inside iraq. so this is -- this capability, this sort of threat is not a shock to saudi arabia. >> fran, if i could just get one more question in. it's brooke. as we're talking about these sanctions issued to these five individuals and jill dougherty reporting from the state department saying they're talking to other countries, we hear attorney general eric holder saying iran will be held accountab accountable. what might that mean? >> when you look at the list of five people targeted with sanctions, this goes and includes the person that was responsible for this operation. what does that tell us? not only was there clearly an informant but

i want to thank them for their remarkiable work and i'd like to turn it over to director mueller.oon. this case illustrates that we live in a world where borders and boundaries are increasingly irrelevant. in a world where individuals from one country sought to conspire with a drug trafficking cartel in another country to assassinate a foreign official on united states soil. it reads like the pages of a hollywood script, the impact would have been real and many lives would have been lost. these individuals had no regard for their intended victim, no regard for innocent citizens who might have been hurt or killed in this attempted assassination they had no regard for the rule of law with these charges we bring the full weight of the law to bear on those responsible and we send a clear message that any attempt on american soil will not be tolerated. this was not a typical case for any of us, given the global ties we unraveled and the scope of the plot itself, but it represents the full range of threats we face and it illustrates the need for continued collaboration, collaboration be

chairman, as you point out and as the fbi director, robert mueller, points out, this could have been a movie thriller, if you will. it's got all that drama, all that intrigue, all that potential. we'll stay in close touch with you. mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence committee. thanks very much. >> i was just going to say this was a movie with a happy ending, though. >> i suspect the story is not over with yet. there's more going to come out so let's see what's going to happen in the days and weeks to come. thanks very much. >>> i want to alert our viewers in the united states and around the world, we're awaiting the secretary of state, hillary clinton, she's about to make a statement on what is next as far as u.s. retaliation against iran for this alleged plot. also the suspect, mansesor arbabsiar is expected in court. much more of the breaking news right after this. there's only one bottle left ! i've got to tell susie ! the vending machine on elm is almost empty. i'm on it, boss. new pony ? sorry ! we are open for business. let's reroute greg to fresno. growing bus

director robert mueller so this case illustrates that we live in a world where borders and boundaries are increasingly irrelevant but it's not really the case and how long before we start hearing the bomb around ground of bomb iran crowd trying in here to and we can discuss it as jack rice former cia officer and criminal defense attorney i want to thank you for joining us tonight and i'm just wondering what your initial reaction was when you heard the story because robert mueller the f.b.i. director said that it reads like a hollywood script and if you think about it it really does you have the iranians working with the mexican drug cartels to carry out you know a bomb plot here on u.s. soil that has to do with their mortal enemy the saudi arabians you could make this stuff up. yeah it's very very clear and certain about this or you for obvious reasons you can go back and the road is a bit long standing connections with terrorist organizations around the world and we absolutely have established that and so that's one reason we have to be careful in this and yet at the same time he's d

attorney general eric holder and fbi director robert mueller are having a joint press conference at 2nounce a significant national security enforcement action. we're still awaiting details. we'll bring them to you when we get them. stay with us. >>> in other headlines today topping the headlines, a scathing report from the united nations investigation accusing the afghan government are torturing suspects held in custody, including children. the 74 page report details brute will abuses, including electric shocks. accusation that is could complicate u.s. efforts to hand over security responsibility to afghanistan. >>> the trial of accused underwear bomber is under way in detroit. he is accused of trying to blow up a detroit bound flight on christmas day two years ago and is representing himself, but he did decide to have a lawyer make his opening statement. he faces life in prison if convicted. >>> in los angeles today, week three of the conrad murray trial. new details today from the doctor's police interview about how he told michael jackson's mother and his children that the pop star

>> bob mueller of the fbi said it was like a hollywood plot. as we've gotten additional details, it's really not only that, but an incredible example of the sophistication and success of the law enforcement agencies here. we know that arbabsiar, the defendant here, flew into mexico and was denied entry. it turns out we've learned tonight from senior counterterrorism official hess was denied entry into mexico by design with the cooperation of the mexican government. he then flew to new york. you might ask yourself why didn't they fly to texas? that's where his family was living. he didn't go to texas because federal officials here in the united states understood that under texas law he may not have been able to be held to do an intelligence interview, so he was flown to new york unbeknownst to the defendant on that flight were federal agents. when that flight landed in new york, federal agents quietly took him into custody, then took him to a u.s. government facility. it was a secret facility where he was held from september 29th until today, th

now, i'd like to turn it over to director mueller. >> borders and boundaries are increasingly irrelevantd though it reads like the pages of a hollywood script, the impact would have been real and many lives would have been lost. these individuals had no regard for intended victims, and no regard for innocent citizens who may have been hurt or killed. they had no regard for the rules of law. with these charges we bring to the full weight of about ball to their on those responsible -- to bear on those responsible. we send a clear message that any attempts on american soil will not be tolerated. this was not a typical case for any of us, but it represents the full range of threats we face, and it illustrates the need for an continued collaboration between agencies, departments, countries. it bears repeating. it is only working side by side that we are able to stop plots like this before they can take hold. we will continue to work together to find and stop those who seek to do us harm, whether they seek to strike overseas or here at home, whether it is a conspiracy to kill a foreign officia

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. >> as you said, all around the world, and global plot, and the director of the fbi robert mueller pointed this out himself. >> this case demonstrates that we live in a world where boundaries are increasingly irrelevant, a world where individuals from one country sought to conspire with a drug trafficking cartel in another country to assassinate a foreign official on united states soil. it reads like the pages of a hollywood script. the impact would have been very real, and many lives would have been lost. >> ok, the americans say they will hold iran responsible, not specify who in iran they are holding responsible. what is the reaction from the iranians tonight, adam? >> we have categorical denials, saying this is a baseless plot. we were told of five individuals in iran that they are holding accountable for this plot. they say they are sanctioning five individuals associated with the iran revolutionary guard corps, part of one unit. xp u.s. and iranian relations to be even further strained by this, and also expect the relationship between iran and saudi arabia to be under new, complex, a

director robert mueller. >> these individuals have no regard for hair intended victim, no regard for innocent citizens who might have been hurt or killed in this attempted assassination. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say the conspirators discussed killing the ambassador with a bombing at a washington restaurant and arbabsiar shows no concern over the potential deaths of innocent bystanders. now, sources say arbabsiar, who was arrested nearly two weeks ago, also talked about wanting to attack embassies of saudi arabia and israel and he also implicated by name one of those officials in the quds force. that man, gohlam shakuri, has now been charged in the case but he's still in iran so he's not in custody. u.s. officials, though, said they monitored numerous phone calls between arbabsiar and shakuri in recent weeks. just a week ago agents listened in as arbabsiar encouraged shakuri to move quickly with the plot saying "just do it, it's late." >> pelley: how did officials take arbabsiar into custody? >> it's a great story. he was tricked into going mexico last month to allegedly meet

director robert mueller described as a hollywood style script story goes like this a fifty six year old american citizen and used car salesmen who also hold an iranian passport working with them being funded by elements within the iranian regime trying to hire hit men from the set as mexican drug cartel to carry out an attack in washington d.c. and kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. it turns out he was speaking to a da da informant in mexico and was arrested in september but only yesterday the justice department announced the allegedly foiled plot and charges against two men and this was no small announcement the u.s. brought out the big wigs maturity general eric holder to secretary of state hillary clinton and even vice president joe biden who said this today. you know the whole world and the moral of the separation of the arena actions show that whatever action ultimately is taken whether it's an additional sanctions some of which we've already taken and nothing has been taken off the table that the world is united. now other republican lawmakers have gone even further declaring t

director robert mueller talking today on this issue. these individuals had no regard for their intended victim no regard for innocent citizens who might have been hurt or killed in this attempted assassination they had no regard for the rule of law and with these charges we bring the full weight of that law to bear on those responsible and we send a clear message that any attempts on american soil will not be tolerated it is with ramifications of this foiled attack could be enormous here's what attorney general eric holder said about iran's connections to the attack. the plane alleges that his conspiracy was conceived was sponsored and was directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed in addition to holding these individual conspirators accountable for their alleged role in this plot the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions or bodies or and already some republican congressmen are saying th

massive amount of money that's also spent on homeland security here at home we haven't spoken to john mueller what his new book found by using cost benefit analysis that in order to justify the increase in homeland security spending post nine eleven we would have to deter prevent foil or protect against one thousand six hundred sixty seven attacks per day or or for a year excuse me or four attacks per day but now some are arguing that we not only should take a discerning look at spending maybe we should abolish the department of homeland security altogether so without the smarts and would it ever really happen joining me to discuss it is jeanne healey vice president at the cato institute and columnist for the washington examiner jeanne thanks so much for being here and i make sure you know so what do you say department home security you just you want to get rid of it you want to abolish it. absolutely it's one of the worst domestic legacies of nine eleven it's a giant bureaucracy of fear that it's mostly been devoted to harassing in a sin airline travelers groping pre-schoolers i think we can

director robert mueller asked for more information. >> timing issue just is too much of a coincidence to be a reality. >> why was it 2002, f.b.i. agents to allow anwar al-awlaki into the u.s. and there was still an active warrant for his arrest. >> i'm not familiar with the facts you are raising. i would have to get back to you on that. again, i'd have to look into it. we have to get back to you. >> reporter: a former senator investigator told fox he believed anwar al-awlaki's arrest warrant was never provided to them. he says it will take subpoena power to see everything from government agencies. >> i want to see everything in the time frame. >> and that is for congress to do? >> yes. >> reporter: ray has worked for 28 years in public service, he says he is proud of work that he and other agents did pursuing it. >> i had a, serve with great people and we did a lot of great cases. certainly anwar al-awlaki is a sour note on all of that. i want to be done with this person. he a black spot my sional basketball for 12 years. today i own 165 wendy's restaurants. and i get my financing fro

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. >> thank you very much, director mueller. i want to thank those involved in this operation.ficant milestone and achievement in our national security efforts. as you have heard, the facts, as alleged today in today's criminal complaint, sherd light shed light on an assassination on elements by the iranian government. thanks to a coordinated law enforcement effort, we were able to penetrate and thwart the plot before it could cause any harm to the ambassador or anyone else. i want to thank those from the counterterrorism division and other divisions for their efforts in helping to shepherd this case and for their efforts in the extensive coordination that was required to arrive at today's result. this case, perhaps more than any in recent memory, involved an incredible amount of collaboration with partners over several months. were it not for the hard work of the division and its many partners, we wouldn't be standing here today. i want to thank our partners in the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york for their extensive and hard work on this matter. i

. >> fbi director robert mueller says the attacks were planed to kill as many people as possible. mary, back to you. >> all right, vic. thank you. wjz will continue to update you on this breaking story throughout the night. >>> another security scare. when fighter jets intercept the plane and force it to land in baltimore. the aircraft had flown into restricted air space. weijia jiang explains what happened. weijia? >> reporter: kai, as you said, fighter jets were launched very quickly to get that plane out of the sky. the government says it is cases exactly like this one that keeps the whole country on high alert and ready to respond. >> reporter: 6:30, monday night. a civilian plane enters restricted air space, above the nation's capital. >> although 9/11 happened 10 years ago, we still, first and foremost in our minds. and it's scary. >> reporter: the air force scrambles to send two fighter jets to escort the plane out of the area, forcing a landing at bwi thurgood marshall. authorities describe it as a general aviation aircraft that was out of communication. >> you are a train

robert mueller described the alleged plot cooked up by iran to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to thenited states. they say it's made up and this is the quote cnn received from the iranian government. "this is a child's story. from our perspective, this is a fabrication." former assistant secretary of state from the clinton administration joins us now. cnn national security contributor and former adviser to president bush is with us. we want to start with a fundamental question of whether senior government official this is iran knew what was going on. i know there's complexity here. the government says no. iran expert came out front earlier. here's what he said. >> iran gains nothing and certainly can't afford open confrontation with the united states. so the accusation that this alleged plot can be traced directly to the highest levels of iran's government i think deserves a good bit of skepticism. >> what do you think, jamie. doesn't go to the top, iran gains nothing? >> i think one shouldn't be skeptical the way reez a says. this high level special forces group has been responsible

director robert mueller described it this way, "over a period of time we have been successful in obtaining intelligence not just on day one but on day two, day three, day four, day five, and down the road. and let me remind you, mr. abdulmutallab is associated with al qaeda, the very type of terrorist that would be precluded from an f.b.i. investigation and an article 3 court prosecution by the ayotte amendment. how did this happen? you know how if happened? instead of using coercive tech negs, the obama administration convinced abdulmutallab's family to come to the united states. and his family set down with him and told him, why don't you cooperate with the f.b.i., and he did. that's a very different approach from what we saw in previous administrations when course of techniques are used. -- when coercive techniques were used. but it is not like the tv program "24." here's what we learned during the bush administration. in real life, people will say mig to make the pain stop. they will lie and fabricate and go on and babble as long as necessary to stop the pain of the torture. they often

that's how fbi director robert mueller described the plot.ut when iran spoke they said just like a movie it is made up and this is the quote cnn received from the iranian government." this is a child's story. from our perspective, this is a fabrication. jamie rubin is former assistant secretary of state. and francis townsend and former homeland security adviser to president bush is with us. we want to start with the question of whether senior government officials in iran knew what was going on. i know there is some complexity. iran said. >> iran gains nothing and cannot afford an open confrontation with the united states. so the accusation that this alleged plot can be traced directly to the highest levels of iran's government i think deserves a good bit of skepticism. >> what do you think? i iran gains nothing, doesn't go to the top? >> i don't think that one shouldn't be skeptical, the way reza suggested but one should work on the assumption that this high-level forces group that's been responsible for terrorist attacks in iraq against u.s.

robert mueller said there was no fabrication.nts of the iranian government were ready to spend $1.5 million to hire what they believed was a drug cartel hit squad for mexico. >> this case illustrates that we live in a world where borders and boundaries are increasingly irrelevant. a world where individuals from country sought to conspire with a drug trafficking cartel in another country to assassinate a foreign official on united states soil. it reads like the pages of a hollywood script, the impact would have been very real, and many lives would have been lost. >> this new fallout just this hour, congressman king, the chairman of the house homeland security commit see says iran with was planning an act of war on u.s. soil and chairman king says everybody should be left on the table, everything. as for the saudi response, they released this statement, the royal embassy of saudi arabia would like to express its appreciation to the responsibility agencies of the united states government for preventing a criminal act from taking pla

i have this beautiful young woman named jesse mueller, she's from chicago. an incredible talent. and this incredible young man named david turner. i play a psychiatrist who hypnotizes a young man and his former incarnation of himself is a woman from 20 years ago, and i fall in love with her. the only way to get to her is to hypnotize him. it's this interesting love triangle. it has some of the greatest songs ever written. >> when does it start? >> previews start november 12th. and about a month afterwards we open around december 11th, 12th? 11th? >> i'm assuming there will be some hot tickets for me here? >> absolutely. it's called sro. >> what's that? >> standing room only. >> i didn't expect you to sing for your supper tonight, but this is one of my favorite movies of all time, one of my favorite soundtracks. i thought it would be appropriate to round things off with a few bars of "it had to be you." >> should i sing to you or america. >> i think you should sing to me, it's a little more awkward. >> okay. i'll do the first line to you and the second line t