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an amber alert issued for an 11-year-old boy after his mother was found murdered in their montgomery county home. we are live with the latest on this eftions have fox 5 morning news continues right now. now. -- this investigation as fox 5 morning news continues right now. more on this amber alert issued for the 11-year-old montgomery county boy. last night, police were called to the home of 51-year-old jane mcquain a friend wads worried they had not heard from her in a while. the police found her dead in her apartment, the victim of a homicide. her 11-year-old son william is missin...

>>reporter: there was no plea deal and according to the lawyer assisting him he took the plea because he wanted to get past the trial and he wanted to use the courtroom as a lat did -- platform for his rant. but the attorney advised against taking the deal. >> we wanted to continue the trial. but we respect his decision. certainly no lawyer worth his weight would recommend a plea to life without parole. >>reporter: there was no deal just a plea of guilty on eight charges from conspiracy to terrorism to possession of destructive device to an attempt to wreck and destroy an architect. so, 25 yea...

>>shepard: how are the united states officials reacting? >>reporter: most of the reaction is going right back to the debate as to whether to try suspected terrorists in military tribunals or the civilian courts as we saw today. u.s. attorney general holder immediately issued a statement saying contrary to what some have claim the plea removes any doubt our courts are the most safe and effective tools we have to fight terrorism and keep the american people safe. and michigan congresswoman disagreed saying adbul farouk umar abdulmutallab made a mockery of the justice system and because they affo...

they need and their parents. >> reporter: but others saying it is needed. >> unless deaths occur on the operating table. they are not even required to do that. because the cdc in 1989 said we are not collecting complications any longer. >> reporter: the virginia coalition to protect women's health is planning a rally in richmond this saturday. peggy fox, 9news now. >> and saturday's rally in richmond is at monroe park and it will run from 1 to 3 p.m. near the state capital. virginia has some of the toughest regulations for abortion clinics in the whole country. are those regulation...

voluntarily. umar abdulmutallab is charged for eight felonies for trying to blow up a northwest flight with a bomb sewn into his underwear on christmas of 2009. and then an assassination attempt that would have been carried out in washington, d.c., and this man is one of two men involved in a plot to kill the saudi ambassador. melissa is outside the embassy in washington. >> reporter: we spoke with a terrorism expert just a few moments ago. he said hearing about the plot was surprising, but then at the same time, not surprising at all. he is a national security expert and also a pr...