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Another story that's received worldwide attention thanks to social media, 14-year-old aspiring engineer from texas arrested after his teacher thought a homemade clock he brought to school looked like a bomb. the #istandwithahmed made him an overnight media sensation and also got the attention of pretty notable people and companies. nbc's janet shamlian is in irving, texas, with more. janet, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. he has taken the internet by storm. a presidential invite to the white house. mark zuckerberg says come on over to facebook. twitter has invited him to an int...

Concerns that some of this sentiment, some of this is a result of that growing negative sentiment in irving from recent events. >> ahmed, i'm sure you have seen throughout the day this outpouring of support for you from all over the place. hillary clinton said "assumptions and fear don't keep us safe, they hold us back, ahmed stay curious and keep building." mark zuckerberg said you can visit facebook. the president of the united states said "cool clock, ahmed, want to bring it to the white house? we should inspire more kids like you to like science, it's what makes america great." how do you ...

School officials suspected it could be a bomb and called police. nbc's janet shamlian has the story. >> reporter: this morning ahmed mohamed is likely the most famous 14-year-old in the country. >> i'm the person who built the clock and got in a lot of trouble for it. >> reporter: handcuffed by police, suspended from school, all because some teachers thought the clock looked more like a bomb. ahmed believes he knows why. >> they've never seen the actual inside of a chock. >> reporter: the story is setting social media ablaze. #istandwithahmed, a million responses, do i look dangerous yet? scie...

The noise. it was an alarm clock. she said it looks like a bomb and i will take it from you. and i said why are you taking it? and she said i don't want you going around with it. >> the boy will not face charges. school officials are standing by their decision to suspend him and police are defending their actions saying you have to be careful saying what you have to bring to school. the boy is a social media sensation and president obama tweeted cool clock, want to bring it to the white house? we should inspire more kids like you to like science. it is what makes america great. andrea? >> this...

Other people are innocent, and folks don't rally behind them like they did with this young man. >> well, all you have to do is look at him. he's a really good kid. obviously smart, wants to show people what he can do to impress them and proud of his work and proud of his inventions and his working with electronics and these kinds of things. so i think that struck a chord with people and just the clear understanding that this would not have happened to somebody who wasn't named ahmed mohamed who didn't have a brown skin, who wasn't of sudanese heritage. i mean, we just, at a gut level, understa...