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>> the u.s. airs to veteran is now in custody after being accused of trying to join isis. >> he was arrested after traveling to turkey where he was trying to slip into syria undetected. >> reporter: a u.s. air force veteran from new jersey stopped in turkey for allegedly trying to join isis in syria, according to unsealed court documents. he flew from egypt to turkey to attempt to enter syria january 10th according to authorities. but officials stopped him at the airport. pugh who served four years as an air force mechanic was carrying an ipod and cell phone. a search of his laptop found infor...

The judge in this case says this thing is clear-cut, i want this thing to move forward and i want it done by this summer. this one he wants done by this summer. ashleigh. >> miguel, i'm looking at the beginnings of this case, this is the evidence that we think we do know about. apart from that love letter to his wife expressing he's the mujahideen, he also had crossing points between turkey and syria, alleged internet searches for borders controlled by the islamic. all sorts of terror spots that would be ripe for attack. is there a lot more that we don't know about? >> reporter: it is not clea...

To join isis in syria according to just-unsealed cower documents. 47-year-old tehrod webster nathan pugh flew from gyp to turkey to tampa to enter syria on january 10th according to federal authorities. turkish officials stopped him at the airport. pugh who served four years as an air force mechanic was carrying an ipad, four usb drives and a cell phone. the search of his laptop found search for information on borders controlled by islamic state and a chart of crossing points between turkey and syria. pugh was denied entry into syria when he refused to hall lou officials to search his -- to al...

They all happened last month. all of these phone calls or multiple threats within the phone call were made in february. >> all right. michelle kosinski for us. thank you so much. we'll keep our eye on that one too. a u.s. air force veteran who allegedly tried to join isis is being arraigned in a brooklyn court. pugh traveled from egypt to turkey. allegedly tried to get to syria. >> authorities deported him back to the united states where he was eventually arrested in new jersey and then there's all of the information that came out in the prosecutor's documents. a search of his laptop accordi...

A chart of crossing points. he was denied entry when he refused to allow officials to search his electronics. he worked on airplane maintenance for years in the air force from 1986 to 1990. he received training in the installation of aircraft engines and weapons systems. he worked as an airplane mechanic for american airlines. >> his experience in the private aviation sector disturbs me the most because he would have had access to private american and european made aircraft that he could have learned the security weak points on those aircraft and stash weapons and bombs. >> reporter: he landed...