seventh ksm and his conspirators as extraordinary crimes.you made reference to the attacks of 9/11 as an act of war and a violation of federal law. last week during the announcement you referred to the actions as extraordinary crimes. do you still believe that the united states is engaged in a war on terror? >> as i indicated in my opening remarks, the united states is at war. ates is ato war. there is no question about that. and the act that's khalid shaikh mohammed perpetrated are not only crimes, they are acts of war. no question about that. >> i just wanted to establish that. as i just referenced last week, you announced the intent to bring khalid shaikh mohammed, ksm, to stand trial in new york city. i don't agree with that decision. i want you to know right off the bat. not because i don't think the federal government can detain dangerous terrorists, not because bringing them to a metropolitan area will create an even bigger bull's-eye on that city, it's because i believe as the longest serving person on the committee on intelligence t

that's when ksm told a judge, he was the mastermind of 9/11. we don't care about the life sentence or capital punishment. we call for jihad against god. >> they called for jihad. the man who murdered my son is saying he's proud he killed my son. >> another relative said bringing the terror suspects back to the scene of the crime will bring unbearable pain. he lost his son in the attack. >> bringing it back here, me, my feeling, it's tasteless, insensitive. the scars that have never been heals are going to be open again. i'm not comfortable one iota with this call. >> christian breitweiser who pushed for the independent commission says new york is ready. she plans to attend the trial as often as she can. >> new yorkers are certainly more than capable of handling it. again, it speaks to the heart of who we are, not only as new yorkers, but as american citizens. you know, if a crime is committed on our soil, you are going to be given a trial. you will be given access to an attorney. you will be innocent until proven guilty. >> some worry about mas

that's when ksm told a military judge he was the mastermind of 9/11. we don't care about capital punishment or life in prison. >> they called jihad against america. they're proud of what he did. here i am sitting there, the man that murdered my son is saying he's proud he killed my son. >> reporter: another relative of one of the victims said bringing the suspects back to the scene of the crime will bring unbearable pain. he lost his son in the attacks. >> to bring it back here, to me, my feelings, it's tasteless, it's incensensitive and those ss are going to be opened again. >> christian breitweiser said new york is ready. she plans to attend the trial as often as she can. >> new yorkers are capable of handling it. and it speaks to the heart of who we are, not only as new yorkers, but as american citizens. if a crime is committed on our soil, you are going to be given a trial. you will be given access to an attorney. you will be innocent until proven guilty. >> reporter: some worry about massive security needs with worldwide focus on five accused terr

ksm is a criminal. he should be treated as a criminal and not as a warrior. have ethics and ethical codes. warriors have standards. he does not. he aims at civilians. he attacked civilians. he is not in uniform. i would give him what he wants, which is -- i would not give him what he wants, to treat him as a warrior which he views himself as. we should not be in any way intimidated by terrorists. we should try them and imprison them or execute them according to our laws and not be afraid to do any of the above, to try them, to put them in prison, or to execute them according to the law. we should not be in any way be fearful of that. ok? thanks. >> carl levin was a guest on "newsmakers" where he

also they couldn't catch osama bin laden and that was the big deal obama made so instead they'll do, ksm ability that. i say bring the trial to chicago or washington d.c. if they're so happy. let them pay 100 million a year. it's really about trying to the previous administration. thank you. guest: okay. i wouldn't agree with that. i wouldn't disagree with it. i don't know that for a fact. obama and holder have disregarded the families and they have disregarded new yorkers and aj i said before, 70 percent of americans are with us on this issue and they're disregarding 70 percent of the american people. i'll be interested to see if obama's popularity numbers continue to slide over this issue. a guaranteed basic right by the un. we should try them here. guest: that's fair. he's one of 30 percent of the people that think that. i disagree with that. i think i'm a lot closer to the issue than most people are. i'm actually a survivor. i was under the tower two when it came down and i was one of the few lucky people that got out. i'm very close with the families here. i disagree with that. i th

all of this about ksm, the trial in new york, i mean, this demonstrates a big interest of just generaleveryday people trying to understand why the foreign policy decisions are being made as they are. and i understand a lot of things can't be known. a lot of things are sort of secret and shouldn't be available to the public. but at the same time you look at fort hood and you raise serious questions about the competence of our highest military leader. guest: i think obama is going into a period of really grave dange forehis administration. the situation in afghanistan is so perilous he will have to increase the number of troops. his level base does not want that. he is going to need the support of republicans. but nancy pelosi has said he won't get the votes in the house if he wants to increase the troops by a large number. that's a huge problem and people die because of decisions like that. so that's one side of it. and you look to the trial of mohammed. this will be happening during the 12i elections quite possible. this has been so politicized and has been painted as democrats weak on

with this government prior rising ksm to receive this one have enough for guantanamo bay but not enoughr grandma k, we have a problem. is this what the american people expected, with the american people deserve? and the same time this congress continues to put to them and their children further and further into debt. mr. chairman, i think not -- i hope today will be able to pull back the curtain that the american people so they can see how the government attempts to manage their health and their collective pocket books. and i yield back. >> thank-you, gentleman from arkansas, mr. ross. >> thank you mr. chairman, i'd like to thank the chairman and ranking member for having the energy and commerce committee called today's hearing on h1n1 purvis. over the course of this year we have seen the strain of influenza spread to a global proportions. later declaration of national emergency. according to the cdc as of november 13th, 2009 influenza activity was widespread and 48 states, almost all of which is likely h1n1 flu. for the law if there have been a 9800 hospitalizations, 22 million infecti