i should say that was steve anthony, who is in charge of the fbi office in cleveland, who was talkingg to court documents, federal agents were aware of these men going back to last october. a confidential informant said he'd seen protesters acting strangely and they were monit monitored ever since. this is their final target, this bridge over route 82. they were arrested last night, the fbi says planting what they thought were two improvised explosive devices that would be remotely detonated. these are the five charged with the plot. but thomas, it evolve over time, according to federal agents. they talked about a range of thing, setting off smoke grenades on a different bridge to distract police to knock signs off tall bank buildings. they wanted to send a message to corporate america. over time they discussed a number of projects and possible plots and finally settled on this plot to blow up the bridge using explosives. they never did have any explosives, and it was an undercover operative who said he could hook them up with people who could provide explosives. it's clear, according

steve anthony, the f.b.i. agent in charge of the cleveland office, says the plot was uncovered by an informant. >> they ultimately negotiated with f.b.i. undercover agents and purchased two inert-- i say inert-- improvised explosive devices i.e.d.s. >> reporter: last night agents watched as a man planted the fake explosives at the base of the bridge, left the scene and tried to use a remote device to detonate them. >> they entered the codes they thought would blow up a bridge with innocent people traveling over it. >> reporter: the men were all americans ranging in age from 20 to 35 and are charged with conspiracy. authorities insist the public was never in danger. according to the f.b.i., the group discussed other possible plots including toppling bank signs from high-rise buildings in downtown cleveland, but they finally settled on blowing up the bridge. >> pelley: john miller is joining us now. john, how does blowing up the bridge further their fight against corporate america? >> well, it's a little muddled

anthony haney, 35, douglas l. wright, 26, brandon baxter, 20, 23-year-old joshua stafford and 20-year-old connor steve stephens.oke grenades, but the informant suggested he had access to plastic explosionive c, 4 they decided according to the complaint to take down to t route 82 north bridge over the cayoga valley national park. they purchased what they thought were eight-pound bricks but it was inert material actually. last night after months of surveillance and recorded conversations by the informant, the cosponnors went to work. >> they placed the two at the concrete support for this. northfield, high level bridge. they attempted to detonate devices from the location they deem safe. one to give them an alibi. >> they were all five arrested. ranging from conspiracy to use o explosive material. >> thank you. >> bret: secret service agents will be receiving ethics training this week. the class was expanded. >> a report by british lawmakers says the charity of news corporation, which owns this network, is unfit to run major international company. that comes days after rupert murdock testified he didn't know the

anthony foxx, about reverend norquist, koch brothers or any other special interests in this election. guest: throughout my lifetime, stevempaigns have been supported by individuals. those individuals have had caps on what they can give to campaigns and they've had to be disclosed. and i think one of the points that barbara is making is that the citizens united case that the supreme court handed down about a year or two ago is going to wreak havoc in this election, i think, in the sense that money is going to be coming out of the floodgates. disclosures are not required as they are in typical races and we're going to see an onslaught of money coming into these races have nothing to do with promoting a candidate but have everything to do with tearing other candidates down. i think it's a really bad precedent for the country and we're going to see really a campaign that's going to be more about special interests than they are about the candidates and what the candidates want to do. i think barbara is right about that. there's been a lot of complaining about that case, by the way, barbara but, of course, the supreme court ha

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