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The army psychiatrist who is accused of mowing down and killing 13 people, many of whom were coworkers, and injuring some 30 more at that shooting rampage at the army base back in 2009. so the jury got this case yesterday afternoon after hasan, who had represented himself in court, chose really after not bringing any case on his own behalf that he would also not make a closing statement. on wednesday he rested his case, didnt call any witnesses. were going to bring you that verdict as soon as th...

Many times. this was not a spur of the moment thing that he intended to do this and had a plan to do it. hasan himself when asked for a closing statement said he had no closing statement. so what we have right now is a jury thats already deliberated for about three hours. theyll be back this morning. we simply do not know how long it will take. the presumption, of course, is that hasan will be found guilty. the real question here in the sentencing phase probably beginning this afternoon, possibl...

The link will be on ac 360.com and on my twitter account. shes hoping to raise like $1500. hopefully she can raise more than that for folks wanting to donate. lets get the latest on other stories. susan hendrix has the bulletin. >> anderson, deliberations in the court marshall of admitted fort hood shooter major nadal hassan. he declined to give a closing statement. bradley manning plans to live as a woman while serving time and wants to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. the army do...

Gofundme.com/41fqvw. shes hoping to raise like $1,500. hopefully she can raise more than that if folks are wanting to donate. lets get the latest. susan hendricks has a "360" bulletin. deliberations today in the court-martial of major nadal hasan. hasan, who represented himself, declined to give a closing statement. pradly manning says he plans to live as a woman while serving time in a military prison and wants to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. the army does not provide hormone ...

Argument. will a verdict be placed today? >> good morning. jurors breaking after nearly 3 and a half hours of deliberations. they will be back at it today just hours from now in order forearm me sigh kie kris to faith tface the death penalty they must be unanimous on one of the 13 counts of pre-meditated murder. he mounted no defense during this trial even abruptly ending deliberations yesterday when he took the floor acting as his own attorney. he said quote the defense chooses to not make a cl...

The obama administration has gone after whistle-blowers vigorously. the military prosecutors wanted to put manning away for 60 years, try to convict him on aiding the enemy and to grant a pardon at this point would simply really be wasting the millions of dollars that it cost to put on this trial. >> all right. thank you very much, chris lawrence. and news now on a major terror trial that weve been following the fate of nadal hasan, the army psychiatrist accused of murdering 13 people in a sho...

Defense against charges of murdering 13 people and wounding more than 30. correspondent case estigel has more. >> reporter: the deliberations follow a surprising morning in the courtroom after the accused gunman declined to give a closing argument. when the judge gave major hasan the floor, he said the defense chooses not to make a closing statement. but the prosecution spent hours summarizing the evidence they introduced throughout the court martial, including testimony from nearly 90 witnesses...

Because thats when the unit he was assigned to go off to afghanistan with was showing up at a medical processing center for processing to be prepared for the trip and thats when and where the shooting took place. the big question has always been would hassan give a closing statement? we know the answer to that now. he has said he was the shooter. he has described that he switched sides in this case. what happens next is, if he is convicted of just two of the premeditated murder charges and there...

Asked if he had a closing argument he wanted to make? he said, quote, the defense chooses not to make a closing statement. so the case has moved on and it will be in the hands of the jury shortly. the pros cuse spent about an hour and a half talking about how this was a premeditated event, the prosecutor described this as, quote, a premeditated murderous plan to quill akill an said he had a jihad duty in his mind to do so. much of the time was being described as a planned event, not just somethi...

Will walk away and so hes done what he wants to do which is be a martyr. he wants the death penalty. hes still going to have the opportunity to speak in his closing statement. heather: weve heard from more than 30 surviving victims over the past two weeks. if major hasan had decided to speak today, would it have benefitted him in any way? >> no. but i dont think -- i dont think he cares if it benefits him in any way. his goal is to politicize whats going on and to, you know, praise allah so his ...