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brian ross investigates. >>> unhappy returns. gm says if you buy one of their cars and don't like it, bring it back, get your money back, no questions asked. >>> and, how hard is it to go where no one can find you? >>> and, how hard is it to go where no one can find you? harder than you think. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. so, did the president's speech on health care reform last night change the landscape? did it improve the chances he'll get the reforms he wants? well, democrats liked it, called it a game changer. republicans didn't. for the most part, dismissing it. the president did ask for an end to political bickering, but there was bickeng aplenty in washington today, and sorting fact from fiction about health care reform is becoming a full-time job. we have a number of reports tonight, and start our coverage with jonathan karl on capitol hill. jon? >> reporter: charlie, with the big speech over, today the challenge for the president is to get a divided democratic majority here on capitol hill to unite b

brian ross investigates. >>> unhappy returns. gm says if you buy one of their cars and don't like it, bring it back, get your money back, no questions asked. >>> and, how hard is it to go where no one can find you? >>> and, how hard is it to go where no one can find you? harder than you think. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. so, did the president's speech on health care reform last night change the landscape? did it improve the chances he'll get the reforms he wants? well, democrats liked it, called it a game changer. republicans didn't. for the most part, dismissing it. the president did ask for an end to political bickering, but there was bickering aplenty in washington today, and sorting fact from fiction about health care reform is becoming a full-time job. we have a number of reports tonight, and start our coverage with jonathan karl on capitol hill. jon? >> reporter: charlie, with the big speech over, today the challenge for the president is to get a divided democratic majority here on capitol hill to unite

brian ross investigates. >>> what a view. spectacular images from space, the first since the hubble telescope was repaired. >>> blind sided. she wanted to give $1 million in winks for a school to the deaf and blind. her husband's creditors had a different idea in mind. what a mess. >>> and twist and shout. the beatles, like you've never >>> and twist and shout. the beatles, like you've never heard them before. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. the speech the president is going to give tonight is an important one. the president will speak about health care reform to a joint session of congress. only 15 times since 1952 has a president, other than state of the union speeches, made such an address to congress. in excerpts from the speech released by the white hoe, the president will say, i am not the first president to take up this cause, but i aindermteed to be the last.rm what we are seen in these last months is the same partisan spectacle that only hardens the disdain many americans have toward their own govern

brian ross investigates. >>> what a view. spectacular images from space, the first since the hubble telescope was repaired. >>> blind sided. she wanted to give $1 million in winks for a school to the deaf and blind. her husband's creditors had a different idea in mind. what a mess. >>> and twist and shout. the beatles, like you've never >>> and twist and shout. the beatles, like you've never heard them before. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. the speech the president is going to give tonight is an important one. the president will speak about health care reform to a joint session of congress. only 15 times since 1952 has a president, other than state of the union speeches, made such an address to congress. in excerpts from the speech released by the white house, the president will say, i am not the first president to take up this cause, but i am determined to be the last. what we are seen in these last months is the same partisan spectacle that only hardens the disdain many americans have toward their own gove

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our chief investigative correspondent brian ross joins us. >> reporter: that's right. fbi agents believe they've cracked the case involving what they describe is a very real and very serious plot against new york. >> reporter: the break came this morning at the fbi offices in denver. 24-year-old najibullah zazi had been grilled for 16 hours in the past two days, and today officials say he finally admitted he had ties to al qaeda and began to negotiate a plea deal. officials were privately ecstatic, but hesitant to reveal details. >> we will make sure they will be charged and people will be held accountable. >> reporter: new york police say they do not know the intended target of the alleged plot. but authorities say they found videos of new york's grand central station at zazi's computer. and there is always concern about the city's subway system, especially its vulnerable underwater tunnels. also found on zazi's computer was the recipe for a homemade bomb that would be of the same size and chemical makeup as the explosives used in the london subway attacks in 2005. of

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our chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the details. brian? >> martin, tonight law enforcement agents are watching a number of people they suspect might have been part of the alleged terror cell and seeking to find others. in what may have been the most serious plot against this country since the 9-11 attacks, authorities say they're still not sure they have everyone identified or neutralized. the case began more than a year ago. in the pakistani city of peshawar, a known al qaeda operations point. in august 2008, cia and other intelligence agencies opened a file on a man who had come to peshawar from america. his name, najibullah zazi. 24 years old. place of residence -- denver, and before that, new york. occupation -- airport shuttle van driver. citizenship, afghan, but a legal resident of the united states since 1999. stated purpose, to visit his wife. and abc news was told that zazi and another man travelling the u.s. showed at one of the training camps outside of peshawar. the fbi says zazi would later admit he received training in explos

here's our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. >> martin, for the last 13 years the man you are about to meet has been used by the fbi to infiltrate and sting alleged terror cells operating in this country. the government says his work has been invaluable in making the country safer, defense lawyers call him a master of entrapment against harmless targets. he is out of the shadows, going public in an interview with abc news that the government did not want him to do for reasons that will be obvious. as an undercover operative for the fbi, he was known as mohammed, and he posed as the personal representative of osama bin laden. his real name is elie assad, a 36-year-old native of lebanon, a catholic who pretended to be an islamic extremist. >> my role is to play al qaeda terrorist. man who's coming from overseas to help them. >> that's not entrapment? >> wasn't any trap. >> assad began working for fbi if 1996 and he has played his role to the hit. this fbi undercover video shows him leading seven young miami men in a loyalty oath to bin laden in 2006. >> i am representing osa

here's our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. >> reporter: it was just after midnight when new york police and federal agents raided this apartment house and several other locations across the river from manhattan, in the borough of queens. officials said they had expected to find bombmaking materials. but none was discovered. >> there is very good reason to believe that there is a connection to al qaeda or to al qaeda supporters. yes. this does not appear to be self-starters. >> reporter: some authorities fear there might have been a connection to the latest osama bin laden tape, which was posted on the internet last night, at the same time authorities were going to court for a search warrant. the internet posting included an image of the new york city skyline. >> they did not move as quickly as they would, if they did not believe there was real potential and more than that. >> reporter: new york police have disrupted numerous plots against the city's subways and airports since 9/11. the latest alleged target of this latest plot has not been disclosed. >> the fact that the

brian? >> reporter: charlie what the government said today in its court filings was that zazi gathered chemicals and was ready to set off a series of bombs in crowded places. therefore, weapons of mass destruction. federal agents said zazi began to mix the chemicals he brought in the denver area. employees here said zazi lied to them about why he wanted the chemicals. >> did he say he was trying to color his hair? >> yeah, he said he had a lot of girlfriends. >> reporter: authorities say the same products used in beauty salons to bleach hair, create highlights and treat itchy scalps contain the set of chemicals listed in a homemade bomb recipe zazi got from al qaeda. >> it's so readily avaable and it flies under the radar, when you purchase it. who is going to question someone going in and buying something at a hair supply store. >> reporter: in documents filed in court today, agents said two weeks ago zazi sent messages to others, quote, each more urgent in tone than the last. >> this is as

brian? >> reporter: charlie what the government said today in its court filings was that zazi gathered chemicals and was ready to set off a series of bombs in crowded places. therefore, weapons of mass destruction. federal agents said zazi began to mix the chemicals he brought in the denver area. employees here said zazi lied to them about why he wanted the chemicals. >> did he say he was trying to color his hair? >> yeah, he said he had a lot of girlfriends. >> reporter: authorities say the same products used in beauty salons to bleach hair, create highlights and treat itchy scalps contain the set of chemicals listed in a homemade bomb recipe zazi got from al qaeda. >> it's so readily available and it flies under the radar, when you purchase it. who is going to question someone going in and buying something at a hair supply store. >> reporter: in documents filed in court today, agents said two weeks ago zazi sent messages to others, quote, each more urgent in tone than the last. >> this is

brian ross reports. >>> plus, sports world shocker, involving a new world tidal holder. the gender question is answered. >>> the obama administration says it is time to adjust strategy, now that the financial system is showing signs of improvement. treasury secretary, tim geithner, told a congressional panel that the government will begin winding down programs, designed to save banks and lift the economy out of a recession. but geithner admits the economy still has a long way to go. >> more progress than i think people reasonably expected. not enough yet, though. not enough. and we're going to keep at it. >> president obama will deliver a speech on the financial crisis on wall street monday. exactly one year after lehman brothers collapsed, igniting the crisis. >>> well, it is a mixed picture for stocks on this friday morning. tokyo's nikkei average fell nearly 0.7% today. hong kong's hang seng is higher. in london, the ftse opened higher. wall street, the dow closed yesterday at its highest level since october. the benchmark climbed 80 points, finishing the day at 9627.

brian ross reporting tonight. now, to president obama's unprecedented single-day, five network media blitz. in his interviews, mr. obama admitted he is in a humbling fight, his words, to get americans behind health care reform. here's rachel martin. >> reporter: in five interviews on five networks, the president hit everything from afghanistan -- >> we lost that focus for awhile. >> reporter: to race relations. >> are there people out there who don't like me because of race, i'm sure there are. >> reporter: but the purpose of this morning marathon was to convince americans that health care reform has to happen this year. something he admitted hasn't been easy. >> i've said to myself, somehow i'm not breaking through. >> reporter: but analysts say inundating the airwachs is risky. >> if you are doing five shows on a sunday, it's far too many. >> no president ever wants to become video wallpaper. people do tune you out because they simply assume you don't have anything new to say. >> reporter: barack obama is about

brian ross investigates. >>> and an amazing finding on the moon. our nearest neighbor with a lot more water than we ever knew. i had chronic muscle pain all over. and i was so tender o the touch-- but i didn't know why. my doctor diagnosed it a fibromyalgia. and then he ecommended lyrica... fibromyalgia is thought .to be the result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is .fda-approved to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. so now, i'm learning what a day islike with less pain. lyrica is not for veryone. tell your doctor about any serious allergic reaction that causes swelling or affects breathing or skin, or changes in eyesight including blurry vision or muscle pain with fever or ired feeling. lyrica may cause suicidal " thoughts or actions in a very small numbr of people. some of the most common side efects of lyrica are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. do not drink alcohol while taking lyrica. you should not drive or operate machinery until you know how lyrica affects

brian ross investigates. >>> and an amazing finding on the moon. our nearest neighbor with a lot more water than we ever knew. i had chronic muscle pain all over. and i was so tender o the touch-- but i didn't know why. my doctor diagnosed it a fibromyalgia. and then he ecommended lyrica... fibromyalgia is thought .to be the result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is .fda-approved to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. so now, i'm learning what a day islike with less pain. lyrica is not for veryone. tell your doctor about any serious allergic reaction that causes swelling or affects breathing or skin, or changes in eyesight including blurry vision or muscle pain with fever or ired feeling. lyrica may cause suicidal " thoughts or actions in a very small numbr of people. some of the most commoa are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. do not drink alcohol while taking lyrica. you should not drive or operate machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. could your pain

charlie. >> brian ross, reporting. thanks to you. >>> the southeastern united states is suffering another day of deadly floods and the cost there in human lives is rising. at least six people have been confirmed killed. one of them a 2-year-old boy swept away when a flash floods overtook his family trailer. more rain is expected. here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: parts of northern georgia, tennessee, and alabama have seen 20 inches of rain in the last three days. >> i've never seen destruction quite like this. i mean i know water is a really strong force but i'm in the construction business and this is phenomenal. >> reporter: new rivers of water pushed over cars, washed out roads, and flooded neighborhoods. in this subdivision in suburban atlanta, the police who came to rescue trapped homeowners became trapped themselves. >> the water at the house got to almost ten feet high. and the flow was so strong it was just about knocking the officers off their feet as soon as they stepped out of their vehicles. >> reporter:

soil nins 9/11, but as brian ross reports, the challenge now is to proven all of that in court. >> rorter: so far, only one person is in custody, 24-year-old najibullah zazi. after entering the plea of not guilty in court today, zazi's lawyer challenged the government'sase. >> i'd like to stop this rush to judgnt, because what i've seen so far does not amount to a conspiracy. >> reporter: but the fbi is continuing a very obvious round the clock watch outside the homes of at least a dozen possible suspects. one of the is naiz khan who allowed zazi to stay in his apartment on september 10th, and was in pakistan at the same time as zazi last year. police raided the apartment and found backpacks in this closet that agents thought might be used to carry bombs. you're not a terrorist? >> reporter: no, i'm not. >> reporter: in an interview in the abc news studios, khan says the backpacks belong to his uncle, and that he only let zazi spend the night after he met him at the mosque. >> it was just by chance that he came to our hous >> reporter: you are still under surveillance? >> i probably am. >

here's our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: today's raid was at an apartment building in the denver sub burr of oaurora, hom to a man authorities say is at the enter of the alleged al qaeda plot. just last night, 24-year-old zazi told reporters he was not connected to any terrorists. >> of course not, i have nothing to do with al qaeda, any link or anything with al qaeda. >> reporter: but authorities say evidence gathered in new york on monday reveal a much different story about zazi. agents reportedly found 14 brand new black backpacks they suspect were to be used to carry suicide bombs, along with instructions on zazi's computers about how to build a bomb with household chemicals. agents pointed out the suicide bombers in london and madrid used backpacks to transport their explosives. one senior agent said about this case, we're dealing with the varsity here, and this was going to be the real deal, charlie? >> brian ross, thank you. >>> still ahead on "world news," a deadly highway disaster prompts a warning that really applies to all drivers. a 120-mile-an-

brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> and that is "world news" for this tuesday. i'm charlie gibson, and i hope you had a good day. for all of us at abc news, have you had a good day. for all of us at abc news, have a good night. captions by vitac

you should start all over. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> a bolivian national says a divine revelation led him to hijack a jetliner from cancun to mexico city. jose flores told crew members he was carrying a bomb. and demanded to speak to mexican president felipe calderon. everyone on board was escorted to safety. the bomb flores claimed he had turned out to be an orange juice can. >>> a calmer day is on tap for north carolina, after the western part of the state was battered by a hailstorm. the tiny ice pellets rained down yesterday afternoon, bringing highway traffic to a halt. drivers had to pull over because of low visibility. and the hail even dented some of the cars. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. showers and thunderstorms from florida, all the way to the southern rockies, bringing much-needed rain to south texas. heavy rain, gusty winds and coastal flooding in atlantic city, baltimore, and d.c. and thick, early-morning fog, around chicago, milwaukee, and minneapolis. >> highs in the 80s for st. louis and the twin cities. phoen

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> many of zazi's cell members are still at large so security in new york will be tighter than usual. s president arrives for the united nations general assembly meeting. for more we're joined by john hendren in washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning. if you turned on the television at all over the weekend and watched the news you probably caught some of president obama's media blitz on health care reform but this week domestic issues take a backseat to international concerns. president obama spends the week addressing a daunting array of international relations issues acknowledging the nation's put topics like afghanistan on the back burner. >> we lost that focus for awhile. >> reporter: he will spend much of the week in new york talking on the economy today, climate control and middle east peace tomorrow and nuclear n nonproliferation at the united nations before meeting with the g-20 group of nations in pittsburgh. but at home he's focused on pressuring congress to pass national health care reform. >> i've got to step up my game i

soil nins 9/11, but as brian ross reports, the challenge now is to proven all of that in court. >> reporter: so far, only one person is in custody, 24-year-old najibullah zazi. after entering the plea of not guilty in court today, zazi's lawyer challenged the government's case. >> i'd like to stop this rush to judgment, because what i've seen so far does not amount to a conspiracy. >> reporter: but the fbi is continuing a very obvious round the clock watch outside the homes of at least a dozen possible suspects. one of the is naiz khan who allowed zazi to stay in his apartment on september 10th, and was in pakistan at the same time as zazi last year. police raided the apartment and found backpacks in this closet that agents thought might be used to carry bombs. you're not a terrorist? >> reporter: no, i'm not. >> reporter: in an interview in the abc news studios, khan says the backpacks belong to his uncle, and that he only let zazi spend the night after he met him at the mosque. >> it was just by chance that he came to our house. >> reporter: you are still under surveillance? >> i probably

brian ross has more. >> as an operative, he was known as mohammed. he is 836-year-old native of lebanon. -- he is a 36-year-old native of lebanon. he is now going public with an account of how he says a chance was missed to stop the hijackers. you could stop the hijackers. >> yes. >> in early 2001, the fbi sent him to infiltrate the small mosque. he recorded conversations with the man identified as mohammed attah as well as others. >> i prayed in the private mosque and i went to private meetings. >> but the fbi told him to leave attah alone and to instead set up a sting. >> glorious. >> while he was posing as a bomb maker and producing weapons, the real terrorists were left alone. >> this is another example of the way the system broke down prior to 9/11. if the system had worked, we might have been able to identify the people before the attacks. >> he was identified as the man the fbi told him to leave alone. >> i was very angry and upset. >> you wrote that close. >> i was -- i was right. i was 100% right. >> he said the agents who handled him have t

ross joins us with the latest. you were reporting all week about this 24-year-old, a shuttle bus driver outside of denver. he was talking to fbi. now it appears he was lying to the fbi. >> that's exactly right, bill. >> zazi had maintained initially, he had nothing to do with al qaeda. over the course of three days of interrogation the fbi essentially broke him, he admitted that he had gone to pakistan twice for training at an al qaeda camp, learned how to make's explosives. >> they found that laptop computer on september 11th, of this year, and there's also some intercepted text messages, one which read, the wedding cake is ready, what's the significance of that. >> they believe that was code that he sent to others in this country, working with him, they were getting near the attack stage of the plot. the third person arrested in new york, an fbi and new york police informant, turns out he went bad and compromised the investigation by tipping off zazi that he was under surveillance by the fbi. >> remind us of the

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> in washington state a sigh cot being killer who escaped while on a field trip to the county fair last week has now been recaptured. there are questions about why phillip arnold paul was allowed to go on the trip in plain street clothes in the first place. he was found insane after the brutal murder of an elderly woman in 1987. >> we have learned several things throughout this investigation, one of those that mr. paul was noncompliant in taking his medications. mr. paul appears to have been planning this for at least the last several months. >> an investigation into the escape has been ordered and there's an immediate halt to any future field trips from the state's three mental hospitals. >> a horrific story from florida this morning where an entire family has been murdered. a mother and her five young children were found dead inside their apartment in naples. the children range in age from 11 months to nine years. investigators believe the father fled to haiti where he has relatives. his car was found at miami's airport. the couple had a history of d

and as brian ross reports there are dark undercurrents in this relationship. >> terry, what you are about to see is a sex tape, supposedly made in a moscow hotel room with an american diplomat and a prostitute. the u.s. says it is a clever fabrication, including some authentic scenes and some that are staged. all produced by the russian spy agency that replaced the kgb now known as the fsb. the initials may have changed, but it seems for some the cold war is still alive and well. there are few americans in moscow who are more closely watched by the russian security service than this man. kyle hatcher, the u.s. diplomat, assigned to work with religious and human rights groups. a valuable deputy to u.s. deputy, john beyrle. >> kyle works in the political section and he's responsible for outreach to the russian orthodox church to civil society, human rights organizations. and there may be some people here who don't like that job description. and would like to discredit him in the eyes of his contacts. >> and that became clear when last month, this undercover video of hatcher was posted on a

and as brian ross reports there are dark undercurrents in this relationship. >> terry, what you are about to see is a sex tape, supposedly made in a moscow hotel room with an american diplomat and a prostitute. the u.s. says it is a clever fabrication, including some authentic scenes and some that are staged. all produced by the russian spy agency that replaced the kgb now known as the fsb. the initials may have changed, but it seems for some the cold war is still alive and well. there are few americans in moscow who are more closely watched by the russian security service than this man. kyle hatcher, the u.s. diplomat, assigned to work with religious and human rights groups. a valuable deputy to u.s. deputy, john beyrle. >> kyle works in the political section and he's responsible for outreach to the russian orthodox church to civil society, human rights organizations. and there may be some people here who don't like that job description. and would like to discredit him in the eyes of his contacts. >> and that became clear when last month, this undercover video of hatcher was pted on a ru

brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> the fbi is joined in the search for a 4-day-old baby, taken after an attack on his mother in nashville. police say the mother was stabbed several times by a woman who claimed to be an immigration agent. a citizen's tip helped police identify lisa sampson, as a person of intest in the case. they say after stabbing the mother, she grabbed the baby and drove away. >>> director roman polanski is not expected to get out of jail anytime soon. officials in zurich say it could be weeks before they make a decision. polanski was arrested saturday for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old girl. swiss officials have not ruled out bail or house arrest for polanski. >>> professional football players are taking a big hit when it comes to brain injuries. and for the first time, the nfl is affirming that those injuries may be linked to mental deklain later in life. in a new study, researchers say nfl players are 19-times more likely to be diagnosed with alzheimer's and other memory-related diseases, than other men between the ages of 30 and 49. the study was commissioned b

brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> the fbi is joined in the search for a 4-day-old baby, taken after an attack on his mother in nashville. police say the mother was stabbed several times by a woman who claimed to be an immigration agent. a citizen's tip helped police identify lisa sampson, as a person of interest in the case. they say after stabbing the mother, she grabbed the baby and drove away. >>> director roman polanski is not expected to get out of jail anytime soon. officials in zurich say it could be weeks before they make a decision. polanski was arrested saturday for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old girl. swiss officials have not ruled out bail or house arrest for polanski. >>> professional football players are taking a big hit when it comes to brain injuries. and for the first time, the nfl is affirming that those injuries may be linked to mental deklain later in life. in a new study, researchers say nfl players are 19-times more likely to be diagnosed with alzheimer's and other memory-related diseases, than other men between the ages of 30 and 49. the study was commissioned

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brian ross is here, with a first look inside his new book. a chilling glimpse, coming up a shiny coat of paint? a list of features? what about the strength of the steel, the integrity of it's design? or how it responds in extreme situations. the deeper you look, the more u see the real differences. and the more you understand what it means to own a mercedes-benz. the c-class. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for special offers through mercedes-benz financial. but what we can do is arm ourselves... for the ones we love with a flu shot from walgreens. ♪ ( coughs ) ♪ ( sneezes ) we're making it easy for everyone to get their flu shot, no matter how small their motivation may be. ♪ come get yours for just $24.99. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. come get yours for just $24.99. >>> >>> we don't think you can find anyone who knows more about the bernie madoff scandal, than our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. and he has written a new book, answering all those questions we all had all this time. and also, a stunning

brian ross has details. >> reporter: as a highly praised undercover operative for the fbi for the last 13 years, he was known as mohamed. his real name is elie assaad of lebanon. >> i gave 13 years. it's time for people to understand what i did. >> reporter: eight years after the 9/11 attacks, he's going public with an account of how he said he and the fbi missed a chance to stop the hijackers. you could have stopped the attacks? >> yes, i could. i'm not a hundred percent, i'm a million percent positive. >> reporter: in early 2001 the fbi sent assaad to infiltrate this small mosque outside miami. there he said he spotted and recorded conversations with the man later identified as the 9/11 hijack leader mohammed atta, as well as several others in his group. you saw them? >> yes, and even i prayed in the private mosque and went to certain private meetings. >> reporter: but assaad said over his fbi objections the fbi told him to leave atta alone and to set up and sting two men he called wanna-be terrorists. assaad said while he was posing as a bomb maker and producing weapons for the wann

brian ross has details. >> reporter: as a highly praised undercover operative for the fbi for the last 13 years, he was known as mohamed. his real name is elie assaad of lebanon. >> i gave 13 years. it's time for people to understand what i did. >> reporter: eight years after the 9/11 attacks, he's going public with an account of how he said he and the fbi missed a chance to stop the hijackers. you could have stopped the attacks? >> yes, i could. i'm not a hundred percent, i'm a million percent positive. >> reporter: in early 2001 the fbi sent assaad to infiltrate this small mosque outside miami. there he said he spotted and recorded conversations with the man later identified as the 9/11 hijack leader mohammed atta, as well as several others in his group. you saw them? >> yes, and even i prayed in the private mosque and went to certain private meetings. >> reporter: but assaad said over his fbi objections the fbi told him to leave atta alone and to s setp anststing o memehehe caed w wna-be terrists.. assa saiaid whwhile hehe was po as a bomomb makeker r anproduci weweaps fofor thwanna

brian ross investigates. >> the search for others involved is centered around this mosque frequented by afghans in new york. agents were making no secret of their round-the-clock surveillance of key individuals in this neighborhood. >> n.y.p.d. and the fbi are still actively hunting down the bombs and bomb making facility. they believe there's a garage somewhere where the bomb parts are still being stored. >> reporter: the man the authorities say was at the center of the bomb plot, 24-year-old najibullah zazi, was arrested late saturday on charges he lied to the fbi about bomb making instructions found on his computer. according to court documents, agents found nine pages of hand-written notes on the manufacture and handling of explosive. authorities say zazi learned all that at an al qaeda training camp in pakistan where he twice traveled in the last year and was then apparently sent back to the u.s. to carry out the plot. authorities say because the fbi had to move in sooner than had been planned they don't yet have enough evidence to bring more serious terror charges. even so, say

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brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> in norfolk, virginia, there were joyous reunions as "the uss bainbridge" returned to its home port yesterday. when crew members left, they dd no idea they'd be part of history. the ship rescued captain richard phillips, who was taken by somali pirates. >>> two brush fires are threatening homes in oregon. at least one house burned in the city of ash land. and 600 acres went up in flames in nearby medford. residents were allowed back in last night. but firefighters are keeping on eye on the winds, which could pick up again. >>> in texas, a bus slide off the road east of dallas, with 20 people onboard. nobody was seriously hurt. six people were checked out at a hospital. the students on board were members of a swim team. >>> early results of swine flu vaccine tests in children are now in. studies show that children from 6 months to 9 years old will need 2 doses to be protected. while children 10 and older will need just one. the government has ordered 56 million more doses of the vaccine. so, there will be 251 million doses available. and that should allow e

. >>> and law enforcement officials tell brian ross they believe the terror plot against new york city may still be alive. bulletins have been sent to law enforcement agencies warning them to be extra individual lent around sports stadiums, lucky hotels. police continue trying to track as many as two dozen men believed to be connected to the plot. >>> and still ahead on "world news," a hiring blitz coming to a hard-hit city. 12,000 new jobs in las vegas. >>> and, new flu prevention messages, with a healthy dose of humor. this is humiliating. stand still so we can get an accurate reading. okay...um...eighteen pounds and a smidge. a smidge? y'know, there's really no need to weigh packages under 70 pounds. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. cool. you know this scale is off by a good 7, 8 pounds. maybe five. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. you should know, bayer aspirin is one of most studied, most trusted, anti-fever, anti-inflammatory, and anti-pai

our chief investigative correspondent brian ross picks up the story. >> it does follow a long weekend for the fbi as it tracked a young afghani man that arrived in new york. conversations led authorities to believe that other plot against new york, while not imminent, might certainly be in the works. >> reporter: it was just after midnight when new york police and federal agents raids this apartment house and several other reasons. theyad expected to find bomb-making materials but none was discovered. >> there was reason to believe that was connection to al qaeda or al qaeda supporters. yes, this does not appear to be self-starters. >> reporter: some feared there might have been a connection with the latest osama bin laden tape posted on the internet last night at the tame time that the authorities were going to courts for a search warrant. >> they would not have moved as quickly as they did, if they had not believed there was real potential and perhaps more than that. >> reporter: new york police disrupted numerous plots since 9/11. the intended target of this latest alleged plot has

but we hear brian ross' reporting there. they're looking for other people e you concerned this cell could still be active? >> i'm very concerned. i know what the attorney general said. but we also know there's probably 10 or 12 people involved in this plot, who are still at-large. the bomb materials have not all been found. so, it is possible that there were people who were willing to be bombers. and it's possible there's bomb material still out there. that combination bothers me a lot. >> and what do you make of the idea of not coming in from another country here. but that this is home-grown terror? how real is that threat? >> it has a connection abroad. he did go overseas to get trained. he was from overseas. interestingly, he was the first afghan we've seen doing this. i think we still have to be concerned. the good news here is that this is a rare example of all of the u.s. government working together. the intelligence agencies, the law enforcement agencies. that doesn't mean we'll catch every one of them. it doesn't mea

brian ross has nothing on me when it comes to this story. it's become a bear of a problem. i know you were dying for me to say that. common sense might tell you, if you cannot escape a bear, be really nice to it and maybe it will go away. right? not so much. aspen is usually overrun with the rich and fashionable. this year -- it's being overrun by bears. strolling the streets. >> amazing. >> reporter: visiting homes. >> holy cow. >> that's momma. she's huge. >> i've never seen three cubs and a momma all together, especially playing like they were. it was the coolest afternoon. >> reporter: and even hitting some stores. >> all of a sudden, walking through the door walks a bear. he made a bee-line for that mink coat over there. >> reporter: that bear ended up in the store window, posing for photos, until he tired and went on his way. experts say a wet spring caused a berry shortage, that's forcing hungry bears from the mountains, into towns, looking for food. >> they quickly realized that the fried chicken you or i had for dinner last night, and may have put in the trash can,

abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross has more. >> reporter: the break came at the fbi offices in denver. 24-year-old najibullah zazi, had been grilled for 16 hours over the last 2 days. and today, officials say, he finally admitted he had ties to al qaeda and began to negotiate a plea deal. officials were privately ecstatic. but hesitant to reveal many details publicly. >> we will make sure if there were crimes that are committed, they will be charged. and people will be held accountable. >> reporter: new york police say they do not know the intended target of the alleged plot. authorities say they found videos of new york's grand station in zazi's computer. and there's always concern about the new york subway system, especially its vulnerable underwater tunnels. also on zazi's computer was a recipe for a homemade bomb, that would be the same size and chemical makeup of the explosives used in the london subway tack attacks in 2005. >> i don't have any basis to believe that we're dealing with an ongoing threat. >> reporter: officials tell abc news, the case began about

as brian ross reports, it's all the work of the spy agency that took over from the k.g.b. >> there are few americans in moscow by the riggs's security service, then this man -- the u.s. diplomat assigned to work with rrjs and human right groups, a valuable densityo -- >> he's responsible for outraesh to the russian orthodox church, human rights society, civil rights heros and would like to discredit him in the eyes of his contact. >> and that became clear when this undercover video of hatcher was posted on a russian internet side complete with background music. first hatch ser seen in surveillance video on a moscow street talking on a cell phone. audio is dubbed in with his voice, talking about a woman getting to the. photos of topless women are added suggests he call the prostitutes. patrick said this video was made several years ago when he advice $ moscow as a vief center. the lights on. then the light are out and a man and a woman appear to be having sexual relations on the bad. but he told u.s. officials the russians attempted to black mail him with this team, telling him they wou

here's brian ross. >> reporter: so far only 24-year-old najibullah zazi is in custody. after entering his plea, his lawyer challenged the government's case. >> i'd like to stop this rush to judgment because what i've seen so far does not amount to a conspiracy. >> reporter: but the fbi is continuing a very obvious >> and you're still under surveillance? >> probably i am in? >> at last three teams followed him to the abc news studios, sat outside until he left and then followed him home. >> there were people at large who were willing to participate in a bombing campaign and we haven't yet found the bomb. >> reporter: because he bought large amounts of hair treatment products, the fbi has launched era to be on the lookout for any specific activities. when she went to buy the very frocked, i was sewn at your doorstep. evidence the fbi is very very much on this case. >> two versus of the plan failed to went enough democrats. committee chairman max cause quinns but there's no way it will passel null senate he he arrive in the u.s. by next week. >> and public, especially who

abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, has more. >> reporter: the break came at the fbi offices in denver. 24-year-old najibullah zazi, had been grilled for 16 hours over the last 2 days. and today, officials say, he finally admitted he had ties to al qaeda and began to negotiate a plea deal. officials were privately ecstatic. but hesitant to reveal many details publicly. >> we will make sure if there are crimes that were committed, they will be charged. and people will be held accountable. >> reporter: new york police say they do not know the intended target of the alleged plot. authorities say they found videos of new york's grand central station in zazi's computer. and there's always concern about the new york subway system, especially its vulnerable underwater tunnels. also on zazi's computer was a recipe for a homemade bomb, that would be of the same size and chemical makeup of the explosives used in the london subway tack attacks in 2005. officials insisted any threat had been contained. >> well, at this point, i don't have any basis to believe that we're dealing w