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Investigation. president obama speaking out today on the plan to try some of the 9/11 terrorist suspects in new york city as his attorney general says the bush administration tried hundreds of terrorist suspects in civilian court. is that a fact? coming up, well report so you can decide. plus, more on the big win for the big easy and the new orleans saints. just how much it means to a city that has been through so much. thats still ahead as fox reports live from bourbon street. ard to breathe.

High or low? director blair? >> an attempted attempt, the priority is certain, i would say. >> mr. panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. muller? >> agree. >> general -- >> yes, maam, agree. >> mr. dinger? >> yes. >> it was a stunning role call, one after the other without hesitation, the nations intelligence chiefs this week said terrorists will indeed try to strike again at america and soon. while the country looks to its defenses, it is also going after the terrorists, but how far should...

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Cheney decided to try moussai in an american courtroom to make america feel better. when it comes to terrorism and this may upset a lot of progressives on the left, but most americans just dont give a damn what luxembourg thinks about how we treat terrorist suspects. im saying most americans, those swing voters, do not care. >> i dont think they care. but to the point, it has been done before. there are hundreds of terrorists locked up in supermax prisons. think under the bush 5d mi administrati...

The practice of the u.s. government followed by prior and current administrations without a single exception has been to arrest and detain under federal criminal law all terrorist suspects apprehended inside the united states. the prior administrations adopted policies expressly endorsing this approach. how can you deny this administration is doing something wrong if it is doing something exactly the way the previous one did? your thoughts, senator? >> well, chris, first of all, that would imply...

Lawyer after a 50-minute interview. >> wow! amazing, wrong again. as a matter of fact, just today, the attorney general released a letter he wrote to mitch mcconnell, explaining in painstaking detail, the hows and whys of the administrations case against mr. abdulmutallab. heres an excerpt that specifically addresses senator mcconnells wrongness. "since the september 11th, 2001, attacks, the practice of the u.s. government, followed by prior and current administrations without a single exception...

People and to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle why an al qaeda-trained terrorist, fresh from yemen, and caught in the act of attempting to blow up an airliner, was handed over to a lawyer after a 50-minute interview. >> wow! amazing, wrong again. as a matter of fact, just today, the attorney general released a letter he wrote to mitch mcconnell, explaining in painstaking detail, the hows and whys of the administrations case against mr. abdulmutallab. heres an excerpt that specifically addres...

You, senator. >> thanks, chris. with us is susan collins of maine on homeland security. thanks for joining us. attorney general eric holder wrote in a letter today, since the september 11, 2001, attacks, the practice of the u.s. government followed by prior and current administrations has been to arrest and detain under federal criminal law all terrorist suspects apprehended inside the united states the prior administrations policies expressly endorsing this approach. how can you deny this adm...

Balance. republicans fear putting a must win race in jeopardy. well look at all of those stories straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news on cia director nominee gina haspel. nbc news confirming that haspel tried to withdraw her nomination friday over concerns about her role in the integ ration of terrorist suspects. it was only after legislative affairs rushed to langley to meet with haspel for several hours that haspel relented and decided to go forward with her wednesday confirmation ...

Criticize the justice process, as well, in all of this, for the terrorist suspects. and today, he even said he would consider sending the alleged new york attacker to guantanamo bay. can he do that? >> reporter: technically, he can do it, but any move to send the alleged attacker to guantanamo bay would certainly face a constitutional challenge. no one ever arrested on american soil has been sent to gitmo, david. its never happened. >> jon karl, live at the white house tonight. jon, thank you. ...