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 of bringing explosives on the plane, were not able to link suleiman abu ghaith with a plot against americans. lawyers for suleiman abu ghaith argued that the evidence amounted to little more than words. it was enough to convince him of charges. the trial wrapped up with little fanfare and disruption to the neighbourhood. blocks away from where the world trade centre stood. >> the defense will appeal the conviction. >> the case was wrapped in a shroud of secrecy, and an inability to get access to people. >> suleiman abu ghaith could face life in prison when sentenced in september. >> before being brought to the united states last year, suleiman abu ghaith was gaoled in iran for about a decade. government officials are calling for arme

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 mus lems, not al qaeda. he was not linked explicitly with a plot to kill americans. lawyers for sule rah argued that the evidence amounted for little more than words and association. enough to convict him on all of government's charges. the trial wrapped up in under three weeks, with little fanfare and disruption to the neighbour hood, blocks away from where the world trade center once stood. >> the d

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 and anti-syrian groups has been high in lebanon's biggest city. a syrian rebels ca

but mattes continues to report on suleiman. and after his third story, mattes says he gets a frightening phone call. >> in the middle of the night, i'm going to come get you. you're an insect. you better retract. >> mattes says threatening late-night calls to his personal cell phone become regular and frequent. >> all of the threats were directed at my reporting. all of the threats were directed at shutting me down. >> the now notorious mauling starts while mattes is interviewing this man, b.k. phillips, for a fourth story about a pair of previous run-ins with suleiman. >> this is our house. >> phillips lives next door to one of suleiman's buildings and he says, first, they have a neighborly squabble. and on a second occasion, as phillips walks through his neighborhood back to his home on a sunday afternoon, he says suleiman crosses the line. >> suleiman shows up out of nowhere, screeched up in his car, kicked open his car door, ran out and literally was posturing like i'm going to kick your butt, i'm going to beat your ass and

suleiman abu ghaith testified that he spoke on before of muslim, not al qaeda. he was not linked with a plot specifically to kill minister. >> lawyers argued that the evidence in this case amounted to lit more than words and association. that was enough to convict him on all the government charges. the trial wrapped up in under three weeks with little disruption to the neighbourhood. blocks from where the world trade center once stood. >> the defense will appeal the conviction. >> this was wrapped in secrecy, and an inability to give access to people. >> suleiman abu ghaith could face life in prison when sentenced in september. >> coming up tonight - under fire. 23 fatal police shootings in albuquerque over the past four years. last night it happened again. we'll have the latest. fire rescue - incredible video from houston, and a construction worker saved from the flames. >> in houston, a bystander caught in a rescue. a construction worker trapped as flames engulfed the building. this is what happened as he tried to climb to safety? >> oh, my god. [ screams ] >>

the next hurdle is the end of suleiman's term on may 25. presidential elections should be time, freely and and wuithout foreign interference. we hope it will ensure there is vacancy.ential i think you already know jamaiunique security problems, stockpile beyond control, need for all groups to be disarmed. existing ow that political and sectarian differences have been intense fiduciary by the war in syria. hezbollah entered that war agreement of others. is on behalf of -- hezbollah dragging the lebanese people into a war. of acting posture inside the state when it is vacant but step being outside arms and to use violence when it wishes is extremists and fighting the assad regime have lebanonthe fight inside with terrorist attacks that have killed and injured scores. amidst this the lebanese forces ave acted to maintained security. hree days ago two lebanese soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing. the l.a.f. has had counterterrorism successes capturing some high profile terrorists including a for an al qaeda affiliated groups responsible b

one morning we were leaving the american embassy to go have a meeting with president suleiman, and a bomb went off in downtown beirut near where we were. you could hear it, you you coule the smoke. this was an everyday event to many, sadly. we assumed that our meeting with the president would be canceled. if there were -- if it were here, a bomb going off, two motorcycles exploding a bomb that killed many and secured many, many more -- injured many, many more, the president would say i've got my hands full, i don't want to have of the meeting. but president suleiman, basically, wanted us to see the kind of challenge that he was dealing with, and so the meeting continued. and in the midst of the meeting, the president was being interrupted with phone calls to try and talk to the iranian ambassador, this particularly bombing was near an iranian cultural center to talk to others. and it was a little bit heartbreaking to see the normality of the situation and to feel as advisers we're just -- visitors, we were just there for a brief time, but challenge that must pose for the everyday lif

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what did the prosecutors say. >> they spent two hours on closing arguments making the case that suleimanth was a leading member of al qaeda recruiters. they showed pictures of him alongside osama bin laden the days after the 9/11 attacks. at that time abu ghaith made a series of video messages and audio record which is prosecutors say are prompting fighters from around the world to head to afghanistan training camps and learn how to attack and kill americans. they closed their closing argument with this statement: there are close cases, the prosecutor said. this is not one of them. the defendant is guilty. >> the defense is underway now. right? >> yes. defense now is underway with their closing argument for around an hour. they're basically painting the government's case as a very weak one, repeatedly saying the government has relied on flawed evidence in the same of cooperating witnesses who they say have given nonfactual evidence in return for reduced sentences. they're also accusing the government of relying heavily on emotion rather than fact, saying they are repeatedly showing these

our could be observer told us the jurors sat upbright when suleiman ghaith was called to the stand and of meeting osama bin laden the night 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 simp

suleiman abu ghaith is the most senior al qaeda member to be sincein a u.s. court september 11. he described meetings with bin laden in a cave in afghanistan hours after the attack on the world trade center and pentagon but denied having prior knowledge. purported lawyer said his appearance in videos threatening the u.s. does not prove involvement in the plot. words, nott about about association. there are clear requirements under the law. if you want to turn around and invite people for words, there are about 270 congressmen and women right now that have said some pretty incendiary things about some things. >> the court rejected testimony from alleged plotter khalid shaikh mohammed about abu ghaith . he faces a sentence of up to life in prison. the journalist, author, and activist jonathan schell has died at the age of 70. an advocate for nuclear disarmament, his best-selling book is recognized for helping to spark the antinuclear movement of the 1980's. speaking in 2007, jonathan schell said a nuclear free world is an achievable goal. >> if we had a president who was dedicated

suleiman abu ghaith took the stand on wednesday. he described meeting with bin inen inside a cave afghanistan just hours after the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon. he is the most senior alleged al qaeda member to be tried in u.s. court in the years since 9/11. recordhas been fined a $1.2 billion to resolve a criminal probe of safety defects in its cars. the penalty includes it in mission that toyota misled customers about problems that forced the car's acceleration even as drivers tried to slow down. attorney general eric holder called the find the largest of its kind. billion represents the largest criminal penalty imposed on a car company in history of the united states. this is appropriate, given the extent of the deception carried out by toyota in this case. put simply, toyota's conduct was shameful. it showed a blatant disregard for systems and laws designed to look after the safety of consumers. by the company's own admissions, a protected its brand and head of its own customers. this constitutes a clear and

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so there is a lot of impending suleiman -- impending seniority loss in michigan which is another obstacle the state to overcome. snyder,s governor the challenge for a lot of governors is that they really have to prove that their number one focus is bringing companies, bringing jobs to their state. that is what voters are going to judge him on this fall. host: another way of looking at the different race ratings around the country, here is rollcall's race rating map. a lot of solid red and solid blue on that map, showing the upper midwest, the michigan area that the last caller was from. very few yellows there. how big if the playing field the cycle in the house compared to previous cycles? guest: that is an excellent question. we currently rate 14 races that top the political report. excuse me, 15 i believe. of those 15, 11 are currently held by democrats. only four are held by republicans. those are the most competitive races. it fluctuates a little bit between 40 and 45 races that we consider competitive when you include that the leading democrats in the later republican column -- out o