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Prison, shep. >> shepard: all right. the government claims now to have a -- well, a lot of evidence against these then. men. >> the informant wore a wire recording conversations there s. errant play video from hidden cameras showing the prospects plotting to destroy two terms what w. what were supposed to be high tech bombs and missile system to shoot down military planes at newburgh new yorks national guard base potentially killing hundreds of troops. the one of the accuseside a career criminal...

On board the virgin atlantic flight from los angeles to new york that took a total of 16 hours instead of five. youre looking at video taken by one of the passengers. he put it on his twitter account. they sat on the tarmac in newburgh, new york, for almost five hours. bad weather forced them to land there instead of new york city and they couldnt get off. david martin joined us earlier on "fox & friends" to talk about his experience. >> they came to the aircraft and said, look, if you want to g...

The north and to the west, getting up towards harrisburg, probably about two to four inches for you. looking for about an inch or two there in d.c. and baltimore. not a ton of snow. and then the storm continues to lift up again with that rain/snow line right along the coast. thats going to limit our potentials. some higher potential snow there north and west of new york city, newburgh, poughkeepsie getting in on several inches, maybe that also in boston and providence and its going to be a lot o...

Proven guilty. thats just me i guess. >> its not just you. i think its everyone across the board. you think in your earliest civics class what you learn. when they announced the plan to have him tried in new york they said fall file youre is not -- failure is not an option but the foundation of a fair trial is failure is on option. i believe at the end of the day khalid sheik mohammed will get a trial but it will be at guantanamo bay. >> it leeks like youre going to be right because we discovere...

Needy. those are the conditions i would kind of put on the table, if it got to the point where we negotiated. i dont know what point it will get to at this time. >> the county executive of orange county which is where the city of newburgh is and youre opposed to this idea and will do everything in your power to stop it from happening and, look, the city could desperately use the money. why are you so against it? >> i look at it differently. as the chief executive officer of orange county, the fa...

With the county executive that the overwhelming response i have gotten, 90% to 10% was in favor of me pursuing this at this stage until a decision is made by the federal government. that decision may come in the next couple days and this story may be an old story by wednesday and at least i know we put the city of newburgh in the proper light to say if it is a democratic process, then dont rule out, basically, the birth place of the public which is the city of newburgh. >> you two demonstrating ...

Newburgh i said id give it a shot. if the federal government steps up and helps this city of four square miles in the end, if it benefits us, it is worth exploring. >> do you have any idea about the cost or how disruptive it would be there the everyday life of the people who live there? >> i had a conversation with my police chief and he said, mayor if the cost is not fully accepted by the federal government then theres no deal. this has to be something to benefit the city of newburgh and not hu...

It has been assured u.s. fac facilities can handle more patients. considering a new venue for the 9/11 trial after new york officials expressed concern of the costs. he said his towns new state of the art courthouse is actually the perfect place to stage the trial. >> were a very, very poor city, i have to tell you. any economic stimulus, especially to the tune of maybe $200 million that could come from the federal government could certainly assist a city of my size and the situation that we h...

It to chicago just to get the presidents attention. they belong off our soil, in guantana guantanamo. i see this city as being shut down. i dont look at financial benefit potentially. i look at the safety of the people. all it would take is one person being injured, one building being blown up here in newburgh or around this area and this city would come to an immediate halt. certainly not a tourist attraction. the mayor said maybe a tourist attraction. we have tourist attraction in this county ...

I have to sue the federal government, i will do just that. i dont want to go to those extremes. i hope somebody has some reason, takes them out of new york state and i believe take them out of the country. thats my stance and i will never back off from there. >> you certainly feel strongly about it. mayor valentine, does it give you pause someone you consider a colleague and a friend so opposed to this. what about those security concerns? >> well, the security concerns would have to be born, aga...