. >> his role, the pied piper for western recruits will be very difficult to fill. >> reporter: officials say anwar al-awlaki's voice hasn't been silenced completely. his fiery anti-american sermons are still on line and before his death, he reportedly wrote an article justifying attacking citizens in the u.s. >> days after the sales team six killed osama bin laden, a u.s. drone aircraft took a shot at him narrowly missing. >>> a mid shipment is found guilty of sexually assaulting a classmate. edmond from jackson, mississippi, raped amid in october. he maintains it was consensual sex o. officials say he will be expelled. >>> the legal definition of rape could be changing for the first time in 80 years. fbi seeking to add more forms of sexual assault to the charge heard so notch the news cast. a warning viewers may find this subject matter disturbing. weijia jiang is live with the latest, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon don and everyone. advocacy groups say the current definition is too rigid leaving victims few options to seek justice, a major part of the fbi chain moved to ch

. >> his role is the pied piper for western recruits into yemen actually will be very difficult to fill. >> but officials say al- awlaki's voice hasn't been silenced completely. his fiery anti-american sermons are still online and before his death, he reportedly wrote an article justifying attacking civilians in the u.s. and other western countries. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> president barack obama says that the death of al-awlaki marks another significant milestone in the effort to defeat al-qaeda. the president spoke just moments ago at fort myer in virginia. >>> al-awlaki and his organization have been directly responsible for the death of many yemeni citizens. his hateful ideology and targeting of innocent civilians has been rejected by the vast majority of muslims and people of all faiths. and he has met his demise the government and the people of yemen have joined the international community in a common effort against al-qaeda. >>> anwar al-awlaki was a chief cleric at a mosque in virginia before leaving for yemen. that's where he led accused fort hood sho

." >> i am the pied piper. i'm the instigator and will get other people to come in and make things happen. >> mitchell: and he's the unlikely film of "revenge of the electric car" which tracks the death and rebirth of an industry that has struggled along for more than a decade. >> i have another car just for parts. >> mitchell: filmmaker chris pain royalsed gadget's role in getting the technology on the road. >> somebody has to be first one out there. >> people at gadget keep studying the example so i think this is a much more powerful seed in the way things change than maybe people give credit for. >> mitchell: gadget's been in the forefront of electric conversions long before there was silicon valley upstart tesla. >> until we see every car on the road being electric, you know, we will not stop. >> mitchell: long before g.m.'s famed car guy, bob lutz, would see the light and launch production on the chevy volt. even before nissan's leaf. >> zero emissions, zero particles, zero noise, zero oil. >> reporter: ga

. >> anwar al-awlaki was the pied piper of al qaeda, radicalizing people and committing them the cause of al qaeda to fight fellow citizens. >> reporter: one of al-awlaki's followers, another american, samir khan, died next to him in today's missile strike. khan, from north carolina, denied his tie to al qaeda in this interview in 2008. >> reporter: are you helping recruit for al qaeda? >> no. >> reporter: not at all? >> no. >> reporter: helping recruit for terrorism? >> not at all. >> reporter: he fled to yemen where he became the chief prop gannist for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. his latest edition was published just this week, a tribute to the anniversary of 9/11. it was that signature attack, of course, which defined al qaeda. at the time in 2001 al-awlaki was an imam at this this virginia mosque. while the f.b.i. was never able to connect him directly to the attacks, we nowak back had at least some contact with three of the hijackers who attended his sermons. now, the death of al-awlaki comes, of course, just five months after the killing of osama bin laden. that makes it a

. >> i am the pied piper. an instigator and i'll get other people to come in and make things happen. >> reporter: he is the unlikely star of "revenge of the electric car," which tracks the death and rebirth of an industry that has struggled along for more than a decade. >> i have another car just for parts. >> reporter: filmmaker chris payne recognized gadget's role in getting the technology out on the road. >> somebody has got to be the first one out there. >> people like gadget keep setting the example so i think this is a much more powerful seed in the way things change than maybe people give credit for. >> reporter: gadget has been in the forefront of electric conversions long before there was silicon valley upstart testing. >> until we see every car on the road being electric, you know, we will not stop. >> reporter: long before gm's famed car guy, bob lutz, would see the light and launch production on the chevy volt, even before nissan's leaf. >> zero emissions, zero particles, zero noise, zero oil. >> r

think even more significantly, ray, is the fact that he played a key prop gandist role, kind of a pied piperestern ears in a way that translated al quite's-- al qaeda's nar fiv-- narrative and inspired individuals to come and not only fight in places like yemen but to potentially fight fellow citizens in their own homeland so his removal is an important step in terms of going after the network, diminishing al qaeda in the arabian peninsula propaganda reach, and i think a significant step as demonstrated by the amount of attention the administration gave it today. >> suarez: brian fishman, he is more of an operational character or an idea loll -- >> i think he has become-- i think his ideaological and intellectual influences is still paramount, his stability to communicate in english to an english speaking audience in the west that really differentiated him from other al qaeda figures. and i think that he'll be hard to replace in that regard. there are simply not that many people at a senior level in al qaeda that have a profile like his, born in the united states, a u.s. citizen and what awl

i think his role as the propagandist, the pied piper for western recruits in yemen will be very difficult to fill, but his sermons are still on the internet, and i think we'll still hear his voice after his death. >> juan and bob, thanks to both of you. now here's erica. >>> we turn now to the final arguments in amanda knox's appeal of her murder conviction in italy. this morning, attorneys for both sides have one last rebuttal, one last chance to try to convince a panel of judges. cbs news correspondent charlie d'agata is in perugia, italy, this morning with more. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica. the atmosphere inside the courtroom this morning is very tense. you get a sense that this is finally coming to an end. now, prosecutors told jurors that the italian justice system is on trial and their decision would render honor to the country. the next time amanda knox steps inside this italian court may be her last. after today's rebuttals from both sides in the murder case, knox herself will address the judge and jury on monday. the verdict could come later tha