for thoerps injured. i want everybody to understand that we will spare no effort in learning how this outrageous act took place. and in working with german authorities to insure that all of the perpetrators are brought to justice. nbc news producer andy ekker joins us from germany. so the obvious question is how this happened and why this happened. what do we know about the investigation? well, the u.s. air force in germany just said minutes ago that the bus was transporting security forces assigned to raf in england and they were on their way from the airport to ramstein air base, which is in southwestern germany. they were on their way to support overseas is contingency operations which is probably afghanistan or iraq. but that s speculation at the moment. the u.s. air force nrs germany and police are refraining from identifying this as an act of terrorism at the moment stating the incident is presently under investigation. but in the recent past, there have been severa
justices don t have the common sense that god gave a goat. we found out today that we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. what is this country becoming? on the opposing side, the organizers of the church say they will continue their activity. we are still back to the basic proposition. the soldiers are dying for the sins of this nation. chief robert says that the rights are protected by the first amendment. speeches powerful, it can spur people to action, move people to joy or sorrow, or as it did here, inflicted great pain. we cannot react to that pain by punishing this feature. we have a course to protect even hurtful speech on issues to ensure that we did not stifle public debate. the only no vote angrily disagreed and he said our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case. albert snyder says he feels sorry for the other families that might have to endure what
couric: good evening, everyone. there was outrage across the country when antigay protesters showed up at the funerales of fallen soldiers shouting and jeering in earshot of the grieving families, but the supreme court ruled today those protests, as hateful and hurtful as they may be, are protect the by the first amendment. the lone descenter, samuel alito. he said families have a right to bury the fallen in peace. our chief legal correspondent jan crawford begins our coverage tonight. god hates america reporter: the message from the westboro baptist church is hateful. thank god for dead soldiers. god hates fags. church members believe god is killing all american soldiers because the country tolerates homosexuals. we are trying to warn you to flee the wrath of god, flee eternal destruction. reporter: but no one paid much attention until the church started taking its message to soldiers funerals. mathieu schneider died in iraq. his father told cbs news last fa
those veterans groups are expressing their disappointment with the court s ruling today. the church is saying that it plans to quadruple the number of military funerals for it demonstrates. he will be holding a news conference any minutes from now. we will bring you those remarks live. we are monitoring some developments in germany at this hour. police are investigating the shooting death of two air force airmen. this morning, a gunmen opened fire on the air men as they sat on a bus outside of the terminal. he is a 21-year-old man from kosovo. he is now in custody. authorities searched for a possible motive. breaking news from falls church where homes have been evacuated after a woman found what might be dynamite. it was found in a home for sale in falls church. we are live on the scene. they are taking this very seriously out here. we have fairfax county police, fire, and the bomb squad. the bomb squad brought in a device that they put suspicious packages into safely
murdering 13 people including a pregnant woman starts a legal process today that could end with his execution. for the first time since the shooting rampage at fort hood, those who survived will come face to face with hassan. all 32 of them, the military hearing in texas will last three weeks and the fundamental question, though, whether it was a workplace shooting or a terrorist attack. detailed tips to kill americans published in a new terror magazine. al-qaida in yemen releasing a second edition of their on-line magazine and encourages future militants to open fire during lunch and murder government employees. wanted, radical american cleric who wrote two articles in that magazine. the release of that magazine comes 10 years after the bombing of the u. s. s. cole, al-qaida attacked the navy ship in the harbor leaving 17 sailors dead. the family of those victims demanding justice. the alleged mastermind has been in gitmo for eight years and still has not been prosecuted. th