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"ac 360" starts now. piers, thank you. good evening, its 10:00 here on the east coast. we begin tonight, keeping them we begin tonight keeping them honest with the question that seems to have no simple answer. how can someone be fatally beaten, kicked and suffocated, allegedly by more than a dozen people, and yet none of those people, not one, face murder or manslaughter charges. thats one key question in the killing of florida a&m band member robert champion. he died from a brutal h...

while bandmates hit him. today florida prosecutors charged 11 alleged participants with whats called felony hazing. they charged two others with misdemeanors. if convicted, the maximum anyone could face for beating someone to death would be six years in prison. again, the question is why not murder or manslaughter charges? one answer, say prosecutors, is that it would be tough getting convictions with the evidence that they have. >> the testimony obtained to date does not support a cha...

today florida prosecutors charged 11 alleged participants with whats called felony hazing. they charged two others with misdemeanors. if convicted, the maximum anyone could face for beating someone to death would be six years in prison. again, the question is why not murder or manslaughter charges? one answer, say prosecutors, is that it would be tough getting convictions with the evidence that they have. >> the testimony obtained to date does not support a charge of murder in that it ...

americas longest running war after a trip to afghanistan by president obama. the unannounced visit to kabul was full of secrecy and symbolism, be but not very many specifics. a tough reminder that theres a long way to go in that country. suicide car bomber and taliban militants disguised attacked a housing compound. nick paton walsh is live with us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it appears the suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into whats known as the green villag...

That historic news. a look back now inside the "news vault" from may 2nd, 2011. >> the mission to kill bin laden was carried out by navy s.e.a.l.s in a city not far from the capital of pakistan. >> thousands of americans are gathering around the nation to share their joy over bin ladens death. this was the scene at times square in new york as hundreds chanted and waved signs. >> this has president obama earlier at the white house. >> tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world ...

Usama bin laden. it was may 2nd of last year, that a navy s.e.a.l. team moved in on the compound in pakistan, where the al qaeda leader was hiding out. so one-year later where do we stand in the war on terror? peter doocy is live in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we heard from the presidents chief counterterrorism advisor, john brennan who said killing bin laden definitely damaged al qaeda but didnt destroy them. >> weve degraded the organization over the past dec...

though, new terror concerns as we approach the first anniversary of the daring raid that led to the death of osama bin laden. there is no credible information suggesting al qaeda or its allies are planning attacks tied to the anniversary. but the concerns are real enough that president obama reviewed the threat picture just this morning with this top national security advisers. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. what is the biggest threat intel official...

aspirational, not specifically in the works. as for the home grown extremists, those already right here in the united states, the intelligence estimates say this date, this anniversary so to speak may hold some value to them, but they dont think it is enough to make them accelerate their plots. in other words, if they got some plat and theyre on a timetable, theyre not going to scrap their timetable just to make this deadline. >> okay. chris lawrence in the piers morgan. appreciate it....

cane is back, he has a column for theblaze.com. an all-boy panel this morning. >> youre used to that. >> you know what? i am getting kind of used to it a little bit. our starting point this morning is day two of john edwards criminal trial. its going to get under way in about 2 1/2 hours. and back on the stand, his former aide, andrew young. he is the key witness for the prosecution. the issue is did john edwards inappropriately use campaign funds to hide his mistress, rielle hunter? t...

May 2nd, 1970. bad weather, low visibility, and lack of fuel. captain dewitt has no choice but to ditch his plane in the caribbean sea. no footage exists of this incident, but our dramatic animation shows what the plane might have looked like as it slammed into those turbulent waters. here is how the pilot describes what it felt like to be in the cockpit in that life-and-death moment. >> my first contact with the water was quite smooth. it was not too long after that that the rest of the airplan...