a sub unit of the fbi or doj. now that point by the administration does not shed light on who the hig will report to, either the fbi or the national security council. if the ultimate goal of the at straying is to prosecute high value detainees, in article 3 courts, the development of evidence will be key to the government's case. now, what i have reservations about, is evidence that was developed by the intelligence community, for instance, in some cases, the government may not be willing or able to produce the source of the evidence in court. furthermore the evidence may be the fruit of information obtained from foreign intelligence or foreign investigations. now, this information could lead investigators down a line of questioning during an interrogation that they will have to explain in court. if trying these cases in federal criminal courts is the ultimate goal, what solutions does the fbi propose to address hearsay evidence exclusions? and, just one follow-up question, will the fbi implement a policy on the h

it's important to have the fbi there and fbi expertise there. >> you think the fbi needs to be involved in interrogations in iraq now? >> in some, yes. >> you are going to pick and choose? >> let's hold that for the next round. >> i think this is an important issue. >> we have modelled entirely the classical distinction between war -- >> senator sessions, i allowed you to have twice as much time as i took in questions. i want to make sure we have a number of senators who want to have a chance to go. >> i excuse myself to go see what we can help win this war in afghanistan. >> then next to senator grassley and go next to senator fine tine, then we'll go next to senator hatch. senator cole. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, i would like to thank the fbi for the serial murder string in milwaukee that spanned 20 years. the fbi was instrumental to this investigation resulting in a major arrest, as i'm sure you are aware. on behalf of our chief, our mayor, victims' families and our city, we would like to thank you and the fbi. >> thank you, sir. it was a joint effort. i appreciate it. >> tha

it's important to have the fbi there and fbi expertise there. >> you think the fbi needs to be involved in interrogations in iraq now? >> in some, yes. >> you are going to pick and choose? >> let's hold that for the next round. >> i think this is an important issue. >> we have modelled entirely the classical distinction between war -- >> senator sessions, i allowed you to have twice as much time as i took in questions. i want to make sure we have a number of senators who want to have a chance to go. >> i excuse myself to go see what we can help win this war in afghanistan. >> then next to senator grassley and go next to senator fine tine, then we'll go next to senator hatch. senator cole. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, i would like to thank the fbi for the serial murder string in milwaukee that spanned 20 years. the fbi was instrumental to this investigation resulting in a major arrest, as i'm sure you are aware. on behalf of our chief, our mayor, victims' families and our city, we would like to thank you and the fbi. >> thank you, sir. it was a joint effort. i appreciate it. >> tha

the fbi is left in ruins. wadih who you will see show up, he happens to be in new york that weekend. he visits the killer in jail. when i started this, where is the fbi? there was 45 pages of transcript. that's how i began. i read every single book on the subject. i read all of the open-soce articles on 9/11. and i created a database. it's up to like 70 volumes today. three inches thick. my daughters are helping me file them. that poddy of work. i created a little file using file maker, google, and a mac. began to put iniles and i began to conduct the dots. not a word on what i'm about to te you about in the space trade in a second. okay. how he's an informant for the fbi. the mosque that i told you about, when he was prosecuted what they cald a day of terror plot in 1995, they called this the jersey jihad office. he used to come up and give training sessions. they used to teach him how to clean weapons and everything. see the mosque? okay. now nancy floyd who is one of the heroic good people. of all of the vi

. >>> fbi deep cover. posed undercover as an al qaeda operative and infiltrate home grown terror cells, and now he speaks out for first time. is it possible that this man could have prevented 9-11? >>> plus, politicians gone wild. as a congressman's outburst at the president is roundly condemned, a guide to what happens when crossing the aisle ignites a political smackdown literally. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. despite signs of economic recovery and plenty of government intervention, the housing market remains in crisis. new data released today shows that we're more than 358,000 foreclosures last month, that's up almost 20% from a year ago. and yet, there are some who have managed to see an opportunity in the midst offed a verse -- of adversity, none more so than the 7-11 franchise. it seems like there's one on every corner already burke with rents at all-time lows, there's more to come. >> your local chevy dealer may be gone, and the circuit city where you bought your stereo has disap

it's important to have the fbi there and fbi expertise there. >> you think the fbi needs to be involved in interrogations in iraq now? >> in some, yes. >> you are going to pick and choose? >> let's hold that for the next round. >> i think this is an important issue. >> we have modelled entirely the classical distinction between war -- >> senator sessions, i allowed you to have twice as much time as i took in questions. i want to make sure we have a number of senators who want to have a chance to go. >> i excuse myself to go see what we can help win this war in afghanistan. >> then next to senator grassley and go next to senator fine tine, then we'll go next to senator hatch. senator cole. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, i would like to thank the fbi for the serial murder string in milwaukee that spanned 20 years. the fbi was instrumental to this investigation resulting in a major arrest, as i'm sure you are aware. on behalf of our chief, our mayor, victims' families and our city, we would like to thank you and the fbi. >> thank you, sir. it was a joint effort. i appreciate it. >> tha

the call went to the fbi instead. >> it's crazy. it's unbelievable that something like this has happened. >> reporter: the fbi says it became aware of smadi from an online group of extremists. he stood out because he wanted to serve osama bin laden and al qaeda. as three undercover agents who claimed to belong to a sleeper al qaeda cell swapped messages, they claim his deal came through. he was starting the credit card is what drives america and he desired to attack one of the main locations. believing the agents were terrorist who is would give him the truck bomb, he met them to plan the attack that he wanted on september 11th but then put off to the 24th after ramadan, the islamic holy month. then on august 26th, he wrote i will plant it in the foundations exactly under the building. when it explodes it will shake the foundation so the building, if iis heavy in weight, tons, all will come down. let the drums of victory be struck in our holiday. we know allah is with us. but he learned he was really with the fbi. >> i'm glad they c

. >>> fbi deep cover. posed undercover as an al qaeda operative and infiltrate home grown terror cells, and now he speaks out for first time. is it possible that this man could have prevented 9-11? >>> plus, politicians gone wild. as a congressman's outburst at the president is roundly condemned, a guide to what happens when crossing the aisle ignites a political smackdown literally. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. despite signs of economic recovery and plenty of government intervention, the housing market remains in crisis. new data released today shows that we're more than 358,000 foreclosures last month, that's up almost 20% from a year ago. and yet, there are some who have managed to see an opportunity in the midst offed a verse -- of adversity, none more so than the 7-11 franchise. it seems like there's one on every corner already burke with rents at all-time lowsws, there more to come. >> your local chevy dealer may be gone, and the circuit city where you bought your stereo has disap

the call went to the fbi instead. >> it's crazy. it's unbelievable that something like this has happened. >> reporter: the fbi says it became aware of smadi from an online group of extremists. he stood out because he wanted to serve osama bin laden and al qaeda. as three undercover agents who claimed to belong to a sleeper al qaeda cell swapped messages, they claim his deal came through. he was starting the credit card is what drives america and he desired to attack one of the main locations. believing the agents were terrorist who is would give him the truck bomb, he met them to plan the attack that he wanted on september 11th but then put off to the 24th after ramadan, the islamic holy month. then on august 26th, he wrote i will plant it in the foundations exactly under the building. when it explodes it will shake the foundation so the building, if it is heavy in weight, tons, all will come down. let the drums of victory be struck in our holiday. we know allah is with us. but he learned he was really with the fbi. >> i'm glad they

the fbi monitoring them. then he tries to tell the guy he was monitoring them. >> we are not sure if that's the original source of the information. there's so much we don't know yet it's hard to say how it is go to play out. the fbi is charging them so far with something less than they would like to be charging. >> i am a little shaky on this one. let's go to denver. it's unusual the three people were talking to the authorities before he was arrested. let's learn more about what's going on there? >> one day he and his father will be in this building here. the federal courthouse in denver to face one simple charge of lying to an agent. this is after hours of work was done. now he went and volunteered late on wednesday according to the fbi to answer questions. it was during that time he decide having ties to al qaeda. come thursday and friday when he was in the office building for 8 hours on each day his father on friday for a few hour it is came out he admitted to a federal agent he did travel to pakistan to t

the fbi did not specify this claims. but we checked with assaad. and he said he told us the truth and stands by his story. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> space shuttle "discovery" is still circling the earth this morning, after bad weather delayed its landing. there could be another attempt to touch down today. but the forecast for florida is even worse. nasa says the shuttle may have to land at edwards air force base in california. "discovery" has been in space for 14 days. it has enough supplies to remain in orbit until sunday. >>> michael jackson's sister, latoya, has opened up to abc's barbara walters, in her first in depth interview since her brother's death. she said michael was drape dressed in all white. she blamed his death on anyone who provided him with drugs. and she described him as the osest thing to a god she ever knew. you can get a preview of the exclusive on "good morning america." and the entire interview will air tonight on "20/20," at 10:00, 9:00 central. >>> and coming up here this morning on "america this morning," gende

al qaeda training, bomb making instructions, a team of terrorists that the fbi says were preparing to attack targets here at home. we the latest on -- we have the latest on the alleged terror plot. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. investigators today continue to search a property in northern california that until just a few weeks ago was home to phillip and nancy garrido. but police say it was also where they kept a child that they kidnapped almost two decades ago. a child they say who was forced to conceive two children with her captor. if that were not enough, police believe that the property may yield clues to other crimes committed by a man who they say was both disturbed and deviant. 8:30 this morning, forensic investigators are at this sprawling property, 40 miles from san francisco. they have been sifting evidence for four straight weeks. and still, the dust has not been allowed to settle. they believe it may yet give up further secrets of child abductions even murders, unsolved for decades, perpetrated by the occupants. >> we did begin digging today, and we spe

the fbi did not specify this claims. but we checked with assaad. and he said he told us the truth and stands by his story. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> space shuttle "discovery" is still circling the earth this morning, after bad weather delayed its landing. there could be another attempt to touch down today. but the forecast for florida is even worse. nasa says the shuttle may have to land at edwards air force base in california. "discovery" has been in space for 14 days. it has enough supplies to remain in orbit until sunday. >>> michael jackson's sister, latoya, has opened up to abc's barbara walters, in her first in depth interview since her brother's death. she said michael was drape dressed in all white. she blamed his death on anyone who provided him with drugs. and she described him as the closest thing to a god she ever knew. you can get a preview of the exclusive on "good morning america." and the entire interview will air tonight on "20/20," at 10:00, 9:00 central. >>> and coming up here this morning on "america this morning," gen

a second part of the fbi probe centers on city hall. the feds arrested the chief of staff to jim graham. loza is charged with accepting trips, gifts and bribes of $1,500 in exchange for legislation introduced by graham that favored certain cab companies. >> we fully believe once all of the evidence has been put in front of the jury he will be vindicated. >> reporter: sources tell 9 news now that councilman graham is a target of the probe. the ward 2 councilman had done nothing wrong and knew of no wrongdoing on anyone's part. we have confirmed the bill will not be passed. >>> a local woman doing yard work died last after night a tree fell on her. police say the 63-year-old victim was doing yard work when the tree fell on top of her. her husband came outside to find her trapped under the tree. he called 911. >> we found a 63-year-old female under an approximately ten inch caliber tree. the tree appeared to have been dead and fallen with the dead root system and possibly with the rain we have have had in the area. the woman's name is bein

need an fbi lab tech to tell me what i'm seeing. if i see a silhouette of a child in a fetal position and that silhouette is found in the trunk of the mother's car, do you even have to make a closing argument? >> absolutely. this stain can explain who is to blame. don't look at this piece of evidence, alone. look at it in total with all the other evidence. the smell of death in the car, the fact that that hair was found in the car, which is a hair of death, which shows that somebody who had that hair had died. when you look at this in its entirety, that's when you see how powerful it really is. >> there was no odor in the car when it was towed down to the towing company. no odor. i thought rotten whatever it was. something decomposing in there. maybe someone put a body in the car after it was towed to the tow yard. air samples don't mean anything. >>> they are saying that. they're saying in the trunk of the car. there was a bag of pizza for, what, 12 days in the back of the car full of maggots. it stunk so bad. you know how hot it h

others the fbi is still trying to track down. drew lech son, clevinson, cbs news, new york. >> in another terror case unrelated, a jor dapian teenager is in jail this morning in dallas. the 19-year-old was arrested near a 60 story downtown office tower. they say he had tried to set off what he thought was a car bomb in the building's parking garage. it was actually a fake given to him by an undercover fbi agent. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg spent the night at a washington hospital after becoming ill at her office last night. doctors say it's just a precaution. the 76-year-old ginsburg apparently suffered a reaction to treatment for iron deficiency. ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic cancer in february. >>> in pittsburgh, this will be the second and final day of the g-20 economic summit attended by the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies. it's also likely to be another day of noisy protest which is so far have failed to disrupt the conference. whitt johnson is in pittsburgh with the latest. whitt, good mo

there was a tv show called the fbi. you might remember, and the agent was kind of dapper and that is the same rolehat o'neal played. he was a very dressy for an fbi agent, head double breasted suits and handkerchief in his pocket and expensive brand name clothes. he got a job at the fbi headquartershen he was 14 as a tour guide, and he became a fingerprint clerk. and eventually worked his way up to becoming head of the counterterrorism efforts in new york and the new york bureau. he was one of the very first to realize that bin laden and al qaeda formed a real threat to america. and he was saying this in 1996 and 1997. he was saying it publicly. even though the director of the fbi, louis freeh, was four years afr that reassuring the white house that al qaeda posed no threat to the homeland. o'neil aggravated a lot of people, and many of them were his superiors. and often got tired of him beating the al qaeda drum. unfortunately, one of them leaked some information to "the new york tim" about the fact that o'neil had ten

a top fbi operative says he knows the answer, and he's speaking out for the first time. here's our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. brian? >> reporter: that's right, charlie. he's coming out of the shado to tell abc news, the fbi had hijack ring leader mohammed atta in his sights but shifted focus to an easier case. as a highly prized undercover operative for 13 years, he was known as mohamed. his real name is ellie asad, a 36-year-old native of lebanon. >> i gave 13 years, and people need to understand what i did. >> reporter: eight years after the 9/11 attacks, he is going public with an account of how he says he and the fbi missed a chance to stop the hijackers. you could have stopped the attacks? >> yes. i could -- i'm not 100% positive. i'm 80% positive. >> reporter: in 2001, thbi f sent assaad to infiltrate this mosque. there, he says he spots and recorded conversations with the man later identified as the leader, at that, as well as others in his group. you saw them? >> yes. and even i prayed in the mosque, the private mosque, and i went to certain pr

an fbi informant says he tracked the 9/11 hijackers, but was pulled off the case. 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 dem

the fbi was thin champagne and springfield and decatur. the court hou was in no urbana so there is a lot o driving on interstate 72 and is a long, open drive for you see cornfields, soybeans depending on the tim of year and the driver got there used to it. c-span: where you from originally? >> guest: i was raised in dallas, texas andow live outside of new york city. c-span: where did you go to college? how long did youeen with the "new york times"? >> guest: for 16 years. c-span: what got you interesd in wring? >> guest: is ieresting. what got me intested in writing and it will sound cliche, writing for the school paper, but the biggest thing that got me interested in writing was h boring a thought the school paper was. i remember i it just brennan artie about parent night which i thought was probably the most boring thing in the world, and was talking to a teacher, mike sheppard hill said i really want to write things that are more interesting. he said why don't you? done under his encouragement i went off and wrote an article about laetr

if you were sitng in the new york office of the fbi, and you had have a map of al qaeda largely drawn. imagine drawing eight lines from yemen to san diego in jaary o 2000. how obvis would it be that al qaeda was present inmerica? : >> is lomb is in a period of introspection. christianity is t the same as it was during the inquisition. erery religion and i could go down the lisand talk about how they were one way and different now is lamas in a transition moment. and i have come to think it is not islam. but islamic societies not just the arab wld which as all of these statistics are so dmal that if you look for instance we are surrounded by books and there is a statist that iove that in the u. there are 2,000 book titles for every person to just give you an example how much divsityhere is. in cairo there are 20. 1,000 years theb world has translated 10,000 books in to arab book. that is the same amount sit -- spain does in one year. the absence of knowledge the widespread illiteracall of these things the muslim and arab sociy and that is what fuels like, al qaeda they are no giving th

constant surveillance by the fbi. >>> and for the first time, avodart. help take care of .your growing problem., >>> we continue, now, to look at the road conditions you can expect for your morning commute. dry and clear for most of the country. but snow and rain in the rockies will cause problems along interstate 70 and 15. >> if you are flying today, the bad weather in the rockies will trigger airport delays in salt lake city and denver. >>> the suspect behind an alleged terror plot aimed at new york city has pled not guilty to investigators. >> prosecutors say the threat posed by najibullah zazi, was the most serious threat since 9/11. now, they have to prove thatn court. >> reporter: so far, only 24-year-old najibullah zazi is in court. 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 doze

sl should not be issued because they might have concerns there was no check with the power with the fbi? >> exactly no outside check that allowed the abuse to happen. >> how do we fix that? >> in other words, of the reinsure that the fbi or the justice department does not have to go to court to get the nsl orders know that the proper safeguards are there? >> you have to take a broader view the first of this is not the only had been mistreated of subpoena authority there are those on the criminal side better used every day by federal authorities and have different requirements could issue directly by the agency to people who possess third party records it is not the anomaly the nsl is a tried and true tool kit that until has used for years secondly this is one instance that was highlighted by the report by the ig report but this got most of the attention in that looked at activity i don't believe this is symptomatic of a broader problem the fbi will subvert the first amendment these are invested of investigative authorities they have different of taxes -- objectives 1/2 to meet i do not

meanwhile was crucial evidence destroyed by the fbi? has the prosecution sabotaged its own case? >>> plus outrage over a mind-boggling delay. it took seven hours perform a sobriety test on an nypd officer accused of killing a pedestrian. while drunk driving behind the wheel. was law enforcement trying to give this cop time to sober up before the test? >>> tonight, a massive head-spinning document dub in the kailey anthony murder investigation and in potentially devastating evidence for the defense and the prosecution. in the prosecution's corner, an fbi e-mail referring to a haunting photo of a large stain on the trunk liner of casey's car. conclusion, the fbi analyst says there appears to be, "the outline or silhouette of a child in the fetal position." that's on the lining of the trunk. now that's a real bombshell. this child's outline dove tails with other incriminating trunk evidence that we've known for months now, including the air samples showing decomposition and a hair belonging to caylee anthony. and of course who can forget this? >> but at the same time, the new docume

the fbi is looking at this tape. they believe that is najibullah zazi in the blue shirt there, checking out with his purchases of acetone and some other ingredients that he was using to build bombs, build bombs that he received instructions on how to build via the internet, and perhaps, the fbi believes, and al qaeda training camp in afghanistan. they believe that is him, but they have not absolutely authenticated that. we will continue to watch it for you. jane: are also following a second highest this week of a brinks armored car in florida. two security guards collecting cash from a gas station. they were sought out and attacked by these suspects. no shots were fired, but the video shows the men were brandishing pistols there. this comes after another heist on tuesday not far away in broward county. in that case, the driver of the truck was shot in the leg. an fbi spokesperson is on the phone with us now. what can you tell us about the suspect? >> they were all dressed in black, and they were wearing ski masks as

but in actuality it was an undercover fbi agent. >> reporter: the fbi probe includes alleged bribes at the dc vehicle inspection station in southwest. cab drivers were leaving $20 bills in ashtrays of their vehicles. some inspectors were taking the bribes allegedly as payment for overlooking deficiencies on the cab that should have earned them a rejection sticker. another part of the fbi probe focuses on city hall. the fbi arrested ted loza, the chief of staff to dc councilman jim graham. ted stead is charged with accepting trips, gifts and bribes of $1,500 in exchange for legislation that introduced by graham that favors certain cab companies. >> once the evidence is in front of the jury he will be vindicated. >> reporter: sources tell 9 news now that councilman graham is also a target of the probe. the ward 2 councilman says he has done nothing wrong and knew of no wrongdoing on ted loza's part. >> reporter: our sources say bribes were also offered to a member of the taxi cab commission who went to dc police which eventually led to the investigation of the fbi. >>> new documents show

the fbi just released a 2008 crime statistic. in the work of law enforcement and the trendlines are to be commended. we hope the preliminary indications of this year show the continuation of these trends, despite the economic down turn in the financial crisis and assistance able to put in the economic stimulus package to state and local law enforcement will have to keep crime down throughout the country. and may congress pass the enforcement recovery act which gives investigators and prosecutors the resources they need to aggressively detect and prosecute mortgage fraud and financial fraud that contributed to the massive economic crisis. director mueller, i want to thank you personally and the bureau for the help you gave us in putting together that important piece of legislation. the testimony of your deputy, others came up here, extremely important to make sure we wrote a law that would actually give law enforcement the tools that need to combat this really vicious and malicious form of fraud. i think we need a similarly aggres

the fbi is set up inside this building. and the agencies that are involved right now are yale university police, new haven police, connecticut state police, and the fbi. >> all right. let's go to dr. henry lee, who joins us tonight. forensic scientist, renowned forensic scientist and investigator, live from hamden, connecticut tonight. dr. lee, you have such a vast experience in regard to dna and forensic discovery and investigation. hearing what has just been done, that these dogs have been taken into this building that is quite large, the last known building that annie le was seen to go into, what does that tell you? >> well, that's pretty clear. more likely they bring the bloodhound. connecticut state police canine unit would have an excellent reputation. a lot of good trained dog and handlers. so they have to go through each laboratory, every floor, every corner. sometime, you know, have to go to the underground and look for any place because she apparently 10:00 was saw inside the building. she has to be someplace. and

fbi agents early thursday raided the offices of d.c. ward 1 council member jim graham searching for any evidence work materials involving ted loza, chief of staff and his close confidante. he was arrested on bribery charges about 7:00 thursday morning at his home by the fbi. >> when i arrived in the office, i went to mr. loza's office and i said to the fbi agents, there is anything i can do to help? please assume our complete cooperation. >> reporter: as graham met with his staff to discuss the incident, court documents showed loza was charged with two counts of bribery for accepting cash, vehicles and trips among other things from some would be drying to influence taxi cab legiation in graham's office. the person or company attempts to bribe loza was not identified in court papers. graham, who rushed to a metro board meeting where he serves as chairman, told reporters he personally had done nothing improper and knew of no wrong doing by loza or staff members. >> can you say whatever mr. loza was doing, he was

you do not order no bail for lying to the fbi. you do that if you think they will go out and kill somebody. so the fbi may have said something to the judge like, "give us more time and we will have it." but lying is not something you usually go to jail for. rick: the attorney said that his client would not be in the case if he was not an nypd informant. >> he has a point. his guy was working for the fbi, and that is probably how they got onto him. he started doing some things in addition to his fbi work. rick: let's get these guys off the street, continue the investigation, and find out what they have got. >> they have to charge them with a serious crime or let them go. rick: a man accused of masterminding 9/11 is refusing to go to his court hearing. he is requesting a movie with harrison ford. rick: a court appearance today for the suspect in a murder case in virginia. it is bizarre. a musician killed four people, then posted songs bragging about it online. his name is richard alden samuel mccroskey. he is known as a hard-core ra

here is an exchange between or and hatch and the fbi director. -- senator orrin hatch and the fbi director. >> have you been made aware of these incidents? >> clearly, given what you have said this is something that we would look at in consultation with department of justice. >> we would appreciate it. >> clearly the first step has been taken with the fbi acknowledging that they will consult the department of justice over this issue. jane: how did they decide if an investigation is necessary? >> a short time ago i spoke to the no. 2 at the civil division, he said that a number of steps could be taken. first, fbi agents would go out to various parts of the country to not only gather data -- mortgage applications, for example -- but they will also interview people. he said that the threshold for that happening was pretty low, given the complexity and the video tapes themselves. once the data is collected it would need to be reviewed by the department of justice. he said that if they felt that there was good evidence, they were most likely to look at the issue of tax evasion in human smugglin

on thursday the fbi arrested ted loza, chief of staff to dc councilman jim graham. accepting bribes in exchange for legislation that favored certain cab companies. >> all the evidence has been put in front of a jury we believe he will be vindicated totally. >> ward 2 councilman has obtained legal council. a former assistant u.s. attorney now with a law form. graham said he knew of no wrongdoing. >> mr. loza has never, to my recollection be spoken to me about any element of any taxicab bill that i was considering. >> sources say graham and loza are on tape talking with whom they thought was a cab company representative when in fact they were communicating with an undercover fbi agent. sources say bribes exceeding $150,000 were also offered to a member of the dc taxicab commission who went to dc police who turned the investigation over to the fbi. >> councilman jim graham canceled a public hearing this coming week on a taxicab bill that had become key in the fbi's case and tonight we confirmed that bill is dead as no other dc council member seems interested in getting

it was a fake bomb given to him by an undercover fbi agent. he has no ties to terrorist investigations across the country. >>> there are scary details about a plan for the quounty coe base. >> reporter: they said it was to attack the americans. the marine corps base, the target of north carolina base, american jihadist, boyd. he attended tc williams high school. a grand jury indictment alleged boyd and his 21-year-old son and another man conspired to murder u.s. military personnel. boyd did surveillance of the marine corps base. >> now, we know what the target was. the marine corps base. the question is whether or not he could do anything significant. could he kill people? certainly. >> they released the following statement. personnel worked closely with the ncis and fbi to assist in the investigation and protect personnel. in july, boyd, two of his sons and five other men were charged in north carolina for attempted to execute terrorist plots. they were warned not to make too much of the exposure of several to commit plots on american soil. >

the fbi admitted destroying crucial evidence against casey. we'll hit all that and take your calls as always. 1-877-tell-hln is the number. bring in our experts joining us again florida state prosecutor pam b odbondi and mike brooks a natisha lance. what for senensics do you need prove? >> dna, blood or -- first of all this wan was an outline apparently the orange county crime scene folks had taken a picture of and it was a correspondence an e-mail between an analyst, fbi analyst who was assigned to orlando resident agency of the fbi, their field office there. to the lab. basically saying, we think this is significant. then, a couple days later from a supervisor there at the engineering section that was asking him to possibly enhance this picture basically said, wait a minute, this is too speculative. let's not draw conclusions. we'll let other people draw conclusions because you can't say, oh, you know, this is significant without scientific backing. >> okay. letisha, we have other scientific backing don't we, we have hair from someone in the

had the fbi allowed him to. >> very interesting guy. very well connected in that whole arena. interesting to hear what he said happened and didn't happen leading to the attacks. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. president obama heads to wall street monday to deliver a report card on the nation's financial crisis. it will be exactly one year after the staggering collapse of lehman brothers which set the stage for the crisis. >> the administration says many of the government programs which propped up the economy are no longer needed. and banks are beginning to repay their taxpayer loans. here's linsey davis. >> reporter: president barack obama made a lot of promises about the $787 billion stimulus plan. now more than six months later, congress is essentially told so far so good. >> the recovery act is making a difference. economic activity is expected to begin its rebound in the coming months. >> reporter: the council on economic advisers said the stimulus has created or saved more than a million jobs. >> i can stand here with co

zazi is the prime suspect that was arrested by the fbi. the rumors are around about big box retail stores, mass transit. he has been captured. he has been incarcerated and under interrogation. let's bring in kroroger cresse. what's your thought on this breaking news story? >> the most important thing is he's in custody and he's given us credible, accurate information on the program toefrs a plot. what we don't know is probably the most disturbing stuff. were there other individuals who are part of the plot that law enforcement hasn't identified. are there facilities such as warehouses or storage facilities where either bomb components or actual bomb are now being stored? and what were the specific targets that they were intended to hit. all these issues have to be figured out, but it looks like we've sbruptsed something significant. >> were there any bombs found? >> we know there were a number of backpacks found. there were notes on his computer about per red sox side based. there's credible evidence that prior explosive techniques wrt one

they're accused of tipping zazi off to the fbi's interest to him a but lying about it to the fbi. they found pictures and references to sports arenas and trai stations and other public places in new york but nothing revealing the time or place of any attack and no bomb-making components have been discovered. no comment tonight from zazi's lawyer w says his client is no terrorist. they hope it marks a turning-point leading to cooperation. >> pete, if this panlted in term was terrorism case, why no terror charges? >> reporter: officials say more chges may be coming, but they say no matter what happens in the criminal cases, they believe this has been successful in a different way in disrupting a potential attack, lester. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> you had to be awfully quick on the remote control to avoid catching president obama on tv this morning. he appeared on five talk programs including meet of press. he wanted to promote health care reform, but there was plenty more to talk about. we get details from the white house tonight. hello, mike. >> reporter: good evening. it wa

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

the trace evidence unit at the fbi law saw anything on tape. per teu, no, didn't see any heart-shaped item. >> and thanks to tony of orlando affiliate kng for that report. and by the way, he says his call to the fbi fingerprint analyst was not returned. >>> we are keeping an eye on two unrelated terror plots targeting two u.s. cities. federal agents say the suspects in both were ready to pull the trigger. there were arrests in texas and illinois. investigators say neither case is connected, but the allege plot uncovered in colorado and new york. first, let's get to springfield, illinois, where fbi agents arrested 29-year-old michael finson wednesday. finton is also known as talib islam, which means "student of islam." he is accused of trying to detonate a truck bomb outside a federal build. the justice department says fin actually tried to blow it up with the remote control and was arrested as he pushed that button. agents have been tracking him for about two years, but this sting operation started back in february. according to the fbi affidav

>> i think the fbi -- >> okay. the fbi went and issue a national security letter for the same information and the inspector general described it as an appropriate. and i consider it much worse than that. now, here is the problem. it's very simple. what the court, the intelligence court and what the inspector general were complaining about is you could get a around the court refusal to issue order and a terrorist investigation by nearly doubling to the fbi, getting around them and the reissue a national security letter for the very same information. problem. that means that the court and the inspector general found that there was an abusive process and handling this terrorist investigation, and i am going to have my staff supply you or your staff with all of this information all of which is public. >> thank you, mr. chairman. now that i am clear which reports we are referring to a few give me a moment to respond. in 2007 the general published its first report on the national security letters, which found a great dea

>>> the fbi makes arrests as it investigates an alleged terror plot. so far none of them are charged with terrorist activities. who they are and what they're accused of. >>> president obama hits the sunday morning talk show circuit. what he's saying about a bill that is reshaping the health care debate. >>> and, yes, we have shown you a lot of interesting video. none grittier than this, you could say, you won't believe how many pounds of grits the winner of this eating contest managed to consume. >>> good sunday to you. you're watching hln news and views. so glad you are. i'm susan hendricks. >>> we are learning more about the three men involved in a terrorist investigation. >> reporter: najibullah zazi is arrested in denver. all charged with lying to the fbi in the course of a terrorism investigation. according to court documents authorities found on zazi's computer nine page december tails how to build a bomb, handwritten documents. according to the charging documents zazi told the fbi he had not written them or put them there. fbi forensics and hand

the fbi steps up its man hunt for an alleged terror cell. what investigators have learned about those already in custody. >> and william shakespeare's final resting place is falling apart. the price tag for the renovation. >> there's just no money there. >> it's tuesday, september 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and this is a very special edition of "world news now," a broadcast first in the middle of the night. it is our very first hd telecast, high definition. this is what it looks like. >> isn't it clearer? >> after all that expensive technology. don't adjust your set. this is what it looks like. >> i'm nervous about hd. you can see our pores more. all the things we don't want you to see you can see. >> let's get willis and johnny to get the camera out of focus, back away a little bit. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. after suffering for years in the grips of a terrible drought the southeast is being inundated. there is major flooding across georgia, tennessee and >> among the six fatalities, a 2-

how did the fbi stop him? undercover agents contacted him months posing as an al qaeda sleeper cell. they gave him a fake bomb and then they say he drove it into the skyscraper's parking garage and tried to detonate it with a cell phone. people who work there are plain glad this thing was not real. >> it's very alarming, yeah. oh, yeah. that's my -- i wok on the 21st floor. if anything happens, then i'm gone. yeah, it is alarming. >> my stomach flipped. it turned. is it's scary. it's like you hear about it but never think it will happen to you. >> it appears that he picked fountain place tower because it houses wells fargo bank, a federal affidavit quoted him saying, god willing, the strike will be certain and strong. it will shake the currently weak economy in the state and the american nation, because this bank is one of the largest banks in the city." >> richard, that's pretty shocking. what else do we know about this man? >> he's originally from jordan. the fbi says he got on their radar by posting violent

we're told the fbi is taking over the investigation. we're going to continue to follow the developments, but the new information right now is that the fbi is taking over the investigation. a wnbc producer apparently says the passenger in question scu y scurried on to the plane at the last minute and was one of the last people to board the plane when he sat down. he started to speak to another passenger and they, according to the wnbc reporter, eventually switched seats and they think in all, three passengers were taken off the plane, norah. >> and i can see, tamron, too, a report in to us from knbc, of course, our affiliate out there reporting per the lapd, los angeles police department, that two middle eastern men in their 30s were taken off this ua flight 22. the lapd says the fbi is now taking over the investigation which you just mentioned. so, again, different reports coming in at this hour about the number of men involved. clearly some unusual behavior that raised the concerns of the pilot and that's why now they're turning this o

fbi and nypd are not talking. zazi's attorney saying cops pulled zazi over on a george washington bridge for random drug search and was cleared for that. his rental car was towed for alleged parking violations. his attorney saying that he doesn't know why zazi drove the rental car one way and then flew back. in the next half hour, you'll hear his attorney explain why he says this is all a misunderstanding. >> one city has a lot to offer if you move there. money. i'm jennifer westhoven. if you thought $8,000 from the federal government was a lot for buying a first-time home, check this out. $20,000 for first-time home buyers in this kansas city, missouri, program. called dream home program. it's really aimed at the middle class. homes can't be worth more than $150,000. you can get money up front. you can use it for your down payment or closing costs. it is technically a loan but you don't have to pay any of it back as long as you keep your promise which is to live in that house for ten years. that's on top of feder

the fbi set up a 24-hour tip line. if you have information about this case, call 877-503-1950. >>> well, an autopsy's planned today for a former fund-raiser, top fund-raiser disgraced -- for the disgraced illinois governor rod blagojevich. sorry. got it. the death is investigated as a suicide. he was slated to be tried in june for allegedly plotting with blagojevich to squeeze money from people and companies seeking illinois state government. he was scheduled to start a trial friday for a $8.5 million fraud at chicago's o'hare airport. >>> and israeli president perez discharged from a hospital today after fainting on stage saturday. the 86-year-old passed out briefly and then revived on his own a few seconds later. perez was admitted to a medical center for an observation and some tests and the spokeswoman blamed the fainting spell on the demanding schedule. doctors say tests showed him to be in good health. >>> well, president obama's looking to give his health reform plan the momentum to become a reality and he's gea

they say that they hoped the fbi would be in charge. the goal, they say, is to get all the options on the table. a senior intelligence official insisted that the cia is the lead to be out of the detention business. shepard: the army field manual has been their guide. is that the story? >> correct. it does not seem that that is the case in the future. the fbi director said that he would investigate or interrogate some options outside of the field manual, declared the standard by the administration. they said that they would make some options that are useful. this is the same position taken by michael in january of this year, that all of the options have to stay on the table. shepard: that is for the future, but for the suspects already in custody, the administration has already planned to ask for more time? >> that is right. there was another very interesting filing in federal court, one of the most compelling pieces of evidence to date, it will come before mid- november. these court papers on the hijacker from germany, the government wa