one, they could possibly be one like happened in garland texas, they weren't aware was ready to carry out an attack. >> bottom line all of a sudden in a statement that we all thought was a routine statement, jay johnson all of a sudden mentions get ready for jump 4th no specific plots. just out of an abundance of caution, we're going to be watching what's going on. there have been increasing statements since then that -- the director from the fbi, the director from the department of homeland security all of a sudden mentioning july 4th that raises concerns. >> absolutely and some of this is coming from the intelligence that they've been picking up for weeks i've been told and we've been aware that they were watching a number of these things they were trying to arrest a number of these people before we get to this weekend. this is not going to end this weekend, either. because they are aware of chatter, of threats that could go on beyond that including the upcoming visit by pope francis in september. >> and the notion that we're in the middle of ramadan, and that's a point that the lea

launch attacks. we saw that with the attempted attack in garland, texas, a few weeks ago. in recent weeks evidence emerging that isis over these online messaging apps now providing detailed bombmaking guidance to followers in the west. that's a very concerning new development. all of that plays into this warning, pam. >> that peer-to-peer communication encryption really concerning to counterterrorism officials. and i think why we're seeing this heightened alert. paul cruickshank, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> and just ahead right here in "newsroom," no teleprompter? no problem. chris christie wants to tell it like it is. but can his tough talk win over republican votedrs in ersrs in we'll head live to new jersey up next. he'll tell us everything he knows very shortly, sir. as you were... where were we? 13 serving 14! service! if your boss stops by, you act like you're working. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. you wouldn't take medicine without checking the side effects. hey honey. huh. t

threat. it addresses recent plots links to isis. including the shooting in garland, texas. as well as the june 2nd confrontation outside of boston. today the white house seemed to dismiss the bulletin as routine. >> it's not uncommon for these bulletins to be issued in advance of the 4th of july. i can say there is no specific credible intelligence to indicate any threats against celebrations over the 4th of july weekend. >> this afternoon a new jersey man was arraigned on charges he provided material support to isis. that's about 50 prosecutions in the u.s. in the last year. sean that is a record number. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> here with more reaction the author of ally my journey across the american israeli divide dr. michael orrin is with us and author daniel sivla is with us. good to see you both. michael i haven't read your book yet. i think it's important to note in your book we'll get to in a second that you're not as conservative as i am or bibi netanyahu is. here you see the rise of isis across the middle east especially in syria and iraq spreading into north

threat moves from there to europe and the u.s. we've seen it in garland texas. in new york an attack on a policeman. arrests in boston. and of course this attack on the same day as the tunisia and kuwait attacks. this is very much an international threat. the concern as july fourth approaches we see more of it in the u.s. >> we heard that warning from the secretary of homeland security a directive going out to law enforcement across the country. just be on the lookout and watch what's going on. thanks very much jim sciutto. let's get more on what's going on with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, republican congressman ed royce is joining us. mr. chairman, thanks very much for joining us. i want to talk about all these threats out there. you just heard police arrested a man in new jersey today on charges of conspiring to provide what's called material support to isis. it seems like these arrests are happening almost every other day. would you consider today's arrest part of some sort of terror cell in the new york/new jersey area? >> well those cells have bee

country, garland texas, it didn't work out, but this is the reality. >> all three of those attacks in france lyon tunisia, kuwait difference but maybe isis-related and lone wolf inspired if you will. different modus operandi, if you will do you believe they happened on the same day they were related? coordinated? >> it's hard to say if they were related. i don't buy the lone wolf because it was an individual i think you have to track that back. one person can be a coordinated attack. some of the supplies that were gained raises some issues. one had a suicide vest that clearly wasn't made in somebody's basement for the first time. that tells us there was a logistics training involved in that attack. now, not all of them fit that profile, but clearly on the face shows there was an investigation. the fbi domestically has an isis investigation open in all 56 field offices. that's why i think they're concerned. this is a big and growing problem not only here. >> jane almost every other day they seem to be arrested someone. today someone in the united states for supposedly collaborating wit

the attacks in for n garlands, texas and this man wielding a knife in boston this. afternoon the white house played down the bulletin. >> it's fair for you to conclude that these -- issuing this kind of joint information bulletin is part of our standard operating procedure but we're certainly mindful of the unique environment in advance of this fourth of july holiday. >> from my experience covering this beat, nearly 15 years now is that you are very unlikely to see a bulletin released so far in advance of a holiday neil. it usually comes a couple of days. so this distance between the event and bulletin suggests they are concern about the threat information they're seeing. >> all right. at the very much. the former homeland security chief tom rage on what he thinks is up here. it is weird to get this kind of advance washing on the part of all the agencies involved in responsible for security at the same time. what are you to make of that? >> i was somewhat disturbed by rather abrupt and dismisssive comment by the white house this standard operating procedure itch don't then is it.

attacks in garland texas and the june 2nd june 2nd confrontation with this man knife-wielding isis supporter who was killed outside of a boston cva after he lied to federal investigators who wanted to question him and this new arraignment this afternoon bring thoughtsal number of cases brought here in the united states to about 50 in the last year shep. >> what can'ts for the disconnect? >> lawmakers briefed on the intelligence say they just couldn't disagree more with the white house, and that includes the former chairman of the house homeland security committee who also sounded the alarm on the sunday talk shows. >> secretary put out the statement, talking about the fourth of july, generally they don't put those statements out that far in advance unless there's reason for concern. so it's about the lone wolfs and the potential of a coordinated attack. >> while administration officials say there's no connect between friday's attacks we're now learning the suspect in the french assault took a selfie with the severed head that hung from the fence and then sent it to a canadian mobil

specifically speaks to recent attacks such as a failed attack in garland, texas as well as a confrontation with a machete-wielding suspect and a man by the name of usama rahim, part of a takedown and he challenged police in boston and that's why he was shot julie. this is part of, if you will, a ramped-up series of arrests, and this really reflects the fact that the fbi has made a pivot from surveillance to taking down these individuals that they think could be a risk before the holiday. >> wow. what can you tell us about the latest suspects? >> well according to these court documents released within the last hour the fbi and the joint terrorism task force also known as the jttf have been investigating a group of individuals from new york as well as new jersey who they say allegedly conspired to provide material support to isis. in this case the suspect is just 23 years old and goes by the name of alla sadei of west new york and the big takeaway is the average age in almost all of these cases is 24 years old, and there's almost always a social media component, so you can see how this generation

at garland, texas, the individual might have had relations with some fighters on the ground and, you know the story goes on. so it seems that there is an uptick definitely in arrests. >> just to underscore this point based on my reporting there is no specific plot that intelligence officials are aware of and these concerns surfaced several weeks ago. however, what we saw in tunisia and other attacks have heightened concerns. is that your understanding? >> absolutely hiding concerns but also follow the trend of isis adherence and other radical factions tried to target what we call soft targets. individuals guard is lowered, you know they're not really extremely vigilant. they're trying to have a good time in is when isis is striking the same thing we saw the suicide attack in kuwait where worshippers were just you know at the moment of subdued when they were neiling ingkneeling. that's when the guy attacked. these are attacks of opportunity. extremely deadly. they will take advantage of any event when people are not being vigilant. >> great insight. thanks so much for being here. >>>

close in that cartoon event in garland, texas. we would be having a much different conversation. i go act to the fbi put out a report didn't get a lot of press put it out late in the week where fbi director said there are thousands of potential lone wolves living among us. i want to go back to something you said tony. two summers ago, president obama gave a speech around memorial day. he said the war on terror is over. we're not at war with islam. he should have said we're at war with radical islam but the message from this white house is totally different about our enemies. that they have been jv. al qaeda is on the run. there is no more war on terror. everything they have said has been a bald faced lie. the reason it is worse in the middle east too, we've destablized a lot of regions like libya, like egypt. the egyptians are fighting back. i think because of the arab spring we made this so much worse and allowed them to get their caliphate and use these countries we went in the name of democracy promotion and made worse. >> pulled strong men out of office. >> that's right. strong me

country. they are asking apple tom-tom and map quest and garland to take part. >>> the record-setting drought in california could be impacting the about to beat the heat as they are being asked to restrict water and water parks being built are facing issues. we are live at one. >> reporter: we have a water aerobic class happening now and later lines of people arrive to jump in the pool and escape the heat. but amid the drought, cities wanting to build new water parks are seeing push back. 25 miles east the city of dublin is defending construction of a $36 million aquatic centre set to open in 2017. six slides with tall fountains does add to the optic dispute but add it is needed for the community. >> we think this is going to be an important amenity. >> it is not part of the mind set we are trying to promote. >> reporter: the project was approved a decade ago and requires 480,000 gallons of water most which is treated and re recycled. many critics signed an online petition demanding a stop to the project but the city says it is necessary to attract families and get kids outdoors and g

are next. >> they're all inspired on the internet exactly what happened in garland, texas which has people worried. july 4th is here. >>> a triple heart recipient banned from boarding a public bus because of their service dog. that decorated veteran and his dog are here next. >>> first, let's check in with bill and find out what he did this weekend. >> you would not want to know. more on the warnings here at home. a few great guests coming up. >>> watch your 401(k) today, the concerns about greece and puerto rico. >>> is gay marriage different for republicans than for democrats? ted cruz is making the case. >>> there was another shark attack over the weekend and another rocket explodes after liftoff. what happened this time. martha and i will see you on a busy morning top of the hour. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going ba

here in the country that are the concern. look at the garland, texas example. two people in phoenix who became radicalized by social media and decided to go to texas. look at the case of what the fbi says they in boston is already here and decided he was going to, if he couldn't go to new york and attack somebody he would get a big knife and attack police in boston. so it's that social media. it's the unknowns that are of the big concern. now what you've seen in these arrests in the past couple of weeks is people that the msnbc had under surveillance that are right on the edge. they're saying you know let's forget the surveillance. bring them in f there. if there's any criminal offense, get them off the streets. the big concern is the things they don't know of. >> it's not the real threat of people coming akroos the border but people already here and popping up as threats. what is your sense of what is being done or could be done to compete with the social media problem? >> that's the part that isn't being done. trying to find a counter narrative is something that gets a lot of disc

in garland, texas. >> let's bring in alan goldman, co-author of "enemies within" good to see you. from your experience as a national security reporter does this warning feel different than others issued over the years? >> no not particularly. the fbi is taking this seriously and they are -- the particular field offices across the country are spun up. and they are watching the people they need to watch. there's a large number of people. i think there are 4500 domestic terrorism cases, all at different stages. >> do you get a sense given that this concern was articulated before those friday attacks overseas, will those attacks likely cause u.s. officials to reassess possible threats here? >> i don't think so. i think they have their wake-up call with garland. then you had an incident in new york where they shot and killed terrorism suspect and another incident in new york where another individual there the joint terrorism task force was watching. we didn't need tunisia or other eevents to happen to know there's a possibility of a threat. >> johnson urged local law enforcement to be

. >> reporter: the terror threat has evolved, made clear in garland, texas, assault, when two men drove hundreds of miles to allegedly commit mass murderer against a cartoon contest. the suspects willing to die for their cause after being recruited primarily if not solely online. >> and pierre joins us now along with congressman peter king. pierre, you talked about garland being a moment. those two got through. we're also seeing more arrests, do they believe there are more lone wolves or getting more aggressive? >> a combination of both. they're not waiting for cases to fully mature. if they can build a case they're going to bring you in right now. the other thing is, this social media campaign by isis is a game-changer, i have never seen law enforcement as focused on one thing as they are now, isis is using that social media campaign to every day, this moment, send out messages to encourage people to do something wherever they are. >> every day, all around the world. congressman, in this is a particularly tense moment. we have seen isis say, we want to see attacks during the mont

king. pierre you talked about garland being a moment. are we seeing more arrests, do they believe there are more lone wolfs or getting more aggressive? >> a combination of both. they're not waiting for cases to fully mature. the other thing is this social media campaign by isis is a game-changer i have never seen law enforcement as focused on one thing as they are now, isis is using that social media campaign to everyday this moment send out messages to encourage people to do something wherever they are. >> every day, around the world. congressman, we have seen isis say, we want to see attacks during the month of ra maddian, attacks toon independence day. what are you hearing from your intelligence sources? >> more concern now than any time since 9/11. isis really they have a multilevel sense of operation. also some coordination amongst these so-called lone wolfs out there. you saw jeh johnson -- >> homeland security secretary. >> talking about the fourth of july. they don't put those statements that far in advance unless there's a concern. >> what is the fact that we could see so

month, a boston man was killed allegedly plotting to behead a police officer. in garland, texas, two suspected isis followers shot by police during an alleged plot to kill participants in a contest about the prophet mohammad. so this independence day, to be blunt, nobody is taking aniens chas, dan. >> i think that makes good sense. >> 90,000 messages a day. that is a staggering number. >>> we want to move now to an activist's bold and dangerous act. a woman climbing up a fragmentpoll on the grounds of the south carolina state house. look at this, pulling down that controversial confederate flag, despite police urging her to come down, she was quickly arrested, but this morning, support has been growing for her online and devin dwyer is on the story. good morning, devin. >> reporter: good morning, paula. the woman behind that stunt, writny newsome is out op bond this morning. she faces possible jail time but by here side a growing number of americans and hollywood stars. >> ma'am. ma'am, get off the pole! >> reporter: a defiant britney newsome pulling off what so many demanded. >> thi

these home-grown inspired isis attacks in ottawa copenhagen in garland, texas. they don't kill a lot of people but they certainly are relatively frequent. >> to that point, buck yesterday this warning came out from homeland security from fbi, saying extremists could launch an attack here in the united states on the fourth of july. do you agree with peter that if indeed we do see something like that they mentioned by the way there are no active plots that are known, this is just a warning, but we are looking at potentials for more one-off situations with less casualties such as what we saw attempted in garland, texas, rather than these big attacks like what we saw in tunisia? >> yes. historically that's been the case. it's much more likely just based on statistics that if there is an attack here in the homeland of course 9/11 and others notwithstanding, they tend to be lower level casualty attacks, not always the case. we tend to see individuals who self-radicalize and don't have the kind of training that was on display with this person who had some tactics and techniques he used in t

hasn't been on the radar green. think about garland, texas, where one of the two had been the subject of considerable fbi interest and in fact had been charged with lying to the fbi about his plans to go to somalia. so almost invariably a suspect in one of these crimes has come to the attention of law enforcement. tamerlan tsarnaev was the subject of an fbi investigation and the list goes on and on. the point is you can't run investigations on people for years and years without a real predicate. and clearly they didn't have it. this guy sort of went silent for a while and went underground and suddenly he pops up again. >> we know there are seven dead in that tunisia attack at the beach resort. there's also multiple casualties at a shiite mosque in kuwait. is there some sort of a coordinated effort to this attack the today? >> i don't know. but the attack in kuwait is unusual. it's similar to the attack on the shia mosques in saudi arabia this week that were isis inspire inspired. unfortunately this is a pattern that we keep seeing again and again. >>> at least three serious terror attack

unfortunately wish i could tell you it is unlikely. we saw the attack in garland, texas, already in america. we've seen other attacks in other western countries. our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's families. this is american company with locations in louisiana. couple things we're not doing today this we need to be doing. number one, our commander-in-chief, our president, needs to make sure we'll hunt down and kill these terrorists. he likes to talk about containment, degradation, nonsense. we need to hunt down isis and those arming an training the -- then arming an training the kurds. the only commander-in-chief that continues to tell our enemies what we won't do instead of what we will do. secondly, we need to make sure we don't have the same problem in europe, those coming to the countries using their freedoms to undermine freedoms given to others. maria: governor, let me ask you, someone on the show earlier mentioned next week is independence day, july 4th holiday are to the u.s. what bert time to attack the united states than on its independence holiday. we're seeing headli

surveillance on everybody you're concerned with? not going to happen. >> sounds like garland, texas. we were following those guys for years but doesn't mean you can watch every second of every day. >> people talked about garland and boston marathon attack and all these things. you say how could they not stop they were them? they were being reviewed but at same time you bump up against what you're allowed to do in the we want jurisdiction. we want everything, privacy is, civil liberties, but absolute >> security. >> they said we're going to give our guys more freedom, hire 2700 people over years. they saw that. people approved the threat. >> there's no doubt. national security council in france is meeting shortly and going to talk about this. they meet constantly and talk about this all the time. they're very good at what they do in terms of trying to prevent incidents like this. the problem with counter terrorism, anyone that's been involved understands, you can't stop everything. >> let me ask you about your instinc heather heather telling us about the corporate headquarters for this c

. but we had 9 fairly significant arrest. you have got garland, boston and new york, fort lee area. there is one 20-year-old who appears to be very central in all of this. he's an aeronautic student from queens. it's encouraging that they seem to be zeroing in on some of these people. they have to. >> they have to be right 100 per of the times. the bad guy only have to be right once. after september 11 we didn't have a lot of teg we now have. we didn't have the meta data an d analytics. we now have al gore rhythms and metadata analysts and not worry about 90% of the population in the united states. let's zero in on the small percent and of people -- small percentage of people who are friend of friend. with the boston attack they had been looking at this guy. what we need to do is stop the political correctness and let's ferret out the small percentage of people that are at risk of becoming terrorists, and then really track them and follow them to prevent attacks. martha: maybe these recent arrests are evidence we are getting better at tracking these people and we are embedding peop

steve. >> garland, you told one of our producers in the past hour you think it's good the president used that word is this. >> absolutely. because what it does it cause ss people who would not normally talk about the issue of race to talk about it. it brings it out. and dylann roof had a black drinking buddy he hung out with. he didn't project himself as a racist. in reality when we read his manifesto, we see that's exactly what the president said. it's strategically wise for him to use that word. >> you don't think it's beneath the dignity of the office of the president of the united states to use the actual "n" word? >> in my honest opinion, if the first black president of the united states can't say that word there is something wrong with this country. particularly in the things that have been done that could be particularly insulting to the president of the united states. >> david, what do you think? >> i'm wondering what groups the president engaged by using the "n" word. it is beneath the office of the president. you're the president of the united states. what you want a presi

men led an attack in garland texas last month. >>> a new study says earth is on track for its sixth mass extinction. it said its been losing species at a rate that hasn't been seen since the dinosaurs. they say its being caused by man made changes to the environment like poaching and global warming. >>> the head of major league baseball is offering comforting words for fan who want the team to stay here in the east bay. the commissioner is in the bay area this weekend speaking at the mayor's conference and he spoke to reporters yesterday about the stadium issue. he said that he remains committed to keeping the a's in oakland. at least for the time being. he said that economic worries and the raiders stadium issue are two reasons preventing a stadium being built for the a's in oakland. he said that moving a team to san jose is off the table. at least until the lawsuit regarding the a's and giants rights is settled. >>> a report on building a major develop memberment at the site is due tomorrow. the proposal would include retail, housing sports complexes for the raiders, a's and warri

. and overseas. including the two men who opened fire at the drama contest in garland, texas last month. terror experts warn the u.s. still faces threats from abroad. the u.n. reports there are some 25,000 foreign firefighters active in iraq syria and other war zones. many holding western passports, giving them easy access to the u.s. a federal law enforcement source tells fox expect to see more indictments ahead of the fourth of july considered a symbolic date to harm the united states. chris? >> laura thanks. >>> up next big rig drivers may have to clean up their act if they want to keep on trucking. >>> first here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 31 in denver with a final day of the prosecution's case against accused movie theater shooter james holmes. among the last witnesses, a woman whose 6-year-old daughter and unborn child were killed. and she is now paralyzed. fox 23 in albany new york with the crash of a cruise ship into a lock on the saint laurence seaway. officials say 19 passengers and three crew members were hurt but none serio

in the u.s. and overseas. including the two men who opened fire at the drama contest in garland, texas last month. terror experts warn the u.s. still faces threats from abroad. the u.n. reports there are some 25,000 foreign firefighters active in iraq syria and other war zones. many holding western passports, giving them easy access to the u.s. a federal law enforcement source tells fox expect to see more indictments ahead of the fourth of july considered a symbolic date to harm the united states. chris? >> laura thanks. >>> up next big rig drivers may have to clean up their act if they want to keep on trucking. >>> first here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 31 in denver with a final day of the prosecution's case against accused movie theater shooter james holmes. among the last witnesses, a woman whose 6-year-old daughter and unborn child were killed. and she is now paralyzed. fox 23 in albany new york with the crash of a cruise ship into a lock on the saint laurence seaway. officials say 19 passengers and three crew members were h

abroad, including two men opened fire at so-called muslim art exhibit in garland, texas, last month. fox news investigators are told that they are working on numerous terror-related cases and we can expect to see several more indictments ahead of the 4th of july which could be a target date for potential terror attacks. jon: something to keep in mind unfortunately. >> if you see something, say something, that's for sure, thanks. jenna: it has been two weeks since two killers broke out of a prison in new york state. you will be shocked how many other dangerous criminals are at large after escaping. we have important context. >>> plus a master bomb-maker working for al qaeda despite u.s. efforts to take him out. why the cia considers this man a huge threat to america. when you travel, we help you make all kinds of connections. connections you almost miss. and ones you never thought you'd make. we help connect where you are. to places you never thought you'd go. this, is why we travel. and why we continue to create new technology to connect you to the people and places that matter. is >> "o

. in the month and a half since the failed attack in garland, texas texas, law enforcement officials say they've been taking a hard look and acting sooner against people inspired by online isis propaganda and who may be borderline operational. just over two weeks ago in boston an effort to question usaamah rahim ended when he was shot and killed also after pulling a military knife. separately on tuesday, abdul malik abculldul-karim appeared in court. he's part of the conspiracy that led to the failed attack in garland, texas. prosecutors describe him as off the charts dangerous. this flurry of arrests represents a calculated, greecivegreece ive aggressive new law enforcement approach. later today the fbi will issue an alert warning the public to be more vigilant during large gatherings, including parades. >> wyatt, thank you reporting from washington. >>> the united nations says conflicts have forced a record 60 million people around the world from their homes. syria is the largest source of refugees. hundreds of syrians in turkey are moving back across the border this morning. kurdi

may as well be the case in charleston as i know it was in garland texas. but what i have seen in these attacks of terrorism, they are attacks about what we stand for, and that's freedom. and garland, texas it was an attack on the first amendment our freedom of speech. last night, it was an attack on the most fundamental right that our founding fathers gave to us, and that is our freedom of religion, a right that was given to us by god and cannot be taken away. i have had the opportunity since being in congress a short amount of time -- and it's more than opportunity, it's really a privilege to take constituents as they come to the capitol here and take them on tours. and as i walk down the halls of this building and i point out the status of thomas jefferson that we have right outside the chamber or as i stand here, the image of moses looking at me as he is looking over the chamber and i look at the statues of our founding fathers, they have left us reminders of why we are here. and getting close to the anniversary of the birth of this nation, i think it is important that we as a

part of the conspiracy that led to the failed attacks in garland, texas. prosecutors reportedly described him as "off the charts" dangerous. this flur of arrest ss is causing them to be watching as the fourth of july approaches. >>> a record 60 million people have fled their homes. hundreds of syrians in turkey are moving back across the border this morning. kurdish forces backed by u.s. air strikes drove isis fighters from their hometown this week. holly williams is on the turkish border with syria. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for your four years we've watched syrians flee their country by the millions but not at this crossing on syrian border with turkey they go home to their tone which you can see on the other side of the border in their distance behind me. it was liberated from isis on tuesday after days of intense fighting. more than 20,000 people fled as u.s.-led air strikes pounded isis positions. a desperate escape across the border to turkey for people who've lived under isis for over a year. many have horrific stories of the extremists' brutal rule.

under suspicion shortly after two isis supporters tried to attack an event in garland, texas, that featured cartoons of muhammed. that attack, the fbi learned, caused the fbi to cast a wider net, to disrupt potential plots inspired by isis propaganda online. mumuni was a fervent supporter of isis and allegedly wanted to join another college student, muntha saleh, in a boston marathon-style attack. saleh was arrested this weekend after he studied how to build a pressure cooker bomb and researched potential targets. aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >>> a close call at chicago's midway airport. a southwest jet cleared for takeoff began rolling down the runway. at the same time, an air traffic controller noticed a delta jet beginning takeoff from an intersecting runway without permission. the controller yelled for the delta plane to stop and a collision was narrowly avoided. the planes had similar flight numbers, and that was part of the reason for confusion. >>> a fiery scene at the airport in kazakhstan. no passengers aboard as an oxygen canister exploded, sparking this fire. the

they say helped orchestrate the may shooting in garland, texas and he had aspirations to join the islamic state and attack the super bowl in arizona earlier this year. a prosecutor calls abdul malik abdul kareem, quote off the charts dangerous end quote. there have been more than 50 indictments of american or long-term residents related to the islamic state charged over the past 15 months. and a federal law enforcement source tells fox news such terrorist busts are expected to increase in the coming weeks. officials making an all-out push to arrest home grown terrorist suspects before the 4th of july holiday. the fbi reportedly conducting hundreds of investigations in all 50 states. it's now been 12 days since convicted murderers david sweat and richard matt escaped from a maximum security facility in dannemora new york. 800 law enforcement officers combing hundreds and hundreds of acres. investigators poring over more than 1300 tips still nothing substantive to follow. fox news senior correspondent rick leventhal is in plattsburgh new york and has our report. >> reporter: lou, ne

, off the chart dangerous, arrested in relation to that attack in garland, texas. and we now know authorities say he wanted to attack during the super bowl. in new york city, the college student in queens researching how to make a pressure cooker bomb. tonight we learn of a new arrest in staten island, new york. investigators saying the suspect lunging at officers with a butcher's knife. this evening the fbi warning, the crackdown is far from over. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington leading us off. pierre? >> reporter: fbi agents were tracking that latest suspect, that staten island man today, when things turned violent. the fbi says fareed mumuni repeatedly tried to plunge this butcher's blade into the chest of an fbi agent searching his apartment this morning. according to the fbi he's a fervent supporter of isis and was part of a broader plot to carry out a terror attack against new york city landmarks. prosecutors claim he was working with this man, a college student from queens who they say had been conducting surveillance on the george washington

month's shooting at the draw muhammad contest in garland, texas. prosecutors say abdul kareem of phoenix helped plan it and gave guns to the two men who ended up storming it. the fbi says kareem briefly considered attacking the 2015 super bowl in phoenix though they say that never got beyond the talking stage. the common denominator in all these cases, officials say, is relentless isis propaganda. in light of that authorities are being extra cautious about coming events and holidays, especially the 4th of july. savannah? >> pete williams in washington. thank you. >>> there are new twists tonight in the prison break investigation in upstate new york as the massive manhunt for those two escapees appears to have hit a dead end. they could be anywhere by now. and authorities are telling us for the first time about an alleged murder plot discussed by the two men and the woman charged with helping them break out. a plan to kill her husband. nbc's miguel almaguer with the latest. >> reporter: joyce mitchell charged with helping convicted killers david sweat and richard matt escape from

the garland attacks, stop this guy in arizona, aspirational goals against the super bowl boston with the ploir and now most recently in new york. i believe as we approach the fourth of july we'll probably see more of these attacks, small-so-called, ramping up. >> congressman, how many suspected extremists do you think the fbi and law enforcement agencies are tracking do you? dozens? hundreds? is it actually different than it's been since 9/11. >> very different. core al qaeda had very spectacular attacks, very long term range attacks. isis is very high volume over the internet trying to activate people in the united states small-kale attacks. we also have the foreign fighters hundreds of americans who traveled to the region many have come back. we have about 30,000 foreign fighters 5,000 western passports. that's a concern from the foreign fighters standpoint but this new phenomenon new threat is what i think has officials worried the most. you know with a twitter account, i know i have five teenagers, you can activate thousands of people on these twitter accounts. that's precisely w

threat in any time in recent memory. that's what got them concerned. we recall the attack in garland, texas just a few weeks ago in which two gunman tried to attack a prophet mohamed cartoon contest. that incident is inspiring other people to carry out other attacks in this country. so the fbi is increasing its surveillance. we know that local law enforcement, big police departments are doing some of the same because they believe that one of these attacks could happen at any time. and they want to try to do what they can to stop it. >> evan perez, thank you very much. in washington, d.c. let's broaden this out with our cnn global affairs correspondent kimberly kimberly do zer. this is connected to what happened other the weekend, a 20-year-old queens man charged with conspiring to provide material support to isis. and i was just talking to evan about it. it seems like he mentioned the inspiration from what happened in garland, for arrests. what's happening? >> i was just at a conference of people trying to figure out the same thing. why are so many of their young people being attract

recently the new nugget coming out about what happened a bhoel while back in garland, texas and how one of those had a plan to target a super bowl. we're hearing about this arrests more and more so recently. is that because the feds are really digging down on this or are there more incidents? >> it's all of the above. everything you just said is exactly what is driving this. this is certainly, according to law enforcement officials, summer in which they have seeing increased activity increased threats. that means they have increased the aggressive tactics that they're using. they're doing more 24/7 monitoring of the suspects. they're following them more closely. and frankly that's what's causing the suspect to turn and try to attack law enforcement. that's what we saw in boston recently and that's what we saw this weekend in new york brooke. >> that's right. evan perez, thank you so much. as soon as you get more we'll bring you back. >> absolutely. >> we'll stay on this of course. >>> in the meantime, more than 140 1400 leads. police say it is time now to expand the search for david swe

charts dangerous and they charged him with helping to plan the may 3rd attack in garland, texas. but his brother says investigators have got it wrong. >> i just think with everything going on today they're just trying to materialize something that's not there. so he will have his day in court. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has been following this story and joins us now with more on this. pete, how much do we know about the details for the plans to attack the super bowl from abdul kareem? >> well officials say they never got beyond the talking stage. it was never considered a serious threat but just shows the range of kinds of things they were talking about. they say kareem ultimately ended up training with the two men to went to texas to attack this draw muhammed event. they went to a range and he provided the guns and they talked about it and he was very much involved in this plot. this arrest that came to light this week follows onto the investigation of that case and is part of an increasing tempo of these operations against what officials say are attack plans in

super bowl when it took place in arizona. he is tied to the two other gunmen in the garland case. and this is kind of a new threat we're seeing. i just got briefed by the fbi, a new sort of generation of terrorists over the internet that are being inspired by isis out of syria. and then they have twitter followers in the united states that they can activate at any given time with a call to arms to either attack the super bowl, to attack a cartoon contest, military installations or in the boston case, cut the head off of policemen. so this is more, i think, a pervasive threat that's very difficult to stop. i will give fbi and homeland a lot of credit for stopping a lot of these plots. >> mr. chairman, along those lines when you're listing out those plots, another one the fbi just uncovered, a student arrested for plotting an isis-inspired attack on new york city. there were some reports that this student could be trying to plan to bomb the george washington bridge. we are getting a sense this is a push by the u.s. government to crack down on home-grown terror. but how do they do that?

helped plan last month's shooting at the draw muhammad con sest in garland, texas. prosecutors have charged abdul malik kareem with helping to plan the garland attack by two other phoenix men who drove to texas may 3rd and began firing guns. they were shot and killed almost immediately. kareem met with him at his house to talk about the plot and practice shooting with them in the arizona desert and provided the guns used in the attack. an fbi agent testified in court on tuesday that kareem considered some kind of attack on the 2015 super bowl in phoenix but there's no suggestion that got beyond the talking stage. one prosecutor calls kareem off the charts dangerous. kareem's lawyer says the fbi's case is based on a source that he describes as a typical jap house jail house snitch. the fbi says omar salahi age 20 came to his attention after i was found wandering on the george washington bridge. in both of these cases, the men were inspired by isis social media. >> let's talk a little bit about the isis threat both here at home and abroad. it's going to be at the heart of a house hear