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Lesser role in this case. remember hasan is representing himself here, but because he is not an attorney, his defense team was put on a stand-by role so they can walk him through procedural matters and file motions and things of that nature. but they said that they did not believe hasan was really trying that hard in his defense in so many words and that he essentially wanted the death penalty, therefore, they argued they could not with power. they could not be a part of that. the judge adjourne...

There laughing. he said to himself, this is it. he did survive and in court today he pointed his finger at major nadal hasan and identified him as the shooter. during all this time hasan never showed any emotion, not one whip of emotion. he never seemed to lower his eyes. he never shook his head. he sat there looking straight ahead. when he had an opportunity to ask questions, he never asked any questions. he said i have no questions when queried by the judge. it was a stunning day in terms of t...

Terrorist conference that triggered americas global letter? we will talk about this next. and for 11 years michelle knight was held captive in ariel castros house and she returned to the scene when the house was torn down. and they say hasan is trying to get the death penalty. why the proceedings came to a halt today. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.

They do not make the decisions. everything is up to major hasan and basically they have to stand there and watch him choose this strategy, which they think is ensuring that he gets sentenced to death. >> well, they say you do have a right to defend yourself, even if youre defending yourself very poorly. i will tell you this, ed, from the cases ive seen, a lot of thiems those shadow lawyers have to defend themselves, too, from a case of ineffective assistance of counsel. keep us posted today on a...

Gregg:ing right now the court-martial in the fort hood massacre case is back on after the military judge rejected a request from nidal hasans standby attorneys who demanded to be removed from the case. lawyers are helping hasan represent himself, but objected because they say he was trying to secure a death sentence. once the judge rejected that motion, they asked to be removed altogether, but the judge ordered them to continue assisting hasan in his defense. joining us now, doug burns, stephen ...

Apologized to alla for the fact that he was serving along the side of the armed force who are wrong in this case. >> i want to point out numbers. 11 of the 16 death sentences handed down by military jurors in the last 30 years have been overturned. >> thats correct. >> no active duty soldier has been executed since 1961. there are some concerns out there that we could see a mistrial for a number of reasons, including according to some reports there was a concern that key evidence, material that ...

Well keep an eye on the situation. the manhunt for james dimaggio stretching up and down the west coast. the southern california man suspected of murdering a mother of two before abducting her 16-year-old daughter and possibly 8-year-old son an amber alert for hannah anderson. the trial of major nadal hasan on old. attorneys are telling the judge they want off the case. is he representing himself but the legal team appointed to him says hes trying to get the death penalty and they want no pa...

Lead attorney so hes legal strategy, his decisions are his decisions and the judge in this case said those standby attorneys must continue to work alongside him. yesterday they had started to tell the judge that they believed that major hasan was working in concert with the prosecutors to ensure that he gets the death penalty, but the judge says that this disagreement is simply a disagreement over strategy and that major hasan has every constitutional right to determine how he wants to proceed s...

The action for us. hi, casey. >> reporter: good to see you, allie. sounded like we were going to run into a major delay. this could last weeks if not months possibly after the stand-by defense counsel requested a stay, which would have effectively put this trial on hold for an indefinite amount of time. they seemed furious that the judge denied their request to take on a lesser role in the case because they argue assisting hasan now violates their professional code of conduct. it is their impres...

The gao does confirm the audit and says it is just in the beginning stages, and planned parenthood didnt respond to our request for comment. gregg: kind of surprising. you would think they would want to say something. >> reporter: well let you know if we hear from them. gregg: shannon bream in washington, thanks. jenna: new information from fort hood to do, a judge ruling against the stand-by attorneys saying they must continue to assist in the accused fort hood shooters defense, and then those ...