more than $14 billion in long-term debt. mike tobin live in detroit to tell us more about that. mike, what can you tell us? reporter: at the direction of governor snyder that emergency financial manager kevyn orr has begun what amounts to hostile takeover of detroit. you mentioned protesters gathered downtown, about 100 of them. upset kevyn orr will have the ability to override the city council who they voted. upset that he will make major slashes of the city budget. he is up against a $327 million budget deficit. you mentioned there 14 billion with a b the, 14 billion in long-term debt. we can do this. i will have participated in one of the greatest turnarounds in the history of this country. reporter: orr has the advantage of not being elected so he can afford to be unpopular. there are five other municipalities in michigan that are under emergency management right now. one of those emergency managers told me the city council and mayor may not
is in the difficult position of trying to argue for leniency and one of the points he s going to argue is incompetent. we all know that abdulmutallab meant to kill everyone on board that flight on christmas day 2009 but couldn t full off and the only person injured, the court appointed adviser is going to say the only person injured was the defendant and try to get leniency. a short time ago the judge refused to set aside the mandatory life sentence. as we re looking at the case, anything short of life without parole seems unlikely. megyn: mike, thank you. analysts are worried about a big increase in foreclosures with dire predictions for what s in store. why is the white house we ve turned a corner in the housing industry? our panel will weigh in. new developments on the powell family murders. what two police officers did today that have them being considered as heros. we ll tell you what s happening. and the white house accused of violating a basic
suicide mission for al-qaeda when he boarded detroit-bound flight with explosives hidden inside of his underwear, his bomb malfunctioned, had it worked it could have killed everyone on that plane. mike tobin live in detroit with an update. mike. reporter: megyn, the hearing is underway now. they have begun with a motion, abdulmutallab arrived at the courthouse a few hours ago. he s in the courtroom wearing a white skull cap and loose fitting white clothing and as soon as the motions are done the court will hear from some of the people on board that plane. one of the women who will address the court today told us today she intends to hand abdulmutallab a set of muslim prayer beads so he can pray to ala and ask for forgiveness. i want forgiveness not for me. i already forgive him. being a mother, i have already forgiven him. reporter: abdulmutallab s court-appointed legal riser
mockery of the u.s. court system and granting him rights as the defendant cost the u.s., she says, valuable intelligence. abdulmutallab will be sentenced january 12th. bret? bret: mike tobin live in detroit, thank you. a naturalized american citizen born in syria has been indicted on charges of spying for that country. muhammad suede is accused of recording anti-syria protests in the u.s. and selling the materials to syria s intelligence agency. libya s transitional council says one of muammar qaddafi s son has been captured in his hometown of sirte. he reportedly is being detained in the city of banghazi. fighters today destroyed a green calf deaf era flag insert and demolished the iconic revolutionary pyramid there. coming up, reaction to last night s republican presidentia
mockery of the u.s. court system and granting him rights as the defendant cost the u.s., she says, valuable intelligence. abdulmutallab will be sentenced january 12th. bret? bret: mike tobin live in detroit, thank you. a naturalized american citizen born in syria has been indicted on charges of spying for that country. muhammad suede is accused of recording anti-syria protests in the u.s. and selling the materials to syria s intelligence agency. libya s transitional council says one of muammar qaddafi s son has been captured in his hometown of sirte. he reportedly is being detained in the city of banghazi. fighters today destroyed a green calf deaf era flag insert and demolished the iconic revolutionary pyramid there. coming up, reaction to last night s republican presidential debate and the campaign trail from the fox all-stars when we come back.