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Northeast university in boston in 2008. physics degree is what he earned there. authorities say he started plotting all this in 2010 after being convinced america is evil through jihady web sites. bill: those are just some of the stories were watching this morning. also in a moment here. after that solyndra scandal, the feds approving a billion dollars in loans for two new solar energy companies. at least one lawmaker raising concerns. >> this is an incredible organization you work for. no one i...

what, if any, overseas connections he might have. joining us also fran townsend. so, brian, this was an fbi sting. what do we know about how it went down? it appears to have been a very elaborate string. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conve...

400,000 since april. that is too high. economists say to make a dent in the unemployment rate. federal authorities have charged a young massachusetts physics grad in a terror plot. agents say rezwan ferdaus planned to use remote control airlines to hit the u.s. capitol and the pentagon. they would have been filled with a plastic explosive. the fbi says that they arrested him, hes an american citizen, after a lengthy undercover operation. john mccain leading a delegation of republic...

authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. at least since january of 2011. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when they actually sold him what he thought was some explosive m...

photograph that the saline bag -- you see where it has a slit or a cut in the bag where im pointing in peoples 28? >> yes, i can. >> okay. did you observe that on that day, june 25th, 2009? >> no, sir. >> and again, referencing your diagram where you had drawn an apparatus at the bottom of this saline bag, would that -- can you see those two pictures, mr. alvarez? >> yes, sir. >> the saline bag that you drew as reflected in peoples 27 on the right here, you show the saline bag coming d...

been a very elaborate sting. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. at least since january of 2011. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when they actually sold him what he...

powerful allegations about murrays actions and inaction. lets go to ted rollins in los angeles. whats the latest, ted? >> well, joe, it was a compelling day in court so far. it continues this afternoon here in los angeles. all day, it has been alberto alvarez, the director of lodgistics for michael jackson and he has taken the jury inside the jackson house during those critical moments of chaos while jackson was lying on his bed. he describes the scenario where he gets a call, rushes i...

what do we know about how it went down? it appears to have been a very elaborate string. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when th...

no, just kidding. he was tired yesterday. we start with this. he was bent on jihad and he is no dummy. thats what the feds are saying after they arrested a man in an alleged plot to dive bomb the pentagon with remote controlled planes like these. the planes would be packed with explosi explosives. the suspect is an american muslim with a physics degree. brian todd with more on how his plot was foiled. >> federal authorities arrest ad 26-year-old man from ashland, massachusetts. in an a...

Wow! if you think you had to leave one piece of advice, what would it be? well give in a minute. nicky is in the studio audience and you were talking about your father. >> my father talked about self-reliance, its something i dont see up there. my brother and i grew up on reservation and my dad taught us if you want something in life you work for it and you can get it. we ended up leaving because i wanted to go to college and i ended up with a physics degree and now im an engineer because of wha...