authorities say he had planned to kill a woman behind the contest to draw the prophet muhammad. pamela geller's response. >>> and isis with the tight grip on the city despite efforts to take it back. the terror group's move to cut off a key water supply now being felt by iraqi forces. how can the u.s.-led coalition end the suffering and gain back the ground? good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. christine romans is on assignment at the moment. 4:00 a.m. in the east. new information about the terror suspect killed in boston officials say came at them with a knife. he was usaama rahim and he once had a plot to behead a conservative activist. 26-year-old man changed his mind and decided to target police instead. let's get the latest from justice correspondent pamela brown in boston. >> reporter: john and christine, we learned the terror suspect killed in boston on tuesday morning, usaama rahim, a second suspect arrested david wright and a third suspect met on the beach this past sunday to talk about the plan to go to new york and behead pamela geller. she is a fi

fatuma muhammad: i am mother and father for my children. my husband is dying. in my country in sudan, darfur. i come to kenya and live in kenya for around 10 years. reporter: 10 years in a refugee camp. that's how long it took for her asylum application to be processed. a year ago, fatuma and her children were finally allowed to move to the u.s. in bureaucratic jargon, they were "resettled." hundreds of refugees arrive in utica every year. they all start out in this refugee center, where they fill out forms, pick up bedding, and learn english. ba rar arrived last night. he and his family are karen from myanmar, where their minority faces persecution. they too waited ten years to be resettled. ba rar: the refugee camp in thailand was like a cage. we weren't allowed to work or go anywhere. if i can get a job in a kitchen or cleaning or washing dishes, i'll do it, whatever it is. reporter: fatuma is a few steps further along. the day after tomorrow she'll be starting work. her job adviser tatiana gives her some last-minute advice. tatiana naumenko: the refugees ar

prophet muhammad cartoon drawing contest in garland, texas. they wanted to go there and behead her as part of the plot. according to the authorities, rahim changed his mind on tuesday morning and called his friend david wright and said he did not want to wait to go to new york. he wanted to do something in boston and kill police officers. it is unclear exactly how he planned to attack. according to the documents, he said he wanted to target and go after the boys in blue. he said i'm going to be on vacation here in massachusetts. i'm just going to go after those boys in blue. according to the court documents. again, he was killed after he was approached in a parking lot by police officials and he allegedly had a military-style knife on him. officials say he lunged at him and they opened fire. we know the other suspect appeared in court and facing conspiracy charges for attempting to destroy rahim's

it led to muhammad mosedai. he was succeeded by the shah. in his book qull at the shah's man" stephen kinser explores the u.s.-iran relationship today. this took place in 2003. [applause] >> thank you. it's great to be here in oak park. not just being here in the library. we actually did do a good deal of research for this book. but also being in the hometown of earnest hemingway for a writer cannot fail to stir some emotion. i actually live only about two blocks from the home in which ernest hemingway where he was in high school and did his first writing. i'm hoping that some of the karma will blow over towards my side of the block. the readers have to be the judge whether or not any of that succeeded. i doubt that hemingway found a story that was as exciting as the one that i uncovered and tried to put together while writing this book. it was just 50 years ago in august of 1953 that the c.i.a. overthrew a government for the first time. that was the democratically elected government of muhammad mozadek. the prime minister of iran. now that

obviously the prophet muhammad cartoon contest in texas, obviously people died. there was a gun fight. do you have extra security. >> do you think they'll target you again? >> a couple of corrections. a couple of people didn't die. the jihadists who came to slaughter people were taken out as they shot at our police. that's the first thing. the second thing it was an art exhibit depicting mohammed through the past 1400 years where he's been rendered in various pieces of artwork. it didn't lead to slaughter. it's obviously being used now, modern jihadism is using these blast fa my laws and this violent intimidation to impose the sharia. yes, of course, the answer to your question is since garland, texas, i've had an army of security. this is what is required just to show a cartoon in america 2015. it's striking. it's devastating. and people need to understand what's at stake. i mean if we surrender on this point then what will we surrender next? >> so pamela, you're talking about how you do have in your words an army of security now. on that draw muhammad cartoon e

and muhammad ali is with us from the islamic house of wisdom. imam let me ask you, i believe in freedom of religion. but if muslims want to live under sharia whose values contradict american values if they want to restrict americans' freedom of speech and not support our constitution why are they here? >> you know sean let me say this that i'm a muslim and an american. and it really hurts me to see that we as mainstream muslim -- american muslims, we are caught between two forces of islamaphonia on one side and taliban, on the other side. and these two tsunamis that are destructively attacking us they are providing victory for one anot then we are paying the price. and it's so much injustice -- >> let me ask you. >> so much frustration. it's not fair. sean show some understanding. are these propaganda a generalization against us. >> you've seen the tape. people who would rather live under sharia limit the freedom of speech you see it on tape do we have to -- one more second -- robert spencer, do we have to consider that people must agree to assi

she is the figure who organized the contest to draw the prophet muhammad. they wanted to go and behead her and allegedly, according to authorities, rahim changed his mind and called his friend david wright and said he did not want to wait to go to new york and he wanted to do something in boston and kill police officers. it is unclear how he planned to attack him. according to the documents, he said he wanted to target and go after the boys in blue. he said yes, i'm going to be on vacation right here in massachusetts. i'm just going to go after the boys in blue. according to the court documents. again, he was killed after he was approached in a parking lot by police officials and he allegedly had a military-style knife on him. officials say he lunged at them and they opened fire. we know the other suspect appeared in court. he is facing conspiracy charges for attempting to destroy rahim's cell phone as part of the investigation. the investigation is still active and fbi is still looking for any other associates tied to the group. john and christine. >> pame

the contests encorninging people to draw pictures of the prophet muhammad two gunmen opened foyer int month and a similar contest is organized in maine. maria reports on a draw muhammad contest getting mixed reaction. >> you can ten tell it's warn. >> reporter: he carries the u.s. constitution on him at all times. >> i gone through a few of them. >> reporter: he says organizing a draw muhammad contest is to stand up for freedom guaranteed in side. >> if we back away from our freedoms as citizens a little bit at a time we don't have any left. >> reporter: he wants the event to start a conversation about freedom of speech in america. the contest features images of the muslim prophet muhammad that are offensive to some and banned in islam. at a similar event in texas last month, two gunmen were killed by police after opening fire in protest. the organizer of that event was also targeted by rahiem who was keeled by authorities in boston last week. >> if they want to fight over it if that's where they want to go then we will have the fight. >> reporter: he says he has not heard from the i

driving images of the prophet muhammad are offensive to muslims. two gunmen opened fire at a similar event last month. >>> two teenagers were injured by shark attacks on oak island in north carolina. hours later and a few hours away a shark attacked a 16-year-old boy. >> went in the water coming over over with the white wash still coherent, i saw what was left of his bloody hand. >> both teens were flown to the hospital. the hospital spokesperson said each had an arm ample at a timed and the girl may lose part of her leg. people will be allowed in the water today officials are recommending it may be a better idea to spend your time on the beach. >>> 4:57 all new in the next half-hour of "action news," a search for two brazen bandits who ransacked a store and set it on fire. >>> add a name to an already crowded field of republican candidates, details on whose getting ready for his official run for the white house. when we go to the store i find my box of honey bunches of oats, and i'm checking to see if i packaged it. he says "it has a certain code

but one, muhammad, is 44 years old. he used to work at the hospital, but then his son, ahmad, was killed working as a white helmet. ahmed died last october in an air raid while trying to rescue a bedridden william from a building. he was only 22. >> translator: i'm proud of my son. i volunteered because i want to continue the mission that he gave his life for. >> reporter: muhammad trains hard with the younger members to acquire skills he'll need during real operations. >> translator: i'm fed up with this situation. so many syrians are killing each other, losing their homes, and becoming refugees. the one thing i can do is to help save as many lives as possible. >> reporter: hundreds of days of fighting, but the while helmets vow they'll continue their dangerous mission. nhk world. >>> the investigation into the off field conduct of fifa is spreading. the head of ireland's football association says fifa shelled out millions of dollars to stop legal action over the country's defeat in world cup qualifiers in 2009. the ch

smoke has been seen rising from the hill top tomb of the companion of the prophet muhammad's cousin.ileaks says the last three french presidents were spied on. >>> opposition politicians are accusing the pakistani government of failing to respond to a severe heat wave crisis. more than 700 people have now died. doctors fear the total will continue to climb as many elderly patients are rushed to hospital. gerald tan has the latest. >> reporter: they sleep on the streets to stay cool. many residents are finding no reprieve from the heat. >> translator: our house are small, nobody has taken care of the situation. no one from the utility company is taking notice of the complaints. people are falling sick and being rushed to hospitals. >> reporter: hospitals are overwhelmed. the searing heat has stretched medical services to their limit, and morgues are filled to capacity. the army and paramilitary rangers have set up emergency camps across the city to help people. >> translator: when we heard the name of the pakistan army we left everything and rushed here because we would sure the treat

a shrine to the companion of prophet muhammad. mediaeval, and few such shrines, memorabilia as a form of idol worship. they have a severe kind of pure tan religion, were there should be nothing between the human and god. the world is waiting to see if the roman ruins at palmyra will survive. it was an important roman city, it's surviving - ruins are among extensive than in rome. it is from there that the great queen zenobia launched a revolt against rome and concurred egypt. this could distri it >>> a car bomb reportedly killed 10 near the syrian city of damascus. this film is said to show the scene moments after. activists say a a mosque was targeted during the ramadan prayers. >>> the u.n. says civilians in syria are being hurt by all side in the war. people who are not involved in the fighting are being devastated by seizures imposed by the military, rebel groups and i.s.i.l. >> reporter: there's no doubt that millions of people have been affected by the war in syria. some of them hit by barrel bomb attacks launched by the gove

boston terror suspect killed by police was plotting to kill police officers and to behead the draw muhammad activist. >>> speaking out. jim bob and michelle duggar revealing four of five of their josh duggar's molestation victims were his sisters. >>> plus, the most fascinating story you will see today. a man undergoes brain surgery while singing and playing guitar. that and much more on a busy thursday. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us today. it's described as an isis-inspired plot to killed police officers in the u.s. but for the terrorism suspect killed tuesday in boston, was it plan b? law enforcement sources tell nbc news usaamah abdullah rahim originally abandoned a plot to behead pamela geller. she is the conservative activist behind the controversial draw muhammad contest in garland, texas, which ended with police killing two gunmen. it appears that plot was just talk, a fantasy. officials don't know whether the suspect even knew where to find her. geller released a statement saying, in part, they targeted me for violating sharia blasphemy l

they don't want people to revere or worship or look up to anybody but the prophet muhammad in their viewand they are sending the message that they are creating the perfect pristine islamic society as they understand it so they can attract true muslims to go live there. most muslims look at these people as criminals and extremists, but this is why they -- they do this. they don't want any other focal point of identity or allegiance whether it's nationalism, tribalism, sectarianism, only pure islam as they see it. >> and you wonder what it is that they want. i mean they seem to be razing all of these important pieces. and yesterday another execution video. i mean what is their strategy here? who are they appealing to? >> i think it's become more and more clear in the last six, nine months, especially, what they are trying to do. they are trying to appeal to people who they believe will join them if they isis show that they are running a serious diligent pristine clear, islamic, pure society. and what they are doing with the way they kill people the way they destroy antiques the way they de

authorities say he had planned to kill a woman behind the contest to draw the prophet muhammad.la geller's response. >>> and isis with the tight grip on the city despite efforts to take it back. the terror group's move to cut off a key water supply now being felt by iraqi forces. how c

the man killed by officers wanted to bee -- behead the organizer of the prophet muhammad cartoon contest in texas. >> reporter: 25-year-old david wright was charged with conspiracy yesterday. wright aided rahime who was shot and killed by officers after lungeing at them with knife. >> he wasn't shot in the back. >> reporter: according to the criminal complaint he told wright about the knife and he said i got myself a nice little tool good for carving. it was like thinking with your head on your chest as both men laughed as beheading propaganda videos. >> we are monitoring them very closely for any type of action any type of overt steps any mobilization factors when we see those we're not taking the chance. >> reporter: many isis supporters around the world share communication in public view such as twitter and they are using social media platforms and dark sites. >> there's an opportunity for us in the mind of the president to work with the tech sector on this the threat that we are worried about is the lone wolf threat. >> t.j. holmes abc news new york. >> the funeral for biden gets und

. >> muhammad ali did that when he was 5. >> a bunch of guys measuring -- >> yes. >> -- their manhoodsurprising that the thing that they're hitting. >> whoa! >> whoa! >> oh, poor guy. >> whoa! >> since he was 15 years old, you can see his arm going all the way down the croc's throat when suddenly -- >> ooh! that is not what i was expecting. >> no. >> kept its cool. what was that dude even doing? >> the dude was doing his job exactly as the script said because there are multiple videos of this duo online from the same park the same app and the same hapless in the background. >> really? >> you were fooled just like the rest of the crowd because, like i said it's part of the act. >> big claw goes out, the claw. never, ever picks up anything. they've decided to take it to a whole new level and literally make them the grabber. >> this is so much fun! >> i knew you guys would like this. they hook them up. as many as they can. >> this is so great! >> and bring them back. >> this is the dream. this is genius. they actually get something. >> all these kind of things are popping up all over the

rahim wanted to target police officers and behead a conservative blogger who planned the prophet muhammad cartoon context in texas. police have also arrested david wright for conspiracy with rahim and have been questioning a third man in rhode island since tuesday. there is surveillance video of that shooting. police say that it will be released only after rahim's family has seen it. chris, back to you. >> thanks, erika. >>> the man convicted of killing shandra leafy will get a new trial. this morning, the same judge that presided over the original hairing granted his request for a retrial. the defendant has been pushing for this and say hez conviction was based upon a lie. a cell mate misled the jury when they say the defendant confessed to killing levy. we're looking to get reaction from levy's family. >>> police are investigating the city of frederick's first murder of the year. a relative found gloria watson dead inside her home wednesday afternoon. she lived on heather ridge drive not far from ft. dietrich. police say watson died from some sort of assault. we have a crew at the scene

this was the woman that organized the recent muhammad drawing contest in texas.e plan changed and the plan was then to attack police. abc's marci gonzalez picks up this story for us. >> reporter: this man, david wright accused of wanting to take up the isis call to kill members of law enforcement faced a judge in boston. >> i would urge the government, the fbi, and law enforcement to be as transparent as possible. we have serious concerns about that already. >> reporter: police believe he conspired with the terror suspect killed by officers outside of this cvs in boston. >> shots fired. investigators say usama rahim was under around the clock surveillance. officers wanted to question him after he talked about wanting to stab or behead officers. when task force members approached him, police say he came at them with this military style knife. the officers reportedly backed up ordering him to drop the weapon. police say when he refused and got dangerously close, he was shot three times. surveillance video of the deadly confrontation was shown to community and relig

wanted to go to new york to behead conservative activist, pamela gellar the woman that sponsored the muhammad cartoon drawing contest in texas but rahim seen here in his high school yearbook changes and wants to behead uniformed police officers in massachusetts. >> when they confronted him in this cvs parking lot rahim allegedly lunged at them with this knife. and they have arrested his nephew david wright for conspiring in the attacks, he told wright about the knife in a cell phone conversation saying i got myself a little tool, good for carving. they say that tuesday just before he died, rahim called wright and said he was about to go after the boys in blue calling them the easiest target. >> is there anything you want people to know about your brother. local muslim leaders that knew rahim says he was not radical. >> i have no comment. >> were you surprised when you heard that? >> there is surveillance video from this parking lot from that deadly encounter, but local leaders say that rahim was not on a cell phone or shot on the back like one of his brothers claimed on social media. >> back

mistake can be seen rising from the mohammed bin ali time cousin to prophet muhammad >>> a heatwave in pakistan killed more than 700 people. hospitals are struggling to cope with mostly elderly patient suffering sun stroke and dehydration. >>> fighting in the philippines have affected generations of filipinos. 150,000 killed millions homeless on the island of minedan ou. many women kought are afraid of being kidnapped by rival clans. >> reporter: sameera's world is torn apart by shame. in 2013 she was abducted with other female members of her family. they were taken at gun point and held hostage by the capt tors for a week. the details of their capture too painful to share. >> translation: where do we go first. the military, the police we fear for our lives because we are kidnap victims. we are women in the war, this is part of our culture. >> reporter: it was a dispute between warring clans, a century's old practice. this is an island in the southern most part of the philippines, long-held back by war and poverty. family squabbles over land and politics can escalate into armed conflic

who sponsored a prophet muhammad drawing. now fears for her life. >> clearly i'm under 24 hours guard, that has dramatically changed. anybody speaking critically of muslims will find themselves in this situation. boys in blue called the police an easy tart. >> he was going to take out someone in blue. if he cotton the bus and we lost sight of him. who knows what he could have done >>> police in northern colorado fear a sniper may be on the loose. a 65-year-old was shot dead vek tim of a random attack. they are trying to determine if the killing is connected to a pair of shoot i'ming in the area -- shootings in the area including one in which a man riding a bike was kill. >> former governor rick perry is making another presidential run, making it official in an airplane hangar in dallas. perry said president obama made a mistake when he pulled u.s. troops out of iraq. he said if elected he'd boost homeland security yip. >> we have the power to make things new again, projects our strength and get the economy going. that is why

went to new york to behead actress pamela gellar, she sponsored the cartoon contest of the prophet muhammad in texas. now they taking a closer look at a family member. more on that coming up at 12:30. >>> overseas the hopes of finding more survivors on the eastern star cruise ship in china are fading, they are hearing no signs of life at the site in the river only 14 survivors are found and more than 360 people are missing and frustration is growing from family because of lack of information from authorities. >>> former governor rick perry is launching his second bid for the white house he joined the line of republican candidates and is expected to kick off his campaign at an event in dallas in the next hour perry ran in 2012 and dropped out after he finished poorly in the iowa caucuses. >> and it appears that jeb bush is getting ready to make it it official too he is getting ready to announce he will run at an event in miami. >>> on the democratic side, former rhode island governor lincoln chafy is deciding to join the race, the only republican senator to vote against the war in iraq. >>>

federal grand jury has indicted a third suspect in the garland, texas, shooting attacks with the muhammad cartoon contest. ed lavandera is in dallas following the storey for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the man indicted is abdul malik abdul kareem. investigators say he's a friend who helped two men who attacked the civic center in garland last month at the cartoon drawing contest that was held there. if you might remember two suspects were shot and killed by authorities there that were protecting the civic center. well now federal investigators accuse this man, kareem -- three different charges he's been indicted on. charges of conspiracy and also providing the weaponry that was used in that attack last month in garland, texas. the indictment states that kareem went out with these two men into the desert area in arizona and practiced shooting the weapons that were used in that attack and so this was the latest development in the fallout from that high profile shooting happening in texas last month. >> ed lavandera, thanks so much and i apologize for the lousy connection th

smoke rising from the hilltop of mohammed bin ali, a cousin to prophet muhammad. >>> an al-shabab group said it carried out an attack in somali. foreigners were in the car. they were thought to be diplomats >>> opposition politicians criticized the pakistani government over a failure to respond to a heatwave crisis more than 700 died from the heatwave >>> to yemen where houthi rebels shelled residential areas and launched rockets in the city of aden. many women and children have been injured in the anwar area as army forces seized a border crossing with saudi arabia. thousands trying to flee the fighting gathered at the crossing in the eastern province, after it challenged hands. the yemeni official spoke out about the link between the coalition forces and popular resistance in aden >>> those documents... - documents leaked by westboundingy leeks mentioned that the french president feared greece would exit the eurozone in 2012. the greek prime minister secured a debt deal by the end of this month to avoid a default. this report from athens people are not convinced. >> the greek prime mi

gellar organized last month's art project depicting profit muhammad. sources tell cbs news usaama rahim was originally plotting an isis-stylebee heading of gellar. >> they mean to kill everyone who doesn't do -- they have bidding. this is a showdown for american freedom. >> reporter: court documents discuss immediate plans. you're attempting to go on vacation, i see, wright said allegedly referring to jihad. rahim responded i'm just going to, ah go after them those boys in blue. authorities who had rahim under 24-hour surveillance decided to move in and question him. they shot and killed them when they say he lunged at them with a knife. >> when you see them retreat with a good 15, 20 yards with a threat coming at them. >> the case has new concerns about individuals radicalized by militant groups like isis through social media. the cia says the terror group has lost a third of its forces as a result of ongoing air strikes in iraq and syria. boston police yesterday showed surveillance video of the shooting to muslim community leaders. they say the video

she organized the controversial cartoon contest of the prophet muhammad last month in texas. police killed two men trying to attack this event. >>> loved ones, friends and strangers are lining up at the delaware state capitol tonight to pay their respects to beau biden. he lost his battle against brain cancer last weekend. there will be a public viewing tomorrow in wilmington followed by a funeral mass saturday. >>> the day of searching the potomac ended with no signs of that missing swimmer. he went into the water yesterday evening with a friend and got caught up in a current and did not make it out. his friend made it safely to shore. >>> anne arundel police aren't laughing after what appears to be a high school prank. police say what appears to be three guys and one girl walked around a school building spray painting 2k15 on several doors and one county car. they even caulked some of those doors shut, used putty to jam the locks. police say it's costly destruction of property and the woman your help identifying when did this. >>> fierce winds and harsh downpours, pepco say

against pamela geller, the lady who organized that controversial cartoon contest of the prophet muhammad last month in texas. police killed two men who tried to attack that event. >>> there isn't enough room in the morgue for the 150 people killed after a field explosion killed in ghana's capital city. they died when floodwaters swept tons of fuel into a tank starting a fire after the blast. >>> rescue teams cut open the hull of the capsized ship in china and say there are no signs of life. more than 300 people are still missing after a storm capsized the ship on monday. 75 bodies have been recovered so far. 14 people have survived. >>> you've got to be brave or stupid or perhaps both to do this. christian redecki drove onto a deputy's home driveway, climbed up onto the top of the suv and with his car radio on he danced and twerked to good-bye stranger. officers said son, you've lost your mind and charged him with criminal mischief. >> i'm sorry, is that really twerking? not so much there. ho>>> puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support... putting three and a half million puerto

who is a blog -- geller is a blogger who organized a cartoon contest in texas about the prophet muhammad. boston police say they believe 26-year-old usaama rahim later decided to go after police officers because they were an easier target. raheem was shot to death in a confrontation with police on tuesday. >>> the man convicted of killing government intern chandra levy 14 years ago has been granted a new trial. ingmar guandique received a 60- year prison sentence after being found guilty of killing her. but defense lawyers have been arguing that his conviction wasbationed on a lie -- was based on a bay. they cell a former cellmatele -- they say a former cellmate made up the story. investigators first suspected gary condit who had an affair with levy but they later cleared hill. >>> new information on the santa barbara oil spill and how it may be tied to a mystery on other beaches. >>> the unusual june weather pattern continues. coming up, steve paulson has a look what to expect this weekend. >>> the gop field continues to grow as two big republican names prepare to enter the race for the

. >> host: khalil muhammad who were some of the contemporary african-american writers that you admire >> guest: the modern minority myth which is terrific. farah griffin who is a comparative literature scholar with a book called harlem nocturne experiences in the interwar period. i just read a book about ethel morris who was a pioneering journalist for the "chicago defender" which was a terrific read. i just read a couple of dissertations. [laughter] so my reading is very broad. >> host: you have been quoted as saying you want to make smart again. >> guest: yeah well i'm in the smart business so in any line of work you want your market to expand and grow in relevance and importance. i think that i'm going to borrow lewis left from's quipped that he wrote in "harper's" a couple of years ago where he said americans have been amazing propensity for grand simplification and what he meant by that is that americans don't like complexity of the past and they tend to jettison the complexity of the past for simple ways of understanding things. to quote them directly he said the abuses of ameri

north america is hoping the messages encourage dialogue on the truth about islam and the prophet muhammad. the billboards invite folks with questions to call a toll-free number or visit a website. the campaign comes before the start of ramadan which begins wednesday at sunset. >>> the islamic heritage festival had folks on their feet yesterday. the annual event in penn's landing featured music, games, speakers, and a health and wellness fair plus an open market bazaar. ♪ >>> today marks 100 days until the world meeting of families in philadelphia in a little over a week mayor michael nutter and other leaders will head to rome for final meetings in preparation for the event. they will meet with vatican officials. they will iron out details as the world meeting of families will bring pope francis to the u.s. for the first time in his papacy. you can count on nbc 10 to bring you updates as philadelphia prepares for the world meeting of families. find out the latest information on our nbc 10 news app. >>> now to decision 2016. closing the income gap was one of hillary clinton's promises durin

they started with the shrines that have islamic resonances a shrine to a companion of the prophet muhammad medieval mystic. >> reporter: activists reported that isil fighters had placed explosives around the ruins. >> i think those photos were part of the original set that were associated with the blowing up of the shrines. i -- i have not yet seen any substantiated evidence any photos that show mines being laid around the ruins themselves. >> reporter: they have destroyed history in syria and iraq. dozens of sloans have been blown up. in march isil used a bulldozer to destroy a 3,000 year old assyrian city in northern iraq after also smashing artifacts in the museum. they are not just destroying monuments, precious antiques are also being sold. >> translator: isil is just like the syrian regime it is destroying history and syria's civilizations, this is especially true in the east and in palmyra, that isil stole many artifacts. >> reporter: isil fighters aren't the only ones targeting ancient sites in syria. its best known mosaic city was hit by barrel bombs earlier this month. the museum

two gunmen in body armour opened fire outside a competition to draw the prophet muhammad. and are shot dead by place on the scene. boston tuesday, a man shot dead by officers. he was under surveillance for a week expecting to plot to behead one individual and randomly kill police officers prays for law enforce. in both cases on capitol hill on wednesday. >> that's the way it works. unfortunately you have to get it right every time. they just have to get it right once. >> we are monitoring closely for any type much action or overstep mobilization factors. and we see those. we are not taking chance. >> reporter: the fbi telling the committee that what links garland to boston is the attack. >> this is an attack in which terrorism has gone viral. >> specials that bit of internet most don't see, the dark space. >> do we have any idea how many communications are taking place in the dark space? >> no we don't. that's the problem. we are past going dark in certain instances. we are dark. the ability to know what they are saying in the encrypted communications is troubling. >> repo

north america is hoping the messages encourage dialogue on the truth about islam and the prophet muhammad the billboards invite people with questions to call a toll-free number or visit a website. the campaign comes before the start of the islamic holy month of ramadan which begins on wednesday at sunset. >>> the annual islamic heritage festival brought a lot of fun to penn's landing yesterday. nbc 10 was at the great plaza for the event which featured live music, games, speakers, and a health and wellness fair, plus an open market bazaar. >>> the body of the first american killed while fighting with the kurds against isis is back home. a turkish airlines plane arrived in boston yesterday carrying the remains of keith bloomfield. the body was taken to a funeral home. bloomfield was killed in syria on june 3rd. his parents say he no military training but wanted to fight against what he considered evil. >>> happening now overseas at least eight people are dead and zoo animals are on the loose following heavy flooding in the country of georgia. officials in georgia's capital city are warning

he allegedly provided guns and helped plan the attack at a prophet muhammad cartoon contest in texas last month. two teammates were killed in a shoot-out. >>> now a baseball story about alleged hacking and it has nothing to do with a bad swing. one of the most storied franchises, st. louis cardinals is being investigated by the fbi for hacking into the computers of another team the houston astros. both teams say they are cooperating. major league baseball says subpoenas have been issued. >> obviously any kind of allegation like this no matter what it turns out is of concern to us. >> they first reported that someone broke in last year. >> there was an illegal activity and we're going to pursue it. >> he said hackers published months on internal trade talk. >> it's a very unfortunate circumstance when somebody illegally from the outside breaks into the proeprietary database we have. some of it is accurate. some is not. >> the information allegedly hacked from houstons' database include trade discussions and valuable information. the astros have since switched leagues and now sit atop

enforcement sources tell sources they had a plot to kill the conservative activist behind the draw muhammad contest. it appears that plot was just talk, a fantasy. officials don't know whether the suspect even knew where to find her. geller has released a statement saying they targeted me for violating sharia laws. it won't end with me or the cops. it's just the beginning. with thing that's being ignored is that isis is here. islamic terrorism is here. our correspondent pete williams that has details on this investigation. >> reporter: investigators were back at the scene where a boston police officer and an fbi agent shot the man authorities say was plotting to kill police. 26-year-old of boston as the fbi released new details. we have learned that three weeks ago based on social media postings and messages, the fbi put him on 24 -hour surveillance. they were watching as he went online ordering three knives with long blades from amazon. they say they met last sunday and talked about a plan to behead a victim. they say he changed his plan saying in a wiretapped phone call that he wanted to

maria: do you expect greece to leave the euro muhammad. >> yeah i think very difficult not an issue ofness an issue of ability once economy grows through sudden slump it is very difficult to come out with orderly conduct greece will come out of this but it will be a smaller economy and i am pretty sure going to look very different in institution for the rest of europe. >> you said 85% chance greek exits is that what you believe. >> yes think of it as an accident, that has occurred. and one of the consequences of the accident is that it is very difficult for greece to stay in the eurozone, why? because we are going do have not just the banking system closed, we are going to have cascading failure, there are going to be supply credit going to be inability to interact international credits when it comes down government has to issue ious, and those ious are going to start becoming a parallel currencies we have seen this before, just we've never seen in more than european country. maria: this is sandra smith it is did i, on one hand we do see this as a tragedy for the greek people on the ot

remember there was a prophet muhammad cartoon competition held two gunmen turned up wearing body armorhot at a security guard, and they were shot quickly by police who happened to be on the scene. so that was the starting point for this homeland security discussion today. but it turned to much broader themes. how is it that terrorism is recruited online these days? how is it that terrorist acts are planned online and then very often celebrated online once they have actually happened. and the discussion turned to a part of the internet which is a mystery, i think, quite frankly to most of us. here is the republican chairman of the homeland security committee. he is from texas and he is talking about the dark web, that bit of the internet that most of us can't see. >> do we have any idea how many communications are taking place in the dark space? >> no we don't. and that's the problem. we're past going dark in certain instances we are dark. the ability to know what they are saying in these encrypted communication situations is troubling. >> that man is the assist important director of fb

fbi has charged an arizona man with playing a central role in last month's shooting at the draw muhammad contest in garland, texas. prosecutors say abdul kareem of phoenix helped plan it and gave guns to the two men who ended up storming it. the fbi says kareem briefly considered attacking the 2015 super bowl in phoenix though they say that never got beyond the talking stage. the common denominator in all these cases, officials say, is relentless isis propaganda. in light of that authorities are being extra cautious about coming events and holidays, especially the 4th of july. savannah? >> pete williams in washington. thank you. >>> there are new twists tonight in the prison break investigation in upstate new york as the massive manhunt for those two escapees appears to have hit a dead end. they could be anywhere by now. and authorities are telling us for the first time about an alleged murder plot discussed by the two men and the woman charged with helping them break out. a plan to kill her husband. nbc's miguel almaguer with the latest. >> reporter: joyce mitchell charged with helping

this is an original form of cancer in lymph nodes, and obvious muhammad ali we pray and hope he does well, but there's a lot of hope. he'll go through a big battle through this, but the prognosis depends on how he responds to chemotherapy. >> this does react well to chemotherapy even at a stage 3. dr. siegel, you mentioned about, you know, feeling lymph nodes in your groin and armpit and neck. do we look for pain? is there any discomfort associated with this that we should be aware of? >> great question, great question. usually not. you look for the lymph node swellings and fatigue. i'll give you symptoms pretty non-specific but if you have them go to your doctor. night sweats, sweats at night, fevers at night, weight loss and profound fatigue and then if we check we might see you're anemic and then the lymph nodes can be floating around and not be painful. they can be painful if they abutt against a nerve. it's either/or, painful and not painful. they are hard and very firm and they are not freely moving less. >> especially if you lose weight without trying. that's a huge red flag.

ad first planned to behead someone in new york, pamela geller, who organized last month's "draw muhammad" contest in texas. >> i think it was more along the lines of wishful thinking. you know, we had 24/7 surveillance on him. and we were monitoring all potential targets. >> reporter: the fbi says rahim abruptly changed his mind tuesday morning and told a friend he would begin attacking police that very day. law enforcement officials say he called his father that morning to say, "you're not going to see me again after today." in boston today, his brother and lawyers for the family said he was killed before police even had legal authority to arrest him. >> the family hopes to work productively and cooperatively with federal and local authority in a joint effort to search for truth. >> reporter: investigators are questioning a rhode island man after searching his house for two days. officials say he knew about some of rahim's plans. he's has not been charged. pete williams, nbc news, boston. >>> there was an enormous outpouring of grief today at delaware's state capitol where the casket of

. >> pelley: texas, of course, was the attack to be muhammad cartoon contest back in may. how do you put an end to this once and for all? >> scott, i think one of the reasons they're so successful at radicalizing other groups and radicalizing individuals is they're perceived to have the momentum. we have to start thinking about putting additional troops on the ground. >> pelley: the president doesn't want to put combat troops on the ground, but in my opinion, that time has come? >> i think it's time to start talking about it, yes. >> pelley: michael morell, former deputy director of the c.i.a., thank you >> good to be with you scott. >> pelley: donald trump lost his prime time real estate today, and a wildfire explodes in the west when the "cbs evening news" continues. benny's the oldest dog in the shelter. he needed help all day so i adopted him. when my back pain flared up, we both felt it. i tried tylenol but it was 6 pills a day. with aleve it's just two pills, all day. now i'm back! aleve. all day strong. introducing the first ever gummy multivitamin from centrum. a c