In other news this mid day...A man who grew up in the US is in custody in Yemen - and is suspected of having ties to the terrorist organization al-qaida.CBS News Correspondent Joel brown reports from Washington.Sharif Mobley - who grew up in New Jersey - is linked to the same al Qaida branch behind the failed Christmas Day plane bombing.Yemini authorities rounded- him up with other al-Qaida suspects in a security sweep earlier this month.Over the weekend he asked to go to the hospital , where he allegedly snatched a gun.. killing one security guard. and wounding anotherThe 26-year-old graduated from this high school in Buena, New Jersey.. then held jobs at three nuclear power plants. Officials say there is no reason to believe he breached security at the plants.. or that his work was connected to his activities in Yemen -A former classmates was surprised Mobley may have joined a terrorist group.(Michael Brothman, Mobley's Classmate) (:38-:43)SOT I DID NOT EXPECT THAT OUT OF HIM ITS NOT LIKE HE HAD SIGNS OF BEING A VIOLENT CHILD(Joel Brown, Washington, DC) (:44-1:00)BRIDGE: Officials say Mobley may have been influenced by extremist websites before moving to Yemen. Authorities are concerned about that country becoming the next big staging ground for terrorists.. and Americans who don't fit any profile - carrying out terrorists acts after spending time on the Internet.Earlier this week authorities charged a suburban Philadelphia woman with trying to recruit jihadist fighters online.The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood had exchanged e-mails with an extremist cleric in Yemen.Sharif Mobley's father insists his son is not a terrorist. While sources say Mobley does not appear to be connected to any current terrorist threat U-S investigators are eager to interview him.Joel Brown, CBS News, the White House .