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Isis. six men trying to sneak into syria and join isis. two others detained in san diego and four arrested in minneapolis. they were trying to cross into mexico with fake passports and make their way to syria from there. the men were encouraged by a 21-year-old friend who already joined isis in syria. the u.s. attorney in minneapolis says there is no mastermind behind the conspiracy. >> in today's case the answer is this group of friends is recruiting each other. they are engaged in what we describe as peer-to-peer recruiting. friend to friend brother to brother. we have a terror recruiting pr...

Into syria and join isis. four arrested in minneapolis and two detained in san diego. they were traveling with fake passports on their way to mexico. they were encouraged by a 21-year-old friend who already joined isis in syria. the u.s. attorney said there was no mastermind behind the conspiracy. >> in today's case the group of friends is recruiting each other. they are engaged in what we describe as peer-to-peer recruiting. front to friend brother to brother. we have terror recruiting problem in minnesota. >> terror recruiting problem in minnesota. four of the suspect ass appeared in court o...

Recruitment case so far in the united states. officials say six men somali american friends all aged 19 to 21 were conspireing to sneak into syria and join isis by any means possible. those are the words of the u.s. attorney in minnesota. four of the men were arrested in minneapolis on sunday. two others detained in san diego. officials say they are trying to cross into mexico with fake passports and make their way to syria from there. prosecutors say the men were encouraged about a 21-year-old friend who joined isis in syria. >> in today's case this group of friends is recruiting each other. ...

Dag san diego, all are from minnesota and believed to be in contact with a seventh minnesotan now believed to be in syria. >> to be clear we have a terror recruiting problem in minnesota. what this case shows is that the person radicalizing your son, your brother, your friend may not be a stranger. it may be their best friend right here in town. >> jim miklaszewski joins me rye in and out. explain if the prosecutor says there's no proof these men wanted to conduct any type of terrorist acts in this country. what was their aim? >> thomas federal law enforcement officials say that the primary go...

The charges specifically? >> two types of charges, conspiracy to and attempt to provide material support to a terrorist organization the same charge the justice department has used in all occasions of isis terrorists basically, what he said just now is we in minnesota have a terror recruiting problem. what he's referring to is what he now charged these people with attempting to go to syria or go to syria through other countries to join isis. the criminal complaint and press release from the justice department clarified, though these were not attempted attacks on u.s. soil. >> it also sounds li...