major nidal hasan is charged in the attack that left 15 people dead. and a hearing today. an army sergeant wounded in the assault said he heard hasan say, and i quote, god is great in arabic before opening fire. the court will determine if he should stand trial on murder charges. >>> alex demetrick reports, efforts to reduce violence received a cash infusion from the feds today. >> it's not known who pulled the trigger that ended 22-year- old darrell hood's life, one of five in baltimore this past weekend. >> the crime rate is going down. i don't see how. i mean, with the murder rate the way it is. i don't see how it's going down at all. >> reporter: but the city leaders were back before the cameras again today. >> overall gun crime is down 15%. but this is not a cause for celebration. it is a call for further action. >> reporter: by stepping up a strategy to keep guns and

the article 32 hearing will determine whether there's enough evidence to try major nidal hasan. a soldier yesterday said that he felt the attack was a training drill. >>> new details about the miracle at the mine. the chilean miners rescued

i will remind you of nidal hasan. he was ignored by most of his colleagues not because he didn't have any signs of radicalization that his fellow officers feared but because they were worried that the same thing would happen to them that happened to you. and most of us muslims are horrified and we don't have our head in the sand like cair. we're not trying to divert and avoid the real reforms. i will tell you, there are many other muslims like myself, reform american islamic leadership coalition of other collisions that don't toe the line of the muslim brotherhood. >> juan: one last quick question for you. when you look at the kind of rhetoric that was coming from the times square bomber where he talks about a muslim war, the first drop of blood, doesn't cair have any response to that? they get me fired but where is their response to a man who is trying to blow up times square? >> they don't have a response. why? because it involves them deconstructing their whole mode

outer lothe outer >>> major nidal hasan will have a hearing today to determine whether there's enough evidence to go to trial. >>> the rescue capsule is ready. tomorrow morning the rescue efforts should begin to bring up the 33 trapped chilean miners have been underground two months. emily schmidt has more. it is exciting. >> good morning. a remarkable few hours could unfolds. the first of them could be above ground for the first time since august 5. rip up.s a 2000's-foot t they will sleep together for the last night today. they successfully tested the rescue capsule. the council did not even listen dust along the lake. the miners will be in a 21-inch capsule for 20 minutes. the table where and oxygen masks vowel rescuers monitored very heart beat, body temperature. they will be sent to a hospital. beds already appeared for them and their medical records on computers. in these last hours before the rescue operation begins, the best for simpler and shoe polish because they want to look their best before they reunite with their families for the first time in more than two months -- the

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nidal hasan comes face-to-face with some of his alleged victims. >>> bonding with the boss, how the recession is driving employees closer to their managers, maybe even a little too close. >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing. this is "jansing & company." terrorism analyst kendall coffey and politics daily blogger, matt lewis. >>> republicans are pushing to take the hill. trying to get control of the house. but don't count democrats out yet because instead of retreating, they're standing their ground in some important races. kelly o'donnell has the key battleground matchups. >> this is like a special hamburger. >> reporter: fund-raising in miami, he stopped in havana where the cuban food is hot. >> then you put french fries on top of it. >> reporter: kentucky's senate debate. >> he's going to keep saying obama, obama, obama, it's about kentucky first. >> reporter: in a tight race with rand paul. >> he doesn't want to talk about his support for president obama and all of president obama's initiatives. that's what this election is about and he's trying to run away from it. >> reporter: in wiscons

major nidal hasan is being looked at in this trial. if he can actually be brought to the actual trial for 13 counts of premedicated murder -- meditated murder and 33 counts of attempted murder. so we're monitoring this closely coming out of fort hood, texas today. jon: we are waiting right now for the start of the very first civilian trial of a gitmo detainee. the suspect is charged with plotting to blow up the u.s. embassies in africa back in 1998. a terror attack that left more than 200 people dead. the prosecution is pushing ahead with the case even though its star witness will not be allowed to testify. joining us, charles culley simpson, this is a guy who has twice admitted to his role in attacking our embassy in tan zanie and yet those two confessions are not going to be allowed, right culley? >> i don't know whether they're going to be allowed or not. i suspect they're not going to be allowed, but remember jon, this guy was actually indicted, along with the other folks, back in 199 #, and the evidence they had at the time, the p

the article 32 hearing for anna major nidal hasan will begin in a few hours. he's accused of killing 13 people and shooting 32 others on the texas on the base last november. he grew up in this area and worked at walter reed before being transferred to walter reed. the hearing will determine whether a bill will be a trial. >>> early tuesday morning, 65 degrees. >>>, > a night of lies and los elbowroom solar. -- a night of highs and lows on ball rolling solaroom floor. >> and maryland's governor's debate, the sparks fly. >> adam caskey has details >>> 4:40. traffic and weather to get there. >> adam caskey has more on the warmer weather in october. >> 88 and sunday yesterday. still on today and well above average. low 80's locally. upper 70's north of town later on today. a few light showers scraping along the maryland and pennsylvania line. that is about as close as it will get. most of the action has been in pennsylvania last night and even now. 57 degrees in spots. 63 in gaithersburg and college park. partly cloudy today. a little added cloud cover. high tempe

the army psychiatrist, nidal hasan, is accused of killing 13 people and hurting 32 others at the texas military base. the hearing will determine if he will face a court-martial. europe continues to be on high alert on reports that terrorists may be plotting attacks there. a u.s. counterterrorism officials says that the plot is still enough of a threat to keep the current travel advisory. tourists traveling in europe are encouraged to take extra precautions about their personal security. we turned out to the weather. -- we turn now to the weather. it is one of those days that you don't want to be outside at all. >> you want to be comfortable inside in your most comfortable sweatshirt or sweater p. let's look at the radar. we will do some zooms here for you. notice at about urbana and sterling, approaching haymarket, that is where you have that back line in precipitation. also, the yellow areas. that is where we have the heaviest showers. up and down the potomac, but also moving and parts of south beach, prince george's county, heavy-to-moderate rain showers. north arlington and parts of

hood shooter nidal hasan. it will determine whether he faces court-martial and the death penalty. >>> we have followed this young man's story from the beginning. michael brewer set on fire one year ago today, now, as he celebrates his 16th birthday, he talks to cnn. >> countdown to election day, with marijuana on the ballot, we will show you how cash-strapped states can turn legal pot into a bonanza. >>> i'm tony harris. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. >>> boy, oh, boy, the waiting is almost over for 33 chilean miners trapped one half mile under ground. the rescue shaft is ready. hospitals and helicopters are on standby. karl penhaul is at the mine in chile. karl, before we bring anyone up from that mine, we have got to send a few people down. lift ton me, like i'm part of the process here. walk us through that process, if you would. >> reporter: absolutely, but i think you're no different from anybody else, tony. i think a lot of our viewers from across the world have

judge abruptly adjourned after the defense ask for a month-long delay in the military trial for nidal hasan. the trial is set to resume again tomorrow. the next six months after the bp oil spill, the ban on the gulf of mexico drilling is over. the ban on the product -- deep water drilling began just after this bill. the administration has been under heavy pressure to lift the ban. critics say has cost the country jobs and subsequently damaged the economy. >> still to come, a traffic corner istyson's already causing headaches. >> warm weather is already about to end. >> gilbert marinez plays his first game in washington since last year's suspension. -- gilbert arenas plays his first game in washington since last year's suspension. first game in washington since last year's suspension. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting

in texas, a court hearing that unexpectedly stalled yesterday is due to lee zoom today for major nidal hasan, the army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people. >>> margaret thatcher today celebrates her 85th birthday. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. live coverage from the chilean mine where one by one, the trapped miners are being rescued. >>> and the latest details in the jet ski murder case at the mexican border. >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm thomas roberts. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

hood shooter nidal hasan should stand trial began this morning.e sdriging the incident to a military officer. >>> scientists ara s ars arant sure when it will happen, but the next rupture of the san andreas fault could be even more massive than previously thought. capable a magnitude above eight on the richter scale. a rupture could impact more than 300 miles of land in california. >>> courteney cox and david arca arquette separated after 11 years of marriage. the couple has one young daughter. >>> no apologies, no explanation. virginia congressional candidate krystal ball is fighting mad after a series of risque photos of her emerged on the internet. it was last week when a conservative blog posted the photos taken six years ago including ms. ball with her ex-husband, who had a sex toy attached to his nose. she's not shying away from those photos. she is using them as an example of what she proceeds is a cruel double standard in politics. krystal ball joins me now, thanks for being here. >> good morning, chris. thank you for having me. >> you bel

hood shooter, nidal hasan.he hearing will discover whether there's enough evidence to court-martial hassan. >>> paula is dumping rain in honduras before heading to the yucatan peninsula. paula is expected to strengthen into a hurricane some time this morning. >>> a new book by former south african leader, nelson mandela, goes on sale today in 20 countries in 20 languages. "conversations" was compiled by a team of archivists and collaborators who worked from decades of notes, recorded conversations and other material. >>> more news from abc after this. ♪ are you ready? he's not talking about work. ♪ i don't want to work he's not tucking in his shirt. ♪ everybody, now! he's not checking messages every 9 seconds. and now this? ♪ i don't want to play ♪ i just want to bang on the drum all day ♪ [ ship horn blows ] ♪ now the healing power of touch just got more powerful. introducing precise from the makers of tylenol. precise pain relieving cream works quickly to activate sensory receptors. it helps block pain signal

accused fort hood shooter, major nidal hasan is being advised by his attorney to take a mental exam, eduled to happen after an upcoming key hearing. it's been moved up and hasan says the rushed results could be unfairly used against him. hasan stands accused of murdering 13 people. one of them pregnant. >> brian? >> prosecutors say they probably don't have enough evidence to file hate crime charges against two rutgers university students implicated in a classmate's suicide. prosecutors are reviewing the death of tyler clementi and originally considered charging the two with a second-degree bias crime. the two already face charges for invasion of privacy. he is accused of filming clementi of having sex and broadcasting the tape on the internet prompting his suicide. >> federal reserve chair ben bernanke is apologizing for the sorry state of the u.s. economy. >> but it will get stronger. and america will continue to be a terrific place to live and work. >> bernanke talking to rhode island college students at a town hall meeting. the fed chair also warning the huge u.s. budget deficit th

american-born cleric anwar al- awlaki who was also the radical inspiration for accused fort hood gunman nidal hasan. >> what you have is a hardened core of al qaeda operatives operating in the safe haven of yemen trying to hit the united states and trying to do it creatively and effectively. >> reporter: the discovery of the suspect devices overseas led u.s. authorities to quarantine and search three u.p.s. cargo jets which arrived today in philadelphia and newark. sources say officials were on the lookout for ten to 20 packages that were shipped from yemen at about the same time as the apparent bombs. nothing dangerous was found, but the scare sent security forces scrambling on multiple fronts. in new york city, police pulled over a u.p.s. truck and late today fighter jets escorted passenger plane inbound to new york from dubai thought to be carrying packages from yemen. searches of the truck and the passenger plane revealed no new dangers. officials do not know if the devices found in england and dubai were designed to explode in the air or needed to be detonated by a person on the ground, presum

the article 32 hearing will determine whether there's enough evidence to try major nidal hasan. a soldier yesterday said that he felt the attack was a training drill. >>> new details about the miracle at the mine. the chilean miners rescued after more than two months trapped underground are sharing details of their ordeal. >> emily smith joins us with details. how are the men doing today? >> the news continues to be remarkable. it is interesting when you think that 48 hours ago when we were talking, most of them were still trapped more the aan half a mile beneath the earth. three of them spent the night last night at their own homes. escapeof them have be from the hospital while there was a parade in the front, they slipped out through the back to go home. none of the remaining ones palace serious physical problems. they will have to deal with the memories of two months trapped underground. one of the men said for two weeks they ate less than a soda cap full of fish a day. today there are swamped with job offers and book deals and gifts. there are getting a lot of attention whet

lawyers for nidal hasan is asking the trial be delayed. 13 people were killed on the base. many are expected to testify in the article 32 hearing. >> mn is recovered after being swept away in a sewer system. a safety line snapped after he was lowered into the sewer. the man was found about an hour and a half later and was flown to the hospital. he may have ingested sewage, which is not good. 53 degrees on tv hill. coming up, the morning's financial news in the bloomberg business report. >> the best ways to keep your computers protected from viruses. >> it just got a lot busier when i melt to sleep with unisom sleep melts i get to sleep faster, stay asleep and wake refreshed. melt to sleep fast. unisom sleep melts. and i'm investigating what makes aruba so happy. oh my word, that's fantastic. ♪ row your boat gently down the stream... ♪ i'll tell you what; it's not aloe vera the main export. it's happiness. i haven't even got bait on the end of mine. i don't care; it's just nice sitting here. you're getting it. you're getting it. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus

nidal hasan is accused of killing 12 and injuring 32 others. >> montgomery county police say on sunday officers used a tasered a 65-year-old corrine polley because he resisted arrest. u.s. -- karewem ali because he resisted arrest. he died the next morning in the hospital. an autopsy is being done to this -- to turn cause of death. >> it is unusual to see a woman running a maggot church of 19,000 members that essentially mega-church of 19,000 members that she essentially created. betty created jericho in north dc in a cinder block church and grew up into the mancow-church it is today. -- mega-church it is today. and when as pastor she managed to get a $35 million loan to get -- to build her jericho land, call it a blessing or a lot, the redskins moved in next door meeting her parking. -- needing her parking. over the years, they bought 100 acres for their church, their school, a divinity college, a jericho business park, jericho residences, a 270-unit apartment complex for people 55 and over. >> she has made a tremendous impact in the lives of folks. >> and a phenomenal church leaders

nidal hasan is accused of killing 13 and shooting 32 others on that texas army post last november. the article 32 hearing will determine whether there's enough evidence for trial. he grew up in this area and worked at walter reed. >>> a former marine charts with raping a woman and tried to attack another goes on trial today. jorge torrez abducted a woman from arlington in february and raped the woman. he's also accused of another attack in arlington. >>> still ahead, a history making medical product. for the first time ever, testing stem cell treatments on human patients. >>> brett favre refuses to answer questions about a sex scandal after last night's loss to new york's. >>> traffic and weather every captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> on this tuesday morning, 6:10. mild temperatures. this afternoon it will not be as warm as yesterday. well above average. there's a cooling trend beginning right now. 65 at reagan national, 58 in winchester, cumberland, 55. should be closer to 50 degrees right now and upper 40's in the outlying areas. and is will w

army psychologist nidal hasan is accused of opening fire, killing 13 people and hurting 32 others. after dozens of people take the stand, the military court will decide whether there's enough evidence to try him. >> in less than 248 hours, the first of the trap to chilean miners -- in less than 48 hours, the first of the draft chilean miners could be lifted from underground. >> the 33 trapped miners are yet another step closer to freedom. engineers finish line in the top 100 feet of the rescue shafter with steel casing. that will protect them from falling debris as they bring them to freedom. rescuers also successfully lowered the rescue capsule to nearly all the way down. >> we're pretty sure that the gate will behave properly. >> this is how the rescue operation should work. each camera will well -- will wear an oxygen mask and hard to gauge. there will also be a camera inside the capsule, all of this squeezed in a space measuring 21 inches in diameter. if something goes wrong, there is no escape system that will allow each miner to separate the capsule so that he can be lured ba

major nidal hasan is accused of killing 13 people in the shooting spree last november.d. and rapper t.i. is heading back to prison for 11 months after violating his probation with a drug arrest. more of "countdown to rescue" after this. [ applause ] >>> when florencio avalos stepped out of that capsule at 11:11 p.m. eastern time, it felt like the beginning of the end, breathing fresh air for the first time, hugging his family. living, smiling proof that the rescue plan could work and maybe it would work for everybody. it was still a marathon ahead. 32 more miners still waiting a half mile underground. would their nerves hold steady? would the escape capsule hold up? they did, and it did. over the next 24 hours, a real life drama unfolded, so many incredible moments. here's tom foreman. >> reporter: mario separate bull varied da rose out of the earth, hugged his wife and then embraced his country. >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! >> reporter: i was with god and the devil, he said. god won. the long night ended for the youngest minor, jimmy sanchez

they say major nidal hasan was the gunman. the witnesses said people tried to stop him by throwing chairs at him and testified that he shouted god is great as he fired shots. >>> there appears to be a stalemate on the repeal of don't ask don't tell. a judge ruled it unconstitutional. the pentagon has not issued a written guidance on the order and commanders don't know how to proceed. the justice department is considering a stay or freeze of the order. if that is rejected, officials may turn to the federal appeals court in california. >>> rapper t.i. used his star power to help a man. he showed up after hearing a suicidal man was threatening to jump off the roof of a building. he reportedly helped authorities talk the man down telling the man that life will get better if he puts in time and effort. the man agreed to come down in exchange for face to face time with the rapper. he was then taken to the hospital. >>> alarming study on kids and drug overdoses. that is next.  >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirr

nidal malik hasan facing first degree murder charges. north carolina are treating the disappearance after 10-year-old girl as a homicide after the stepmother of zhara baker confessed to writing a ransom note. >> they shoot him in the back. megyn: the grief stricken step grandmother of andrew elliott shown there after the teen was shot after he and two others reportedly started stoning the house of archie ashley. ashley is calling itself defense but the police are calling it murder. >> reporter: he says this group of teenagers were throwing rocks at his house and car. he confronted them on three separate occasions. on the third confrontation archie pulled out a gun and fired two shots, and one of those shots hit 15-year-old andrew elliott in the back, killing him. police say archie ashley then removed and hid those shell casings and tried to hide the gun and the ammunition in the bathroom. archie ashley is in jail charged with murder, and tampering with evidence. elliott's family wants him to get the full extent of the laugh. >> there is

times in last year's fort hood rampage told a military court today he made eye contact with major nidal hasan. just before he was hit. hasan is charged with 13 counts of premedicated murder and 32 counts of attempted premedicated murder. the hearing will determine if there is evidence to move forward with the trial. >>> they want to know if the big mortgage firm broke law foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of homeowners. jim angle reports on the probe and the particulars. >> reporter: all 50 attorneys general announced a working group on foreclosures to look into what they call "procedural defects." >> we all have that same issue. how big is the problem? right now we are talking about the unknown. >> what started the uproar is the bank employee prepare the legal documents for foreclosure, in 23 states a single official has to sign the papers and make a pledge to the judge. >> the person says i have read the foreclosure documents. i have read the mortgage documents and i believe that the foreclosure here is justified. >> the signing official with thousands of foreclosures a month did not rev

hood en texas la fase uno del articulo numero 32 bajo el codigo militar en contra del mayor nidal malik hasans de 20 minutos de haber comenzado, esto a peticion de la defensa del mayor siquiatra acusado de asesinar con premeditacion a 13 personas y herir a 32 mas el 5 de noviembre de 2009, en un centro de procesamiento medico militar dentro de la base. john galligan, abogado del mayor no quizo dar comentarios a la prensa, esto despues que el oficial encargado de la investigacion y proceso del articulo 32 o juez en una corte civil, le negara su peticion de no permitirle al publico o a la prensa acceso a la audiencia militar. la cual al culminar en tres semanas o menos podria referir el caso en contra de hasan a una corte marcial, donde el acusado podria enfrentar la pena de muerte. la estrategia de la fiscalia en el caso aseguran fuentes extra-oficiales, es enfocarse en el testimonio de las sobrevivientes, 45 cargos en musulman de 40 paralizado de la debido a las heridas oficiales del orden que abrieron fuego en su contra cuando este con dos armas de companeros grande' en arabe. la estrategia

we believe that army major nidal hasan is in the courtroom, that article 32 hearing should be getting started any minute now. it's like a grand jury proceeding or preliminary hearing where prosecutors show evidence and called witnesses to try to demonstrate probable cause to bring this case to trial, which in this case would be a general court marshal, which is the highest level of military court and can include the death penalty. as you know, hasan is the only suspect in the shooting spree that took place last november here on post at fort hood. dozens of witnesses say the military psychiatrist jumped up on a table in -- in the soldier readiness center and held allah sp*s aqbar, and when they returned from deployment he allegedly shot and killed 13 people and wounded some 32 others, firing 100 plus rounds before being brought down by two civilian police officers who were shot. they're being hailed as heroes and could be called as witnesses. bill: we'll keep an eye on that for you, when there are headlines, we'll bring it to you. martha: it's been called a foreclosure fiasco and it's

major nidal hasan accused of murdering 13 people including a pregnant woman starts a legal process today that could end with his execution. for the first time since the shooting rampage at fort hood, those who survived will come face to face with hassan. all 32 of them, the military hearing in texas will last three weeks and the fundamental question, though, whether it was a workplace shooting or a terrorist attack. detailed tips to kill americans published in a new terror magazine. al-qaida in yemen releasing a second edition of their on-line magazine and encourages future militants to open fire during lunch and murder government employees. wanted, radical american cleric who wrote two articles in that magazine. the release of that magazine comes 10 years after the bombing of the u. s. s. cole, al-qaida attacked the navy ship in the harbor leaving 17 sailors dead. the family of those victims demanding justice. the alleged mastermind has been in gitmo for eight years and still has not been prosecuted. this case was put on hold after accusations that he was water boarded. and those are yo

an article 32 hearing is set to begin for army major nidal hasan accused of the shooting spree at fort hood killing 13 people and wounding 32. the hearing is expected to last three weeks and will include testimony from the victims. after spending more than two months underground the wait is nearly over for the chilean miners. in a few hours the first of them will be lifted out of the mine that has been their home since august 5. yesterday the capsule that will take them up was tested coming within 40 feet of the miners. the first out will be the fittest followed by the weakest. >> in our consumer alert you probably heard the saying will is no such thing as a free lunch or breakfast or dinner on continental airlines. executives are rolling out a menu today and passengers should prepare to pay on most flights. they range from $1.50 for chips to $8 for chicken salad. could not them was the last major carrier to offer free meals. they have taoefrpb the p.c., cell phone and now google has its eyes set on the tv. the first wave of google internet tv's hit shelves today. while some have thing

. >> the defense team for alleged shooter major nidal hasan allegedly asked to wait for the hearing for year. >> gave until midnight tonight to file a brief in support of its motion for continuance. >> the investigating officer will hear arguments wednesday and make a decision. hassan said nothing during his appearance. dressed in army fatigues and a knit cap pulled down over his ears. sketch artist was one of the few people allowed in the proceedings. >> he is very, very pail. so pale that his 5:00 shadow was a light, light blue. >> we had the witnesses speak about it and relive what my brother lived through. it's going to be really hard. >> hass san, an army psychiatrist is clarked with -- charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. and 33 counts of attempted premeditated murder. the media and base personnel were kept from getting a good look at hassan. >> he is still in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the chest down. sergeant kimberly munly was injured and is expected to testify. the hearing, the equivlent of a civilian grand jury, is expected to last three weeks and will determine i

. >> the defense team for alleged shooter major nidal hasan has allegedly asked for a delay. >> the investigating officer gave the defense until midnight tonight to file a brief in support of its motion for continuance. >> reporter: the investigating officer will hear arguments wednesday and make a decision. hassan said nothing during his appearance. dressed in army fatigues and a knit cap stretched down over his ears. sketch artist was allowed in the room for the proceedings. >> he was very, very pale. so pale his 5:00 shadow had lost color. it was a light, light blue. >> reporter: victims were bracing themselveses for when the proceedings finally get under way. >> we hear the witnesses speak about it and to hear what my brother lived through, it's going to be really hard. >> reporter: hassan, an army psychiatrist is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, for the worst shooting on a military base. media and base personnel were kept from getting a good look at hasan. >> he is still in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the chest down after two offi

. -- major nidal hasan faces the death penalty if convicted. >> during today's article 32 hearing, the defense asked for reconsideration of previous motion for closure. the investigating officer denied the motion. the defendant move for a continuance until november 8. the investigating officer gave the defense until midnight tonight to file a brief in support of its motion for a continuance. >> the supreme court has rejected a case brought by the american civil liberties union on behalf of two denver residents who were ejected from a speech by president bush in 2005. leslie wise and alex young were removed before bush took the stage after white house staffers noticed a bumper sticker on their car reading "no blood for oil." the aclu had sued the white house for infringing on the pair's constitutional rights, but the case was thrown out in 2008. in a statement, the aclu said -- >> the internet giant google has announced an investment into a proposed electronic emission line that would carry power generated from offshore wind farms to the east coast. the atlantic when connection would br

a military officer will decide if major nidal hasan will face a court martial, accused. >>> bp has beeno this summer's gulf oil spill disaster. the latest spill is for nearly $63 million. bp, transocean and other companies with ties to the spill have paid the first six bills. and it got heated on the set of "the view" when bill o'reilly paid a visit. >> muslims killed us on 9/11. >> oh, my god. >> muslims didn't kill us on 9/11? >> i don't want to sit here now. i don't. >> you're outraged on muslims killing us on 9/11? >> aye, yie, yie, anderson. whoopi goldberg and joy behar returned to the set after o'reilly apologized. what happened to daytime tv about cooking and -- >> barbara walters called it all down, though. >> she did. she did a good job. >> i'm not sure if you've been following me on the twitter, i tweeted some photos yesterday that raised more questions than answers. i was in iowa yesterday for a story, we're doing a report on animal intelligence and i was meeting with a group of apes being studied for their ability to understand language and possibly communicate with humans.

this hearing will determine if there's enough evidence to try major nidal malik hasan for murder.ber attack was the worst ever military base shooting in u.s. history. ron mott is live at ft. hood. what do you have? >> reporter: we hear the presiding officer in this case has continued the hearing until tomorrow so all activities for this proceeding today are over. one thing we can tell you that major nidal malik hasan was in that courtroom and not seen on camera. the only one we can see is the presiding officer. there were hiccups this morning with the signal because that's sent to the pentagon so officials there can take part in this. article xxxii hearing is like a civilian preliminary hearing and a civilian grand jury hearing. we'll hear from both sides unlike a civilian grand jury hearing. both prosecutors and defense attorneys will speak in this hearing and this is not a court hearing. this is simply to determine if there's enough evidence presented by the prosecutors, the government in this case, to take this over to a court-martial trial. they expect that this trial will las

and so they are capitalizing on that and they are encouraging there to be more major nidal hasans.s is the alleged shooter in ft. hood. >> do you think this could help u.s. forces gain information, much needed information? >> absolutely. as my good friend, peter bergen who is one of my good friends, if you want to know what al qaeda is going to do or what they're thinking, just listen to what they say. so anytime you have a document like this, it is a rich document. you have a take it as propaganda, but there's a lot of intelligence value to it, absolutely. >> james gordon meek, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> so the obama administration says that the federal deficit hit $1.3 trillion for the just completed economic year. the government had to borrow 37 cents out of every dollar it spent as tax revenues continue to lag. the federal judge says the co-founder of countrywide financial and two other execs have agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars to avoid a trial on civil fraud and insider trading charges. >>> and retail sales caused the economy to grow fo

this is the second week of a probable cause hearing for major nidal hasan. the army psychiatrist who faces a possible death sentence if convicted of the november 5th massacre. >>> police in san diego county are investigating a crash involving a former nfl linebacker whose suv plunged over a cliff just hours after he was arrested for alleged domestic violence. carlsbad police say junior seau was the only person inside the cadillac suv when it was found just before 9:00 a.m. it was on a beach about 30 feet below the roadside. he suffered only minor injuries in the crash. seau was reportedly released from jail around 2:00 p.m. after being accused of domestic violence against his live-in girlfriend. >>> might be the quiet before the storm but san francisco giants fans are gearing up for the next showdown with the thrill la feelies -- philadelphia phillies. they will battle it out tomorrow game 3 of the national league championship series. john sasaki live now in san francisco with what's happening among fans today. >> reporter: here on the field at at&t park the

here at home, the article 32 court-martial hearing begins for major nidal hasan, the army officer accused away, secretary robert gates. he'll be joining secretary of state hillary clinton in belgium, laying the groundwork with their nato allies, talking about afghanistan, ahead of the big meeting coming up at the end of november. >> reporter: i'm poppy haarlow in new york. this week is a busy one for wall street. report due out to consumer sentiment. retail sales and inflation on the consumer and wholesale level. and a lot of focus will be on washington. the federal reserve will release the minutes from its latest policy meeting midweek, and also we'll get the treasury'sa latest report on the federal budget and a lot of earnings ahead for major corporations. we'll get a trio of report from dow components including intel, jpmorgan chase, and general electric. they're all said to report their third-quarter earnings. google is also set to report its numbers. we'll have it all for you on cnn "money." >> reporter: i'm "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson. here's what we're watching this week. l

but awlaki knew several of the 9/11 hijackers, had been in e-mail contact with major nidal hasan, thermy psychiatrist accused in the ft. hood mass shooting, and was directly linked to the failed christmas day bomber umar farouk abdulmutallab. we came to yemen shortly after the attempted bombing retracing abdulmutallab's life, visiting the school where he came to study arabic. this is the third floor room where abdulmutallab spent most of his time while he was at the institute here in yemen, just a bed, a desk, a closet. but officials say it was not arabic he was studying here. he was training at al qaeda camps outside sanaa and building bombs with the direct help of the american awlaki. >> getting americans who understand the culture, understand the way americans think and potentially have the ability to come back to the u.s. with clean papers, that is the ultimate weapon for al qaeda in terms of being successful. >> reporter: u.s. special forces are now training thousands of yemeni troops in counterterrorist techniques to go after al qaeda, and the u.s. has launched an aggressive cam

major nidal hasan, an army psychiatrist, is charged with killing 13 people. witnesses today described hiding under desks as gunfire erupted. one man testified that hasan shouted "god is great" in arabic. police ultimately shot hasan, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. the hearing will determine if there's enough evidence to take the case to trial. 50 states and the district of columbia opened a joint investigation today, into the growing foreclosure scandal. they will look into whether lenders used shoddy or fraudulent documents to evict thousands of homeowners. employees at four large lenders have admitted they signed foreclosure documents without reading them. more than two and a half million u.s. homes have gone into foreclosure since december of 2007. the woman who led the drive to reform one of the country's worst performing urban school systems is resigning. michelle rhee announced today she will step down as head of the public schools in washington d.c. at the end of the month. she gained national attention by firing a host of low-performing te