suleiman abu ghaith charged with conspireing to kill americans. he faces life in prison and it's been quite a journey for the former al qaeda spokesman. in the past month, abu garage went from house arrest in iran in ankara, turkey. turkey decided to send him back to his native kuwait through jordan. that's where the cia nabbed him. more from cnn's joe johns. >> reporter: suleiman abu ghaith is charged in an indictment unsealed on thursday with conspiracy to kill americans from at least may 2001 to 2002. including the september 11th attacks. he was a face of al qaeda terror, a known propagandaist for the organization and son-in-law of osama bin laden. he appeared in scary video recordings in 2001 and 2002. >> translator: woman of the [ muted ], this is all for jihad. >> reporter: more is known about what he has said than what he has done. >> this is a guy who was a high school teacher in kuwait and shortly before 9/11 popped up in afghanistan and started speaking in videotapes, made a number of threatening statements against the united states in t

we learned that suleiman abu ghaith has now been in the united states for exactly one week. prosecutors told the judge that he arrived in the united states march 1st at 12:30pm and they also revealed that he was arrested overseas shortly before midnight february 28th. when they give those times, they are speaking about east coast times. further details were not given, no further elaboration about the case against him. as for security as expected it was very, very tight. there were about ten security officers inside the courtroom, which is usual in these types of cases, and lastly if you take a look now over my shoulder off in the distance you can see the scores of camera crews and reporters who are still in front of the federal courthouse here in lower manhatten, which as you said a few blocks away from the site of the former twin towers. they are awaiting the prosecutors and the defense attorneys to exit the building hoping that they will be able to say a little bit more about this on going prosecution. martha: it really seems to have happened all very suddenly david lee. w

however, there are questions about that as well as where and how abu ghaith should be tried. this photo puts suleiman abu ghaith squarely in the al qaeda inner circle. he's to the left of his father-in-law, osama bin laden, along with top lieutenants muhammed atef and al zawahiri. following 9/11 he was a spokesm spokesman. he appears in videos and makes ominous statements. quote, we have the right to kill four million americans with chemical and biological weapons. abu ghaith is believed to have been at osama bin laden's final stand in 2001 before escaping into pakistan. he lived in iran since 2002, mostly under house arrest and is said to have arrived in the turkish capital of ankara last month traveling on a forged saudi passport. he checked into a hotel and was detained. iran refused him. after several weeks in limbo turkey decided to deport abu ghaith to kuwait, the country of his birth but kuwait didn't want him back either. he was eventually transferred to u.s. custody and flown to new york to face trial. some republicans argue that makes him an enemy combatant who should be tried by a military

some of bin laden is dead and now his son-in-law, suleiman abu ghaith, has been arrested and is in u.s. custody. he was initially detained in turkey and then sent to jordan where he was handed over to american officials and the fbi. the department justice has confirmed he is being held in new york. this charges him with conspiracy to kill united states nationals. it goes on to say that from at least may 2001 to 2002, he served without qaeda. it also specifies that he appeared with them the day after the 9/11 attacks warning of more talks. videoo mentions this where he tells moslems living and the american not to travel by plane or live in blocks as they could become targets. he is believed to have been the official spokesperson for some time after the attacks on the twin towers. the u.s. attorney general praises the arrest saying it sends an unmistakable message that the u.s. will do everything in their power to bring extremists to justice. he will appear in a civilian court on friday. >> stay with us. still to come, an outbreak of meningitis in northern nigeria. plus life under the ey

suleiman abu ghaith has been charged with plotting to kill americans because of the september 11th attacks. he spent most of the last decade locked up in iran before being arrested last week in jordan. >>> a new plan to ban gun shows is at the cow palace and other parts of the bay area are being introduced this morning. senator mark leno drafting a bill that would allow local control over gun shows. the county would have to pass a resolution before a gun show could be held somewhere like the cow palace. this marked the latest attempt to stop gun shows at the cow palace. if you recall, back in 2009, then-governor arnold schwarzenegger vetoed such a ban. >>> a school district in daly city looking for donations to fund condoms for students. the jefferson union high school district wants to be able to give condoms out to students who have taken a class in health education. students would have to talk to a counselor before actually getting the condoms. san francisco's unified school district offering a similar program to students as do some high schools in redwood city and contra costa county.

this is suleiman abu ghaith, arrested on february 28th, taken to the u.s.and they say that in between the time he was arrested and the time he showed up today, he has talking enough to generate what was in essence the statement is about what they were doing when they were in iran in some kind of custody. in any event. he did enter a not guilty plea through the public defender. the judge said there would be another cold appearance in about a month, and of course the charge here is that he was conspiring to kill americans, he was a spokesman for al qaeda. >> pete williams, thank you, sir. >>> happening right now in caracas, the official state funeral for hugeo chavez. about 50 countries in attendance in all. he body will be on permanent display as a museum. >> some of the stories topping the news now, snow is fall from new york to massachusetts, some areas could see more than a foot of snow. others just going to see more rain, causing flooding concerns. >>> president obama is meeting with faith leaders at the white house. on the agenda, immigration reform. th

while inside, suleiman abu ghaith-- alleged to have been a spokesman for al-qaeda-- pled not guilty to a single count of conspiring to kill americans. the 47-year-old kuwaiti was a muslim preacher, al qaeda follower and son-in-law to osama bin laden. he allegedly appeared with bin laden, the day after the 9/11 attacks. urging muslims to attack christians, jews and americans and a short time later, he gave this speech. >> ( translated ): the storm of planes will not stop. there are thousands of young muslims who desire martyrdom in the path of allah. >> warner: federal prosecutors say in 2002, abu ghaith left afghanistan for iran, where he's lived since. then, last month, he traveled to ankara, turkey, only to be detained and deported to kuwait. but during a stopover in amman, jordan, he was nabbed by u.s. authorities. and flown to new york to face charges in federal court. that move drew criticism from some republicans, who argued that terror suspects should be tried by military tribunals at guantanamo bay, cuba. senator lindsey graham, of south carolina: >> you're putting people like

today, very close to where al qaeda brought down the world trade center towers on 9/11. >> suleiman abu ghaithplotting to kill americans and others. he was captured abroad recently and the decision to take him to new york instead of the u.s. military facility at guantanamo bay in cuba is raising fresh controversy. joining us now, two guests, v victoria tunsing and a harvard law professor. why is new york a better place to try him than guantanamo bay? >> our constitution sets out a procedure for trying criminals. this is the procedure. he dets trial by jury, he gets a lawyer. he is a combatant. he's also a criminal. he's a terrorist. he's an unlawful combatant. the executive has the power to choose whether to treat him as a combatant and put him in front of a military tribunal or simply detain him until the war is over, whatever that would mean in the context of war against terrorism. but he's a criminal who conspired to till americans. they have the option of giving him our full due process rights, putting him on trial, let the public visibly and transparently see how we treat people who attac

had arrested usama bin laden's son-in-law, you can see him there, just to the left, suleiman abu ghaithiminal court in new york city, blocks from ground zero, with conspiring to kill americans and republican senator kelly ayotte, not happy with the decision. watch: >> if this man, right next to usama bin laden, involved in the attacks on our country on 9/11, don't you think it would be important that we not tell him he has the right to remain silent? >> chris: laura, the president clearly making a point, by not sending him to a military tribunal at guantanamo bay. >> yes, it is interesting, because of course we have the switch from the previous controversy in new york where chuck schumer and john mccain and everybody said, no, no, ksm cannot be tried in a federal court and it is confusing, regardless of your position on this, why pull back the ksm trial, khalid sheikh mohammed from federal court and abu ghaith, he gets to be tried here. it is muddled, i'm not -- >> you certainly agree that ksm is a much bigger figure and a higher target. >> bigger target... the baghdad bob of al qaeda,

suleiman abu ghaith is his name. the charges against him are conspiracy to kill americans. republican senators have expressed outrage about the fact that this trial is taking place in downtown manhatten, that it is not being held at guantanamo r-r. here i being. >> he is close to the people who killed 2900 americans. now we've got our hands on him. why in the world are we treating him as this he's some common criminal, and why in the world is he not at guantanamo being held by us under our terms and conditions as long as it reasonably stakes too get good intelligence. and if they tell me we've got all we need to know, my question is, who is "we? ." martha: that is from lindsey gray channel. joined by charles cully system who served for secretary of defense for detainees, he knows a lot about this subject. he is now at the heritage foundation. welcome back, good to see you. you look at this scene downtown, the snow is falling, this man is inside this courtroom and a lot of people were taken very off guard by this development. he's been in this country since march 1st we are

suleiman out abu ghaith who served as an al qaeda spokesman, was captured and stored in this past weekacy to kill u.s. nationals. >> this today is the state funeral for a venezuelan president hugo chavez, he died earlier this week after a long battle with cancer. more than 30 heads of government, including to the can't president raul castro plan to attend. the fed then notified 60,000 customs and were protecting employees that they face furloughs because of budget cuts. the furloughs will cause delays at ports of entry, and it including international arrivals at airports, and reduce the number of border patrol officers on duty at any one time. customs and more protection must cut more than 750 million from its budget by the end of september. , and security secretary to janet napolitano said that she expects customs wait times to increase to 150 to 200 percent of normal. >> a program reminder coming please. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the new hazelnut macchiato from starbucks. crafted by hand & heart. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wire