and "new york times" reporter william rashbaum who was in the courtroom today. >> welcome, gentlemen, william rushbaum, tell us what it was like in court today, how did it unfold? >> well, mr. abu ghaith was brought into the courtroom in handcuffs. security was pretty heavy t there were probably about a dozen marshals in there he was uncuffed, sat down. he looked quite different than he did when he appeared with osama bin laden. his beard is trimentd. it's gray. most of his hair is gone. and the proceeding was brief and they took care of some limited business. his laurent erred a not guilty plea for him and they set a conference date about a month out. >> did the defendant say anything? how did he act? >> he was-- appeared calm. he responded yes two or three times to questions put to him by the judge who summarized the charges, explained his rights to him, appointed three lawyers to represent him. but he seemed calm. >> warner: on what basis from what you could tell from what unfolded in court, is he being charged with conspiracy to kill americans? i mean he's not alleged, or is he al