it was five and a half years ago that major nidal hassan shot 45 people at the texas post. manuel bojorquez was there today. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we honor those touched by november 5. >> reporter: family members of the 13 who were killed received medals on their behalf. >> on behalf of a grateful nation. >> reporter: the 32 who survived, still carry the weight of that day. so what do you have there? retired staff sergeant alonzo lunsford carries one of the bullets fired into his body. another bullet is lodged in his back. >> now what gets me upset is that it wasn't a one-two shot. it was seven. the faster you pump your arms the faster you will go. >> reporter: lunsford moved home to north carolina where he's a school athletic director. he pushed government to reconsider how the attack was classified. when the government initially categorized this as workplace violence, your thoughts were what? >> what person in their right sane mind would call this workplace violence? >> reporter: evidence has shown hassan communicated with an al qaeda-linched muslim cleric before the attack. hassan ha

this is something the white house needs to get involved in to fix, not to insist thatí major nidal hassan was in contact with anwar a.l. quack we. -- al-aulaqi wasn't an -- >> did the same guy who is shouting death to america, just say, we're the ones who can't be trusted? this man was held by iran for 444 days. guess who he says cannot be trusted? all these networks keep making different claims. it gets confusing. fastest, the strongest the most in-your-face-est. it sounds like some weird multiple choice test. yea, but do i pick a, b, or c. for me it's all of the above. i pick, like the best of everything. verizon. i didn't. i picked a. maybe c. and how'd that work out for you? not so well. can i get a do-over? why settle for less when you can have, well, everything. and get 2 lines for $100. verizon. @e8ñúñ÷@@@0@ú >> spring is here. more illegals than ever will be crossing our border this year. thought a ten-hour flight want bad enough? imagine waiting 33 hours to get on it. ouch. we're back in 60 seconds. >>> deceitful. back-stabbing, liars. think that's what iran? that what iran is ca

nidal hassan was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. >>> and the kentucky derby will tighten the reigns on security. spectators cannot reenter the premesis after leaving the ground. they want to prevent counterfeit tickets outside the gate. also changing this year no selfie sticks and no remote-controlled aircrafts. leave the drones at home. watch this year's derby on may 2nd right here on nbc 10. >>> and this morning millionaire real estate real estater robert durst pleads not guilty to firearm charges. there in los angeles he's accused of killing his long-time friend and he's trying to communicate with the outside world. coming up next half hour we'll tell you about a letter allegedly written by durst that was published in a california newspaper. >>> and the relationship between chris christie and jer ji jones is under scrutiny again. a company co-owned by jones owns the observation deck. now they are looking into how the company got the contract. christie controls the port authority that operates the world trade center. now "the new york times" is reporting several indictm

a former police sergeant who shot nidal hassan that day was awarded the defense of freedom medal. hassan was an army mau jor. he's been convicted and sentenced to death. >>> more trouble for another member of the secret service. arthur baldwin was arrested in d.c. early this morning. according to court documents his ex-girlfriend accused him of kicking down the front door of her home in southeast and breaking two windows. baldwin left the home before police got there but returned while officers were vetting. he admitted to kicking down the door. he faces charges of attempted burglary and destruction of property. >>> we won't know the fate of the boston marathon bomber until after this year's marathon. a judge is delaying dzhokhar tsarnaev's sentencing for two weeks so the marathon is on april 20th and his sentencing will now start the next day. that means it will also bypass the anniversary of the bombing. three people died near the finish line on april 15th 2013. a judge who decided tsarnaev's guilt will decide whether he gets the death penalty. >>> next grieving family and frien

an army major, nidal hassan was convicted of the murders in 2013 and sentenced to death. >>> going tobeautiful weekend and the cherry blossoms are expected to peak. >> that's right. kristin wright is down at the tidal basin. boy, we're really jealous of you right now. how is it looking out there? >> reporter: it's beautiful. it's beautiful. when we set out this morning i really wasn't sure to be honest because it was cold it was drizzly. i didn't know who we'd find out here. but let me tell you, all day long we've been here since this morning, we've seen a steady stream of people stopping along the tidal basin. they are taking pictures. they're showing their children. they're spending time with their families. they're just looking at how beautiful the blooms are. and the timing like i said is just perfect this year. and people understand that because sometimes some years things just don't turn out the way you want to and you just see buds. but this year the blooms are perfect for the weekend. we've met people from everywhere people from near and far, a lot of first-timers to the cherr

that and what i wanted to do was join the army and so i could carry out an insider attack like nidal hassan did, if he was sent overseas, rather shoot a fellow soldier than a fellow muslim. needless to sax the army didn't take him and for the next several months he continued to talk about trying to carry out an attack with what turned out to eventually be two undercover operatives for the fbi. they watched as he followed their directions in essence, bought explosive materials and then thought he was constructing a car bomb when he drove it today to the fort. he was arrested and officials tell me they think they tried to talk him out of this that he has apparent mental health issues. >> no car bomb found though he had all materials to put one together? >> he thought he did but the materials were not explosives they are inert. he thought they were explosives but they weren't. there was no car bomb. he thought there was but there wasn't. >> pete williams thanks for the latest on that. we're following breaking news out of north central illinois any minute now we're expecting a news conference f