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This and thats capitol hill. what are we getting from there. >> two democrats dianne feinstein and patrick leahy endorsing courts for terror cases. learned legislation backed by senators joe lieberman john mccain and lindsey graham to block the money for trials in new york has gained support for senate democrats. he believes he has the votes to get that bill through the senate. shep? >> shepard: catherine herridge working for us tonight in washington. thanks. an horrific and tragic start to the ...

"washington post" federal court is still the preferred option. "for the case and for our overall fight against al-qaeda." significantly holder also appears to leave the door open to military trials. "at the end of the day, wherever this case is tried in whatever forum, what we have to ensure is that its done as transparently as possible. if we do that," holder says, "im not sure the location or even the forum is as important as what the world sees in that proceeding." a form emember of the bush ...

And now a senior republican says its time to close the book on a criminal prosecution. >> my understanding is eric holder is the one, the attorney general, he is the one who is resisting the president and he wants to continue to have the trials in new york. the president should step in once and for all and saying the trials are not going to be in new york and quite frankly i dont know any city in the country that wants them. >> and today new york mayor michael bloomberg saying is he skeptical th...

Across the country and around the world. our top story, the attorney general, eric holder, pointing to the bush white house as his legal precedent for trying to -- deciding to try the christmas day bombing suspect in federal court instead of treating him as an enemy combatant. now republican lawmakers including arizona senator jon kyl want to know who are the more than 300 terrorists that holder claims were tried in criminal court under the bush administration and why havent we heard about them?...

He has a mandate to handle terror cases in this way. he gives his attorney general his marching orders. and we are going to mirandize these terrorists when we arrest them so we can use their statements in court. you replace holder you will get another attorney general just like him. >> if you believe in the last three elections didnt mean anything in virginia, new jersey and massachusetts. i think hes got to start hearing what the people are saying. i dont think he was elected because people des...

Experiencing mental health issues and would lie in bed moaning and screaming. investigators are acknowledging the unvisited nature of the case. >> in the past, terror cases or mass murder incidents, motive was made very clear. very clear in most of those cases by a note that was left by a social media post, by a telephone call that was made, by investigators mining computer data. today, in our investigation, we dont have any of that uncovered. i wish we did. >> and that lack of a clear motive cl...

Experiencing mental health issues and would lie in bed moaning and screaming. investigators are acknowledging the unvisited nature of the case. >> in the past, terror cases or mass murder incidents, motive was made very clear. very clear in most of those cases by a note that was left by a social media post, by a telephone call that was made, by investigators mining computer data. today, in our investigation, we dont have any of that uncovered. i wish we did. >> and that lack of a clear motive cl...

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This area in the eastern district of new york one of the busiest justice department offices in this country, for people who dont know her background, she oversaw terror cases, cyber criminal cases, as well. >> very much a prosecutor, of course eric holder had been a prosecutor. he was the u.s. attorney here in washington, as well but shes been one just coming right out of that job into the justice department position, so thats a bit unusual here for a recent attorneys general, so she very much b...

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