roommate, meredith kercher, which happened four years ago now. knox addressed the court just moments ago. translator: i want to go back home. i want to go back to my life. i don t want to be tarnished, to have my life, my future taken away from me for things i haven t committed. because i am innocent. i am innocent. raffaele is innocent. cnn s paula newton is live outside the prison where amanda knox will be held while the jury deliberates. she joins us live from thousand. paula, we heard amanda in her own words. now what s next? she will arrive at this prison in about 15, 20 minutes and what a day it will be for her. the judge has already said he does not a return back until at least 8:00 p.m. local tonight. 2:00 p.m. local our time back home. she got up and what was different this time carol, than other times, she didn t have a prepared statement, she might have, she perhaps discarded it, she perhaps committed it to memory. she was not composed enough to speak at firs
anthony home. hello to you all. this is your cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with new information and a new warning with about the killing of a leading al qaeda figure. the cia use add drone to kill an nwar al awlaki in yemen. they had been tracking him with drones for two weeks, much like they did with osama bin laden. al awlaki is blamed for inspiring the underwear bomber in 2009. the fbi and the department of homeland security warning about possible retaliation in the u.s. they say his death could provide motivation for so-called lone wolf attackers. another part of the story this morning, the question whether it s l it s legal to target a u.s. citizen. he was born in new mexico. that s a question erin burnett asked cia director leon panetta. this individual was clearly a terrorist, and, yes, he was a citizen. but if you re a terrorist, you re a terrorist. and that means that we have the ability to go after those who would threaten to attack the un
susan, what did they have to say apparently we are having trouble with susan candiotti who has been following that story. we will listen to the hikers. we had to go on hunger strike repeatedly to receive letters from our loved ones. many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten, and there was nothing we could do to help them. though we d like to be very clear, this was never about crossing the unmarked border between iran and iraq. we were held because of our nationality. that was josh fattal an shane bauer. they returned to the u.s. today. they were let go on wednesday and they are back on u.s. soil. obviously they are happy. their families are happy. sarah shourd and josh fattal are al actually engaged to be married now. he made her a wedding ring out of a shirt he wore in prison. the first time they are speaking out on u.s. soil. you see all three hikers there. susan candiotti is standing by. i hope all is well with you now and your
going to make this a make or break. we saw it on the faa when they shut down the federal aviation administration, we re seeing it now on this debate about fema, we should be able to have a legitimate debate about emergency aid. why link that into a government shutdown or not. i ll give the senate democratic leader most of the credit. he manufactured a crisis all week. about disaster when there s no crisis. everybody knows we re going to pay for every single penny of disaster aid that the president declares. u.s. lawmakers are supposed to be in recess this week, but senate majority leader harry reid has ordered a monday session for a possible vote on a compromised package. and with more assertive vigor, president barack obama is talking job creation. he s taking his pitch on the road. this hour he ll be in seattle, washington. last night, he delivered his message in the nation s capital to the congressional black caucus. this was his straight talk message and challenge.
on this sunday. from the cnn center, welcome to your cnn sunday morning. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta. 5:00 a.m. in st. louis. 3:00 a.m. in berkeley. as always, a special good morning to our service men and women watching on the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with politics and with the president. he s headed out west today to washington state, has a couple of re-election fundraisers on his schedule. also has a social madia town hall on monday, he ll be talking about jobs, of course. last night he had this message during a speech to the congressional black caucus. i m going to press on for jobs. i m going to press on for equality. i m going to press on for the sake of our children. i m going press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and p