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News Wrap: 2 charged with bringing explosives to New York protest

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, federal prosecutors charged two men with attempting to support ISIS after they allegedly brought bombs to a New York City protest, several European countries are stepping up security after explosions in Norway and Belgium, and the Justice Department says it reached a tentative agreement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, federal prosecutors charged two men today with attempting to support ISIS after they allegedly brought bombs to a New York City protest this weekend.

0:10.7

Ibrahim Kiyumi and Amir Balat are being held without bail on charges including attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction.

0:21.6

Police found the homemade devices which did not explode outside Mayor Zoran Mamdani's official

0:26.8

residence on Saturday. The scene unfolded during a counter protest to an anti-Islamic demonstration

0:32.8

organized by far-right activist Jake Lang. Today, New York's police commissioner said the bombers intended to inflict maximum damage,

0:41.3

citing statements from one of the suspects, Emir Balat in particular.

0:45.3

He also told investigators that he had hoped to carry out an attack even bigger

0:50.3

than the Boston Marathon bombing, which he noted resulted in only three deaths.

0:56.3

This was a planned attack motivated by extremist ideology and inspired by a violent, foreign,

1:03.3

terrorist organization.

1:05.0

The police commissioner also said there are no indications that the attack was connected

1:09.2

to the ongoing war with Iran.

1:11.8

The Justice Department says it's reached a tentative agreement in its antitrust lawsuit against

1:17.1

Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation. Under the terms of the deal,

1:21.6

Live Nation would pay up to $280 million in fines and divest ownership of 13 amphitheaters. It would also allow venues to

1:29.8

use other vendors to sell tickets and cap service fees, which could potentially lead to lower

1:35.1

prices for consumers. But it spares the business from being split apart, leaving some states

1:40.6

worried that it remains a monopoly. The deal still must be approved by a judge,

1:45.1

and some states say they'll carry on with the ongoing trial in New York.

1:50.1

Security lines at airports across the country stretched for hours again today

1:54.7

as more TSA agents are calling off work due to the partial government shutdown.

1:59.9

At Houston's Hobby Airport, passengers were advised to arrive four hours before their flights.

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