arun, welcome. give us an idea of how closed or open this proceduring was. were you allowed in the courtroom? >> reporter: no, there was only a pool of about nine reporters allowed inside the courtroom. the proceeding itself is an opening proceeding. it's open to the public. found come you could try to get one of spots inside and some people did. i think there was a supporter of bradley manning who as the session was ending today shouted out, "bradley manning, you're a hero." there are clear security restrictions in place so for the media that aren't in the pool, the rest of us were in a media center, some distance off from the courtroom watching it on a closed circuit television feed. >> suarez: as the equivalent of a civilian grand jury proceeding, what did the government and bradley manning's defense have to do today? >> well, today was actually-- you would have thought it was going to be a fairly straightforward procedural sort of day where they would read him his charges, go through the basic things they would ordinarily any through. it didn't get that

. >>> news of a school closure in anne arun dull county, maryland. a crash on route 2 has knocked out power to southern high school so it will be closed today. >> and now, it is time to reveal the answer to our question of the morning. which of these cookies is a kid most likely to leave out for santa claus. is it oreos, sugar cookies or chocolate chip cookies? >> the answer is oreos! what? no way! i would have bet sugar cookies by a mile. >> i bet it is the one with the mint filling. >> we have one more check on traffic and weather next here on 9news now. >>> one more thing before you go. definitely in recent memory, if not maybe in u.s. history, do you remember this many debates leading up to a primary? the republican primary is what we're talking about. >> not even the last time. we had two candidates. did we have this many debates going. people are watching. that's the main thing. >> donald trump weighing in on he wants to moderate a debate and possibly become a candidate. this is one of the strangest primary seasons i've ever seen in my short ti