rahim also discussed fantasies to behead pamela geller. geller is the blogger best known for anti-islam activism and support for cartoon depictions of the prophet mohammed. geller responded to the alleged threat this morning. >> have you thought, maybe i went too far? this wasn't worth it. i'm going to change how i do what i do now. >> drawing a cartoon, an innocuous cartoon, warrants chopping my head off? that's too far? i just don't understand this. they're going to come for you too, chris. they're coming for everybody. >> joining me by phone is senior writer from boston.com hilary sergeant. thank you for hopping on the phone. i know the press conference is to start any minute now. what do we expect to hear from the family today? >> i don't think we have a great idea of what we expect to hear from the family. we heard from the brother of usaamah rahim, who adamantly a couple of days ago stated his mother was shot in the back. that appears to have been disproven by the video by a business nearby. but i don't think we have a good idea of w

hear what pamela geller had to say. >>> and isis using water as a weapon.rorists now heightening their hold on a key city. they are cutting off the water supply to a huge chunk of the country. can their reign of terror be stopped before the humanitarian crisis grows worse? welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. 30 minutes after the hour. christine romans on assignment for another few minutes. new this morning, we have information about the terror suspect killed in boston. officials say came at them with a knife. sources say usaama rahim once had a plot to behead a controversial activist. the 26-year-old changed his mind and decided to target police instead. let's get the latest from correspondent pamela brown in boston. >> reporter: john, we have learned that the terrorism suspect killed in boston 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 organized the prophet muhammad cartoon drawing contest in ga

pamela geller if you'd stick around that would be great. we'd love to got your reaction and we will bring that family statement to tu live when it happens. meanwhile, the head of the nsa has said the ability of isis to recruit online is "a trend that is clearly increasing. the fbi has warned it needs help keeping up with all the would-be terrorists." what are we learning today about these close calls in garland, texas, perhaps in boston? the first muslim lawmaker will also visit with us on the intelligence agency, and that's next. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. apples may fall, but the apples of your cheeks don't have to. defy gravity with juvÉderm voluma®. the first and only injectable gel approved by the fda to instantly add volume to your cheek area. as you age, it's not just about lines and wrinkles. your cheeks lose volume and can sag.

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pamela geller being targeted by the psychoin boston. do you support what pam geller does?erate attempts to mock religion. >> but she has the right? >> but i defend with my life to right for her to do it. and i consider the level of wrongdoing in her case much greater on the side of the people who did what they did. >> with they tried to kill her. but you think what she's doing is a simple exercise of free speech? >> it is a simple exercise of free speech that will incite emotions and anger. you don't have to expect that somebody is going to start shooting at you. >> where do you draw this line? what happens? the if she has some media on a different network making this into a pure first amendment issue, she's having her right to speak denied that's what this is about, i don't see that. nobody stopped pam geller from doing it. she had her event. i think that's whipping people up under a falls assumption which is that her rights are being chilled. that's not true is it? >> her rights are being chilled. >> how? who is chilling her right? >> people that are shooting at her. >>

more on the new york angle and pamela geller. pamela brown joins us with that. what do you know about it? >> reporter: this is what we are learning from law enforcement official. that the controversial activism was the target of the beheading plot among david wright who was arrested and showed up in court today and a third individual. according to law enforcement, the three met on a beach in rhode island this past sunday to discuss this beheading plot to go up to new york and behead pamela geller according to officials. and they we learned that yesterday morning rahim changed his mind officials said and called write and said he didn't want to wait any more and wanted to kill police officers. now we did reach out to pamela geller and she told us she hadn't heard about the threat. she's been the subject of many threats because she is the woman who, as we know organized the mohammed cartoon drawing event in garland, texas, where there was an attempted terrorist attack. she hadn't heard about this one and said this is a showdown for american freedom. >> is there any

pamela geller is my guest in a moment. first i want to tell you everything we know about the story which is developing so quickly and so incredibly late tonight. in court today a secretary suspect in rahim's terror ring naimd david wright, you see the sketch there, was charged with conspiracy and attempt to cover up details of the plain. rahim had brought three military style knifes from amazon that would be good for quote unquote carving sculptures. we know rahim was shot and killed by police while he was holding the knife that you see on your screen right there. that is the knife. pamela brown is in boston tonight beginning our coverage. pamela, you just broke the news about pamela geller as the target for a beheading. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well we've learned from law enforcement officials that rahim, david wright who was arrested and appear nd court today and a third person met on a beach in rhode island in late may and discussed their plan to allegedly go to new york and behead the controversial figure pam

>> pamela geller is paul revere. america saying the shaw rhea is coming, the shaw rhea is coming and we are telling her would you stop blass -- blass femme ming the british. she has takenee terrorists in the last couple months. that's more than the cia and the fbi can dream of. she is an effective anti- terror expert blowing the heads of jihadists. she is a hero. she is better than paul revere. all he did was yell. he didn't kill any british. >> do you think she is a hero or kind of crazy? >> can it be both? >> yeah, what is the matter of with that? >> i am fairly -- i made it fairly certain that i am not a huge fan. anyone who is attacking her for the actions needs a refresher course in reality. i would never compare pamela geller to martin luther king. but the people who are blaming her for the violence or were saying she is looking to get herself killed, i don't think they realize that they -- they found the people back in the 60s who said that martin luther king needed to not stir the pot because it might lead to

heather: are they taking this opportunity to target her group specifically and pamela geller?they using this opportunity to do that. >> i do believe the freedom of religion and freedom of speech are isymbiotic. you can make fun after group and think it's okay. 99.9% of muslims are peace-loving constitution-loving americans. so she is creating -- what's happening is a complete and total provocation. she is doing this to provoke them. let's talk about garland. the police department said to her, if you do this, you are going to provoke lone wolf attacks. and she decided to do it anyway. now she wants to take her loon show on the road. that's wrong. heather: we don't want to call names. why freedom. speech for some groups and not for others. >> you have should not be provokable by a cartoon. it can't be a standard that people in a free country adhere to. if you say sure, whatever someone is likely to get killed over we are going to say we are not allowed to say those things anymore. the person saying those things is the problem not the murderer. when people are offended they will

. >>> joining me mow, conservative blogger, activist pamela geller who authorities say was at least the target of the beheading plot. thanks for joining us. glad you're okay. what was your reaction finding out these extremists wanted to behead you? >> thank you, jake. my reaction was, it was chilling. not surprising, because this is what happens when you violate the blasphemy laws under the sharia. you will be targeted. so i'm not surprised, but one thing is clear. i isis is here. islamic terrorism is here painfully obvious in the wake of the jihad shooting and a lot of developments came out of that shooting. first, that they drove 1,000 miles to garland thank god they picked garland and not a softer target. clearly, my events which i've had security at for the past ten years because i've studied the

a separate plot to target law enforcement in massachusetts and then pamela geller. i have been speaking with one of the three men who had been in contact with known terrorists through isis overseas. the men believed they were acting on behalf of isis. however, the family of one of the men, usaama rahim, shot and killed on tuesday, said it's news to them. here is what the attorney had to say. >> the family is aware of media reports that suggest that usaama rahim had been radicalized by isil. that comes as an absolute surprise to the family. they had not perceived any conduct or change in demeanor. >> reporter: we are learning from william evans, that rahim was put under 24/7 surveillance ten days ago. when he bought the knives on amazon.com. authorities were growing concerned he was becoming operational and apparently on tuesday, there was a heightened concern because they believed he may be boarding a bus with one of the knives and launching an attack. that is why those five officials approached him in the parking lot. john and christine. >> pamela, thank you. usaam

purchase three large military style knives to go ahead and kill police officers and also behead pamela geller? >> you know wolf i really can't get into the details of that. i think probably you've already reported some of the open source reporting that's been on that. certainly, the proposed victim was specified by isis. how that was done directly and beyond that i really can't go into it. it's classified. but they are getting more bold in identifying targets, dates and methods of how they want to see things done. and, unfortunately, i think we can only expect that that's going to increase rather than decrease. >> very quickly more than three individuals involved. we know there are two, one is

now, we did reach out to pamela geller and she said she'd not heard about this threat and she's been the subject of many threats because she is the woman, as we know organized the muhammad cartoon event where there was an attempted terrorist attack. and she said she hadn't heard about this one but that this is a show down for american freedom. >> is there any information that he wanted to behead the police officers that he was confronted by in boston? >> reporter: there isn't necessarily concrete evidence to prove that he wanted to behead the police officers but basically the investigators believe that he may have wanted to do that because he had that military style knife and allegedly wanted to behead geller and he's a member of isis who have used this tactic against others. so i think investigators believe that but at this stage in the investigation, there isn't concrete evidence to prove that this is what he wanted to do. >> and currently teaches at harvard kennedy school of government and also a cnn national security analyst and good to see you both. so bob, the fact that this su

the fbi believes boston terror suspect, rahim's original plan was to behead pamela geller a activist and conserveative blogger. rahim purchased this knife on amazon and then he makes a phone call to 25-year-old, david wright. wright is now being charged with destroying evidence on rahim's smartphone. the fbi says rahim told his nephew about the knife over the phone and wright later responded with a reference, investigators say, to terrorists beheadings. the next day on may 27th the fbi intercepts the amazon package and x-rays it and finds a knife and sharpen you are, and abruptly on this week tuesday, the fbi says rahim calls his nephew and says he is changing the plan because he can't wait that long instead he is going to go after the boys in blue and rahim reveals his plan to randomly kill police officers in massachusetts on tuesday or wednesday. this supposed escalation investigators say, is what prompted them to approach rahim at the shopping center on wednesday. >> the video clearly shows the four or five officers backtracking away from the suspect as he is coming at them. >> th

the plot to behead pamela geller in new york and law enforcement in massachusetts. according to u.s. officials, one of the three men involved with the conspiracy allegedly had been in contact with known isis terrorists overseas. that contact happened through social media, we're told. the men believed that they were acting on behalf of isis. however, the family of one of the men usaama rahim, shot and killed bill police on tuesday, said it is news to them that he had anything to do with isis. here is what their attorney had to say. >> the family is aware of various media reports that suggest that usaama rahim had been radicalized by isil. that comes as an absolute surprise to the family. they had not perceived any conduct or change in demeanor. >> reporter: we are learning from the boston police commissioner william evans that rahim was put under 24/7 surveillance ten days ago. that is when he apparently bought the three knives on amazon.com. authorities were growing concerned that he was becoming operational operational. on tuesday, there was a heightened concern be

rahim had planned to carry out an isis-style beheading possibly targeting conservative activist pamela geller. that plan, hatched before his failed attempt to attack law enforcement on the streets of boston. >> well, i'm the number one target for isis right now. >> reporter: on may 3, geller organized a prophet mohammed cartoon drawing contest in texas. last night geller told cbs "this morning" she has increased her security but has yet to discuss the threat with the fbi. >> it won't end with me or the cops. the one thing that came out of garland is that isis is here. islamic terrorism is here on the home soil on a weekly sometimes daily basis. >> reporter: court documents say rahim told his alleged accomplice david wright about a plan to kill a person outside of massachusetts. in coded language, wright told rahim something was like thinking with your head on your chest. an apparent reference to beheadings carried out by isis. in the days following the failed attack in garland, the fbi increased surveillance and investigations on perceived low-priority threats. rahim had been on joint terrifi

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according to sources, it was pamela geller the conservative blogger known for running this anti-islam group and for organizing that contest recently in texas to draw the prophet muhammad that ended in a deadly shooting. >> clearly, i'm under 24-hour guard now. so that's dramatically changed. anybody that speaks critically of islam will find themselves in this position. >> i've got cnn's deborah fehric. my first question to you being, why did they switch gears? >> it's so interesting because it happened in such a short amount of time. on sunday he met in rhode island with two people one of them his nephew david wright who has been charged with obstructing justice, and another individual who's also at the heart of this investigation. but within less than 48 hours, all of the sudden usaamah rahim, who you're looking at there in a high school photograph, he changed his mind. it's not clear why, but there was this great sense of urgency. according to the court documents, he said i can't wait that long i can't wait that long because the target was allegedly pamela geller the muslim basher w

the individual we are now learning is allegedly pamela geller. her organization has been labeled a hate group. she is a well-known muslim barber who earliery -- basher who defended free speech. >> jesus blasted, we saw a cross immersed in a jar of urine. we see mother mary immersed in dung. nobody says anything about that. >> that's not true. those things get criticized as well. >> nobody gets killed villages don't get burned. i'm asking you, we all don't like our religion mocked. the roman catholics, christians don't, mormons. the show the book of mormon is viciously anti-christian. no one is getting killed. why do we condescend to muslims. i don't. i expect behavior. mainstream muslims should be standing with me shoulder to shoulder in defense of free speech. >>> and pamela geller came to light in early may when a cartoon contest she hosted mocking prophet mohammed was attacked or attempted to be attacked by an isis sympathizer. we do know rahim at 5:00 tuesday morning contacted this man, david wright told him he was no longer traveling outside

him on the wire taps saying he wants to go after the boys in blue and go to new york and behead pamela geller. why wasn't he arrested before this? >> it might be hearsay or small talk. the urgency came to light on tuesday morning that this is real. when the knives got delivered and the talk of a vacation and which was code for a violent jihad. >> now for the first time rahim's mother and family members through their attorney are denying nil knowledge of a connection between rahim and isis. >> the family had not perceived any conduct or change in demeanor with use auma consistent with those records. >> pamela brown joins us now. do we know if isis was involved in planning those alleged planned attacks. >> reporter: we know right now the fbi is combing through the men's electronics to try to figure out the extent of isis's involvement and how much it was involved in the planning and perhaps directing of the attack. what we've learned anderson from talking to u.s. officials is that this is more than aspirational here. this is more than the men looking at sirs propaganda. one of the men was in co

one of the two alleged jihadists apparently intended to murder pamela geller, the woman who organized that controversial draw muhammad contest. she is on the set ready to go "on the record." fox team coverage. we have information that the fbi tracked one of those two men for years. we start with fox boston anchor mark aukenbloom. >> we know as far as back as 2012 he was being tracked by the fbi. the actions of this past tuesday certainly were shocking here but he was on the list, as far as being watched for some time now. >> now mark, i mean, as i understand it, his family, the family of the somebody is speaking out. >> that's right. we had several people speak out at the news conference today and first time we actually heard from members of the family. they had had imam who arrived while the family was trying to get arrangements for the funeral. they tried to find funeral site. one funeral home turned him down felt he was a terrorist and they wouldn't handle the body. the imam said it he thought it was reckless for the officers to shoot in the parking lot and foolish of the young man

pamela geller, who eager nized the -- organized the draw prophet mohammad contest, is now rolling outboards to publicize the winning drawing, is that a good idea, we talk with the panel they are back. so, joe, you don't just say it is protecting free speech, i think that is necessary? >> i think it is good she pushes back, otherwise, you can't -- there is respecting someone's religion but when we bow to pressure for threats of violence, you can't make someone else obey the confidence of your relynn ong tha--religion that i. if you are not liking you this are not just against free speech, and art, and photography. kennedy: anything with representation. >> people say she is doing this for publicity, people really did come to kill her. kennedy: you say there is a possible backlash. >> billboards are meant for celebrities and athletes, think about kids who look at these billboards, and saying i don't know who this guy is, he must be cool, i want to stress leak him -- dress like him and r his his books. >> he is holding a can of sprite in one of those. kennedy: telling you to get lap band

shockingly pamela geller was thought happy with the ruling. the free speech tire brand asked what devout muslim girl would want to work for a group that has soft porn adages. it was another set up for a major american business to cover islamic norm. it was litigation jihad. she doesn't minutes words duds dash cash does she? i agree with her on the cartoon thing. can't she apply for a job at the muslim -- >> geller? >> no, it mate be on her list. >> pamela geller does not understand the law that chooses not to inform her readers of it. as justice ask scalia noted liberal, said quote this is really easy. the civil rights act forbids discrimination in hiring. they may not make or con firvel firvel -- connish if decisions. >> scalia very much ruled on this side, but he was center. >> interesting. >> mark, are you viced that amber -- that abercrombie makes them wear hardly any clothes? >> it is a scar of. scarf. it is over there cleave edge -- cleavage and the hot wet boys if she is wearing a scar of and willing to care cargo parts and a headscarf.

that activist is pamela geller. who recently organized a prophet muhammad cartoon contest in texas that ended in a deadly shootout. the fbi says usama rahim apparently changed his mind about killing geller and decided to target police instead. >>> south korea's government now taking steps to stop the growing outbreak of the mers virus there. so far two people have died and at least 35 cases have been confirmed. the latest information. bring in our kathy novak, standing by in seoul for us. we should explain, kathy this is a very deadly virus. i am just wondering how people are being quarantined and if hospitals are being trained in how to detect this relatively new very deadly virus. >> yes, errol, very deadly and relatively new in humans. not much is known about the spread, compared to other diseases. there is no vaccine. no cure. so the level of alarm in the public here is certainly growing. in terms of quarantine the government is stepping up its efforts. it does admit in the early stages it didn't do enough to mak

knife wielding man who police say was radicalized by isis and who wanted to behead islam critic pamela geller and a man planned to kill police officers. as early as 2012 this man, usaama rahim had been thinking about targeting law enforcement officers. cnn pamela brown has more on this developing story and new allegations about possibly a third individual connected. >> reporter: usaama rahim became suspicious the fbi was on to him in 2012 and bugged his phone. on facebook under an ali as he wrote i heard some clicking noises on my phone. he said an fbi agent called him and said sir we have some allegations regarding you. i came by your house a few times but kept missing you. law enforcement officials confirmed rahim who police shot and killed in boston tuesday had been on the fbi's radar for the past couple of years. they say he met on a rhode island beach sunday with his nephew david wright and unnamed 24-year-old man. that man lives here in rhode island with his parents. police searched the home wednesday and law enforcement source tells cnn agents have spoken with him but he's not been arr

rahim also discussed fantasies to behead pamela geller. r anti-islam activism and support for cartoon depictions of the prophet mohammed. geller responded to the alleged threat this morning. >> have you thought, maybe i went too far? this wasn't worth it. i'm going to change how i do what i do now. >> drawing a cartoon, an innocuous cartoon, warrants chopping my head off? that's too far? i just don't understand this. they're going to come for you too, chris. they're coming for everybody. >> joining me by phone is senior writer from boston.com hilary sergeant. thank you for hopping on the phone. i know the press conference is to start any minute now. what do we expect to hear from the family today? >> i don't think we have a great

they say at least one of the men to behead activist pamela geller was being encouraged by known isis terrorists who were communicating from overseas. boston police commissioner says one of the men usaama was put under surveillance in the past 10 days. what made you go from this can guy could be aspirational to confrontational? >> the language we were picking up was let's are get a boy in blue and when it looks like it was getting confrontational, we went into action. >> reporter: and they called his father the call over hed heard by investigators, who had been monitoring his email and phone activity during the 24-hour surveillance. they were worried he was going to board a bus with knives he ordered from amazon just last week and that's why they confronted him in front of the cvs pharmacy in boston. >> we knew the urgency was there that we had to get to him. >> reporter: rahim was heard on tap after abandoning reports to go to geller. and they met on a abandoned beach with david wright a relative. he appeared in court wednesday and today, law enforcement was still outside of a home o

. >> the original target pamela geller an outspoken critic of the islam.r this morning, she said that anyone who speaks critically of islam would find themselves in the same situation. >> it's interesting, in muslim countries under the sharia there is a death penalty for blas mamy in mohamed, in the west you're not assassinated but your character is. you are defamed, rivalled and ridiculed if you dare criticize islam. that's where we are right now. >> meanwhile, david wright who police was an associate, friend of rahim appeared in federal court. he is accused of destroying rahim's smart phone to hide evidence of the plot. rahim wielded a knife at them before they shot and killed him. we also now know that rahim purchased three, three military fighting knives on amazon. investigators are also trying to learn now how deep usaama rahim's network ties run to isis. our cnn law enforcement analyst tom is joining us now. they are confident that this was a sophisticated plot he was undertaking, especially in the last two weeks, they spotted some significant change

originally they wanted to attack pamela geller who organized that muhammad drawing contest in texas.y guards killing a would be attacker. the plan changed and the pair alledgedly plotted to attack police. wiretaps led to the confrontation in which rahim was shot and killed. after allegedly lunging at authorities with a military-style knife. >>> turning to colorado now, and jurors in a colorado theater shooting trial expected to see more taped interviews with defendant james holmes today. prosecutors trying to use holmes interview with a psychiatrist to prove that he was sane when he shot and killed 12 people in that movie theater. he injured some 70 others. the prosecution's case expected to last three more weeks. >>> turning now to cleveland and the investigation into the death of tamir rice. the 12-year-old shot by a white police officer while holding a fake gun. the sheriff's office turned over its findings to prosecutes and they are expected to present the case to a grand jury to determine if criminal charges should be filed against the officers involved. rice was shot in novembe

are learning the 26 year old initially wanted to go to new york to behead conservative activist pamela geller, the woman who sponsored a mohammed cartoon drawing contest in texas and tried to submit the winning trying to run as an ad on metro. local muslim leaders who knew rahim say he was not radical. >> is he someone who could have been inspired by isis to kill police officers? >> i have no information. government officials can tell you that. larry: the fbi says on tuesday morning, he changed targets instead wanting to behead uniformed police officers in massachusetts. when he allegedly went toward officers with a knife, they shot and killed him. the death toll in that chinese cruise ship accident is rising. 10 more bodies discovered overnight putting the total at 75 with more than 360 others feared dead. rescuers cut three holes in the hall of the ship in unsuccessful attempts to find survivors. only 14 so far have been discovered to be alive. a potential breakthrough for women's health and a little pink . a key fda advisory committee is holding a hearing today on viagra for women. what th

. >> usaama rahim was going to target pamela geller. he decided to target the police. david wright his nephew was charged with conspiracy. >>> brave workers in oregon took down a man who claimed he had brought a bomb into the restaurant. s one worker opened the cash register another tackleed the man from behind. they flew out the box the suspect brought inside. they safely destroyed the package that in the end turned out to be a fake bomb. >>> a school cafeteria out west claimed she was fired for helping students who didn't have enough money to eat. the school district in aurora, colorado if the student does not have enough money to eat they get a hot meal and the parents get a bill. after that they get a bun and piece of cheese. the woman let them keep the warm meal on their plates. she was fired for not following the policy of how food was distributed. >>> former texas governor, rick perry announced he will run for president on his website. this is be his second run at the gop nomination after a famed attempt. >> it's going to be interesting to see how this race shak

police say usaama rahim killed by officers wanted to bee held pamela geller. target police instead with a military-style knife. david wright usaama rahim's nephew was arrested yesterday. the white house said there's a concern about isis supporters to use social media to shield messages from authorities. >> there's an opportunity to work with tech sector on this the threat that's worried about served the lone wolf threat. >> fbi said it is investigating hundreds of potential isis sympathizers in all 50 states. >>> brave workers in oregon took down a man who claimed he had a bomb in the restaurant. one worker opened the cash register another employee tackled the man. together they wreathsled him -- wrestled him to the ground. they threw the suspicious box outside, police destroyed the package which in the end turned out to be a fake bomb. no serious injuries were reported. >>> a school of a tier i can't employee out west claimed she was fired for helping students who didn't have money to eat. the first three times the student doesn't have enough money they get a

officials tell nbc news that unlike the plot to kill police, the discussion of killing pamela gellert talk and more like a fantasy. another suspect in the investigation was in federal court in boston today. 25-year-old david wright was charged with conspireing with usaama rahim to destroy he of the plan. according to court documents, the suspects were monitored using phone surveillance. last night, president obama signed the usa freedom act which continues most of the provisions of the patriotic act, but ends the government's bulk collection of telephone records. joining us now is richard clarke who served the previous three presidents as a senior white house adviser on issues from cyber security to counterterrorism. he served as counterterrorism adviser from president obama's first campaign. he is the author of the new book "pinnacle event." richard clarke, looking at the security situation in boston, did anything happen in the change in law from the patriotic act to this new version of the law that would affect this kind of investigation that was going on in boston? >> absolutely n

. >> cbs news learned rahim planned to carry out an isis style beheading possibly 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 ric

. >> cbs news learned rahim had planned to carry out an isis style beheading possibly against pamela geller. 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

. >>> cbs news has learned the terror suspect taken down in boston wanted to behead pamela geller. police killed two isis sympathizers outside a prophet mohammed cartoon contest. but usaama rahim coulden wait to get to her and switched his target to police. and this man, 24-year-old david wright allegedly knew about his plans. prosecutors say the two talked in code about isis inspired beheadings and used the word vacation to refer to jihad. last time they spoke, yesterday morning, wright allegedly told rahim you are attempting to go on vacation i see. rahim replied i'm just going to go after those boys in blue. about two hours later, antiterror agents shot and killed him. >>> her son was murdered outside his bay area high school. but when she complained about security, she was told he should have been in class. >> firefighters spray down a graduation when bees go on the attack. >> a little pink pill that some >> parent of vallejo went to the school board meeting saying what are you going to do about the dangerous security situation on and near school cam buses? christin ayers says

gln conservative blogger pamela geller is at the center of a homegrown terror plot that unraveled in boston tuesday. she organized last month's cartoon exhibit depicting the prophet mow ham mat. usaama rahim was -- mohammad. usaama rahim was plotting to kill geller. tuesday morning he discussed a change of plans with david wright, an accused conspirator. authorities decided to move in and question him. they shot and killed him when they say he lunged at them with a knife. mark albert for cbs news, washington. >>> a search turns right now for a swimmer who went missing in the potomac river and we now know who that man is. 21-year-old marco ray sanchez from reston. montgomery county fire and rescue says sanchez and a friend went cliff diving into the water from the virginia shoreline near sandy landing. one was able to get out of the water while the other one remains missing after apparently getting caught in a current and was not scene again. >>> students and staff at hilton high school in dale city, virginia were evacuated this morning after some smoke was detected in the school. tur

knives online last week, usaamah rahim of boston 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 d

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 laws. it won't end with me or the cops. it's just beginning. the one thing that is being ignored that came out of garland is that isis is here. islamic terrorism is here. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has details on the 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 usaamah rahim of boston, as the fbi revealed new details about the investigation. nbc news learned three weeks ago based on rahim's social media postings and messages the fbi put him under 24-hour-a-day surveillance. agents disclos

. >> but this morning we are learning he was plotting to kill this woman, pamela geller. she's the controversial activist who organized that draw mohammed competition but changed his plans targeting police officers instead. >> authorities learned just how close usaama rahim may have been to attacking or even beheading police officers in boston. 25-year-old david wright rahim's nephew was charged with conspiracy wednesday. wright aided rahim who was shot and killed by officers in this boston parking lot after lunging at them with a knife. video of the confrontation was shown to community and religion us leaders in boston. >> he wasn't shot in the back. >> according to the complaint rahim told wright about the knife in a cell phone conversation saying allegedly i just got myself a nice little tool. good for carving. wright later telling rahim something was like thinking with your head on your chest as both men laughed. a reference the fbi believes to beheading propaganda videos made by isis. the fbi is investigating hundreds of potential sympathizers in all 50 states. >> we

conversation with raheem about a potential attack and allegedly spoke about killing conservative activist pamela gellernd talked about a knife he ordered online saying i just got myself a nice little tool good for carving and wright told him like thinking with your head on your chest, the f.b.i. believes that a reference to be heading. on tuesday hours before police approached him outside a cvs pharmacy he called wright and told him he couldn't wait that long and was going to attack the police instead and when officers approached him soon after he lunged at them with a knife and that is when he was shot and killed. in an effort to be transparent they gathered muslim leaders on wednesday and showed them video of what happened. >> the video is inconclusive and i don't think he was shot in the back by virtue of that, however, we couldn't see clearly at all. he was asking the question of whether he had a brandished a knife or not. however he was approaching them and they did backup and evidently and by evidence of his death he was fired upon. >> reporter: f.b.i. is investigating hundreds of i.s.i.s. sympat

and tonight nbc news also learned he talked about beheading pamela geller. she is the woman who has been very prominent in the news recently who leads the american freedom defense initiative, the group that puts on those cartoon contests that feature the prophet muhammad. sources say rahim and another man, david wright, plotted these attacks on police in massachusetts, and then considered killing geller. it's not clear whether they even knew where to find her. but police and the fbi killed rahim on tuesday when they confronted him and he refused to drop a knife. wright is now in custody. >>> still no word tonight on what happened to a construction worker who died today down on the national map. we're also working to find out the man's identity. he was a metal panel worker at the national museum of african american history and culture. the general contractor for the museum, clark smoot russell released a statement tonight saying safety is the company's top priority. >>> police say a popular d.c. teacher acknowledged that he inappropriately touched one of his

sources telling cbs news the alleged target was conservative blogger pamela geller who was behind a prophet mohammad cartoon contest in texas. suspects then reportedly turned their attention to law enforcement believing they would be easier targets. boston police killed one suspect on tuesday after he threatened officers with a knife. the other suspect is now in custody. >>> one of fifa's former vice presidents indicted in a corruption scandal says he is ready to reveal what he knows. jack warner of trinidad says he has documents and copies of texts that link fifa officials to his country's elections in 2010. he made a televised address last night. in another development, federal prosecutors released court documents in which american chuck blazer admits he and other fifa officials took bribes. >>> facebook executive sheryl sandberg has written a letter about life after her husband's death. the tech executive david goldberg died in a treadmill accident on vacation in mexico last month. after marking a tradition mourning period, she wrote about her grief. she wrote on facebook, "i have lived

surveillance and allegedly planned an attack on police and talked about beheading anti-muslim blogger pamela geller. >>> president obama is home following the two-day g-7 summit in germany where he said training for iraqi forces battling isis must be stepped up. the president arrived at joint base andrews yesterday, speaking after the summit mr. obama said isis remains nimble aggressive and opportunistic and plans for defeating the terrorist group have stalled. >> we don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of the iraqis as well. >> the president says some fault lies with the iraqis. that there are sometimes more u.s. trainers than recruits. >>> this morning, health officials are looking for people who came into contact with a patient who contracted a rare and deadly form of tuberculosis. in april, the woman traveled from india to the u.s. arriving at chicago's o'hare airport. she spent time in illinois missouri and tennessee before growing sick. she's hospitalized in stable condition. only three or four cases of the drug-resistant tb are reported each year in

rahim discussed be hamming pamela geller who organized the prophet mohammed cartoon contest in texas.00 a.m. tuesday, rahim called wright who said you're attempting to go on vacation i see. rahim replied, i'm just going to go after them. those boys in blue. about two hours later, fbi agents and boston police confronted rahim in this parking lot. police say rahim pulled one of 3:00 three knives he had purchased and lunched at them. surveillance video backs up their claim. >> the video clearly shows these four or five officers, backtracking away from the suspect as he is coming at them. >> reporter: wright is charged with conspiring to help rahim destroy evidence. danielle nottingham, cbs news. >>> and the criminal complaint against wright also revealed that he and rahim met with a third person in rhode island to talk about their plans. >>> the florida man who landed the gyrocopter on the capitol lawn says the u.s. postal service is going to fire him from his job. he said the agency intends to fire him for unacceptable conduct after he flew through restricted air space to call attention