it s been nearly six years and emotions are running high for those who found themselves victims of the ft. hood shooting rampage in 2009. the obama administration for years branded nidal assad s behavior as workplace violence, not radical islamic terrorism. that changed two months ago. the victims today were honored with purple hearts finally. 47 medals were presented at the emotional and deeply meaningful ceremony that many thought were long overdue. we re joined live from ft. hood on the very latest. hi, casey. reporter: hi, eric. you saw lots of tears. you saw lots of heartache, but you also saw lot of relief inside that extremely powerful ceremony here on the ft. hood post this morning. this is a day, after all, that
file into that room, secretary of state kerry and hagel. thank you very much for the background on the war powers act and legality of all of this scheduled to get under way pat 2:30. 20 minutes from now we bring you there. ahead, colonel oliver north joins us to talk about what he expects to hear in that room and we will react to the news as it happens coming up on america live. coming up here as well this morning, we are going to be covering that for you, of course, as soon as that gets under way at 2:30 today. in the meantime, there is also a new push on capitol hill to officially reclassify the ft. hood shooting rampage from a workplace violence issue to an act of terrorism. there are very good reasons why people want to do that. last week, a military jury sentenced nadal hasan to death for the massacre he inflicted at a texas army base.
the sickest person at the top of the list. whether it be an adult. whether it be a child. that s where the policy stands now. if you ve got a sick child who needs a transplant, because of the policy change, they have a better chance. it s a temporary change, only for a year. they will study, look at data to see how exactly the policy should be in a permanent way. but at least for now, at least for now, could be permanent, but at least for now, the sickest person goes to the top of the list. jason, i m glad you continue to follow her story. it just riveted us. it s wonderful to see her progressing. thank you for having me. can t believe she s possibly going home. she could be going home as early as tomorrow. thank god. our best to the murnaghan family. thank you for that. coming up, a military jury found major nidal hasan guilty of the ft. hood shooting rampage. and right now, they re deciding whether he should die, too. or whether he should just rot in a cell for the rest o
i m a bit of a pack rat. when did david cassidy get to be 63? i don t know. i saw that shot and he was really really cute. shawn was the one for me. i will take him back then, not now. we re hearing a verdict could come quickly in the ft. hood shooting rampage after psychiatrist 2345d d nadal hasan refused to speak out in the shooting that killed 13 people and injured dozens more. in a security meeting about the attack that killed over $100, our ambassador didn t make it to the meeting. announcing big changes to health care coverage to deal with the cost of obamacare. wait until you see what one major research company found whether it it asked countries
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