mehsud s court appearance comes 34 years to the day after the plane heading from london to new york exploded over the small town of lockerbie, scotland. all of the people on board were killed, along with 11 on the ground. most of them americans. he was indicted on terrorism after officials received a copy of a 2012 interview by libyan law enforcement. with us now no to take a closer look at this is molly hunter and a former federal and state prosecutor in new york who is now an msnbc legal analyst. molly, what more do we know about this bombmaker? reporter: yeah. jose, this is a huge deal. and to be very clear, this will be the first libyan national, libyan operative to be tried on u.s. soil for this attack. what we know really is from the doj indictment two years ago. as you mentioned, on the 32nd
even more complicated than normal because of the coming flip of the house from democrats to republicans. your take, brand-new cnn polling releasing right now shows broad numbers of americans view both political parties as too extreme. plus, justice delayed, but not denied. the alleged bombmaker suspected of blowing pan am flight 103 out of the sky is in custody. and due in court next hour. 34 years after that terror attack that killed nearly 200 americans. and this is what gets cheers in today s republican party. marjorie taylor greene says if she had organized the insurrection, the mob would have won the day. and blocked the peaceful transfer of power. if i had organized that, we would have won. up first for us, a looming deadline and a familiar struggle. the government need money to pay its bill by friday. right now, a spending deal is mnkts i.a.
his hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. it is the biggest mass murder in british legal history, but almost 3a years to the day since the downing of pan am flight 103, the alleged bombmaker appears in a us court. prosecutors says libyan abu agila masud built the bomb, and primed it. he is accused of the murder of all 259 people on board and 11 people who died on the ground in lockerbie. rail workers have voted to reject a pay deal and will press ahead with their 48 hour strike beginning tomorrow. the nurses strike will strike on thursday. and a snowballing corruption scandal related to qatari lobbying in the eu. the vice president of the european parliament is one of four people still in custody, suspected of taking cash bribes.
threatening us. look at the snow footprint in fact some pocket two to three feet of snow, winds gusting over 50 hours, travel will be impossible. four different time frames to watch across the preens and to planes and tomorrow across the mississippi river valley into mobile, gulf coast wednesday, then florida thursday. wraps up late in the week with more snow. o donnell: let it snow, as they say, mike bettes., thank you. in washington the suspected bombmaker behind the downing of pan a.m. flight 103 was told by prosecutors he will not face the death penalty. he is answering to charges in the u.s. more than 30 years after the attack that shocked the world just days before christmas. here s cbs s catherine herridge. reporter: the alleged bombmaker aguila mohammed mas ud refused to answer questions till his own attorney is retained, slowing down a legal process
because of suffering from terminal cancer. i met him in 2011. his family still professing his innocence. he died not long after, but no discussion around that time of the bombmaker, and that s who masud is alleged to be and this has come out because there s no dictator keeping a lid on all the information and the secret deals and dirty affairs that his intelligence agents were getting up to. evan, families of the victims waiting and seeking justice now for decades. we know the widow of one of the passengers aboard the plane held a press conference today. what did she say? reporter: the families here have been key, been relentless trying to make sure that everyone faces justice for what happened. victoria spoke at that press conference in miami. take a listen. this was the love of my life and i had promised him that i