agents listening in on the wiretaps felt the threat was imminent and confronted rahim in the parking lot. one of rahim's brothers did not want to comment today, but yesterday, another brother claimed rahim was shot in the back while on a cell phone. in an effort to be transparent, police showed surveillance video of rahim's deadly confrontation to about two dozen civic and religious leaders. >> the individual was not on the cell phone. the individual was not shot in the back. >> reporter: and david, tonight, we now know why agents considered rahim armed and dangerous. they say they intercepted a package sent to his home. they actually x-rayed it, and when they looked inside, there was that military knife. david? >> tom llamas in boston. tom, thank you. we're watching two major weather headlines tonight. a hurricane growing. and 10 million americans from denver to kansas city under tornado threats. tornado watches in at least three states now. flash flood watches in the plains. and look at this super cell in north dakota. buckets of hail, the images coming in from tennessee. just incredible. and we're also watching that hurricane i mentioned, powering up tonight in the pacific,