. >>> y otro juicio que acapara la atenciÓn mundial es el que e le sigue al yerno de osama bin laden. alto miembro de al qaeda que enfrenta en nueva york un proceso legal desde el 11 de septiembre del 201, el esposo de fÁtima la hija mayor de osama bin laden, responderÁ ante la justicia de estados unidos, por cargos de terrorismo, que incluye entre otras evidencias el alegato que hizo luego del arresto, llamando a mÁs ataques a estados unidos. la presentadora de premios oscar impuso un rÉcord de twitter como

. >>> and more on the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law. >> russian forces are tightening their grip on crimea despite warnings. jennifer glass in crimea. jennifer, give us the situation there. >> reporter: you know russian forces continue their grip across the crimeaen peninsula. we saw forces outside of two bases. a lot of times forces have been moving around, and we saw truck loads just outside of si simferopol. they continue to have the army and navy blocking across the peninsula. the ukrainian military even when they have control of their bases they can't moorfowl of them because russians are blocking them. >> more warnings from president vladimir putin. tell us about those. >> reporter: that's right. we saw on sunday angela merkel, the german chancellor had a phone call with vladimir putin. they said thershe said the refef crimea secession is illegal, and if russia continues, they will introduce sanctions. >> crimea is and should remain a part of ukraine. discussion over. that said, i have been encouraged to see comments were prime minister and others indicating that the govern

osama bin laden, any of the others. do you believe hezbollah and hamas are the biggest terrorist threats to united states? >> let me start with hezbollah. it is a shia group. it is present in 100 groups, including mexico. they are joining forces with mexican drug lords. a lot of tunnels have been discovered in tijuana and san diego. not only do they smuggle weapons. they smuggle people. for the second one, hamas is less dangerous in north america, but they are definitely dangerous in the middle east. >> we are going to take questions from the audience. think of what you would like to ask. we are going to come left into right. you can ask your questions of dr. matusitz for the next few moments. i want to ask this because it's very sensitive, but very important. there is -- i think a misperception when we put this program on that this was going to be an anti-islam night. the purpose was to educate and highlight the different fashions of terrorism, how it happens and why. there are peaceful muslims. i have friends who are

in the operation with, you know, osama bin laden, that was part of the process. they expect problems, and when it happens, you switch to plan b. they will not quit. >> as far as not quitting, how difficult was it to put the book together given as you and scott point out, these are people that don't like to talk. >> they certainly don't like to talk. active duty seals have covert identities. we talked to them, some recently stories from the brotherhood of the us navy seals" that were never put forward. that's a gret from a seal from communist poll and, gets out of prison and end up in the navy skills, and the russian navy skills are useful this taking down a russian tanker off the gulf of iraq in world war i. we found stories that readers have never scene. >> based on what you have learnt, what's the ideal mission, and what is one where they are not the best unit. >> the riyadh raid and how you ask the guys to go mission after mission after mission, not unlike the military that has been at war for 10 years, and a lot of military have had to go back in and being re

the jurors sat upbright when suleiman ghaith was called to the stand and told the story of meeting osama bint of 9/11. summoned and driven to a cave in afghanistan where bin laden apparently told him, quote, did you learn about what happened? we are the ones who did it. abu ghaith said he did not know about 9/11 prior to the attacks but he did make a video after national in which he made statements he said according to points made by bin laden. abu ghaith told the court, quote, my intention was to deliver a message, a message i believed in. now, abu ghaith also told the court he simply met with osama bin laden because he was curious and out of a sense of respect. >> you mentioned surprise testimony. how did the prosecutors react to this? >> with a mixture of disbelief and sarcasm. they said, for instance, if abu ghaith wasn't aware prior to the attacks of 9/11 they were going to happen, why did he send his wife and children out of afghanistan to the presume my safer haven of kuwait just days before? and they mocked his claim to have met with bin laden simply, as i said, out of respect, one o

and people like osama bin laden were upset the west was in iraq. they saw the spanish people as helping george bush in iraq. that would be guilt by association. it could also be an example whereby a leader in africa is considered -- the leader does not help his people, so the local people think the leader is on the same side as america, as great britain. that would be guilt by association. so you have rebellions against about leader. you see them in rwanda, in the congo, various african countries today. >> supports of sympathizers. >> that is when you kill people to expand your support base. until osama bin laden killed 3000 people on 9/11, very few people knew him, even in the muslim world. of course he became a household name after that event and his support increased. >> his support increased? >> oh, yeah. >> where were you on 9/11? >> i was in alaska. someone opened my door. "america is under attack." it was probably 5:00 in the afternoon. i was shocked like everybody. >> did you stay in alaska? >> i went to get my doctorate. >> during that tim

osama bin laden wanted to deliver a message to the world, and he asked this man, suleiman abu ghaith, to do most of the talking for him. >> translation: america must know that what happened to it is a direct result of this policy, and if america will continue implementing this policy muslim suns will not stop under ni circumstances. >> this, and other video tape speeches, praising the 9/11 attack, warning of more to come, provided a backbone of the u.s. government's case against suleiman abu ghaith. prosecutors argued by agreeing to make them, he agreed to be part of al qaeda's conspiracy to kill americans, and providing support to a terror. >> network. charges that have not been successful in military commissions. >> in terms of having laws that apply to the case, the federal courts are stronger. this is a case that shows that. >> suleiman abu ghaith took the stand, describing being summoned to osama bin laden's compound. he took credit for the attack and asked the kuwaiti preacher to deliver the message. he provided the bull it point. suleiman abu ghaith said he spoke on behalf of m

osama bin laden took credit for the attack. suleiman abu ghaith testified that he spoke on behalf of muslims, not al qaeda. and they were not able to link suleiman abu ghaith with a plot to kill minister. lawyers for suleiman abu ghaith argued that the evidence in this case amounted to little more than word or association. that was enough to convict him. the trial wrapped up in under three weeks with little fan fair and disruption to the neighbour hood. blocks away. >> the defence will appeal the conviction. the case was wrapped in a shroud of secrecy. and the inability to access people. it continued throughout. >> suleiman abu ghaith could face life in prison when sentenced in september. >> now, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said more progress has been made. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says half the materials for the pich gas and nerve agent program have been shipped. the rest is expected to be moved by april. a lebanese soldier has been killed by a drive by shooting. tension between pro an

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he's also remembered for taking part in videos in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, 2001 with osama bin laden and currently leaderral is a wary pleading not to take commercial flights to muslims because they will be flying bombs coming into america. he is charged with conspiracy to bring down an airliner flying from paris to miami in december, 2001. he denies all the charges against him. if found guilty, he could spend life in prison in domestic federal prison here in the united states. part of his defense is this is a case of mistaken identity, the authorities picked up the wrong man, confused him with somebody with a very similar name in guantanamo bay. it's likely to last around one month. >> oscar pistorius pleading not guilty in the shooting death of his girlfriend. what fellow south africans are saying about the case that is grabbing global attention. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them t

osama bin laden wanted to deliver a message to the world. he asked this man, suleiman abu ghaith to do the talking for him. >> translation: america must know that what happened to it is a direct result of this policy, and if america will continue implementing this policy, muslim sons will not stop under any circumstances. >> this and other video tape speeches praising the 9/11 attacks, warning of more to come provided the back bone of the u.s. government's case against suleiman abu ghaith. prosecutors argue by agreeing to make them he agreed to be part of al qaeda's conspiracy against americans. in terms of having laws that can apply to these cases, the federal courts are stronger. this is a case, the suleiman abu ghaith case, shows that. >> suleiman abu ghaith took the stand and described being summoned to osama bin laden's compound. he took credit for the attack and asked the kuwaiti preacher to deliver his message, he'd provide the bullet points. suleiman abu ghaith said he spoke on behalf of of muslims, not al qaeda. and a man convicted

they thought that was retaliation from al-qaeda for them killing osama bin laden. but naming them they think put their lives at risk and the lives of the families at risk. we know from intelligence documents in the book that al-qaeda has an online unit that looked through social media, especially facebook, to find the identity of seals and their families. >> seal is an acronym for -- >> sea and land basically. it was a term developed in the kennedy years. before that they were frogmen, underwater demolition team. they step into any harbors and put bombs on the bottom of boats and cleared obstacles for submarines during world war ii. seals came about in the early 1960s from kennedy. jfk had been a skipper of the pt-109 indiana's to the building of a small boat, small crew of navy personnel come with a big difference they make in combat, especially -- so we pushed for a naval commando force that could go in the sea, the air in the land, all terrains can all of our lives. not just offering from ships but very far from land. and now, so in vietnam they went out of the

and the trial continues in new york of osama bin laden's son-in-law. and president obama will welcome the prime minister of ukraine this week. and a new test that will determine if a person will develop alzheimer's disease. >>> for a third day a multi national effort is unway to find that malaysian airlines flight that disappeared without a trace. here's what we know about the search concerning the beijing-bound play. no confirmed wreckage has been found and they have not ruled out the possibility that the plane may have been hijacked. authorities are talking with owners of travel agencies in thailand. they want to know more about the stolen passports that were used by passengers on board that flight. we have more from koal kuala lu. >> reporter: with no definitive physical evidence there is still no answers what happened to malaysian airlines flight 370 from malaysia to beijing. >> it's an unprecedented aircraft mystery, as you can put it. it mystifies, and we are increasing our efforts to do what we have to do. malaysia airlines are helping us. many

he met with osama bin laden hours after the attack and warned osama bin laden that the u.s. would not rest until he was killed and overthrown the taliban government. >> i think what you heard was an imam, a teacher who travelled to afghanistan for begin purposes, who got caught up in a - in the cross-hairs of history, explained what he did and why, and left, and ended up in prison in iran forever. attorneys are stale trying to introduce testimony from the self-proclaimed master mind of september 11th. the judge is yet to decide on their latest motion. closing arguments are scheduled for monday. >> at least two egyptian soldiers have been killed in an absolute out of fighters. the interior ministry said the armed men were from groups based in the sinai, and happened when police raided a bomb and weapons store. six fighters were killed, eight have been arrested. >> special forces control the area, and every entrance to the storage place. there were six people inside, two army officers were happy the operation went smoothy and successful. they were killed when they appeared and

we'll have more on the trial of osama bin laden's [ ♪ music ] >> hello again.he top stories on al jazeera. russia told the u.n. security council it was asked by deposed president viktor yanukovych to send troops into the country. moscow says ethnic russians are facing violence and persecution. the u.s. and other nations kaud it unjustified. washington suspended joint military exercises and is looking for ways to further isolate moscow. >> let's get a few from moscow. rory, we were talking earlier about the threat of sanctions from the west and the various options open to them. none of which are particularly palatable or effective at this point. and presumably the russians know that. >> yes, they certainly do know that. there are a number of developments that have taken place today. i'll go through them all. i start with the issue of sanctions. as you say, there are things talked about from the west, particularly from the united states about what can be done to try and put pressure on russia. so the united states cancelled some of its military exercises, some of

he told the court he met osama bin laden having been summoned to a cave in afghanistan on the night of laden told him, did you learn what happened? we are the ones who did it. abu ghaith says he told al qaeda leader america, quote, will not settle until it kills you. bin laden then said to abu ghaith he wanted him to deliver a message to the world. he, of course, did deliver that message by, a videotapes including one in which he warned the united states, quote, the storm of airplanes will not abate. abu ghaith denies he had any prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. he was asked that and said, quote, specifically, no, i didn't have any idea. he denies all charges. he denies all charges he conspired to kill americans. this testimony has energized everybody in that courtroom as you can imagine, bill. >> jonathan, thank you. quick work on that. jonathan hunt live on the testimony and more, which is very difficult to the families listening, especially in this area. jonathan, thank you. >>> workers at a disney restaurant rushed to save fish after the tank burst. we were wondering. >> we were

that's striking to me is something that pakistan or the secret service there had a debt to protect osama bin laden. >> she talked about how there was one, if not several, members of the pakistani intelligence service, the isi, who were assigned to basically watch bin laden, presumably to help hide him and that these individuals, she believes, reported directly to the senior most members of he pakistani intelligence and military services. she gets this from a conversation that she says she had with senior pakistani officer. >> explain how the isi works. is it like the fbi versus the sheriffs department or how are they integrated in pakistani society. >> the isi is like a combination of our fbi and cia. and beyond that, our dia or defense intelligence agency. all together. it reports through a military chain. technically of course the pakistani military reports to the civilians. isi has been very powerful for decades. it's operated both in foreign affairs, that is in pakistan's business in afghanistan or india or else where but also at home and accused of manipulating politics inside pakistan

today and talks about the obama administration's efforts to combat terrorism since the killing of osama bin laden. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you for coming on such a chilly day and i am delighted to present perhaps 25 or 30 minutes of comments and will forward to interaction with you on the questions you have. all so very glad to see jim phillips, worked on terrorism issues, must be a quarter century and there are very few people in the world who write with the intelligence and prudence that jim phillips does. a couple reasons i wanted to write the book, i will start this way with the way terrorism encounters the citizen. i remember in 1980, reading clippings in newspapers, it was in law chicago ariane and a woman was looking out her window near her home and saw a van pull up, this proved out between 9 different people and looked rather like an athletic team, jogging uniforms in the bags but as you looked out the window, this lady, walter jacobson decided she should be nervous about this. there have been some robberies in the area by puerto ricans separatists and she notice

>>> jurors in new york city are expected to begin deliberations next week in the trial involving osama bin a surprise move on wednesday, though, he took the witness stand to defend himself against charges of conspiracy to kill americans. he also revealed details about his conversation with bin laden after the attacks on 9/11. joining me is phil who is covering the trial for "the atlantic" and was in the courtroom. this is a rare look, literally inside bin laden's cave in the hours and days following 9/11. what struck you the most during the testimony? >> the level of detail, inside the mind, if you will, of osama bin laden and al qaeda's most crucial moment on september 11, 2001 and the days following. he's a 48-year-old from kuwait who was recruited by osama bin laden to give training. he did that in the summer of 2001. on the night of september 11th, bin laden summoned him to the cave, three hours north of kabul in afghanistan and asked him to go forward and be a spokesman for the group. >> i want to talk about what he said. he talked about one conversation with bin laden on the night of

right now the fate of osama bin laden's sobl hangs in the balance.rance, testifying about a conversation he had with osama bin laden after the 9/11 attacks at his trial in new york city. jonathan is live with more on this. >> the al qaeda member may soon learn his fate. closing arguments in this case are likely to begin monday, could be tomorrow, and then his fate will be placed in the hands of the jury. that jury was, according to our courtroom producer, suddenly energized yesterday by the surprise appearance on the stand of the defendant himself, something no one expected and a clear gamble by his defense team. he admitted meeting osama bin laden on the night of the 9/11 attacks, having been summoned and then driven two to three hours to a cave in afghanistan. he told the court, osama bin laden said to him, quote, did you learn about what happened? we are the ones who did it. now, in the aftermath of 9/11, he appeared in video messages warning americans of a storm of airplanes. he claimed on the witness stand his videos were based by shiek osama bi

. >> osama bin laden's son-in-law has been found guilty of terrorist charges.he was found guilty of conspiring in new york. first we have this report. >> reporter: the setting is afghanistan. the date, september 12, 2001. osama bin laden wanted to deliver a message to the world, and he asked this man, sulaiman abu ghaith, to do most of the talking for him. >> america must know that what happened to it is a direct result of this policy, and if america will continue implementing this policy muslim sons will not stop under any circumstances. >> this and other videotaped speeches praising the 9/11 attacks and warning of more to come provided the backbone of the u.s. government's case against abu ghaith prosecutors argued that agreeing to make them he agreed to be part of al-qaeda's conspiracy against them. charges that have not been successful in military commissions. >> the laws that could apply to these cases the federal courts are much stronger. this is the abu ghaith case. >> he took the stand and described being common summonede osama bin laden camp. he testif

jenna: osama bin laden's son-in-law on trial in new york city accused of plotting the 9/11 attack.at the courthouse. a wrenching day of testimony in the case of oscar pistorius. we'll explain and a plane with 239 people on board vanished. new information on the massive search for the malaysia air flight as outraged family and friends search for answers. it's all "happening now." will she or won't she run? it's the big question looming over hillary clinton in the 2016 presidential race. welcome to this hour of "happening now." jon: the race is still two years away but speculation over mrs. clinton's possible involvement seems to be hitting a fever pitch. "new york times" reporting today about the parlor game of trying to get clinton to reveal her intentions, particularly with polls showing her leading among democratic voters. at a recent event monitored by former hss secretary, hillary said this. >> can you give us some insight intu how the bio will play out? >> well, i would really like to. but i have no characters left. jon: audio was a little hard to hear there. tbv is part of he

he -- osama bin laden's saab is back in court today. this is the son-in-law. e fed says he was going to kill americans after 9/11. this next image shows him sitting next to bin laden in a propaganda video. the other man is the al qaeda current leader. this is the convicted terrorist who is testifying. he admitted he plotted to blow up a flight from paris to miami with a shoe bomb. the feds say his accomplish was richard reid who its serving life in the united states. the other guy backed out of the plat and officials released him from brain few years ago. prosecutors say his testimony will show that bin laden's son-in-law new about al qaeda's plans. defense attorneys say using such a witness shows the government really has no case. let's get to jonathan hunt who is outside the federal courthouse, just steps from where the towers once stood. what with we heard from this witness? >> prosecutors opened their questioning of that witness by actually showing videos of the accused in this case. osama bin laden's son-in-law, though in those video clips he was talking a

i feel in the instance of what happened with the geronimo and osama bin laden, we saw it as a need toespond, but not with a negative vibe, but with postivity. there's that misconception that we spoke about earlier, in the state, native american people don't exist, and we're a monolithic culture, all lumped in together, ig in the past. so we want to take a moment with a callout for all of these diverse places of indian country, they may think your dead, but we're all in this together. and i think there's power in that. there's a strong inherent power of acknowledging each other. >> i know our community is giving pushback: so ripe, now often do you come across this pushback for the kinds of things that you do? do a lot of people find it funny and not offended by it? >> yeah, but we don't really -- you know, as a group, we found this when we first started making videos, and as a group, what we have been able to establish with the people that we have been with on a regular basis, and we have been able to establish those rues. and as a group, more similar to the ones within our communities

osama bin laden's son-in-law sulaiman abu ghaith is now facing life in prison. >> in just a few minutes president obama expected to deliver a major foreign policy speech. all eyes on brussels, belgium. he is there for a meaning with american applies, and the talks are dominated by the crisis i in ukraine. mike viqueira at the white house, mike, what will the president say today. >> reporter: well, according to briefing reporters, this crisis symbolized by everything that is around me and brought to life by many of these buildings behind me the european union and council, all of these accomplished over the decades and post world war ii era now jeopardized by russia's land grab, invading another country. this is a 19th century action in the 21st century. there is no place for it in the world. the president has been traveling in europe over the course of the last three days, and in each stop the white house has tried to portray a picture of unity between the united states and the european union. they'll be talking about a need for an unified stance against russia. >> he's talking in belgiu

the son-in-law of osama bin laden has been convicted of conspiring to kill u.s. citizens.served as a spokesman for al-qaeda. he was the voice on the propaganda tapes calling for recruits to go on more suicide missions. >>> president obama says the eu and u.s. are united against russia. he is in brussels today meeting with members of the european union and nato. he says they have all agreed to impose further sanctions against russia. >>> and there is new video of the 4-year-old boy rescued from the oso mud slide. >>> satellites also spotting 122 objects in the indian osha that could be debris from the missing malaysian flight. officials say it is still their best lead to the missing plane. >>> being able to work on new york city skyline is considered to be an architect's dream. immigrants worked on many of the buildings that are now america's icons. now some of that work is on exhibit at the museum. christof putzel has more. >> reporter: the boston public library. new york's grand central terminal. the national history museum in washington, d.c. these iconic buildings have

a jury in new york finding the son-in-law of osama bin laden guilty on terrorism-related charges.l jazeera's kristin is live in new york city right now. what are the details, kristin? >> reporter: that's right, del, the jury began deliberating late yesterday morning, so less than a day to come back with a -- a verdict of guilty on all counts. the -- the trial was also very quick, taking less than three weeks. now the defendant in this case is someone who is described as an al-qaeda spokesperson and a recruiter. he did not take part directly in plots to kill americans, the government never alleged as much. however, because he was making speeches on behalf of al-qaeda he has joined the conspiracy and therefore was guilty of conspiring to kill americans, and the backbone of their case were videos that he made, many of them with osama bin laden sitting right by his side, speaking about the attacks of 9/11, warning of more attacks and offering religious justification for those attacks. we have reaction to the verdict from the u.s. attorney's office. he says he was more than just al-qae

surprise testimony from osama bin laden's son-in-law today after he unexpectedly took the stand at his own terrorism trial. the courtroom sketches show the defendant at his trial for conspiring to kill americans. he recounted the night of the september 11th attacks saying osama bin laden asked him to rally terrorists around the world against america. 48-year-old defendant has pleaded not guilty. >>> if you are looking for a job, head to north dakota. thanks to the oil boom, the state has about 20,000 job vacancies including everything from truck drivers to engineers to receptionists. north dakota will roll out a recruitment campaign in may. i wonder if they have an opening for a meteorologist. >> somebody likes a lot of cold weather. >> there you go. >> frosty the snowman. >> see, north dakota. >> it's unbelievably cold up there. they should pay those people well. >> well, something to think about. >> something to be thinking about. hey, guys, i'm sad today. this is the last full day of winter. >> we have heard this all morning. >> you're going to see a grown man cry tomorrow because t

sulaiman abu ghaith said it was when the first time he had met osama bin laden, and learned that--al-qaeda was hyped those attacks. he said that he made speeches to recruit of a religious nature, but bin laden fed him the lines for those speeches, including a line that has come up in testimony here that storms of airplanes would continue against americans. he said that that line came directly from osama bin laden, and he had no direct knowledge of any specific plots to kill americans. that's an important point. the charge here is that he conspired to kill americans. now there is the cross-examination expected later today from the government. as i said, this is very unusual for the department to take the stand in such a high profile case. he's been cool and collected in responding to questions so far, but you can count on prosecutors drilling him when they get their chance at cross-examination, which should be happening just moments from now. >> live in new york. coming up in the next half hour. where in cuba are car ownership rules are relaxed, but locals are not finding any cheap deals on

he h he>> we could know the fate of osama bin laden's son-in-law. closing arguments expected today in this case. he plead not guilty to aiding al qaeda and conspireing to kill americans. he sat next to him claiming responsib responsibility for the attack. >> president obama having talks with his g 7 counterparts on the invasion of ukraine. they may be getting ready for another invasion. what world leaders are worried specifically about today. >> hoo in washington they think they are not doing enough small arms and other equipment to stop the russians afrom going any further than crimea. >> americans have to take them with the european partners there are things we can do that we are not doing. i don't think the rhetoric will want it on the ground. what we can do is offer them things that they can use to really protect and defend themselves. >> just a few minutes ago president obama landed in the netherlands and in a touch newspaper interview the president tried to explain the difference between his ideology and president putin's ideology like this. u

in the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law, sulaiman abu ghaith. the man convicted in the shoe bombing case in 2001 testified he was one of the recruits. >>> former nsa contractor edward snowden appeared in austin, texas via video. he called for more government accountability. those are the headlines, "real money with ali velshi" is next. >>> vladimir putin's nuclear power play in the crisis in ukraine. plus an up close look at the explosive danger of delivering oil by rail. plus the bull marketed stocks is now five years old. a look ahead for your investments. i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪

. >>> the trial of the son in law of osama bin laden.christian saloomey has that story. >>> calling the defendant to testify in his own behalf. abu today ghaith told the jury he had not known osama bin laden prior to october 2001, he had no idea of future plots to attack american. he is charged with expiring t to -- conspiring to attack americans. he was delivering a message at a they had a responsibility as muslims to stand up for oppressed muslims everywhere. he also testified that it was bin laden who fed him lines for his speeches, including the line that the storm of airplanes would continue. >> violence in the middle east today, in egypt that is, on the third anniversary of the country's first constitutional referendum. students rallied nationwide, in antigovernment protest. at least one person dead after clashes between police and demonstrators. egypt has been dealing with waves of protest ever since president mohamed morsi was ousted last year. our al jazeera colleagues in egypt are still being detained. adly moly monsour, says,

he gave described meeting of osama bin laden in afghanistan just hours after the attacks. he said he warned bin laden that the u.s. would not rest until it had killed the al-qaeda leader and overthrown the taliban government in afghanistan. >> i think what you heard was an imam, teacher who traveled to afghanistan for benign purposes, who got caught up in the cross hairs of history, in a situation, explained what he did and why and then left and ended up in prison in iran forever. >> attorneys for him are still trying to introduce testimony from the self proclaimed master mind of september 11, khalid sheik mohammed. >> a move follows pressure from human rights organizations, arrest was a protestor against the government, accused of increasing unrest. also in venezuela, opposition supporters held a prayer vigil for a public employee shot dead. they gathered in the square in the capitol crashing cuss, a battleground between protestors and security forces. 29 venezuelans have been killed in demonstrations against high inflation and shortages of essential items. venezuela's na

. >>> and osama bin laden's son-in-law has been found guilty of conspiring to kill u.s. after the 9/11 attacks. >>> thanks for joining us. a moment of history in the vatican this morning. president obama is meeting pope francis a year after he took office. they shook hands around a half hour ago. they are expected to find common ground when it comes to the facts against global policy. alan johnston was watching live with me when it happened. we both remarked on the openness of the body language. they seemed to have a very friendly demeanor as they met. >> they did, indeed. we saw president obama get delivered by his motorcade into their cobbled courtyard in the heart of the papal pass lass and processed through the magnificent marble corridors in the papal palace, meeting pope francis in a room outside the papal library. then the two went into the small throne room where they were to conduct their meeting. you're right, the atmosphere seemed as good as it could be. mr. obama, relaxed and easy. the two of them chatted. we know how that president obama said he was a great

>> which part -- >> you're talking about the raid -- the osama bin laden raid? the f-16s did not pick up the helicopters period, can't say anymore. >> the area radar picked up the helicopters and they were launched. >> and general you're saying the radar did not pick up the helicopters? >> that is correct. >> okay, well, let's not get off on a tangent, you're saying radar may not have picked up this plane based on if it went far enough here so that makes the general's theory somewhat enough plausible. >> if this was the sea track -- >> are we looking out here? >> that would be a feasible option in my book. up until you get to coasting in. now, when you get to coasting in, pakistan's area radar is very sensitive. it has been in a long conflict with india. it is very sensitive and so it will pick up anything that is unidentified on squawk. that is not part of the flight plan, so in my hypothesis, the only way an aircraft would get to pakistan would be in the acquiesence of the pakistani government. >> you believe, general, that in fact pakistan would know about th

. >> a federal jury in new york found osama bin laden's son-in-law guilty of three charges including conspiring to kill u.s. citizens. he searched as a spokesman for al qaeda, and voiced propaganda tapes. >> the setting is afghanistan. the day, september 12th, 2001. osama bin laden wanted to deliver a message to the world and asked this man, suleiman abu ghaith, to do most of the talking for him. >> translation: america must know that what happened to it is a direct result of this policy, if america will implement the policy muslim sons will not stop under any circumstances. >> this and other video tape features preying the 9/11 attacks, and warning of more to come provided the backbone of the u.s. government's case. by agreeing to make them, he agreed to be part of a conspiracy to kill americans, and private support to a terrorist network, charges that have not been successful. >> in terms of having laws that apply to the cases. this is a case that is stronger, is shows. >> suleiman abu ghaith took the stand describing being summoned to the osama bin laden compound. he fotook credit

laden the defense lawyer for him, he said this is not osama bin laden, this is a muslim, arab, a kuwaiti, a father. he challenged the prosecutor t o prove that his words harbored terrorists. >> my client has plead--our client has plead not guilty. not a member of any conspiracy. he engaged in no illegal activity. now it's up to the government to prove it. i've been in some places at 3:00 in the morning hanging with some people, and god for bid if i was on video i would be in trouble the next day. >> referring that lots of government evidence is in the form of pictures and videos of the defendant allegedly appearing in those videos and pictures along side osama bin laden and the current leader of al-qaeda. now the case under way today is expected to last all of march and a little bit into april. >> all right, j.t. john terrett for us. >>> the c.i.a. under allegations of spying on the government. the c.i.a. and the committee have battled over the controversial program. >>> in west virginia, a link to the chemical spill in the state it comes after a major ban in the use of water the

there was no appearance by the driver of osama bin laden who is in yemen in the end. what the jury did hear from was two convicted terrorists. one who appeared here in new york, and one who appeared from video link from london, and from abu ghaith who spoke calmly and sounded be reasonable and said more than he needed to in answer to the questions, something in the end may have hurt his case. the prosecution aid they hope this verdict brings some comfort to the families of the victims of 9/11 after al-qaeda's murderous designs. but the lead defense attorney for sulaiman abu ghaith said he intends to come back, meaning abu ghaith to come back and appeal this verdict because he said the trial was not held in open but in secret. tony. >> there is cautious optimism for the search of missing malaysian flight 370. there are several objects in the southern indian ocean that could be debris from the missing flight. randall pinkston has the latest. >> reporter: the french satellite took photographs of 120 objects strewn over 154 square mile area of the southern indian ocean. i

there was no link from osama bin laden's driver. there was testimony brought by prosecution by two convicted terrorists one here in new york, the other eye period on video link from london. and to everyone's surprise the shocker was that abu ghaith testified. and when he testified he appeared to be calm and reasonable. he gave lots more information than he needed to in answer to some of the questions, something that people think may have harmed him throughout the course of this trial. immediately after the verdict was handed down the prosecution hopes to bring some comfort to the victim's families of 9/11, but stanley cohen, the attorney for sulaiman abu ghaith, said he would be back in court appealing this verdict because he said he thought that the trial effectively had been conducted in secret. one other note, tony, attorney general erik holder said he thought that the trials held of this magnitude could be a carried out fairly in cities like new york. that plays in the ongoing argument of people of this magnitude should be tried

osama bin laden was heavily inspired by this book. >> yes, sir?>> in syria, you have muslim sects fighting each other. do you think there is a chance if israel should feel threatened and strikes against syria, do you think there is a chance at will unitelim sects against israel which will draw us into -- >> yes, understand israel is >> times smaller than --several times smaller than those surrounding the country. you have some of the syrian rebel groups attacking people and beheading christians. in my view, both sides are not clean. both sides have a lot of blood on their hands. in the societies you spoke of terrorism,volved in do the good people from these cultures ever speak up and say, this is not the way to be? of places, places like pakistan, somalia, if you speak up, if you point a finger will not say a lot for a long time. out of fear -- a lot of people want to have nothing to do with terrorism, with jihad. a lot of people are afraid. i think it is the fear factor. >> backup in the audience. i would like to ask a question -- >> if we could

he talks about the obama and administrations to combat terrorism since the killing of osama bin laden. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you for coming on such a chilly day and i'm delighted to present perhaps 25 or 30 minutes of comments and look forward to interaction with you then on the questions you have. i'm also very glad to see jim phillips here. i've worked on terrorism issues with jim for it must be a quarter-century now and there are very few people in the world who writes with the intelligence and prudence that jim phillips does. here are a couple of reasons why i wanted to write the book so i will start this way. i remember back in 1980 reading some clippings and newspapers. it was in the chicago area and a woman was looking out her window near her home and she saw a van pull up. in that van there proved to be some nine different people. they looked rather like an athletics team, the jogging uniforms in the bags but as she looked out her window this lady decided she should be a little nervous about this. there have been robberies in the area by a the saln who wer

he's the son-in-law of osama bin laden.described mastermind of 9/11 says that he had no military military role with al qaeda. jonathan hunt is live outside manhattan federal court where this really fascinating trial is going on right now. so what exactly did muhammad say in this statement, jon? >> reporter: well, he made a 14-page statement. that statement was sent in response to a series of questions that were asked of him by attorneys for the accused al qaeda member currently on trial. now, ksm said he was indeed an al qaeda spokesman because, quote, he was an eloquent and spell binding speaker. but muhammad also added that ghayth was, quote, not a military man and had nothing to do with military operations. that is important to the defense. he is fighting prosecution charges that he actually conspired to kill americans. so this statement by muhammad could be important, but the judge here in this case has not yet ruled whether that statement will be allowed in evidence. >> we talked about it earlier here, jonathan, but th

that's from osama bin laden's son-in-law in court. let's back that up. let's back that up. here it is. we are the once who did it. osama bin laden's son-in-law said that's what the al qaeda leader told him the night of the september 11th attacks, we're the ones who did it. the son-in-law took the stand today at his trial here in new york city. he testified that osama bin laden asked him to, quote, deliver a message to the world after the attacks of 9/11. remember, he has pleaded not guilty to plotting more attacks on americans as al qaeda spokesman. the son-in-law is on the right of this photo here. he also testified that he warned bin laden the united states would not settle until it kills you. and sure enough, he said, bin laden respond at the time, you're being too pessimistic. >>> just getting breaking news on to the fox news desk now, russia is reportedly considering changing its stance on the iran nuclear talks. and if that's true, it could be very big. we're getting the word from interfax, which is the russian state news agency citing a russian diplomat. he says mosc

osama bin laden's son-in-law.ubmitted a statement from his cell in guantanamo bay in which he says bin laden's son-in-law was just a spokesperson and knew nothing about the terror group's military operation. and defense attorneys say they want to use his testimony during the ongoing trial. our chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. what exactly did he say in this statement? >> it's a 14-page statement by khalid sheikh mohammad, sent in response to questions from attorneys for suleman abu ghaith, a man on trial here right now. in that statement he said that abu ghaith was an eloquent and spell-binding speaker and that's what he was used as by al qaeda but he was not a military man. the statement went on, quote, those tasks were giving statements to the media, do not necessarily know all the details of an operation and are sometimes even unaware of the very existence of the operations. that is important to abu ghaith's defense as he is trying to disprove claims he cop sp