trace: the defendant once again raising eyebrows with his behavior in court today. yeah, he had one odd bit of behavior in the courtroom today. he pointed up at the ceiling when al-qaida was mentioned, possibly he was pointing at the sky. it s not clear what he meant and it s not clear why he would do that in front of the jury. why he did that, i don t know. is he trying to get some sympathy somewhere? it s not very good and he s losing credibility. if i m on the jury, i m seeing that and government is talking about al-qaida and he points up, it gives me some suspect. and also shows me that he may be influenced easily influenced by members of al-qaida. the other strange thing the defense did was opt to not give an opening argument. because of that, the jury has only heard from the prosecution as they laid out a picture of abdulmutallab being al-qaida operative who meant to kill everybody on board that christmas day flight over the united states. the prosecution said he never me
like saudi arabia, egypt and jordan and has led the u.s. at least before this arab spring began to increase our arms sales to our arab allies in that region. earlier today, we should point out that president obama called the alleged target in this assassination plot, the saudi ambassador and reaffirmed for him the close partnership between the united states and riyad. trace? trace: james rosen live tonight at the state department. thank you. hey, dude, your pants are on fire. that s what a passenger yelled according to the first witness in the trial of a man accused of trying to blow up a plane with explosive underwear. the witness, a fellow passenger describing the chaos on that flight when the defendant s pants began smoking. he told jurors that umar farouk abdulmutallab had no reaction as the flames spread. prosecutors say the defendant tried to ignite the underwear bomb on a christmas day flight from amsterdam to detroit in 2009. abdulmutallab is acting as his own attorney thou
it happened on the same flight targeted by the crotch bomber. an unruly passenger causing quite the scare on board that same delta flight from amsterdam to detroit. this guy was reportedly shouting about terrorism and hijacking. one passenger sitting next to him claims there were three air marshalls on board who jumped up and took over. like a possessed person, you know, when they keep going on and on and on about how he wanted them to shoot him. he wanted them to punch him. he wanted to fight. he was calling them all sorts of names. great. the incident comes on exactly the same day that jury selection is scheduled to begin for the underwear bomber. he tried to bring down a similar plane as it landed in detroit on christmas day two years ago. the f.b.i. says the incidents are related. more recordings of michael jackson s slurring would be played at his doctor s manslaughter trial today.
go down to the center. very funny. let s do a couple of headlines before donald trump joins us on the couch beginning with another terror scare in the air. this sounds strangely familiar. it happened yesterday on the exact same flight tarpthed by the crotch bomber, as brian likes to call him. unruly passenger causing a scare by screaming about terrorism and hijackers during his delta flight. three air marshalls responded fast, a passenger says. like a possessed person, you know, keeps going on and on and how he wanted them to shoot him. he wanted them to punch him. he wanted to fight. he was calling them all sorts of names. the incident comes on the same day as jury selection is scheduled to begin for the underwear bomber. he tried to bring down a similar plane as it landed on detroit on christmas day two years ago. the f.b.i. says these incidents are not related. meanwhile, a horrific story out of scranton, pennsylvania, two parents under arrest after
from amsterdam to detroit. the guy started ranting and raving, rambling on about a laundry list of bizarre claims that put passengers on edge. picked a bad seat today. i was literally right next to him. he started yelling about hijacking. started yelling that the passengers were being died to, that they don t know what is really happening. he started kicking the exit door. he did not have a weapon. reports say he refused to be quiet even after being cuffed to the seat, saying he s an american businessman, a father of four who travels internationally all the time. martha: let s move on and talk to you a little bit about this this morning. president obama has invoked some famous words from ronald reagan in an attempt to hit back at republican claims that his proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy is fueling class wa warfare. president obama says ronald reagan would have backed the