people, it turns out, like walid shabat.ng i want to ask you is, what was the purpose of your talk this morning to these cops and emergency responders here in south dakota? >> well, being an ex-terrorist myself is to understand the mindset of the terrorist number one. >> reporter: an ex-terrorist. it's his claim to fame. a terrorist, a plo member, who bombed a branch of an israeli bank in bethlehem square, throwing a fire bomb on the bank's roof. the problem with the story, with a lot of shabat's stories, there's no evidence for them. and despite cnn's many requests, neither shubat's nor his business partner have provided us with any. bombings in bethlehem square, you specifically said you threw. >> the bank was in bethlehem square. >> you threw explosives on top of that bank. >> yes, i did. >> no record. >> reporter: cnn's jerusalem bureau went to great lengths trying to verify shabat's story, finding the general location with a branch of bank lmi once stood, but could not find anyone who could remember a bombing. we contac

it's walid shoebat's claim to fame.ho bombed a branch of an israeli bank in bethlehem square, throwing a fire bomb on the bank's roof. the problem with the story, with a lot of shoebat's stories, there's no evidence for them. and despite cnn's many requests, neither shoebat nor his business partner have provided us with any. >> in bethlehem square you specifically said you threw -- >> the bank was in the bethlehem square. >> you threw explosives on top of that bank? >> yes, i did. >> no record. >> reporter: cnn's jerusalem bureau went to great lengths trying to vary fight shoebat's story, finding the general location where the branch of bank lumie once stood but not finding anyone who could remember a bombing. we contacted the bank headquarters in tel aviv, asking officials to search records. no records found. and israeli police found no record anyone ever threw a bomb at the branch of the bank. >> why would the bank not have a record? why would the israeli police not have a record? >> the israeli police don't have a re

>> the walid shoebat foundation is the ffmu. >> what does ffmu?sically we're in information and we do speaking and we do also helping christians that are being persecuted in countries like pakistan. and we help christians who are suffering all throughout the middle east. >> and how do you do that? >> none of your business. >> isn't it anyone's business who donates to you? >> of course. but you see, a lot of the times if you disclose information who you're helping, it end up biting. >> reporter: the business in fact shoebat leaves to his manager keith davies who was down the hall selling shoebat's anti-islam books. when cnn had specific questions about the business, like perhaps the names of the high-ranking generals and experts he says are on his board of advisors, well, shoebat said get the names from davies. >> walid said that you would be able to tell us about your advisory board. you guys said you have generals and other high-ranking officials? >> correct. >> can you tell us who they are? >> off the top of my head, yes. let me see. i'm trying

. >> reporte . >> there are only two banks and walid never had any connection with those two banks.e people who are considered a responsible man in the area of bethlehem and i have never heard of walid being a terrorist. he claims this for his own personal reasons. >> what personal reasons? in part two, we look into the money that walid shoebot is making on this speaking tour, he's making quite a bit of it but even that is shady as to how he's dealing with that money and where it is going. >> you think about the connection between the norway shore brevick and walid shoebottleshoebot. >> 14 times he cuts and pastes the teachings of walid shoebot into this manifesto. we have no idea that these two men ever met, ever talked to each other, but we do know that this suspect in norway was an avid reader of everything that walid shoebot put out and continues to put out on his website. >> and we never knew he was a fraud? >> and the churches that ask him to come and speak, nobody has gone back to see if any of it is real and we have found out none of it is. >>> every move you make online is

and when friends call his name, walid is listening. john ray, nbc news from the west bank. >>> that is our broadcast for this friday night. thank you for being with us. i'm kate snow in tonight for brian. have a happy and safe fourth of july weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> right now at 6:00, it's official. maria shriver has filed for divorce. what was there a prenuptial. >> chevron is getting a huge tax return and a lot of cities are not happy. i'm live in martinez. i'll tell you about it in a live report. >> a live look outside over the bay bridge. a beautiful shot. it's a holiday scorcher. details on a warm-up this

and when friends call his name, walid is listening. nbc news from the west bank. >>> that is our broadcast for this friday night. thank you for being with us. i'm kate snow in tonight for brian. have a happy and safe fourth of july weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

ahmed walid karzai was gunned down by a close family associate. he was hamid karzai's half brother and ran the crucial southern provinces of afghanistan for karzai. his death has been described as a huge setback for karzai and for the international coalition that is trying to support the karzai government in kabul. let's try to understand why he was such a crucial figure. it provides a window into understanding the future of afghanistan. ahmed walid karzai was ruthless with tribes that would not support his brother, cutting them off from any aid and military assistance. in addition, he gave the american and british forces in afghanistan information on hostile tribes, provided crucial intelligence on key groups and militants. he was also the first afghan leader to begin talking with the taliban about cease-fires and their entry into government. in other words, he was a practical deal maker. now, he was famous in the west or notorious for the corruption that surrounded him. but corruption surrounded all of the billions of dollars in american and wes

to critics, ahmed walid karzai, head of the provincial council, had become a symbol of corruption within the karzai administration. the taliban has claimed responsibility. >>> the justice department has issued new gun shop rules for the four southwestern border states requiring dealers to alert the federal government to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles. it's part of an effort to stem the illicit flow of weapons into mexico. >>> two people were gored this morning, on the sixth day of spain's failous running of the bulls in pamplona. officials say one person suffered a horn injury to the back, while another was hit in the shoulder. >>> and a possible curve ball for the fan who caught derek jeter's 3,000th career hit. and then graciously gave him back the ball. "the new york times" reports that christian lopez may have 0 to pay tax on the value of his reward. four tickets to the yankees game for the rest of the season. an early look at wall street for the rest of the day. the dow opened at 12,505 after falling yesterday. the s&p tumbled 24 points. the nasdaq sank 57. in tokyo the nikk

house of representatives dr walid fire a says the bombing might be a domestic struggle between local jihad is to end state authorities. well first of all we have to look at the whole history between that you hottest movement the one that claims its name today and those who find themselves with a different name five six years ago norway has been over the past decade on that list that was and math by the time a lot of them now and by as i was here and at that time in the mid day we've been asking ourselves what a good norway but there's another element the fact is that inside norway they were homegrown or actually locally grown jihadi groups who have been battling politically with the government one of whom you don't know or even car who has been you know in the process of being deported but there's something else as well last week there was the publication of the book by the cultural editor for all the danish newspaper that published the cartoons in a norwegian language and there were threats so i want to put it in the framework of a struggle between the jihadist movement inside norwa

you've been looking into walid shabat and his story may not be entirely true. >> walid shoebat says he'serson to warn americans about terrorisms. his story is a little too perfect. >> no historian can deny that islamists basically invaded christiandom. >> walid shoebat has an advertised pedigree that makes him an expert. islamic terrorist turned ultraconservative christian. a u.s. citizen because his mother is american, he is a darling on the terror circuit, the church and university circuits and yes, he believes the war on terror is a holy war. he portrays himself as a man converted and on a mission. once a jew-hating, bomb-throwing terrorist, now a devout christian convert, warning the world, islam is out to destroy you. that's how you recite the koran. i know the koran inside and out. if you believe the unbelievers, then smite off their necks. what part of smite off their necks do your americans don't understand? >> reporter: his message before a larnlly positive crowd of cops and emergency responders at this security conference, trust no muslim, especially those who organize. >> know

walid karzai was gunned down by a trusted associate yesterday.he taliban claimed responsibility for the attack but there's doubt about the rebel group's involvement. >>> in a moving white house ceremony president obama awarded the nation's highest military honor to army sergeant first class leroy petrie for bravery in the line of fire. petrie's actions cost him his right hand but he saved the lives of his comrades. >> reporter: above and beyond. at's where leroy petrie went in may 2008. afghanistan, his seventh tour of duty. these pictures from before he found out what he was made of. with the true sign of that today being a ceremony, a certain discomfort at the attention. >> to be singled out is very humbling. >> reporter: perhaps, yes, for a kid who used to get into fights and who almost failed in high school. but who out there picked up a live enemy grenade to toss it away to save his comrades. it cost him his right hand. but he's alive, rare for medal of honor winners who usually are honored posthumously. but there's also this. leroy petrie d

walid shoebat was played a five hundred sixty thousand dollars in two thousand and nine to train counterterrorism officials and sure bob isn't a terrorism expert he's a right wing islamophobia was compared is long to naziism so we should tap phone lines at mosques declare that islamic organizations are america's number one enemy and a wind that islam and terrorism are inseparable yes this is the guy training our police officers now in light of the norway attacks in which we can all see firsthand the violence that is long a phobia can cause the muslim public affairs council's pushing back against phony experts like they released a statement saying she about has turned his viewing of a speech into a career that will train for police officers and first responders from poisonous individuals is not an effective method of training and will not properly equip them to keep our nation safe so how do we put an end with only experts spreading hate joining me now to talk about this issue is all one hundred would tell government policy analyst of the muslim public affairs council i wonder welcome back glad to

. >> for more on this, let's bring in fox news terrorism analyst walid, always good to see you. of one individual to be able to carry out such an extensive killing field is frightening. does it a message not just to norwegians but to those of us in america? >> absolutely. it sends a message to all democracies, where you have freedom to buy what you want almost, to move where you want. and you are not detected by authorities unless you actually start your actions. this gives a big margin for individuals who in this case, by the way, are smart. they have had experience in life. he was a manager, a farmer. he knew what he wanted to do. in addition, he had a very long three, four years of posting online his political thought. now we just heard he sent a document to a political party in finland. so he had enough time to do what he had to do. >> sure. the lone wolf is always sort of troubling. it is difficult for intel to pick him up. why were the first reactions directed at jihadists? >> that's a good question. mainstream immediate most of us in the counter terrorism community have i

walid phares, the author of coming revolution, struggle for freedom in the middle east.to see you, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, jamie, thank you. >> jamie: is it safe to say that the u.s. military is the the subject and focus of attacks by jihadists? >> with no question. first al-qaeda and other jihadist organizations websites for the last many years, about eight years, have been falling on their supporters, not just the ones who can penetrate the united states, but those who can radicalize and recruited or recruit themselves inside the united states to take on national security and national security mainly is first of all, defense security and other agencies, including the ministry, on american soil. >> how valuable is it for them to have a subject like this? someone who used the excuse at the can't go fight with our u.s. military when they were a member of it because they are muslims, to then be radicalized to the point of amassing this ammunition that could have had the impact of a repeat of what major hassan had done? >> well, jamie, first of all, the argument

walid. [applause] >> thank you and thank you are hosting this event because i love this museum.every time i come in here, i am a kid again looking around at all the incredible and exciting stuff and since i have become chief scientist at nasa i have gotten to even nurture that child that much more. so i think it is a great event and a wonderful venue and i really appreciate that. i want to start just by saying a lot of attention has been given in the last weeks, months, years perhaps even to the event that concluded yesterday with the landing of the space shuttle, the safe and successful landing of the shuttle. marking really the turning of a page to a new chapter in human exploration of space. things changed. things evolve but what remains constant and what brings us here today to this room for this conversation is the fact that what remains constant is the courage to explore, the urge to reach out beyond where we are and understand our surroundings and our place in it. it is really ingrained in our dna. it is that the very heart of who we are as human beings and the human spir