premeditated murder conviction is a dishonorable discharge, reduction to the lowest rank, total for fit you are of pay and allowances and death. and that is if capital murder charges are eventually filed. we have to emphasize here that these charges have not been formally filed but only proffered at this point. it is the rt at aing off point for any prosecution. as we understand it, sergeant bales and his attorneys should already have the charge sheets themselves which go into far more detail than we re learning here today. we do know, however, that any subsequent legal activities will be conducted, not in afghanistan, not in ft. leavenworth but ultimately at ft. louis mccord. at the pentagon for us. thank you. one of the most popular parts of president obama s health care plan bars insurers from denying coverage because of
football field. you can see it there. in washington, d.c., people wearing hoodies gathered. earlier today president obama made his first remarks about this case. my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. and i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we ll get to the bottom of exactly what that. nbc correspondent ron allen spoke with a representative of trayvon s parents just after the president s comments. give us an explanation of how they re reacting. this has to be a big validation for them. certainly. as if they needed any. there were 25,000 people here in this town last night validating, supporting them as well. i spoke to the mayor as well here. he also feels like hopefully, this will continue to increase the pressure on the justice system and various venues to really get to the bottom of these things. the mayor continues to sa
mccord. that s where bailes was stationed for many years, dan. more on the attorney in a moment. you have been talking with a former neighbor, staff sergeant bailes. what are you learning about his life here in the united states? well, let me give you a little background. bailes and his wife held on to a condo that they used to live in. they were treating it as a rental property. we drove over to that neighborhood earlier today. the place is under foreclosure, we spoke to a neighbor who shared a wall with the bailes. he basically said he was aware the family was facing financial pressure, obviously because the place had gone under foreclosure, they couldn t afford their homeowner s association dues, $120 a year. the place has been in disrepair, the neighbor was with mowing the lawn, he said that robert bales was a really good guy, gung ho about serving in the military. he hurt his foot in iraq, but still wanted to serve his country. meanwhile, as you said, the lawyer has ju
afghans last weekend. he could be charged with those deaths as soon as this week. let s check in with dan simonen sadding by for us, live at louis mccord. that s where bailes was stationed for many years, dan. more on the attorney in a moment. you have been talking with a former neighbor, staff sergeant bailes. what are you learning about his life here in the united states? well, let me give you a little background. bailes and his wife held on to a condo that they used to live in. they were treating it as a rental property. we drove over to that neighborhood earlier today. the place is under foreclosure, we spoke to a neighbor who shared a wall with the bailes. he basically said he was aware the family was facing financial pressure, obviously because the place had gone under foreclosure, they couldn t afford their homeowner s association dues, $120 a year. the place has been in disrepair, the neighbor was with mowing the lawn, he said that robert bales was a really good guy
and it s game on. president obama is raising money in chicago to raise more campaign cash. vice president biden, he is in fighting mode and in a speech to auto workers yesterday blasted republicans who opposed the industry bailout. he made the tough call and president obama was right and they are dead wrong. afghan president hamid karzai says he is not buying the u.s. military s version of the shooting spree in which 16 afghan civilians were killed. president karzai met with family members and elders from the village where an american soldier was blamed for going house to house in a deadly rampage. we re going to go live to kabul. sara sidner is joining us. president karzai says he doesn t believe what he u.s. military and u.s. officials are saying about this. what is he saying? . they said that they could not possibly say this is one soldier on his own and he went from house to house. he tied up some of the people that he ended up burning some of the people in their o