it was a pretrial hearing for major nadal hassan.he is charged with 13 counts of murder back in 2009. today, the military judge in the case refused the defense request. he could get the death penalty if convicted. >> there is a ruling for folks that have themselves worked up. the human rights office says same sex dormitories are not descrim nay story. a law professor says -- the dorms are not descrim nay dediscriminate. >>> a ground breaking ceremony to a new burial area. it's for cremated remains. they are just running out of space. the criteria for it is a lot more liberal and honorably discharged vets that died on active duty are eligible. construction is expected to get going in january. : operation home front. helps wounded warriors year round. today, their headquarters held a toy drive. but one wounded warrior in his family didn't just walk away with toys as presents, they drove away in a new car. >> you could drive home in your brand-new car. >> oh my god. >> are you speechless? >> beverly and max can hardly process what's hap

you know, we saw major nadal hassan, an army officer at ft. hood, texas, kill 13 people. he was a classical lone wolf. he was also in touch with anwar al a alwaki. it's a sign al qaeda is weakening. >> mayor bloomberg also said the suspect was motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan. >>> on the brink of failure it looks like the so-called congressional supercommittee will not be able to come up with a deal to cut more than $1 tril by wednesday. members spent the final hours pointing fingers at each other. our congressional correspondent kate baldwin has more. >> reporter: the so-called supercommittee is on the brink of failure as talks have fallen apa apart. the conversations as many members took to the sunday morning talk shows shifting from they are pushing for a deal, pushing for an agreement and hopeful they would reach it to now who should be to blame if and when the committee does fail. >> nothing new came out of this, from the democratic side, the same thing, raise taxes, pass the president's job deal. on the repub

we all remember the tragedy with major nadal hassan. he had been investigated but he was not stopped from buying a weapon. and the fact of the purchase was never shared with the fbi. my colleague from new york representative peter king, the chairman of the home land security committee has introduced legislation to close the terror gap and i am proud to be a co-sponsor of his bill. my second amendment is modeleded in his proposal and would empower the attorney general to deny the ability of a known or suspected terrorist, somee on the terrorist watch list, for example, who possesses a firearm, deny him the ability to use hr-822 to authorize concealed carry into another state. i would humbly suggest that preventing terrorists from carrying weapons across state line sz a worthwhile goal. i think the bill is a serious mistake, but if we are to consider it on the houts floor, at least i believe members should be able to make improvements. these two amendments provide such improvements. i ask they be made -- >> thank you. >> let me thank the

we all remember the tragedy with major nadal hassan. he had been investigated but he was not stopped from buying a weapon. and the fact of the purchase was never shared with the fbi. my colleague from new york representative peter king, the chairman of the home land security committee has introduced legislation to close the terror gap and i am proud to be a co-sponsor of his bill. my second amendment is modeleded in his proposal and would empower the attorney general to deny the ability of a known or suspected terrorist, someone on the terrorist watch list, for example, who possesses a firearm, deny him the ability to use hr-822 to authorize concealed carry into another state. i would humbly suggest that preventing terrorists from carrying weapons across state line sz a worthwhile goal. i think the bill is a serious mistake, but if we are to consider it on the houts floor, at least i believe members should be able to make improvements. these two amendments provide such improvements. i ask they be made -- >> thank you. >> let me thank th

we all remember the tragedy with major nadal hassan. he had been investigated but he was not stopped from buying a weapon. and the fact of the purchase was never shared with the fbi. my colleague from new york representative peter king, the chairman of the home land security committee has introduced legislation to close the terror gap and i am proud to be a co-sponsor of his bill. my second amendment is modeleded in his proposal and would empower the attorney general to deny the ability of a known or suspected terrorist, someone on the terrorist watch list, for example, who possesses a firearm, deny him the ability to use hr-822 to authorize concealed carry into another state. i would humbly suggest that preventing terrorists from carrying weapons across state line sz a worthwhile goal. i think the bill is a serious mistake, but if we are to consider it on the houts floor, at least i believe members should be able to make improvements. these two amendments provide such improvements. i ask they be made -- >> thank you. >> let me thank th