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This and that's capitol hill. what are we getting from there. >> two democrats dianne feinstein and patrick leahy endorsing courts for terror cases. learned legislation backed by senators joe lieberman john mccain and lindsey graham to block the money for trials in new york has gained support for senate democrats. he believes he has the votes to get that bill through the senate. shep? >> shepard: catherine herridge working for us tonight in washington. thanks. an horrific and tragic start to the winter olympics today. a 21-year-old luge athlete from the republic of georgia former soviet union ...

"washington post" federal court is still the preferred option. "for the case and for our overall fight against al-qaeda." significantly holder also appears to leave the door open to military trials. "at the end of the day, wherever this case is tried in whatever forum, what we have to ensure is that it's done as transparently as possible. if we do that," holder says, "i'm not sure the location or even the forum is as important as what the world sees in that proceeding." a form emember of the bush administration department reads the tea leaves this way. >> they open the door to try him elsewher...

And now a senior republican says it's time to close the book on a criminal prosecution. >> my understanding is eric holder is the one, the attorney general, he is the one who is resisting the president and he wants to continue to have the trials in new york. the president should step in once and for all and saying the trials are not going to be in new york and quite frankly i don't know any city in the country that wants them. >> and today new york mayor michael bloomberg saying is he skeptical that the federal government would ever come through with the funding to cover the prompted cost of 1...

Across the country and around the world. our top story, the attorney general, eric holder, pointing to the bush white house as his legal precedent for trying to -- deciding to try the christmas day bombing suspect in federal court instead of treating him as an enemy combatant. now republican lawmakers including arizona senator jon kyl want to know who are the more than 300 terrorists that holder claims were tried in criminal court under the bush administration and why haven't we heard about them? in the meantime, john brennan the president -- president obama's top terrorism advisor is firing b...

He has a mandate to handle terror cases in this way. he gives his attorney general his marching orders. and we are going to mirandize these terrorists when we arrest them so we can use their statements in court. you replace holder you will get another attorney general just like him. >> if you believe in the last three elections didn't mean anything in virginia, new jersey and massachusetts. i think he's got to start hearing what the people are saying. i don't think he was elected because people desperately wanted the international community to like us more necessitating that we put these peopl...