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Montreal. neither man is canadian, and sources tell associated press that one is tunisian, the other from the united arab emirates. canadian authorities say the men got guidance from al-qaeda in iran, but they were not close to carrying out their attack. >> while the rcmp believed the accused had the capacity and intent to carry out these criminal acts, there was no imminent threat to the general public, rail employees, train passengers or infrastructure. >> reporter: rcmp is royal canadian mounted police. they had worked hand in hand with the fbi and homeland security for months. it was an ei...

Iran. there is by the border of afghanistan and pakistan, there's a region there where there have been al-qaeda affiliates and facilitators that use that area to move money and to help al-qaeda out. so the connection appears to toe at this point more of an al-qaeda connection and not to the iranian government. jenna: that's an interesting discrepancy, because we heard about bin laden's brother-in-law -- son-in-law, i don't want to get the relationships mixed up, was in iran for several years before he recently left and was taken into custody and is now being put through court proceedings. so t...

Jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee, and here's the story. there are two suspects now in custody, and they will be appearing in court today. canadian police picked them up in montreal and toronto following what's been described as a lengthy investigation. the men allegedly received direction and guidance from al-qaeda members, and here's the catch: apparently, these al-qaeda members were based in iran. national correspondent steve centanni is live in washington with more on this. steve, let's start off with what's happening in the courts today. what's the latest from canada? >> reporter: yeah,...

Year ago. jenna: which is kind of a slap in its face to iran who likes to say look at the other people who have got their embassy here. >> absolutely. jenna: go back to state sponsor of terror and needing a big group. it seems it's easier for us to digest -- and i'm making a little bit of a generalization -- when we say, oh, it is an al-qaeda guy, this is a taliban guy, and we think, oh, that's a real terrorist versus other people -- >> just a crazy guy. jenna: how should we work through that as citizens to know where the threat really lies? >> so the threat, i hate to be -- you know, say some...

>> not in the paperwork, that's right. they don't say which of the two actually made those statements, which could be perceived to be a confession, and in the context of this pretty much a warning to that individual, to that victim saying, you know, i am serious as he says. jon: molly line in boston for us, molly, thank you. jenna: in other big news today two men captured in canada for allegedly plotting a terror attack on a passenger train are making their first court appearance today. the suspects from two niece gentleman and the united arab emirates are not canadian citizens. canadian polic...