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Bryant begins to emulate his new friends, dress like them, flowing arabic-style robes. but his friends at the moderate sellden mosque worry he is falling under the influence of these radical friends and that they are preying on his vulnerability. >> i think he is depressed, you know, because the relationship with his family. plus he get laid off, no job, you know, no money. that would lead you to be depressed. >> they took advantage of that. >> yes, of course, they took advantage of that, you kn...

Special. he meets this man. one of al qaedas founders. believed to be his current military chief. >> bryant neal vinas. heres an individual, not only has he spent a lot of time in the west, but hes got a u.s. passport. and also just from physical appearance, he certainly doesnt look like hes an arab or south asian. so if youre al qaeda thinking that youre looking to potentially get around customs or some type of security regiment many the west, heres an individual who has a lot of appeal to you,...

Recruiters. >> several have become implicated in terrorism. here one, another the rinne leader in the 2005 bombing atta attacks. >> unwittingly bryant neal vinas has taken another step on his path to al qaeda, a journey to jihad that soon would be inspired by new radical friending. >> to hell with america and to hell with barack obama. [ male announcer ] nature valley

The extremist thinkers society. he craves action. >> whats happening in palestine in saudi arabia, and everywhere? >> the pattern that weve seen is that a lot of these individuals were attracted to the bug light, and at a certain point realize these groups are just talkers. theyre not going to do more than demonstrate. theyre not going to do more than put out extreme statements. and those who are serious about the jihad will leave these groups. >> and bryant has already made it clear that he wan...

Desire and intention to attack new york city hasnt dropped one iota, that they still, really, its the number one target for them in the united states. so having a new yorker show up on their doorstep who could tell them about the long island railroad and other specifics about new york city must have been for them, potentially, a great opportunity that they wanted to exploit. >> inside a u.s. prison, bryant is getting lonely. hes begun contacting some of his old friends, sending this letter to al...

To become the new director of national intelligence but james clapper still hasnt been concerned for the job and there is no telling when or if he will be. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is working the story for us. barbara, whats going on here? >> reporter: wolf, russian spy swaps, al qaeda at the door step, and no director of national intelligence in this country. a lot of concerns about really who is minding the store. summer time confirmation hearings for general david petraeus to ...

Were citizens to turn out to vote. >> are you hoping then since we know this law in arizona does not take effect until, i believe july 29th, 91 days after the legislature for this year, are you hoping that maybe these kinds of demonstrations will curtail that actually being implemented into law? >> theres legal challenges already anticipated to stop that law from going into effect. the other significant thing, i think arizona is helping bring to the national consciousness the magnitude of the im...

Louisianas door step right now. check this map. it shows when the rest of the gulf coast should expect to get mucked up. >> the coast guard has been on the scene since day one. and now the military is ready to take action. offered up by president obama to aid cleanup efforts. barbara starr is joining us now. barbara, is this obamas katrina? >> well, yeah, kyra, thats the question that everybody has now. im sorry. were having a technical problem with my sound. but is it obamas katrina? is the mil...

Police to ask about immigration status. the immigration law takes effect in 90 days. its crunch time on the gulf coast. theyve been laying miles of booms trying to stop a massive oil spill from coming ashore. but its not nearly enough to cover the whole coast. efforts to stop the underwater oil leak havent worked so far and they are planning to put a big box over it to suck the oil right out of the damaged well. the oil already in the water is on the move. like we said, its on louisianas door ...

Police sergeant firing an assault rifle at a wounded civilian or wounded civilians lying on the ground. two people were killed and four others were wounded in the shooting. new gunfire breaks out on russias door step. what the unrest in kyrgyzstan means for american troops at war. and the president and his russian counterpart signing the most significant nuclear arms treaty in nearly two decades. but there is still a key disagreement between the two countries. well have a live report from pr...