LESTER HOLT: New details tonight about the Afghan suspect arrested in the U.S. for an alleged terror plot on Election Day. Tom Winter is here. Tom, what do officials know about this?
TOM WINTER: Well, Lester, an Afghan man arrested by the FBI here in the U.S. last week was plotting an Election Day attack directed by ISIS-K, the ISIS branch based in Afghanistan, according to two U.S. officials. Nasir Tawhedi was allegedly going to commit a mass shooting. He has yet to enter a plea. This is significant because most would-be attackers over the past ten years have been self-radicalized so-called lone wolves. Now the same group behind the attack that killed 130 near Moscow is believed to be responsible for planning an attack on our Election Day, officials say. The U.S. has been successful in identifying recent terror plots including an ISIS-inspired plot against a Taylor Swift concert this summer. Lester.
HOLT: All right, Tom Winter. Thanks.