david mckenzie watching this for us. what happened in court today? >> reporter: well, tony, what happens was quite surprising. the u.n. employee and a journalist living in sudan, she is sudanese, up for trial today. what we expected was possibly her to get that 40 lashes conviction or a fine or to be acquitted. but the court tried to get out of all of this and basically said we'll give you a fine of $200 and that's that. see said she's going to continue taking a stand saying there's a rule and this law is against the rights of women. now she's in jail, basically her lawyer telling us she refused to pay the fine, she'd rather take a stand. she's going to spend a month in jail for the crime of wearing pants. you see in that photo, what she's wearing is not revealing. she says, yeah, it's certainly not against the sharia law in sudan but there's a strict interpretation of the law and she's trying to fight and make it possible for all women to wear what they like. >> david, she wants to take this all the way to make the point here, done she? >> reporter:

our david mckenzie joining us now live from nairobi in neighboring kenya. remind us exactly of who we're talking about here. >> reporter: heidi, a dramatic daytime raid according to officials, taking on this man,. he's wanted for an attack on the embassy hotel in 2002 and a botched attempt on an airliner. he's also wanted for questioning on 1998, those two attacks on the embassy in east africa. but we are hearing that he has been killed. it would be a major victory for the u.s. forces should such a high-level al qaeda operative been taken out. heidi? >> very good. we'll stay on top of this one alongside you from nairobi, kenya, david mckenzie, thank you. >>> your college student's phone calls home running up your bills and what about those enormous book fees? there are some things you can do to reinin some of the college costs. (announcerneutroténa tone correcting night serum with high performance soy to even skin tone and active retinol to speed cell turn over. clinically shown to visibly fade brown spots in 14 nights. i even out my skin at night so it loo

i know's david mckenzie is joining us now from nairobi, kenya, with the latest details.tell us what is going on here. >> reporter: good morning, heidi. this isn't the first we've heard of the story. a journalist and previously a u.n. worker in khartoum in the sudan, she was up for 40 lashes for wearing pants in public. she said what she was wearing was not at all indecent. she said it didn't break the law and the strict interpretation of islamic law in sudan is what got her in trouble in the first place. they took her into custody, said she would face 40 lashes on the spot, but she chose to fight this and she said she wouldn't take the immunity by the u.n. she resigned her job, the trial has been delayed the last couple of months. today she faced the trial. the judge tried to sort of sweep it under the carpet and just say, you're guilty, we're going to fine you $200. she said, no, she's not going to pay a penny according to her lawyer who spoke to cnn and she said that she'll fight this and she'll go to jail if needed. obviously, she's saying this is not just about her,

david mckenzie sh abc news, hide pack, new york. >> it's just such a sad story.makes me feel so sad for people losing their independence. reports are saying without a breakthrough right now, the dementia rate will double every 20 years. >> so many people are growing older. some 35 million people worldwide with dim entia. so upsetting and sad. so many people now not able to drive. at least there's that service to help make that decision. "morning papers" coming up. kruse: if you have a hard o orm time walking and getting around in your house, you need a hoveround power chair. you'll be able to go to the mall... play with the grandkids... visit family and friends... and do all the things you ralways loved to do. tom kruse: i'm tom kruse, pinventor of the hoveround. call us toll-free now to find out how you can get one. grandpa: at first i hought i couldn't afford, a power chair, but thanks to my hoveround team, it didn't cost me a penny. tom kruse: 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround for little or no cost last year. that's why the most pimportant thing you can d

. >> we lost david mckenzie who's joining us by phone from nairobi. >>> other top stories we're following the h1n1 virus making its present felt on washington state university campus. the school doled out three hand sanitizer this weekend. more than 2,000 u.s. students are sick with the swine flu. so far none of them have been hospitalized. >>> rescue crews are scouring the side of a ferry disaster in the philippines. nearly 960 people have been rescued, including a woman who had been in the water for more than 24 hours. at least nine people were killed when the ferry capsized yesterday. one person remains unaccounted for. >>> some great white sharks are taking a toll on the beach fun that so many people enjoy on this holiday. four great whites have been spotted off the cape cod coast prompting the closing of many massachusetts beaches. and for the first time, two of the sharks in the atlantic have been tagged for research. >>> firefighters are making progress against that massive blaze burning outside l.a. is the end finally in sight for the station fire? and give it a whole new life? in

our cnn's david mckenzie has the story from nairobi, kenya. >> reporter: suzanne, a sudanese journalistcourt in sudan has in fact been given the option of a fine but she chose jail time. lubna al hussain could face up to a month in jail because of what the morality police called indecent clothing. she was picked up about a month ago with about a dozen other women. but she decide today fight the case. there have been a number of court appearance, but in this case, she pleaded not guilty. but the judge says she was guilty of breaking islamic law. she went against the wishes of her lawyer and is now going to jail. >> in my opinion, if she paid the money, she would not be in prison. but if she wants to go to the higher court -- what happened today is an unfair trial at all and lubna has the right to go to another court. >> reporter: while there have been some supporters of the government side, there's been widespread international criticism of this case and of the practice of flogging women. it's gone all the way up to the top of the united nations. amnesty international has said that flogg

david. his lawyer says mckenzie-gude never intended to kill or hurt anyone. he entered a guilty plea even though his lawyer claims the bomb-making chemicals in his bedroom did not belong to mckenzie-gude. it was here in the roads in gaithersburg colin mckenzie-gue said he and a friend exploded five pipe bombs in 2007 and 2008. >> he was influenced by the patrick yezikov's father who brought a majority of these items over to the house about a month before this event, stored them in colin's room because he felt -- because there was a domestic dispute between patrick's father and mother. they were asked to remove all firearms from the house. >> to shift burden and blame on my client's father for the acts of colin mckenzie-gude in this case is simply not true and contrary to the facts and the evidence. >> reporter: patrick is in college awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to possessing destructive devices. colin mckenzie-gude has been held custody the past 15 months. he faces the possibility of up to ten years in prison. >>> a gaithersburg city official i

david. his lawyers say mckenzie gude never intended to kill or hurt anyone. he entered the guilty plea even though his lawyer claims the bomb-making chemical does not belong to him. the lawyer says in these woods in gaithersburg, mckenzie gude and a former school mate exploded five pipe bombs. they said his father lived here at the time after emigrating from russia that he fought in chechnya. >> he was influenced by patrick's father who brought a majority of these items over to the house about a month before this event and stored them in lin's room becausehere was a domestic dispute between patrick's father and mother. they were asked to remove all firearms from the house. >> reporter: rene sadler is the lawyer. >> his father absolutely had a role as a parent who had care and custody of a child and exposed that child to things a child shouldn't be exposed to. namely, destructive devices and firearms. he was a minor at the time. but to shift burden and blame on my client's father for the acts of colin mckenzie gude is simply not true and contrary to the facts

colin mckenzie gude pleaded guilty to a felony count of possessing a destructive device. they found chemicals, and weapons in his bedroom. >>> david baker resigned his position in july of being arrested on dui charges can. he wound up pleading guilty and spending five days in jail. his discussion is about decision making and moving forward from bad decisions. >>> the future of metro manager john catoe will be in the spotlight. he will discuss a possible contract extension at his meeting. he has overseen a rough period with metro with june's deadly collision, mechanical problems and delays some are calling for his ouster but the board is expected to offer a contract extension. >>> from metro to the roads, we are finally getting an idea how much it will cost you to drive on the intercounty connector. alex says some people aren't happy. hey there, hey lex. >> reporter: the intercounty connector is the first electronic toll facility and many motorists in silver spring can hop on if they are willing to pay up. they could pay up to 35 cents a mile. the tolling has become an effective way of managing congestion. we talked to some people

mckenzie gooz zi. he was indicted last year. vestigators say gudi also had a fake cia badge and a map of camp david. his lawyer says his client never intended to hurt anyone. he faces up to ten years in prison and a $100,000 fine for the explosives charge. >>> president obama heads back to the united nations today to address foreign policy. this comes as some environmentalists express disappointment about the president a day after he delivered a key address at the un on global climate change. the presint told diplomats yesterday at a un climate change summit that the u.s. is determined to act. some critics say the speech was long on talk and short on commitments to cut carbon dioxide emissions. the president also called on other countries to do their parts to combat climate change. >> those rapidly growing developing nations that will produce nearly all the growth in global carbon emission ins the decades ahead must do their part as well. >> other nations made firm commitments during yesterday's summit. chinese president said his country would increase its renewable and renewable energy to 15% by 20

reporter: there was evidence mckenzie-gude was also researching how to build projectiles and booby traps. he also had a fake c.i.a. identification badge and a map of camp david circled. fox 5 was unable to reach patrick's father today. he has not been charged with any crime. his sister told us in a phone interview today the claim the bomb-ming terms were stored there for him are nothing more than blatant, shameless mckenzie-gude will be sentenced in january. in the fox 5 newsroom, i'm paul wagner. >>> federal agents say they felt they had no choice but to fire on a van full of suspected illegal immigrants at a busy boarder crossing between california and mexico today. the agents were on foot. the advance were speeding towards them -- vans were speeding toward them. there were three in all trying to get past inspectors between tiawana and san diego. two drivers will likely be charged with smuggling. the third fled to mexico but was captured and will be charged there. >>> s street between 14th and 15th street could be turned into a oneway street. there's concern a speeding vehicle could chow into the freshry building but that particular block doesn't see a lot