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Planning attacks on the united states. can you imagine this? >> no. that is not my son. my son is not violent person. he is very kind, generous. >> reporter: in her only televised interview since her son was indicted in the new york plot, his mother insists hes incapable of doing harm. >> what you call it, the scapegoat. >> reporter: the eldest son of a saudi imam, he came to america as a young child. his mother shared exclusively this beloved photo of the two of them. in the late 90s, he worked...

Elena kagan will be sworn in today as the next supreme court justice and will be the fourth woman to serve on the high court. there will be three women serving at one time. we have coverage at 2:00 eastern. chief justice john roberts will administer the oath but kagan wont formally take her seat on the bench until the start of the new term in october. the f.b.i. now says saudi born man who lived in the u.s. for 15 years is at the center of al-qaedas global operations. malini wilkes is standing...

Planning attacks at already linked to deadly plot to blow up new yorks subway. the plan, the attorney general calls the biggest threat since 9-11, but before his apparent rise to the terror groups senior ranks, the fed said he spent years living in the u.s. malini wilkes live with more. were talking about some 15 years. what else can you tell us about this guy? >> he did spend 15 years in the u.s. hes 35 years old. we have a picture of him from the f.b.i the f.b.i. tells the associated press the...

Planning attacks. taking on the position vacated by 9-11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed, what kind of threats he and others like him who have spent time in the united states or living here now pose to our country. a former c.i.a. counterterrorism analyst and f.b.i. intelligence advisor weighs in next.

Actively involved in plotting attacks in u.s. interest. melanie is live from washington. what more have we learned about him? >> good afternoon. he is 35 years old and pent 15 years in the u.s.. we have an age enhanced phototo show you. the f.b.i. tells the associated press that someone so familiar woman american life is in charge with planning attacks. he is a citizen of gha. he took over from calid sheik muhammad who was the master mind of the september 11th attacks and in cust doe in guantana...

Jenna: here in the u.s. illegally, he drove his car into a group of nuns, killing one and injuring others, after getting busted twice for drunk driving. now, what the folks at ice knew about him and when. weve got a big development there to tell but. she tried to tap out a text message with her toes to protect herself from an intruder, but wait until you hear what we now know about what really happened. and 20 states are now pushing bag on health care reform. twenty. the very latest, coming ...

And further use of unmanned drones for surveillance there. some of that money will also go toward the construction of operating bases along the border. not a none deal yet. the house must approve the legislation before president obama can sign it into law, but no doubt were learning about this subject,it latest on capitol hill. >> this is another big story you need to know about today, a dangerous change at the top of al-qaeda. the fbi is now saying that they believe that the new chief of global...

Back to the united states. >> reporter: he told them, you go there and blow up the subways. >> yes. >> reporter: a lot of people are saying hes involved in evil things, planning attacks on the united states. can you imagine this? >> no. that is not my son. my son is not a violent person. he is very kind, generous. >> reporter: in her only televised interview, his mother insists hes incapable of doing harm. >> hes a scapegoat. >> reporter: he came to america as a young child. his mother shared ex...

Investigation. two men admit they tried to blow themselves up using homemade bombs but police say it was this man that called the shots probably from somewhere along the afghan-pakistan border. >> what did zazi that he toll him to do? >> adnan convinced the three of them to come back to the united states an conduct the attack here. >> he told them you go there and you blow up the subways. >> yes. >> there are a lot of people that are saying now that hes involved in evil things, planning attacks ...

Through when counterterrorism agent linked him to the thwarted subway suicide mission last fall. the biggest post 9/11 terror investigation. they both admit that they planned to blow themselves up using homemade bombs. prosecutors say it was he who called the shots, probably somewhere from along the afghan-pakistan border. >> what did zazi say that he told him to do? >> the one that convinced the three of them to come back to the united states and conduct the attack here. >> he told them, you go...