shepard: catherine, you spoke earlier, he came back to this country willingly to prove her innocence it kind of sounds like she might be cooperating here. well, what the lawyer said to us today is that she understood that there were charges against her and she could have fought extradition back to the united states from ireland but she chose not to. she is extremely extremely distraught. troubled, worried. one thing she did do was upon learning that there was an indictment outstanding, charges outstanding she chose not to fly to any other country other than her home, the united states of america. and we also confirm today to her attorney that ramirez is three months pregnant. while she was oversees, it s alleged that she married an nigerian national unindicted coconspirator tore in the case. separately, ramirez has a 6-year-old son. she brought him back from ireland to the u.s. last week. he is being cared for by the
were known in september but toyota waited four months until january to issue that recall. they now face a 16-million-dollar fine from the government, shep. that is a record. the largest ever for a car company. toyota has said that it makes safe and reliable cars that it is responding to consumers with honesty and integrity but, shepard, government investigators now have more than 70,000 toyota documents in their possession so likely we will hear more memos and emails coming out about what toyota was doing or not doing about the acceleration problem. shepard: eric shawn live in new york tonight. thanks. now to homegrown terrorism. she is an american mom with another baby on the way tonight. but prosecutors say she went to europe last year with her young son to join a terror training camp. she is 31-year-old jamie paulin ramirez. today she pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to help the terrorists. the judge refused to allow her out on bail and actually her team cooperated with
understanding. the feds say another american woman who called herself jihad jane online invited this woman ramirez to the training camp. colleen la rose has pleaded not guilty to plotting to kill a swedish cartoonist. catherine herridge is outside the courthouse where this went down today. i was five yards from ramirez. a tall woman about 5 9 , 510 with long blond hair. she had a blank look and hands cuffed behind her. her lawyer interrupted and said to the judge can my client just shake her said side to side as a no gesture a not guilty. he said that he was concerned that the government evidence against her contained voice mail messages and he didn t want his client s voice recorded on audiotape that they keep in the courtroom. they don t have cameras. so they have an audio version of what happened in the proceedings, shep.
asking the federal government for more money to help clean up after this week s record-breaking storms. homeland security secretary janet nope got a look at some of the damage. she called the destruction significant and considering the state s request for more cash. president obama has already declared a disaster in that state. some areas still under water. rhode island s governor reports the cleanup will cost the state tens of millions of dollars at the very least. he is asking the federal government to waive that president obama promising new sanctions for iran over its nuclear ambitions, but tehran s leaders say those punishments will not stop them. tonight, why this group could be america s most important back and forth with the islamic republic yet. that s next. plus, free food. more and more chains are offering major deals to get customers in the door. before you go, there is a warning, of course, from the experts. you will hear it ahead as fox reports live tonight. eat
31-year-old jamie paulin-ramirez was one of seven arrested in ireland in an alleged plot to assassinate a swedish cartoonist who drew a controversial picture of the prophet muhammad. irish police say three more people who were also arrest ready still in custody. earlier this morning former secretary of state henry kissinger left a south korean hospital after an overnight stay. the 86-year-old was admitted after complaining of stomach pains. a hospital spokesman says the former diplomat did not undergo any major treatment. kissinger arrived in south korea this week to attend a security forum. to politics now. after more than a year of debate, democrats say they re nearing the finish line in their final push for health care legislation. kind of feels like we ve heard this before. is now the end game? house speaker nancy pelosi is eyeing a possible vote within days. and with so much at stake, both parties are weighing the implications for the mid-term elections and beyond. for perspec