for more information on just who anwar al awla can i was was in recent months he had been called the new bin laden and the bin laden of the internet. the u.s. says he was a master at online recruiting and finding and motivating new radicals to kill americans around the world. he was linked to a number of terrorist attacks. he was a spiritual adviser to three of the 9/11 hijackers and communicated freely with the accused of the deadly killing at ft. hood. >>> we turn now to the amanda knox trial. the american exchange student could be spending her final weekend in an italian prison. she's appealing her 2009 murder conviction in the death of her former root mate. matthew chance is covering this trial for us. matthew, hello to you. we are expecting on monday amanda knox to speak up in her own voice on her own behalf on possibly try to save her own life. >> reporter: yeah. it's going to be the biggest speech of her life, i expect. she's getting the opportunity by the court to stand up for 15 minutes and address them in what's called here a plea of innocence. aaffaele will also get that o

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the question for you this morning, should the united states have targeted anwar al awla awlaki?bama got osama bin laden and now anwar al-awlaki. >> he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. he repeatedly called on individuals in the united states and around the globe to kill innocent men, women, and children to advance a murderous agenda. >> another american al qaeda collaborator was killed in the al-awlaki operation. what a relief, right? not for everybody. >> if the american people accept this blindly and casually, we now have an accepted practice of the president assassinating people who he thinks are bad guys. i think it's sad. >> yes, they were bad guys. really bad guys. still, some say that's no excuse for basically murder. the american civil liberties union, which once accused obama of morphing into bush says, and i quote -- >>> although former vice president dick cheney disagrees, he praised the obama administration for targeting al-awlaki, and says that president obama should apologized for his veiled criticism of the bush administ

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