conviction, to be quashed by the court. she got a sentence of 26 years and she s been serving in a jail just outside of this city. we understand from her parents she has been thinking what she will say for the past several months obviously she will be pleading for her innocence and we understand because she learned to speak italian so fluently in jalt she will make the address in the local language which could endear her to the jury. the verdict or the ruling and decision of the court will come, we expect at this time tomorrow night. i have to ask, we know her family is there. they have been there. any sign of them today? it is sunday today of course so the court hasn t been in session. they have been keeping to themselves. they are normally there giving statements and interviews to the huge amounts of international media gathered here in peru. they didn t pay a visit to amanda knox in her prison today. i was at the prison. there was no sign of them. obviously, they are l
know us. jermaine jackson, prime time exclusive. this is piers morgan tonight. i want to start with the trial of dr. conrad murray. hugely significant. so you and your family and the world to try to go through the process of this trial, we work out what really happened to your brother, michael. as we approach the start of this trial, what are your feelings? . my feelings are this is something this has been long awaited for. it is up to the point there has been a lot of speculation and hearsay. i think that we are all going to it is not going to bring closure sxwruts going but give understanding of what happened and the fans and public as well as ourselves need to know what happened, what took place. there are so many things that happen that we weren t aware of as a family we were kept away. do you think that conrad murray was sole will you responsible for your brother s death? my gut feeling is there are a lot of questions to be answered and we don t know yet.
our pentagon xpont barbara star has more on the air strike that killed al-awlaki. reporter: this is important. this man posed a direct threat to the united states had inspired him by all accounts ordered attacks against the u.s. now this apparently is the result of a two-year effort between the u.s. intelligence community and the people to go after him to find him, target him and take him out. very controversial as he is an american born citizen. killed for his activities in another country. by all accounts, it was a drone strike that killed al-awlaki. there were three other persons in that convoy with him. they are believed also to have been killed. this is something that the u.s. long wanted. this is a target that they were making a great effort to go after inside yemen even as that country remains in a good deal of political social and economic unrest. joe? barbara, if we know how much was yemen actually involved in this strike? and if we don t know that, typically wha
a u.s. drone fires its missile and one of america s top terror targets is dead. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in [ sirens [. reporter: the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber s alleged plan to bring down a usair liner two years ago, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most
that s two months sooner than they had originally planned. now, you know the tradition here. iowa is usually the first state to vote. so it s also thinking about pushing up its caucus. our political reporter, shannon is in des moines for us today. is that going to be the plan? if new hampshire moves up, iowa has to move up. we re talking about december, mid-december, could we go as early as november sthp. possibly not november, but definitely potentially december. i have to tell you, t.j., iowa s republican party is not happy at all with what florida is intending to do by holding this january 31st primary. as you mentioned, iowa is always traditionally the first contest in the presidential nominating season that holds the caucuses. iowa is banding together with new hampshire, with nevada and with south carolina. those are the four states that normally go first, according to the rnc rules. they re banding together and saying, look, we re going to move up our dates together,