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The world is watching the situation there very closely. lets get straight to all the other news making headlines at this hour, get to michaela. >> good morning, everyone. making news, now that hes been convicted of killing 13 people in the ft. hood massacre a jury will decide if nadidal hasan should get life in prison or the death penalty. expected to hear two or three days of testimony from witnesses, which could include hasan himself. a louisiana boy accused of shooting his 87-year-old car...

Preparing to deploy overseas. although hasan faces the death penalty, that verdict wont be enough for the shooting victims, of course who blame the administrations policy of political correctness for what happened. here to explain is the lawyer for those victims neil usher. thank you, neil for being with us. what did you think about the verdict yesterday? what were the feelings that washed over you when you heard? >> it was really no surprise at all. he had admitted in his opening statement that...

Nidal hasan. nadil hasan. jurors deliberated for three hours yesterday afternoon. they asked to review testimony from the police officer who shot hasan and ended his attack. if convicted hasan could face the death penalty. >> sexual harassment scandal surrounding bob filner. could come to a head today. were learninging that the embattled mayor could be getting ready to resign. brandi hitt has the latest from los angeles. >> reporter: good morning. this is what bob filners accusers and many voter...

Bodes well for the prosecution. after that long 6 1/2 hours for the prosecution here, the word came all 45 counts, the jury was unanimous. the panel unanimous on guilty. were talking 13 counts of premeditated murder for the 13 people who lost their lives on this post back in 2009 and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. those are for the 32 people who were injured. it has been one dramatic three weeks of ups and downs here at this court-martial with major hasan representing himself. that ...

Cross-examine his victims. today a police officer who was shot three times when she helped take down hasan sent this reaction via twitter, quote: so overwhelmed with joy and tears. god bless the victims in their strength. casey stegall live at fort hood now casey? >> yeah, jon, when the verdict came down this afternoon. family members inside that courtroom cried and hugged each other. this is a day they have been waiting for for more than four years. at the same time, the murderer, 42-year-old n...

This is in the case of major nadal hasan. this is the army psychiatrist who was charged with 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempt eed murder. this was in the 2009 shooting at ft. hood. you have a little bit of color of what its like inside there. >> reporter: our producer at cnn just emerged from the courtroom and described a bit of the scene that we werent able to see. he said when the verdict was read hasan was stoic and looked at the soldier reading the verdict and stroking his beard....

Hendricks says hasan has two motives here he believes he had a jihad duty to wikill as many soldiers as he could and adding he did not want to deploy to afghanistan. he has sat mostly silent in his wheelchair. he raised few objections and only one time sending letters that the rampage was necessary to quote protect muss rlim insurgents. >> extreme weather across the globe. foik in the denver area hit with golf ball sized hail leaving many drivers stranded including this one here. they whad to sh...

Verdict, if that will encourage them to speak to the press. they could wait for the sentencing phase to be over. there was some frustration that the judge would not allow some of the motive evidence to be presented. particularly toward the radicalization of islam and he had done a report in the walter reed that he had a ground rounds presentation and spoke of suicide bombings. and the judge did not, low that testimony to get in and blocked the e-mail exchanges between hasan and an war a llak ia....

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...

So will threached? he only said im guilty and want to die. kribs ford atkinson is live in ft. hood with the details. hey, ford. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, the jury deliberated yesterday for about three hours before calling it quits and theyll be back this morning to continue those deliberations. one of the reasons this may take a little longer than a lot of people would like is there are 45 criminal counts to go through and the jury could certainly choose to literally go through each one i...