A former New York stockbroker-turned-Islamic State group militant has been convicted of becoming a sniper and trainer for the extremist group during its brutal reign in Syria and Iraq
d.c.,,, sniper trial. malvo confronted john allen muhammad calling him a coward. the younger sniper gave disturbing details of the attacks saying they planned to bomb schools and a police officer s funeral. muhammad is representing himself. his cross-examination of malvo will continue today. he is on death row in virginia and now faces six counts of murder in maryland. that whole process in terms of getting him to that point where he could go on the witness stand in 2006 and face muhammad and say to him, you took me to your home. you fed me. you clothed me. then you turned me into a monster. and this is what we did. despite what muhammad was saying he could have gotten to at that point but it was a process that
could see see it for what it actually was. i can remember i went to see him and he said carmita, this is going to be short. i want to testify against muhammad. i said, are you sure? he said, yes, i m sure. it wasn t so much about feeling hatred for muhammad, it s, wow, this is my place in the universe, but the first thing that he had to do was he had to boldly stand with the victims. he had to testify with no strings, with no promises and he just spilled his guts. killer lee malvo will be back on the stand today testifying against his accomplice in the
flying around? not me. well driving on surface streets this morning, they weren t particularly crowded by any means. and as i said there were a lot of people on the freeways. it is a big city. and sometimes there is just no other way to get to where you need to go. but it is very clear and stating the obvious this is a city on the edge. thank you for that update. joining me now is sniper expert mark spicer, who was an expert witness in the d.c. sniper trial. you say you think these attacks were done by more than one suspect. what leds you to believe that or conclude that? the first thing really is the fact that the police have mentioned there are sort of bullets and there are projectiles. it is not a common occurrence for a sniper oar trained person to change calibers or change weapons. so to me it would look like there are at least two of which i would suggest one is at least a copy cat. and you raise this good point
montgomery county, maryland and the sniper trial there. or timothy mcveigh, oklahoma city. can you give me examples in which this was really in the forefront, sort of nationally after a massive tragedy and how the juries in the end deliberate. what were the results in other huge trials? the major terrorism cases like the mcveigh case many of them have resulted in death penalty findings by juries. but i think this is a tougher case because on the one hand it s one of the most brutal pieces of carnage that the american public has ever seen. i m sure you ll remember brooke that at one point in the trial when videos were shown of children and men and women being dismembered and killed by this bomb actual videotape of it not only the jurors were crying but hardened members of the press were crying in court. i mean it was that gripping and