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Underway. four years now since the massacre at fort hood. hasan representing himself against 13 counts of murder and 32 charges of attempted murder. that decision will put the accused shooter face-to-face with some of the survivors from that horrific day on post in texas. minutes from now we'll talk to a former sergeant who witnessed the rampage and helped save many lives that day. his story coming up live here inside "america's newsroom." fox news alert. this is breaking news. we get details on terror chatter forcing evacuations and embassy shutdowns. there are americans in yemen now being ...

>> there have been other embassy shutdowns. not to this level in june of 1999. six embassies were closed because security warnings in africa. in april of '01. three embassies, one consulate were closed. you get the point there have been other closings, but this again is considered the biggest scale. the fact that it was issued by the state department as opposed to ambassadors at individual embassies. normally they are the ones who alert the u.s. if they feel as though there is some sort of hot spot and it needs to be closed. but the state department did this blanket closing this week. >> 22 em...