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Contact with al qaeda who have succumbed to its hateful ideology or who have engaged in or facilitated terrorist activities here in the united states. these individuals are spurred on by the likes of anwar al awlaki who preach violence and slick videos over the internet. we have seen evidence in arkansas two years ago and the attack on our service men and women in ft. hood. >> i should point out, he's now the head of the cia. do you think politics is in play here, in terms of not declaring this an act of terrorism in workplace violence? the pentagon is essentially saying declaring it an act of...

Betrayed by the president. >> if i were to see him again, again, it's not about me, i would just beg him to please take care of them. >> why not classify the shooting at fort hood as a tritt attack? the department of defense said hasan would not have been able to receive a fair trial had the u.s. indirectly declared him a terrorist and it could have open 0ed the door for an appeal. but an attorney representing 150 victims for the department of defense and the fbi disagrees. he said at the time the u.s. government was looking to close guantanamo bay prison, home to hundreds of combatants. witne...

Defend the taliban. that, according to lawyers say, that is proof of a terror attack. they also have braup up the fbi's disclosure that hasan had ties to anwar al awlaki in yemen. meanwhile still on the military's payroll being paid $300,000 since the shooting. the army can't stop paying him unless he's found guilty. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> i want to dig deeper with republican frank walker, congress wolf is co-sponsor on legislation on pay for alleged felons. sergeant ray was in the line of fire at fort hood was credited with saving nine lives, six troops and three civilians that day. yo...

Both to the prosecutors and the judge. his offers were denied. you can explain why? >> reporter: well, those are the rules of the code of military justice, when someone is eligible for the death penalty, and that is what prosecutors are pursuing in this case, the zest not allowed to need not guilty. they had to put on a not guilty defense. it's strange, the judge started off by saying that major hasan had pleaded guilty. not an hour later, you saw hasan in the courtroom claiming he was the shooter and the evidence will clearly point to all of that. in many ways it was kind of surreal, it didn'...

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