among them, joseph nasrala. >> wake up, america! >> reporter: another egypt born coptic christian who was a featured speaker two years running at the anti-islamic 9/11 protests against the so-called ground zero mosque. >> they conquer our country the same way conquer america. >> reporter: media for christ includes a website and the studio where the video was made. one of the regular show hosts is steven klein. >> infidel i am, kafir i am. mighty proud of it. >> reporter: his leaflets and speeches have painted islam in such ugly terms he's on several hate speech watch lists. with klein as the self-described consultant the video from the studio was a bargain basement bait and switch project titled desert warrior with actors who say their scripted dialogue was later dubbed over and doctored into an attack video aimed at the muslim world. the filmmakers even put osama bin laden in the title to type a theater screening though there may not have been a screening or even a completed movie. but the video did come out of the studio and while

and nasrala was gone, his facebook page saying he, too, always tells the truth. >> reporter: akoula said he would go to an undisclosed location for his and his family's safety. >> in afghanistan today an afghan policeman shot and killed two british soldiers bringing the total to 47 international service members killed by the afghan forces serving alongside them. >> reporter: good evening, lester. nato says the service members killed were victim of another attack. a local policeman returning from a security operation turned his gun on them, killing two and wounding three others. also in helmand last night 20 taliban insurgents breeched the perimeter of one of the largest nato bases in the country. also home to camp leatherneck. using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades they killed two u.s. marines, injuring several others. they released this video, claiming to show the aftermath of the attack. the taliban said they attacked the base to avenge the anti-islamic movie that's outraged the muslim world. they chose that base because they heard that's where prince harry was based. toda

another is joseph nasrala.t two of the past three years protests on 9/11 of the so-called ground zero mosque. you can see him there. that's the 2010 rally and protest where he spoke about the dangers of islam, that islam was going to take over this country the same way it took over egypt, the country of his birth as well. nasrala owns the studios where this video was shot and cut the deal for the film permit to have it shot there in the summer of 2011. in addition to joseph masrala, there's also steven kline. kline is an ex-marine and has also been on the watch list of several hate speech groups, monitoring groups. for years he also has a program on that same broadcast operation that masrala runs. masrala and steven kline are whereabouts unknown right now. >> and mike, he's being questioned and talk about possible parole violation we've reported. but with regard to his security, might he have to be provided with security? and if so, do you know who would do that security for him? would give that to him? >> one

the two other men nasrala and steve klein are hiding at this moment.nly speaking to the sheriff's department and he's doing so voluntarily to see if there's been a probation violation for his bank fraud conviction. >> how legitimate are the threats on their lives? >> well you have to assume that some of the threats are legitimate. steve klein told a local reporter the other day as he drove away from the studio where the video was made that he just had to get out that he's had believable death threats. one assumes that the threats are serious. i don't know materially how close in danger they might have been. but i went to the home of joseph nasrallah yesterday, he wasn't there and hasn't been seen as steve klein jumped in his truck the other day and drove off and hasn't been seen or heard from since. >> many thanks for the update. we appreciate it. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel spoke with a group of protesters in egypt and asked them why the clashes there are continuing, even though u.s. officials have criticized the anti-muslim video.