hasan carried out the massacre including the 420 rounds of ammunition he brought to the building that day hidden in 16 magazine cartridges. one thing that stuck out to people is that hasan went through the trouble of using paper towels in the pocket so other soldiers couldn t hear the magazines in his pockets. he was trying to hide the sounds before the rampage. chris? thank you very much for the reporting. what seems like a painful but simple case could be greatly complicated by major hasan taking up his own defense. let s get perspective. joining me from austin is his former criminal attorney and current civil attorney john galligan. thanks for joining us. the obvious concern with major hasan defending himself is competency. do you have concerns about his ability to be his own attorney? i do not. i think he s competent. his mental acuity, ability to
first we have the latest from texas on the court-martial. hi, ed. reporter: good morning, kate. this is hardly your typical murder trial. military prosecutors are fighting for the death penalty in this case. but major nidil hasan is fighting his own war, trying to justify why he killed 13 and wounded more than 30 others. this morning, military prosecutors will continue calling survivors of the ft. hood massacre to testify against major nidil hasan. there is heavy security for the court-martial. the courthouse is blocked by stacks of sand baskets and rows of massive steel containers. major hasan is flown in by helicopter from the nearby jail that he s being held. major nidal hasan quickly admitted to killing defensive
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bombing situation, the relationship is complicated. there are times when they slip back into the cold war thinking and mentality. i tell them that s in the past. reporter: it is unclear if he will visit moscow for a meeting with putin before the g-20 summit. it wasn t all serious stuff. this is late night television. president obama was asked about hillary rodham clinton. he joked that she has a post administration glow. leno asked, hey, when she came over was she measuring the drapes. he said, she s been there. she doesn t have to measure them. she has the measurements in her pocket. she know it is size of the drapes. thanks. now to texas where a shocking start to the court-martial or major nidil hasan. he wasted no time admitting he was the ft. hood shooter in opening statements. charged with 13 counts of murder, 32 counts of attempted murder, he is acting ass i own attorney. we ll talk to his civil attorney in a moment.
let s not forget also the this is a defendant go ahead. finish your point, please. i m also concerned that, again, given the con oh text of the military history in the death penalty arena, it is not uniformly applied. this is an individual who s been denied the opportunity to plead guilty, b even to the 32 noncapital offenses. pleading guilty is a first step toward re habitation. a factor that a jury might consider as a mitigating factor. i think the full context t of his mental state and evidence that might support much of what he believes are factors that additionally could be considered by a jury as being mitt gagt. let s not forget that the it s easy to hate major hasan. the more difficult and necessary thing is to try to understand him. i can assure you there are millions of muslims in the world who feel exactly like him. i understand. i don t believe in this court-martial you re going to