determination that these cases should be brought in a military commission. michael isikoff is nbc news national investigative correspondent. he s in d.c. so, michael, why the military trial at gitmo instead of a traditional trial right here on american soil? because congress has made that impossible. basically congress has put in restrictions in defense authorization act that is forbids the spending of any money to transfer gitmo detainees to the united states, and that would make it impossible to have this trial anyplace other than guantanamo. and, remember also, during the bush administration a new courtroom was built in guantanamo precisely for this purpose, to hold this sort of high-security trial. a lot of preparation and work had gone into preparing the case against a military case against these defendants. so to start from scratch some place else would have caused a lot of problems, but a lot of defense lawyers are saying this is not going to be easy. there s goi
muslim american elected to congress. keith ellison struggled to tell his colleagues about a 23-year-old new york police ka debt who died at ground zero. that paramedic s, name, modani. he tried to help others on 9/11. after the tragedy, some people tried to smear his character. solely because of his islamic faith. some people spread false rumors and speculated that he was in league with the attackers because he was a muslim. but it was only when his remains were identified that these lies were exposed. mohammad was a fellow american who gave his life for other americans. his life should not be identified as just a member of a ethnic group or religion but as an american who gave everything for his fellow americans. i yield back. we want to keep our eyes and ears own the hearing and bring you much more. right now i want to get insight from daisy kahn. she s the wife of the prominent new york imam faisal ra you ve. daisy, let s take it at face value, if there is such a thing
whether it s trade or even cutting spending. i think we can find common ground and show the american people that we re able to work together. live look at times square on this thursday morning. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s february 10th with us on set, pulitzer priz-winning historian jon meacham and nbc political analyst and former democratic congressman from tennessee harold ford jr. good to have you on board this morning. all i have to say is thank god there wasn t craigslist when we were in congress. stop it. who you telling. that was my first thought. you saw that, you said it s a good thing this technology was not around to be exploited by scarborough and ford. i thought of ford first. that s what the clerk s office is saying this morning. of course. we call him harold ford but willie back in his home district he s known as harry. harry forward. oh, my god. let s talk about seriously. washington post. yes. jim webb. yes.
america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob aber naeth. it s good to have you with us. president obama welcomed chinese president hu jintao to washington this week as several advocacy groups pushed the president to confront the chinese leader on human rights and religious freedom violations. protestors calling for a free tibet also gathered in front of the white house. for china and u.s. to work together as business equals. that s great, we re not against that at all and we don t think it should come at the expense of human rights. obama urged china to open up a dialogue with the dalai lama. he called universal rights essential to a universal success any prosperity. president hu said more needs to be done in china with human rights. real action must follow hu s words. the house of representatives voted this week to repeal the health care
march sell neville. rick: and i m rick folbaum. tsa agents are on the lookout for a new potential threat. homeland security now worried that terrorists could use insulated beverage containers like thermoses, for example, to sneak explosives onto airplanes. mike tobin lye at chicago live at chicago o hare, good to see you. tell us about what the tsa is talking about with this alert. reporter: they re talking about containers just like this and thermoses as well, as you mentioned. they haven t been real specific as to what exactly the threat is. let s give you the quote here word for word. the possible tactics terrorists might use include the concealment of explosives inside insulated beverage containers. so in the coming days passengers flying within and to the u.s. may notice additional security measures related to insulated beverage containers. so here s your easy travel tip: leave this kind of cup at home. even if you re a mother who s traveling with a child, needs to b