lama hasan has more. >> reporter: these are her first moments of freedom. after four years behind bars amanda and her family, unwavering in their support checked in on a british air ways flight. in seattle, her lawyer spoke to her after the dramatic acquittal. >> he was joyful, thankful and grateful. she could not contain her thanks. >> reporter: it took only 90 minutes for the seattle college student to finalize paperwork, pack up and leave prison. in the verdict amanda and her then boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were acquitted of murdering meredith kercher. he says he just wants to be with his family. his father say his son had been reborn. amanda's sister spoke for the family. >> we are thankful the nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit. >> reporter: for the kercher family there was anger at the jury's decision. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the prosecution has the right to appeal and it could take at least 90 days before they do so. amanda does not have to be in italy for that part of the process. for now, she will

lama hasan has more. >> reporter: these are her first moments of freedom. after four years behind bars amanda and her family, unwavering in their support checked in on a british air ways flight. in seattle, her lawyer spoke to her after the dramatic acquittal. >> he was joyful, thankful and grateful. she could not contain her thanks. >> reporter: it took only 90 minutes for the seattle college student to finalize paperwork, pack up and leave prison. in the verdict amanda and her then boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were acquitted of murdering meredith kercher. he says he just wants to be with his family. his father say his son had been reborn. amanda's sister spoke for the family. >> we are thankful the nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit. >> reporter: for the kercher family there was anger at the jury's decision. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the prosecution has the right to appeal and it could take at least 90 days before they do so. amanda does not have to be in italy for that part of the process. for now, she will

lou holtz reports outside the courtroom -- lama hasan reports outside the courtroom. >> i have not what they say i am. >> reporter: he prepared for months, an opportunity to make a statement before the core. as expected she proclaimed her innocence and asked not to be punished for a crime she did not commit. >> i'm . >> reporter: knox and her then boyfriend were convicted in 2009 of murdering her british roommate meredith kercher. her body was found lying in a pool of blood in the house she sharedded with amanda. the case is in the -- in the hands after appeals court. a judge ordered an independent review of the dna evidence. experts found collection of kercher's bra clasp was sloppy and could have been contaminated. and the knife, the alleged murder weapon contained too small an dna sample to be retestified and should never had been introduced as evidence. italy's system is different from the american system. >> there is no sequestering of jurors in italy, at all. they are as vulnerable as any member of the public. to a lot of the hyperbole. >> reporter: perhaps the strongest influence

just take these in part because you asked a couple questions here first on the issue of major nidal hasan who is the alleged fort hood shooter he hasn't been prosecuted yet so you know we have to be careful about that because we do have a system of justice in this country that's supposed to be respected as far as the communications between a locket asan go they took place before he was the this incident took place in fort hood and investigators that reviewed those e-mails said that there was nothing indicating that a lockie had directed him to take part in that action and that their discussions were of a more spiritual nature about the koran lucky did praise major nidal hasan after the fort hood shootings but again that's not any evidence that he was involved that the most serious allegation against a lockie is that he provided operational support to the alleged underwear bomber that you were referring to earlier but there has been no evidence and certainly no evidence that would stand up in a court of law other than hearsay to indicate that that's true that's why it would have been impor

major nadal hasan will be in court to consider bringing expert witnesses in the case. hasan was charged with 32 counts of attempted murder after opening fire on the u.s. military base. he faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole. the trial is set to begin in march 2010. >>> a pro gun group plans on holding an all-day demonstration next month at virginia tech, the site of the worst school shooting in u.s. history. the virginia citizen's defense league says the november 17th demonstration is in protest of efforts to ban concealed carry in hand weapons of campus buildings. virginia tech is considering pushing for a state regulation that would ban permit holders from carrying a weapon on campus. >>> the d.c. council chairman says the council will pass an ethics bill yesterday. council members have introduced ten ethics bills. they include propose yaels that will enact term limits and ban council members from holding outside jobs. the council's committee on government regulations will take all of the proposals and unveil a single ethics bill. >>> d.c. police

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hasan will be sentenced in january facing life in prison. >>> rivetting hearing. norwood is accused of beating 30-year-old jayna murray to death in march in bethesda at the lululemon. focusing on two specific actions, norwood and her brother christopher, who questions his sister in a videotape conversation just hours before she was arrested. the prosecution will allege on friday march 11th norwood tried to leave the lululemon clothing store containing a bag of clothing still with the price tags. murray confronted her. the murder trial will begin october 24th. >>> a federal appeals court blocked two key parts of alabama's controversial immigration law but both sides see the ruling as a partial victory and here is why. the panel of judges temporarily blocked the parts that require schools to check a student's immigration status and allows authorities to charge those students that don't carry it with them. >>> president obama today visited a gm plant in detroit and was trying to get a lot of mileage out of trip. the president of south koreaia along on the trip. presi

lama hasan reports from italy. >> reporter: it was a dramatic and emotional plea this morning. knox stood up in a packed room, mustering all the strength she had and made her final fight for freedom. the statement lasted 10 minutes. in italian, she said, i am paying with my life for something i haven't done. i'm not what they say i am. i'm not perverted and violent. she say when she found out meredith had been kill, i couldn't believe it was possible. then i felt fear. >> i think it played extremely well. i was a different amanda than we've seen not the timid amman that. >> reporter: her father say she prepared for the worst. >> what did she say? >> she was telling her grandmother she is ready for it. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: as one family finds out if their daughter will go home, another hopes their murdered daughter won't be forgotten. >> to find out what happened to meredith. to get some justice for her really. >> reporter: in their final rebuttal her lawyer insisted a crucial but contested dna evidence that convicted amanda had been discredited and she must be freed. two

lama hasan reports from italy. >> reporter: it was a dramatic and emotional plea this morning. knox stood up in a packed room, mustering all the strength she had and made her final fight for freedom. the statement lasted 10 minutes. in italian, she said, i am paying with my life for something i haven't done. i'm not what they say i am. i'm not perverted and violent. she say when she found out meredith had been kill, i couldn't believe it was possible. then i felt fear. >> i think it played extremely well. i was a different amanda than we've seen not the timid amman that. >> reporter: her father say she prepared for the worst. >> what did she say? >> she was telling her grandmother she is ready for it. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: as one family finds out if their daughter will go home, another hopes their murdered daughter won't be forgotten. >> to find out what happened to meredith. to get some justice for her really. >> reporter: in their final rebuttal her lawyer insisted a crucial but contested dna evidence that convicted amanda had been discredited and she must be freed. two

i mean major hassan, for example, nidal hasan, the tiemmes square bomber, the cargo plot. and you name it, all these plots have been linked to him. >> you actually interrogated or were involved with getting, bringing to justice a lot of the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, leaders who were actually then sent to prison in yemen and escaped. >> we actually assisted the yemeni government in the prosecution of all these individuals, and we arrested many of them after a series of operations that we did in yemen with the military, and they were planning to do a few attacks, targets. >> they're still out there. they've escaped. >> we prosecuted all of them, we put them in jaybel and they were able to dig a tunnel and escape, all of them, including the leader until today. the leaders of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. >> so is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula going to be the driving force behind the attacks to come or the attempted attacks to come? >> regionally i don't think the death of al awlaki will affect al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. i think awlaki's death is mo

i mean major hassan, for example, nidal hasan, the times square bomber, the cargo plot.nd you name it, all these plots have been linked to him. >> you actually interrogated or were involved with getting, bringing to justice a lot of the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, leaders who were actually then sent to prison in yemen and escaped. >> we actually assisted the yemeni government in the prosecution of all these individuals, and we arrested many of them after a series of operations that we did in yemen with the military, and they were planning to do a few attacks, targets. >> they're still out there. they've escaped. >> we prosecuted all of them, we put them in jail and they were able to dig a tunnel and escape, all of them, including the leader until today. the leaders of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. >> so is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula going to be the driving force behind the attacks to come or the attempted attacks to come? >> regionally i don't think the death of al awlaki will affect al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. i think awlaki's death is more i

lama hasan joins us with more. >> reporter: the day of justice reads one of the local papers. amanda knox has arrived in court. she's been doing so in the last ten months during this appeal. she's described as looking tense and serious today. her defense team has begun their final rebuttal. followed by a statement from her then boyfriend raffaele sollecito. he's also convicted of murdering amanda's roommate in 2009. following that, amanda knox is expected to stand up in court, make a statement. statement in italian. she's been working on the the statement for several months. she'll express deep sorrow to the kercher family for losing their daughter. but she'll say she's not guilty. the jury will go and deliberate. it's two judges and six jurors. five women and won man. that's why, we think, the verdict will come within hours. they've been talking about the case throughout the appeals case. back to you. >> as today unfolds, what are the scenarios we could see as today moves forward? >> reporter: well, there are several options. likely scenarios, if you like. the judge might com

farewell today to a member of an oakland motorcycle club who was shot to death last week. 40-year-old hasan sayd was a member of the -- >>> some of the first explosions around kabul targeted al-qaida held positions. u.s. and british ships and submarines also launched 50 missells that day. president obama released a statement saying quote, we pay tribute to our inspiring military families who have persevered at home with a loved one at war. alex savage with how military families have at have -- have at adapted during 10 years of war. >> reporter: for many children the war in afghanistan has always been part of life. >> reporter: he was not everyone war when the war in afghanistan ever started. but 8-year-old magana has rarely seen his dad. >> it's not the funnest of times. but you know you work through it. >> reporter: johnny magana has been left to care for the couples three boys. >> he's had a couple little break downs not too bad. nothing that he can't get over. but he's had them. my question is why are we there. we're wasting valuable time, effort and life. >> reporter: for the hanson fa

the cleric had exchanged emails with major nidal hasan before hasan allegedly killed 13 people in a shootingge at fort hood, texas, in 2009. u.s. officials also accused awlaki of directing the plot to blow up an airliner over detroit on christmas day, 2009. he acknowledged meeting with umar farouk abdul mutallab, the accused bomber, but denied any role in the failed attack. and faisal shahzad said he was inspired by online contacts with the cleric. shahzad has pleaded guilty to trying to set off a car bomb in times square in may of last year. awlaki was also suspected of involvement last october, when printer cartridges laden with explosives were found on cargo planes in dubai and britain, but addressed to chicago synagogues. still, he was never charged with any crime, and the decision making him the first american on the cia's "kill or capture" list drew fire from civil libertarians and others. in fact, a second american-born militant, samir khan, also died in today's strike. he produced the al-qaeda web magazine "inspire," focusing on ways to carry out attacks inside the u.s. at the white

hasan larry ross was last seen at his home on 11th avenue near university boulevard in silver spring. voss a black man, 5'6" and weighs 135 pounds. family and police are concerned for his welfare because mr. ross functions at the level of a 10-year-old. anyone with information regarding mr. ross's whereabouts is asked to contact the montgomery county police at 301-279-8000. >> protestors who are antiwar and antiwall street are settling into d.c. for a long haul campaign. >> they worked out a deal that allows them to stay at freedom plaza through december 30th. the protestors are convinced their numbers will keep growing until the nation starts changing in their words, for the better. yesterday, hundreds of them tried to unfurl manners inside the hart senate office building but capital police ordered them out of the atrium. officers arrested a handful who refused to move. >>> the president obama says the fight over his jobs bill isn't over yet. senate republicans and democrats voted to block the $447 billion package in a procedural move. the president is promising to work with senate d

there are reports ibrahim hasan al-asiri better northern as the underware bomb attacker.s say he is valuable to the operations of al-qaeda's activity group. two american al-qaeda members are also believed to have died in that strange. >> afghanistan's president says peace talks with the taliban are useless. in a video today president hamid karzai says neighboring pakistan and not the taliban is the key to peace with insurgents. karzai says it's not possible after the taliban's killing of a former afghan president last month. >>> a funeral service was held for a man exited in georgia last week. troy davis was sentenced to death for the murder of an off- duty police officer in 1989. several witnesses recanted their testimonies, but his conviction was upheld during four years of appeals. the u.s. supreme court refused to issue a stay of execution. civil liberties advocates says davis deaths with renew their efforts to end zone the death penalty. >>> the windy cloy really lived up to its reputation with wind- whipped waves. take a look. that prompted chicago police to tempora

. >> an oakland hills home caught fire hasan night and firefighters blame what they're calling a legal marijuana operation. fire crews rushed to the street around 8:30 last night. four people including two children escaped unharmed. they took about an hour to control the fire. firefighters say flames started in the basement, then spread through the walls. firefighters say the home's electrical system was overloaded. according to city officials, anyone who has a legal marijuana business must go through the proper chances to make sure their homes can handle the extra electricity demands. >>> organizers in the east bay are preparing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the oakland hills firestorm. 20 years ago today, there was a small grass fire in the hills. fire crews put it out, but it reignited the following day. and it burned for almost a week, killing 25 people and destroying more than 3800 homes. one firefighter we caught up this morning says it was an experience he'll never forget. >> seeing the panic on the peep's face when i got to park woods plaza, apartments, it just really

we had major hasan who was screaming, i am a terrorist, i'm a terrorist and was promoted while screaming that from major to captain. even after he had killed 13 of our soldiers, unarmed, the head of the army, casey, said that it was worth it for diversity. it and is it worth it? but the issue is very much -- we have a little pamphlet called islamaphobia which describes it. this campaign is to prevent people, and of course the news media spoken some of them of course msnbc are raising lunatic leftists. but most of those people are you know, there are just careerists and they are not highly informed and they don't want to offend people. so in the name of not offending muslims, we don't tell the truth. muslims celebrated on 9/11. they will say oh, we are attacking all muslims. no, we are attacking the ones who celebrated bed they wouldn't say who they were. if it was, i don't know, white celebrating a lynching, everybody would say it is why people doing it and they wouldn't conceal the identity. the fact of the matter is in america today, the fbi crime statistics show that jewish are the mo

fifteen minutes we'll be bringing you more expert opinion on the afghan story without military on both hasan couple giving hazy on why america is trying to contain being fashioned safe meanwhile in our website you are asking what legacy you think the ten year after occupation has lives and added moment to moment top of all his say the war has ruled the u.s. nothing five bloodshed and bankruptcy just oh of course have you believe that he is of occupation of to and afghanistan into the wild because heroin have more than a six thing the occupation it was the stepping stones and invasion of pakistan only three percent a record of wild in a safer place because of people so please go home to them to have you say to faint . harder. still. to see if you were asleep. to bring peace to the world. you. don't have to deal. with the decade long war in afghanistan and staring out more in more discontent in britain with the country's military contingent second only to the us and the country the conflict has already brought many british families claiming the lives of almost four hundred members of the armed

his emails helped to inspire accused fort hood gunman major nidal hasan. al-awlaki helped plot the failed underwear bomb attack on a northwest airlines jet. and he worked with al qaeda bomb makers to put explosives inside printers on two cargo planes. >> brothers and sisters, when it comes to religious freedom... >> reporter: it was al-awlaki's command of english and his understanding of american culture that made him al qaeda's most effective recruiter of radicals inside the u.s. >> this religion is about your willingness to sacrifice for allah. >> reporter: in repeated postings on the internet, al- awlaki urged al qaeda sympathizers to launch their own homegrown attacks. juan zarate is the national security analyst for cbs news. >> anwar al-awlaki was the pied piper of al qaeda, radicalizing them and committing them the cause of al qaeda to fight fellow citizens. >> reporter: one of al-awlaki's followers, another american, samir khan, died next to him in today's missile strike. khan, from north carolina, denied his ties to al qaeda in this interview in 2

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figure out what led to the killing of a member of the east bay dragons motorcycle club. 40-year-old hasan haid was shot in the club's garage on international boulevard. he died later at the hospital. we spoke tonight with paul butler another member of the dragons. he tells us there are no new leads, no suspects and he has no idea why anybody would want to kel seid. funeral services are still being planned. >>> officials say they have eliminated another top member of al-qaida. it happened in yemen where a u.s. manned android shot and killed him. >> this has been a bad year for terrorists. >> reporter: alaki was a recruiter for al-qaida they say he had ties to the 9/11 hijackers and to the army psychiatrist accused of killing 14 in fort hood. he is also said to have recruited the man who tried to bring down a plane with a bomb in his under parents. >> we will be determined, we will be resolute in our commitment. >>>cohn a computer expert was also killed in that attack. >>> the u.s. navy is considering extending deployment longer than six months for fighter ships. >>> the pentagon today issu

. >> reporter: last week reed's friend 40-year-old hasan was gunned down inside the garage of the east side's dragon motorcycle club. >> i am tired, if people don't want to make change, then we ultimately suffer the consequences. >> reporter: reed and de la fuente are calling for an ordnance. perhaps most controversial expanding gang injunctions into north and east oakland. but members of the stop coalitions and others showed up in large numbers questioning the success of the so called safety zones and expressing concern about innocent people getting unfairly singled out. >> they tend not to do the targeted work but end up moving things around. they really enhance racial profiling. >> reporter: we're literally dying out there and we can't take it anymore. pleads -- please help us. >> reporter: that woman was a part of a small group in favor of bill. no votes yet. i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we now know the name of the man who san francisco police shot and killed at home in the richmond district yesterday. authorities today identified him as 44-year-old peter wu. police

he was accused of inspiring major nadal hasan and times azal ."a's yemen franchise, kad in the arabiana5 peninsula. his inspirational messages were popular, selling thousands upon  of dvdxds, offering both upon recruitment and moneyxr s for the radical t(e1t(s allies. his killing plays into yemeni politics in a big way.e1 president al assad just came back from arain why where he ha1 been coming back from his wounds. a return to yemen on the vernlg of a civil war, al qaeda had taken control of three privileges. salleh wants u.s. backing to sore up his failing 30-year e1 leadership, helping the u.s. c@ bring down al qaeda is how his supporters hope he'll getok it. but even with all t(awlaki'se1 repoj(ú ki peninsulaq remains a very poten tlet. for example, the sophisticated bombmaker behind the two most recent attacks on the united states. al zeerry is still on the loose. yemen threatens to become a faimd failed qstate. nic robertson, cnn, london. >>> an iranian news agency says a christian pastor will be put to death fo and not for his original dg

we have team coverage from new york city and in europe and we'll start with abc's lama hasan in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i hope you can hear me. the protesters behind me having a meeting mobilizing themselves, 500 of them spent the night here and largely a peaceful atmosphere. more of a carnival atmosphere here, but that certainly wasn't the case in other cities across europe. it was a global day as anger and rage against corporate greed and austerity measures. the most violent in rome, clashes exploded in the shadows of the colosseum. protesters rampaged through the streets, smashed store windows and set cars on fire. police responded with tear gas and water cannons. as rome burned the protest spread like wildfire. from berlin, where 4,000 people tried to march through the city's parliamentary building, some scuffles broke out. to frankfurt, where they converged on the european central bank. to madrid, a huge show of force. and in london, the numbers swelled throughout the day. they were pushed away from the london stock exchange by police so they took their vo

the fort hood shooter, nidal malik hasan, had communications with him before an attack that left 13 people dead in november of 2009. and yemeni officials say umar farouk abdulmutallab, the so-called underwear bomber who tried to board a plane with explosives also on christmas day had contact with al-awlaki and some of the 9-11 hijackerare believed to have had advanced contact with him before that terrible day. >> arthel: fox news recently took a closer look how al-awlaki, an american born cleric, was able to gain so much influence in the al-qaeda organization. this is from our special, the american terrorist. listen. >> i believe he realized he had a certain power that he could develop followers with his way of presenting, his brand of extremism to young people here in the united states. >> when he preached in the mosque, did he have a commanding personality? >> i hate to use played out words, but yes. he was charismatic. >> every person among them will have two wives. >> his specialty is painting a very elaborate, graphic picture of the carnal pleasures that await the martyrs and their pa

he was the one who spoke to major hasan who killed 13 soldiers at fort hood. he was an operational enemy. i don't care what country he was from, the fact is he was fair game enemy combatant. this is war not politics. this is war, not criminal justice and we killed the bad guys. >> bill: another front page story about afghanistan actively killing americans and we don't hear much about this story because the economy is overwhelming everything. but, the relationship between the united states and pakistan is the lowest level i think ever right now. >> and the chairman of the joint joint chiefs of staff who has now departed admiral mike mullen as you reported a week or so ago said in his farewell message essentially that the raids on the embassy, our embassy in kabul and our headquarters, our military headquarters in the afghan capital were directly the haqqani network who did it was exactly complicit with the isi pakistan intelligence. in other words, pakistan declared war in essence or undeclared war on the united states. they let loose this violence but now the.

lama hasan report from outside the courtroom. >> i am not what they say i am. >> reporter: knox prepared this day for months the opportunity to make a statement before the court before they decide her fate. as expected she proclaimed innocence and asked not to be punished for a crime she did not commit. >> i don't want my future to be taken away from me for something i didn't do. because i'm innocent. >> reporter: knox and her then boyfriend were convicted in 2009 of murdering her british roommate. the body was found lying in a pool of blood in the house she shared with amanda. now the case is in the hands of the appeals court after a new judge ordered an independent review of the dna which lead to conviction. experts found collection of kercher's bra clasp was sloppy and could have been contaminated. that knife the alleged murder weapon contained too small a sample to retest. and should never had been introduced as evidence. italy's legal system is different from the american system. >> there is no sequestering of jurors in italy, at all. they are as vulnerable as any member of the publ

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official sells cnn indications that are ibrahim hasan al-azri was killed but that has yet to be confirmed. he is suspected of being behind the plot to blow up a plane in detroit. that was underwear bomber case of christmas, 2009. there was also a plot to blow up cargo planes last year. investigators think he was involved in that, as well. >>> the man who shot president reagan may be closer to getting out of the mental hospital where he's been for the past 30 years. the hospital says john hinckley should be allowed longer trips away from the facility leading up to his eventual release. federal prosecutors say he is still a threat, that his mental condition hasn't improved enough. hearings on the hospital's request are scheduled for late november. >>> we're at six minutes past the hour. good morning to reynolds wolf. how you doing, sir? >> a-okay. how are you? >> well. we're both doing well. >> it's this time of year that many people want to explore and see the fall colors. you can see the brilliant reds and orange and all that kind of stuff. guess where there's a new color that people will