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First instances holding them as enemy combatants and making a determination based on the best interests of our national security -- jon: so let me interrupt you, that means not reading miranda rights, not doing what this guy, abdulmutallab, received after the attempted christmas day bombing of that airliner. >> oh, exactly. i mean, they are clearly enemy combatants, in fact, theyre unlawful enemy combatants, and we have the authority to hold them during the duration of armed conflict with our en...

Not a criminal act, not when you destroy 16 acres of manhattan, kill 3000 americans, blow a big hole in the pentagon. thats an act of war. >> dick cheney is a fine fellow, hes entitled to his own opinion. hes not entitled to rewrite history. hes not entitled to his own facts. the christmas day bomber was treated the exact way that he suggested that the shoe bomber was treated. >> reporter: cheney said the bush administration hadnt gotten its routine down by the time richard reid the shoe bomber ...

Arabic, so that is not unusual, and given that abdulmutallab may say that he met other english speaking people like himself there studying, one u.s. official pointed out that doesnt necessarily mean theyve crossed that threshold from wanting to learn arabic to becoming a jihadist and carrying out a mission and a former intelligence official tells fox there are more than 100 people in the united states who are followers of that radical cleric in yemen, al-awlaki, so that has weight as well, srnl....

Theyre totally vertically integrated. they have added 12 jobs in the last three months of machinists and welders. they have got now about 167 people, they have a sign outside saying welders wanted. very high quality work, though, they had 60 applicants last week, they only hired one guy. you can see here, jon, because i know youre an airline freak, there theyre making the engine could there, and were going to go on the other side over here, eric, and you can see these pieces are ready for export...

Too, harris. harris: nita vogel, thank you very much. jon: toy stores are getting a sneak peek at the latest inventions for kids, thousands on display right now at the international toy fair, it is great fun for the young and young at heart. robert gray, live at the javitz center in new york. talk about getting paid to play today, huh? >> reporter: jon, its a tough assignment, somebodys got to do it and im the guy here today. there are 7000 brand new toys never seen before, everything for the cr...

one and hall. bill: a hallmark holiday -- actually nod, red, white and blue. uma: there you go. bill: and salute your favorite president today, uma, great being with you. uma: you, too. bill: check you out, "happening now" starts now, have a great day, everybody. >> thank you. all kinds of news, to bring you, happening now. good morning im jon scott. >> im harris faulkener in for jane skinner. >> happening now, in our top box, big breaking political news, indiana senator evan byah set ...

Sentences and two of them, both -- two of the people, its amazing, two of the former alleged al qaeda terrorists were freed by the bush administration. one of them is now in yemen and at large and the other is home in australia. >> so you heard what senator mccain said about how they should be put into some kind of military commissions. youve heard the criticisms by commentators who say that it was, quote, almost criminal that eric holder had allowed the nigerian, the alleged airplane bomber, ab...

The plane. isnt the point that these terrorists are willing to be as innovative as they need to be to bypass current security measures? >> yeah and its not that far away from what al qaeda is doing. if you look at what al qaeda and the arabian peninsula has done in the last 6 to 12 months, recruiting people sneaking explosives inside of them to carry out bombings. theres a difference between that and breast implants. this is a very complicated procedure, you have to find someone willing to go th...

breaking news here and this is a live shot of the scene surrounding that train derailment in washington, d.c. this was a six-car train that derailed apparently no injuries, the passengers have been moved now off of those trains, were keeping our eye on that. im contessa brewer, good to have you along on this day before the weekend. everybody is working for the weekend and this one going to be a mess for travelers. today a mega storm is sweeping through the south, dallas had almost a fo...

>> i believe mirandising him was very bad. i want to see them change that. i believe they should never disclose information that the intelligence community said was highly sensitive. it was so sensitive they only briefed four members of the senate on monday. on tuesday the white house proudly announces that because they cant take the heat because republicans have criticized them. >> this morning press secretary robert gibbs responded on behalf of the white house. i asked him why other agencies w...