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the trial will be delayed while hasan's lawyers appeal the ruling to a higher court.ear old girl shot in the head by the taliban for promoting female education is reportedly making a good recovery. doctors say 15-year-old is able to stand. she can't speak because of a tube inserted in her throat. but she can understand when people talk to her, and write in coherent sentences. malala was airlifted to england for specialized treatment on monday after the taliban shot her, on her way home from school in pakistan. doctors say she's not out of the woods yet. she's still fighting an infection caused by the bullet that entered her brain. a young man whose allegations of sexual abuse triggered the investigation into former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is talking publically about his ordeal. 18-year-old aaron fisher recorded an interview with a national morning news show and also spoke to people magazine. fisher sas he was 11 when he met sandusky and was abused during weekend visits at the sandusky home. sandusky was a volunteer coach at fisher's high sch

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major nadal hasan is charged with killing 13 people at ford hood in 2009. today an army appeals court will hear arguments as to why hasan should be allowed to keep his beard during the trial. hasan challenged the orders to shave because of his muslim faith which requires him to grow a beard. if convicted he could face the death penalty. >>> turkey says it found military communications equipment onboard a syrian passenger plane it intercepted, that flight, headed from russia to syria, was forced to land media in turkey. troops then seized the plane's cargo. they're not saying what they found, but turkey's foreign minister says the cargo contained "elements that are not legitimate in civilian flights." turkey eventually allowed the plane to continue to damascus. tensions have been high between syria and turkey in recent days. the two sides have exchanged fire. >>> the film maker behind the anti-muslim movie denies a bank fraud conviction. he appeared in a california courtroom yesterday. prosecutors are trying to revoke his probation and send him back to priso

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hasan has the order violates his religious rights. he faces the death penalty, if convicted in the 2009 attack that killed 13 at the texas army base way >> u.s. sending 150 troops to jordan to bolster its military in case syria's civil war escalates. tension ms. in the region are high after fighter jets forced a syrian plane to land in a turkish capital. the government suspected the plane was carrying weapons headed for syria. >>> the captain of that cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of italy killing 32 people is trying to get his job back. suing his employers for firing him. he has apologized for being distracted the night his ship ran aground. he says his dismissal is unfair because he was not in command of the ship when it hit the rock. he's under investigation for manslaughterer, abandoning his post before all passengers and crew were evacuated and failing to communicate properly with maritime authorities. >>> santa rosa cyclist is suspended from professional cycling as part of the lance armstrong scandal. the government'

two, the fact that the narrative of major hasan for many years he has been talking about jihad and thees of his own ideology, and third the pattern. this is not happening alone. there were shootings in arkansas and killing of a u.s. military. attempts to attack military bases at for the dix and others. the administration should have day one declared it as an act of terror. martha: peter, i should mention one of the things holding up the trial right now is his lawyers are arguing he shouldn't have to shave off the beard he grew while he was in jail. this is the kind of consideration that's been given to hasan at this moment as these families wait for some justice in all of this. why do you think that they would be so determined to leave this as a work-place violence story, given the evidence that shows that he clearly had terrorist intentions? >> it's a clear case in my mind, martha, of political correctness. if you go to the department of defense report on this terrible tragedy in texas, they don't mention the hasan's religion or his motivations. this is part of their narrative of bein

abc's lama hasan joins us with all of the details from london. good morning, lama. >> reporter: good morning to you, ron. today, the three judges presiding over this case took just an hour and ten minutes in deliberations. and the verdict, guilty of theft. now, the pope's butler, paolo gabriele, has been sentenced to one year and six months in an italian prison. that's less than what was expected, which was a sentence of four years. when the sentence was read, gabriele reportedly showed no emotion. the pope's butler had been arrested in may, accused of stealing the pope's secret documents and leaking them to the press, a damning scandal that rocked the vatican. and during the trial, gabriele denied the charge of aggravated theft. but had confessed to stealing the documents and, quote, betraying the trust of the holy father. but he said he did it to show what he called the evil and corruption of the church. he also believed that the pope was being manipulated. now, gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, who lived at the vatican, is widely expect

hasan. bill: on "hannity" last night, here is sarah palin's reaction to the debate. here is what she said. >> there was not enough time for romney to answer all the false charges and get all the questions answered so many of us have of obama. one thing i wish romney could have really hammered home with obama was, to me, it is obama's lack of credibility as commander-in-chief having respect for our military. bill: governor palin also saying that the media ought to do a better job fact-checking the president from last night. they are over in the books now. martha: there are new fallout today from the attack on north hood. families of the victims wasn't the incident labeled as a terror attack instead of workplace violence. we learned the pentagon denied that request at least for now. molly henneberg is live with story from washington. what is the reasoning from the pentagon, molly? >> reporter: the pentagon doesn't want to jeopardize the case by reclassifying it as a terror attack now. the department of defense is committed to the integrity of the ongoing court-martial

a judge told major nadal hasan that he must shave before his court marshall but he charged it becauseys it violates its religious rights as a muslim. hasan is accused of killing 13 people at the texas army post in 2009. >>> and the parents of two virginia tech students who were killed in the shooting there back in 2007 want to take the school's president to court. they're trying to file suit against university president charles w.steiger for wrongful death. 32 people were killed in that shooting. >>> maryland health officials say they're still trying to contact about 1,500 people who may be linked to the meningitis outbreak. that's according to "the baltimore sun" newspaper. at last count, the cdc reported 138 people had fungal meningitis from a contaminated steroid injection. 12 victims have died. one in maryland and one in virginia among them. the steroid shots commonly used the treat back pain came from the new england compounding center in massachusetts. that company has recalled all of its products. doctors say more cases will likely be discovered in the coming weeks. >>> in the

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. >>> an american military appeals court ruled fort hood shooting suspect nadal hasan must shave hiseard. he grew the beard for religious reasons before his court martial began. he opened fire on soldiers in 2009 at fort hood. his lawyers plan to appeal the beard ruling. on a cbs moneywatch google's big gaffe cost investors billions and popular uncrustable sandwiches are linked to a recall. ashley morrison is here with more on that. >> reporter: asian markets saw a late day rally. tokyo gained a quarter of a percent while hong kong hang seng rose a fraction. google is no longer a sky's the limit growth stock. the number one search engine plunged 9% on thursday when its third quarter results fell short of investor expectations. the disappointing numbers were not supposed to be released until after the stock market closed. google closed at $695 per share. costing investors about $20 billion. google's bad report reverberated on wall street. the dow closed eight points lower while the nasdaq was down 31 points. gasoline prices are edging down. the average price of a gallon of regular is

if you, if you recognize the attack by may jar hasan -- major hasan as what it is, terrorism, that requireshole different set of things tod it recognizes the fact that this guy was motivated by and in contact with al-qaeda, that this was effectively a behind enemy lines operation by al-qaeda to kill 13 americans, wound 34 including this staff sergeant, and he would be bestowed a purple heart. but it's part of a larger question here. the minute you classify this as islamic terrorism, then you've opened up this box as far as the administration is concerned about calling the enemy what it is. this administration doesn't want to name the enemy, and that's part of what we've seen not just in here, but it'll bring to light what a lot of people have seen in libya recently, the administration saying it was a spontaneous video based on -- spontaneous reaction to an internet video as opposed to an attack on 9/11 to kill our ambassador with heavy weapons. we forget, right? fort hood was three years ago. who here has thought about fort hood over the last year? pretty much nobody. but these people do no

megyn: a new push to get american troops the recognition they deserve after major nidal hasan killedd injured three dozen others at fort hood. sean manning was shot six times, he's got two bullets still in him, and his wife is here next on why she thinks victims are not getting what they deserve because it's still classified as workplace violence. [ male announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. syou know, i've helped a lot off people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every s

lebanon's state run news agency says brigadier general wasan al hasan was the target of the attack. >>> some encouraging news tonight about the condition of this little girl, 15-year-old malala yousufzai. the pakistani girl is out of a coma andstand with help and write. this is a photo she wanted released to the public. the teen is being treated at a british hospital after she was shot in a taliban attack last week. doctors say malala is being treated for an infection and is not out of the woods yet. >>> a judge ruled attorneys for george zimmerman can have access to trayvon martin's school records and social media accounts. fox's phil keating is in sanford, florida, with the very latest tonight. >> reporter: george zimmerman's defense lawyers trying to subpoena trayvon martin's school records and social media accounts. prosecutors expressing concern saying the defense may be on a fishing expedition to try and get more media coverage of the case by disclosing information. >> my concern is that it isn't just opinion in those records. it's disclosing of those records and disclosing the

hasan says the beard is for religious reasons.ll has not ruled the massacre a terrorist attack. they just released a video. >> he got up, stepped in front of me as i was signing soldiers in. >> started yelling out allah akbar. >> yelled allah akbar and started shooting. >> ali: the attack label add workplace shooting. >> brian: they yelled out allah akbar? >> steve: yes. >> ali: now mitt romney being backed for president. al gore used to work at the newspaper. the paper says, quote, the next president must be the one with the best chance to get the crushing $16 trillion national debt under control, coupled with the immediate need of enabling a vibrant job market. it is because the economy is paramount that the tennessean endorses mitt romney for president. orlando sentinel, considered one of the most influential newspapers endorsing romney. >>> promising news this morning. we've just learned that the teen activist shot by the taliban on her way home from school is making significant progress. >> steve: that's good. >> ali: doctors

army major nidal hasan is accused the shooting. >>> police shut down the mall after receiving a reportf someone throwing is molotov cocktail into the mall. after three hours of searching the nearby area, police made an arrest. the suspect was questioned by the fbi, atf and county police. they say the entire incident was a bomb scare and was captured animal security video. >>> closing arguments are expected later today in the case against two officers in prince george's county accused of beating a university of maryland student. officers edgal baker and -- reginald baker and harrison are charged with assault and misconduct. the 2010 incident was captured on video. it happened as students celebrated a basketball win over duke. the video shows the police using their batons to hit a young man while he was on the ground. yesterday, officer harrison testified the man punched another officer and refused to drop an object in his hands. the object turned out to be the young man's cell phone. >>> here's a look at some other things making news now. the boy scouts of america released 20 years wort

hasan. keep in mind that if several things first he was he was very influential and he was very anti syrian he was pretty large fourteenth you had you had very close ties with the u.s. intelligence services with the russian sorry with german and with french intelligence agencies so he was not a friend of syria now for syria to they also didn't like the fact that he was. he was looking out for the interests of march fourteenth and lebanon more than he was not syria's mansour i wanted i would assume to have someone with more subservient to them as they often find the case with other lebanese politicians he was not one of those so it certainly helps them to get rid of someone like that who is investigating the death of who investigating certain syrian actions in lebanon so i think it's just goes along with the game the syrians have been playing in lebanon all along it's just more of a continuation of what they were doing because you're right it is this that. if i can jump to him in character ha

almost three years ago army major nidal hasan allegedly opened fire at the texas military base killingle and wounding nearly 30 others. today victims' families and survivors are expressing outrage over the government's refusal to classif+9is as a terrorist attack. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more on that controversy. jener in? >> reporter: hi, jon. well, 160 family members and victims of the fort hood shooting have made a video in which they challenge the government for not, not calling this an act of terror. they say that they are very frustrated because their relatives are not receiving the same benefits as those killed or injured in combat and that they should be eligible for purple hearts. >> he got up, stepped in front of me as i was signing soldiers in. >> sounded like somebody just started yelling out allahu akbar. >> approaching the scene, i could just see soldiers running in all different directions. >> the first round of bullets, one hit me in the chest. i had to go down to the ground to get cover and i, obviously, couldn't br

>> lama hasan, in london. thank you. >>> a flight from tampa to phoenix was diverted after a massive crack on the windshield. passengers say they didn't realize how badly the windshield was damaged until after they had landed. >>> it flew hundreds of miles above earth. the last mile, in a way, was the toughest for the space shuttle "endeavour." finally arriving at the science center in los angeles. but it got there 17 hours late. crews had to cut down hundreds of trees and move traffic signals along the 12-mile route. i can tell you, though, the city of los angeles will be replanting those trees, along the route. >>> and finally, you would think parachuting off a 4,000-foot cliff would be bad enough. look at how he was going to do it. he was going to dismount off this when the high bar snapped. nobody was hurt. it was a close call. not as he intended. he was wearing his parachute and all was eventually well. and felix baumgartner is sitting here saying, really? >> i shot out of an airplane -- a helium balloon.

abc's lama hasan is are in london with the latest on that. >> good morning, amy.ed a thousand clicks and pippa became the talk of the town. now we're getting a look into her new found fame. >> reporter: for the first time, the world's most famous maid of honor is opening up about the ups and downs of fame. in an excerpt from her new party-planning book celebrating a year of festivities for families and friends," the 20-year-old writes it's a bit startling to achieve global recognition if that's the right word before the age of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom. >> i think the book and everything around is trying to forge her way and identity away from her parents and sister. >> reporter: she continues "i'm a typical girl in her 20s trying to forge a career and represent herself in what can sometimes seem rather strange circumstances." middleton doesn't shy away from discussing those circumstances, instead, addressing the elephant in the room head on. it feels even stranger to me than it probably does to you to have seen so much writ

a military appeals court now has all of the information it needs to decide whether major nidal hasan will be able to shave his beard. a judge says it is a distraction. it also violates army regulations. hassan is charged with the murders of 13 people. >> air force 2 aa-bortz landing because of bad weather. the first time the vice president was approaching charlotte douglas international airport. they had to circle 23 minutes because of thunderstorms in the area. then on the way home from campaigning in north carolina it happened again. heavy fog over parts of maryland forcing the plane to circle over andrews air force base for 25 minutes then landed at dulles airport. an arizona man taking matters into his own hand when an intruder broke into her house. >> get somebody here he attacked my husband. >> everybody's worst fear scrambled to his bedroom where he had hidden a baseball bat. >> i stepped out in the hallway i did a quick over head swing i drop the bat and through him into a head lock and wrestled him down to the ground. >> the man was able to disarm the suspect. he was carryin

for "good morning america," lama hasan, abc news, london. >> i can't wait for that one. >> yes. >> that good. really sounds good, too. >>> can't wait for the weather, sam. >> this, everything's connected in this forecast because the same system that we're going to show you now is actually what may or may not help to push sandy near the coastline or away from it. take a look at this powerful front that's moving through the middle of the country. that cold front, depending on how flat it gets will either steer that storm out towards the atlantic or help to draw it in toward the coastline. today, what it does is fires up strong thunderstorms. marquette to des moines to omaha, practically. 80-mile-per-hour winds here. some large hail here. there is the possibility -- it's so powerful, one or two tornadoes could pop up on that front. here's what it's battling. the cold air behind it, shades of blue. memphis at 84 degrees this time of year. new orleans at 84. look at oklahoma city at 83. kansas city at 81. when the front sweeps in, it will drop the temperatures 10 and 20 degrees. look at the

bill: hasan was fort hood, texas. >> correct. a terrorist attack described, they, meaning the obama administration described as employee rain. that is just as absurd as their cover-up what happened in libya. the reality is when you close your eyes to what is going on you get attacked without recognizing you're getting at darked. we should never have been attacked in libya. the warnings were manifold. instead of increasing security we decreased security. it is quite possible the ambassador and other three americans didn't have to die if there was a competent reaction that wasn't controlled by political spin as owe posed to done very --. bill: that is interesting you say that i wonder how often and clearly that comes up. what governor romney said repeatedly we're not shaping world events as a nation. what does he mean by that? >> what he means by that, you have the situation in libya. at first we weren't sure what we were going to do. bill: go back to mubarak. >> when mubarak was in trouble. that mubarak shouldn't be removed very q

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. >>> another hearing to try to force accused fort hood shooter madeal hasan to shave his beard.tial remains on hold indefinitely. seven appellate judges listened to oral arguments for more than an hour yesterday. hasan, who is a practicing muslim says his religion requires him to have a beard. >>> philadelphia eagles quarterback michael vick comes clean. he says he is now a dog owner. vick, you will recall, served 18 months in prison on dogfighting charges. he just issued a statement saying the dog is quote, well cared for, and that he wants his children to develop a healthy relationship with animals. i think that did surprise a lot of people this morning. >> yeah. i think it does. certainly. all right, john, thank you. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," he says his father was in command last night. we're going to talk to beau biden about the troops, and what he thought surprised him coming from paul ryan last night. you're watching "starting point." when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their

registered voter models and likely registered to models obama leads and likely voters still nidal hasanans they have the edge. the president trying to get people to the polls, using early voting to get them out there and get going and maybe even try to get back some of those suburban women they may have lost after that first debate. >> the romney strategy this speech called a major economic speech. no major different news in it. nonetheless beginning the homestretch here. >> he think he's gotten a fresh look from a lot of people after that first debate and now feels look he may have said a lot of these things before in his economic speech but if some of those women are listening to his economic message now thinking he's not as scary as the obama campaign made him out to be he'll repackage those same economic points. >> okay, we'll see what happens. a lot to watch over the weekend and then monday. thanks. our "news nation" gut check is up next. i'll talk with political geex who says the electoral college should be reformed so that every vote counts. we talked about this before. check out

they responsible for wissam al hasan's blood. >> reporter: many people here wondering if this is a harbinger of things to come. mohammed jamjoom, cnn, beirut. >>> jordan's intelligence department has foiled a terror plot called 9/11 2. a source tells cnn the u.s. embassy in amman appears to be among the targets. jordan's government spokesman said 11 suspects with al qaeda ideology are in custody and all suspects are jordanian citizens who moved in and out of syria. other targets reportedly included shopping centers, neighborhoods, and diplomats. the name 9/11 2 suggests the plot was set for november 9th. >>> president obama and republican challenger mitt romney preparing for their last debate. it's just hours away. next, two of our political experts weigh in on what each candidate needs to accomplish in the final showdown. >>> third and final presidential debate less than 24 hours away. the focus, foreign policy. it's interesting since foreign policy barely registers for most americans and probably doesn't sway their vote. look at this poll. only 4% of registered voters say that foreign poli