join me is mike spann's father, johnny spann. mr. spann, thank you so much for being with us." how you got the news, and i can't imagine what went through your mind. >> mr. anderson, the way i got the news was through a news reporter. someone in the news media called me and asked me if i knew about it, that it was going to be -- he was going to be getting released on the 23rd. and that's how i found out. >> you weren't told by prison officials? >> sir? >> you were not told by any prison officials or government officials? >> no, sir, i was not. i think -- our family was never considered to be a victim of any of that. i think i had to actually, you know, file a document in the courthouse back just back when he was getting sentenced, just to be able to speak at his sentencing hearing. >> goodness. i didn't know that. >> and there was quite a time there that i didn't know i was going to get to speak or not. >> when you -- the fact -- i mean, he was sentenced to 20 years. i know you feel that he at the very least should have gotten life in prison. he's -- according to prison offici

mitchell. >> thank you. >> joining me right now, johnny spann, the father of mike spann who was killed01. thanks for joining us. what was today like for you? >> it's another day in the life of mike spann's family, i guess you could say. the hardest thing is to know after all of these years and all the things that we've known has been ignored, the facts -- the matter of fact that this guy went to afghanistan, he trained in al-quaida training camps and stayed there when he knew that terrorists were sent to the united states to kill people. then he continued to stay there when he knew that 9-11 had taken place and had been 3,000 people die. he continued to stay there in the al-quaida training camps and took up arms and went into the front lines and fought until they surrendered and captured and taken into custody. how you can have somebody that those things -- number 1, only get a 20-year sentence. when he was given the sentence, i accepted that was the law, that was the sentence that was passed down. if today had been the last day of his 20-year sentence and there was no red flags up, no

spann needs to shut his mouth. mr. lindh was exonerated in the death of mike spann and that mr.nn cannot get over it. >> dana: thank you. help on the way for farmers taking the hit from the u.s. trade war. some of that money will go toward building markets elsewhere. here's the agriculture secretary sonny purdue earlier today. >> what we're doing is looking for marks all over the world. we have things in india, malaysia, thailand, philippines. we're having small singles and double hits out here. but obviously the china market is huge. we would hope they would come back to the table and do exactly what we asked them to do. >> dana: we should learn more next hour when president trump addresses the nation's farmers at the white house. we'll bring that to you. fbi said there's a staggering number of open terrorism investigations both here and abroad. the pentagon has a new house to house thousands of migrants along the border. it's either the assurance of a 165-point certification proces. or it isn't. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. or it isn't. it's either

he was never charged with spann's family but spann's family strongly opposes lindh's release. there are not enough safe guards in place to prevent him from returning to violence, some say. >> he had 20 years in a plea bargain deal. he should serve it all. he probably should have got more than that, but to let him out, most people that get let out end up back in for reasons like this. his. >> reporter: lindh cannot use the internet without permission and any use would be heavily monitored. he would have to correspond in english only. he cannot have a passport and must undergo mental health counseling. spann left behind three children when he was killed and his now adult daughter calls lindh's early release a slap in the face. elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> new at noon a man accused of kidnaps and raping a 74-year- old san francisco woman has had his first day in court. the judge allowed cameras to shoot only the back of 47-year- old manual amador as he made an aperformance before the judge. he is accused of forcing the victim into her home with the pit bull biting her

the daughter of mike spann calling into slap in the face.ins us live, thank you for being with us and for shining a light on this. a lot of people are upset he is about to walk free from prison, you wrote a letter along with republican senator richard shelby to the bureau of prisons warning against his release. do you think he is a national security threat? >> thank you for having me on and i want to say to mike spann's family my heart goes out to you. i'm so site for the pain and grief you still experience and i am very concerned about the early release of john walker lind. we need to make sure there is a proper threat assessment before somebody convicted of the terrorist offenses released from prison and i am concerned the bureau of prisons doesn't have the tools or programs to do that. in addition to john walker lind we have 108 federal prisoners convicted of terrorist offenses due to be released in the next 5 years. i was glad to join senator shelby in demanding some answers here. we need to make sure we are dealing with this unique thre

officer johnny "mike" spann.n after this video was recorded, spann was killed in a prison uprising, the first u.s. casualty of the war. lindh was brought back to the u.s. and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. ahead of his release, after 17 years, spann's daughter, alison, wrote in a letter to president trump that lindh's early release was a slap in the face. "he is a traitor," she said. >> i think every american ought to be outraged at his early release. >> reporter: cbs news senior national security analyst fran townsend: >> he volunteered to go to afghanistan, he met with bin laden, and put himself on the front lines of this fight, fighting american forces. >> reporter: law enforcement and intelligence reports from 2017 said lindh "continued to advocate for global jihad and to write and translate violent extremist texts." lindh's family refused to comment today, but in a 2007 interview with cbs news, lindh's father frank said his son was not a traitor. >> we know he's not anti- american. we know he doesn't h

>> reporter: just an hour later spann was killed by militants during an uprising and lindh's daughterlling the release a slap in the face. >> he's getting released early because of his good behavior in prison and for my family terrorism does not equal good behavior. >> reporter: lindsay had converted to islam as a teenager in california. left for the middle east and even met osama bin laden at an al qaeda training camp. he pleaded guilty to giving support to the taliban. but he's now being released for good behavior serving 17 of his 20-year stearns. lindh condemned terrorism at his sentencing but two government reports found he continued to advocate for global jihad and made pro-isis statements and sources tell abc news he even preached in prison quoting a prominent jihadi figure. mike spann's father has urged president trump to intervene. >> don't turn him loose if there's reports out here that he's not being the model prisoner that y'all say he is. >> lindh is expected to move to virginia. under terms of his release he can communicate only with people in english and will need permi

lindh was interrogated by johnny mike spann who was killed in a prison uprising. in plea bargain lindh admitted to only legally supporting the taliban. >> we know that he is radicalized. >> reporter: she was a child when her father was killed. she sent a letter to president trump asking president trump to stop lindh's release. >> i wanted the world to know that mike spann is not the first american killed in afghanistan. he has a family who loves him and misses him. >> reporter: he moved to the middle east to learn arabic after graduating. he joined the taliban before the september 11th terror attacks. analysts and former fbi agent jeff harp worked in terrorism at the time of lindh's arrest. >> what was the network? >> reporter: while he didn't work directly on lindh's case, he said there's plenty of evidence lindh was involved. >> you can't be involved in a bank robbery and say, hey, i was just there to make a deposit. there's more to this. >> his passport will be revoked. his device will be continuously monitored. he also has to undergo mental health counseling.

>> reporter: just an hour later, spann killed by militants during a prison uprising. lindh had converted to islam as a california teenager, left for the middle east, even met osama bin laden at an al qaeda training camp. he pleaded guilty to giving armed support to the taliban, but is now being released for good behavior, sparking outrage. mike spann's father urging president trump to intervene. >> don't turn him loose if there's reports out here that he's not being the model prisoner that y'all say he is. >> reporter: lindh con itemed terrorism at his sentencing, but two government reports found he continued to advocate for global jihad. sources tell abc news he has even preached in prison, quoting a prominent jihadi figure. he will be facing tough restrictions. he can only communicate with people in english with his limited internet access. he also cannot associate with any known extremists and he cannot leave the country without permission. he's expected to move to northern virginia, just outside of d.c., after his release. david? >> whit johnson reporting in live

ahead of his release, after 17 years, spann's daughter, allison, wrote in a letter to president trump, that lindh's early release was a slap in the face. he is a traitor. >> i think every american should be outraged at his release. >> reporter: cbs news analyst, fran townsend. >> he volunteered to go to afghanistan, met with bin laden and put himself on the front lines of this fight, fighting american forces. >> reporter: law enforcement and intelligence reports from 2017, said lindh continued to advocate for global jihad and translated violent text. lindh's family refused to comment today. but in an interview with cbs news, he said his son was not a traitor. >> we know he's not anti-american. he doesn't have sympathy for terrorism. >> reporter: federal officials aren't talking about what led to lindh's early release. but it will be supervised. and he's not allowed to process, view or act on extremist or terroristic views. >> jeff pegues, thanks so much. >>> a top official says there's a high risk that africa's latest ebola outbreak will spread. it's killed 1,100 in the democratic rep

spann left behind three children when he was killed. his now adult daughter called the early release a slap in the face. in marin county, alyssa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. strike this afternoon president trump's of the united states will closely monitor lindh. he added there was nothing that could have been done to stop his release from prison. >>> the president and first lady made an unscheduled visit this morning to arlington national cemetery. members of the military accompanied the president and first lady as they placed flags on the gravesite. the memorial day holiday falls on monday, when the president and state first lady will be making a state visit to japan. strike the war of words is heating up between resident trump-pence nancy pelosi one day after the president abruptly ended meeting on infrastructure. the speaker suggested the president needs an intervention, while the president called speaker pelosi crazy. >> reporter: the tension between the president and the speaker of the house continues to spill into public view, lea

>> johnny spann is pretty upset to the early release.mbers said before, it's a slap in the face. they always felt that john walker lindh new about the plans nor this uprising and could have informed span and could have saved his life. one of the things that johnny spann said, he asked rhetorically do you believe that he won't borrow a phone from a buddy? another thing that johnny spann said today, he takes exception with his name american taliban. when john walker lindh was in afghanistan, he trained with al-quaida, met with al-quaida, even met with osama bin laden. trace? >> trace: thanks, mike. utah set to test equipment that will find weapons in big places. the technology is called hex wave. and event organizers can behind the product behind walls or structures so people don't even know it's there. the machine using 3-d scanning to detect metal and nonmetal items. it uses artificial intelligence to detect guns and knives. the attorney general says the technology is less invasive than facial recognition and driver license scanning beca

this week, spann's daughter alison wrote to president trump requesting lindh not be released. she spoke to abc news: >> he's responsible in some part for the ath of my father, and so for him to be released early, just was unbelievable. >> schifrin: that shock was echoed today by secretary of state mike pompeo: >> schifrin: in 2002, lindh released a statement saying he "never understood jihad to mean anti-americanism or terrism. i condemn terrorist on every nmvel, unequivocally." but two u.s. govt assessments since then concluded lindh has made pro-isis comments, and "contied to advocate for global jihad and to write and translate violent extremist texts." lindh was released on certain conditions. he cannot possess an internet- capable devicepe without ission or constant monitoring. he cannot view or access extremist or terrorist material, or communicate with extremists. and, he must undergo mental health counseling. that leads to b how should the u.s. release convicted extremists? m?d should the u.s. try to de-radicalize t kevin lowry recently retired as chief probation offer

he was interviewed by cia agent mike spann from alabama who was killed in the uprising. the first american killed in afghanistan. he was brought back to the u.s. facing charges from conspiracy to murder u.s. citizens to supporting al qaeda. he pleaded guilty to only one charge for aiding the taliban in carrying weapons in afghanistan. his sentence was 20 years. he has served 17. special conditions for his release prevent him from possessing an internet capable device without permission from his probation office. you may not communicate online in any language other than english have a foreign passport even though he has dual citizenship with ireland. >> he got 20 years in some kind of a plea bargain deal and he should serve at all. he probably should've gotten more than that. >> the daughter of mike spann who was killed says his early release feels like a slap in the face. in terre haute indiana. >>> time is now 4:6. the former fire investigator will be back on the witness stand for a 3rd street date in the ghost ship fire trial and hearing from amanda survived the fire.

spann was killed. uprising was coming and did nothing to warn spann that it was coming and that he was in such danger. so, this is a case that has long memories up and down cia hallways. but nonetheless, john walker lindh has been granted early release due to good behavior. he is expected to walk out of terre haute federal prison in indiana tomorrow at some point. there will be restrictions on him. there are definitely concerns. a couple of days ago, we talked to spann's father, who has also written to the federal court petitioning them to find out once and for all if john walker lindh really does continue to hold radical beliefs and if these beliefs may pose a threat. it's a question with a lot of reports out there about all this, but perhaps not really clear answers. nonetheless, when he leaves prison tomorrow, he will be under parole restrictions. a lot of people still questioning, and no good answers, will that be enough. >> barbara starr, important story and we'll stay on top of it, but nancy pelo

spann's parents say lindh should never be let out of prison. >> he's not been rehabilitated. he's falling back into the same islamic activities he's been doing because evidently he hasn't stopped. >> reporter: under the terms of lindh's release, his use of the internet must be monitored and he won't be allowed to travel, even though he wanted to move to ireland lindh's parents have arranged for him to stay in a location in virginia and it's safe to assume the fbi will keep tabs on him no comment tonight from his parents or erin that blackface photo in his medical school yearbook is over with no decisive answers. nbc's geoff bennett is there. geoff, this yearbook photo is still a mystery tonight. >> reporter: that's right, lester. the eastern virginia medical school has just wrapped up their independent investigation of that racist photo with a team of lawyers saying they cannot conclusively determine whether northam is in thatphoto sparked national headlines when it surfaced four months ago northam said he was in the picture and apologized, thenickly reversed position and den

spann to shut his mouth, lindh was exonerated and mr. lindh can't let it go. >> bret: thanks. up next, a plan to send thousands of more american troops into the middle east, will that materialize? in honolulu, as forecasters say hawaii could experience more storms than usual during this year's hurricane season. if the national oceanic and atmospheric administration expects five to eight named tropical cyclones in the region from june 1st through the end of november. in seattle, washington democratic governor and presidential candidate jay inslee signs a measure into law adopting sanctuary rules restricting law enforcement investigation of immigration status. the rules make washington the third state on the west coast to adopt such policies after california and oregon. this is a live look at phoenix from fox ten, the u.s. census bureau says phoenix is the fastest growing city in the country. phoenix has 25,000 new residents between 2017 and 2018 topped the list, it makes phoenix the fifth most populous city in the country with about 1.7 million residents. that is two nights liv

>> reporter: just an hour later, spann, killed by militants during a prison uprising., left for the middle east, met osama bin laden at an al qaeda training camp. he pleaded guilty to giving armed support to the taliban but is now being released for good behavior, sparking outrage. mike spann's father urging president trump to intervene. >> don't turn him loose if there's reports out here that he's not being the model prisoner that y'all say he is. >> reporter: lindh condemned terrorism at his sentencing, but two government reports found he continued to advocate for global jihad and made pro-isis statements. and sources tell abc news he has even preached in prison quoting a prominent jihadi figure. as part of his restrictions, lindh can only communicate with people in english. with his limited and monitored internet access, he cannot associate with any known extremists and cannot leave the country without permission. he's expected to move to northern virginia outside of d.c. after his release. whit johnson, abc news, terre haute, indiana. >> our thanks to whit there. >

mike spann who ultimately died in a riot.in laden. he admits carrying a rifle and two hand grenades. he is a warrior. steve: how do you explain the people in charge saying, you know what? he served enough time, good behavior, let him out 2 1/2 years early? >> i again can't understand why let him out early? let him walk the streets? as i say he hasn't disavowed anything. it definitely is a risk. ainsley: prison reform is so important nowadays. we did the story with alice marie johnson, the one kim kardashian talked to the president about. the president granted her clemency. non-violent, first time drug offender, she got life behind bars. this guy take as cia officer's life. joins the taliban. is a traitor. death -- joins this group with "death to america," he gets 20 years and gets out for good behavior earlier. >> makes no sense. defies logic. brian: commissioner, it is not new. since 9/11, how worried were you as commissioner of nypd, with counterterror about americans getting radicalized? no longer need to go to afghanistan

mike spann is still in arlington national cemetery. nothing can bring them back.prisons ought to be on him like white on rice. if he violates the slightest of his terms of release he should be sent back to prison, where he should be spending the rest of his life. shannon: in your new book sacred duty you talk about arlington, what a national treasure it is, your service and what it is like. everyone who comes to washington, you talk about it, one of the top tourist attractions for people to visit and have a real solid experience about the men and women who have laid down their lives, the want to work there through conditions to honor them. take us behind-the-scenes. >> sacred duty is the story of the old guard at arlington, soldiers who performed military honors at funerals, in the cemetery, guarded the 2 of the unknown soldier. when i served there as today we approached every single funeral with a single standard, perfection. we knew even though we might perform 20 or 30 funerals a day for the family it was a once-in-a-lifetime moment and the moment was a lifetim

lindh was never charged in spann's death.d to islam as a teenager and left for the middle east in the late '90s and even meeting osama bin laden at an al qaeda training camp ultimately pleading guilty to giving armed support to the taliban. he will be on supervised release for three years with tough restrictions including limited internet access, communicating only in english and no associating with any known extremist. he's expected to move to northern virginia just outside of d.c. george? >> we'll see if they can police that. whit, thank you. >>> we get to the latest on rising tension in the middle east and what could be a dramatic increase in u.s. forces to the region. the pentagon expected to present a plan to the white house today for sending up to 10,000 more troops as a counter to iran. our chief global affairs anchor, martha raddatz, tracking these developments from washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. this request could result in thousands more u.s. forces in the mideast and with them

his release is strongly condemn by the family of johnny michael spann, the cia officer who questioned him in 2001 in afghanistan and was killed in an uprising a few hours later. >> some want to call it a slap in the face, it is a stab in the back he is a traitor before anything else, people need not forget that. >> reporter: secretary mike pompeo, the former cia director, called lindh's release today unconscionable given intelligence assessments say that he continued to advocate for global jihad while in prison. tonight president donald trump. >> more than anything else, here is a man who has not given up his -- and we have to let him out. am i happy about it? not even a little bit. >> reporter: for now lindh will be living not far from the virginia courthouse where he pleaded guilty, just across the potomac from washington the fbi and other agencies plan to keep him and his communications under close watch. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington >>> the war of words between president trump and nancy pelosi escalated to a new level today. she was accusing the president of wanting to ge

resulted in the death of cia officer mike spann. lindh had converted to islam as a california teenager, left for the middle east, even met osama bin laden at an al qaeda training camp. he pleaded guilty to giving armed support to the taliban and condemned terrorism at his sentencing but his release is now sparking new outrage. two government reports found he continued to advocate for global jihad and made pro-isis statements. sources tell abc news he has even preached in prison quoting a prominent jihadi figure. a judge has ordered tough restrictions as part of his release. he's expected to move to northern virginia just outside of d.c. after his release. in terre haute, indiana, i'm whit johnson, abc 7 news. >>> happening today the man accused of raping a-year-old woman and holding her captive for five hours is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. manuel jesus amador was arrested at his home in san francisco's crocker amazon neighborhood. investigators say that horrible crime took place there on may 10th. the victim was out on a

the family of mike spann, a cia officer who interrogated lindh just before he was killed by militants, appealed directly to president trump, expressing concern. >> it's even more shocking now that we know he's just only continued his radical ideas and ideologies and thoughts while in prison. >> reporter: lindh was released on probation for good behavior, with restrictions on internet access, travel and requiring mental health treatment. david, experts tell us that about 80 convicted terrorists will be released from prison in the next five years, and officials worry about how those individuals will be rehabilitated. as for lindh, we're told he's on the move to his new home in virginia, outside washington. david? >> whit johnson on this thank you, whit. >>> next this evening, the owner of a day care is under arrest tonight in jacksonville, florida. accused of leaving a 4-month-old girl in a day caravan. she did not survive. and here's abc's victor oquendo allegedlleing a 4-month-old baby girl to die in this van in dayl aested and charged with child neglect. >> from about 8:00 a.m. to ab

soon after this video was recorded, spann was killed in a ann'htisonising. believes lindh remains a threat. >> we still feel that he is radicalized, and that releasing him into our public is a danger to everybody. >> reporter: president trump said there was nothing legally he could do. >> what bothers me more than anything else is that here's a man who has not given up his proclamation of terror, and we have to let him out. >> reporter: according to the group new america, since 9/11, 346 people have been charged and convicted in the u.s. of jihadist terrorism-related crimes. like lindh, 19 of them will be released this year and next. >> this is the start of a wave. >> reporter: counter-terrorismys is no strategy in place to help terrorism prisoners re-enter society. no system? >> no system adequate to address it. in many ways, we arrested our way out of it and then didn't think about the consequences at the end. and you see in the lindh case a scramble to try to figure this out. >> reporter: law enforcement is well aware of the potential threat. as senior f.

spann to grant a role in a building britain's five g. network williamson denies he was involved. with headlines coming up next it's a radicalized stay with us. struggling to pay their rent the problem isn't just limited to pleasure cities. of the idiots it's called the front. we bring you the stories of the shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. ironic that when many governments along the wall declared that the fight against terrorism is the number one priority this hasn't. the feel has continued the attacks have continued we have to wonder why is this the case. for the past twenty years i've been working on the question of political violence and terrorism it's persistence in our lives in our times in our societies begs the question why. could it be that the policies governments think will prevent violent extremism might actually be making things worse in the aftermath of the nine eleven attacks on the united states in two thousand and one you could visibly see that the world has been securitized a certain architecture of things has materialized l

afghanistan month after the september 11th attack after in connection with the death of johnny mike spannrding to the washington post, once he is released he will be barred from having a passport and will need a passport to obtain internet connected devices. 3 years early. ben carson defending the proposal to strip illegals of public housing aid. the head chief pushing back on democrat slamming him for fighting for americans in need. >> not that we are cool. it is that we are logical. this is common sense. you take care of your own first. >> 55,000 illegal miners many living with parents who are in the country illegally could be displaced by the plan. >> we feel sympathy for people, we don't want anybody on the streets. we have millions of legal americans waiting for these scarce resources. >> millions of american citizens are on wait lists government-subsidized housing. a new probe says bernie sanders and bill diblasio are the least liked democrats running for president. and believe it or not bill diblasio isn't quite at the bottom of the list in terms of an favorability rating. sanders

the family of fallen cia officer johnny spann killed at the hands of the american taliban fighters speakingearly release. his daughter allison slamming the decision after proof that john walker lindh was actively supporting terror groups from inside prison. >> if he's doing this behind bars, what can we expect for him while he is free on the streets? justice would have been a life sentence for john walker lindh 18 years ago. that didn't happen. rob: the president said they will keep an eye on this guy. lindh charged with conspiring, to kill stand in afghanistan, were dropped as part of a plea deal, the president issuing a warning. >> we will be watching him, watching him closely. here is a man who has not given up his proclamation of terror. we have to let him out. am i happy about it? not even a little bit. rob: lindh served 20 -- 11 years of his 20 year sentence -- terror related crimes following the september 11th attacks. jillian: wikileaks founder julian assange is facing 18 charges tied to allegations he published classified documents with the help of chelsea manning in 2010. the us h

he had been interviewed by mike spann. span was killed in a prison uprising.ys he knew of the uprising, kept quiet. he took a plea for aiding the taliban and carry weapons in afghanistan. the sentence was 20 years. federal sentencing guidelines about release with good behavior after 85% of the service is served. span's father says the sentence is not just. the former director of cia and secretary of state agrees. >> a cleanable and unconscionable. i let the cia. we are allowing someone involved in his death out of jail after a relatively short sentence. >> reporter: even liberals took to twitter asking why lindh wasn't prosecuted for treason and sentenced to life in prison, a position held by conservatives. >> he met with usama bin laden, chose to go to the front lines to fight the taliban in summer of 2001. john walker lindh swore allegiance to jihad. >> reporter: foreign policy magazine released documents from the national counterterrorism center saying while in prison, continue to advocate global jihadist translate violent extremist texts. prison cannot kee

. >> reporter: lindh's release is also opposed by the family of cia operative mike spann, killed in a prison uprising at the compound in afghanistan where lindh was being held. he had questioned lindh an hour before, but lindh was never implicated in the death. today secretary of state mike pompeo said that the release is unconscionable. >> a relatively short sentence calls for a review of our processes. i think we need to review it all. >> a judge has imposed conditions on lindh's release. he cannot use the internet without permission and any use would have to be monitored. also he cannot have a passport and must undergo mental health counseling. at his sentencing in 2002, lindh said he made a mistake in joining the taliban, but an assessment from the bureau of prisons two years ago says that he has made recent statements in support of the islamic state. >>> alarming numbers tonight about infant mortality in alameda county. officials say the number of infant deaths for black americans is more than double the state average. alyana gomez is in the newsroom with what officials say is to

spann,. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. i am dave. >> and i am pam cook. >> welcome back, pam! to steve. what are we seeing out there

up like mike spann murdered after interrogating this punk in afghanistan.uld have ended differently. treason was once punishable by death. but we're better than that now. we're more enlightened. so prepare for the second wave of media analysis. he will be the -- no, actually, he was a political prisoner. they will line up to get the first interview. and then a speaking engagement at columbia, a book deal. or maybe a interview with seth meyers. america is the land of second chances even for scum that don't deserve a first. so what is the deal with early behavior, katie? i don't get it. shouldn't early behavior be tested on what you do when you're given a chance? >> people that take up arms against u.s. troops shouldn't be given the option to have good behavior. when he was in prison, he was still advocating for jihad, still translating violent messages. now they're saying he's going to be let out and given three years of surveilled release and he won't have any access to kind of communications or whatever, which is bogus. how you going to prevent him with co

spann,. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. i am dave. >> and i am pam cook. >> welcome back, pam! >> let's go right to steve. what are we seeing out there today. >> we will see a mix of clouds today, maybe a isolated shower. 60s and 70s on the temps. more in the weather coming up. sal, how are the roads? the usual? >>> what the usual but not as bad as earlier this week when it was raining. it looks okay from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. a 23 minute drive which is about normal. then you have the back up at the bay bridge. but, yes, you will see different patterns because of the up coming three-day weekend, the major holiday of the year, memorial day. a lot of people tend to go away. today is the big get away day. you will see traffic that will be busy this afternoon. some people trying to add days around this time. so, you may take a four or five day weekend instead of a three-day weekend. this is i-880 north and south. it looks good. no problems on highway 4. again, it is looking relatively normal for the morning commute. maybe tomorrow we may see a light commute an

an uprising resulted in the death of cia officer mike spann. converted as a teenager, left for the middle east, even met osama bin laden at a training camp. he pled guilty to giving armed support to the taliban and condemned terrorism at his sentencing. his release is sparking outrage. two government reports found he continued to advocate for global jihad. sources tell abc news he has even preached in prison. he will be on supervised release for three years with tough restrictions including limited and monitored internet access. he can only communicate in english and not association with any known extremists. he is expected to move to northern virginia just outside of d.c. in terre haute, indiana, i'm whit johnson, abc news. >>> we focus on issues plaguing b.a.r.t. as our building a better bay area initiative. >> looking to combat fare evaders, those folks who squeeze through or jump over the gates. a look at the new possible designs being considered. >> reporter: that's right. the people we're talking to don't seem concerned about the issue. b

the parents of slain cia officer mike spann calling it disturbing news saying the man they blame for their son's death is still a threat. alabama senator richard shelby tweeted that president trump told them over the phone he, too, believes he should serve the full sentence. for lindh's family, a relief. his father says he was simply a scapegoat for a grieving ne9/11 country. >> it is not fair to say john went to afghanistan in order to work against or wage war again of his own country. lindh will be released from a prison in indiana and will be under three-ier supervision and we do not know if he will be returning to the bay area. abc 7 news. >>> a san francisco soccer club is honoring a tragic crash. last night the team presented him with a courage if the face of adversity award. he was one of four siblings involved in a collision in late february. they were on their way to the hospital to visit their dying father when they collided with big rig the chp says was illegally parked on the shoulder of interstate 80. three of his siblings were killed. >> it felt it was something we had

ernl is t certainly the family of mike spann, the agent who was killed, have pushed back tremendously on this. but what you also recognize, this gentleman may still be a threat to the united states. there is concern from the counterterrorism community that he has continued to express support as you saw in that letter. and in addition what if you take a look at his history, he was trained by osama bin laden before the 2001 attacks. and yet the cowardly act did not change his idea, his theology. he continued to support and in fact fight for the taliban. and now later on support isis. so this is a guy who is now going to come back to the united states and what is also important to note is that in the next two years, we'll see upwards of 100 captives just like wli lindh who will be let go as a result of them having done their time. so what does this country do with enemies of this country? >> and this of course is a bipartisan concern expressed by senators on capitol hill. thank you very much, sir. >>> coming up next, the lesson the white house apparently hasn't learned, ignoring the demo

political analyst dimitri spann tunas joins us set over skype from caracas thanks for being with us as recorders a spokesman was telling me earlier that large numbers of the military have have changed sides and this is a kind of the momentum is that is that your impression of what's going on. and some of my impression we have seen about the that is some problems are a part of the the army. sade's side and is supporting. two days ago but it wasn't. it wasn't southeast and it was the enough forward door to. what is the model this was really intense on to this i'll go wide or say that the favorite the but rather was the beginning of the end but he has been saying about for three or four months having said so. but part of the arm of the army are supporting like door souls like that but he's the man who took he cannot be calm he cannot he cannot be saved anymore so by that we create more instability and i suppose the pirates will have to realize what normal there must have. power to impose its will to the army yes and some lines are just dropping at the moment on the wires from. been saying

he should go free very soon, mike spann is still in the cemetery, nothing can bring him back.m, if he violates the slightest one of those terms of release he should be sent back to prison and that is where he should be spending the rest of his life. >> shannon: and your new book "sacred duty" to talk about arlington and your service and what it's like for the old guards. everyone who comes to washington, it's one of the top tourist attractions for people to see. now the ones that worked there through all kinds of conditions to honor them, take us behind the scenes. >> sacred duty is the story of the old guard of arlington. the young soldiers who were 71 years have performed military honor funerals in a cemetery and court of the tomb of the unknowns soldiers. we approached every funeral with the same standard, perfection because we knew even though we might perform 20 or 30 funerals a day, it was a once in the lifetime we want to do make sure we got everything right because we wanted to give that family is one last final and indelible image of offering to pay tribute on behalf

the parents of cia officer mike spann call it disturbing news saying the man response ilfor their son's death is still a threat. president trump told them over the phone, he too, believes lindh should serve his own sentence. for lindh's family, a relief. his father has been calling for his release for years saying he was simply a scapegoat for a grieving 9/11 country. >> john got caught up with that and it is not fair to say that he went to afghanistan to work against or wage war against his own country. >> he will be released from a prifrp in indiana and will be on a three-year supervision and we do not know if he'll be returning to the bay area. >>> a san francisco soccer club has honored the surviving sibling of a tragic crash in the east bay. aaron villarreal was honorary captain and assistant coach against the breakers. last night the team presented him with the courage in the face of adversity award. he was one of four siblings involved in a collision in late february. they were on their way to the hospital to visit with their dying father after colliding with a big rig that was i

after that, there was an uprising at the prison in which an american cia agent named johnny michael spannnd there has always been a question in the mind of his parents whether lindh had a hand in that. so it remains controversial. >> i know you'll be on top of this. appreciate it. that does it for us. right now we have much more news with craig melvin who is up in new york. hey, pal, you have a busy show today. >> oh, yes, i feel like every day is a busy one. hallie jackson, thank you. good morning to you. it is in fact a very busy morning. in the nation's capital specifically. nancy pelosi just walking out of a meeting focused entirely on whether to impeach the president of the united states and she said president trump is engaged in a coverup. now she is about to walk into a meeting with the president to try to strike a deal on infrastructure. one would assume that the president heard what she said. that meeting roughly 15 minutes from now. >>> and we're also following breaking news, new search warrants from the michael cohen case have been unsealed. >>> but we start with two critical m

jillian: the family of fallen cia officer johnny mike c-spamike spann. >> if he is doing this behindfrom him while is he free on the streets. justice would have been a life sentence for john walker lyndh 18 years ago. that didn't happen. >> lynde served 17 years of his 20 year sentence. well, if you can't beat them, kick them out of the league. the minnesota intercollegiate athletic's conference voting to out the university of st. thomas because they win too much. the school has won six titles since 2010. the conference says they were inyou have tearily removed due to their competitive advantages. a city suing rv store because their american flag is too big. >> over 180 cities across the country. it's not coming down under any circumstance. jillian: camping world ceo marcus lemonis says he would rather go to jail rather than take it down. officials stay violates a city ordinance. online petition to keep the flag has more than 200,000 signatures. i'm sure it's going to get a lot more signatures than that. ainsley: i can't believe that's south carolina. pete: some silly ordinance. ains