nidal there on the left.s nidal was not religious then, but turned to religion after the death of his mother in 2001. nidal began to see the war on terror as a war on his faith, an army psychiatrist who began to dread his own deployment. >> there was this issue of choosing god and country and i think that's where his sickness really started to morph. >> reporter: if you had known what was possibly going to happen, would you have turned him in? >> absolutely. without question. >> reporter: nidal was shot three times during the shooting rampage and is now paralyzed from the chest down. do you think he should get the death penalty? >> i don't believe in death penalty. that's going to be left up to the jury. >> reporter: nader knows about juries. he is a defense lawyer with his own firm. >> he committed a crime. i don't think there's any question as to who the shooter was. the question is still why. >> reporter: some of the ft. hood families who attended the preliminary hearings said hasan showed no signs of remo

was nidal more religious than you? or the same? >> same. >> reporter: same thing. >> kid, plays soccer. catch fireflies. you know? and we were never -- we were fast. that was the big thing. >> reporter: nidal had joined the army out of high school and turned to religion after the death of his mother in early 2001. >> that was his mom's wish, know god. and so, he started praying more and becoming more pius. and all of a sudden, four months later, september 11th happens. you might see that as your first challenge as to how much do you believe in your faith? who knows what's going on in his head? >> reporter: as an army psychiatrist, nidal was assigned to walter reed hospital, to counsel returning combat soldiers. his family says their dramatic stories deeply affected him. as he became more religious, he viewed the war on terror as a war on his faith. he even gave a powerpoint presentation to military colleagues, which seemed to solidify his evolution of beliefs. he wrote, it's getting harder and harder for muslims in the service to m

terrorists that we have seen, especially this nidal hasan in ft. hood, texas, on their level. on their american level. and he was quite cheeky about it. in the early goings, just so your viewers know, he wouldn't necessarily say nidal hasan go take a gun and kill people in ft. hood. no, they would come to him and say, what is the right thing to do and then he'd cherry pick something from the koran and say you have to follow your heart. you know, the whole thing would be like a spiritual brain washing. but what happened in 2010 changed. he became less spiritual, more operational. and the intelligence, i think, that we will see coming out and some of it has already come out, he is directly involved in plotting and carrying out attacks, e-mailing members who work for airlines. what do you do? what kind of access do you have? he was becoming much more dangerous in an operational sense and i think that's why the

bandy in double faults giving nidal the win. after his win he cramped in post-match interview from the apparent leg cramp. he should be fine, though, for the fourth round. that will do it for sports. diane, back to you. >> all right. that looked like it hurt. poor guy. thanks a lot, damon. >> absolutely. >> thanks for choosing the bay area at 6:00. we've got the nbc fall preview coming up next. we've got warm weather coming up this week. >> yes, we do. starting tuesday. >> we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. until then, have a good night.

well let me just take these in parts 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 communications between a locket asan go and 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 and lucky did praise major nidal hasan after the fort hood shootings but again that's not any evidence that he was involved or that the most serious allegation against he 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 bee

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he is said to inspire and have contact with nidal hasan, charged with killing 13 people at fort hood. >>> for the third day, emotions ran high in a los angeles courtroom where michael jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray, stands accused of involuntary manslaughter in the late pop star's death. yesterday jurors heard more details about the crucial moments surrounding jackson's death. nbc's stephanie stanton has more. >> reporter: after three days of emotional testimony, jackson family members left the courthouse surrounded by supportive fans. meanwhile, inside the courtroom, compelling testimony from a key witness for the prosecution. >> he was laying on his back -- >> reporter: security guard alberto alvarez recalled those critical minutes in jackson's bedroom, all while jackson's children watched. >> paris screamed out daddy. >> reporter: alvarez says he was asked to call 911. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help. >> reporter: but not before he said conrad murray had him collect drug vials and i.v. bag in the room. >> he pointed towards the iv stand and he said, get

. >> it was inside this mosque that anwar al-awlaki preached to major nidal hasan, the man responsible for the fort hood massacre calling him a hero after the attacks. >> in our religion we are not supposed to kill nobody. >> reporter: he directed the man accused of trying to detonate a bomb on a detroit- bound plane. >> we muslims in america are peace loving, law abiding tax paying citizens. >> reporter: many muslims believe the series of post-9-11 attacks forever tarnished their image. >> always perceived as possible terrorists, as threats. as possible members of sleeper cells. it's not fair. >> reporter: the statement from this mosque was highly critical of the assassination of a u.s. citizen by americans. we are concerned the attack sends the wrong message to law- abiding people around the world. live from falls church, andrea mccarron, 9news now. >> not everybody agrees with the approach. >>> we believe the wear vet killed out of a mcdonald's on m street may have started the fight that ended his life. police say patrick casey may have been drinking. they say he was irritating cust

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his e-mails 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 an analyst for cbs news. >> anwar al-awlaki was the pied piper of al qaeda, radicalizing people 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 tie to al qaeda in this interview in 2008. >> reporter: a

he was believed to have been part of the inspiration behind the alleged fort hood shooter, major nidalting and killing 13 fellow soldiers, in fort hood in 2009, and he's also believed to have been the man who was responsible for recruiting abdulmutallab, the underpants bomber who tried to bring down a flight christmas night. this is a man who has shown to be charismatic and can influence people. his message has grown for radical over the past decade. his real skill is the fact he speaks english. doesn't just speak arabic, just appeal to people in arabic but knows western civilizations and cultures and knows how to convince people in english. exactly the sort of people that al qaeda wants to recruit to their ranks, and to convince them that the west is wrong, that you don't need a special ruling to attack people from the united states, because they're trying to do muslims harm. so this was his danger and this was the way that he had come to operate in the past few years. >> nic robertson in london. thanks. >>> and as we get more information on al awlaki's death, he was an american-born

for joining me for this force one of the headlines on the rise spartak moscow win for two a class nidal to go forth while the low wall still miss a chance to play second on a busy day in the russian premier league. while all the song in the same sebastian vettel wins the crash later singapore grand prix to move to the brink of retaining his well championship title. and baz molds debutantes russia suffered a third straight defeat at the rugby world cup after losing sixty two twelve to ireland. with first of all and spartak moscow have gone fourth in the table after winning four two at clowes and are on an action packed sunday in the russian premier league summer signing emmanuel america opened for the visit just in nigeria strike not make how close. you can go to the on the hof i don't want to school his third goal in this many games and just five minutes later that double delayed for spots out the former russian on the twenty one forward was first to the rebound after a scrappy corner however it took the home side only a minute to pull a goal back if gainey should be in his left glaring

his radical online postings also are believed to have influenced major nidal hassan, the man charged >>> police are hoping that newly released surveillance photos will lead to more clues in a search for a missing alexandria man. sherry ly has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. lenny harris was last seep here at the oldtown recreation center and then within hours of disappearing surveillance cameras captured a picture of a white dodge caravan at an atm some prince george's county. later, another man was spotted trying to use his bank card at an atm in alexandria and police are trying to find them. harris has been missing for more than a week now. police have a new clue that white dodge care ran. it has no front plate and more than one person inside. it was spotted at an atm in prince george's county about midnight last thursday. witnesses say harris was at the rec center when he got a call and left in his car. police aren't saying who that call came from. his iphone was later found on the wilson bridge. harris a well-known community activist and now his wife is praying this late -

in the early goings, just so your viewers know, he wouldn't necessarily say nidal hasan go take a gunnd kill people in ft. hood. no, they would come to him and say, what is the right thing to do and then he'd cherry pick something from the koran and say you have to follow your heart. you know, the whole thing would be like a spiritual brain washing. but what happened in 2010 changed. he became less spiritual, more operational. and the intelligence, i think, that we will see coming out and some of it has already come out, he is directly involved in plotting and carrying out attacks, e-mailing members who work for airlines. what do you do? what kind of access do you have? he was becoming much more dangerous in an operational sense and i think that's why the obama administration basically put him on the hit list. >> drew, thanks for calling in, drew. appreciate it. >>> it's been more than a year and a half since president obama authorized the cia to capture or kill awlaki. a remarkable, unprecedented order, take out a u.s. citizen on foreign soil. dan lothian at the white house, so, dan,

falls church, virginia and his radical postings on the internet were said to have influenced major nidalhe man charged in the deadly fort hood shootings. this is the first time an american associated with a terror network has been targeted and taken out. >>> checking other headlines now, a possible break in the case of a missing alexandria man. someone tried to use his bank card. >> but when they drk the atm snapped a photo of the suspect and police are now looking for him. let's get the latest now from sherry ly. she is live in alexandria. >> lenny harris disappeared here from the old town recreation center. about four hours later, someone tried to use the bank card and that is when surveillance cameras captured that car of interest that could help find this missing man. harris is a well-known community activist. he has been missing for more than a week now. alexandria police are looking for a white dodge caravan and the people inside it now. the surveillance photo was taken by that atm on king street just after midnight last thursday. harris disappeared shortly before that from the rec

intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reed knew about nidal malik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- there's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fbi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying --you know, director clapper, wh you're trying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that youearn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operational policy success. i would say that in the intelligence community

they say he also exchanged e-mails with accused fort hood shooter, major nidal hasan. he had ties as well to three of the september 11th hijackers. joining me from istanbul is cnn's mohammed jamjoon. we know you are trying to find out exactly how he was killed. what is the likely scenario? >> reporter: well, suzanne, more details emerging from yemeni government officials. just a few minutes ago, i spoke with an official who told me, in fact, yemeni intelligence had located the hideout, a house in yemen where anwar awlaki was found and that it was a yemeni/u.s. joint intelligence-gathering and had sharing operation that led to an air strike, an air strike earlier today on a convoy that anw anwar awlaki was part of and that led to his death. we are also hear there is a second american step, samir kahn, very much known among the ranks of al qaeda in yemen, a co-editor of an english language e-magazine called "inspired" uses to try to recruit new jihad kids to come to yemen. they pub be british it in english. so what we are hearing from yemeni government officials, a big b

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

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hood, major nidal hasan, killed 13 soldiers after alawcki provided religious justification in jihad.d an attempt to bring down an american jetliner over detroit christmas day, 2009. u.s. officials say the so-called underwear bomber was advised by awlacki prior to the mission, and that there were many, many more drawn to skriek training camps in yemen by awlacki's message to draw terrorism to the united states. >> i think taking him out of the picture is a major achievement in terms of american security. >> reporter: in fact, in terms of immediate threat, it could prove to be more significant than the death of osama bin laden. brian ross, abc news. >> a major development overnight in the war against al qaeda. one more time, anwal alawlacki, born in the united states, educated in the united states, has opinion killed. we have the report that he had been tracked for months by u.s. security, they knew where he was and were waiting for the right moment. that's come today. we'll have much more on "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. of course, you can follow this all

hood, major nidal hasan, killed 13 soldiers, after al awlaki provided justification for jihad in a series of e-mails. al awlaki was accused of attempting to bring down a jetliner over detroit, christmas day 2009. u.s. officials say the so-called underwear bomber was advised by al awlaki, prior to the mission. and that there were many, many more drawn to al qaeda training camps in yemen by al awlaki's message, to do battle on the united states. >> i think taking him out of the picture is a major achievement in terms of american security. >> reporter: in fact, even as he was in hiding, al awlaki was preparing his latest message for al qaeda and its monthly magazine. it showed a picture of new york city and says, targeting the populated countries at war with the muslims, george. >> because he was trying so hard to target the united states, because he had so many links to the united states, american officials are braced for some kind of retaliation. >> reporter: absolutely. as bin laud chb. his followers may carry out a retaliatory strike. even so, it was worth taking him out. it's a major an

violence but after fort hood in 2009 and this e-mail relationship between the accused shooter, major nidalasan and the american cleric in yemen who is the public face of this new generation of recruits, al qaeda 2.0 the thinking has changed and it may be possibles for individuals to cross threshold to violence in virtual way. hear is the assessment of homegrown terrorism from the head of the house intelligence committee. >> yes it is a threat. yes we worry about somebody grabbing a gun and going down someplace and doing something awful. they will never just do that. in all the cases you have seen there are indicators leading up to that particular event. they were radicalized in order to get there. >> reporter: also in this report the local intelligence chiefs identify four factors they say are gaps in the current intelligence products and intelligence sharing. they say lack of analysis, lack of detailed information, specific threat information, lack of sharing and intelligence data that is plagued by stale data or just too much data to be meaningful. and this is important because we seen a

e-mail exchanges between awlaki and accused gunman nidal hasan, confirmed the al qaeda leader was thehe was also at the center of a plot to bomb a u.s. airliner the same year. accused bomber abdulmutallab trained at camps run by al awlaki's group in the arabian peninsula. u.s. drones took a shot at awlaki in may and narrowly missed, but this morning, a u.s. strike apparently found its target. a convoy carrying awlaki and other members was hit in southern yemen. sources say he was killed by missiles fired by u.s. drones. u.s. officials, though, will not confirm that level of detail. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda. as a charismatic speaker fluent in english -- >> association between islam and terrorism. >> reporter: -- he was a leading propagandist and recruiter. his fiery sermons filled the internet and resonated with radicals in u.s. and britain. and his group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, is recruiting listeners with an online magazine "inspire," which published its latest edition this week. but let's be clear about this, awlaki's death does not end the threat

bill: were we remiss not to mention the lone wolf scenario we saw that with nidal hasan in fort hood, texas and the military is all too aware of that possibility happening yet again. no significant attack in ten years, a credit to bush, a credit to obama, as you point out but the lone wolf scenario is something you are keenly interested in. mike, thank you. mike baker in new york. we will have complete coverage of the 9/11 memorial, mashing the attacks since 9/11. martha and i will be in lower manhattan for a special edition of our newsroom, live at ground zero, that is sunday, right here on the fox news channel. it will be quite a weekend. martha: it will be and i think it's going to be a great way for everyone to get together and to remember and to join at that amazing place in this country's history. so we're going to be doing that throughout the day and we hope that you'll join us for that. big moment in our country's history. >>> so meanwhile, how about this question today on this tuesday morning? could the sun be setting on your daily mail? you know, just going out to the mail t

you know, we heard a lot in the nidal hasan case, that was the ft. hood shooter, he was radicalized over the internet, but we don't know was it an internet-based radicalization. had he identified the six? i suspect the fbi will focus on all those questions in the immediate aftermath of the arrest. >> fran townsend, thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> take a look at some live pictures right now. engineers are actually spending a second day repelling down the washington monument. still searching for any damage from last month's earthquake that rattled the east coast. they're actually scanning and recording every inch of the monument after those jolts caused some damage inside and out. we actually saw the cracks day after the earthquake. the landmark has been closed nearly five weeks now as a precaution. we'll follow exactly what engineers are doing throughout the day. >>> lawmakers in the house are expected to approve the spending bill that got so much attention earlier this week, as you remember, they've been bickering over the funding for fema's disast

>> we've seen radicalization like nidal hasan who was radicalized over the internet.'ve seen it before. this is pretty pervasive. >> he had a great education, by all estimates, he was not hungry and unemployed and bitter so it's just so confusing how this could happen. >> the times square bomb a young married man with a family, had a job, earning a good income. >> home equity loan on h house to get the money he needed for that plot. because knowing the american system inside and out and then using it to attack the american system. it is just stunning. >> it's interesting. that's why people say we have to be careful not to overreact. they use our freedoms against us but what we cherish is our freedom. we have to be careful. we have a geater intelligence in law enforcement capability to detect these plots to go after them and it's clear that there is an informant that directed this guy's attention to it. the fact that we have the ability to disrupt them is what it is. >> fran, thanks. >> you're welcome. >>> drug smuggler with a navy of their own. the coast guard said it

the fbi and the department of defense knew about major nidal hasan before opened fire at an army base in fort hood in november. similar figures with a more farouk abdulla -- similar failures with the underwear bomber. information did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks. how do we improve that? i didn't expect us to be perfection. it's like 9/11. we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fbi and the fbi did not act on that. what you are trying to do to make sure that we do have the information, it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acts on it. >> you learned in intelligence school early on -- there is intelligence failure or success. i would say that the intelligence community like the adversary has to be and it's a learning organization. in the case of the christmas bomber, the committee did an outstanding piece of critique for us. lessons learned from that experience, we need to do to improve. one of the things that has been done to hopefully preclude a similar experience has been the availability of more information that could p

intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reed knew about nidalmalik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- there's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fbi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying -- you know, director clapper, what you're trying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that you learn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operational policy success. i would say that in the intelligence commu

intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reed knew about nidalmalik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- there's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fbi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying -- you know, director clapper, what you're trying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that you learn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operational policy success. i would say that in the intelligence commu

as the guy who stood outside of cia headquarters in the early '90s, the dutch film maker stabber, nidal hasan, the fort hood shooter. he says these weren't al-qaeda attacks, but that's precisely what al-qaeda is. right? you can be al-qaeda by not being al-qaeda. all they did was just hear what was going on in the world around them and did something. and for sure he goes back to afghanistan and says people came to afghanistan for all different reasons. some just wanted to fight, some were bored, some were social pariahs, had nowhere else to go, some people were true believers. you need a theory that can incompass all these people. some were really smart, others just wanted to go out and kill. we need to create a system that's inclusive enough to bring this together, and i think this has been one of the inherent schizophrenic attributes of al-qaeda is that it was built to be an exclusive elitist organization, and they realize you can't sustain that because human organizations, according to surrey, always fail. humans make mistakes, they get captured, they get killed. organizations based o

intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reed knew about nidalmalik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- the's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying -- you know, director clapper, what you're ying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism centernd somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that you learn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operatial policy success. i would say that in the intelligence community like