the killing of his sort of mentor anwar al awlaki taken out in a u.s.-led drone strike back in september. this is somebody who had been on their radar for quite some time. he talked about traveling to yemen. he is dominican republic originally but is now a u.s. citizen. his talk was really so radical that according to police, even like-minded friends became very, very nervous. he wanted to change his name to obama hussein on behalf of osama bin laden. he wanted to change it into osama hussein on behalf of osama bin laden and saddam hussein. his target was allegedly u.s. servicemen, army personnel, the marines and the police got very nervous when this talk morphed into action. federal agents, the fbi was not involved in following and tracking this plot. and that's something we're probably going to hear more about tomorrow. fbi agents say this was really an nypd-led investigation. by their counterintelligence division. but this man, jose pimentel, he planned on putting bombs in mailboxes, post offices, police stations. there were three in total. if they h

al-awlaki, he pronounces the mr. al-awlaki was engaged in hostilities against the united states.what that is based upon, president of the united states has not released a single fact to the american people, to congress in executive session or otherwise that demonstrates the truthfulness of that and that is why we actually have trial. what is described as the queen of hearts in alice in wonderland. sentence first, verdict afterwards. we don't do that if you are complying with the rule of law. then we have got the violations of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, the terror surveillance but from irrespective of the foreign surveillance provision to operating time so far. the presidents tens of thousands of calls come in or sections of e-mails and telephone conversation without a judicial warrant whatsoever. after five years ourselves of the statute and became, the practice became regulated by law. that is a huge number of invasions of privacy. what about -- we subcontract out interrogation to countries like egypt or syria to undertake torture or otherwise that we are not com

al-awlaki is an example of that. if he had snuck back into new york, what would have been the correct decision? would we have used a predator drone in times square? we need to bring people to justice. the bottom line is this. you have to bring them back, put them on trial. if the verdict is to kill them, do it legally. the idea of threats against us, there are threats out there. however, we need to do this in such a way that we only kill bad guys when necessary. otherwise, bring them in and get them justice. >> i have my mind stop on what kind of music we would have used to flush out bin laden. lee, you mentioned unlawful combatants which raises the question that maybe more historical but still of interest, the torture allegations. waterboarding and other bush- approved tactics lawful? in, article 3 of the geneva convention, would apply to the terrorists? >> with respect to waterboarding and the other aggressive interrogation methods that were approved, waterboard income is the most troubling. you are sailing as clos

prosecutors say he also drew inspiration from al qaeda operative anwar al-awlaki. and al-awlaki's death in a september drone strike was a trigger point for pimentel says new york police commissioner ray kelly. >> the death of anwar al-awlaki is what motivated him and made him increase his tempo significantly. >> reporter: police say this is the 14th terror plot against new york since 9/11. it's not as serious as those targeting times square and the city's subways but the pimentel case does underscore the persistent threat from home- grown lone wolves living in our midst. it's important to note the f.b.i., which handles almost all derror cases, declined to get involved with this one. sources tell us, scott, federal officials privately questioned the strength of the evidence and pimentel's ability to carry out any kind of attack. >> pelley: bob, thank you very much. much.ypt it turns out the ,evolution isn't over, at least 24 people have been killed in three days of new rioting. protesters overthrew a dictator back in february. now they say the army has been beeslow

was killed, he started making the bomb in august before al-awlaki was killed. we don't know whether or not they kind of just wake up one day and say, wow, the time has come, weather friends speak to them. these are all things we hope will come out in a trial or some kind of perhaps there is more information about motive in the indictment which i haven't seen. but the fact that this young man was able to make an operational bomb, and that the nypd had been watching him every step of the day i think highlights the importance of the nypd counterterrorism program, which, i should add, has been under enormous pressure lately because there have been a series of articles saying these people are too intrusive, the surveillance is too intense, we shouldn't be watching muslim student associations. the nypd says we have to watch everybody who may be a suspect. >> judith, we appreciate your context and perspective on this as we wind down. that intelligence unit here, that division playing a huge role they say in this arrest. thank you very much, judith. >> you're welcome.

guest: you raise some interesting issues, but i do not believe anwar al-awlaki was a cia plant. it is definitely true that the u.s. try to recruit him when he came in from yemen and flipped him to be a witness against another indebted terrorist. -- another indicted terrorists. he refused as far as the drum, the justice department wrestled -- read -- he refused. as far as the drum attack, the justice apart and wrestled with this. they did not take the decision lightly. i do not think you will see any american killed by a drowned in the united states, but if another anwar al-awlaki emerges that his u.s. citizenship and sanctuary in yemen, and starts sending terrorists into the united states to carry out acts of terrorism, i guarantee you almost any president will take the legal prerogative of trying to eliminate him. at that point you have to understand the person is outside of the united states, they have renounced citizenship, and are not eligible to the constitutional rights you and i would be. host: james, a republican. caller: i am running for united states senator. there is

certainly if he was taking the extreme step to make a bomb to avenge awlaki's death. awlaki has shown up in a lot of these cases in the united states in britain, anywhere in the english speaking world. he's certainly not somebody who has much influence in the muslim world writ large. he is somebody who was able to articulate al qaeda's ideas in a colloquial english and then his kind of acalate samir kahn who also died in a drone strike. wrote this magazine "inspire" that was the inspiration for the failed attack in the new york area. >> peter bergen and deborah feyerick. we're waiting for the arraignment of jose pimentel. it's happening in manhattan. as soon as we get video of it, we'll bring it to you on cnn. but there's other news to cover tonight. >>> deal or no deal? the special congressional super committee assigned to reduce a $1.2 trillion deficit appears to come up short. >>> occupy abuse? this bit of police work may cost two officers their jobs. pepper spraying the faces of nonviolent student protesters. >> we've got about 30 seconds. >> egypt uproar. chaos e

drone strike killed al awlaki earlier this year. >> i don't believe this case is as nearly as strong as the people believe. >> reporter: pimentel faces several charges. he will be prosecuted, under state, not federal, law. randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> pimentel's lawyer said he was not planning a terror attack. a convert to islam. he is known as muhammad mousaff. he lived most of his life in new york city and he maintained his own website that included bomb-making discussions. friends and acquaintances were sid to be shocked of his extremism. new york city offices saying the 14th terror plot they have interrupted since the 9/11 terror attacks. >>> today the leaders of that bipartisan deficit super committee will declare defeat. the finger pointing has already begun after two months of talks, the 12-member panel failed to agree on spending cuts or tax increases. susan mcginnis is in washington with that and more. susan, good morning to you. >> hi. good morning, terrell. >> reporter: this sounds an awful lot like the deadlock we saw over the summer in the debt negotiations.

him off was the elimination of awlaki. >> reporter: he is described as a classic lone wolf unemployed living with his mother. >> i'm very disappointed with what my son is doing. >> reporter: he used online truc instructions from the group. the nypd counterterrorism division which rivals the fbi has tracked him since 2009 under 24-hour surveillance for 30 days with police watching as he went to home depot to buy bombmaking components. >> it only takes one person to be successful and to mount an attack. >> reporter: surveillance photo shows jose pimental in the act. so while this is a holiday season for fun and family, for law enforcement, it's a time to worry. george? >> have to be vigilant. thanks very much. >>> we turn to that video that sparked a firestorm over the weekend. police officers at the university of california davis aiming pepper spray at peaceful protesters just sitting down. the university president is facing tough questions about whether the police went too far and today the campus was flooded with thousands of protesters. cecilia vega was there. >> reporter: the image

inspired by al awlaki, now deceased. the feds may have been able to help here.ey had a successful arrest and we'll see what we learn from it. >> why do you suppose the feds were not more involved? >> carol, look, as you well know, as our viewers know, the fbi and local police departments are often very competitive. we don't know very much about the informant involved. what the basis of investigation and the involvement of the informant was. there are a lot of reasons and guide lives the fbi follows that are different for the nypd. whether they were just not told about it or whether they had some objection to the way the investigation was handled, we have yet to learn that. >> and he'll be tried in state courts, not federal level, because, of course, he's not charged way feder ed with a fed >> that's right. if they have the basis for federal charges they could come in and try to take the case. that's unlikely. given they didn't involve themselves at the press conference, neither the fbi or justice department, but it's possible. we'll see how this plays out. >> th

on it he expressed support for osama bin laden and the radical american born cleric al awlaki. >> we think that an event that really set him off was the elimination of al awlaki. >> reporter: pimental is described as a a classic lone wolf unemployed living with his mother. >> i'm very disappointed with what my son is doing. >> reporter: he allegedly made it from instructions online from the terror group. the nypd counterterrorism division which rivals the fbi has tracked pimental since 2009. he's been under 24-hour surveillance for 30 days with police watching as he went to home depot to allegedly buy bombmaking components. >> it only takes one person to be successful and to mount an attack. >> reporter: this surveillance photo, police claim, shows jose pimental in the act. so while this is a holiday season for fun and family, for law enforcement it's a time to worry. george? >> we have to be vigilant. pierre, thanks very much. >>> we turn to that video that sparked a firestorm over the weekend. police officers at the university of california davis aiming pepper spray at peaceful pro

citizens grew after muslim cleric anwar al-awlaki was killed. he then began assembling three pipe bombs. >> he talked about bombing police cars and a place station. his behavior morphed from talking about such acts to action, namely, bomb building. report are also talked about changing his name to usama hussein. we have been talking with the nypd. they tell fox he is thought to have acted alone. they devote 1,000 officers daily to combat terrorism in transportation hubs and critical checkpoints in kilo cases. the defense attorney says they will be looking into how this all went down. >> we don't know if there is an entrapment issue at this point. >> reporter: he will be back bak in court november 25. bill: lawyer a ingle, thank you, here in new york. martha has more. martha: the lone wolf plot remains a serious threat and no city knows that better than new york. the big apple remains a prime target for would-be terrorists. there have been 14 terrorist plots broken up against new york city since then and thankfully so far none of them have been s

ago, the new york city police department became aware of a follower of the radical cleric anwar al awlakiesiding in schenectady, new york, was talking about traveling to yemen for training before returning to new york to become a martyr in the name of jihad. that was jose pimentell. an unemployed native of the dominican republic and convert to islam who lived most of his life in manhattan. pimentell is a u.s. citizen. before returning to washington heights last year, he lived in schenectady for about five years, where he made even some of his like-minded friends nervous by his extremism. he talked about changing his name to osama hussein, to celebrate his heroes, osama bin laden and saddam hussein. piment pimentell talked about killing u.s. service men returning from iraq and afghanistan, particularly u.s. army and marine corps personnel. he talked about bombing post offices in and around washington heights and police cars in new york city, as well as a police station in new jersey. as in other terrorist cases, pimentell's behavior morphed from simply talking about such acts to action, na

al-awlaki for a crime. it was said that he was complicit in all sorts of crimes, including the fort hood killings and whatever, perhaps in siding crimes against americans. but the fact was, he was not subject to any indictment, any charge whatsoever, unlike, say, osama bin laden, who was under indictment by a federal grand jury. so at least he would have, by requiring a warrant, some judicial check, rather than simply having the president arbitrarily identified anybody in the world. secret evidence, secret law. i will kill you, and then congress will decide whether to impeach me. i will want any greasing cannot know anything about what i did because of state secrets. i would say you'd end up with a system of warrants that authorize that kind of force once it was shown. in the warrant process, that an attempt to capture would be futile. i want to amplify on this idea that has been insinuated to the underside that anytime we can avoid a risk to ourselves, we can use legal force to prevent that risk from occur

according to investigators, pimentel's alleged terrorist plot went into high gear after anwar al-awlaki was killed in a strike. police arrested pimentel one hour before he planned to strike. >>> former fbi director louis freeh will be leading the investigation into the child sexual abuse allegations against former penn state scope of jerry sandusky -- coach, jerry sandusky. sandusky has denied sexual contact with the children but did acknowledge showering with the boys and hugging them. >>> well, you probably started planning your holiday list. if you've got kids, you will need plenty of batteries. so which brand will keep them running. how are our monkeys doing? >> we want to know -- you have to know which batteries will last the longest. we're doing an experiment with these toy monkeys. we set up five of them, testing five brands of aa batteries. this is one little experiment. we started at 2:40. just an hour and seven minutes in and he died. he didn't make it. this is one test. we put these monkeys through three weeks of testing involving batteries. we are trying a bunch of things. a

new york city officials say pimentel is an al-qaeda sympathizer and a follower of anwar al-awlaki, the radical american-born clerrc who was killed back in september."the suspect was a so-called lone wolf motivaaed by his own resentment of he presence of american troops in praa and afghanistan, as well &pas insppred by al-qaeda propaganda."new yorkkpolice say they had been watching pimenttl since may 2009... ut only acted now when he allegedly staated to build the pipe bomb.i'm rrck vincent, reporting. pimentel's attorney says his clieet doesn't match thee ppofile of someone who would commit terrorism... and that the case against hii isn't as strong as prosecutors say it is. pimentel faces five charges, including criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree as a crime off providing suppprt for an act of terrorism. trrops in iraq gathered for theirrlast thanksgiving meal there... because hey're packing up camp for good. you see solddersshaving a traditional thanksgiving lunch &pat camp victory in baghdad. the meal is earlier than normal because the camp is closing due to the plann

the guy happened to be with al awlaki. talked about. this the guy with him. our state department calls him and apologizes. you can see why some are asking the doj why wouldn't say you were sorry? the doj didn't bless t was atf. >> bill: everybody who watches tonight realize he didn't look good in that sequence. he could say look i do feel terrible about it and i would like to apologize on behalf of the united states government. >> justice department. not him personally. there is no proof that he approved it. >> bill: he hasn't even talked to the family, okay? that's something he should have done as the head of the justice department when a border -- when any agent is killed in this country the attorney general should get on the phone. >> homeland security overseas the border patrol. but his organization, doj oversees atf and atf out of phoenix are the ones that did this operation. >> bill: he has a connection to them as well. and he should have done it. now, let's go to michael jackson's doctor. no surprise here. only surprise is that a california jury, if yo

he was asked about libya by the milwaukee -- al-awlaki dirty -- "milwaukee journal sentinel." >> libya -- no, that is a different one. >> his campaign says he was tired running on four hours of sleep. meanwhile, a man has come forward robert in the claims of one of the women who says she was harassed by herman cain. and the polls show that herman cain is slipping among the voters. a new candidate is on the rise. 22% of voters now say that newt gingrich is the likely choice of the nomination. that is within the margin of error. major cuts appear to be on the way at the university of maryland. last night a school commission recommended eliminating eight sports teams. here are the teams on the chopping block. men's cross-country, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving men's tennis, women's acrobatics and tumbling, and women's water polo. the cuts would have to save the school millions of dollars. some students, though, are disappointed. >> i have some friends on those teams. that takes a hit on the school pride. >> i know because the economy is heading us hard to have to cut things

. >> reporter: officials say pimentel was a follower of anwar al awlaki and became angry over his killingk in september. pimentel's defense lawyer says his client may have radical views but was no threat. the fbi and federal prosecutors chose not to take this case with some sources saying an informant played key roles in providing money and materials each step of the way. with the suspect who may

officials say pimentel was a radical follower of american born muslim militant anwar al awlaki. they say the terrorism suspect began planning bomb attacks back in august but it was the killing of al awlaki in september that refocused his efforts. joe? >> angie, reporting live from the newsroom, thanks very much. >>> new from overnight, a a nato service member has been killed in a bomb attack in afghanistan. nato says the roadside bombing occurred yesterday in the southern part of the country. nato has not released any more details on the identity or nationality of the person killed. this raises the number of international troops killed this month to 20 and more than 500 this year. >>> this morning the search on for a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from jail in prince george's county. 24-year-old frederick scott posted bail and just walked out of jail 11 days ago. he was being held without bond on murder charges stemming from a shooting last march outside the surf club live. but authorities say a clerical error at the court wrongly listed his bond at $75,000. official

we're seeing in the pimentel case, awlaki who is dead, his ideology lives on.d sermons that are audiotapes, there is materials on the internet. even when you kill them, their inspiration, ability to recruit americans and inspire them remains. this threat isn't going away. we have to still be able to get into -- we have to watch the organizations and the website and try to trace back to the individual who may be inspired and want to be affiliated with that. >> all right. fran, thank you so much for being with us. >> you're welcome. >>> when we return, a new poll has newt gingrich leading. that's right, the leader now, the newt. so does that hurt him come spog the gop debate tomorrow? >>> actor hugh grant testifying about a phone hacking scandal. you'll hear from hugh in a couple of moments. >>> pakistan's problem with athletes foot. it's a story you can't resist. out front next. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the personal attention tdd# 1-800-345-2550 you and your money deserve. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab, that means taking a close look at you t

and refocused his bomb making efforts after al awlaki was killed in september.ding to the criminal complaint, police videotaped pimentel drilling holes into a pipe at an informant's apartment. the police commissioner said they had to move quickly to arrest limb because he was ready to carry out his plan. police say this alleged plot is the 14th to target new york city since the september 11th attacks. eun? >> angie gof live in our newsroom this morning, thank you. [5 more about the penn state sex abuse scandal. one of the three committees appointed by the penn state trustees will hold a press conference to announce the results of its investigation into abuse claims. this comes amid new reports that the university police have alerted the attorney general's office to another, quote, incident of indecent assault. the center daily times is reporting the assault involved a, quote, known individual. police would not say whether that sandusky. the former penn state coach is facing several counts in an indictment on charges that he molested young boys over a period of 1

. >> we think that an event that really set him off was the elimination of anwar al awlaki. that happened on september 30th of this year. >> police describe pimintel as an al qaeda sympathizer. they said he spent time on radical websites. he looked at something called how to make a bomb in your kitchen. his alleged targets, government workers, returning troops, and elected official. >> he made some of his like-minded friends nervous by his extremism. >> his lawyer said his client was not trying to conceal anything and had a public online profile. new york's mayor say this is is the 14th lone wolf terror attempt on the city. >> he was not part of a larger conspiracy emanating from abroad. >> jose pimintel is a recent convert to islam. he lived with family members who said he always kept his bad bedroom door shut. >>> congressional lawmakers heading home for thanksgiving can expect more anger going their way. the so-call ee eed supercommittw admits it failed. tahman bradley joins us this morning with more. good morning, tahman. >> good morning, sunny. later today we expect to

new yorkkcity officials say pimentel is an al-qaeda sympathizer and follower of anwar al-awlaki, then cleric who was kiiled back in septeeber."the suspect was a so-called lone wolf motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan, as well as inspired by al-qaeda propaganda."new york police say they had been watching pimentel since may 2009... but onll acted now when hee allegedly starteddto build the pipe bomb.i'm rick vincent, reporting. coming up... talking dolls... with an ugly vocabulary. vocabulary."hey, crazy báááá" "did it say báááá?" where in the u-s... these cursing dools are being sold. morning. tching fox 45 morning ((break 4)))- again for the burning death of a dog. theeprosecutionn new 3downtownn-on fox45 3 kent county schools opening one hour late due to fog. & 3 3 jury selection begins thiss morning in the case of the twin brothers accused of setting a pit bull on fire. this is heir second trial. megan gilliland is live from the latest in a case that has attention.good morninggpatrice, the first trial ended in a mistrral... but

a lone wolf that wanted to be like anwar al-awlaki busted in new york.ady to admit defeat. let the blame game begin. perino has been scrambled. >> meanwhile, nobody knows donald trump's secrets better than his wife and she suspects he's reconsidering a run for president. we've got donald trump here this hour. we will ask him and set the record straight. "fox & friends" hour two for this monday, thanks giving week starts right now. >> fox news alert for you. let's get right to your headlines for a monday morning. suspected wannabe al-qaida terrorist busted in new york city accused of plotting to blow up police cars and american soldiers returning from war. that's the suspect right there with a grin on his face, the 27-year-old jose pimentel is a u.s. citizen born in the dominican republic. police say he was a lone wolf with no ties to any terror organizations. they say he converted to islam after being radicalized by american cleric anwar al-awlaki's on-line magazine "inspire." he wanted revenge for al-awlaki's death. >> he made even some of his like mind

they believe the death of al- qaeda's al-awlaki likely accelerated his plot, he did not have any terrorist contacts overseas. >> 30 minutes, that's how much you might shave off your drive time inbetween gaithersburg. all thanks to the brand-new intercounty connector. the full icc will open tomorrow morning. maryland's full all electronic toll road links interstate 370 and interstate 95. drivers will use easy pass to pay the toll and if you don't have one, you'll get a bill in the mail for 150% of the original toll. the cost to drive the whole 18- mile stretch will be $4. but you can test drive the icc at no charge until december 4. >> it's been drizzling all day long, but perhaps heavier stuff is headed our way, huh top? >> it is still drizzle. it's light activity. the roads are wet. we is leaves on the roads. let me show you live doppler. live activity up 270 and around the intercounty connector. and also out 66 westbound. but everything is just light for the time being. temperature wise, it's getting cooler, 52 downtown. 48 in gaithersburg. 48 in leesburg. so for tonight, cloudy and mild

. >> officials say pimentel was a follower of radical cleric anwar al awlaki and became angry over his killing in september. pimentel's defense lawyer says his client may have radical views, but was no threat. >> and that was wnbc's jonathan dientz reporting. >>> elsewhere, it appears that lawmakers tasked with slashing more than $1 trillion from the nation's deficit are throwing in the towel. after months of partisan disagreements on tax cuts and spending, it looks like the so-called supercommittee has failed. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: with a deadline looming, members of the congressional deficit-cutting supercommittee seem to have agreed there will be no agreement. and the other side is to blame. >> nothing new came out of this from the democratic side, it was the same thing, raise taxes, pass the president's jobs bill. no entitlement reform. >> they think they're going to win the senate, win the presidency, and they want to wait until next year and just write their own deal. >> reporter: the bipartisan committee has to agree on $1.2 trillion in cuts by monday evening.

it looks like he is a lone wolf, and that's what his idol, sheikh anwar al awlaki was instructing people to do. go out there and don't find somebody else or go to a training camp, do it in your own hometown. don't rely on anyone else, do it yourself. the more people that carry out acts like this, the more effective al qaeda is as a general strategy. now, this individual, we're going to see how sophisticated he was, but he was following a bomb-making recipe put together by al qaeda. this wasn't something he came up with. this was something distributed by al qaeda in english under the title "how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." why did they disseminate it? too instruct people like this how to make bombs here, even in manhattan. >> he was in investigation for how long? how close was he to implementing the plan? >> he was under investigation for a long time. he was under investigation for a long time in ska necky. he wanted to go by the name osama hussein after his two heroes. he's far out on the extremist fringe. he was scaring our extremists. they know who he was talking to. the

we're seeing in the pimentel case, awlaki who is dead, his ideology lives on.had sermons that are audiotapes, there is materials on the internet. even when you kill them, their inspiration, ability to recruit americans and inspire them remains. this threat isn't going away. we have to still be able to get into -- we have to watch the organizations and the website and try to trace back to the individual who may be inspired and want to be affiliated with that. >> all right. fran, thank you so much for being with us. >> you're welcome. >>> when we return, a new poll has newt gingrich leading. that's right, the leader now, the newt. so does that hurt him come spog the gop debate tomorrow? >>> actor hugh grant testifying about a phone hacking scandal. you'll hear from hugh in a couple of moments. >>> pakistan's problem with athletes foot. it's a story you can't resist. out front next. [ male announcer ] butter. love the taste, but want to cut back on fat? try smart balance buttery spread. it's heart-healthier than butter. with omega-3s. 64% less saturated fat. and c

the death of awlaki is a major blow.ops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. >> reporter: when it comes to the war on terror, it has been a remarkable year for president obama. despite sinking poll numbers and a struggling economy, the president has scored a series of foreign policy successes. america's long war in iraq will end. and a litany of public enemies are dead. but with a smaller u.s. fo footprint and fewer troops in harm's way, the approach is a big shift from the policy set forth by george w. bush. secretary condoleezza rice was one of the architects of that strategy. she was bush's national security adviser when al qaeda struck the twin towers. she was a member of the president's inner circle, perhaps his closest personal adviser. and later, the first ever african-american female secretary of state. >> i, condoleezza rice, do swear -- >> reporter: are we seeing a different model now? >> well, i don't think there is a case to be made that saddam hussein would have gone down like moammar gadhafi. he w

authorities claim the 27-year-old is a devout follower of the american-born muslim militant anwar al awlaki. they do not believe he was part of a larger terror plot. >> the suspect was a so-called lone wolf, motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan. >> but his mother tells reporters her son had become unstable after being unable to find work over the last few years. federal authorities are not involved in this case because they believe he is mentally unstable. he remains in jail without bail. >>> a bipartisan super committee has failed its one task, cut $1.3 trillion in government spending. >> so what's next? it's the blame game from democrats and republicans. here's steve handelsman. >> reporter: it ended with a whimper at a mostly empty u.s. capitol. in a statement, the super committee co-chairs said we are deeply disappointed that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement. super committee democrat, senator max baucus, and patty murray had conferred. rob portman with the other republicans. but the full bipartisan committee h