highest ranking. separately, belgian officials arrested and charged a person with terrorist attacks. but they haven t released any other details. a small town near brussels was once called the city of jihadis after dozens of its citizens left for syria. since taking office, the mayor has taken some extraordinary steps to change the city s reputation, including a de-radicalization officer for the town. reporter: the fastest growing town in belgium is small, population 42,000. when it started feeding fighters to syria, things spiralled quickly then stopped suddenly. the exodus started in 2012. reporter: in the two years, from 2012 to 2014 had 28 people leave to go syria. where are they now? some of them are still there. some of them are killed. reporter: the mayor took office in 2013 in the middle of
handled the attack in 2012 when four american diplomatic staff members were killed in the libyan city. the committee is interested to know why clinton wasn t aware of requests for extra security in benghazi, and wonder if security improvements could have been made before the attacks. we take a look back at the violence that day in 12012. reporter: september 11th, a date that forever changed america would once again turn deadly. the year, 2012. extremists overrun the u.s. diplomatic mission, setting it ablaze before moving to a nearby cia an. taking the lives of four people.
the attack? why would you tell the families we re going to find the guy who made the video? it s always been about her leadership or the lack thereof that led to the death of americans. we appreciate talking to you. thank you so much for being on new day. thank you. be sure to join lindsey graham and more than a dozen other republicans vying for the republican nomination for the next gop debate. cnn will host the debate september 16th at the reagan library in california. new details are emerging on the fatal shooting of a sheriff s deputy in houston. the suspect was found mentally incompetent to stand trial on a felony assault charge back in 2012. reporter: new revelations about the suspect s background,
reporter: three years ago this month, james holmes opened fire in a packed movie theater killing 12 people and wounding 7 others. this week the jury begins deliberations after two months of testimony. 270 witnesses, most survivors i told him i loved him and i would take care of our baby if he didn t make it. reporter: or first responders. by the time we pulled into the hospital she stopped talking. she lost consciousness. reporter: defense attorneys admitted holmes carried out the attack but argue he was legally insane or didn t know the difference between right and wrong. showing this video of him walking into a wall they said he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity and locked up into a mental institution. i do not believe if he were not mentally ill, this would have ever happened. reporter: the burden is on the prosecution to prove that holmes was, in fact saying
whether or not he was legally insane when he fired. that was back in 2012. reporter: the judge in the james holmes movie theater shooting trial told the jurors to go home for the weekend, get some rest and then hear his instructions on tuesday morning. after that, the defense and prosecution closing arguments. james holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. and much of what the jurors heard in this trial was very nuanced testimony about sanity, delusions and schizophrenia. of course the defense is arguing that james holmes was completely insane when he went into that movie theater and killed 12 people and injured 70 more, armed to the teeth and dressed in protective clothing. the prosecution countering that holmes knew every bit of what he was doing, planned this for a