non-life-threatening injuries. kelly: wow. today the trial begins for accused fort hood shooter, major nidal hasan. it has been nearly four years since the massacre that shook the nation. a u.s. soldier accused of opening fire at one of our largest military bases leaving 13 dead and nearly three dozen injured. the prosecutors saving in his opening statement today that hasan wanted to kill as many soldiers as he could. hasan has decided to represent himself, meaning victims could be questioned by the same man accused of shooting them. he could face the death penalty if convicted. joining us now is jeffrey king, a military lawyer to shed some insights on this what is going on in the court-martial proceeding. jeffrey, nidal hasan will conduct his own defense as i stated. he is a psychiatrist, not a lawyer by profession. he admitted to shooting his fellow soldiers. so what kind of defense do you expect him to present? well, i mean from what i understand he already opening statement. he t
testimony presented during the prosecution s case and then the fact that whitey bulger would not take the stand to talk about these alleged crimes? what does it say to the jurors? i mean, what are they now deliberating? what are they focusing on? doug? i ll start. look, the case was unusual right out of the gate. kelly: it was. you have an 83-year-old defendant, a defendant who had fled and been a fugitive for 16 years. and now he s on trial for a spate of very serious crimes. having said that, the core of the case is actually not unusual at all. we see this every single day in criminal cases, and that is a number of cooperators come in, and the defense argues they made deals, they were given freedom, they were given leniency, you can t trust them, so on and so forth. but as my colleague, i m sure, will explain as well the counterargument is, look, we would have loved to have brought in choir boys and nurses, but these are the crimes involved
selected to deliberate are now secluded away going over that mountain of evidence. over 70 witnesses testified over the course of this trial, and bulger is facing 32 counts among them, racketeering charges that include more than 30 racketeering acts. and among those acts those 19 murders in which bulger is alleged to have played a role. and then there s a multitude of counts related to money laundering, extortion and narcotics. the jury is expected to deliberate this afternoon ending at around 4:30 today, and keep in mind a conviction of even one of the lesser charges could really result in a penalty of life in prison considering that bulger is 83 years old. jenna? jenna: we ll wait and watch to see what happens, molly, thank you. kelly: well, for more on the jury deliberations in the whitey bulger case, let s bring in doug burns, former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, and phillip snyder, former prosecutor as well. gentlemen, what do you make of this entire trial th
someone that s been there. thank you. reporter: thanks. kelly: fox news alert, and after years of delay the court-martial of major nidal hasan finally underway today. he s the army psychiatrist charged in the fort hood massacre back in 2009, and he s never denied carrying out the shooting rampage which left 13 people dead. hasan now representing himself and with survivors of the attack set to take the stand. that sets the stage for a dramatic faceoff between the gunman and his victims. casey steegal live in fort hood, texas, with more details about this trial. casey? reporter: yeah, kelly, dramatic and also very emotional as you can imagine. i ve got to say some record fast opening statements. the government or the prosecution in this case has only spoken for about 45 minutes and then wrapped up where they gave great detail about how hasan allegedly planned and carried out this attack and did all of the planning leading up to it.
was the leader of the so-called winter hill gang. molly line is live in boston with more on this. reporter: jenna, the deliberations are underway. the judge spent about an hour and 45 minutes giving her final instructions to the jury this morning. the judge telling them your duty is to find the facts and apply the law as i give it to you whether you agree with it or not. she covered a lot of legal ground, but among her instructions said there is no inference of guilt because the defendant did not testify. james whitey bulger decided not to take the stand calling the trial a sham last week. the judge also spoke about the issue of flight saying flight does not provide a basis for guilt. bulger fled in 1994. he had been tipped off by corrupt fbi agents, and he spent 16 years living under a false identity with his girlfriend before being ultimately arrested in santa monica, california, in june of 2011. now, there are 18 jurors, six are alternate, but the 12 jurors