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and on a plane back home to seattle. brooke? >> just to confirm because we have these two judges, six laypeople, jurors, all together thats eight. if the decision is split, it ultimately then goes to who, the defense to break the tie? >> reporter: there cannot be a split decision. if you know theyre coming back now, we expect the verdict within minutes here, that means it will be a majority decision. >> i see. >> reporter: that means they will never tell anyone how much of a majority...

militant group that may be as big a threat to the united states in afghanistan as al qaeda or the taliban. the obama administration appears ready to formally call the haqqani network what so many people believe it is, a terrorist organization. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department, shes been digging on this story. what are you learning? >> wolf your know, the political pressure here in the united states has been building to put the haqqani network ...

london. saudi gadhafi, moammar gadhafis son and eight official libyans officials were allowed entrance on sunday. field marshall mohammed hussein was scheduled to appear on sunday but his testimony was postponed until september 24th because he says hes dealing with last weeks riots. mubarak is accused of ordering protesters shot during last winters uprising. ♪ o say can you see the u.s. continues to mark ten years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on new york and washington. solem...

Different states. >> well, after chasing for 35 years we know the weather patterns. this morning it is very chilly here in joplin. tomorrow the warm front comes back north. well have warm moist air in the plains, well have severe weather tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. we know a lot of times weeks in advance, the patterns set up. within a day or two we start focusing on where is the likely target. and thats the area with focused on and thats where we know where to go. >> katherine, as the...

a spa and gym. well take you inside on this "american morning." good morning to you. thanks so much for being with us on this thursday, may 26th. welcome back. what a whirlwind few days its been for you right there in the heart of whats going on joplin, missouri. >> it continues. and more bad weather. >> another night of meteorological mayhem as tornadoes wreaked through the region. from louisiana to the great lakes. oklahomas governor declaring a state of emergency in 68 counties hi...

Its more difficult to secure americans when theyre traveling around the world. so frankly, because of their ability to travel, particularly from north africa into europe, you saw in the summer of 2010, the european al-qaeda threat. so in the nearer term, i worry about american interests in the region in places like pakistan and afghanistan, but also americans traveling over the summer holidays in a place like europe. >> all right. thank you very much. want to go beyond the headlines for more o...

The dark rather than incite mass hysteria in the public. the 1880s. that is when the u.s. army signal corp. officially commissioned a study into tornados. shortly after that is when they banned the use of the word, tornado, in weather forecasts. for reasons of fears of panic, lack of tools to accurately predict weather patterns. that ban was essentially in place until 1950 and it was by that time in 1950, radar had been firmly established as the accurate predictor of weather patter patterns. >> ...

Works. when you have strong thunderstorms developing and the way that they are fueled by the low pressure moving in from the west, and then the warm air that shoots up from the gulf of mexico. once those twisters form you can see the damage that has been in its path and the national weather service is warning todays storm could potentially reach ef4 or 5 scale. thats the most power powerful. thats over 200-mile-an-hour. we have seen what a 4 did to joplin. trace gallagher has more history on thi...

The biggest concern is in that white patch. the national weather service says there is a high risk that severe weather and potential tornadoes could touch down in that area. basically wichita, tulsa, oklahoma city, all the way down to dallas. they say its a classic setup formation. janice dean outlined how all the weather patterns seem to be lining up. our storm chasers on the ground have seen a similar pattern. people are warned they need a plan in place to take shelter right now. that is the m...

To make sure they are fully operable and are following the weather patterns with our friends from the national weather service and theres a possibility for further inclement weather and we have to be sure they are up and running, so we can protect our citizens. we have nine sirens well sound 10:30 a.m., this morning with the sun out, hopefully and we need to get word out to residents, not to panic, and not to be alarmed, that we have to do this to ensure their future safety. and, once again, 10:...