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Any other matters?" the assistant district attorney, "no, your honor." at this point the judge says, "i find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent, and lucid. he is aware of the nature of the proceedings." let me read that one more time. this is the judge. the judge magistrate. "at this time at the conclude of the initial appearance, i find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent, and lucid. he is aware of the nature of the proceedings. all right. we stand in recess." then they just go ahead and stand in recess. the hospital regulations, they talk a little about that, but tha...

Clearly, he nods most times in this transcript, but he does say the word "no," so we know he can speak. and at the end of the transcript, the judge makes the observation on the record that he is competent, he's lucid, and that he's alert. also very important in terms of understanding the defendant's condition. >> if i can just make another point -- >> tom fuentes -- go ahead, jeffrey. >> it's just that william thick is the defense lawyer and not only is he highly regarded, he spent six years working in russia and he's fluent in russian, which i think could come in very handy in the course of t...

His phone apparently, takes a cell phone photograph as best they can tell, and 30 seconds before the first blast apparently is on the phone speaking to someone. it's not clear who. at that point, then you see the first explosion take place further up the way, right up here, and this is a short distance to the second explosion. for 18 seconds he's been on the phone. the first explosion occurs. he pauses. remember, there was a 12-second pause, and 12 seconds after this, they say, he has now walked away, leaving his backpack behind. and 10 seconds after he walks away, wolf, is when the second bla...

I think we have some more graphics, and i want tom fuentes to come in. now that he's been read his miranda rights, now that he knows he has the right to remain silent, what does the fbi do now, tom? >> wolf, we don't know he could have been read the rights yesterday or at a previous time. we know it's been done here at the hearing, but we don't know at the time he's nodding, getting his miranda rights and appears to be lucid, however, is he still under narcotic drugs, for example, is that still going to be an issue later. can he knowingly wave his rights if he's being treated with the sedation...

That could be connected to the defendant, to the bomb itself. this is complicated stuff. i think it's going to be months in the grand jury until a final indictment is ready to be presented probably. and then at that point the case will be presented to a trial judge, and there will be motions and then a trial. >> he now has a lawyer, a public defender, was at the bedside when the federal magistrate read to him these charges. so presumably he was told he has the right to remain silent. what do you expect is going to happen? what will this public defender based on all of your experience, jeff? >>...