thank you. closing arguments will begin tomorrow in the trial of the accused ft. hood shooter, major nidal hasan. hasan rested his defense today, presenting not a single witness. a 13-person jury will begin deliberating as early as tomorrow. the 12 days since the trial started, hasan, who chose to represent himself, has done very little to contest the charges against him or even challenge the prosecution s version of how and why he committed the deadliest mass shooting on a u.s. military base in history. that shooting spree left 13 people dead, more than 30 injured. nbc s charles hadlock is live for us in ft. hood. you ve been covering this extensively. we ve been talking with you every day. the idea he didn t call a single witness does not come as a huge surprise. now it s about the closing arguments and what happens then. reporter: well, what will happen tomorrow is that the prosecution will begin closing arguments. they ll probably have a couple of hours. so will major hasan, bu
a look at the stories topping the news now. accused ft. hood shooter hasan rested his case this morning without calling any witnesses and prosecutors rested yesterday after calling 90 witnesses. hasan made no attempt to prove his innocence. family of hannah anderson is speaking out about her abductor could have been her biological father. hannah s father calls the speculation disgusting. in a statement a family spokesperson says, brett and tina anderson did not meet mr. dimaggio until the sixth month of tina s pregnancy with hannah. the cost of a wildfire has reached $1 billion. according to new numbers out from a fire center which raises
fear mongering. i think it s partly about deflecting spin and blame for his basically abdicating his responsibility as mayor with the union workers. reporter: across the country, state and municipal pensions are underfunded by more than a trillion dollars. john. david, thanks. political news is next. republicans plot strategy, hillary clinton plot as move. here s what our fox affiliates outside the beltway are doing. ktbc in austin, texas, is following the trial of the accused ft. hood shooter. wsvn in miami is watching a tropical storm strengthen. here s a live look at los angeles from fox 11. they are following the sextorsion case of miss teen usa. that s a look outside the beltway from special report. we ll be right back. hey kevin.still eating chalk for heartburn?
thanks so much. but of course, we re going to see you again in about 15 or 20 minutes. we re going the talk about the accused ft. hood shooter in conducting his own defense and what that means for his lawyers who want off the case. and we re here in rochester, new york, at the pga championship. coming up, i m going to tell you about new trouble for tiger woods and phil mickelson.
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