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that have been assigned to you. none of the defendants have answered. in fact, none of the defendants have uttered a word in response to any of the judges questions. so far we have seen khalid sheikh mohammed for the first time in years. his beard is very long, its turned more of a reddish color. hes wearing a right turbine and hes wearing reading glasses. none of the defendants, again, have said anything. they have steadfastly remained silent. that was a real problem going in because ...

. they stand accused of plotting the dets of nearly 3,000 americans. khalid sheikh mohammed and four other suspects facing arraignment today in guantanamo bay. chris lawrence is there for us. it seems like these men are doing everything they can just to drag all of this out further. >> reporter: yeah, don. and the arraignment was just about over and there was another outburst in the courtroom, just literally a few minutes ago. we were watching the court proceedings. everything seemed...

number two, the cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. $1.3 trillion at this moment. a distant third, the presidents stimulus plan, $831 billion. never thought $831 billion would look cheap. well, heres another powerful number. right now this country is paying $224 billion a year in interest on our debt and that number is mushrooming. it becomes an exponential problem. by 2020 we will be paying $544 billion in interest alone. if you want to see something really scary, lets compare t...

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its only about three feet high. witnesses say she overcompensated and made a sharp right, crossing over three lanes of traffic going in the very same direction, hit a curb that went over a fence, only again about two to three feet high, and went sailing about 50 to 60 feet. control of the suv. it could have been, authorities say, any number of things. maybe something physically went wrong with her. perhaps there was a mechanical failure, a distraction of some kind. these are all the th...

off an overpass on to a transit facility near the bronx zoo. three of the dead are children. cnns susan candiotti joins me now by the phone. susan, whats the latest on this? >> reporter: well, its a terrible, terrible accident, certainly, alison, but were hearing from the police that its either a car or a van with four adults and three children inside, all dead. they were on an expressway called the bronx river parkway, and the car crossed over the median into the opposing lanes of tra...

about what it all means. then pakistan which had its own mini-scandal a year ago leading to the ouster of its famous ambassador to washington. we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador haqqani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and whats happening in pakistan. also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? well take a look. next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, the middle east,...

collapse and bring down power lines. its already started to happen. >> that wasnt old video from january. thats actually today in pennsylvania after the warmest march ever recorded. as much as 16 inches of heavy, wet snow expected to fall on parts of the northeast, but we dont expect it to last long. it appears likely to rise through the 40s and 50s this week. the man who killed trayvon martin is out of jail back in hiding. george zimmerman walked out of the correctional facility in ...

wheel and left at least 3 of 13 crew members hurt. the coast guard has dropped supplies. a cutter has made its way to the yacht, and at least two of the injured have been moved to a smaller ship. i want to go now by telephone to coast guard petty officer kcale critchfield. were you able to get help out? >> yes, we were. the coast guard cutter is on scene and they deployed their small response boat to go out to the yacht, and we were able to recover two of the injured people and get the...

right now, on cnn. hello, im don lemon. thank you for joining us tonight. in life, as it was a place where trayvon martin used to run and play. a place where he was among friends and learned about team work. long before a bullet ended it all. tonight, a candle light vigil at the team where he played youth football. teammates, coaches, friends and people who never knew martin joined his family in remembering the 17-year-old at the center of a national firestorm. martins parents thanke...