a local muslim leader says in a recent conversation with major nidal hasan he seemed almost incoherent. he said hasan never expressed anger toward the army but said something didn't seem right about him. investigators say hasan fired more than 100 rounds from two hand guns yesterday. 13 people were killed. two dozen of the 38 people wounded are still in the hospital. many are in intensive care. hasan, who was shot four times by a police officer, has been taken to brook army medical center in san antonio. he's in critical but stable condition and is under heavy guard. the flag-draped remains of the 12 soldiers and one civilian killed thursday were flown to dover air force base in delaware last night. autopsies are being done there. >>> it's not clear whether religion played any part in the ft. hood attack. muslim leaders are speaking up and they're among the harshest critics of the alleged gunman, nidal hasan. some not only condemn the crime, they also say they are okay with having more extensive background checks of muslims in the military. >> i don't take offense. i say that you know

hood shooting suspect, major nidal hasan. keep in mind, cnn has not confirmed it's hasan here in the screen that's highlighted. this lecture is at george washington university january 6. officials were talking about the gaza incursion. that appears to be hasan. but we have not confirmed that it is, in fact, him. keep it here on hln for the latest on the ft. hood shooting investigation and the day's other top stories. >>> the number of u.s. banks that failed this year just climbed to 120. five more banks went under yesterday. they've all been taken over by other banks so customers can keep using their checks and debit cards. but those fiveba banks were bas in california, michigan, minnesota, georgia, and missouri. the highest number of bank failures in one year since 1992. a federal fund to cover failed banks is running low. >>> a florida jury has convicted a man who said he was too fat to kill. jurors rejected his lawyer's claims that he was too fat to run up a flight of stairs to shoot his former son-in-law. he weighed 285 p

earlier reports had said that major nidal hasan was dead.uring this morning's news conference they blamed the chaos at the crime scene for the mix-up. >>> last night officials lifted the lockdown so that families at ft. hood could finally reunite. two moms say they do not take it for granted that their daughters survived of. >> my prayers are with the families that lost loved ones. i'm praying for them, and i know that my daughter's okay, but there's a lot of families that don't have their child tonight, their spouse or, you know -- and my heart goes out to them. >> i'm sure the parents that won't ever have that call again will have that feeling that i would have, though. they know that their child was doing something for their country and that they're very proud of them. the hurt would still be there, but they'd be able to be very proud. >> man, would the hurt be there. overnight a s.w.a.t. team raided the apartment of the alleged shooter in killeen, texas. right now local police are still helping the fbi search hasan's place for evidence a

. >> major nidal hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the ft.shootings. >>> different views on abortion are rattling the health care reform debate. a white house aide suggests that president obama may not support a provision in the house bill that would change the restricks for federal funding for abortions. >> well, president has said repeatedly and he said in his speech to congress that he doesn't believe that this bill should change the status quo as it relates to the issue of abortion. this shouldn't be a debate about abortion and he's going to work with the senate and the house to try and ensure that at the end of the day the status quo is not changed. >> now, he refused to say whether president obama would veto a final health care bill that restricts abortion funding. house dems were split on the controversial amendment. >>> the bernie madoff auction brought in more than $900,000 for an auction. it sold for 20 times more than what they expected. diamond earrings, $70,000. one buyer explain eed her fascination with madoff stuff. >> it's lik

meanwhile, the fbi will probably look into whether the suspect, major nidal hasan met with two of the 9/11 hijackers. it said the hijackers attended the same funeral mosque where the funeral for hasan's mother was held in 2001. also, investigators are looking for any ties between hasan and an islamic radical leader who preached at that mosque. taking a closer look at the lives of those killed at ft. hood. you'll hear their stories in 20 minutes. >>> the yeas are 220, the nays are 215. the bill is passed. >> all right. health care reform took a big step to become reality late saturday night. the house passed its $1.2 trillion bill by five votes. it does include a government-run plan that will compete with private nrninsurers, the so-cal public option. an amendment banning federal funding for abortions. one republican voted for the bill. >> for this decision, even though it was unpopular for my own party, but it was the right decision for my district. i've always been focusing on making the right decisions for the people of my district whether or not it will cost me my political future.

first, if it seems to be the case there were colleagues of nidal hasan in the u.s.y who heard him say things or watched him do things that raised concerns in their minds about his mental stability and/or his political extremism, the question is were those concerns conveyed up the chain of command and were they recorded anywhere hasan's personnel fines and did the army do anything in response to those concerns? what did the joint terrorism task forces headed by the fbi have about hasan including transcripts of emails which he had with a subject of investigation that the fbi acknowledged publicly it had in its possession. the acknowledgement came last week? what judgments were made about those emails? was any attempt made to investigate hasan further after his email traffic with the subject of an ongoing joint terrorism task force investigation was intercepted? and third, was the information which the joint terrorism task force had on hasan shared with anyone in the u.s. army, the department of defense or anyone else in our government. those to me are three central qu

we're also learning more about nidal hasan's background. it looks as though his residency may have been troubled at walter reed medical center. national public radio returned a memo reportedly written by his supervisor. it said the faculty had had serious concerns about his professionalism and work ethic. we could not reach that supervisor, though, for comment. we want to point out. >>> two weeks later, the big question is still could the shoot been prevented. people are weighing in very strongly here. a cnn opinion research corporation poll finds 64% of people polled thought law enforcement or the u.s. military could have prevented the attacks, but people are split over whether the attacks constituted an act of terrorism. 45% of the people polled, questioned say that it was terrorism. 47% disagree. >>> the washington, d.c. city council is planning to vote on a measure to legalize same-sex marriage next month, but it's not letting the public have a say. so do you think voters should be able to weigh in on this issue or would putting it on th

meanwhile, the fbi will probably look into whether the suspect, major nidal hasan came into contact with two of the 9/11 hijackers. that's what a law enforcement official tells the associated press. it says the hijackers attended the same virginia mosque where the funeral for hasan's mother was held f may of 2001. also investigators are looking for any ties between hasan and a radical leader who preached at that mosque. throughout the morning we'll take a closer look at those killed at fort hood. you'll hear some of those stories, who they were in about 15 minutes. >>> the yeas are 220, the nays are 215, the bill is passed. >> health care reform took a big step to reality late saturday night. the house passed its $1.2 trillion by five votes. it does include a government-run plan to compete with private insurers, the so-called public option, but there was a last-minute compromise for conservative democrats. an amendment banning federal funding for abortions. one republican voted for the bill. >> for this decision, even though it was unpopular for my own party, but it was the right decisio

hood shooting suspect army major nidal hasan. military prosecutors have prepared 13 counts of premeditated murder against the psychiatrist. investigators say additional charges may also be filed in connection with that bloody rampage one week ago today. >> major hasan is currently under pretrial restriction while receiving medical care. we still believe that there was only one gunman at the scene involved in the actual shootings on november 5th. we do know that the suspect was not at the readiness center for scheduled appointments or command directed activity. again, we're looking at every possible angle in this case. we're working closely with numerous agencies to get a complete picture of the entire event and we're seamlessly sharing that information with those agency. >> that's christopher grey who said that hasan acted alone. 13 people were killed and many more were injured. >>> prosecutors filed affidavits for charges. richard heene charged with one count of attempting to influence a public servant. his wife has been charged

we're also learning more about nidal hasan's background. it looks like the accused shooter's residency may have been troubled at walter reed medical center. national public radio obtained a copy of a memo reportedly written by major hasan's supervisor. it said that faculty had serious concerns about his professionalism and his work ethic. we couldn't reach that supervisor for a comment. >>> the senate is gearing up for a final showdown over a health care reform bill proposed by democrats, a crucial vote on whether or not to even begin debate on the bill is expected to take place on saturday. majority leader harry reid says the bill will reduce the deficit while expanding health coverage to millions of americans. >> 98% of the american people will have -- medicare will be included in that number -- will have health insurance, and we'll make sure that 30 million more americans who don't have health insurance today will soon have it. i want to repeat, we not only protect medicare, we're making it stronger. >> like the house bill, the senate bil

military sources say formal charges will be filed today against the suspect, major nidal hasan. in connection to that bloody rampage exactly one week ago today. 13 people were killed, 29 wounded. hasan, an army psychiatrist, was wounded in the shooting and he is still in an army hospital in had san antonio. we're expecting an announcement on the charges in about an hour, and we'll bring that to you live as soon as it happens, just so you know. >>> meanwhe, the military doctors who trained hasan as a psychiatrist expressed concerns about his strong religious beliefs, and sometimes odd behavior. but they didn't consider him a threat. the "associated press" is reporting hasan's behavior was a topic of conversation when he was a student at a military medical school. hasan was reportedly considered only a mediocre student during his training. his superiors also reportedly thought his strong religious beliefs interfered with his research. >>> on to another story here. richard and mayuni heene will plead guilty to last month's balloon boy hoax. his attorney says he expects him to plead

the only suspect major nidal hasan remains hospitalized. he's been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. >>> president obama is asking congress to slow down on ft. hood. he said lawmakers shouldn't be focused on possible intelligence failures until police and military officials get a chance to do their job and finish up the work on the shooting. the president already ordered his own intelligence review of the accused gunman major nidal hasan. >> we must couple pile every piece of information about the gunman and learn what was done with that information. once we learn those facts, we must act upon them. if there was failure to take appropriate action before the shootings, there must be accountability. we must quickly and thoroughly evaluate and address any flaws in the system so we can prevent a similar breach from happening again. our government must be able to act swiftly and surely when it has threatening information. and our troops must have the security that they deserve. i know there will also be inquiries by congress, and th

they do something very harmful. >> thank you, there is a great deal in the public record about nidal malik hasan that raises concern about the adequacy of our law enforcement. about whether the military acted on the information, not only available to it but was noticed and commented upon, some of nidal malik hasan's department of defense record. the senate armed services committee investigation, this will focus on the military. and the connections to the military, our investigation is carried out in a way that is consistent with the essential need to avoid jeopardize in the criminal investigation into a this attack by nidal malik hasan. and the committee here is careful. i want to commend the committee and witnesses who were careful not to say something, to avoid saying anything which would jeopardize his investigation, this criminal investigation and the prosecution of this man, it is essential that we investigate, correct where necessary, hold accountable where it is necessary and prosecute without running into the defense that there has been a prejudgment by people who have either commanded s

national public raid crow got a copy of a memo reportedly written by major nidal hasan's supervisor at army reid and it says hasan demonstrated a pattern of poor judgment and was counselled for inappropriately discussing religious topics with patients. >> put his islamic obsession aside. put aside hasan's apparently extremist islamic views. what this memo is saying, it's right there in the army's official credentials file as saying this psychiatrist could be reckless for his patients. he could be a danger to them, yet he kept getting promoted and as we all know he was sent to ft. hood to treat some of the most vulnerable soldiers in the army. >>> cnn could not corroborate the authenticity of the memo or reach the supervisor who had signed that. hasan's supervisor at ft. hood said hasan's past evaluations did not raise red flags about a potential for violence. it doesn't look good for california's money problems. a nonpartisan budget analyst predicts the state will face a $20 billion dech sit for at least the next five years. even so, governor arnold schwarzenegger says he has no plans

>> nearly a year ago the fbi looked at the suspect, major nidal hasan. re were no red flags despite knowing about e-mails between hasan and a muslim cleric linked to two 9/11 hijackers. now the fbi is starting a new internal review to see if it could have done anything differently. >>> the man accused of trying to blackmail david letterman is expected to ask a judge to drop the case today. a lawyer for cbs news producer robert halderman plans to challenge the evidence. remember the case made letterman admit on his own show that he had sex with women who worked for him. >>> new this morning, basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar has made a stunning announcement about his health. that he has cancer. what kind, rafer? >> a rare form of cancer that has the dreaded word leukemia in it. the basketball legend starred in films like "air"airplane" and t shows. he was diagnosed with myeloid leukemia back in december. doctors say it was not a death sentence and he has a very good chance to live a normal life. >> i had a very good friend who died three or four years

up to date on the breaking story out of fort hood, military officials saying they believe major nidal hasan acted alone in the shooting rampage that killed 13 people, injuring 30. here's what we know about hasan. the 39-year-old is of jordanian descent but was born in virginia. he graduated from virginia tech and was also licensed to practice psychiatry in that state. hasan used to work at walter reed army medical center as well but recently received orders to deploy to afghanistan. the owner of a convenience store in fort hood is saying the man he knew as major nidal we were just describing to you came in for coffee and hash browns regularly. he released this exclusive video to our sister network cnn and he says it shows hasan just hours before the shooting. the store owner told a cnn producer hasan often chatted with him when he stopped in. >> it was one exchange which really stuck out in his mind. this was a regular customer but about a week ago he estimates it was he came in and seemed to want to talk. he knew the store owner had been overseas and was also former military and he express

major nidal hasan. >> i guess they missed the signs with him. can you imagine if they missed the signs with someone else? it's ridiculous. >> i think there were probably a lot of connections that should have been made that weren't made but we're at war and we're under a lot of fresh be you're and maybe that's what happened. >> major hasan is still in intensive care at an army hospital in san antonio. investigators believe that he acted alone and wasn't part of a terror plot. sources say that he was never put on a watch list even after they found e-mails between him and a moslem cleric linked to two of the 9/11 hijack eers. investigators say there was no mention of threats or violence. >>> if you own an umbrella stroller, stop using it immediately. jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. you're talking about a recall of a million of these strollers. >>> yeah, and this is really dangerous, robin. 12 kids have lost a fingertip. they've had to have them amputated. >> that's awful. >> yeah. it's the umbre

and the suspect major nidal hasan is conscious and talking from his bed 120 miles away from ft. hood in san antonio. when we get more information on hasan and the investigation itself, we'll bring it to you. >>> people along the gulf coast are bracing for tropical storm ida, downgraded from a hurricane this morning. still forecast to say it could dump up to eight inches of lane reign when it makes landfall probably around mobil, alabama. bonnie schneider is joining us with the latest. heading for the southeast. >> absolutely. we are talking about a big tropical storm and a strong one at that. when you hear tropical storm, you may think it's not so bad but this is a powerful storm once a category ii hurricane. ida is on the move. already some of the convection coming on shore. but the center of circulation has not yet done that. winds are at 70 miles per hour, gusts up to 85. so right now the center is about 283 miles from pensacola, florida. but the movement will take it onshore on to areas of possibly alabama and into florida, as we go through the next 24 hours. we are anticipat

a yemeni cleric tells "the washington post" that he did not order or pressure major nidal hasan to hurt americans. the cleric says that he saw hasan's growing discomfort with the u.s. military in the e-mails they exchanged. hasan is accused of shooting and killing 13 people at ft. hood. he is still in the hospital. >>> former new jersey governor jim mcgreevey is training to become an episcopal priest. remember his 2004 confession revealing his affair with a man, well it ended his marriage and his political career. well, mcgreevey tells wcvs that it could be inappropriate to comment about it right now but that his spiritual journey is going well. it might be a good thing that bob's not up right now to talk. >>> a dog so disabled that it moved on its wrists has learned to walk. a georgia vet operated on spirit and gave her months of therapy after somebody dumped her on the side of the wrong. what is wrong with people. her new owner says she's doing fine. >> i don't want people to feel pity. what i want people to feel is, look what can happen to a dog that people thought was useless. she's

hood that was frequented by hasan said he knew what he called major nidal. came in for coffee and hash browns almost every morning. he released this video to our sister network, cnn. it shows hasan in the store hours before the shooting. the store owner said hasan often chatted with him when he stopped in. he came in and he seemed to want to talk. he knew the store owner had been overseas and was former military? . he was worried about his upcoming deployment. he expressed that he had a problem, i guess, one would judge as a religious conflict. but as a fellow muslim and someone of fate, he had a problem with having perhaps the opportunity in the future to have to shoot or kill or injury fellow muslims. >> same store from the same owner showing him walking in. apparently in medical scrubs. >> in a statement he said -- >>> we've learned president obama will attends a memorial service at ft. hood for those killed in the shootings. he spoke out about the tragedy this morning. he said he met with the fbi director robert muller and other leaders to discussion thei

. >> lawmakers say they want to look into e-mails between major nidal hasan and a radical cleric in yementhe fbi says it knew about those but concluded that hasan had no links to terrorism. >>> meanwhile, family and friends said their final good-byes to six victims of the shootings. funerals for five soldiers and civilian held in several states yesterday, one was in elle wood, elle elle, where a young private was laid to rest. wgn was there. >> reporter: old glory remained suspended. this woman brought her own. she didn't know michael pearson. she watched from across the street. >> it's sad really to see things happen to young guys when they try to serve the country and then it goes bad. >> reporter: family and friends of army private first class michael pearson said good-bye this afternoon. ceremony inside the fred daenz funeral home was private. illinois governor pat quinn among those inside. >> mom and dad you could tell there's no words in the english language or any language to relieve the pain of losing someone you've known from the day they were born. >> reporter: michael pearson o

they reviewed communications between major nidal hasan and the man identified as the subject of a federalnvestigation. a radical cleric identified as al laki. that's where hasan attended services. he left the u.s. in 2002. he may be in yemen. agents decided there was nothing to warrant further action. they were in effect benign. the fbi is starting a new internal review to see if it might have missed any red flags. >> i guess no one saw the signs on him. can you imagine if they missed the signs with someone else? i mean, you know, this is ridiculous. >> think they were probably a lot of connections that should have been made that weren't made but we're at war and we're around lot of pressure, and maybe that's what happened. >> hasan is still in intensive care at the burn unit in san antonio. he has met with investigators but he has declined to answer their questions. right now in new york police are trying to figure out why a man walked into the school with a rifle and took the principal hostage. the school immediately went into lo lockdown as police a arrived at the scene. the man surren

he's shooting." >> nearly a year ago the fbi looked at this suspect, major nidal hasan. they said there were no red flags despite knowing about e-mails between hasan and a muslim cleric linked to two 9/11 hijackers. now the fbi's starting a new internal review to see if it could have done anything differently in that. >>> it was seven years ago and seven years after now that he terrorized the washington, d.c. area. john allen muhammad is now scheduled to be to be executed tonight. his attorneys arguing he was mentally ill during the series of shootings that started octobernd, 2002. one man was gunned down that night. five more the following day. all of the people just going about their daily business when they were shot. over the next few weeks at that time, there were several more shootings including a 13-year-old boy. he survived but the final death toll ended at ten people. people in the d.c. area were panicked until police finally called john allen muhammad and his accomplice lee boyd malvo on october 24th. >>> just in this morning, basketball legend kareem abdul-jabb

hood rampage says major nidal hasan is paralyzed from the waist down. ed lavandera has more on where the investigation stands now. >> his family describes him as a good american, but several who knew him say the high-ranking army officer expressed extremist islamic views. one says he openly pledged allegiance not to the united states, but the koran. when asked if the constitution was a brilliant document, he said, no, not particularly. our source asked not to be identified. >> we are doing everything possible and we are looking at every reason for this shooting. we are aggressively following every possible lead. we are collecting, analyzing every piece of critical information pertaining to this case. >> hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. the sources say superiors at the university were told about his inflammatory comments, but that concerns about how to handle the situation led to hasan being coddled and accommodates, even though he made class presentations pushing extremist ideology. his attorney wouldn't comment, saying his

earlier reports said major nidal hasan was dead. they lifted the lockdown so families at ft. hood could finally reunite. two moms say they don't take it for granted their daughters survived. >> you know, i'm praying for them and i know that my daughter's okay but there's a lot of families that don't have their child tonight or their spouse or, you know -- and my heart goes out to them. >> i'm sure the parents would have the feeling i would have, though. they know their child was doing something for the country and they're very proud of them. the hurt would still be but they'd be able to be very proud. >> overnight a s.w.a.t. team raided the apartment of the alleged shooter in killeen, texas searching for evidence and clues about a possible motive. why? here's what we know about the suspect, if we don't know the why. we know that he was born in virginia and is a graduate of virginia tech. hasan is 39 and of jordanian descent. he is a psychiatrist and used to work at army reid medical center. now the owner of a convenience store in ft. hood says the man he knew as major nidal c

and new information is coming out about the alleged shooter major nidal hasan. apparently he didn't hide his beliefs from the military. >>> no, he didn't. we go back to 2007 for this, robin. that's what hasan spoke to army doctors as part of a final project for his residency in psychiatrist. instead of a medical lecture hasan talked about islam. you see here the power point presentation on your screen which was published in "the washington post" frequently citing the koran and explaining concepts like islam. he represented in this presentation muslims be allowed to claim conscientious objector status so they did not have to fight other muslims and the military could avoid adverse events as it said in the presentation, robin. >> interesting. we've also heard that he was communicating with a radical muslim cleric but the defense department, how is it responding to those findings? >> robin, a senior department official says they didn't know about it but a federal law enforcement official says last year a joint terrorism task force intercepted communications between

the important rights we seek to protect and that is the right to a fair trial. >> so far, major nidal hasan refused to talk to federal agents and only met with his attorney for about 30 minutes. >>> a spiritual leader who communicated with major hasan is wanted now. police in yemen want to know if he has ties to al-qaeda. he was arrested there once on suspicion of giving religious approval on kidnappings. a u.s. government source says they e-mailed each other many times over several months. >>> the woman who fell right on to the train tracks as the train was coming was saved at the last second and now, she's grateful for the people who saved her. here she is, falling right on to the tracks. the train driver stopped in time. just in time. >> people were waving, but waving a little bit too much and they were really, really close to the yellow line, which they're not supposed to be, so that's telling me to slow down. >> i kept yelling at her to just get up -- >> what were you saying? >> just get up. >> the woman who fell said she did not think she was drunk, but admitted she had four, 22 ounce

major nidal hasan's attorney says his client is paralyzed below the waist. you might remember a police officer shot him multiple times. yesterday president obama ordered a review of the handles of hasan's contact with a radical muslim cleric last year. the fbi says it was dismissed as innocent at the time. defense secretary robert gates warned against rushing to judgment. >> frankly, i deplore the leaks that have taken place, because people who are leaking are leaking what they know, which is one small piece of the puzzle. and what's more, they don't know whether or not what they're leaking might jeopardize a potential criminal investigation at trial. >> now those 13 counts of premeditated murder we mentioned earlier may have hasan eligible for the death penalty if he is convicted. >>> so the balloon boy's parents are due in court in about 30 minutes. they are expected to plead guilty and admit the whole thing, this thing, was a hoax. last month richard and mayumi heene said they thought their son was inside that balloon. the couple could face jail time now.

first, if it seems to be the case, there were colleagues of nidal hasan in the u.s. army that heard him say thing or watch him do things that raised concerns in their minds about his mental stability or extremism. the question is were those concerns conveyed up the chain of command, and were they recorded anywhere in hasan's personnel files, and did the army do anything in response to those concerns. ion did the joint terrorism task forces headed by the f.b.i. have about hasan. including transcripts of e-mails which he had with a subject of investigation that the f.b.i. acknowledged publicly it had in its possession. the acknowledgment came last week, what judgments were made about those e-mails? were any attempts made to investigate hasan further after the e-mail traffic of the ongoing terrorist task force intercepted. and third, was the information that the joint terrorism task force had on hasan, shared with anyone in the u.s. army, the department of defense or anyone else in our government. those to me are three central questions, though by no means all the quest

major nidal hasan accused of killing 13 people at the post last thursday. he's refused to be interviewed by investigators but we do know he'll likely get a military trial. what are the rules? what's admissible? a military court as opposed to a regular civilian court? a former military attorney has a lot of experience in this realm joining us live from new york with answers. thanks for your time. who judges him? >> it's going to be actually a panel opposed to a jury. what the panel consists of is upper ranking officers. they put higher ranking officers than major hasan in order that major hasan can't show signs of retribution that he would do anything to the members depending on how they vote. the panel members will be the ones voting. the difference is that you need a two-thirds vote in the military opposed to a unanimous vote on the civilian side of things. >> is it the death penalty? >> it will be the death penalty. that will be on the table. it will be two phase. panel voting on guilt or innocence which is a two-thirds vote and then you have the penalty

shannon says she worked on the 2008 study to help the military spot people like major nidal hasan. >>he report was written from the military perspective. it was for them to have tools to spot different criteria that showed lines of radicalization and how to spot and identify them and from there be able to head the problem off and so we can avoid anything from materializing. >> well, she says she contacted the military after the ft. hood shootings to see why no one had mentioned the report. she was told it is now classified. pentagon officials declined to comment. yesterday defense secretary robert gates announced an extensive review of policies. he said the 45-day review will look at the military screening programs and security at u.s. bases. >>> senators are cutting their thanksgiving vacation short to vote on your health care reform. in a rare move, the senate meets tomorrow to decide whether to open the debate on the democrats' plan which could extend coverage to at least 30 million people. the estimated cost $848 billion over ten years. now republicans are against the bill's provi

. >> major nidal hasan is not on a ventilator anymore but still in intensive care. >>> meanwhile, friends and family are honoring the 13 people killed in shootings. one with of them was aaron nemelka scheduled to go to afghanistan. his uncle read a family statement yesterday. >> aaron was intensely proud to serve serve under the leadership of the president. aaron believed we are all first and foremost americans, not democrats, not republicans, not white, black, brown, or any other color. aaron felt keenly the responsibility of representing both his country and his family. he was proud to follow in the footsteps of both his grandfathers that served, two uncles that are in the military, currently, and one cousin. >> the first police officer who confronted the suspect after the shooting just had her second surgery. a military spokesman says sergeant kimberly munley is in good condition after last night's surgery. she was injured during the shootout with hasan, but it is not believed to be life threatening. her supervisor initially said that she brought down the suspect, but another officer a

media reports say that right before the attack, major nidal hasan tried to turn in some of his patients for war crimes. correspondent richard lui joins us now. makes me wonder about patient/doctor privilege/confidentiality. >>> we're going to get to that. major hasan work as a military psychiatrist a. captain who worked at ft. hood said hasan thought some of his patients had c confessed to war crimes during their sessions. now he asked superiors to press criminal charges but they reportedly ignored or rebuffed hasan's efforts several times. the last e-mail exchanged on the matter, robin, were just a few days before that attack. >> okay, not to sound like a broken record, but wouldn't that have been a breach? >> that is the core issue here, robin. it depend on what kind of information major hasan had. we don't know that as of yet. if they had confessed legitimate war crimes, rules would have required hasan to tell his superiors. >> possible suspected or alleged violations of the law of war do have to be reported. so it looks like there's at least a plausible argument that he was under an

hood shooting says he's not newer major nidal hasan can get a fair trial in texas but told our sister network cnn this morning it's his job to make sure that does happen. >> first and foremost, i share and extend my sympathies to all of the victims were involved in this case, but i'd also caution and remind everyone how important it is that we insure that as we go through a pretrial and trial process, whether it's within the military, outside of the military, that we remember why we all wear the uniform and the important rights that we seek to protect. and that is the right to a fair trial. >> fbi agents showed up yesterday at the texas mosque where hasan worshiped. they would not say what they were looking for, but they sifted through a trash bin outside the islamic community center of greater killeen. mosque leaders have condemned the attack from last week. >>> a pastor and father of four reportedly has made a shocking confession. jose figueroa told police he killed a teenage they are 1 98. the cold case unit in buffalo, new york, got a tip that he might have been involved. then min

rossmiller said she worked on the study to help the military spot people like major nidal hasan. >> the report was written from the military perspective and it was entitled radicalization of members of the dod. and what it was for was for them to have tools to look within their ranks to spot different criteria that showed signs and red flags of radicalization and how to spot those, identify them, and then from there be able to head the problem off and so we could avoid anything from materializing. >> she says she contacted the military after the ft. hood shootings to see why no one had mentioned that report. she was told it's now classified. pentagon officials have declined comment. >>> the u.s. military may scale back the number of jets to protect against an air attack. after september 11th, the government designated dozens of planes for that but senior officers say the chance of air attacks decreased and the military could free up those crews for other missions. >>> one of our i-reporters really captured the mood with those protests on ucla campus this week. look at this. julie says s

remember a terrorism task force intercepted communications between major nidal hasan and a radical muslim cleric last year. they said it wasn't about terrorism so they never passed the info along. defense secretary robert gates warned against rushing to judgment. >> frankly i abhor the leaks that have taken place because people who are leaking are leaking what they know, which is one small piece of the puzzle, and what's more they don't know whether or not what they're leaking might jeopardize a potential criminal investigation in a crime. >> yesterday the u.s. army charged hasan with 13 counts of premeditated murder for last week's murder. that makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted. >>> balloon boy's parents are due in court this morning. there you go. they're expected to plead guilty and admit the whole thing was a hoax. richard heene turned himself in to sheriff's deputies yesterday. he and his wife could both face jail time. they said they thought their son was in a runaway balloon. it turns out it was a publicity stunt. >>> time right now for "salute to the troops." r

. >> lawmakers say they want to look into e-mails between shooting suspect major nidal hasan and a radicalleric in yemen. the fbi says it knew about those but concluded hasan had no links to terrorism. >>> meanwhile, family and friends said their final good-byes to six victims of the shootings. funerals for five soldiers and one civilian were held in several states yesterday. one funeral was in ellewood, illinois, where a young private was laid to rest. wgn was there. >> reporter: old glory hangs suspended between two joliet ladder trucks, the 74-year-old katherine brought her own. she didn't know michael pearson and watched from across the street. >> it's sad, really, to see things happen to young guys, you know, when they try to serve the country and then it goes bad. >> reporter: family and friends of army private first class michael pearson said good-bye this afternoon. the ceremony inside the fred danes funeral home was private. illinois governor pat quinn among those inside. >> his mom and dad, you could tell there's no words in the english language or any language to relieve the pai

a local muslim leader says in a recent conversation with suspect major nidal hasan he seemed almost incoherent. he said hasan never expressed anger toward the army but said something didn't seem right about him. investigators say hasan fired more than a hundred rounds from two hand guns yesterday. 13 people were killed. two dozen of the 38 people wounded are still in the hospital. many are in intensive care. hasan, who was shot four times by a police officer, has been taken to brook army medical center in san antonio. he's in critical but stable condition and is under heavy guard. the flag-draped remains of the 12 soldiers and one civilian killed thursday were flown to dover airforce base in delaware last night. autopsies are being done there. >>> all across america flags are flying at half-staff at government facilities in memory of those who died in the fort hood rampage. several texas communities held candlelight vigils. it can be easy to lose sight of the people behind the numbers when the death toll is so high. we want to share some details about some of the lives lost. 21-year-old privat

that they deserve. >> lawmakers say they want to look into e-mails between shooting suspect major nidal hasana radical cleric in yemen. the fbi says it knew about those but concluded hasan had no links to terrorism. >>> meanwhile, family and friends said their final good-byes to six victims of the shootings. funerals for five soldiers and one civilian were held in several states yesterday. one funeral was in illinois where a young private was laid to rest. antoine lewis from affiliate wgn was there. >> reporter: old glory hangs suspended between two joliet trucks. this woman brought her own. she didn't know michael pearson. she watched from across the street. >> it's sad really to see things happen to young guys when they try to serve the country and then it goes bad. >> reporter: family and friends of army private 1st class michael pearson said good-bye this afternoon. the ceremony inside the funeral home was private. illinois governor pat quinn among those inside. >> his mom and dad, you could tell there is no words in the english language or any language to relieve the pain of losing someo

hood shooting suspect major nidal hasan will probably never walk again. his attorney says he's paralyzed frommed waist down. a police officer shot him multiple times. hasan is charged with 13 counts premeditated murder. >>> police investigating the home where bodies of 11 women were found have expanded their search. police took away evidence bags from a nearby property. police won't say what was in the bags. anthony sowell, the man who owns the house is due in court later today. >>> breaking news, five guantanamo bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks will be tried in civilian court, including the accused mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed. the attorney general is expected to make the official announcement at 11:00 a.m. eastern. he's also expected to say that five others will be sent to military commissions for trial. >>> those were a few of the headlines. you can see the newsroom is kind of hopping today. good morning to you. as i fix my earpiece. morning sunshine, i'm robin meade. >>> new this morning, concerns about the economy. those are th

where the investigation stands now. >> reporter: nidal hasan's family describes him as a good american but several who knew him say the high-ranking army officer expressed extremist islamic viewsment one says hasan openly pledged allegiance, not to the united states, but to the koran, and when asked if the constitution was a brilliant document simply responded, "no, not particularly." our sources asked not to be identified because of the ongoing investigation. and the investigators wouldn't comment on the details they offered. >> we are doing everything possible, and we are looking at every reason for this shooting. we are following every possible lead. we are collecting, analyzing, and disseminating every piece of critical information pertaining to this case. >> hasan has been formally charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. the sources say superiors at the uniform services university were told about hasan's inflammatory comments, but concerns about how to handle the situation led to hasan being coddled and accommodated, even though he made class presentations pushing extremist

media reports say right before the attack, major nidal hasan tried to turn in some of his own patients for war crimes. correspondent richard lui joins us now. >> reporter: that's right, robin. you probably recall major hasan worked as a military psychiatrist. a captain who worked at ft. hood tolls the "dallas morning news" hasan thought some of his patients confessed to war crimes during this sessions and asked superiors to press criminal charges but they reportedly were ignored or rebuffed his efforts several time. the last e-mails exchanged on that matter, robin, were just a few days before the attack. >> when i hear about this, i mean, wouldn't turning in your patients be a really serious violation of doctor/patient confidentiality? >> reporter: big question here. depends wloon kind of information major hasan had. we don't know that as of yet, but if the patients had confessed legitimate war crimes and defense department rules would have required hasan to tell his superiors. even a military law attorney told our sister network cnn. >> possible suspected or alleged violations of the

. >> major nidal malik hasan is not on a ventilator anymore, still in intensive care. >>> meanwhile, friends and family are honoring the 13 people killed in the shootings. 1 of them is 19-year-old private aaron thomas nimelka, scheduled to go to afghanistan in january. his uncle read a family statement yesterday. >> aaron wassed intensely proud to serve under the leadership of the president. aaron believed we are all first and foremost americans. not democrats, not republicans, not white, black, browner, or any other color. aaron felt keenly the responsibility of representing both his country and his family. he was proud to follow in the footsteps of both his grandfathers that served, two uncles that are in the military currently, and one cousin. >> the first police officer who confronted the suspect after the shooting just had her second surgery. a military spokesman says sur jant kimberly munley is in good condition after last night's surgery. she was injured during the shootout with hasan, but it is not believed to be life threatening. her supervisor initially said that she brough

shan nen said she worked on the study that helped the military spot people like nidal hasan. >> it wastten from the military perspective entitled radicalization of members of the dod. what it was for was for them to have tools to look within their ranks to spot different criteria that showed signs and red flags of radicalization, how to spot them, identify them and then from there be able to head the problem off and so we could avoid anything from materializing. >> she says that she contacted the military after the ft. hood shootings to see why no 1 had mentioned the report. she was told that it's now classified. pentagon officials have declined comment. >>> yesterday the defense secretary robert gates announced an extensive review of policies in response to the ft. hood shootings. he said that the 45-day review will look into military screening programs and security at u.s. bases. the army and a senate committee have also launched their own investigations. >>> the man charged with kidnapping and 5 care-year-old carolina girl will also be charged with murder and rape. mario mcneil is e

. >> major nidal malik hasan is not on a ventilator anymore, but he is still in intensive care. there are plans for two memorial services honoring the ft. hood victims. one is scheduled for this evening at 6:00. on tuesday, president and mrs. obama will travel to ft. hood and take part in a memorial service on the post. >>> police in cleveland have identified three more of the ten bodies found in the home of a registered sex offender. anthony sowell served 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape in 1989. he was arrested two days after police discovered the first b y bodies in his home last week. authorities now have identified seven victims found in or near sowell's home. the skull of an 11th victim was also found. >>> her father and son were diagnosed with brain disorders. but holly robinson peete didn't back away. hln's robin meade has more on this breakthrough woman. >> reporter: you might recognize her from "21 jump street," but holly robinson peete's most important role came when her oldest son was diagnosed with autism ten years ago. >> i had no idea wha

first, if it seems to be the case, there were colleagues of nidal hasan in the u.s. army that heard him say thing or watch him do things that raised concerns in their minds about his mental stability or extremism. the question is were those concerns conveyed up the chain of command, and were they recorded anywhere in hasan's personnel files, and did the army do anything in response to those concerns. ion did the joint terrorism task forces headed by the f.b.i. have about hasan. including transcripts of e-mails which he had with a subject of investigation that the f.b.i. acknowledged publicly it had in its possession. the acknowledgment came last week, what judgments were made about those e-mails? were any attempts made to investigate hasan further after the e-mail traffic of the ongoing terrorist task force intercepted. and third, was the information that the joint terrorism task force had on hasan, shared with anyone in the u.s. army, the department of defense or anyone else in our government. those to me are three central questions, though by no means all the quest

don't try that at home. >>> we're learning about even more red flags over major nidal hasan. man accused of the mass shootings at ft. hood may have had a crorocky start to his car. >>> we're watching the space walk. they'll be busy on this first of three. we'll take you to space here on hln throughout the day.

hood shooting suspect that major nidal malik hasan formally requested to leave the military.le his attorney has concerns about his case. >> not only do i have concerns about it, i can tell you, i have been approached on the street by many folks in the vicinity that expressed the same concern. sit possible for him to get a fair trial, they ask me. and i shake my head and i say i guess we have to wait and see. >> 13 people died in the shooting at ft. hood and dozens more wounded. if hasan is convicted of capital murder it would be up to the president to decide if a death sentence could be carried out. >>> there was a little bit of drama with former miss california usa prejean when she was on "larry king live." >> larry, it's completely confidential, and you are being inappropriate. >> okay, "larry king live" continues. detroit, hello. >> translator: i am calling from detroit, and i am sure you and carrie has great advice if they wanted to get married. >> did she hear the question? >> awkward. prejean continues with the show after the commercial break. larry apologized and said

the alleged gunman, we're getting more revelations about nidal hasan.ting shocking details about a lecture he gave at walter reed, 2007, joining us, "washington post" military reporter. ann, what do we know about this lecture. he lectured on islam, suicide bombers. what can you tell us about that? >> we know june of 2007, 25 supervisors and colleagues in the mental health field. his basic message was he was getting harder and harder for muslims serving in the u.s. military to participate in wars against other muslims. they were feeling guilty. they should not be killing other muslims. there was a warning also. this could lead to adverse events. >> okay. he's saying that, by those who were there, did they take it he was warning them a soldier could do this. obviously look at this and what he's accused of, was it a foreshadowing of what has come to be. >> people listening were upset by it, apparently no report was placed in his record or no expression of concern at that time. but yes, they were upset. he also specifically recommended that the military sho

major nidal malik hasan was shot four times.he is in intensive care at the medical center in san antonio now. and his civilian lawyer talked with him for about an hour yesterday. >> he is is not ambulatory. my understanding is that there is no likelihood that will change. >> hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. 43 people were wounded and army investigators say hasan could face more charges of the death of one of the soldiers' unborn child. >>> richard heene had a guilty plea today. answered to a felony charge in court. >> as to the attempt to influence a public servant, count one, the only count that has been filed here, how do you plead? >> guilty. >> his wife pleaded built they to one misdemeanor count of false reporting to authorities. the heene's attorneys say prosecutors have agreed to a sentence of probation with the possibility of up to 90 days in jail for richard. up to 60 days in jail for his wife. but millions of you across the country, weren't we just captivated by the claim their son was taken away